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

[jagboy]

Texaxs State Championship was pretty good meet today!

only went 4/6 though

weighed in at 75.6. Drank no liquids for 24 hours before as an attempt to make weight. peed like 10 times lat night.
103/107/110(new PR)

125/132X/133X

I missed the Jerks on both.

235 total.

Lol-ful part is 3rd place total was 236 and I was lighter body weight. I could have went for enough for 3rd place, but my coach really wasnt paying attention to medals, and let me take what i wanted.

qualified for A session of collegiate Nationals. Gonna hit 250+ there. Believe it.

Will post vid later


Good Job Dext on your first meet. 224 total is huge for a first meet.

[strengthsthetic]

Well, I used to train the (front) strict overhead press and the front push press. I don't have my old logs. However, I believe that I push pressed 75x4 sometime in August of 2011, and then in Febuary of 2012 I remember that I push pressed 95x4 (I remember both of these specific PRs because the first was the day before I left Australia, the second I remember being particularly pleased because I was incredibly hung over). That should answer your question about the timeline. I also recall that I wasn't doing any heavy back squatting back then, which is really the key to driving up the lift. I believe that with superior programming, I could have done it faster.

I don't train the front push press anymore because I believe the behind the neck version to be far superior. I currently do the following:

Strict press 3x/week
BTN PP 2x/week

I won't do both on the same day, either. Pressing movements go before squatting movements (having leg strength in the tank affects both of these lifts, especially the push press obviously. The reverse is untrue. A heavy, draining push press max will not really affect your squat session immediately following). The programming for both lifts is very simple. On any given day, I attempt a rep PR of some kind. I like cycling through rep ranges. The way I will do this is warm up to one max effort top set. All of the warming up is directed toward the top set in which I attempt a rep PR. So on any given day, there is really not a great deal of heavy volume for any lift, I hate doing sets across and emphasize frequency over volume for all forms of squatting and pressing. This is how I program front/back squatting and press/push pressing and I stand by the results.

So here is how progression of the top set works: You write down a set of possible targets over a spread of rep ranges from (say) 2-10. For any given exercise, you warm up to a max effort top set in which you attempt one of the targets.

When you hit any of those targets you write a new set of targets. Here's a real life example from me. I recently hit a new strict overhead press PR of 170x8. I had written down four targets, I wanted either 162.5x10, or 170x8, or 185x5 or 195x3 (these ones are in lbs, obviously. I am not a smaller Ken Patera). Since I hit one of the targets, I wrote down a new set of targets. These are 165x10, 180x7, 190x5 or 200x3. As to which particular target I decide to attempt on a particular day, that is little more than personal preference. If I hit a 7-rep PR then I might try my next target to be a 5-rep PR among the next set of targets, and so on. You get the idea.

I want to emphasize the fact that although the targets follow a "linear progression" the actual program does not. Because especially if you do the same exercises again and again with that much frequency, some days you feel good, other days you feel bad, some days you feel like absolute ****ing ****, and other days you feel really, really good. On any given day, for the exercises I intend to do, I will walk into the gym with the intention of hitting a prescribed target. If it's a good day, that will happen and I have a new PR, but plenty of days feel just awful and that doesn't happen. That's OK. It's a normal part of training. Just do what you can, when you can.

sounds good. When I was push pressing in the middle of this year I was only building up to 3RM and adding 2.5kg every time I hit 3 reps, also doing that 3x a week lol. Worked well from 60kg x 3 until 75kg x 3-5 reps then didn't progress.

[schabowy90]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lQb2N46.pngIMG]

Link me to your youtube channel. I can never see your damn videos you embed I dunno why. It's just blank forum post.

Texaxs State Championship was pretty good meet today!

only went 4/6 though

weighed in at 75.6. Drank no liquids for 24 hours before as an attempt to make weight. peed like 10 times lat night.
103/107/110(new PR)

125/132X/133X

I missed the Jerks on both.

235 total.

Lol-ful part is 3rd place total was 236 and I was lighter body weight. I could have went for enough for 3rd place, but my coach really wasnt paying attention to medals, and let me take what i wanted.

qualified for A session of collegiate Nationals. Gonna hit 250+ there. Believe it.

Will post vid later


Good Job Dext on your first meet. 224 total is huge for a first meet.

FUARKKK!

Dude I'm so pissed, I wanna qualify for the A so bad. I need to just create my own usaw sanctioned meet.
I'm gonna be following up my own attempts every time in B.

Sick snatch!

[dbk1]

Texaxs State Championship was pretty good meet today!

only went 4/6 though

weighed in at 75.6. Drank no liquids for 24 hours before as an attempt to make weight. peed like 10 times lat night.
103/107/110(new PR)

125/132X/133X

I missed the Jerks on both.

235 total.

Lol-ful part is 3rd place total was 236 and I was lighter body weight. I could have went for enough for 3rd place, but my coach really wasnt paying attention to medals, and let me take what i wanted.

qualified for A session of collegiate Nationals. Gonna hit 250+ there. Believe it.

Will post vid later

110 in comp....dyyylan u sun of a b*tch
awsome lifting man! congrats on getting A session! hopefully you and schabowy will be there in matching misc shirts

Link me to your youtube channel. I can never see your damn videos you embed I dunno why. It's just blank forum post.




FUARKKK!

Dude I'm so pissed, I wanna qualify for the A so bad. I need to just create my own usaw sanctioned meet.
I'm gonna be following up my own attempts every time in B.

Sick snatch!

I need to find out how to do this so in about a year or so I can set up the Poverty Weightlifting Invitational Meet (Of Peace)

[DaTruth1]

hmm apparently liao hui will be participating in the national games next years

for the chinese brahs, video of some of and only the top names/london 2012 participants:
http://sports.cntv.cn/20121226/101405.shtml

Barely recognized Long QQ with the shaved head. Lin with the buzzcut too, brb shaving my head for gains.

[schabowy90]

Barely recognized Long QQ with the shaved head. Lin with the buzzcut too, brb shaving my head for gains.

lin looks like a ****in tank
liao is rockin the volts in that vid i think hahahahaha


what i would give to train with all those guys in the training hall togther. O.M.G...

[jagboy]

fuark! I looked at the score board wrong. I actually did get 3rd based off body weight. hopefully my coach picked up my medal, cause my parents had to start driving back home after i finished.

http://redbeltdigital.com/OlyLift/20...=M%20Open%2077


schabowy, just come to Texas. I think theres a meet in the end of February.



and this homie just call me Dylan?

[CuriousGM]

Link me to your youtube channel. I can never see your damn videos you embed I dunno why. It's just blank forum post.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GMaccow

I've never actually recorded a lifting session, so it's just random squats and that herp derp jerk for now.

[jb4476]

I believe I have successfully made it into what Jon Broz refers to as the "other side" where you successfully hit PRs in a heavily fatigued state. At this point, you know you have successfully adapted to the training.

On Friday I got sick with a cold (and I am still sick) and at first I was frustrated, assuming that a few days of potential quality training would be lost. But I went to the gym anyway and had my most successful three days ever, setting big PRs in four major strength exercises. On Friday I successfully strict overhead pressed 170x8 and ATG back squatted 340x5. On Saturday I made an (easy) 305x1 front squat (not a PR, but definitely an improved baseline number), and then today I made a behind the neck push press PR of 220x7, a front squat PR of 290x6 followed by an (easy) 350x1 back squat for an improved baseline number. I have no idea how I pulled out all those PRs over the last three days while in cold sweat, with swollen lymph glands, a congested nose and a brutally sore throat. But I did.

I am happier than goddamn Towelie in a computer duster store.

[dbk1]

fuark! I looked at the score board wrong. I actually did get 3rd based off body weight. hopefully my coach picked up my medal, cause my parents had to start driving back home after i finished.

http://redbeltdigital.com/OlyLift/20...=M%20Open%2077

schabowy, just come to Texas. I think theres a meet in the end of February.



and this homie just call me Dylan?

-_-

[jb4476]

sounds good. When I was push pressing in the middle of this year I was only building up to 3RM and adding 2.5kg every time I hit 3 reps, also doing that 3x a week lol. Worked well from 60kg x 3 until 75kg x 3-5 reps then didn't progress.

Yeah, I found that consistently attempting that kind of progression in such a low rep range would stall quickly. As per the post above, I am very happy with my results by moving up in a slightly higher rep range than that (at least in the strength movements).

[jb4476]

hmm apparently liao hui will be participating in the national games next years

for the chinese brahs, video of some of and only the top names/london 2012 participants:
http://sports.cntv.cn/20121226/101405.shtml

Mind UTTERLY OBLITERATED

Long QQ does 200 k FS (He's a fuarking 56)

Liao Hui does easy paused reps with 180

Lu X does what looks like 220

Lin Q does 200 easy and looks like a goddamn gorilla with his shaved head.

Lu H does easy 190 triple

[ftwrestler]

Mind UTTERLY OBLITERATED

Long QQ does 200 k FS (He's a fuarking 56)

Liao Hui does easy paused reps with 180

Lu X does what looks like 220

Lin Q does 200 easy and looks like a goddamn gorilla with his shaved head.

Lu H does easy 190 triple

lu x does way more than 220

[DaTruth1]

lu x does way more than 220

lu x doubled 230 easily in that training hall vid

[jb4476]

lu x does way more than 220

Of course his all time PR is far higher given how easy the 230 double in the hall was, but there did appear to be five blue wheels on the bar in the vid, and that is 220.

[DaTruth1]

Also, glad to see that LXJ is still training with the national team. I was worried that since he might be too old for another olympics, the chinese team would drop him in favor or bringing up the younger 77's to be ready for 2016.

edit: Su Dajin still on the team good. All their 77's can lift over the world records lol

[jagboy]

gonna dedicate time to improving my jerk.

[jb4476]

Also, glad to see that LXJ is still training with the national team. I was worried that since he might be too old for another olympics, the chinese team would drop him in favor or bringing up the younger 77's to be ready for 2016.

edit: Su Dajin still on the team good. All their 77's can lift over the world records lol

They'll keep LXJ around as long as he performs well. He's their superstar golden boy, and given his comparatively late entry into the sport, he may continue to perform well enough for at least the next few years. Plus, unlike Zhang G, who had so many injuries by 30 that he was pretty much held together by duct tape and prayer, LXJ seems to have stayed pretty healthy.

[DaTruth1]

edit: my bad that is definitely Ding Jianjun in the beginning with the shaved head, not long qingquan. sry they all look the same.

[DaTruth1]

gonna dedicate time to improving my jerk.

is accuali private

[dbk1]

Mind UTTERLY OBLITERATED

Long QQ does 200 k FS (He's a fuarking 56)

Liao Hui does easy paused reps with 180

Lu X does what looks like 220

Lin Q does 200 easy and looks like a goddamn gorilla with his shaved head.

Lu H does easy 190 triple

[jb4476]

edit: my bad that is definitely Ding Jianjun in the beginning with the shaved head, not long qingquan. sry they all look the same.

That's lacist.

I made the same mistake, it really did look like Long QQ at first.

Edit: Actually, I think that is Long QQ is spotting Lin Q on his 200 k FS, and he doesn't have a shaved head.

[jagboy]

is accuali private

fixed


and fuark Lu h lookinh hyooge

[schabowy90]

fixed


and fuark Lu h lookinh hyooge

Wtf no collars at an official meet?

[jagboy]

Wtf no collars at an official meet?

this meet was pretty off compared to last years state meet, and ones i've done in the past. few things bothered me...

>no collars
>poorly reconstructed platforms that broke alot
>was noisy, and most people didnt respect the lifters lifting
>they only rented half the gym at the athletics center so on Saturday there were still people playing basketball on the other hald
>no giant curtain to divide back area for people to warm up
>too many x-fitters lol


my coach was ranting the whole day and the previous day. our team still managed to win the team award though, so I guess hes happy with his new Eleiko barbell set. ha

[strengthsthetic]

this meet was pretty off compared to last years state meet, and ones i've done in the past. few things bothered me...

>no collars
>poorly reconstructed platforms that broke alot
>was noisy, and most people didnt respect the lifters lifting
>they only rented half the gym at the athletics center so on Saturday there were still people playing basketball on the other hald
>no giant curtain to divide back area for people to warm up
>too many x-fitters lol


my coach was ranting the whole day and the previous day. our team still managed to win the team award though, so I guess hes happy with his new Eleiko barbell set. ha

free eleiko set for winning a WL meet? they cost like $5000. shieeet

[jagboy]

free eleiko set for winning a WL meet? they cost like $5000. shieeet

MDUSA set. my bad lol.

[Robination]

lol announcer saying that they're trying to train back to their regular strength now; and lu x saying he's trying to get his weight up because he loses weight when he's not accustomed to something about the training area?

[img]http://forum.bodybuilding.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5306653&stc=1&d=135874 9554[img]

lolol that actually kinda looks like the trollface

[DaTruth1]

thoughts on wearing an adidas singlet but nike shoes?

[forcefedfreak]

MDUSA set. my bad lol.

Even still...I wish someone would just hand me another one of those.