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[jd007914]

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not quite, but close
but the weights arent the best illustration, as the weights im squatting are still easy where as im barely hitting those bench weights haha.
it will change soon, dont worry

I don't want it to change! In a month or two my squat will be where you're at now, I wanna catch up!

[AdamNW]

Front Squat Clean Grip
70kg(154lbs) x 5
80kg(176lbs) x 5
90kg(198lbs) x 5PR for clean grip by a long way.

OHP
60kg(132lbs) x 5
67.5kg(150lbs) x 5
75kg(165lbs) x 7PR

Deadlift
145kg(320lbs) x 3
172.5kg(382lbs) x 5PRsince injury

DB Bench
2 x 42.5kg(94lbs) x 7

Guillotine Press
2 x 70kg(154lbs) x 8PR

Hammer Curl
2 x 25kg(55lbs) x 10

JM Press
2 x 60kg(132lbs) x 8PR

front squat went very well! all my wrist flexibility work mustve paid off.. i narrowed my stance a fair bit and got as deep as i could go, everything felt fine!
OHP was really good today too, felt very strong. not using the cross armed grip mustve helped i would think.
DB bench was poor.. but im loving the guillotine presses. thanks for the recommendation Xuaxace
very happy with today, just gotta build back up on the clean grip front squats

anyway, here is the front squat video. as always feel free to comment!

should bump for new page

Seems like you had a field day in terms of PR...you're seriously getting too strong too fast

thanks mate, its never too fast though

I don't want it to change! In a month or two my squat will be where you're at now, I wanna catch up!

hey, im not gonna make it easy for you to catch up!

[AdamNW]

Squat
112.5kg(248lbs) x 5
132.5kg(292lbs) x 3PR
100kg(220lbs) x 8PR slow negatives

RDL
3 x 145kg(320lbs) x 8PR

Standing Calf Raise
3 x 100kg(220lbs) x 12

trained in the morning again, felt very tight. spent ages foam rolling to loosen up.. The reps were harder than expected, but i got them. much like last week.
hopefully ill be able to kill wednesday again though.
the 8 rep set is so much harder to do more controlled, i liked it a lot!
everything else went well

[geneswest]

Benching, OHP and deadlifting very solid as always. Squat is really improving now you'll hit 3 plates for 3 within a month or two

[ScottishColin]

Nice squatting man, not been in here in a while.

Is your knee better now?

Front squat video looks good, seems like you're always on your heels which is my problem when I do them is when it gets difficult I end up using my back a lot and leaning forward.

[BradCathie]

Squat
112.5kg(248lbs) x 5
132.5kg(292lbs) x 3PR
100kg(220lbs) x 8PR slow negatives

RDL
3 x 145kg(320lbs) x 8PR

Standing Calf Raise
3 x 100kg(220lbs) x 12

trained in the morning again, felt very tight. spent ages foam rolling to loosen up.. The reps were harder than expected, but i got them. much like last week.
hopefully ill be able to kill wednesday again though.
the 8 rep set is so much harder to do more controlled, i liked it a lot!
everything else went well

Dude, did I just read this correctly? 8x145kg romanian deads? Mirin' so hard. Think I could maybe hit 12 reps of 80kg tops.. you're insane, lol.

[AdamNW]

Benching, OHP and deadlifting very solid as always. Squat is really improving now you'll hit 3 plates for 3 within a month or two

thanks mate, im fairly sure i already have 3 plates x 3 actually.
i will be doing it as part of the program in less than a month though.

Nice squatting man, not been in here in a while.

Is your knee better now?

Front squat video looks good, seems like you're always on your heels which is my problem when I do them is when it gets difficult I end up using my back a lot and leaning forward.

good to see you back in here thanks dude
knee is not 100%, but getting there.
if sitting on your heels is the issue either lighten the weight and really focus on it, or try putting a small plate under your heel to adjust the leverage.

Dude, did I just read this correctly? 8x145kg romanian deads? Mirin' so hard. Think I could maybe hit 12 reps of 80kg tops.. you're insane, lol.

yes you did read it correctly
rdls are one of the few lower body movements that i could do through both the later half of the hamstring(dont know the biomechanics behind it, but it didnt hurt) and the knee injury so i managed to progress better on them.
Thanks man, i hope KOHT brings you some serious gains

[Xuaxace]

good effort on them squats man, always mired those romanians,

[cjl14]

oh uwotm8 320x8 RDL u sikkunt

[12ccopeland]

Shexy shquats

[AdCon]

Squats and RDLs are strong.

Good lifts man!

[Teenwolf2]

Squats both back and front are looking great! How are you feeling about the knee?

[AdamNW]

Bench
95kg(210lbs) x 5(woops)
107.5kg(237lbs) x 3
120kg(264lbs) x 4PR bad elbow pain, made me scared.

Guillotine Press
70kg(154lbs) x 10
80kg(176lbs) x 8PR

Rows
90kg(198lbs) x 6
95kg(210lbs) x 6
105kg(231lbs) x 6PR

DB OHP
32.5kg(71lbs) x 8
35kg(77lbs) x 8
37.5kg(83lbs) x 5

Hammer Grip Pull Ups
2 x 10kg(22lbs) x 8 elbow really bothered me here..

Elbow for some reason was quite bad today.. pretty annoyed. I got 4 pretty easily on bench, definitely had 5 in me at least if i wasnt injured. oh well, thats the way it played out. Guillotine press went well though, focusing on hypertrophy there. i love the movement but its certainly affecting my DB press. hopefully ill adapt though, or at least continue to progress.
Rows im very happy with though
pretty good day, but ill do far better once my elbow is better

[AdamNW]

good effort on them squats man, always mired those romanians,

thanks mate!

oh uwotm8 320x8 RDL u sikkunt

gotta love RDLs
thanks dude.

Shexy shquats

shanks shexy boy

Squats and RDLs are strong.

Good lifts man!

thanks dude!
squats are a bit behind though haha.

Squats both back and front are looking great! How are you feeling about the knee?

thanks James!
knee definitely gets aggravated when going so deep on the front squats.. considering not going so deep just until my knee is 100%. we'll see how it goes though

[Xuaxace]

that blows... 125x3 but then 120x4... I would kill for 120x4 anyway haha.

Never going to catch up to that guillotine... struggling with 65kg due rotator cuff. owel,

[AdamNW]

that blows... 125x3 but then 120x4... I would kill for 120x4 anyway haha.

Never going to catch up to that guillotine... struggling with 65kg due rotator cuff. owel,

it certainly did.. but im not willing to risk injury
ill have it next time for sure, lets just hope the elbow feels better next week.
dont doubt yourself, youll be recovered soon enough and outbenching the fuk out of what im doing now!

[UnknownOrigin]

Brb you bench my 1RM for 4-5 reps wot

Good shiet as always man

Are those BB rows...?

[AdamNW]

Brb you bench my 1RM for 4-5 reps wot

Good shiet as always man

Are those BB rows...?

thanks dude

and no they are kettle bell rows..





yes they are barbell rows, off the floor

[Teenwolf2]

How is the elbow? Next time make it 6

[bogui94]

ust watched a video of a guillotine press. donotwant/10
other than that grats on the pr's.
i'll catch up to you on the bp one day

[AdamNW]

Squat
95kg(210lbs) x 5
112.5kg(237lbs) x 5
132.5kg(292lbs) x 5PR

Pull Through
3 x 77.5kg(171lbs) x 10

Pull Ups
2 x BW x 8 (elbow was too painful)

Shrugs
3 x 115kg(253lbs) x 10PR

haha.. squat was easy as pie. not an issue at all there!
Pull throughs were easy, the machine i usually use was taken so the cabling on this other machine must have been different as 77.5kg was the max weight and was still easy.
Elbow was a bitch today though.. at first couldnt do a single pull up without stopping about a quarter of the way up, then i overcame that and got 2 x 8. i tried to add some weight under me but that just made it hurt more..
oh well, just gotta hope it heals soon!
no point in pushing it and possibly worsening it.
im just happy how my squat is going to be honest!

[AdamNW]

How is the elbow? Next time make it 6

elbow isnt too good hopefully thatll change though

ill get 6 next time for sure!

ust watched a video of a guillotine press. donotwant/10
other than that grats on the pr's.
i'll catch up to you on the bp one day

hahaha its a great movement, i do it to the clavicle rather than the throat though. its not as scary as it seems hahaha
thanks dude, youll be at my bench in no time the way you progress.
youll be there next week if your bench improves as fast as your rep power

[Xuaxace]

going to have to pull all the tricks in the book to keep my squats ahead of you m8

[AdamNW]

going to have to pull all the tricks in the book to keep my squats ahead of you m8

haha youve probably still got a bit on me for squats mate, we will see how it goes!
looking forward to seeing what you have in this book of tricks though!

[Xuaxace]

haha youve probably still got a bit on me for squats mate, we will see how it goes!
looking forward to seeing what you have in this book of tricks though!

Faster negatives lol

[AdamNW]

Faster negatives lol

Uh ohhhhhhh

[ScottishColin]

Squats are big man, 3 plates for 5 soon, will be sick!

That's my goal for the next couple of months 140kg for 1.

Out of interest do you do low or high bar?

[apujols24]

Damn dude those squats are so impressive.. really mirin. Those shrugs are pretty cute I'll be waiting for you to join the dark side of hang cleans haha

[AdamNW]

Squats are big man, 3 plates for 5 soon, will be sick!

That's my goal for the next couple of months 140kg for 1.

Out of interest do you do low or high bar?

thanks dude, youll hit that soon enough for sure!
i squat low bar, never tried high bar..

Damn dude those squats are so impressive.. really mirin. Those shrugs are pretty cute I'll be waiting for you to join the dark side of hang cleans haha

thanks mayne!
cute shrugs.. ill be trying hang cleans fo sho

[Balddude]

Nice job on the squat PR! Damn you are SO CLOSE to the 3 plate squat!!!