Isaku's Training Log

[isaku900]

[isaku900]

ME deadlift

5@145
5@235
3@325
1@415
1@505
tried briefs under suit, no go.
suited up
1@595
0@645
0@645

sumo may not work. i'll pull again saturday.

[byronsru24]

For me, When I'd pull sumo I'd either have to go loose suit, or just real tight briefs when pulling sumo.

Suit+briefs was always too much gear for me to get and stay in good position.

[isaku900]

For me, When I'd pull sumo I'd either have to go loose suit, or just real tight briefs when pulling sumo.

Suit+briefs was always too much gear for me to get and stay in good position.

agreed.

rt bicep kinda hurts...hope no damage done.

jerked on the bar a bit my last sumo attempt, may not have had my supinated arm fully straight. my right biceps has a dull ache in it, doesn't feel like I tore anything, but it doesn't feel fun.

RICE-ing, NSAID are in effect, high rep prehab will happen tmw or thursday, hopefully i wake up tmw feeling a-ok.

[byronsru24]

agreed.

rt bicep kinda hurts...hope no damage done.

jerked on the bar a bit my last sumo attempt, may not have had my supinated arm fully straight. my right biceps has a dull ache in it, doesn't feel like I tore anything, but it doesn't feel fun.

RICE-ing, NSAID are in effect, high rep prehab will happen tmw or thursday, hopefully i wake up tmw feeling a-ok.

Those work well, but this is what helps my elbows the most:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTpJ7ruI12Y

Do that like 2x a day, including the days you train. Days you train do it right before, and after. Thats helped take almost all my elbow pain away entirely.

[jmt92]

Those work well, but this is what helps my elbows the most:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTpJ7ruI12Y

Do that like 2x a day, including the days you train. Days you train do it right before, and after. Thats helped take almost all my elbow pain away entirely.

x2 on this, eveyone who i've ever asked about elbow pain suggested this exact video.

[isaku900]

thanks guys, but its not elbow pain...

its "I almost tore my bicep deadlifting"

[isaku900]

ME bench

floor press with 50lbs of chain
5@bar
5@135
3@185
2@225
1@275

-tried to bench more westside style, pressing straight instead of drifting back, my triceps are not strong enough by far.


PVC pipe bench with 16kg KBs
2" pipe: 2x10
1.25" pipe: 10

went to the sharks game to hopefully watch them clinch the President's Trophy..instead they lost 3-1 to Phoenix..

[isaku900]

Tuesday Night:

[Newbtime]

thanks guys, but its not elbow pain...

its "I almost tore my bicep deadlifting"

Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that I got less zero results when I searched in your journal "bicep" zero results when searched "curl" and less then 7 when searched "hammer curl".


Meh, tearing a bicep is much more hardcore then training arms, Go for it.

[isaku900]

Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that I got less zero results when I searched in your journal "bicep" zero results when searched "curl" and less then 7 when searched "hammer curl".


Meh, tearing a bicep is much more hardcore then training arms, Go for it.

i usually don't log when I do bicep work as I consider it prehab.

I also don't log the band elbow and shoulder prehab I do.

nor the knee prehab I do almost every night.

and all the bicep work in the world isn't going to prevent a tear if I try to jerk 645lbs off the ground with a bent arm.

[cupcakekid]

I cant do the westside bench where you go straight up. Maybe I need more tris as I move up in ply's.

[isaku900]

I cant do the westside bench where you go straight up. Maybe I need more tris as I move up in ply's.

that's my thought too, it relies on really really strong triceps to press like that...but it is a much shorter distance, and I have long ass arms.

[byronsru24]

that's my thought too, it relies on really really strong triceps to press like that...but it is a much shorter distance, and I have long ass arms.

If you look at the videos, most of Louie's guys have switched over to the metal militia groove anyway. I remember years ago, he'd say to never arch, and always push the bar in a straight line. Now his guys are all arching, andp ushing back towards their faces.

For raw benching I'd agree it'd be the safter route to bench straight up and down, but to move as much weight as possible in a shirt, MM proved thats the way to go.

[isaku900]

If you look at the videos, most of Louie's guys have switched over to the metal militia groove anyway. I remember years ago, he'd say to never arch, and always push the bar in a straight line. Now his guys are all arching, andp ushing back towards their faces.

For raw benching I'd agree it'd be the safter route to bench straight up and down, but to move as much weight as possible in a shirt, MM proved thats the way to go.

True. and I will still arch and drift in my shirt, but I want to get my triceps stronger anyways.

[cjdelaney]

did you just win the FI $1000 raffle?


edit: yeah, I see that you did. You lucky bastard.

[viperman5000]

it looks like that when becky squats, she breaks at the knees first.

yes i know she's a great PLer, but maybe she'll do even better with a slight form change.

other than that, good stuff.

[isaku900]

it looks like that when becky squats, she breaks at the knees first.

yes i know she's a great PLer, but maybe she'll do even better with a slight form change.

other than that, good stuff.

yup.

we've been working on it from day 1 when she started training with us.

its just that she's been squatting one way for 10 years...so its very hard to retrain her.

sometimes she has trouble getting depth, which restrains her from trying heavier weights.

[viperman5000]

oh, makes sense.

on another note, how do you get tight when you squat as far as your back goes? i was having some trouble doing that today.

[isaku900]

oh, makes sense.

on another note, how do you get tight when you squat as far as your back goes? i was having some trouble doing that today.

not quite sure what you mean, I just try to keep my upper back tight, my arch locked in and everything under tension.

[isaku900]

[isaku900]

more band bar

[Arlecchino]

did you just win the FI $1000 raffle?


edit: yeah, I see that you did. You lucky bastard.

Yeah, this.

I did not enter, all things considered, but that does not stop me from liking you even less now that I did before.

[isaku900]

Yeah, this.

I did not enter, all things considered, but that does not stop me from liking you even less now that I did before.

hey now, its your own fault if you didn't enter.

[isaku900]

Circa Max week 2

5@bar+blue band (220 tension)
5@bar+blue and green (400 tension)
briefs on
3@145
2@235
suit bottoms on-48 centurion
4x2@285
2@325
1@375

i'm really liking getting well over 700 in tension and weight at the top straps down with no problem.

suited pulls
sumo
1@235
1@325
1@415
1@505
0@595
tried conventional
0@595-wide stance suit won't work conventional
raw
1@595-slow, but easy

needed to figure out my pulling form for the meet...guess I'm gonna go conventional and break out my deadlift suit.

didn't do any accessories b/c I basically did 3 ME lower movements this week.

also got my new shirt in, will shirt up tomorrow to get it broken in. should work well.

squat is going good looking like 755 might be a 2nd attempt
if the new shirt works well tomorrow the bench shouldn't be a problem
deadlift is worrisome, but I can pull like 620ish raw conventional, so if I get 20lbs out of a suit I'll get close to my elite, and if I get any gravy on my squat/bench it should be good to go.

[isaku900]

[isaku900]

supposed to be DE bench, but I needed to try my new bench shirt to see if i was even close to being on track.

raw warmup to
2@315
shirt on-54 super katana A/S with 48 sleeves
3@405-3bd
2@455-2bd
1@495-1bd
1@495 touched!
3x2@455-2bd

need the sleeves taken in a bit, but this shirt is gonna be perfect for me.

purple band pull aparts
4x8

JM press
5@95
5@115
2x5@135

KB front raises
3x5@24kg/per

good work done in shirt today, got good volume, triceps really felt it b/c the sleeves were a bit too big.
overall this shirt is gonna work for me, the bigger chest plate and back let me get weights down faster, but if I set the shirt right I still get amazing pop off the chest, with tighter sleeves I'll get support all the way to lockout and should be able to bench 540-550 pretty soon.

[LessThanLuke]

Nice benching Bill. 550 would be sick.

[Jason2459]

Hate

[isaku900]

Thanks Luke it would be very sick to bench 550...

why the hate jason ?

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