You might try this, the guy looks pretty strong.
Alexus - Hey thanks for stopping by and for your thoughts, I give you alot of credit from starting from scratch and making such a life altering change for the better. Personally if I had the extra time and free will I would do some sort of training at least 6 times a week, conditioning and weightlifting on alternating days. I do not think I would be able to function at all however if I did what i do in the gym now 4 days to 6-7 days.
Personally it would counterproductive I am pretty in tune with my body (I dont listen all the time lol) I would break down, no doubt in mind. With regards to smoking I started smoking at 12 all the way through college among a ton of other bad habits, while I started lifting in college a pack of newport lights were always in my gym bag…for my SS cardio I suggested that they put ash trays on the elipticals lol.
However approximately 5 years ago I contracted pneumonia and spent 3 days in the hospital, New years eve no less and dropped it cold turkey since then. I at time have my slip ups (with drink in hand) but I certainly no how it is to stop smoking.
Kev - Thanks man, I know nothing of Oly lifting, so I think when I hear about the training and automatically compare it to BB or PL type traing or heavy volume and think NO EFFING WAY. The human body is amazing and has this uncanny ability to adapt to different stressors. LOL how to big a HYOOOGE BACK … JUST LIKE THE BEAST DOING LEG EXTENSIONS!
Nikki - Oh Hai! I work it out and work out.
Masch - Reallllly? Im gonna check it out, it looks like I will have some free time during the days now. I have been wanting to check out a legit gym.
Damn Dday, thats a great idea, I have those thingys at my gym but didnt think they were stable enough, is that Meat? it kinda looks like him.
^The one and only. When he first posted that video I didn’t think those steps were going to make it but they did. If they can hold up to that they should do fine for anything us mortals can throw at them.
Todays cluster fuck.
INCLINE BENCH - 135/15 185/10 225/5 240/3 275/2 225/10 225/5
INCLINE LIGHT BAND BENCH - 135/10,10
SS
WG PULLUPS 5X5 (25)
1 HAND DB INCLINE PRESS - 75/15
2 HAND DB INCLINE PRESS - 100/12
HS VERT PRESS 2PPS/20 3PPS/12,10
CS DB ROW 75/10 100/10 115/5,5 75/15
INCLINE SKULL CRUSHER - 60/20 80/12 100/8
DB OH TRI EXT 40/10 35/12
BAND PD 10,10,10
PRISONER SQUAT X 10
DB SQUAT 30/10,12
HACK SQUAT 1PPS/15 2PPS/12
STANDING BAND CRUNCH X A BUNCH
NOTES: Ok day 2 of squatting every day, lol Im feeling tired already. Toned down the volume somewhat on the pressing assistance stuff to keep my shoulder fresher.
I got thrown another curve ball, I was offered a new position with another company which I am very happy about and have gladly accepted. Only thing is it is overnight 10 - 6am…does anyone have any experience with adjusting to an overnight shift?
[quote]dday wrote:
^The one and only. When he first posted that video I didn’t think those steps were going to make it but they did. If they can hold up to that they should do fine for anything us mortals can throw at them.[/quote]
Exactly why I didnt want to use them, but fuck it now those things are sturdier than they look!
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
I got thrown another curve ball, I was offered a new position with another company which I am very happy about and have gladly accepted. Only thing is it is overnight 10 - 6am…does anyone have any experience with adjusting to an overnight shift?[/quote]
I worked that shift for a year, that year felt like 10. Not trying to scare you off or anything but unless it was the only way I could feed my family there is no chance I’d volunteer for that shift. It’s really hard, at least for me, to adjust to that schedule. Sleeping during the day sucks, between dogs, lawn mowers, trash trucks etc it’s never quiet. I always felt tired and come the weekend my natural clock would shift back to sleeping at night so every Monday was like starting all over.
The plusses are few but lighter traffic and no one at the gym when you get there, at least thats how my situation was.
Best of luck, hopefully it’s worth it for you and the move pays off.
[quote]dday wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
I got thrown another curve ball, I was offered a new position with another company which I am very happy about and have gladly accepted. Only thing is it is overnight 10 - 6am…does anyone have any experience with adjusting to an overnight shift?[/quote]
I worked that shift for a year, that year felt like 10. Not trying to scare you off or anything but unless it was the only way I could feed my family there is no chance I’d volunteer for that shift. It’s really hard, at least for me, to adjust to that schedule. Sleeping during the day sucks, between dogs, lawn mowers, trash trucks etc it’s never quiet. I always felt tired and come the weekend my natural clock would shift back to sleeping at night so every Monday was like starting all over.
The plusses are few but lighter traffic and no one at the gym when you get there, at least thats how my situation was.
Best of luck, hopefully it’s worth it for you and the move pays off.[/quote]
I did also for 9 months. I was only 21 then. Im not going to lie it messed me up.I lost 30 lbs and it wasnt body fat. The only advice I can give is once you get a sleeping pattern down you got to stick with it. Allot of people tend to sleep at nights on the weekend .Unfortently when you do this you end up being up for a 24 hour period.
The pressing is strong with you.
nice work-
I work nights sometimes working over nights can be a rough.
10 to 6
that means you can have ‘dinner’ with the family
go to work
come home and see everyone off- pass out in your sweats on the coach
wake up at 3 or 4 train and do it again…
dday and Dogg, I was afraid you were gonna say that, but its a really good opportunity for me, nothing ventured nothing gained I guess.
Kev - Thats what I was thinking…keeping my fingers crossed
I do not think I would be able to function at all however if I did what i do in the gym now 4 days to 6-7 days.
heh. i do not think i would be able to function at all if i took what you did in 1 day and split it up and did it over 7 days.
yeah, no eccentric makes a LOT of difference. i find it harder to recover from x number of reps @30kg (which I need to gently lower) than x number of reps @35kg (which i drop). and by ‘high volume’ i mean, um, like 8-10 sets. of, um, singles. lol. (two minutes rest between sets - takes a while to get through that). and the time under tension for a snatch is probably only around 1-2 seconds.
the people who squat every day seem to only do 2x2 or something like that (for their work sets). i bet they couldn’t do something like 6x6@80% their actual training max every day. or maybe they could… but i bet there is a point where what they need to do to properly recover simply isn’t worth it.
i know a couple people who adapted okay to night shift and they say they will never go back. they like their alone time, though, tis true. have invested in black out curtains and stuff like that. some additional sound proofing. will be interesting to hear how you find it.
How are those pulls feeling…and how is the back?
Curious to see where you go with all this ‘skwatting’. Better take teh creatinez.
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
[quote]dday wrote:
[quote]MattyXL wrote:
I got thrown another curve ball, I was offered a new position with another company which I am very happy about and have gladly accepted. Only thing is it is overnight 10 - 6am…does anyone have any experience with adjusting to an overnight shift?[/quote]
I worked that shift for a year, that year felt like 10. Not trying to scare you off or anything but unless it was the only way I could feed my family there is no chance I’d volunteer for that shift. It’s really hard, at least for me, to adjust to that schedule. Sleeping during the day sucks, between dogs, lawn mowers, trash trucks etc it’s never quiet. I always felt tired and come the weekend my natural clock would shift back to sleeping at night so every Monday was like starting all over.
The plusses are few but lighter traffic and no one at the gym when you get there, at least thats how my situation was.
Best of luck, hopefully it’s worth it for you and the move pays off.[/quote]
I did also for 9 months. I was only 21 then. Im not going to lie it messed me up.I lost 30 lbs and it wasnt body fat. The only advice I can give is once you get a sleeping pattern down you got to stick with it. Allot of people tend to sleep at nights on the weekend .Unfortently when you do this you end up being up for a 24 hour period.[/quote]
I worked 7 pm to 7 am 4-5 days a week for 14 years while I went to school during the day. Working nights takes a lot out of you and you have to have a plan. You have to do a lot of things to make sure you can get some sleep during the day.
Alexus - This is now making alot of sense with regards to some of the differences in styles. Thanks, black out curtains sound like a great idea…I hope I am one of those who “like” it, its odd how life always gives you opportunities, albeit with caveats.
German - Im following your protocol and my back is much better for it. I like the lifting off the 45s however I think I may have been doing the rackpulls wrong, but I will probably rinse and repeat the program you gave me again slighlty increasing the weight. good stuff.
Ddot - Have you ever used the Vsquat machine, is it a good accessory to the back squat?
DJ - Please kind sir, elaborate on the plan, its an opportunity I cannot pass up!
I did the night shift on a Navy ship, it works in a self-contained environment, but sure wouldn’t want to try it in the regular world.
Got to get a dog will tell you later Matty.
Rince repeat i like that…lol. I think backing down a bit helped get your back feeling better and gives you a chance to re-set so to speak.
I did night shift for just a coupl months and I never got used to it. What kind of job Matty?
Now don’t get to worked up. Just because some people cant adjust to 3rd doesn’t mean that you cant. Some can others cant.