[quote]csulli wrote:
Btw I wore my new Superboy Prime shirt today just like CT Fletcher does. I doubt CT Fletcher knows it’s actually a Superboy Prime shirt though; he probably just thinks it’s a cool black Superman shirt. What a noob.[/quote]
LOL just got new glasses and cut the sleeves off my Superman tee. Going to be rocking the Clark Kent look this summer lol
Where’d you get the Superboy Prime shirt?
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
Where’d you get the Superboy Prime shirt?[/quote]
I got it from the superherostuff website. Tons of cool shirts on there actually.
5/20/2013
Squats:
45 10x
135 5x
185 5x
225 3x
275 3x
315 3x
365 1x
395 2x Pleasantly surprised with this. Felt much better than 385 did last week. The gym was blazing hot, and even with chalk the bar kept sliding ridiculously so I actually had it higher on my back than usual. Considering that I think it would have felt even better than it already did under the right conditions!
I had my friend film it since my phone was almost dead, but the depth was okay and the reps looked less “hinged” than they have in the past. One of my training partners said that I would unrack the weight with a decent upper back position, but then I would look down at my feet when I set them, and when I brought my head back up I never regained the same posture. So I don’t look down like that anymore, and I think it helped a lot keep my head up and not get bent forward so badly.
I do notice a problem with knee caving though. When the weight gets heavy (for me) it is extremely evident (poor Spock probably would have had a heart attack if she saw them). I dropped down to some very light weight afterwards and felt out my form some more, and I can actually feel, even with light weights, my knees wanting to come inward right as I’m coming out of the hole. On light weight of course I can force them back out, but I still feel the tendency. Something to address for sure.
I did some ab wheel after that and some calves (lol). First time I’ve done calves in… 5 years? Ed Coan did calves. That’s probably why I’m not squatting 900lbs.
5/22/2013
Not sure what to say, think, or do about today’s training session.
Bench:
45 5x
95 5x
135 5x
185 5x
225 5x
275 3x
305 1x
325 1x Paused. Tried a second and failed. My butt came up on the first rep so the one doesn’t even count really.
325 0x Tucked way more so my ass stayed down; couldn’t even get the one.
325 2x Said “fuck everything” and put my feet back to where they used to be and did 2 extremely easy touch and go reps. Of course my butt came off on both of them, but I thought doing this might make me feel better. It didn’t really.
Close Grip Bench: (inch outside the smooth)
300 2x paused, butt down
300 2x paused, butt down
Now I’m starting to think to myself… “Self, why did the close grips feel so much better than the wide grip?”. I can’t really explain it, but something about my regular grip (ring finger on the ring) felt awful. I was weak off the chest, and I didn’t feel tightness when I came down. Close grip felt fantastic. I’m wondering now what it would feel like to go thumb length away from the smooth as my normal grip.
Incline Bench:
225 2x
250 2x
250 2x
Dead Bench: (pins set exactly at chest height)
225 3x
275 3x
295 1x
305 1x PR. I used thumb away from the smooth as my grip on these, and I was stronger on them than last week with my typical grip.
Anyway. My head is all fucked up from this. I’m lowering my bench attempts for the meet; that’s just a given. I think 285, 315, 335? That’s pretty disappointing for me. I feel like all kinds of things are going crazy on my bench. I couldn’t keep my ass down so I had to change my lower body, when I change my lower body setup for some reason my regular grip feels horrible and now I’m thinking of changing my grip. It’s just too many things changing too close to the meet.
Here’s set one close grip:
Here’s set two close grip:
Sorry it takes me so long to get set. I’m still not used to it, and I have a hard time finding what I think feels the best.
Why do you keep asking me if I would? I don’t know the context.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Why do you keep asking me if I would? I don’t know the context.[/quote]
A people should know when they’re conquered.
Would you Quincy?
Would I?
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Why do you keep asking me if I would? I don’t know the context.[/quote]
A people should know when they’re conquered.
Would you Quincy?
Would I?[/quote]
Maybe consider slowing down your descent right before you touch your chest? I like to bring the bar down fast, but I feel as though it fucks everything up for me (and my ass moves around) if I don’t touch my chest somewhat softly… Then again, you kick my butt a lot in strength so do whatever the heck you want! 
Or just fucking log press
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Why do you keep asking me if I would? I don’t know the context.[/quote]
A people should know when they’re conquered.
Would you Quincy?
Would I?[/quote]
Let me ask you this.
If the rule you followed brought you to this,
Of what use was the rule?
(SO TEMPTED TO USE THAT FOR NEW LOG NAME AHHHH)
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Why do you keep asking me if I would? I don’t know the context.[/quote]
A people should know when they’re conquered.
Would you Quincy?
Would I?[/quote]
Let me ask you this.
If the rule you followed brought you to this,
Of what use was the rule?
(SO TEMPTED TO USE THAT FOR NEW LOG NAME AHHHH)
[/quote]
Not a bad idea friendo.
5/24/2013
Deadlifts:
135 5x
225 5x
315 3x
405 1x
455 1x
515 1x hitched
485 1x clean
Well that’s that. Looks like squat is the only thing I have left that I can do with form that would pass in a meet. How ironic is that lol? My worst lift is the only one I can do.
Bench: I benched again. I have to figure out my form.
135 5x
185 5x
225 3x
275 1x did this with ring finger on the ring grip and with very little arch and feet flat and out. Butt came up a bit.
275 1x did this with thumbs away from the smooth grip with feet tucked and a bigger arch. Brought the bar down lower on my torso.
315 1x using the form above, paused
315 1x same.
Going with a bit of a closer grip felt better I guess? I honestly don’t know anymore. I feel noticeably weaker than I used to. Having to change form and hitting walls at weights I was aiming to hit has really put me off of this shit. The first thing I’m going to so after this damn meet is buy a log to press lol.
[quote]csulli wrote:
5/24/2013
hitched
[/quote]
Nooooooooo! Don’t do it, bro! Don- oh wait… carry on barrel rolls away
Enter in NC strongman contest 200 division*
jus sayin.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
5/24/2013
hitched
[/quote]
Nooooooooo! Don’t do it, bro! Don- oh wait… carry on barrel rolls away[/quote]
heheh… definitely not that
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Enter in NC strongman contest 200 division*
jus sayin.
[/quote]
I’d be stoked to find a contest that had a 200lb division. I figured most of them would only have heavyweight, 230lb and under, and maybe a 175 class.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Why do you keep asking me if I would? I don’t know the context.[/quote]
A people should know when they’re conquered.
Would you Quincy?
Would I?[/quote]
Let me ask you this.
If the rule you followed brought you to this,
Of what use was the rule?
(SO TEMPTED TO USE THAT FOR NEW LOG NAME AHHHH)
[/quote]
OMG BRO!!!
DO you have any idea how crazy you are?
You mean the nature of this conversation?
I mean the nature of you…
FUCK YEAH
[quote]csulli wrote:
5/20/2013
I do notice a problem with knee caving though. When the weight gets heavy (for me) it is extremely evident (poor Spock probably would have had a heart attack if she saw them). I dropped down to some very light weight afterwards and felt out my form some more, and I can actually feel, even with light weights, my knees wanting to come inward right as I’m coming out of the hole. On light weight of course I can force them back out, but I still feel the tendency. Something to address for sure.
[/quote]
OMG BRROOOOOOO!!! WE BE THE SAME!!!
I wonder if a lot of people have this issue and don’t even realize it? Cause I used to have no I idea I did this until I filmed shit.
It’s probably more common than we think.
My inner legs are stronger than my outter! For me, I don’t really feel like it’s knee caving, more like inner leg over powering. I just call it knee caving cause it’s easier to explain HAH
5/25/2013
Behind the Neck Press:
45 20x
95 10x
135 5x
155 8x
Seated DB OHP:
50’s 10x Did these as slow as possible and paused them and stuff. Just kinda stretching and feeling the muscle or some bullshit.
50’s 20x Did these bodybuilder style where you only do the bottom part of the rep. Lol that makes it a lot easier.
Flys:
30’s 15x
40’s 10x
40’s 10x
40’s 10x Lots of really big benchers do flys I notice. I didn’t go nuts on them or anything. My front delts are a bit wrecked right now.
I forgot to do lateral raises. I think I’ll do those at home.
DB Curls:
50’s 10x
50’s 10x
50’s 10x
50’s 10x
superset with:
Average Band Pushdowns:
30x
30x
20x
20x
Weighted Dips: I meant to do these first, but I forgot…
+90lbs 5x
10 seconds rest
+90lbs 5x
went slightly easier on those cuz of the front delts as well. Meant to do a BW set at the end but forgot about that too lol. My mind is all over the place.
Cable Curls:
3 sets of 10 with the whole stack
superset with
More Average Band Pushdowns:
3 sets of 20
Fat Bar Curls: (Couldn’t find the fatgrips, so we used the homemade fat bar. I think it weighs 23lbs)
23 8x
43 8x
63 8x
73 8x
83 8x
93 8x
93 8x
93 8x
superset with
Overhead Tricep Rope Push Things:
3 or 4 sets of something
French Press:
95 10x
95 10x
95 10x
95 10x
superset with
Supinated Grip Pullups:
4 sets of 10
Did a 21 with 30lb dumbbells at the end lol. I don’t think I’ve done a 21 since like high school.
Arms felt good. Bicep is feeling great. No elbow tendonitis on either side of the joint. Maybe I’ll bodybuild for a little while after the meet lol. It sure is less stressful. Also think I’ll lay down the mantle of Philip J. Fry for a while until I’m in a better mood…
