BombDonald's Powerlifting Log

[zmcdole]

What the heck Bomb, where's the vid? Lets go man get it together. Wine tasting and squat vids are what the people wanna see.

[csday924]

What the heck Bomb, where's the vid? Lets go man get it together. Wine tasting and squat vids are what the people wanna see.

This man speakd the truth! Damn fine lifting.

[ngolsen]

Pretty much that. I fell forward and it was much more of a grinder than it should have been.

know that feel bro.... nice work.

[johnblythe]

know that feel bro.... nice work.

oops, wrong log

[BeAPeet]

Ahh the first Belgian representative!

yes, i usually am, lol

edit: great squatting

[Tom Bro]

epic workout.

[BombDonald]

Thanks guys.

Awesome squatting. I didn't mean to imply that you weren't nice to the staff; I was just suggesting going out of your way to schmooze them at your new place. Sounds like your old place is just whack.

Yeah I knew what you meant. I'm not very talkative at the gym in general, maybe I should be a little more.. Usually just have my hat pulled down and my headphones blaring lol.

What the heck Bomb, where's the vid? Lets go man get it together. Wine tasting and squat vids are what the people wanna see.

Hah didn't feel like drawing any more unnecessary attention to myself in a new atmosphere. I'll be back in my university gym on starting Thursday so then I'll get some footage again, things are about to get very heavy here for a bit since the meet is coming up soon.

Got lazy quick on the lulzy videos, need to just think of something and do it.

[BombDonald]

Squats
455x5
*Tough, back was sore and made things awkward.

A. Bench Press
315x4
315x3
315x3
225x10 - Feet up.
*Got pissed about not getting 5 the first set, proceeded to punish myself.

B. Pull-ups
50x4
50x3
50x3
BWT x10



Figured I'd use my pass again since it was good for a full 24 hours and it's a stone's throw away from my work. Definitely found my training center for the summer. Only $20 a month with no contract. Gonna stay at the university gym for now due to proximity.

Not bad for going right after work and running on very little sleep.

Deadlifts Thursday then lol I dunno.

[Ironlife]

Man incredible squatting numbers last workout, wow man.

225x10 feet up lol! Makes it a fair bit tougher.

Nick, could you try reverse band deadlifts some time this year?
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After working with the slingshot, the next bench workout with straight weight, did it feel weird to you?

[BombDonald]

Man incredible squatting numbers last workout, wow man.

1. 225x10 feet up lol! Makes it a fair bit tougher.

2. Nick, could you try reverse band deadlifts some time this year?
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3. After working with the slingshot, the next bench workout with straight weight, did it feel weird to you?

1. It wasn't really that bad. I had at least 15. My leg drive sucks when the weight isn't heavy anyways.

2. We'll see, I don't have the bands I would need and I am not going to be going terribly heavy for a while on deads (after the meet that is).

3. Form felt different since nothing was pulling my elbows in, so it's a different beast trying to keep the bar path nice. Sling Shot benching really is easy.

[Juggernaut0]

Noice skwats man. Lovin the rage bench too.

[johnblythe]

630 am is 'right after work'??

[csday924]

630 am is 'right after work'??

Night stalker

[Woody-5]

Good stuff! what do you do for work?
What's the plan for deads on Thursday? Gonna work some reps or just go for that big 600 single?

[BombDonald]

Noice skwats man. Lovin the rage bench too.

Thanks. I should be doing more volume than that though.

630 am is 'right after work'??

Lol yeah.

Night stalker

^^^^^^^^^

I put merchandise on shelves.

Good stuff! what do you do for work?
What's the plan for deads on Thursday? Gonna work some reps or just go for that big 600 single?

Volume. I have nothing to prove by hitting a big gym lift right now.

[BombDonald]

Deadlifts
405x3
495x3
545x2
565x0 - Shooting pain in inner thighs before it broke the floor :/
....Switching to conventional....
495x3
515x2
515x2

Shrugs
405x10
405x10
405x10

Barbell Standing Press
135x5
185x3
225x2 - w/leg drive
135x8 - Behind the neck



Not getting any leg drive with sumo recently, likely due to volume of squats. Having problems with my right glute-ham tie-in as well, which is messing things up. I am losing lower back tightness initiating the pull, which is turning it into an awkward straight legged sumo deadlift.

In conclusion.......I am pulling conventional for the meet.

I was inspired by Ben Rice to do more volume with everything, and add presses on deadlift days. My shoulders need work.

[mm55]

sucks about the inner thigh pain. Now you really gotta pull conv. I like the inclusion of standing presses.

[Woody-5]

Hope the pain goes away soon! Great work on the deads and excellent to see some standing presses up in here

[ngolsen]

Conventional is alpha anyway. Sumo is for girls.

Rest up those inner thighs mate... Keep em shut

[Ironlife]

Man, i feel your more a natural semi sumo puller from observations but only YOU know whats best.

Conventional is alpha anyway. Sumo is for girls.

Rest up those inner thighs mate... Keep em shut

^^^ You go girl! lulz

[ngolsen]

Man, i feel your more a natural semi sumo puller from observations but only YOU know whats best.



^^^ You go girl! lulz

He didnt even lock out :P

[Ironlife]

He didnt even lock out :P

Hah he did, just suit makes it look otherwise

[ngolsen]

Hah he did, just suit makes it look otherwise

skepticalhippo

[BombDonald]

Lulz it looked locked out to me, he just didn't hold it long.

I don't plan on abandoning the semi-sumo position forever, I think I just need to bring up my hip weaknesses. My squat is pretty much all leg and no back, and my semi-sumo is essentially the same. Squatting heavy-ish on both Monday and Tuesday left my legs beat up, which is probably why my legs weren't doing much for me today. I would imagine it would be quite similar in a meet situation, which is why I am going to switch to conventional for now. I felt VERY strong with conventional despite the fatigue from prior sets. It just felt a little awkward since I really haven't done many in a while.

Got 3 weeks of what I would call "real training" left, just gonna train my ass of and hope for the best.

[Juggernaut0]

Kind of agree with ILO that you shouldn't get away from semi-sumo, which seems to work well for you, but if you really believe you should go conventional at the meet, that's cool brah.

[csday924]

Just rest up and pull SS. If you keep squating and work some lockouts/rackpulls your not going to lose any strenght, hell you may get stronger lol.

[LegosInMyEgos]

are organisms that deadlift sumo people?

[BombDonald]

Kind of agree with ILO that you shouldn't get away from semi-sumo, which seems to work well for you, but if you really believe you should go conventional at the meet, that's cool brah.

I like it, I just need more strength in my adductors to do it on a regular basis.

Just rest up and pull SS. If you keep squating and work some lockouts/rackpulls your not going to lose any strenght, hell you may get stronger lol.

It's kind of up in the air right now; I could see myself pulling either style at the meet. Setting up with straps on sumo is tough since I find it harder to stay tight in my lower back. I warm-up through 405 without straps and it does feel different.

are organisms that deadlift sumo people?

I don't even know what this means?

[ngolsen]

are organisms that deadlift sumo people?

You might want to use punctuation.

Both SS and conventional have their place.

[LegosInMyEgos]

I don't even know what this means?

You might want to use punctuation.

Are, organisms, that, deadlift sumo people?