Calling all OL'ers......:)

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

FFUUUUUU, why am I in possession of a totally unpredictable and awkward body? Today was so technically off it was appalling.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3w_...JybWxMMlk/edit

That was actually my max clean today, 205. I attempted to move up, and missed again and again. I tore that ****er off the floor like a piece of paper because it's light as ****, and yet I missed because my technique today was a giant POS, awkward pull with bent arms, no real extension, no real retraction or speed. It's like all my old bad habits sort of combined into one godawful session. It's amazing how far you can regress from one session to the next. I'm used to "off days" where I'm weak but "technically off days" are new, since they don't really exist in pure strength training. The last few sessions I had been really aggressive under the bar and improving my pull and the whole movement was really coming together and suddenly today I just went full retard.

it happens, and I agree they suck the most. When the weight feels light, yet you keep missing. Been having those in the snatch lately.

[Reidy]

I'm also a much more proficient cleaner than anything else. I've cleaned 275 but only jerked 215 (and can't hit that consistently), and my snatch is even worse when compared to my jerk.

Cleaning is the only thing I'm remotely good at. I attribute it to learning the hang clean when I was in 8th grade while training for sports. Muscle memory and such.

[feces99]

it happens, and I agree they suck the most. When the weight feels light, yet you keep missing. Been having those in the snatch lately.

****ing. this. wjngfoewgewngewlnreongfwnegiorwgw

[GoJu]

wtf jb you can/could do 290 for a double but can't clean it?! strongwtf.mp3

That's normal...., you shouldn't expect to clean&jerk your front squat....

[DaTruth1]

^^^ I forget where I read this, but your best Front squat triple should be close to your best clean and jerk.

[ftwrestler]

best front squat triple is 260. i can clean it, but not jerk it.

feelsbatman

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

^^^ I forget where I read this, but your best Front squat triple should be close to your best clean and jerk.

I know Tommy Kono says this

Means, I should be clean and jerking 155-160, which my coach says I have the strength to do it, but I haven't really cum close, lol. All in due time though

[DaTruth1]

My best front squat is 130 and best cleanjerk is 120. I've never tested my 3RM though. When is it my turn to be strong

[Smolovicus]

Man huntito, all these feels brah. I benched 250x7 easy a month (maybe two) ago, 225x10 not long after. Seriously struggled getting out 3x5 with 225 last week.

Haven't been able to back squat 3 plates since my first week of moving off to school. Failed a third rep at 305 2 weeks ago, 285x3 was max effort last week. I've been eating and sleeping more (scheduling my meals up here is difficult) but I'm not sure it's enough.

Gonna try to set a PR CJ tonight, probably around 107kg. Have failed this in the recovery, though I've power clean and jerked 2 plates, lol. My jerk is seriously strong enough to lay out at least 260-270 right now... just can't clean it.

[dbk1]

guise, what is your in-school lifting schedule like?? in the summer I can kind of plan my day around my lifts but when school starts hw and classes get in the way like muther****ers. also huntito, what time do you lift with takana? are you there 7x a week?

[jb4476]

guise, what is your in-school lifting schedule like?? in the summer I can kind of plan my day around my lifts but when school starts hw and classes get in the way like muther****ers. also huntito, what time do you lift with takana? are you there 7x a week?

I have two options available to me, the shed outside with the platform and bumpers, and the gym inside with the platform and bumpers. In either case, during the summer I would be forced to go at night. I would have to go to the shed at night because for the last few months it's been hotter than ten thousand of Satan's *******s during the day. I would have to go to the gym at night because during the day there are too many people/angry gym staff getting sand in their vaginas if you drop weight on the platform.

It's cooler out now, and during the school year the gym closes at midnight. That gives me the option of going later. Because I'm a senior now, I don't have any classes before 1 pm, and the latest class I have on any day is 6 pm, so classes have no real impact on my lifting schedule. An endless barrage of homework and research is what may affect my lifting, but in either case, my schedule will be the same to the best of my ability: Go late at night to the shed/gym.

dbk do you lift 7 days a week?

[Smolovicus]

guise, what is your in-school lifting schedule like?? in the summer I can kind of plan my day around my lifts but when school starts hw and classes get in the way like muther****ers. also huntito, what time do you lift with takana? are you there 7x a week?

I get up for class around 10am every day. Finish up around 4pm; 5pm on Thursdays. I eat at 4:30-5:30pm every day, and unless I order a pizza or something that's usually my only meal. (campus diners close at 6:30-7:00pm) To rectify this issue, I drink a half gal - gal of milk a day whenever I have access and make sure that one meal is large. Had two large double cheeseburgers yesterday and half a large pizza. Currently drinking a half gal, will drink a full gallon and eat before the day is out.

I'd buy groceries and whatnot to eat larger for a more affordable rate, but I don't have a job. If I had to work alongside my studying and lifting I'd probably jump off a cliff after running myself into the ground physically and mentally. So I'm just on the campus meal plan at the moment.

I lift around 8-9pm 4 times a week, 2-3 if I'm really feeling beat up (like during midterms last week). I come home around 10:30-11pm and study/do homework. This has led to some stupidly late nights. Actually spent 7 straight hours on chemistry work one night -- though some of it was procrastinated work, lol.

The rec center where I lift is a good 20 minute walk from my building, up and down hills. So there's that. Mostly all of this just leads to me feeling very tired by the time I get to lift. :l Big change from being able to take a 2 minute stroll down the block to my hometown gym after preparing myself with a rounded meal / a nice nap.

[dbk1]

I get up for class around 10am every day. Finish up around 4pm; 5pm on Thursdays. I eat at 4:30-5:30pm every day, and unless I order a pizza or something that's usually my only meal. (campus diners close at 6:30-7:00pm) To rectify this issue, I drink a half gal - gal of milk a day whenever I have access and make sure that one meal is large. Had two large double cheeseburgers yesterday and half a large pizza. Currently drinking a half gal, will drink a full gallon and eat before the day is out.

I'd buy groceries and whatnot to eat larger for a more affordable rate, but I don't have a job. If I had to work alongside my studying and lifting I'd probably jump off a cliff after running myself into the ground physically and mentally. So I'm just on the campus meal plan at the moment.

i know that feel haha I'm basically doing IF because I just don't have time to eat, but my school's grill has beef/chicken/salmon and rice available for lunch and dinner so I just gorge on obscene amounts of meat.

dbk do you lift 7 days a week?

usually yea. my coach trains lifters (and himself) bulgarian style, so usually its 7x a week of snatch, c+j or just cleans and front/back squats. right now though football ****s everything up, no way Id have the time or energy to even train 5x a week. basically right now i have two mandatory lifts @ 6am or 630 am and then I can come in on my own on sundays. might even try to sneak in a lift fridays from now on. the morning lifts is some form of bench and other bbing stuff, wait till our lifting coach leaves, than front squat to max/heavy single and do some drop down sets. some times he makes us do high rep hang cleans and i cry on the inside. sundays (and maybe now fridays) are the only times I can do the classic lifts and those are more a traditional workout.

[DaTruth1]

It's a 7 minute drive to school, and the crossfit I train at is EXACTLY in the middle between my house and my university. I usually train 4x a week, and I either go to the campus gym in between classes (I have 3 hour breaks some days) or I go to crossfit on my way home after class (usually 4pm).

[dbk1]

It's a 7 minute drive to school, and the crossfit I train at is EXACTLY in the middle between my house and my university. I usually train 4x a week, and I either go to the campus gym in between classes (I have 3 hour breaks some days) or I go to crossfit on my way home after class (usually 4pm).

hows off-campus living? pluses and minuses?

[huntito]

guise, what is your in-school lifting schedule like?? in the summer I can kind of plan my day around my lifts but when school starts hw and classes get in the way like muther****ers. also huntito, what time do you lift with takana? are you there 7x a week?

My schedule is all fuarked up except on Mondays/Wednesdays. I'm basically in school from 9-12 M/W, 12-7pm T/Th, and Fr 8am-2pm. My training schedule with takano is usually 2 hours or so starting at 4pm, 5pm, or 6pm M/W/F. I'm going to start squatting and adding accessory work on t/th/sa if I can find the time to squeeze it in

I get up for class around 10am every day. Finish up around 4pm; 5pm on Thursdays. I eat at 4:30-5:30pm every day, and unless I order a pizza or something that's usually my only meal. (campus diners close at 6:30-7:00pm) To rectify this issue, I drink a half gal - gal of milk a day whenever I have access and make sure that one meal is large. Had two large double cheeseburgers yesterday and half a large pizza. Currently drinking a half gal, will drink a full gallon and eat before the day is out.

I'd buy groceries and whatnot to eat larger for a more affordable rate, but I don't have a job. If I had to work alongside my studying and lifting I'd probably jump off a cliff after running myself into the ground physically and mentally. So I'm just on the campus meal plan at the moment.

I lift around 8-9pm 4 times a week, 2-3 if I'm really feeling beat up (like during midterms last week). I come home around 10:30-11pm and study/do homework. This has led to some stupidly late nights. Actually spent 7 straight hours on chemistry work one night -- though some of it was procrastinated work, lol.

The rec center where I lift is a good 20 minute walk from my building, up and down hills. So there's that. Mostly all of this just leads to me feeling very tired by the time I get to lift. :l Big change from being able to take a 2 minute stroll down the block to my hometown gym after preparing myself with a rounded meal / a nice nap.

Dude I hate this feeling. I almost never have time to eat at home, and I'm so cheap I get buyer's remorse once I buy a $5 footlong at subway haha. My diet is pretty ****ty too, lot's of burgers and junk food just to get some quick, convenient calories. It seems like the only things I'm constantly eating (actually drinking) are tons of OJ pre workout, and ****-tons of whole milk post workout lol. I REALLY need to eat more, I think I'm below 94kg now, when I used to be about 2-3 kilos above. There's just never any time to eat til I get home, and that usually isn't til late unless it's a Monday or Wednesday

[DaTruth1]

I have never lived on campus - I live in a brand new townhouse with two guys and it is in a really nice area, cannot complain. I drive to school everyday and I can wake up 30min before class starts and make it there on time. The parking sucks at our university, so my main motivation to go to 8:30am lectures is to get a good parking spot haha. I have a feeling that US college and canadian school are a bit different vibe.

[LudiWithKnives]

Not to purposely derail.....but you guys know of any 15-20% discount codes recently for Adidas?

[jb4476]

I have never lived on campus - I live in a brand new townhouse with two guys and it is in a really nice area, cannot complain. I drive to school everyday and I can wake up 30min before class starts and make it there on time. The parking sucks at our university, so my main motivation to go to 8:30am lectures is to get a good parking spot haha. I have a feeling that US college and canadian school are a bit different vibe.

One of the things I like about my school is it's small. Like extremely small, definitely by far the smallest of the major universities in the US. As such, campus barely extends beyond one city block. That means a) you can get away with waking up 5 minutes before class and b) all students are guaranteed campus-owned housing either on or right next to campus. But students have a pretty unhappy relationship with 9 am classes. Because the institute and the professors believe in the virtue of an unimaginable amount of work every week, students are usually up to 4-5 am on a given weekday night, which means that 9 am classes are rarely attended.

[huntito]

I have never lived on campus - I live in a brand new townhouse with two guys and it is in a really nice area, cannot complain. I drive to school everyday and I can wake up 30min before class starts and make it there on time. The parking sucks at our university, so my main motivation to go to 8:30am lectures is to get a good parking spot haha. I have a feeling that US college and canadian school are a bit different vibe.

brb going to a commuter school
brb need to drive 20 miles but it takes 45 minutes to get through LA traffic
brb have to fight for parking for 20-30 minutes
brb can't afford to live anywhere but with family since rent is so damn high even with roommates
brb even with my job I can't afford books/food/gas let alone any kind of rent. even though I'm working more hours to pay for my coaching lulz
brb moving to Canada where I can go snowboarding in the AM and study and lift in the PM
brb taking a nap since I'm only on 3 hours of sleep and I need to train at 5 today

[DaTruth1]

Not to purposely derail.....but you guys know of any 15-20% discount codes recently for Adidas?

VISA2012 doesn't work? There's a 15% discount code if you sign up for their newsletters.

[DaTruth1]

brb going to a commuter school
brb need to drive 20 miles but it takes 45 minutes to get through LA traffic
brb have to fight for parking for 20-30 minutes
brb can't afford to live anywhere but with family since rent is so damn high even with roommates
brb even with my job I can't afford books/food/gas let alone any kind of rent. even though I'm working more hours to pay for my coaching lulz
brb moving to Canada where I can go snowboarding in the AM and study and lift in the PM
brb taking a nap since I'm only on 3 hours of sleep and I need to train at 5 today

Ouch...

[huntito]

Ouch...

A big part is because it's LA and the cost of living is pretty high. It's different in other states. I've noticed if you want to move out at like 18/19/20/21 you need to be really fortunate or basically work 100%. Not many of my friends that moved out at that age went to school, and they're stuck working at grocery stores, restaurants and hair salons lol. I don't mind staying with my family til I'm older, once dental school starts it will have all been worth it.

I don't know how people can go to school full time, work full time, and get good grades. I can barely balance being a full time student, working part time, training and getting above 3.0's...

[DaTruth1]

I am basically just living off loans now. I am already quite in debt, paid $7k for tuition today and didn't even feel a thing - drop in the bucket at this point. Bought a motorcycle and paid for summer vacations on my student loans :')

[huntito]

I am basically just living off loans now. I am already quite in debt, paid $7k for tuition today and didn't even feel a thing - drop in the bucket at this point. Bought a motorcycle and paid for summer vacations on my student loans :')

I never took out loans. If i did, I would have been way over 30k in debt on just tuition alone at this point (as a senior). Honestly, I'm gonna be 400k in debt if I go to USC dental, so 30k wouldnt be that much worse lmao. It would be nice as fukk if I could live on my own and get that cbr600 i've been eyeballing lol. Can't tell you how many times I've been cockblocked by not having my own place

feelsbadman

[DaTruth1]

I never took out loans. If i did, I would have been way over 30k in debt on just tuition alone at this point (as a senior). Honestly, I'm gonna be 400k in debt if I go to USC dental, so 30k wouldnt be that much worse lmao. It would be nice as fukk if I could live on my own and get that cbr600 i've been eyeballing lol. Can't tell you how many times I've been cockblocked by not having my own place

feelsbadman

lol I ride a cbr600rr u jelly?

[MadDogMalesh]

My schedule is all fuarked up except on Mondays/Wednesdays. I'm basically in school from 9-12 M/W, 12-7pm T/Th, and Fr 8am-2pm. My training schedule with takano is usually 2 hours or so starting at 4pm, 5pm, or 6pm M/W/F. I'm going to start squatting and adding accessory work on t/th/sa if I can find the time to squeeze it in



Dude I hate this feeling. I almost never have time to eat at home, and I'm so cheap I get buyer's remorse once I buy a $5 footlong at subway haha. My diet is pretty ****ty too, lot's of burgers and junk food just to get some quick, convenient calories. It seems like the only things I'm constantly eating (actually drinking) are tons of OJ pre workout, and ****-tons of whole milk post workout lol. I REALLY need to eat more, I think I'm below 94kg now, when I used to be about 2-3 kilos above. There's just never any time to eat til I get home, and that usually isn't til late unless it's a Monday or Wednesday

I am kind of the same, I don't eat until after 2pm, though yesterday my FIRST meal of anything was at like 5:20pm. I get side tracked with school, then I want to be around people, you know, going out and doing stuff etc. There are times where after class Ill spend an hour talking to people. Thats why I have so much time between classes, otherwise I would never be on time. As for training, I hardly train anymore. Not motivated for it. I haven't really PR'ed in so long. For example, Ill squat a heavy triple(1st rep looks easy, second harder, third is balls to the wall) and if I add 5kg for a 1rm I nearly fail. My legs are also far from being unconditioned

I need to eat more though, seriously. It takes a toll on you over time. I am at the point where I can eat nearly nothing, lift heavy, and yet maintain my current weight. Either "starvation mode" is real or I need to get tested for hypothyroidism, which I think I might have.

[feces99]

I am kind of the same, I don't eat until after 2pm, though yesterday my FIRST meal of anything was at like 5:20pm. I get side tracked with school, then I want to be around people, you know, going out and doing stuff etc. There are times where after class Ill spend an hour talking to people. Thats why I have so much time between classes, otherwise I would never be on time. As for training, I hardly train anymore. Not motivated for it. I haven't really PR'ed in so long. For example, Ill squat a heavy triple(1st rep looks easy, second harder, third is balls to the wall) and if I add 5kg for a 1rm I nearly fail. My legs are also far from being unconditioned

I need to eat more though, seriously. It takes a toll on you over time. I am at the point where I can eat nearly nothing, lift heavy, and yet maintain my current weight. Either "starvation mode" is real or I need to get tested for hypothyroidism, which I think I might have.

if you're not following a set program and lifting based on how you feel, that might be the problem. I haven't pred in a while because i trained harder not smarter.

Why don't u pretend u have a competition at a certain date and work towards it, that day would be the day to go for a pr. Peak before it and everything.

An interesting thought, Russian's average training load is 70%. But from the beginning to the end of the cycle, the volume increases threefold.

[dbk1]

lol I ride a cbr600rr u jelly?

[forcefedfreak]

lol I ride a cbr600rr u jelly?

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You're my bro, but that is a pretty gay bike dude.

In other news, a new client was telling me tonight that her boyfriend made fun of her for buying Weightlifting shoes, and that him and friend are weightlifters and they don't wear special shoes...They train at planet fitness, and both look like skinny little ***gots. Made me rage.