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Had an amazing squat day today and set a PR.
SQUATS
135 x 5
135 x 5
225 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 1
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1
525 x 1 FAST
550 x 1 fast, but FREAKING HIGH DANGITTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
550 x 1 not as fast, but deep. [url]www.********.com/v/525686903265[/url]
475 x 2
455 x 2
LYING LEG CURLS
3 sets of 15
1 set of 8
DONE!!!
Decent workout today even thought it didn't go as planned. I was supposed to hit 585 for a double. That should have been fairly easy since I did that nearly a month ago already. However, I decided it would be a brilliant idea to jump from 495 to 585. Not so brilliant. Should have went 495,545, then 585 for a double. So long story short I ended up with 585 for a single after missing the first attempt because of the weight jump.
DEADLIFT
135 x 5
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 2
495 x 1
585 x I'm an idiot
585 x 1
495 x 5
495 x 3
495 x 3 sumo
REVERSE HS VSQUAT
10 plates x 8
10 plates x 8
10 plates x 8
Ha where did you miss it?
[QUOTE=BombDonald;641624193]Ha where did you miss it?[/QUOTE]
Off the floor of all places. Pretty weird considering a month ago I hit it for a double, but like I said I'm pretty sure the jump in weight is what caused that. I've NEVER made a jump in weight that big.
You're so strong...... :eek:
[QUOTE=mm55;641655353]You're so strong...... :eek:[/QUOTE]
Thanks man. I've got some work to do, but it takes time.
Strong work recently!
[QUOTE=breathinglife;641840123]Strong work recently![/QUOTE]
Gracias. I've got a HEAVY bench workout tonight. I'm supposed to hit 410 for 2 doubles :eek: If I hit that I'll be pretty freaking pumped. Hopefully I can get a vid.
Another PR on the bench today.
BB FLAT BENCH
410 x 2
410 x 1.5 didn't drive back to the rack on the 2nd rep
VID: [url]http://www.********.com/v/525833040405[/url]
Yeah I know it's sideways. Trust me I want to punch ******** in the face for not letting me rotate it and then punch my phone in the face for making it sideways. :) Oh and don't worry there are 2.5's on the ends;)
CGBP
365 x 1.5? what?
365 x 2 Easy? Not sure about that. Whatever.
FLAT (again)
315 x 8
HS WIDE GRIP
5 pps x 5
3 pps x 10
6 mins LISS on the elliptical
10 mins walking running on indoor track. Only ran at 65-70% full speed. I walked a lap and ran a lap until I got a mile. I think post workout cardio is VERY BENEFICIAL for recovery as long as you don't go nuts.
Awesome benching as always.
Reppin my last meet PR.
SQUATS
135 x 5 wu
135 x 5 wu
225 x 5 wu
315 x 3 wu
405 x 1 wu
455 x 1 wu
495 x 1 wu
535 x 2 work
535 x 2 work
535 x 2 work
455 x 3
405 x 5
225 x 8
Dang squats felt good today. I used a pair of shoes with a little more heel. I was using my deadlift shoes and I squatted 550 with em, but I think the ones I used today give me way more drive out of the hole. Dang LVAC's bars suck though.
LYING LEG CURLS
15
12
8
REVERSE HS VSQUAT
10 plates x 5
10 plates x 5
STRAIGHT LEG CALF RAISE
4 sets of 10
SEATED CALF RAISE
4 sets of 15
10 mins LISS. 7 min on the bike and 3 on the walking track.
Some good pulls today.
DEADLIFT
135 x 5
135 x 5
225 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 2
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1
545 x 1
585 x 1 VERY FAST!!! happy about that.
620 x miss. partner gave me a nudge to complete the lift.
DEFICIT 4"
455 x 3
455 x 3
455 x 3
Pretty good day today. I'm happy that I was able to pull 585 with speed, but I really wish I would have been able to hit 620. No sweat though. Next week I'm supposed to work up to 635 for a single, but since I failed at 620 I'll most likely hit that again or at least attempt it. I think my heavy warmups will be 495 and 565 and then jump to 620. I know I have to be careful not to make huge jumps in weight while working up to my heaviest set, but I think doing 495,545,585 as warm ups fatigued me today before I got to 620. I'll try that out and see what happens. My opener in April will most likely be 585.
do you do any assistance lifts or just the main ones?
[QUOTE=BEhave;645439913]do you do any assistance lifts or just the main ones?[/QUOTE]
Yeah we do some good mornings, SLDL's, rack pulls, and reverse hammer strength Vsquats (another version of good mornings) on days that we deadlift. Right now since we're about 3 weeks out we have pretty much tapered off the assistance stuff/went very light with it. I have a separate back day where I do pullups, db rows, and usually chest supported tbar rows or some other supported row where I can avoid using my lower back as it rests/heals from my deadlift day.
Got some work done on the bench press today.
BB FLAT
135 x 8
225 x 5
275 x 2
315 x 1
365 x 1
385 x unrack and hold only
415 x 1
415 x 1
CGBP
365 x 2 paused both reps
365 x 2 no pause
BB FLAT
385 x 2 paused
385 x 1 paused
225 x 14 no pauses
I was supposed to hit 415 for 2 doubles today. I think that would have been VERY impressive considering I only hit 410 for a set of 2 and a set of 1.5 just last week. With that said, I'm still pretty pleased with the speed I had with 415 in the video I took. I honestly believe that my 1st rep in the video is as fast as 410 last week. Let me know if you disagree ;) I'm hoping to hit 425 for two singles next week. Vid of 415: [url]http://www.********.com/v/526007760265[/url]
Another great day in the squat rack.
SQUATZZZ
135 x 5
135 x 5
135 x 5
225 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 2
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1
555 x 1
555 x 1
555 x 1
455 x 3
405 x 3
Vid of 2nd set with 555: [url]www.********.com/v/526057914755[/url]
Not the best video, but it was NOT high I can assure you. I had 3 judges spotting me and a forth running the camera. Anyways, I'm really pleased that I was able to hit that weight for 3 straight sets.
3 sets of light seated leg curls
3 sets of seated calf raises
5 sets of straight leg leg press calf raises
Awesome workout today!!!
By far the best day I have EVER had deadlifting.
DEADLIFTS (started off coventional and then decided I would try froggy/sumo)
135 x 8
135 x 8
225 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
315 x 3 froggy
405 x 1 conventional
405 x 1 froggy
495 x 1 conventional
495 x 1 froggy "ewwww that felt nice I think I'll do again"
565 x 1 froggy "holy crap that was fast"
600 x 1 froggy "OMG!!" first time ever hitting 600 in the gym even though I've hit it on the platform in competition
620 x 1 froggy shakes head
495 x 1 froggy
Vid of 620: [url]www.********.com/v/526176916275[/url]
Great day benching today. Hit 395, 415, and 425 all paused. Vids of 415 and 425.
BB BENCH PRESS
395 x 1 paused
415 x 1 paused
425 x 1 paused (unfortunately my spotter got a little jumpy when the weights movement slowed down and he didn't let me finish the rep) I'm certain I would have finished it successfully
CGBP
315 x 5 last rep paused
315 x 4 last rep paused
HS WIDE GRIP
2 plates per side x 12
2 plates per side x 12
15 minutes LISS on the treadmill.
Nothing exciting today. I was wanting to work up to 545, but I could never get my hips loose and or my head in it. If my body isn't feeling just right I won't push it. No way I'm gettin hurt right now.
SQUAT
135 x 8
135 x 5
225 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 2
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1
515 x 1 done
OVERLOADS (catch bar set at bellybutton height)
585 x 2
585 x 2
I'm feeling disappointed that I only worked up to 515, but I'm not gonna push it if my body isn't feeling right. 515 felt heavy and it wasn't fast by any means so there just wasn't any sense in going past that. Besides, I've already hit my goal weight (555) for the meet April 3rd with plenty of confidence that on the day I can hit 560+.
Hey at least I could have kept up with you in your last squat workout lol.
Just noticed your deadlifts the other day, and they were sick. Switching over to sumo for you may be just what you needed.
[QUOTE=BombDonald;651416753]Hey at least I could have kept up with you in your last squat workout lol.
Just noticed your deadlifts the other day, and they were sick. Switching over to sumo for you may be just what you needed.[/QUOTE]
I've tried full sumo before without much luck. I was only able to get up to 545 that way. I think my hammies were the weak link going full sumo. I feel pretty strong pulling conventional, but I think my back is becoming the weak link there. I had always wanted to try pulling with a stance that's halfway between conventional and full sumo. My stance looks fairly wide in the vid, but it's not as wide as it looks. We deadlift with a pretty short bar. Pulling like I did in the vid just works better for me. I get more "push" with that stance. I feel like I'm pulling way too much with conventional and I have ZERO push with full sumo. With a "froggy" stance I get equal amounts of pull and push when I deadlift. Push sounds weird, but I've been told to imagine I'm pushing the ground away from me when I deadlift.
You are just a bag of PRs lately.
[QUOTE=breathinglife;651572033]You are just a bag of PRs lately.[/QUOTE]
It has been nice.
Todays meet recap:
SQUAT: Opened with 534 easy although a little shaky on the set up. 2nd attempt was 551 and it was easy. 3rd attempt was 562 and it was fairly easy as well and I'm wondering if I should have just went for 567 or maybe even slight higher. Oh well 560 what I wanted and anything above that would have just been icing on the cake. Tweaked the crap out of my next and left trap on my 3rd attempt. Not sure how.
BENCH: Opened with 396 and it was pretty fast. 2nd attempt was 413 and it was semifast, but felt heavy. 3rd attempt was 418 and I powered through it. I wanted 424 really badly, but after 413 I knew 424 wasn't in me and a 1600 total was in the back of my mind and my neck was bothering me so 418 was a very good decision.
DEADLIFT: Interesting to say the least. Opened with 601 and it was fairly fast although not nearly as fast as I thought it would/should have been. 2nd attempt was 622. Missed it......then judges say they're gonna give me another attempt at it and erase the the failed one because the bar wasn't clean and they misloaded it. Ok cool. 2nd 2nd attempt with 622 fail. My freaking grip went again. My fault, bar was loaded correctly and cleaned, but I forgot to put on my glass bellybutton and wasn't focused on setting up my grip. Ok here we go for my 3rd attempt. Switched my over under grip from right under/left over to left under right over. Smoked the weight easily. Feels good and bad man. Had I just decided to do this on my do over I'd probably be telling you that I had a 633+ deadlift today. Whatever who cares I had a great day and totaled 1600:)
Vids of 3rd attempts shortly.
562 squat: [url]www.********.com/v/531668091915[/url]
622 deadlift: [url]www.********.com/v/531668471155[/url]
418 bench: [url]www.********.com/v/531668411275[/url]
Dude, awesome stuff. That is plain rediculous.
Amazing meet, now that 1700 eh? :D
You are stupidly strong.
[QUOTE=BombDonald;657426243]Dude, awesome stuff. That is plain rediculous.[/QUOTE]
Thanks
[QUOTE=ZaeYeL;657472503]Amazing meet, now that 1700 eh? :D[/QUOTE]
That's the plan. Now its a just a matter of how fast I can get there.
[QUOTE=breathinglife;657502983]You are stupidly strong.[/QUOTE]
Next stop retarded strong!