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

[schabowy90]

Fixed my cleans today. Whipping my elbows through high and fast is seriously fixing my entire form and uprightness. Also I'm keeping the bar farther away from my shins on the floor at the start. More sweep I guess.


Frav needs to get his ass back here. I wo dee what he's hitting these days. Now that he's an OLY 2016 hopeful he's deserting us

What's the difference between normal 5mm neoprene sleeves and rehband ones? They're not like $60/pair here lol gonna see if I can find some china singlets here

I dunno but I'm about to get the new 5mm rehbands. Apparently both rehbands last forever which is why they probably cost more. Everyone loves em. I was thinkin of trying ace bandages.

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I want a china singlet... lemme know if you find.

Kid on my team has 2 lol. His friend went to china and brought him two. The blue and red ones.

[huntito]

Hey schabowy was it you that did the mini-smolov cycle a few weeks/months ago? how long did you do it for?

[schabowy90]

I'm still on it lol. Ideally I wanna squat 4x a week.

But I'm stuck at two usually with hockey :/
I just add 5lbs every time to every squat sesh once I finish the cycle.

Tomorrow will be uhmmm...4x7r at 270 I think.

[huntito]

nice. at the moment im squatting 4-5 days a week so I think my body is ready (lulz) for a smolov cycle. now that I have this dumb shoulder injury the only real things I can do are squats and pulls anyways lol. You think 2-4 weeks would net a good increase in squat strength? or do you have to do the whole 11-13 week cycle?

[OC23]

What other accessories should I add to help me prime up for full oly lifts once I get a coach? Right now I do front squats, push press, overhead squats, and the other usual compounds like bench, incline bench, weighted pull ups, rows, etc.

Any oly specific accessory compounds I should add?

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

nice. at the moment im squatting 4-5 days a week so I think my body is ready (lulz) for a smolov cycle. now that I have this dumb shoulder injury the only real things I can do are squats and pulls anyways lol. You think 2-4 weeks would net a good increase in squat strength? or do you have to do the whole 11-13 week cycle?

If I were you, I would try out the Broz method of squatting (since it will only be for 2-4 weeks, not necessarily everyday twice a day, but maybe daily or 6 times a week) I think you will be able to get some solid gainz. Then adjust when you introduce the lifts again.

[huntito]

What other accessories should I add to help me prime up for full oly lifts once I get a coach? Right now I do front squats, push press, overhead squats, and the other usual compounds like bench, incline bench, weighted pull ups, rows, etc.

Any oly specific accessory compounds I should add?

I was doing muscle snatches, snatch-grip presses from the bottom position, snatch-grip push presses, snatch balances, overhead squats, and snatches from the toes.

as you can see, my coach found my weak points... lol

[huntito]

If I were you, I would try out the Broz method of squatting (since it will only be for 2-4 weeks, not necessarily everyday twice a day, but maybe daily or 6 times a week) I think you will be able to get some solid gainz. Then adjust when you introduce the lifts again.

this is kind of what I'm doing now anyways, at least I think it's the broz/bulgarian method.

work up to max single, then take 85% and rep it at least 3 times for 3 sets. the problem though is my shoulder aches right after racking the heavy singles. I think once the weight gets heavy and I start dipping forward due to my weak core, i flex the shoulders to pull the bar back away from the neck and back on the traps. With lighter weight - higher rep work i don't stress my shoulder as much because I'm very upright

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

this is kind of what I'm doing now anyways, at least I think it's the broz/bulgarian method.

work up to max single, then take 85% and rep it at least 3 times for 3 sets. the problem though is my shoulder aches right after racking the heavy singles. I think once the weight gets heavy and I start dipping forward due to my weak core, i flex the shoulders to pull the bar back away from the neck and back on the traps. With lighter weight - higher rep work i don't stress my shoulder as much because I'm very upright

ah, yeah. well **** then

[huntito]

ah, yeah. well **** then

looks like it's back to the bottle... i mean, squat rack lol

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

looks like it's back to the bottle... i mean, squat rack lol

yeah dude, just drink heavy for 4 weeks, haha

[huntito]

yeah dude, just drink heavy for 4 weeks, haha

fuark man, that was my Saturday.
Really went out with a bang. I drank enough to drown a small child.. we even coined a new term, the "bro pass" lmfao

[GoJu]

Feels good to never ever get shoulder problems.

Right psoas problem and shoulder mobility like a boss, you're me to a T dude, minus Caltech of course, lol.

[schabowy90]

nice. at the moment im squatting 4-5 days a week so I think my body is ready (lulz) for a smolov cycle. now that I have this dumb shoulder injury the only real things I can do are squats and pulls anyways lol. You think 2-4 weeks would net a good increase in squat strength? or do you have to do the whole 11-13 week cycle?

ya well, what Im "suppose" to do every week or once every two weeks a la my coach is max out a 5rm. but I simply don't have time for this so im just blindly on the cycle.

Keep in mind im doing the "mini" smolov, not the full one. And I dont do that 95% 7 singles part, I skip it.


Id say if youre squatting consistently 4 weeks would be a good time frame.

[feces99]

tied by best snatch today. and *drumroll* made my first clean and jerk pr in about 8 months 126, in training no less. means i should be ready for 300 come sunday. all i need to do now is stay light and springy with the lifting and ill be at my peak.

[dbk1]

tied by best snatch today. and *drumroll* made my first clean and jerk pr in about 8 months 126, in training no less. means i should be ready for 300 come sunday. all i need to do now is stay light and springy with the lifting and ill be at my peak.

nice lifting! do people tend to lift better in competition or training?

[feces99]

nice lifting! do people tend to lift better in competition or training?

i lift better in comps personally. but others seem to lift more in training

[Reidy]

Anybody ever dealt with tennis elbow? As a baseball player I've had issues with my UCL in the past but this is different -- it's basically a pain on the back of my elbow which I feel when my arm is straightened. Obviously it's making lifting a bit difficult. I took last week off from all pressing work, and it still felt like **** during jerks tonight.

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

Anybody ever dealt with tennis elbow? As a baseball player I've had issues with my UCL in the past but this is different -- it's basically a pain on the back of my elbow which I feel when my arm is straightened. Obviously it's making lifting a bit difficult. I took last week off from all pressing work, and it still felt like **** during jerks tonight.

I deal with some elbow issues from time to time as well. Mine is weird though, it's in the back of the elbow too but it only ever usually kicks in towards the end of the session and is always fine the next day. I'll ice them after training a lot, but that is really it

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

Hookgrip shirts on the way (with 2 photos too)



hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggggggg

[schabowy90]

so i just found out an elite crossfitter worked out occasionally at my school gym. competed in the crossfit games '10-'12 he just graduated last year.....Kinda wish he was still here so I could do some Oly workouts with him.

[ftwrestler]

had a beer for the first time in 3 months

Kentucky bourbon ale

light headed after 1 beer. come at me

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

had a beer for the first time in 3 months

Kentucky bourbon ale

light headed after 1 beer. come at me

am jelly


have had 4 yuenglings while writing this speech and feel nothing, lol

[feces99]

am jelly


have had 4 yuenglings while writing this speech and feel nothing, lol

whats the speech about

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

whats the speech about

Legalizing Sports Gambling, lol

It's a Persuasion speech

I did my informative speech on Weightlifting, lol. Didn't rehearse it or anything, threw together a PowerPoint with a few vids of me snatching and clean + jerking and they were amazed, haha. Got an A.

This class is actually kinda cool

[schabowy90]

Ordered rehbands. Angus is peppered

[ftwrestler]

am jelly


have had 4 yuenglings while writing this speech and feel nothing, lol

drank a gallon of water with it, peppering my angus for diuretic affect

[huntito]

Legalizing Sports Gambling, lol

It's a Persuasion speech

I did my informative speech on Weightlifting, lol. Didn't rehearse it or anything, threw together a PowerPoint with a few vids of me snatching and clean + jerking and they were amazed, haha. Got an A.

This class is actually kinda cool

speech 100/101? I remember having to do 6 speeches in that class, loved it. Flirted with all the HBB's in my introductory speech haha

Ordered rehbands. Angus is peppered

can you do me a favor and tell me where they're manufactured (like by looking on the tag or something)? I want a pair, but don't want to risk buying something from China again. Pretty sure rehbands are from Estonia, but I just want to make sure before I risk getting a rash again lol

had a beer for the first time in 3 months

Kentucky bourbon ale

light headed after 1 beer. come at me

You're one of us now my friend. We'll always love you and never judge you here

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

I honestly don't even remember the number (lazy, not going to look it up) but yeah it's your basic speech class though

[WHT_LIGHTNING]

You're one of us now my friend. We'll always love you and never judge you here

Yes he is, it always starts with 1 beer