jshaw's Starting Strength log

[dk240t]

Yeah, its not that hard. I just have to figure out the design, get together the wood, and get together the time to build it.

I built some bookshelves this weekend - stained last night and will get a couple coats of polyurethane on them this week.

[GinjaNinja85]

Congratulations on your meet man. Awesome to see you getting involved. Hopefully I won't be too far behind you.

[jjeane]

Very nice platform! Now where is the vid where you test it out?

[jshaw5]

Congratulations on your meet man. Awesome to see you getting involved. Hopefully I won't be too far behind you.

Thanks man. Do you have any plans to compete anytime soon? It's definitely an awesome experience, would recommend just doing it.

Very nice platform! Now where is the vid where you test it out?

Thanks JJ. I'll be getting back to the oly lifts soon, so videos will be picking back up then.

[GinjaNinja85]

Thanks man. Do you have any plans to compete anytime soon? It's definitely an awesome experience, would recommend just doing it.

Reasonably soon. I had a long lay off, then I was gonna enter a meet with a strongman/powerlifter I see at the gym even though I knew I couldn't PR anything, but I bailed on him as work got busy again. This year things are more settled so I'm gonna just put a good summer of training together and enter one when I can beat all my lifts from before my lay off. Call it ego, I just wanna break new ground at a meet, although apparantely that's not what your first meet should really be about. Worked for you though.

[dk240t]

Reasonably soon. I had a long lay off, then I was gonna enter a meet with a strongman/powerlifter I see at the gym even though I knew I couldn't PR anything, but I bailed on him as work got busy again. This year things are more settled so I'm gonna just put a good summer of training together and enter one when I can beat all my lifts from before my lay off. Call it ego, I just wanna break new ground at a meet, although apparantely that's not what your first meet should really be about. Worked for you though.

I need to put a meet in the plans. Probably should plan on it for next summer. Curling just takes too much time for now. Would try to go 9/9 and break 1k total. Unless I get red lighted on an earlier lift, then I might try for an all time Deadlift pr with my last rep. But that is probably a year away.

[GinjaNinja85]

I need to put a meet in the plans. Probably should plan on it for next summer. Curling just takes too much time for now. Would try to go 9/9 and break 1k total. Unless I get red lighted on an earlier lift, then I might try for an all time Deadlift pr with my last rep. But that is probably a year away.

9/9 plus >1k total is a really good 1st meet goal. 350/230/440 was a figure I came up with the other day to aim for. Very acquirable for yourself I would say, within a few months.

[dk240t]

9/9 plus >1k total is a really good 1st meet goal. 350/230/440 was a figure I came up with the other day to aim for. Very acquirable for yourself I would say, within a few months.

I've done 1k total in a single session at the gym before. 1065 actually. Squat 385, Bench 275, Deadlift 405. Failed 405 squat and 455 deadlift that day. Of course, I was 30lbs heavier than I am now, and consistently training.

[dopamine72]

Killer sesh brah, liking the slingshot benching. That is so much fun. Also saw you're doing KK presses. Those are great for overall delt development. I get the most insane pump when I do 10+ reps for sets.

Texas Method –Volume Day

Squat
45 lbs x 5 reps
105 lbs x 5 reps
165 lbs x 3 reps
225 lbs x 2 reps
275 lbs x 1 rep
295 lbs x 5 reps x 5
I had all kinds of DOMS from VD last week, plus the deadlifts on ID destroyed my hammies, so I kept the weight the same this week. They felt real good, finished off with a 2 second pause at the bottom of the last rep/last set.

Bench
45 lbs x 10 reps
95 lbs x 5 reps
135 lbs x 3 reps
165 lbs x 2 reps
185 lbs x 1 rep
200 lbs x 5 reps x 5
Kept the weight the same on bench as well. It wasn't too challenging.

Face Pulls
70 lbs x 10 reps x 3
Did these between bench warmups. I think this is a good weight for now, just going to stay at this weight for a while, get up to an easy 3x12.

Sling Shot Bench
225 lbs x 4 reps x 2
I was running short on time, so I just threw these in after bench. I think I'm going to stick with these for my tricep accessory for now. I love the way you can really overload the triceps and work on that lockout strength.

Pullups
BW x 5 reps
BW + 25 lbs x 5 reps x 3
I think I started a bit too heavy jumping back into these. I hit my 3x5, but they were tough af, not how they should feel at the start of LP. I'll probably drop the weight back a bit next week.

[jshaw5]

Reasonably soon. I had a long lay off, then I was gonna enter a meet with a strongman/powerlifter I see at the gym even though I knew I couldn't PR anything, but I bailed on him as work got busy again. This year things are more settled so I'm gonna just put a good summer of training together and enter one when I can beat all my lifts from before my lay off. Call it ego, I just wanna break new ground at a meet, although apparantely that's not what your first meet should really be about. Worked for you though.

Yeah it was hard to get past that mentality. My squats and bench still aren't quite as strong as they were at the end of my bulk, and for a while I used that as an excuse to not compete yet. That first meet should be more about learning than about hitting a certain total. Even though I sat with the PL coach at my gym for over an hour to discuss everything that happens in a meet, there were still so many things that I learned.

I need to put a meet in the plans. Probably should plan on it for next summer. Curling just takes too much time for now. Would try to go 9/9 and break 1k total. Unless I get red lighted on an earlier lift, then I might try for an all time Deadlift pr with my last rep. But that is probably a year away.

You should definitely do one, it's a lot of fun. If you could stay consistent, you'd easily hit those numbers. You just have to stop traveling every other week lol.

Killer sesh brah, liking the slingshot benching. That is so much fun. Also saw you're doing KK presses. Those are great for overall delt development. I get the most insane pump when I do 10+ reps for sets.

Thanks man. Yeah I love the slingshot. Klokov's are fun, plus they should help carry over to snatches as well.

[BabyOilBrah]

Oly Day

Snatch
45 lbs x 2 reps
65 lbs x 2 reps
85 lbs x 2 reps
95 lbs x 2 reps
105 lbs x 2 reps
115 lbs x 2 reps
125 lbs x 2 reps
135 lbs x 1 reps x 5
Worked up to 125x2 no problem, then I put the big plates on and had a mental block for a bit. I just couldn't pull myself under the bar for like the first four attempts. I finally hit one where I just pulled it high enough so I barely had to pull myself under. After that, I got into a better groove, and only missed one (bailed off the back of my platform lol) of the next 5 attempts. I'm still relying on pulling it high rather than pulling myself under though.

Clean & Jerk
135 lbs x 1 rep
145 lbs x 1 rep
First attempt at a split jerk. Pretty ugly, didn't split very much, and just like my snatches, relied on pushing the weight up high instead of pushing myself under. I called it quits after a couple reps because my forearm was getting quite sore.

sorry but I paged back to check this out, form looks decent on the snatches. You're a bit forward on the cleans, but doesn't look bad at all. You gonna get back into this now that youre done with the meet and have a platform?

[jshaw5]

sorry but I paged back to check this out, form looks decent on the snatches. You're a bit forward on the cleans, but doesn't look bad at all. You gonna get back into this now that youre done with the meet and have a platform?

Yeah I'll be back to the oly lifts soon. I'm going to start from scratch with some drill work, probably just going to stick with the snatch to start.

[Woody-5]

Very nice VD
Pausing squats the end of sets is badass

I like the slingshot work, really kill that lockout! I like tossing In the reverse band bench once in awhile for the same reason (plus it's fun to load up the bar a little extra )

[jshaw5]

Very nice VD
Pausing squats the end of sets is badass

I like the slingshot work, really kill that lockout! I like tossing In the reverse band bench once in awhile for the same reason (plus it's fun to load up the bar a little extra )

Thanks wood man. I love throwing in that pause at the very end, definitely feels bad ass. I really like the slingshot, since you get to hit the triceps with more weight than you can bench, whereas things like cgbp, floor press, tricep extensions, etc, you're using less weight.

[jshaw5]

Texas Method – Recovery Day

Squat
45 lbs x 5 reps
105 lbs x 5 reps
165 lbs x 5 reps
215 lbs x 5 reps x 2
I wore my oly shoes just for the hell of it. It pisses me off that I can't squat in these things, they just feel so solid and stable. Considering the two separate periods in which I tried squatting in oly shoes were both during my cut when my squats were feeling like doodoo and going down the toilet anyway, I would at some point like to try them out when things are going good. For now I'm focused on putting up some big numbers for the next meet though, so maybe after that I'll give them another shot.

Klokov Press
45 lbs x 5 reps
65 lbs x 5 reps
75 lbs x 5 reps
80 lbs x 5 reps x 3
I love these things now.

Sotts Press
45 lbs x 5 reps
Just for Jani, see vid.

[BabyOilBrah]

I can't watch the vid at work, but is the squatting K press a sots press or K press while in a low squat position?

[jshaw5]

I can't watch the vid at work, but is the squatting K press a sots press or K press while in a low squat position?

Yeah I didn't know exactly what to call it. It's a K press while in the low squat position. What is a sots press?

[BabyOilBrah]

What is a sots press?

It's a K press while in the low squat position.

that lol

such a tough exercise even with just the bar!

[jshaw5]

that lol

such a tough exercise even with just the bar!

LOL ok then, never heard it called that. Yes it is tough even with just the bar.

[BabyOilBrah]

how much is no limit per month?

[jshaw5]

how much is no limit per month?

I'm paying like $35/month right now, but that includes unlimited tanning (gotta get jacked and tan for vacation lol). Before I added the tanning, I think it was like $21/month or something.

[BabyOilBrah]

I'm paying like $35/month right now, but that includes unlimited tanning (gotta get jacked and tan for vacation lol). Before I added the tanning, I think it was like $21/month or something.

not bad at all, thanks. Just weighing options right now.

[jshaw5]

not bad at all, thanks. Just weighing options right now.

Yeah it's not bad at all, I was honestly expecting it to be at least $30-40/month. They do have different pricing depending on how long you commit for, I can't remember if I did 6 months or a year, but I think if you don't want to commit, it's like $25/month, then a few bucks cheaper with a 6 month commitment and a couple more bucks cheaper with a year commitment.

What's making you want to join a gym vs. training at home?

You could always join Plant Fitness for like $10/month lol.

[BabyOilBrah]

Yeah it's not bad at all, I was honestly expecting it to be at least $30-40/month. They do have different pricing depending on how long you commit for, I can't remember if I did 6 months or a year, but I think if you don't want to commit, it's like $25/month, then a few bucks cheaper with a 6 month commitment and a couple more bucks cheaper with a year commitment.

What's making you want to join a gym vs. training at home?

You could always join Plant Fitness for like $10/month lol.

well my garage is hot as hell in summer, really cold in winter. I can't do oly lifts in the basement. Just thinking about it now. That pricing isn't bad at all. I could just stop buying whey every month and my fitness expenses would be cut in half lol.

[jshaw5]

well my garage is hot as hell in summer, really cold in winter. I can't do oly lifts in the basement. Just thinking about it now. That pricing isn't bad at all. I could just stop buying whey every month and my fitness expenses would be cut in half lol.

Yeah that sucks. It's gonna suck when it gets really cold and starts snowing and my platform is out of service for a few months in the winter haha. Just to let you know, No Limit doesn't have a full set of bumpers, they just have one pair of 45's. They do have a few pairs of the old school York bumpers, but I wouldn't want to drop those from overhead.

[BabyOilBrah]

Yeah that sucks. It's gonna suck when it gets really cold and starts snowing and my platform is out of service for a few months in the winter haha. Just to let you know, No Limit doesn't have a full set of bumpers, they just have one pair of 45's. They do have a few pairs of the old school York bumpers, but I wouldn't want to drop those from overhead.

Ahh ok that sucks. That was gonna be my next question haha.

[nwskier]

been meaning to drop by and post but have had a hard time keeping up just with the Voltron six-way! dude, been catching up and you've been killing it. strong as fawk lifting. lots of great, inspiring sessions here. appreciate all the continued support. I'll be lurking for sure. good stuff Josh(?)

[jshaw5]

been meaning to drop by and post but have had a hard time keeping up just with the Voltron six-way! dude, been catching up and you've been killing it. strong as fawk lifting. lots of great, inspiring sessions here. appreciate all the continued support. I'll be lurking for sure. good stuff Josh(?)

Thanks man. You're not kidding, that log you guys have is crazy to try and keep up with.

[Ironlife]

Love seeing how great your mobility is in there vids, always envious of it!

Whats on tap for intensity bench mate?

[jshaw5]

Love seeing how great your mobility is in there vids, always envious of it!

Whats on tap for intensity bench mate?

Thanks Chris. ID bench will be back to 225x5, which I believe is the highest I got on 5 reps before the meet.