@ Texican- You’re right. But first order of business is getting that fit again. my cals are a bit under par for SpecOps, and my fitness is way under par.
On a training note - I had a very bad bench day. I barely hit 215 for 5 reps. On the other side, my push ups are increasing. Ugh.
Got 500lbs on my squat yesterday (belt only). I am currently around 170lb bw. Looks like I am in good shape for next months meet.
Hey LMercury. I know this is the PL forum, but you seem to be on here daily so I thought I would ask here. I noticed that you have been having some disc issues, but are still going with the erg, in the hopes of making the nat. team. Have you changed your stroke at all, or done anything else to lessen the compresion on the lumbar. From the pic it looks like you are in the same boat as I am, in terms of always needing to gain a little extra length in the water because you are so much shorter.
[quote]SILVERDAN7 wrote:
Hey LMercury. I know this is the PL forum, but you seem to be on here daily so I thought I would ask here. I noticed that you have been having some disc issues, but are still going with the erg, in the hopes of making the nat. team. Have you changed your stroke at all, or done anything else to lessen the compresion on the lumbar. From the pic it looks like you are in the same boat as I am, in terms of always needing to gain a little extra length in the water because you are so much shorter.[/quote]
I really haven’t changed my stroke any at all, but I have worked big time on my hip mobility which has allowed me to get some pressure off the lumbar/SI region and still getting good length on the stroke. Most people I row with are significantly taller yet they all tell me I have the longest stroke in the boat and I’m easy to follow because of it. I’d say my disc issue was related more to rowing too much port without taking care of the imbalances it was developing in combination with powerlifting. The MRI showed my bottom couple lumbar vertebrae completely rotated on the axis. So right now my main focus is fixing the imbalances to allow for a better stroke, and a healthier life. Pain is minimal at this point so I’m on the right track. I was able to put up 500x2 for squatting yesterday but have yet to try deadlifting.
Ok so I haven’t updated for a long time… Been leaving the gear for a while (Recent PRs are: 600x1 straps up, 556 2x1 straps down, 507x3 straps down) and now the raw is doing great:
Squat: 405 x3
Bench: 315 x3 *Raw, paused PR
DL: 425 x3 beltless
Looking to a meet on the 21st of January. I want to get: 220, 162.5, 232.5 for a 615 total at ~88kg bw for a 7x bw raw total. Nothing groundbreaking but 8x BW raw and 10x BW equipped are my 2012 goals. I figure starting the year with 7x raw is a good way to begin!
I posted a new topic with my most recent meet video but I never got as much advice as I was hoping, being a under 200lber thought you guys would be able to help me here!
74kg Junior, IPF Meet
Thanks
[quote]666Rich wrote:
Got 500lbs on my squat yesterday (belt only). I am currently around 170lb bw. Looks like I am in good shape for next months meet.[/quote]
Damn. Nice work!
725/80lbs chains. raw with wraps. 198lb class
2 Scoops. You are simply ridiculous.
That’s crazy scoops
Holy shit 2 Scoops. Beast.
2 really big scoops.
Decided to try to get to 198 for my next meet…
If I make it I will post some results here.
Scoops is even prettier in person.
Crazy stuff Scoops!
thanks guys. and thanks for the compliment aj lol. what i lack in mass i make up for in chops haha.
PRs: 385 DL w/ straps and belt
385 squat w/ belt
220 bench
BW@ 160ish
Did that all a few months ago have gone down considerably in all since. Workin on my olympic lifts lately, stayin around the 70kg range.
Another PR total this week.
edit: 395/290/445
Been injured for a long time. Finally got my 500 DL today at lunch.
I hate all of you guys.
Weighed in at my heaviest ever last night at 169.
265/175/315
All of those numbers should be over the next hundred mark by the end of the year…
I’ve gained from 175 lbs to 190 lbs since mid October. I should stress that I’m 6’3" ; ^ ).
I PR’d in pull ups last week - 2 sets of 10 and a set of 11.
Bench is highest since 2000. 3x200, 3x215, 5x228
Still need to improve squat - working with sets of 8 reps at 185.
Goals - 280-300 1rm on bench by summer.
Gain to 210 then cut down to under 200 over the summer.
Get my legs caught up!
Speaking of which, time to squat. TO THE GYM!