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[BRUTUSPLAC]

Originally Posted by animalfan

i have the michigan deadlift record for the 198/raw weight class, in the open and submasters catagories. i'll have to raise it next year, sad to have state records with a 435# deadlift but i guess it's cool, too.

here's the link:
http://www.apa-wpa.com/michigan.html

should be easy enough to find on the chart- the raw records are in yellow.

CONGRADS !!! AWESOME !!
im getting my tush and gear and chasing after you !
inventory is over , saturday i do leaves for 5 hrs
then cherst , shoulders and triceps,
stress was so bad weds my right arm had pains for many a hours ,

thanks for all the help AF!
hope u have a great weekend !

[BRUTUSPLAC]

Originally Posted by C5VetteLS1

Way cool Keet, thanks! How did I get so lucky? I feel like i'm on the "in" now! Sweet!

CONGRADS ! follow and listen to the H.G.G.S. i am learning as i can.
they helped me find stuff big time .

[animalfan]

Originally Posted by bowflexuser

Yeah...I bet you get a lot of pu55y with the chrome dome and chin pubes, lol. That's why you hate the world.

check out his wicked sweet neg i got! lmao.

gotta go clean up my yard again, leaves and pine needles. i might mow the backyard one more time, the front yard is alright.

still trying to decide if i want to lift tonight or not, it's actually scheduled for tomorrow, but i'll probably have more time tonight. we'll see.

[Skidmarx]

Hey dudes. I scored a Schwinn Airdyne exercise bike this morning for $80 !!

[Keetman]

Originally Posted by animalfan

check out his wicked sweet neg i got! lmao.

gotta go clean up my yard again, leaves and pine needles. i might mow the backyard one more time, the front yard is alright.

still trying to decide if i want to lift tonight or not, it's actually scheduled for tomorrow, but i'll probably have more time tonight. we'll see.

Ok, he got me too..........he's such a witty little beotch:

Originally Posted by bowflexuser

Why are you still neg-repping people ***got?

I lit his tree up though so yea, his worthless neg was even more funny.


Act like a troll get treated like a troll. I was actually surprised the mod threatened to "ban" the others in the thread he closed when this cat was obviously the problem.

[buffbrown21]

Originally Posted by Skidmarx

Hey dudes. I scored a Schwinn Airdyne exercise bike this morning for $80 !!

Awesome. It is worth 10x that imo.
(pics?)

[BRUTUSPLAC]

HI GUYS
I'm looking around and asking here for basic measurements for those who have one
I got tired looking for measurementsa at company sites
I have tons of materals , and my welding stopped by today and he said in about 4 -5 weeks .

i figure 12-15 inches long , each side for the load bar
grip bars 20-22 inches apart - length 18 inches ?
now what about the <-l-l-> shape ? for width and length of yours?


im 6-1 285 do you FIT inside nice ? or is it a bit tight ?

just basic "'s like 60 inches point to point and 24 " wide .

NO rush , i will make a prototype from cardboard and see how i fit

Thanks GUYS

[Keetman]

Brutus, I can get you pics and measurements of mine, which is a mega shrug bar with a hex cage. It is a bit bigger than normal and weighs 75lbs with longer sleeves.

I'll have to do it later because I'm watching football right now and that's more important than helping my e-friends..........

Seriously, I'll get it at half-time.



Also, if you're going to go to the trouble of making it yourself, make sure you make it long so it will fit in your rack.....wish mine did, but wish in one hand and.......nevermind.

[BRUTUSPLAC]

Originally Posted by Keetman

Brutus, I can get you pics and measurements of mine, which is a mega shrug bar with a hex cage. It is a bit bigger than normal and weighs 75lbs with longer sleeves.I'll have to do it later because I'm watching football right now and that's more important than helping my e-friends..........
Seriously, I'll get it at half-time.
Also, if you're going to go to the trouble of making it yourself, make sure you make it long so it will fit in your rack.....wish mine did, but wish in one hand and.......nevermind.

SIR !!!!!!!!!!!! thank yuo NO RUSH do it TUES ...a NON football day
my buddy said email it whenever

NO RUSH .. BUT thank yuo VERY VERY VERY MUCH . ok mistake one

note to self , FORGOT to make it LONG ENOUGH to fit in BOTH my racks

now I'll go take pics of the new plates and paint, some more ,

[blaze_itt]

Sent you a PM of mine brutus. It's a smaller one though (I think?)

[BRUTUSPLAC]

Originally Posted by blaze_itt

Sent you a PM of mine brutus. It's a smaller one though (I think?)

THANK YOU ! i replied, small or XXXL ill see how i fit into a cardboard ? cutout ?

i dont want to make any mistakes. and thinking 800 -1000 llbs cap .\

WHen ,if i do close to 800 lbs and break it, I'll make another.

[BRUTUSPLAC]

BUT i will take EVERYONES advise first. my wife wants me back at under 240lbs,
i just want my old strength back .

i told her I'll see what happens and i will be alot TRIMMER by EASTER .

ok here is the plates , tricep bar(love it, no stress on right wrist) , and dumb bar, ALL 100 % solid

plates from china and champs. the lady told me $25 she asked, i gave,

2-20's , 2-10's , 2-7.5's , 2-5's , & 2 -2.5's



ok wife just called, i want to go out and have fun ,

WORK sucked this week i did 40 reg, 5 D.T , and 4 ? O.T.
inventory on friday , BIG BOSS though i was gonna be 5-7 K short ,

NOPE $1,596.?? OVER . i NEVER lie about numbers at my job.
COMPany messes up all the time by sending me FORCED inventory and its not logged inot the system . oh well

in almost 25 yrs i NEVER was invloved in a bad inventory . i do my job . i dont want to be A1 guy etc etc, i am just me , I was off today, and im still burnt ,

watching FEDOR in 4 hrs on CBS

back in my home gym sunday night, YES i will post wussy vids, LOLOLOLOL

TAKE CARE GUYS AS ALWAYS !!! thanks for the help

PPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEe

[animalfan]

hey everybody, wassup? i didn't watch football today- just hoped for the best for michigan. haven't even checked it yet- but i will in a minute.

mowed the lawn for the last time and bagged leaves. took 4 hours or so. i also made a small box to deadlift from (about 4"). time to hit the shower and cook some steaks.

[Keetman]

Originally Posted by animalfan

hey everybody, wassup? i didn't watch football today- just hoped for the best for michigan. haven't even checked it yet- but i will in a minute........

You might want to go rake some more leaves........

[skinnycalves]

Iowa was beat by Northwestern. I am hoping for LSU to pull out a win against Bama.

[animalfan]

Originally Posted by Keetman

You might want to go rake some more leaves........

lol, yea, i was like "wish i had more leaves to rake" when i checked the score. guess i could road trip to the keetman manor and never run out!

Originally Posted by skinnycalves

Iowa was beat by Northwestern. I am hoping for LSU to pull out a win against Bama.

that sucks for iowa. i'd have thought they could handle northwestern.

i think lsu will pull it out, i'm gonna turn some football on now.

everyone fell asleep when i was in the shower- my wife and kids are sleeping on the couch with spongebob on the tv. no sense in cooking dinner right now- unless i want to eat 6 ny strips. actually, that doesn't sound like a bad thing to attempt.

[Keetman]

Originally Posted by animalfan

lol, yea, i was like "wish i had more leaves to rake" when i checked the score. guess i could road trip to the keetman manor and never run out!

You don't even understand my friend.........they're almost all down now and I have yet to clean any up (its really not worth it at my place until they're all just about down). There is about a foot of leaves surrounding my vehicles in the driveway. We start the journey tomorrow and will probably finish Wednesday.........then do round two next week........then maybe a third depending...............then again in the spring.

I love my woods, but this is the price I pay.

Originally Posted by animalfan

that sucks for iowa. i'd have thought they could handle northwestern.

i think lsu will pull it out, i'm gonna turn some football on now.

everyone fell asleep when i was in the shower- my wife and kids are sleeping on the couch with spongebob on the tv. no sense in cooking dinner right now- unless i want to eat 6 ny strips. actually, that doesn't sound like a bad thing to attempt.

Well.....tOSU should've been able to handle Purdue and shouldn't have beat themselves when they let USC take away the win.........but its football and anything can happen.......and usually does!

[captmorganm6]

Whats going on e-bro's.
Looks like everyone has been busy.
Congrats C5vette.Always good posts from you so glad to have ya aboard.
Brutus that bar looks like a beast.
Well its decision time,I'm gonna finish out this month on 5/3/1 then decide whether to stay with it.It seems like I'm actually going backwards with it.I might be in the same boat as Jfindon,I've been doing a lot of volume for so long that I don't think this program has enough of it for me. I'll see what week 3 next week brings.Might be time to try 5x5.

The new bench is awesome,very sturdy and the height is perfect.Glad I got it.

Hog flu is going around our area like crazy,lot of kids out from school.Good thing my little one isn't old enough yet.

[Keetman]

Hey Captain, good to here the bench is up to par......looked good, would've hated to see it not work out!






Almost forgot, added my last two workouts a little bit ago.....today's was a marquee day for me.....deadlifted 365x 1 for a PR............got mad about not counting the plates right so I threw 15lbs more on there and did 380x 1 for another PR!!!!!!

Good day, eh?


http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=117889891

[captmorganm6]

Very nice Keet. I'll check out your thread. Gotta get off for a minute,wifey needs the internet.I"LL BE BACK

[animalfan]

hey capt'n. glad you're doing all right- my kids have been sick, my wife is sick, i'm not yet. no fever for any of them, i'm sure it's just a cold. i usually don't catch what they've got, and i've got my fingers crossed now.


what kind of assistance are you doing with the 5/3/1? i've been doing well on it for almost the whole year, but i never got into the real high volume. i do more assistance than the book calls for, though, i usually throw in some extra trap/shoulder work.



great job on the deadlift, keetman!

[captmorganm6]

I`m on my new blackberry now .never had one so I hope this works.I was doing more assistance than what was listed but switched back to the triumverate this month to see if it made a difference.i`ve made some progress with shoulder presses and squats but I think the squats are because I finally got my form correct then the actual5/3/1 program . I don't know. For example before I started this I was benching 225x6x3 now I have trouble getting 225 up 3 times after doing 5reps and 3 reps on the first 2 sets

[animalfan]

Originally Posted by captmorganm6

I`m on my new blackberry now .never had one so I hope this works.I was doing more assistance than what was listed but switched back to the triumverate this month to see if it made a difference.i`ve made some progress with shoulder presses and squats but I think the squats are because I finally got my form correct then the actual5/3/1 program . I don't know. For example before I started this I was benching 225x6x3 now I have trouble getting 225 up 3 times after doing 5reps and 3 reps on the first 2 sets

do you have a log on here? if not, try to post up a couple workouts- or just pm them to me. i just wanna see how you've got it all set up. my first two "work sets" are really just the getting me ready for the last set. are you going for as many reps as possible on the last set?

i know that it's not working for jfindon, it could be the case for you as well. there are some logs in the pl training logs section where people are using 5/3/1 for some lifts and different programs for others. guess it's all about what works for you, nothing works for everyone, right?

[captmorganm6]

Back on the PC now.Here is what I've done this week.
Shoulder press** 115x3,130x3,150x5 assistance=dips-bw x10x5,wide chins bw x6x5
Deads** 215x3,250x3,280x5 assis=rev flye 15x10x5,standing calf 180x15x5
bench(today)** 165x3,190x3,210x6 assis=inc db press 40x12x5,db row 30x15x5

squats tomorrow will be 130x3,150x3,165x? assis=goodmornings 65x10x5,shrugs 180x10x5 but like I said,I really can't judge from squats because the form correction has made these seem easy.

[animalfan]

hmmm. that's about how i've got mine set up.

when you say you were stronger, did you warm up and go right to the heaviest set? maybe the way it's got you going from 165 to 190 to 210 just takes it out of you. how long have you been on 5/3/1? i remember you saying you were gonna give it a shot, just can't remember how long ago it was.

if the ramp up is what is making you feel weaker, i think that's how it was for me, too, at first. i didn't know for sure if i liked it, but i ran a couple cycles before i maxed and was happy.

[captmorganm6]

This is my fourth month but actually only the third as far as the weight is concerned.I had to repeat month 2 because of that training I had in sept.My warm-ups for every exercise consists of what he suggested 40%x5,50%x5,and 60%x3 then right into the working sets.

My old program was 2 or 3 warm-up sets then right into it with the weights I gave you for an example(225x6x3).

I will probably give it 1 more month because I really like the program,but after that if I don't see some improvement from this month I'll have to change

[animalfan]

finish up this run, and take a week to max (or just jump up to the highest work set- rep max) before you follow the deload week. you might be surprised- i think the first two work sets are taking some off of your heaviest one.

[captmorganm6]

Thanks Animal,I'll try that next week.Couple of warm up sets and then right to the max.I don't want to give up on it so I'm open for anything.

[animalfan]

Originally Posted by captmorganm6

Thanks Animal,I'll try that next week.Couple of warm up sets and then right to the max.I don't want to give up on it so I'm open for anything.

yea, i'd just go back to how you used to warm up or whatever. you might be able to get a few more reps than you used to. let me know how it goes for you, alright?

[skinnycalves]

Are there any adjustable benches that i should stear clear of because the bottom seat pad does not adjust?