[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Joe - I heard someone saying that if I wear high top Chucks I should leave the tops untied to not interefere with ankle mobility. You got any thoughts on that?
Notice the runner’s build (I’ve been fighting that all my damned life!!).
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I keep my chucks tied loose enough to slip on and off.
I think you have a damn fine look to you… Just saying.
Oh and thanks for pointing out he goes deep, I’ll have to review his log for vids…
LMAO
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
LMAO
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Ya know Canada_K, you really need to find a way to come out of your shell. Maybe join a book club or something just to get you out of the house.
Nice vid dude. Cute bunch o’ kids.
[quote]Null wrote:
I think you have a damn fine look to you… Just saying.
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That sounds like flirting.
I thought your depth on the squats was good. I found to get deeper in mine, I picked a weight I knew I could squat 10 times, 135. I would drop down in the hole and just stay there. I would let the weight on my back do the work of strething everything. It took about a month, maybe a little more, but my squat got deeper.
As for the deads, it seems like you could ue a little more hip thrust to get a better lockout.
Great Video
I wish I was that creative.
Make sure you lock that in a time capsule. Your kids will get a lot of enjoyment out of watching that later in life.
Very entertaining log you are running here, Canada.
Boring workout details follow. This is my week for pushing singles…
Thursday
deadlifts - 5x225, 3x265, 4x295, 1x315 (PR!), 2x295
fat bar laterals - 3x10x30
db rows - 5x6x80
incl db press - 3x6x80
Saturday
bench - 5x175, 3x195, 3x225, 1x245, 1x250 (big time PR!), 2x225
dips - 5x6x45
shrugs - 5x14x225
back mobility stuff
Well, I scored a couple PRs when testing singles, but they’r eonly a scant few pounds better than my 1RM when I started 531 four months ago. I’m actually pretty bummed. Based on what I’m getting on my triples and 5x lifts I should be pushing heavier for my singles. SO while I’m pleased, I’m also wondeirng “was that it?”
Am I talking myself out of getting my true max? Am I executing the lead-up wrong? THis is kinda new to me… am I missing something? Or do I just suck?
punnyguy - Welcome to the party. Have a ginseng cigarette and wheat grass enema…
Git - Good advice. I’m actually writing it down… Pure gold. I appreciate that. And I have NEVER been particularly held back, or all that concerned with public opinion. Plus i have no shame, and veyr little dignity.
Null - Thanks for the compliment. I don’t get many of those. And thanks for the tip about the shoes, it confirms what someone else was saying… and why the screen name “Null”?
Dogg - I aim to please. Later on you can ask me to show you my squat rack dance… another dare… this one I lost.
Snap - At my age and degree of un-cool-ness I 'll take flirting in any form.
username - I REALLY like that idea for working my depth…
embo - Thanks. I aim to please… or at least entertain. And I have a whole LIBRARY of funky videos for the little ones. I plan to embarass the shit out of them when they get older.
Kimba - I can’t rememeber what you said as I’m distracted by the hotness of your avatar.
Congrats - you got both a DL and a (bigtime) Bench PR
a PR is a PR - you advanced and that’s ultimately what matters
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Null - Thanks for the compliment. I don’t get many of those. And thanks for the tip about the shoes, it confirms what someone else was saying… and why the screen name “Null”?[/quote]
Null, is a kinda a geek joke. I work in databases, basically a practical application of set theory.
Null, or <> ‘’, {}, or is not exists, etc.
All too often I get an empty set.
last one 0x540…
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Boring workout details follow. This is my week for pushing singles…
Well, I scored a couple PRs when testing singles, but they’r eonly a scant few pounds better than my 1RM when I started 531 four months ago. I’m actually pretty bummed. Based on what I’m getting on my triples and 5x lifts I should be pushing heavier for my singles. SO while I’m pleased, I’m also wondeirng “was that it?”
Am I talking myself out of getting my true max? Am I executing the lead-up wrong? THis is kinda new to me… am I missing something? Or do I just suck?[/quote]
Singles are never boring.
How do you know what your maxes are? Looks to me like you worked up to a single and then stopped there. When I’m testing my max, if I hit a single I rest and put more weight on the bar and keep going until I know I’m fully maxed or I hit failure.
I’ve never done 5/3/1, so I can’t speak to its efficacy in terms of 1 RM strength. The program doesn’t appeal to me because it focuses on rep PRs and doesn’t seem to train the CNS to handle heavier weights. Or it takes so damn long to get there, I should say. I know from personal experience that training reps does not increase my 1 RM. Pushing up against my 1 RM increases my 1 RM.
I’m going to be skewered for my comments here.
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Boring workout details follow. This is my week for pushing singles…
Thursday
deadlifts - 5x225, 3x265, 4x295, 1x315 (PR!), 2x295
fat bar laterals - 3x10x30
db rows - 5x6x80
incl db press - 3x6x80
Saturday
bench - 5x175, 3x195, 3x225, 1x245, 1x250 (big time PR!), 2x225
dips - 5x6x45
shrugs - 5x14x225
back mobility stuff
Well, I scored a couple PRs when testing singles, but they’r eonly a scant few pounds better than my 1RM when I started 531 four months ago. I’m actually pretty bummed. Based on what I’m getting on my triples and 5x lifts I should be pushing heavier for my singles. SO while I’m pleased, I’m also wondeirng “was that it?”
Am I talking myself out of getting my true max? Am I executing the lead-up wrong? THis is kinda new to me… am I missing something? Or do I just suck?[/quote]
Try this, cut your money set just a bit shorter than normal and then do a couple of heavy singles.
For example if my money set on bench was 225 I’d do it. Then do 1x245, then 1x255 or 265. As long as you don’t go to failure a lot it shouldn’t be too hard on you.
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F##K!!!
Today was my last heavy workout before a complete week off lifting… with my 1RM test to follow the rest. Today was squats. I was eager to put some of the great suggestions I got into practice. In particular, foot placement, focusing on not caving my knees, and really recruiting my hamstrings and glutes to help with the movement.
I think I pulled my groin.
There was pain in my first heavy set, deep in my inner thigh, towards the back… I’d say somewhere on the border between my groin and my hamstring. I cut the workout short. It’s a damn good thing I’m supposed to be taking a week off. One thing I’m coming to appreciate it’s that a week’s worth of training singles is hard on your body. Oh I’ve trained heavy loads before, but singles, I’ve now learned, is a completely different animal.
With the virtual meet 12 days away the timing sucks HARD. I don’t mind losing, my competition is the size of a gorilla and there’s no shame in being beat by a silverback, but I do not want to just give this thing to him. Come hell or high water I will lift. Even if my Wilks score is 4, I will lift.
shit
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
Boring workout details follow. This is my week for pushing singles…
Thursday
deadlifts - 5x225, 3x265, 4x295, 1x315 (PR!), 2x295
fat bar laterals - 3x10x30
db rows - 5x6x80
incl db press - 3x6x80
Saturday
bench - 5x175, 3x195, 3x225, 1x245, 1x250 (big time PR!), 2x225
dips - 5x6x45
shrugs - 5x14x225
back mobility stuff
Well, I scored a couple PRs when testing singles, but they’r eonly a scant few pounds better than my 1RM when I started 531 four months ago. I’m actually pretty bummed. Based on what I’m getting on my triples and 5x lifts I should be pushing heavier for my singles. SO while I’m pleased, I’m also wondeirng “was that it?”
Am I talking myself out of getting my true max? Am I executing the lead-up wrong? THis is kinda new to me… am I missing something? Or do I just suck?[/quote]
Congratulations on the PRs…sometimes I feel the same way comparing my sets to my max singles, but keep making progress, that’s what it’s all about.
[quote]Canada_K wrote:
f##kf##kf##kf##kf##kf##kf##kf##kf##kf##kf##k
F##K!!!
Today was my last heavy workout before a complete week off lifting… with my 1RM test to follow the rest. Today was squats. I was eager to put some of the great suggestions I got into practice. In particular, foot placement, focusing on not caving my knees, and really recruiting my hamstrings and glutes to help with the movement.
I think I pulled my groin.
There was pain in my first heavy set, deep in my inner thigh, towards the back… I’d say somewhere on the border between my groin and my hamstring. I cut the workout short. It’s a damn good thing I’m supposed to be taking a week off. One thing I’m coming to appreciate it’s that a week’s worth of training singles is hard on your body. Oh I’ve trained heavy loads before, but singles, I’ve now learned, is a completely different animal.
With the virtual meet 12 days away the timing sucks HARD. I don’t mind losing, my competition is the size of a gorilla and there’s no shame in being beat by a silverback, but I do not want to just give this thing to him. Come hell or high water I will lift. Even if my Wilks score is 4, I will lift.
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Tough timing K, hopefully it’s nothing serious.
Sorry to hear about the groin strain. Must have been a combination of the heavier weights + the form change.
Just call me “Mr Hindsight”.
As far as the singles not being great, it takes a fair bit of practice to get to the stage where you can demonstrate a true 1rm. Your first attempt is unlikely to be close to what you’re really capable of especially if you generally work in a higher rep range.
Okay, so this is a prescribed and necessary week off lifting. I’m focusing on cutting carbs, water loading, and conditioning work. This morning I went to one of those “perky” spin classes…
Okay, the instructors didn’t send me into serial-killer rage this time, but I was ready to beat down the loudmouth bitch on the bike next to me. At the start of the class the chatting in the room was UNBELIEVABLE!!! I mean these ladies were loud enough to drown out the damned music! Finally after a few hills most of them quieted down, except for the motor-mouth next to me. After 20 minutes, listening to this lady was a lot like sticking an electric drill into my ear and pulling the trigger.
But on the flip side, have you ever noticed what an exceptional workout you get when you’re pissed off?
I spent the last two days wearing compression shorts and sitting on an ice pack. I think this teitchy groin muscle might be okay for 1RM testing Saturday…
Hope you heal up, quickly and well…
That sucks, Kent. Just remember that injuries do heal eventually.
“But on the flip side, have you ever noticed what an exceptional workout you get when you’re pissed off?”
Yeah, it’s sorta the Bruce Banner syndrome. “Don’t make me angry… you wouldn’t like me when I’m angry.”