Equipment Crew- Part II

[animalfan]

made it home from chicago last night about 730, i beat the snow and ice, so that was cool. my son's team won all 5 games and the champions in their division, plus we had a great time.

the only bad things were that i didn't have time to lift at quad's gym and i didn't have time to stop at ndmike's.

deadlifts in a while in my basement.

[JJ-]

Congrats on sons team. Very cool!

[eb02z06]

Animal - Congrats on your son's team as well! Awesome.

Jfindon - It's good to be back!

Last night blasted some strict press, shoulders, and tris. Tonight time for a little pulling.

[animalfan]

here are a couple old(er) videos:

315 cambered bar box squat:


215x9 bench- rep pr


probably should have edited them a little, sorry.

thanks for the "congrats" posts guys, i'll pass them along.

[captmorganm6]

Hey Eb,Whats going on.

I didn't realize I was still subscribed to your workout journal.I get notifications on my phone when someone posts and boy was I surprised the other day when,after months of nothing, I get one for yours Good to see ya back. I haven't been around much either but I'm trying to get on more.Workouts never slowed down though.

Animal-Good PR my friend.

[HardKore79]

[eb02z06]

Hey Eb,Whats going on.

I didn't realize I was still subscribed to your workout journal.I get notifications on my phone when someone posts and boy was I surprised the other day when,after months of nothing, I get one for yours Good to see ya back. I haven't been around much either but I'm trying to get on more.Workouts never slowed down though.

Animal-Good PR my friend.

Hey Capt'n good to hear from you too. Not much new hear, just trying to get back into the JM's.

Did a few pulls and front squats tonight, felt solid. Hopefully setting some PR's in another 6-8 weeks.

[jfindon]

Shoveled driveway full of slushy icey snow, then shortly after:

Deadlifts
135x10
225x5

455x3
455x3
455x3
455x3
455x3

Pull-ups

BWx6
BWx6
BWx8

Shoveled immediately after again. Won't be doing that again.

[animalfan]

yesterday's lifting-

deadlift: 135x8, 185x6, 225x5, 275x3, 315x3, 365x2, 385x1
block pulls: 405x1x5 (plates sitting on 4" blocks)

[Mitrovski]

Hey there EQ Crew. Pretty good lifting going down here lately. Hit a new rep PR on my DL's this last time, 380x6. I felt like I might even have one in the tank, but didn't want to destroy myself on week 2 of 531. I've got some video I may try and get up later. Also, I tried deficit pulls for the first time a few weeks ago. They are brutal, but I'm already getting better at them after only 2-3 sessions.

Congrats to your sons team Animal, that's a great accomplishment hat can never be taken away from them.


Also wanted to give y'all a heads up - Anyone who uses (or wants to use) bands in their training, be sure to check out www.bandpegs.com before placing an order from one of the big dogs (Elite, Iron Woody). We've got some of the best prices for bands on the web, and Band Pegs are currently on sale in case anyone is interested in that as well.

Additionally, if there are any EQ crew members looking for a pair of 2" x 2" bandpegs, and want to use them to bolt something down (to plywood or into concrete) let me know. I can send you a pair pretty cheap (test design that doesn't fit the base plates, so this is bolt down only).

[RemainDieHard]

Shoveled driveway full of slushy icey snow, then shortly after:


Shoveled immediately after again. Won't be doing that again.

That's just crazy. I'm in shorts and a tee outside wrenching in a nice 75 degrees.

(sorry guys)

[RemainDieHard]

Not much is new. I did however FINALLY find a used sissy squat locally. I hadn't checked for a while. The ad was 2 weeks old but luckily he still had it. I'm picking it up tonight.

BTW JF looking huge.

[RemainDieHard]

Well my trainings taking a huge U-turn, most of my equipment is going to be mothballed for the foreseeable.
Don't know if any you remember me saying last year I was planning to join the army, well a few injuries (namely recurring shin splints) and a few other personal bits got in the way, but now I think everythings sorted and I'm resolving to get to where I want to be. If I can't make the grade for whatever reason at least I'll have tried.

Slowly building up to 3 moderate half hour runs a week in addition to two long bike rides. Once I'm comfortable with that I'll add a session or two of intervals and/or hill sprints and very gradually increase the mileage on the other runs.
I'm not far off where I need to be for the strength tests, half an hour of circuits 4-5 times a week hopefully improving that. The better I do in the strength test the more leeway the recruiters supposedly give you for your running time, which is my current weak point.

Need a max of a 9.2 minute 1.5 mile time or preferably better. Long way to go!

I'll be there with ya buddy! I would love to be in that kind of cardio shape. Next month I am going to start training for a 5k run at the end of April - THe "Warrior Dash" in my sig.

[Jimbo.]

Have you guys ever wondered about which of these two products is better?

The Flex Belt



Or the Louie Simmons power cage?





Well wonder no more



http://www.theflexbelt.com/compariso...oCage3230.html

[RemainDieHard]

Have you guys ever wondered about which of these two products is better?

The Flex Belt



Or the Louie Simmons power cage?





Well wonder no more



http://www.theflexbelt.com/compariso...oCage3230.html

BRB selling my powertec cage so I can buy one of dem dere belts!!!!!!

Seriously people actually believe this garbage? I'm in the wrong line of work. I need to invent some sort of new innovative "Ab-Master 2000 Professional" and have a really fancy marketing strategy.

[JJ-]

have you guys ever wondered about which of these two products is better?

The flex belt


or the louie simmons power cage?

wow

[JJ-]

BRB selling my powertec cage so I can buy one of dem dere belts!!!!!!

Seriously people actually believe this garbage? I'm in the wrong line of work. I need to invent some sort of new innovative "Ab-Master 2000 Professional" and have a really fancy marketing strategy.

No no no. Thats way too much work. Just mass produce a sugar pill and say it makes you lose weight without diet and exercise. Instant millionaire.

[RemainDieHard]

Well, I got my sissy squat. FINALLY! No more contemplating building one with a rope or chain, or welding a square tube one myself. DONE!

It's nice and heavy duty commercial grade I'd say. It weighs a fair amount. There is no adjustment but I don't think it's even needed unless you're obeese and have 15" shins. I gave it a test run. It feels great. I don't see it replacing squat or DL. It feels like it isolates the quads a lot more. It will definitely be a nice exercise to throw in the mix.

[RemainDieHard]

No no no. Thats way too much work. Just mass produce a sugar pill and say it makes you lose weight without diet and exercise. Instant millionaire.

Exactly!

Or just make a pill made of herbs and say it makes your weiner like superman! Oh damn.... Enzyte beat me to it.

Or how about a pill made of herbs that claims to be better than steroids with no sides and even better than Dbol? Oh damn.... USP Labs Prime beat me to it...


Or maybe I shall start the next fad diet. I shall call it the "Stop stuffing your fat ass face with soda and candy and fast food you ****ing pig" diet. Or maybe the "sensible eating and moderate exercise really works" diet.

[Keetman]

That's just crazy. I'm in shorts and a tee outside wrenching in a nice 75 degrees.

(sorry guys)

You suck.



We were supposed to take the kids tubing Saturday with some friends and their kids.



Its going to be too cold to go tubing......<12 degrees F.

I didn't even know it could get too cold to go tubing.



I miss my pool......I can look at it, but looking at that somber cover with ice all over it makes it even more depressing.

[JJ-]

Exactly!

Or just make a pill made of herbs and say it makes your weiner like superman! Oh damn.... Enzyte beat me to it.

Or how about a pill made of herbs that claims to be better than steroids with no sides and even better than Dbol? Oh damn.... USP Labs Prime beat me to it...


Or maybe I shall start the next fad diet. I shall call it the "Stop stuffing your fat ass face with soda and candy and fast food you ****ing pig" diet. Or maybe the "sensible eating and moderate exercise really works" diet.

I lost around 50lbs about a year ago and I got so tired of everyone coming up to me and asking me what "pill" or "diet" I was on. One day I told a few people that I was on the "milk does a body good diet". I said "I drink 2 gallons of milk a day and nothing else". No joke 2 days later I got a text from a buddy of mine saying
"I just don't understand how you drink all this milk, I feel bloated and have to sh*t all the time!"
After I laughed my ass off I kinda felt bad. People just want the easy way out. No one wants to know they have to bust their ass in the gym to lose fat or build muscle.

[Essexlad]

good luck essex, you'll get there. i have faith in you

Thanks man.

I'll be there with ya buddy! I would love to be in that kind of cardio shape. Next month I am going to start training for a 5k run at the end of April - THe "Warrior Dash" in my sig.

Good luck, few of my good friends do an 8 mile run/assault course thing once a year or so called 'tough guy' over here. If it's anything like that you'll have a blast.

[Essexlad]

I lost around 50lbs about a year ago and I got so tired of everyone coming up to me and asking me what "pill" or "diet" I was on. One day I told a few people that I was on the "milk does a body good diet". I said "I drink 2 gallons of milk a day and nothing else". No joke 2 days later I got a text from a buddy of mine saying
"I just don't understand how you drink all this milk, I feel bloated and have to sh*t all the time!"
After I laughed my ass off I kinda felt bad. People just want the easy way out. No one wants to know they have to bust their ass in the gym to lose fat or build muscle.

LOL Genius.

Reminds me of the 5/3/1 quote about drinking a lot of milk, 'grab some baby wipes, it's gonna get messy....'

[Jimbo.]

I lost around 50lbs about a year ago and I got so tired of everyone coming up to me and asking me what "pill" or "diet" I was on. One day I told a few people that I was on the "milk does a body good diet". I said "I drink 2 gallons of milk a day and nothing else". No joke 2 days later I got a text from a buddy of mine saying
"I just don't understand how you drink all this milk, I feel bloated and have to sh*t all the time!"
After I laughed my ass off I kinda felt bad. People just want the easy way out. No one wants to know they have to bust their ass in the gym to lose fat or build muscle.

That's awesome, people always want the easy way out.

This is my favorite part of that chart--

Does it require hard work or motivation? (flex belt)NO, you do not need to exercise or break a sweat during a toning session. (louie simmons cage)YES. Requires time to exercise and hard work for a good toning session.

No work? Sign me up.

[buffbrown21]

Well, I got my sissy squat. FINALLY! No more contemplating building one with a rope or chain, or welding a square tube one myself. DONE!

It's nice and heavy duty commercial grade I'd say. It weighs a fair amount. There is no adjustment but I don't think it's even needed unless you're obeese and have 15" shins. I gave it a test run. It feels great. I don't see it replacing squat or DL. It feels like it isolates the quads a lot more. It will definitely be a nice exercise to throw in the mix.

Im jealous.

[eb02z06]

Heading to Phoenix tonight for this weekend's Barrett Jackson auction. Excited both for the cars and warm weather! Woot.

[Jimbo.]

You suck.



We were supposed to take the kids tubing Saturday with some friends and their kids.



Its going to be too cold to go tubing......<12 degrees F.

I didn't even know it could get too cold to go tubing.



I miss my pool......I can look at it, but looking at that somber cover with ice all over it makes it even more depressing.

ha, this took me a sec keetman. tubing down here has a whole different meaning




Makes for a lot of fun when there's a cooler full of beer, good looking girls in bikinis, and rapids involved.






one more

[Keetman]

Yea, I've done that tubing too......that's in the same league as the pool right now....depressing.



Two more months before I open that pool....probably 3 before we swim......maybe.

[captmorganm6]

Now thats my kind of tubing

[4MEandThem]

I was just thinking the other day how these two products could compare to each other.Sure glad someone did the homework for me.
Anybody know how a prowler and shake weight compare?

Have you guys ever wondered about which of these two products is better?

The Flex Belt



Or the Louie Simmons power cage?





Well wonder no more



http://www.theflexbelt.com/compariso...oCage3230.html