This Week in the O35 (pics/vids)

[induced_drag]

There's a vid of the 575 attempt in the fail thread.

Got it well off the ground then both legs gave up on me.

Ahhh....just saw that thread.


I watched it close and I came away with a different view then you had.

Looked like legs were plenty strong. They out drove your hips. When the hips did not drive (with the whole PC chain) forward and stalled, your legs kept going. As they did, they pretty much locked out and the weight came away from your legs putting more lever force on the back. That forced you to drop the weight.

Watch again real close. You back and hips stall, and your leg keep going to lockout.

I know you dont want to hear this....but rack pulls my friend. You legs are NOT your weak spot. You strengthen up your PC a little and you should be pulling 650+. If you dont like rack pulls....do RDL's for a bit.

[induced_drag]

Damn - Nice pull Flex! In my gym fat people would not be nonchalantly walking around a guy pulling that, conversation would cease and they would stop and watch.

Oh and in before ID's 575 vid

Im jumping right to 585 b!atch!

[-=FLEX=-]

Your strength seems to be skyrocketing lately FLEX. Good job, at this rate your going to hit 600 by the summer

I dunno about "skyrocketing"...I pulled 550 on Dec 2nd, so it's been a gain of 15 lbs over 2.5 months.

But yeah; a 600 lb DL seems feasible to me for the first time after today.

Amazing!

The aftermath photo was priceless FLEX!

I agree, you should be able to hit 600# this year for sure and that's incredible man.

Thanks flint.

The damage was actually done by the 495 x 3 set that I did last after the 575 fail. I didn't even notice right away. Was sitting on the bench recovering and I happened to lower my head and saw blood all over the floor. At first I thought I had a nosebleed, then I noticed my hand.

Torn callous # 3:

Oh and in before ID's 575 vid

LMAO....

[LisaSkinnoble]

New Deadlift PR of 565 today:

Awesome! Congratulations!

Sorry about the ouch on your hand now. Ow!

[Smelly bull]

Great lift Flex!

[Getsum]

I dunno about "skyrocketing"...I pulled 550 on Dec 2nd, so it's been a gain of 15 lbs over 2.5 months.

But yeah; a 600 lb DL seems feasible to me for the first time after today.



Thanks flint.

The damage was actually done by the 495 x 3 set that I did last after the 575 fail. I didn't even notice right away. Was sitting on the bench recovering and I happened to lower my head and saw blood all over the floor. At first I thought I had a nosebleed, then I noticed my hand.

Torn callous # 3:





LMAO....

Gripping a cold beer should heal that right up.

[kimm4]

New Deadlift PR of 565 today:

Gosh, you made that look easy. Very impressive Flex, nicely done!

[NorwichGrad]

Damn - Nice pull Flex! In my gym fat people would not be nonchalantly walking around a guy pulling that, conversation would cease and they would stop and watch.

Oh and in before ID's 575 vid

Absolutely! Members at my gym would have stopped training to appreciate such feat of strength. Even the granny cardio bunnies on treadmills would have dropped their dentures in awe.

Great job, Flex!

Members at your gym just dont know awesomeness even if its right in front of em.

[Halfway]

love it, the race is on to 585

This is a little humbling, but after a long long (a year and a half) break from squats I started doing them again today, I did several sets and this was the topset. Hopefully every week I'll be increasing the reps and weight until i'm back to at least 405 x 10.

[OutdoorsinCO]

looking good halfway

[-=FLEX=-]

Awesome! Congratulations!

Great lift Flex!

Gripping a cold beer should heal that right up.

Gosh, you made that look easy. Very impressive Flex, nicely done!

Great job, Flex!

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Thanks everyone.

love it, the race is on to 585

Nice work.

Also:

[stephanielynn76]

Progress report

1st pic is nov. 2011 @230lbs (was 242 at my heaviest)
Middle is 6 weeks ago at start of 12 week transformation contest (I figured most of my transforming was already done, but what the heck?)
Right pic is this past week @ 179 lbs 6weeks into contest, 6 weeks out!)

Fantastic job!!!

It's great to see this thread still moving along. I need to go back and read through a few pages to get all caught up.

3 week cut under my belt with 9 more weeks to go. I started at 135 (ate everything I could for 2 weeks straight to get there!) I'm down to 128 and hope to continue losing at a steady rate.

My shoulder hasn't been all too bad, some days are better than others. I did a couple sets of wall pushups (no cmoore here) but I haven't been able to do these forever.

Awesome Kimm!! I agree with Christina.... dat back!!! Can't wait to see how you progress with your cut!

I really hoped to beat this today but I didn't have it in me. 2s and partial 3s was all I could muster.Trying to bust a plateau on my flag pull ups I thought adding weight to simple flags might help. I did ok with a quarter but the 45 pretty much owns me but I'm hoping it helps reset what my body thinks tension really is.

The amazing spiderman does it again!

Halfway through 12 week cut. Upper is lean but lower/legs have yet still to come in and are very smooth, although smaller and cellulite gone.

Wow lady!!! You look incredible! You could take flight with those wings!

Right pic taken today... 11 years after left pic.

... seriously there should be statues sculpted after you brah...

I've been repping the crap out of people in here!

A post earlier got me to thinking about changes over the last few years. Here is a set of photos from 7/15/2010 followed by me wearing the same singlet tonight.

I wish I had worn a sleeveless shirt in the 2010 pic

I think I need to buy a bigger singlet

Way to go! What great progress!

New Deadlift PR of 565 today:

Gosh you made that look easy! Incredible!

[stephanielynn76]

Ok... not nearly as impressive as everything else in this thread but I'll post anyways. I had a friend video this for my journal...

DB shoulder press with 45's X6

[thnikkaman]

Ok... not nearly as impressive as everything else in this thread but I'll post anyways. I had a friend video this for my journal...

DB shoulder press with 45's X6

Props on doing 6 good reps. Looked really good.

[DougHolland]

Ok... not nearly as impressive as everything else in this thread but I'll post anyways. I had a friend video this for my journal...

DB shoulder press with 45's X6

Very Nice! Good form to.

[stephanielynn76]

Props on doing 6 good reps. Looked really good.

Very Nice! Good form to.

Thanks fellas!

[-=FLEX=-]

Gosh you made that look easy! Incredible!

Thank you.

DB shoulder press with 45's X6

Good work; there are guys at my gym that can't do that. SRS.

[EB68]

Thank you.



Good work; there are guys at my gym that can't do that. SRS.

There is a guy at my home gym who cannot do that . Nice work stephanie!

[thnikkaman]

There is a guy at my home gym who cannot do that . Nice work stephanie!

I can do the equivalent weight with a barbell easily. Don't know if I could do it with dumbells though.

[stephanielynn76]

Thank you.



Good work; there are guys at my gym that can't do that. SRS.

Thanks Flex!!!

There is a guy at my home gym who cannot do that . Nice work stephanie!

LMAO... I seriously spit out water when I read that. Thanks bro...

I can do the equivalent weight with a barbell easily. Don't know if I could do it with dumbells though.

I hadn't done barbell OHP in years and decided to attempt a 1 RM because of the competition going. I managed 95lbs but with a struggle. I thought I would be able to do more since I can do the equivalent of 90lbs in DB's for several reps. I don't know if BB is just harder or if I am just not used to it.

[pratherian]

Thanks Flex!!!



LMAO... I seriously spit out water when I read that. Thanks bro...



I hadn't done barbell OHP in years and decided to attempt a 1 RM because of the competition going. I managed 95lbs but with a struggle. I thought I would be able to do more since I can do the equivalent of 90lbs in DB's for several reps. I don't know if BB is just harder or if I am just not used to it.

Hey Lady!
I appreciate your kind words!
So back at you! You are awesome!


Edit:

One suggestion though.....film it again and at the end just drop those bad boys, glare at the camera, and say.....













UMad?

[stephanielynn76]

Hey Lady!
I appreciate your kind words!
So back at you! You are awesome!


Edit:

One suggestion though.....film it again and at the end just drop those bad boys, glare at the camera, and say.....













UMad?

Bwahahahaha!

[OutdoorsinCO]

Nothing special for most of you but I set a PR in squats doing 235X1 I started at 155 and worked up, hit 195X2, then 205X1, 225X1 then 235X1.

I work in a controlled space so can't do video

[thnikkaman]

Nothing special for most of you but I set a PR in squats doing 235X1 I started at 155 and worked up, hit 195X2, then 205X1, 225X1 then 235X1.

I work in a controlled space so can't do video

This is where we say something like "Rome wasn't built in a day."

I'm not squatting much more than you, but I was pumped the first time I could squat two plates. Good work man. With hard work, we will both be squatting 3 plates before we know it.

My current personal milestone was deadlifting 300 pounds for 10 reps. I don't have video, but that was a nice feel.

[trev71]

This is where we say something like "Rome wasn't built in a day."

I'm not squatting much more than you, but I was pumped the first time I could squat two plates. Good work man. With hard work, we will both be squatting 3 plates before we know it.

My current personal milestone was deadlifting 300 pounds for 10 reps. I don't have video, but that was a nice feel.

Can I join the 'my squat sucks, today' crew? really... mine blows.. tons of excuses are available, however, I am not using them. Just, working on it, training it, and hitting it as hard as I can. See you boys post 2 plates for reps... lol... when we get to the 'chicken legs' level.. and start looking at 'turkey legs'.

Started training 531 a few months ago.. when 315 dead for 4 reps was my max.. just jammed out 10 reps last week... awesome stuff.. check out the program.

[trev71]

Ok... not nearly as impressive as everything else in this thread but I'll post anyways. I had a friend video this for my journal...

DB shoulder press with 45's X6

You remind me of 2 women at my gym.
#1 - my GF
#2 - a friend of mine's gf...

They both have this funny tendency of sitting on the bench, or machine of the guy who worked out last, and add weight, and rep it out, and laugh and laugh... and laugh...

It would be different I think, if the guys they mocked, tried. But, they don't. Else, we would respect them for trying.. as we do.

Good set.. love to see anyone struggling and pushing thier limits... in the end the lbs don't matter.. its the mindset.... its the personal challenge.

good stuff.

[OutdoorsinCO]

This is where we say something like "Rome wasn't built in a day."

I'm not squatting much more than you, but I was pumped the first time I could squat two plates. Good work man. With hard work, we will both be squatting 3 plates before we know it.

My current personal milestone was deadlifting 300 pounds for 10 reps. I don't have video, but that was a nice feel.

Thanks for the encouragement...tomorrow morning should be interesting.

I plan on trying a deadlift PR on my next workout. Right now I'm weak on that at 175X8 but I just started doing deads a few months ago. Never did them before.

[frozensparky]

So far no strength loss on my cut. Last set of DB incline from last nights chest workout 6 reps with the 100's. Not sure if the camera helps me push more or not, I think I had a few more in me but didn't want to have the DB's drop from 3 feet up if I failed. Swallowing the pride a little on this one though, was totally bloated from a good carb up last weekend.

[Get-n-fit]

Great lift frozensparky!


I hit a new PR today, DL 425 x1...not what some of you are hitting, hopefully I'll make it to those numbers soon. I was doing my lift and there were half a dozen younger guys around me that completely stopped what they were doing to compliment me, can't lie itfeltgoodman, I said thanks and secretly thought....(glad they don't see what the other guys in O35 are deadlifting!!)

I'm at a crossroads now, been doing great on bulking and hitting PR's every week, thinking of switching up the routine and going a little lighter for a month or two.....probably will end up just doing a deload week and then hitting it heavy again bc I love hitting the big numbers.

[Bando]

I hit a new PR today, DL 425 x1...not what some of you are hitting, hopefully I'll make it to those numbers soon. I was doing my lift and there were half a dozen younger guys around me that completely stopped what they were doing to compliment me, can't lie itfeltgoodman

that's what's supposed to happen

Congrats on the pull!