Westside/PLing Training Thread

undesired + phil—thanks…thats what i was thinking after looking at the vid…im gonna try getting lower at the gym today with some light weights…the vid was yesterday,lol…i just sort of feel “off” when i get lower, perhaps a flexibility issue, at least i know i have a solid sldl…ahhaha

Training after 4 days of beers and foods.

Fun stuff

Felt real gay , so i went light…

DL : worked up to 570
SQ: 450 raw

As simple as this. first time deadlift since the meet(18 november) , i’M impressed by the speed of my last dead considering the fact that i slept less than 3 hours the night before. On a good day i think 600 will be doable.

Interesting man, thanks for the tip. I might just try to ride this one out without any meds. I’m going in for some relatively easy lower body stuff today, so I’ll see how it feels.

-MAtt

[quote]Bryan Chambers wrote:
Matgic wrote:
Went to the doctor today- he told me I’ve got tendonitis in my right foot. Gave me an orthodic which seems to be making it feel better…I’ll see how training legs feels when it comes around.

-MAtt

Hey Matt, have you tried any Mobic?? It’s a antiflammatory that has helped my shoulders. You’ll have to get it from a doctor. I only take it on the days I workout. I have heard if you take it all of the time it will slow down your recovery time. I 'm not sure about that but, thats the rumor. Somebody else hear might know more about it than me. I just do what I’m told and so far, so good!! I hope it heals quickly so you can get back to training like you want.
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bench DE sort of…
finally back after a week off for gluttony and Christmas.

I’m staying away from full ROM on bench for a ME until I get my bar speed back up.
this was not a typical DE workout but it kicked my ass.

Decline bench
0x10
135x5
315x5
495x5
565x2

floor press (puased on floor for a three count)
405x2
495x2
545x1
315x27

dumbell incline (paused)
140’s x 12
140’s x 12

skull crushers
135x5
225x5
275x4

DE bench -decided that I would finish the workout with my speed work. it got the blood flowing and got a good pump going. too bad I left the string tanktop at home. I could have hit some “killer” most muscular poses. I guess I could have borrowed one from about half the guys who train at my gym.

315 x 3 x 8 sets

abs.

It felt really good to get back into the gym. I’m hoping to pull 600 for a set of 10 on saturday.

Merry Festivus!! I broke out the pole and am ready for the feats of strength. (wonder if anyone gets that one.)

meat

MEAT!! Thats a killer DE w/o gotta love that oh so functional PUMP buddy. Killer #'2 keep it going and best of luck on the 600 x 10 you got that shit,

Phill

12/28/06 - ME Lower Body

A. Box Squat (parallel)
195 x 5, 245 x 3, 315 x 2, 335 x 1, 365 x 1, 385 x 1, 405 x 1, 415 x ?, 415 x 1

315 x 2, 335 x 3, 375 x 1 (90%)

B. Good Morning/Squat: 225 x 5, 245 x 5, 245 x 5, 225 x 4 (stricter)

A few sets of Ab work and Single Leg work

Couple sets of Band pushdowns for tricep recovery

NOTES: My previous best box squat was 395. Very pleased with 415. The reason for the 415 lift in question, is that my brother put his hands on me as I paused in the hole, and I discounted the lift. I angrily re-tested and got the 415.

The rep itself on 415 was very very slow until I remembered to force my knees out (tough without Matt yelling in my ear and coaching). It then flew up.

I was fried after the squatting, but pushed on. Unfortunately, I did something to my ankle during Single Leg Split Squats. Not serious, but it cut the uni-work short. Deload approaches, thankfully.

-The Boomster

Thursday- 12/28/06- ME LB- Deload

A)Power Squat Machine (facing away)(plate loaded)
180x5
270x5
360x5
270x6

B1)Low Cable Pull Throughs (sumo stiff leg)
STACK(190lb)x12 x12 x15

B2)Circular Hanging Leg Raises
BWx12 x12 x10

Notes: Nothing special here. Right foot hurts a bit after the power squats. They’re probably the only machine I really like using in place of true squats. Kept the stress real low today.
http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/default.asp?qid=37650&tid=113

The pull throughs from last week left my hams sore for basically 6 days after. Kinda strange, might’ve been the good mornings too.

-MAtt

[quote]JimmyBoom wrote:

The rep itself on 415 was very very slow until I remembered to force my knees out (tough without Matt yelling in my ear and coaching). It then flew up.
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Nice work buddy…feels good to break that 400lb and 4 plate barrier.

I wonder about the significance of the good morning squats on this. If my box squat gets up too, we may be on to something.

-MAtt

[quote]gags wrote:
dead vid, 445 for 2, critique please…[/quote]

Gotta agree with Phill. You seem to be stiff-legging it a bit too much.

By the way, where do you train? It looks like one of the levels straight out of “Wolfenstein”

-MAtt

[quote]JimmyBoom wrote:
12/28/06 - ME Lower Body

A. Box Squat (parallel)
195 x 5, 245 x 3, 315 x 2, 335 x 1, 365 x 1, 385 x 1, 405 x 1, 415 x ?, 415 x 1

315 x 2, 335 x 3, 375 x 1 (90%)

B. Good Morning/Squat: 225 x 5, 245 x 5, 245 x 5, 225 x 4 (stricter)

A few sets of Ab work and Single Leg work

Couple sets of Band pushdowns for tricep recovery

NOTES: My previous best box squat was 395. Very pleased with 415. The reason for the 415 lift in question, is that my brother put his hands on me as I paused in the hole, and I discounted the lift. I angrily re-tested and got the 415.

The rep itself on 415 was very very slow until I remembered to force my knees out (tough without Matt yelling in my ear and coaching). It then flew up.

I was fried after the squatting, but pushed on. Unfortunately, I did something to my ankle during Single Leg Split Squats. Not serious, but it cut the uni-work short. Deload approaches, thankfully.

-The Boomster[/quote]

Nice PR bro keep it up,

Phill

[quote]Phill wrote:
MEAT!! Thats a killer DE w/o gotta love that oh so functional PUMP buddy. Killer #'2 keep it going and best of luck on the 600 x 10 you got that shit,

Phill[/quote]

Thanks, man!

It’s good to be back. I don’t know how people sit around all day, every day doing nothing. Anyway, back to work…

meat

[quote]Matgic wrote:
JimmyBoom wrote:

The rep itself on 415 was very very slow until I remembered to force my knees out (tough without Matt yelling in my ear and coaching). It then flew up.

Nice work buddy…feels good to break that 400lb and 4 plate barrier.

I wonder about the significance of the good morning squats on this. If my box squat gets up too, we may be on to something.

-MAtt
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I was thinking about that as well. 20 lb PR (from 395) in a matter of what, two or three weeks, is pretty significant.

I also wonder if it simply is because I hadn’t box squatted in two or three weeks. In that time I did the ME deadlift, and the GM/S. Could just be the layoff from the movement, maybe?

-B

RE Upper-

Bench- pinkies on ring
barxton
135x8
185x11(pr), 8, 7
135x10 (wide)

1.5 pood (56lbs) KB row
20,15,15 each hand

BB MP-
115 3x6

Curls x15,12

weighted crunches 3x10

notes: bench seems to keep getting better each week. 300 in may is my goal. will test in 2 weeks to see how far i have to go to get it.

-chris

[quote]Matgic wrote:
gags wrote:
dead vid, 445 for 2, critique please…

Gotta agree with Phill. You seem to be stiff-legging it a bit too much.

By the way, where do you train? It looks like one of the levels straight out of “Wolfenstein”

-MAtt[/quote]

hahahhaha…it a warehouse my pops has for storage, just took over part of it with rack,500 and 600 something tire, sled, farmers, couple diff bars and some weights…and the tailgating heater

[quote]maraudermeat wrote:

skull crushers
135x5
225x5
275x4

Merry Festivus!! I broke out the pole and am ready for the feats of strength. (wonder if anyone gets that one.)

meat[/quote]

Nice! Incredible numbers, and I got a good laugh when I pictured some dude doing skull crushers with two hundred fucking seventy-five pounds. Insane.

Anyways, here was my comparatively lame but fun DE lower body workout…

DE Squat (14" box): 205 + light band x 2 x 10. First time doing a full DE workout with band tension, and I like it!

Speed dead: 340 x 1 x 6, alternating mixed grip. Sticky just off the floor but flying up after that. Need to start pulling from a deficit now and then. I was reading a post by Matt K. on EliteFTS and he talked about using your quads to get the bar moving and that helped.

Pull throughs: 87.5 x 10 x 4, SLOW and steady since I was letting my back round out. Great pump from these.

Hanging Pikes(straight legs, toes touching the pullup bar with each rep): 6 x 4. Second favorite ab exercise.

[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
bench DE sort of…
finally back after a week off for gluttony and Christmas.

I’m staying away from full ROM on bench for a ME until I get my bar speed back up.
this was not a typical DE workout but it kicked my ass.

Decline bench
0x10
135x5
315x5
495x5
565x2

floor press (puased on floor for a three count)
405x2
495x2
545x1
315x27

dumbell incline (paused)
140’s x 12
140’s x 12

skull crushers
135x5
225x5
275x4

DE bench -decided that I would finish the workout with my speed work. it got the blood flowing and got a good pump going. too bad I left the string tanktop at home. I could have hit some “killer” most muscular poses. I guess I could have borrowed one from about half the guys who train at my gym.

315 x 3 x 8 sets

abs.

It felt really good to get back into the gym. I’m hoping to pull 600 for a set of 10 on saturday.

Merry Festivus!! I broke out the pole and am ready for the feats of strength. (wonder if anyone gets that one.)

meat[/quote]

Man I got goose bumps reading that MEAT!!!

[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
Phill wrote:
MEAT!! Thats a killer DE w/o gotta love that oh so functional PUMP buddy. Killer #'2 keep it going and best of luck on the 600 x 10 you got that shit,

Phill

Thanks, man!

It’s good to be back. I don’t know how people sit around all day, every day doing nothing. Anyway, back to work…

meat[/quote]

I hear ya hell even a deload can be annoying as hell. Looks like the rest didnt hurt your #'s any and likely helped

Phill

[quote]gags wrote:
Matgic wrote:
gags wrote:
dead vid, 445 for 2, critique please…

Gotta agree with Phill. You seem to be stiff-legging it a bit too much.

By the way, where do you train? It looks like one of the levels straight out of “Wolfenstein”

-MAtt

hahahhaha…it a warehouse my pops has for storage, just took over part of it with rack,500 and 600 something tire, sled, farmers, couple diff bars and some weights…and the tailgating heater[/quote]

Looks like a damn fine spot to me.

A dungeon or some shit no frills

Phill

Its official my LA threashhold is for Shit. I can go all the hell out for 10-15 seconds and have a BIG drop off. Im just so used to moving that heavy single or double etc. I think the 20 rep front squats and such of late have helped but I am going to slowy add in a bit more conditioning. Or ill be losing my lunch at the comp.

Just a bit for now the next 6 weeks make strenght the mainstay still but will need to get conditioning way the hell up for the comp as well as strength. So walk a fine line add in a bit for this first six week and try and concentrate on strength. Then that will give me 5 weeks to add in a lot more heavy conditioning, dragging shit, flipping tires High rep heavy DL’s, etc. and hopefully the weather will be better then a week off and hit the comp.

[quote]Bryan Chambers wrote:
maraudermeat wrote:
bench DE sort of…
finally back after a week off for gluttony and Christmas.

I’m staying away from full ROM on bench for a ME until I get my bar speed back up.
this was not a typical DE workout but it kicked my ass.

Decline bench
0x10
135x5
315x5
495x5
565x2

floor press (puased on floor for a three count)
405x2
495x2
545x1
315x27

dumbell incline (paused)
140’s x 12
140’s x 12

skull crushers
135x5
225x5
275x4

DE bench -decided that I would finish the workout with my speed work. it got the blood flowing and got a good pump going. too bad I left the string tanktop at home. I could have hit some “killer” most muscular poses. I guess I could have borrowed one from about half the guys who train at my gym.

315 x 3 x 8 sets

abs.

It felt really good to get back into the gym. I’m hoping to pull 600 for a set of 10 on saturday.

Merry Festivus!! I broke out the pole and am ready for the feats of strength. (wonder if anyone gets that one.)

meat

Man I got goose bumps reading that MEAT!!!

[/quote]

That’s what I like to hear. Someone with an insane love for lifting. I don’t find it very often. I try to go in and train like it’s the last time I will ever be able to. It’s really hard to explain unless you are talking to someone that is like minded.
Guys like you keep me motivated.

meat