Considering how freakishly strong you are compared to the rest of us mere mortals I've got to ask - having a light day?
i have no arms. lol. But yeah. friday is "jacked and tanned day" which is basically biceps, rear delts and maybe some shrugs jus to balance out everything else i do, takes 20 mins or so and flushes the blood through. What're you curling like? you'll notice i tastefull avoid having my arms in any photo's haha
had a national power lifter play with my bench today and play with form and technique. Tried to take in what he was saying but it didnt feel right to me. ended up hitting about 18 singles with 100kg. i got pretty frustrated with the fact i cant bench.
But apparently absurdly strong lats . Wobbly from day to day, but then my body is a troll. I've had days I've strict curled 45kg with the EZ curl bar but that was a little while ago. Most days I hover around 35 - 40kg keeping it strict though I don't do them too often. Hammer curls with dumbbells I can do 23kg quite comfortably though for a fair amount of volume. What was he suggesting that didn't feel right to you?
Thats a strong curl. everything felt weird, he was playing with bar path and set up etc. cant help but wonder if my set up should be different because of my hight and the fact all my pressing strength is in my delts and tri's.... going to keep playing anyway. also, i have zero arms.
when i visit you we should have a competition to see who has the crappiest benching technique then we should go prsss overhead
Haha for sure. I feel like log press will be a good movement to play with. Sunday High bar squat Warming up with high bar is my new favourite thing, really loosens the legs off. Bar x 10 60kg x3 90kg x3 110kg x3 125kg x2 135kg x1 145jg x1 If I'd done more it wouldn't have been fast and thus not a warm up. Deadlift. 60kg x10 110kg x 2 150kg x2 170kg x 1 200kg x1 loose belt 210kg x 3 singles in belt. Double overhand axle deads. 140kg 5x3 Hanging leg raises 3x10 in half pull up position Axle rows 3x10 with 60kg Pinch grip stuff.
Mondays stuff. High bar squats to warm up Up to a 140 single Paused deads (pause at the knee 3 count) 170 5x2 Bench Up to 110 for a warm over. 80 3x3 with 1.5 reps. Good morning superset with day grip shrugs 60kg each 5 and 10. 3 sets.
paused squat bar 5,5,5 60kg 5,5,5 90kg, 5,3,3 110kg x2,2 120kg x2 130kg x2 150kg x2 160kg x1 felt pretty good, playing with new form, feels muxh better but i cant feel out parallel very well, blessed that my spotters are not enablers though deadlift 120kg x5 140kg x2 160kg x2 170kg x2 200kg 3 singles, the first and last in a belt, the middle was a beltless PR 160kg pull to the knee, drop, pull to the floor. 3 singles bench everything with short green bands. felt about 50-60kg heavier up top 60kg x 2,2 50kg 8 x 3-2 reverse curls 30kg 3x10 pinch grip stuff.
and obviously when i said pull to the floor i meant from the floor, as in a full deadlift so pull the bar to the knee, hold for a sec, let go grab bar do a ful deadlift slothy, paused squat is just a squat but you pause at the bottom to remove any stretch refex or "bounce" really good dot staying tight, improving power out the hole and working o form. I'm hoping it'll have carry over to my deadlift too. I'm obviously not going to just stop squatting till the meet but i figure paused work (for power) and volume work (to develop the actual muscles) is going to be better than acting like i'm going to squat at the meet, when i'm not.
That it is fishy, that it is. light day bench waves. 5 reps, add eight, 3 reps add weight 1 rep add weight. that one set. 80-90-100 85-95-100 80-90-100 10-20 facepulls between each 'wave' pendlay rows with axle 4x8 @ 70kg axle deadlift 140kg 5x3 managed the first 4 sets double overhand, had to mix the 5th when i dropped the first rep. when i mixed i mixed the opposit way i normally do. 160kg x1 190kg x1 felt easy. fun, i feel fresh. 190 on an axle is good going, the lack of spinners and lack of bend make it just as hard as the thickness, think i'd be good for 210 if i went for it (which would defeat the point of having a 'light day' and using an axle) not eaten close to enough today.
yesterday, had less than 3 hours sleep and less than 1000kcal when i trained. didnt expect a lot paused squat 60kg x 2,2,2,2,2,2 80kg x2,2,2, 100kg x 2,2 120kg x 2,2, 130kg x1,1, 150kg x1 120kg x2,2,2,2 3 stage deads. 140kg 4 sets 160kg 1 set 170kg 1 set seated row: 20 mins worth of sets of 6-20
bench with the team. we spent like 3 hours benching, fun-ish but not something for everyday. We've a couple of IPF judges in the team and they went a head and handed me a whole bunch of red lights and my number took a dive. bench barx 10,10 60kg x3,3, 80kg x 3,3, 100kg x 1,1,1 110kg 3 singles, all redlights, bar too low on my body, wobbily hips or heels coming off 105 3 singles, all whites. 4x2 @ 95kg 2x6@ 85kg 2x4@ 75kg board press 3x3@ 60kg 2x3@ 80kg 3x2@ 90kg 2x2@ 100kg. tricep hell all in one set: close grip bench x5, close grip to 1 board x5, close grip to 2 board x5, close grip to 3 board x 5, close grip to 2 board x 5 close grip to 1 board x5 i did 60kg.
tuesdays "i cant be arsed" workout. really wasnt for it, did the bear minimum axle rows: 4x6 @80kg axle deads 3x5 @140 (all double overhand) push downs and facepulls. 15 mins of going to go to a different gym today, change the scenery
Training with fishy 1power snatch one pocket snatch 30kg 3 sets 40kg 2 seta 50kg 3 sets 60kg 3 seta with a klokov press on the end 70kg 3 sets but I dropped the pocket snatch every time. I'd have had it if it wasn't for my shoes. Bench Every set had big chains added 60kg and chains x5 70kg and chain x5 80kg and chain x5 Feet on bench 60kg and chain 3x5 Every rep paused deadlift 120kg x1 160kg x 1 190kg x1,1 210kg x 1,1 220kg x 1 with a belt 170kg plus chain x 5 140kg plus chain x8 Chest support row SS 70kg Viking press 5x8/5 Low row 4x20 superset 4x15 pec dec