A Hunters Journey

[HunterMC6]

I'm not seeing a video uploaded...

Didn't seem to post for some reason, see above!

2 plate deads, nice!
3rd set just sounds like a mental thing since you wrecked the first two. Smart not to push it with your previous back issues

OHP is strong! Nice chins too

Thanks Woodman! I wouldn't say I wrecked them but I should have been able to smash he last set and I just had nothing left. i am always cautious of the ol back though given my well documented history as you know.

Wow! Strong progress in the last two weeks since I have been on! Nice squat form and your bench form is superb! Question though, I always get confused when they say drive from your heels, are your heels than supposed to be on the floor or is your set up supposed to be on the toes but you drive to your heels? If ya know what I am saying.

Thanks man! I am not a great one to ask about form but I can tell you that there is a bit of a difference in setup on bench depending on what you feel like going after. The setup I use if I am not mistaken is more of a power lifter setup. Feet are not planted and you drive the heels into the ground, the idea being you create a strong leg drive that is a solid part of your setup. If someone was to try to shake you legs they would be planted and very difficult to move. This gives the "leg drive" you hear people talking about with the bench.

[unstrong]

I gotta say, first rep looked great. Second rep setup also looked good. You looked like you were trying to just stand up with the weight the second time though rather than pushing your hips through. I tend to do that too when I am fatigued.

[davisj3537]

^This. First rep looked great man. The hard work is starting to pay off with DL form.

[HunterMC6]

I gotta say, first rep looked great. Second rep setup also looked good. You looked like you were trying to just stand up with the weight the second time though rather than pushing your hips through. I tend to do that too when I am fatigued.

^This. First rep looked great man. The hard work is starting to pay off with DL form.

Can totally see it almost looked like I was trying to pick the bar up and bring it into my legs instead of pushing with my legs and feet to lift the bar. Should have taken a slightly longer rest period here I think it would have made a bit of a difference

[wishitcouldlast]

Can totally see it almost looked like I was trying to pick the bar up and bring it into my legs instead of pushing with my legs and feet to lift the bar. Should have taken a slightly longer rest period here I think it would have made a bit of a difference

Also seems like you are standing to fast which uses a lot more of your back muscles than your leg muscles. try to sit back more, chest up, look up, and drive through but do not straighten your legs too soon and you will be able to pull more since you will be using your legs more.

[davisj3537]

I honestly don't care about small mistakes you are making. I'm happy to see a straight back and correct hip starting position after all the inconsistency the last few weeks.. After a few weeks of doing that correctly and consistently then try to work in more technical aspects of form like all the good advice the guys are giving.

[HunterMC6]

Fierce 5
Week 5-3

Weight: 156.0
Calories 3200



Workout A

Squat

1x8 45
1x5 105
3x5 165

Bench

1x8 45
1x5 95
3x5 150

Pendlay Rows

3x8 115

Reverse Flies

3x11 10’s

Calf Raises/Rippetoe Skull Crusher Superset

2x15 155 /2x10 45

Summary:

Horrible start to this session. Squat form was junk, even on warmups I was too deep and could feel the butt wink for some reason I could never correct it. Upper back was okay but the lower back looked terrible. Major knee cave on rep 5 of set 3 as well. I was tired as hell before this session, been a long work week lots of hiking and cutting lines through the woods. Bench started off really bad as well, bar path was unstable but I ended up fixing it and crushed set 2 ad 3. From there on out everything was good. I finally filmed my Pendlay rows and I am getting a lot of hip movement, how do I stabilize this? Lock my legs out? Back angle looks real good though I think my DL work helped these out too.

Bruins are out of the playoffs so I can finally get some good sleep! Looks like a lot of rain for Saturday should be able to rest up and crush Sundays workout. Might even end up getting out early today from work. Not posting my squat video I know where the major weakness is

Also seems like you are standing to fast which uses a lot more of your back muscles than your leg muscles. try to sit back more, chest up, look up, and drive through but do not straighten your legs too soon and you will be able to pull more since you will be using your legs more.

Going to be something I work on in the future for sure, always looking for ways to improve thanks for the tips!

I honestly don't care about small mistakes you are making. I'm happy to see a straight back and correct hip starting position after all the inconsistency the last few weeks.. After a few weeks of doing that correctly and consistently then try to work in more technical aspects of form like all the good advice the guys are giving.

You got it! It was a big help to practice the set up, always watched a lot of material on the setup before going to the gym that day. I have a better idea of what to focus on and what it should feel like, now if I can transfer that to squats I will be good.

[davisj3537]

Sweet pendlays of peace. You'll need to lock your hips in place for these. It isn't that bad.

[HunterMC6]

Sweet pendlays of peace. You'll need to lock your hips in place for these. It isn't that bad.

Thanks Davis, I know the hip movement actually takes away from the pull, or makes it easier kind of like turning an OHP into a push press. It's funny though I can't really feel the hips moving too much with this.

[HunterMC6]

Fierce 5
Week 6-1

Weight: 155.6
Calories 3200





Workout B

Deadlift

1x5 65
1x5 155
3x5 225

OHP 3x5

1x8 45
1x5 65
3x5 105

Chins

1x8 BW
1x8 BW
1x6.5 BW

Leg Curls

3x8 105

Leg Raises/Barbell Curls Superset

2x20 BW /2x10 65

Summary:

What a session, I was completely drained after this was over, so glad I hit the reps on DL but it absolutely killed the rest of my session. OHP became a hurdle, chins were a little sloppy, leg curls felt tough, and I failed curls which I don’t really care about. I am not going to say much on my DL form other than I think my back is much better, besides that I want to hear what others have to say about it because there are some things I need to work on but I want to see if I am picking up on the same mechanic issues as everyone else.

I have set Saturdays as my binge and eat what ever the **** I want day, I keep it more or less "clean" throughout every other day, how ever this week we are probably moving on from this job so I have tons and tons of left over food to consume and I don't want to take a lot of it with me which means I am going to binge this week a bit, will try not to go over calories too much...

[unstrong]

Catching up from over the weekend. Your hips didn't look that bad in the Pendlay video, and you keep your back remarkably straight. You can try to brace the hams a little bit once you set up to stop the hips from extending.

Deadlifts look better and better. Nice job pushing through the presses afterward.

[Woody-5]

crushed those deads! Nice work pounding through the OHP

Saturday binge day sounds awesome

[HunterMC6]

Fierce 5
Week 6-1

Weight: 155.6
Calories 3200





Workout B

Deadlift

1x5 65
1x5 155
3x5 225

OHP 3x5

1x8 45
1x5 65
3x5 105

Chins

1x8 BW
1x8 BW
1x6.5 BW

Leg Curls

3x8 105

Leg Raises/Barbell Curls Superset

2x20 BW /2x10 65

Summary:

What a session, I was completely drained after this was over, so glad I hit the reps on DL but it absolutely killed the rest of my session. OHP became a hurdle, chins were a little sloppy, leg curls felt tough, and I failed curls which I don’t really care about. I am not going to say much on my DL form other than I think my back is much better, besides that I want to hear what others have to say about it because there are some things I need to work on but I want to see if I am picking up on the same mechanic issues as everyone else.

I have set Saturdays as my binge and eat what ever the **** I want day, I keep it more or less "clean" throughout every other day, how ever this week we are probably moving on from this job so I have tons and tons of left over food to consume and I don't want to take a lot of it with me which means I am going to binge this week a bit, will try not to go over calories too much...

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crushed those deads! Nice work pounding through the OHP

Saturday binge day sounds awesome

Thanks Woody! OHP is always a tough lift. It wasn't as good this week as I hoped spent a lot of time running around but we did make some tasty burgers on the grill had some beers and ice cream too!

Catching up from over the weekend. Your hips didn't look that bad in the Pendlay video, and you keep your back remarkably straight. You can try to brace the hams a little bit once you set up to stop the hips from extending.

Deadlifts look better and better. Nice job pushing through the presses afterward.

Thank you sir, I think I am finally getting my back in the right position hope I can carry this into squats today!

[HunterMC6]

Fierce 5
Week 6-2

Weight: 156.6
Calories 3200




Workout A

Squat

1x8 45
1x5 115
3x5 175

Bench

1x8 45
1x5 95
3x5 155

Pendlay Rows

1x8 65
3x8 120

Reverse Flies

3x11 10’s

Calf Raises/Rippetoe Skull Crusher Superset

2x15 170 /2x10 50

Summary:

One of the best workouts I have had so far. Squats went better than I thought they would filmed set 3, rep 3 was probably the worst given how out of control it looked. Bench went up great, Pendlay rows were probably the worst, last set I had a problem pulling the weight all the way through. I jumped the sled calf extensions up to 170 just so I don’t have to add half lb weights every session, my gym doesn’t have many of them.

Squats looked real good to me but if I could change one thing it would be a slightly higher chest and I need to get my knees to not roll forward quite as far, so I need to sit back. I can already tell my hamstrings need some more work once I get to a point of modifying the program a bit.

[unstrong]

Nice job. What's the deal with that little bounce thing you do at the top of the squats?

[HunterMC6]

Nice job. What's the deal with that little bounce thing you do at the top of the squats?

I think it is part of my lock out, I have always had this thing with pushing through and locking out my knees which give me that bounce at the top. Is that something I should stop doing?

[unstrong]

I think it is part of my lock out, I have always had this thing with pushing through and locking out my knees which give me that bounce at the top. Is that something I should stop doing?

I'm talking about before the rep, not after.

[davisj3537]

Bouncing before looks funny, but doesn't hurt anything I don't think. Bouncing after is no good, though I didn't really notice the "after bounce."

[HunterMC6]

I'm talking about before the rep, not after.

That's funny as hell man I have never noticed that before. I have no idea why I do that must just be a habit? Probably something I need to get rid of.

Bouncing before looks funny, but doesn't hurt anything I don't think. Bouncing after is no good, though I didn't really notice the "after bounce."

Hmmm weird, hopefully it's something I can clean up real quick.

[HunterMC6]

Fierce 5
Week 6-3

Weight: 155.6
Calories 3200




Workout B

Deadlift

1x5 65
1x5 155
3x5 225

OHP 3x5

1x8 45
1x5 65
3x5 105

Chins

1x8 BW
1x8 BW
1x6 BW

Leg Curls

3x8 105

Crunches/Barbell Curls Superset

2x15 BW + 5lbs /2x10 65

Summary:

Holy chit this was an ass kicker today. DL was okay, you will see in the video after rep 4 I stepped away for good reason. Had a lot of rounding, rep 3 wasn’t my bets either but it wasn’t the worst. Rep 5 was a huge grind as you can see. I absolutely crushed OHP after Sunday it was such a struggle this time it was a breeze. Got all my reps on everything else too, thought I was going to bust a nut on curls today I wanted to get them all so bad I could taste it and I did. Really don’t care much about curls but I wanted to complete the workout.

I am debating adding more calories, It doesn't feel like my weight is moving up as quickly as it should. If 153ish is my starting average and I am somewhere near 155.5 after 6+ weeks I think it is going to hurt me in the not to distant future if the weights keep progressing.

And dinner:
7oz chicken marinated in teriyaki sauce
3.5 oz venison
1 cup beef rice
A pile of boiled carrots

[unstrong]

Nice workout!

Love venison. May have to go bag some in the near future.

[davisj3537]

Looks good man. DL looks better every time.

A quick note on DL. Every person needs to find the precise area in which they can utilize their personal strengths to lift the most weight. Just watching the last rep it appears you are struggling the most with your back and you have no problems straightening your legs. I would be tempted to lower your hips just a tad more so that you are struggling equally with your legs and back.

[HunterMC6]

Nice workout!

Love venison. May have to go bag some in the near future.

Love venison, haven't got a deer in a few years so I had to call up my cousin and get some from him. I would take Venison steak >>> Beef steak all day.

Looks good man. DL looks better every time.

A quick note on DL. Every person needs to find the precise area in which they can utilize their personal strengths to lift the most weight. Just watching the last rep it appears you are struggling the most with your back and you have no problems straightening your legs. I would be tempted to lower your hips just a tad more so that you are struggling equally with your legs and back.

I agree completley, I was trying to lower my hips a little today but it doesn't appear it actually happened at all. I read up a lot on the DL yesterday before going into the gym tried for a few cues I hadn't used before but they didn't seem to do much for me. The one I found that I really liked was "weld your spine" in other words once it is set flat do not allow it to round or bend in any way, then pull from the heels and push the floor away. I always forget the push the floor with your feet part and turn this more into a pull with the back. Lowering my hips should essentially allow me to activate more legs glutes etc which would be a huge help. Going up in weight from here is going to be tough.

[NGV22]

i scanned through your log. damn i did not see your log when i was finding Fierce 5 logs few weeks ago. nice log, with the food pornz...
strong deads and OHP, subbed

edit: oh and u have a very nice gym

[GinjaNinja85]

I wondered where you'd got to! Nice new log man. Everything's moving in the right direction. Good work on the lifts and bulking. Subbed yo

[Woody-5]

Deads looking good dude! Strong OHP work!

Moar calories? Do eet!

PWO meal looking tasty

[HunterMC6]

i scanned through your log. damn i did not see your log when i was finding Fierce 5 logs few weeks ago. nice log, with the food pornz...
strong deads and OHP, subbed

edit: oh and u have a very nice gym

Nice to have you in man, looking forward to following your progress as well.

I wondered where you'd got to! Nice new log man. Everything's moving in the right direction. Good work on the lifts and bulking. Subbed yo

Ninja back! I've linked a few people to your LP thread and they have made some solid changes. I see you have a new log for this year as well going to be all in on that chit!

Deads looking good dude! Strong OHP work!

Moar calories? Do eet!

PWO meal looking tasty

Thanks Woodman last week felt good. Headed to lift soon I crushed 4000 calories yesterday including some Alagash White!

[HunterMC6]

Fierce 5
Week 7-1

Weight: 154.4
Calories 4000ish




Workout A

Squat

1x8 45
1x5 115
3x5 185

Bench

1x8 45
1x5 105
3x5 160

Pendlay Rows

3x8 125

Reverse Flies

3x8 12.5’s

Calf Raises/Rippetoe Skull Crusher Superset

2x15 175 /2x10 55

Summary:

Not impressed by my squats at all, after Unstrong pointed out that little bounce I do before heading for the hole I couldn’t think about anything else. I was trying do hard not to bounce that I stopped using my cues, big mistake! I need some serious help with my chest it drops way to often and I have a hard time recovering from it. Everything else went very well. Bench went up a little slow but I got it. Is there a good cue for chest besides “chest up” that does nothing for me for some reason.

I was also really tired and unmotivated before this, had a few beers yesterday and then went out today and installed some dock systems for my buddy, if anyone has ever done this before they know how brutal that work can be. I am sure this didn’t help. I also think my weight signifies some dehydration from the beers yesterday I cant imagine how I ate that much and couldn’t gain weight.

Some pics from this weekend’s fishing expedition:

[Farley1324]

Couple things from the squat video

Take a step and a half or so to get back from the rack, get your big breath of air, and squat. You jacked around with the bar on your back for 16 seconds before actually beginning the set. That will be more and more prohibitive as weights increase.

Get tight, stay tight, execute the lift. You look loose, and you even took a little step to move your feet during the lift. You'll want to work on this with lighter weights, including every single warmup rep. For every single set and rep, walk it out efficiently, get tight, do the reps while maintaining a degree of tightness the entire time. You are wasting tons of energy with sloppiness and being loose.

Oh, and there's no need to jump up a little before descending. That probably contributes to being sloppy/not having good stability and balance

[davisj3537]

^This.

Chest cues: You can try and push your head back into the bar. Don't look up, but that pressure against the bar may help with your chest cue. Some people swear "elbows down" helps them do the same.