Some Aussie lifting weights in the UK

[Bum-Life]

Personally I think your ass looks a bit high, and its hard to know really by the vid, but it looks like you could take in more air / stay tighter before the lift. I like to fill up with air before I drop my ass into a pulling position.
also you have ditched the bar roll you used to do, perhaps that is throwing you off a bit. I could see how the roll might help you get "under" it a bit more.

[wick]

I think my ass is in a good position for me. If I lower it any further it just shoots straight back up when I pull.

I do take in a massive breath of air before I pull. If it was quiet in the gym, you'd hear.

I do need to work on my tightness though. I'm a lot more tight now than I was a couple months back. Also need to work on keeping the bar travelling up my legs the whole way. You can see it gets away from me on a few reps.

Can't do the bar roll with these plates even if I wanted to They're covered in rubber and most of them have massive chunks missing so they're not round! some of them are almost as bad as hex plates. Hard to roll them!

[COBBER]

Nice deads mate, I reckon hips are in good position. Pretty similar to my form tbh, when you get to the heavier weight you will probably naturally drop your hips a bit lower any way to allow for more leg drive.

Looks like you've improved your hip drive a lot which is good!! All that smash and dash doing ya good mate bahah

[Bum-Life]

only reason I say the ass is a bit high is, if you pause your first vid @ 0:40 you look very hunched, was thinking if you got your ass lower to start it would give your back an easyer angle to deal with and wouldnt hunch over as much. But upper back = rounding IMO.

[wick]

Yeah, I agree.. There's def too much rounding. Don't think I'll ever be able to pull without some rounding in my upper though.

I dunno, at least things are feeling better and improving a bit. It's starting to look like one movement, instead of two movements. Just need to sort out the rounding now!

Next week I'll go for 3 sets of 5 with 420lbs and record my last set again. We'll see how bad it looks then

[wick]

Madcow Week 13

Squats
70x5
90x5
110x5
125x5
147.5x3
110x8

bench
50x5
65x5
75x5
90x5
105x3
77.5x8

row
45x5
55x5
65x5
80x5
95x3
77x8

CGBP
95x7

Notes

quick update.

Trained in the morning today which felt different. wasnt hydrated etc so felt sluggish and weaker.

Got all the main lifts alright although everything felt heavier than usual. Got to CGBP did one set and said fuk it. Running a bit late to catch my flight to Budapest anyways. Ill eat a lot of dirty burger king/fast food over the next 5 days there (if they have one) and hopefully come back feeling alright.

See yas on Tuesday ****ers!

[wick]

Squats
70x5
90x5
105x5
125x5
145x3 (320lbs)

Bench
50x5
60x5
75x5
85x5
100x5 (220lbs)

Row
45x5
55x5
65x5
75x5
80x5

Hypers
45x8
45x8

Ab Wheel
5x9x4

Notes

Back to training after almost two weeks off. Was meant to start up training Wed and Fri last week but my bike was fkd so couldn't get to the gym.

Lost a lot of strength on squats. Not surprised though... Hardly ate when I was in Hungary. Just beer and more beers. Bench was surprisingly easy though.

Weight: 105.5kg.

[wick]

Squats
70x5
85x5
105x5
105x5

Close Grip Incline
45x5
55x5
65x5
75x5

Deads
115x5
140x5
160x5
185x5 (408lbs)

Notes

God damn. Was on a roll with deads before. Did 3x5 a couple of weeks ago easily... I reckon I would've gone pretty far this round if I didn't **** it up by travelling. Barely managed 1x5 this week with the same weight. It's all the program asked for but the 3x5 was working a treat. I think I'll drop the weight next week to something I can manage the 3x5 comfortably and then go from there. I dont have any travel plans for at least 8 weeks so hopefully I can some good progress in!

[wick]

Squats
70x5
90x5
105x5
125x5
147.5x3
110x8

Bench
50x5
60x5
75x5
90x5
105x3 (232lbs)
77.5x8

Rows
40x5
50x5
60x5
70x5
82.5x3
62.5x10

CGBP
85x8x3

Pullups
10
7
3

DB CURLZ BRAH
22x8
20x7

Notes

Squats were a bit tough again. Came REALLY far onto my toes on the second rep, almost lost the bar over my head. It was ugly as fuk. Brought it back together for the 3rd and finished nicely.

Bench was easy as hell which doesn;t make much sense considering how much ive lost on my squat. Usually bench suffers the most. Oh well

Weight: 104.3kg

[klaery]

Nice benching brosef! Squats are coming along again too

[wick]

Squats
70x5
90x5
105x5
125x5
145x5 (320lbs)

Bench
50x5
65x5
75x5
90x5
105x5 (232lbs)

Row
40x5
50x5
60x5
70x5
82.5x5

Hypers
45x9
45x8

Ab Wheel
setsxreps

Notes

Well after the HARD squats and EASY bench on Friday, I was expecting bench to be easy and squats to be hard again but nope. For some reason squats were a lot easier today and bench was a lot harder. Da fuk? I mean squats werent exactly easy but I barely got 3 out on Friday but tonight managed to get another 2 reps, even though they were tough. Bench on Friday was a joke... Tonight I barely got the 5th. Gained strength on my squat and lost strength on my bench. wtf mate?

Nice benching brosef! Squats are coming along again too

Cheers but my lifts are sheeeeeeeeit

[Bum-Life]

I wouldnt worry about the randomness of things feeling heavy or light. I always felt weird after some time off, just keep given'er. you got 8+ weeks to make something awesome happen, starting at 320 / 232 / 408 x 5's aint bad.

[wick]

Light Squats
65x5
85x5
100x5
100x5

Close Grip Incline
45x5
55x5
65x5
77.5x5

deads
105x5
125x5
145x5
170x5x2

Shrugs
140x12
160x10
180x8x2

Ab Wheel
BWx15x2

Notes

Yet another crappy day. I think I'm going to reset, again, and start fresh. Going to be quiet for a while after new years so should be able to get some good progress in...

I wouldnt worry about the randomness of things feeling heavy or light. I always felt weird after some time off, just keep given'er. you got 8+ weeks to make something awesome happen, starting at 320 / 232 / 408 x 5's aint bad.

yeah I wouldnt mind if they were feeling light but theyre not

[wick]

Squats
70x5
90x5
100x5
115x5
135x3
100x8

Bench
50x5
65x5
80x5
90x5
107.5x3 (237lbs)
80x8

Row
40x5
50x5
60x5
70x5
85x3
65x12

CGBP
87.5x8x3

Pullups
11
7
4

U/H Pulldowns
165x8x2

DB Curlz
24x8
24x6

Notes

Had some pretty epic DOMS in my back from deads and shrugs on Thursday so I took it easy on squats today. 135kg felt nice and smooth. Will add 5kg a week until it slows down so probably around the 150kg mark.

Bench was alright. 3 reps was fairly easy but getting another 2 out on Monday is going to make it a little tougher... Still 107.5kg was easier this time than when I did it a month or two ago. It was pretty damn tough that time.

Close grip bench is feeling good this time as well... hopefully my bench shoots back up to the 120kgx5/265x5 mark again !!!

[ByronOrpheus]

Stopping by to call you a sick kunt... that's a good thing, right?

[wick]

haha yeah mate thats a good thing. kinda hard to explain, though.

Best way to describe it would be probably a stud, funny kunt, alpha male, top bloke. Something like that anyway!! Where'd you hear that? You been miscing?

[xRequiem]

haha yeah mate thats a good thing. kinda hard to explain, though.

Best way to describe it would be probably a stud, funny kunt, alpha male, top bloke. Something like that anyway!! Where'd you hear that? You been miscing?

you've got to make a pr once and a while for that to be applicable.

[wick]

you've got to make a pr once and a while for that to be applicable.

Very true... Sadly ages away from any PR action . When I get some good progress in; life gets in the way. Been going backwards more than forwards lately!!

[ByronOrpheus]

Nah, my roommate called me a sick kunt for some reason, said all the cool Aussie kids say it.

[wick]

Light Skwats
65x5
85x5
100x5
100x5

Incline
50x5
60x5
70x5
80x4

Deads
110x5
130x5
150x5
175x5

Notes

Yep, felt like ass from NY's.

[COBBER]

what shinnannigans did Wickbrah get up to on new years??

[wick]

Just went to a few house parties around London. Ended up getting home at about 6:30am.....

Will be taking the next 3-4 weeks off from booze and everything. Body is struggling at the moment... Over it.

[COBBER]

Just went to a few house parties around London. Ended up getting home at about 6:30am.....

Will be taking the next 3-4 weeks off from booze and everything. Body is struggling at the moment... Over it.

Good man, mind blown I also got home at around 6:30am LOOOOOOL, was at the casino pretty much all night then chilled in the park for a bit and finally got home.

Sounds like a good idea bro, GodModeActivated

[wick]

Squats
70x5
90x5
105x5
120x5
140x3 (308lbs)
105x8

Bench
55x5
65x5
80x5
95x5
110x3 (243lbs)
82.5x8

Row
40x5
50x5
60x5
70x5
85x3
65x12

CGBP
90x8
90x6
90x6

Pullups
11
7
5

U/H Pulldowns
180x8
180x6

DB Gun Show
24x8
24x6

Notes

Finally a sesh where I felt normal for once.

Squats were nice and easy. Prob had at least 8 in me.

Bench was a bit tough, although I prob couldve gotten the 5 tonight. I think I'll go back to 105 and go from there on Monday.

Going to start catching the train to work from now on so no more riding apart from to the gym and back. Seriously cbf riding to work anymore. So plan is to reset a few lifts and start fresh. Next month or so I'm not doing anything so HOPEFULLY will be able to get some good progression in for once.

Weight: 104.8kg

Good man, mind blown I also got home at around 6:30am LOOOOOOL, was at the casino pretty much all night then chilled in the park for a bit and finally got home.

Sounds like a good idea bro, GodModeActivated

lol... You're still a young buck so you can handle it!! Big nights like that take me at least 2 days to recover from. Wait till you're 28 mate! You'll get there

[wick]

Squats
70x5
85x5
105x5
120x5
140x5 (308lbs)

Bench
50x5
65x5
75x5
90x5
105x5 (232lbs)

Row
40x5
50x5
60x5
70x5
85x5

Hypers
45x8x2

Ab Wheel
5x8x3

Notes

Squats and bench were way harder than I was expecting. Was hoping for a nice and easy session. Dropped over 1kg over the weekend, even though I did nothing, probably didnt help. Took out too many cals from my diet since I'm not riding to work anymore. I'll add back some more and hopefully be steady at the 105kg mark again.

Weight: 103.5kg

[wick]

Light Squats
70x5
85x5
105x5
105x5

Incline
45x5
55x5
65x5
75x5

Deads
110x5
140x5
155x5
180x5x2 (397lbs)
200x1 (440lbs)

Ab Wheel
8
8

Shrugs
140x12
160x10
170x10

Notes


Everything was pretty easy so did another set on deads. Then decided to do a single for the lols. Went up without much trouble...

Weight: 104.1kg

[wick]

Squats
70x5
90x5
105x5
125x5
145x3 (320lbs)
110x8

Bench
50x5
65x5
80x5
90x5
107.5x3 (237lbs)
80x8

Row
40x5
55x5
65x5
75x5
87.5x3
65x12

CGBP
92.5x6x3

Pullups
11
8
5

UH Pulldowns
180x8
180x7

DB Curlz Brah
20x10
24x6

Notes

Not a bad day I guess. Things should've been a bit easier but I'll take it. Will be resting up over the weekend and eating a lot so hopefully should be able to smash the 5 on Monday.

Weight: 103.8kg

[COBBER]

Nice work on the deads the other day, expecting some big numbers soon cuzzzzzzz!!

[wick]

Squats
70x5
90x5
105x5
125x5
145x5 (320lbs)

Bench
50x5
65x5
80x5
90x5
107.5x5 (237lbs)

Row
40x5
50x5
65x5
75x5
87.5x5 (193lbs)

Hypers
45x9
45x8

Skulls
35x12
40x10

Ab Wheel
5x9x4

Notes

Squats felt great tonight. Having fresh legs makes a world of difference. Had at least 2 left in the tank, maybe 3.

Bench was heavy again. 5th rep was a bit of a grinder. May have been able to get out 1 more but it would've been an epic grinder if so. I should be blasting through 107.5kg ffs! Not sure what's happening

Decided to do some skull crushers. Tonight was just finding out where I'm at strength wise with them. 40kg was easy. Plan is to do 2x8 with them on Monday's. Will add 2.5kg a week.

Weight: 104.1kg

Nice work on the deads the other day, expecting some big numbers soon cuzzzzzzz!!

Thanks brah. They were pretty ease. Not as easy as my 185x5x3 about 5 weeks ago though. Hopefully will get up to at least 210x5 this round!!

[Bum-Life]

Don't keep deloading your bench, recently you worked up to good weights 2 times just to back off when it got a bit hard. Grind through that sh!t give yourself a chance even if it feels like risking failure. You can't have me benching more then you.