Raynerd's Road to 40

[EjnarKolinkar]

TRying to catch up a bit on your training cycle, looks like you have been training hard and heavy, good work Shawn.

[shaneinga]

Congrats on the PR there Shawn. Pulling some huge weights man!

Good looking numbers on fronts and highbars as well.

Crushed it!

[MissHolly]

Monstrous deads! Awesome stuff! Your high bar squats look great. I squat high bar because it's feels a lot more natural for my body mechanics. High bar looks good on you.

[PtReyesGreg]

Nice dead workout yesterday Shawn. That 3 @ 495 looked awesome! I like the sound of that mock meet for next week...I'll be curious to see what you do. I think John is right and you might surprise yourself by knocking the bench out of the park.

[raynerd]

Excellent work in them vids man. Congrats on the PR as well, impressive.

Thanks Carl! Appreciate the support!

Nice strong lifts all around Shawn, nice high bar squats. Cool to see you doing those

Thanks Andrew! I originally quit highbar when my knees were a mess so haven't been doing them. I may mess around a bit more with them in the future.

TRying to catch up a bit on your training cycle, looks like you have been training hard and heavy, good work Shawn.

Thanks Robert, as always great to hear from ya!

Congrats on the PR there Shawn. Pulling some huge weights man!

Good looking numbers on fronts and highbars as well.

Crushed it!

Thanks Shane, it was a great way to finish the cycle!

Monstrous deads! Awesome stuff! Your high bar squats look great. I squat high bar because it's feels a lot more natural for my body mechanics. High bar looks good on you.

Thanks Holly, ya the highbar felt pretty good. If I could lift more weight with it I would probably switch over. Might be good to bring in as an accessory though.

Nice dead workout yesterday Shawn. That 3 @ 495 looked awesome! I like the sound of that mock meet for next week...I'll be curious to see what you do. I think John is right and you might surprise yourself by knocking the bench out of the park.

Thanks Greg, I felt pretty strong on that 5pps. I am curious about the mock meet as well, I will do it Friday and see what happens. John has never led me astray

[raynerd]

Ok I am going to run a Mach meet with cuz on Friday. Some light, low volume work on Tuesday but other than that eat, be lazy and recover for Friday.
I will run it similar to a meet with 3 attempts for each lift.
Squats first, bench second and deads last.
Should be a good experience if anything to get a bit of a feel for what to expect maxing out 3 lifts in one day

[mirroroferised]

50 bucks says you don't last 2 days taking it easy

[raynerd]

50 bucks says you don't last 2 days taking it easy

Watch the work of a MASTER.....













BATER

[Jtbny]

Ok I am going to run a Mach meet with cuz on Friday. Some light, low volume work on Tuesday but other than that eat, be lazy and recover for Friday.
I will run it similar to a meet with 3 attempts for each lift.
Squats first, bench second and deads last.
Should be a good experience if anything to get a bit of a feel for what to expect maxing out 3 lifts in one day

Good idea

Remember the first 2 attempts are meant to get you ready for the third so don't blow your load on the first attempts.

[doughnutgut]

Personally. I can't fekin weight for the mock.

[raynerd]

Good idea

Remember the first 2 attempts are meant to get you ready for the third so don't blow your load on the first attempts.

Well I am a genius and all that
Thanks for the push and advice John, I am actually getting excited for this.
I will start my first lift with something I can triple, second maybe a small 5lb PR then go for a bigger lift depending on feelz.

[raynerd]

Personally. I can't fekin weight for the mock.

Ya this should be fun DNG and appreciate the support of course! We will see how nervous I get...lifting in make belief meet.. with my training partner/family member...in the comfort of my own basement...
Might have to line up my 4 boys on some seats as my cheering section to get them realz feelz!!

[RT1957]

Are we webcasting from the polar outposts??? Oh that's right its summer.....at least for the next week or so....

we want vids....I think its a great Idea

[Sen8or]

Mock meet sounds awesome, watched some of the IPF deadlifts this morning, 83kg division pulling 300+kgs like it was nothing.

In for vids

[mirroroferised]

Are we webcasting from the polar outposts??? Oh that's right its summer.....at least for the next week or so....

we want vids....I think its a great Idea

YES!!!! Great idea

[raynerd]

Are we webcasting from the polar outposts??? Oh that's right its summer.....at least for the next week or so....

we want vids....I think its a great Idea

Lol, I will see if I can tweak my rabbit ears towards a southern satellite to put the meet out live...expect a 24hour delay
Yep I will vid all 3 lifts all 3 attempts pass or fail.

[raynerd]

Mock meet sounds awesome, watched some of the IPF deadlifts this morning, 83kg division pulling 300+kgs like it was nothing.

In for vids

Ya...so u sayin I need to pull 300+ kgs??
I'll do my best Sen

[PtReyesGreg]

50 bucks says you don't last 2 days taking it easy

Hell I'd put 50 on 1 day.

[raynerd]

YES!!!! Great idea

Yes indeed! Maybe I can set up all 4 of my kids IPads and FaceTime you all and put you in some seats front row
Would be awesome though

[raynerd]

Ok suckers, day 3 of no gym under the belt
Kids soccer tournament today followed by twins actual family bday party. I ate a few tons of hotdogs, a burger, potato salad, a large portion of tuna pasta salad and washed it all down with a large slab of cake (for John)
Easy peasy boys!

[shaneinga]

Sounds like a great day of eats Shawn!

I found I am typically strong if I eat pizza the day before a PR attempt.

Mock meet sounds really cool. Good luck with it, I am sure you will kick ass.

[mirroroferised]

ok suckers, day 3 of no gym under the belt :d

pr.

[doughnutgut]

Dave lost 50 pounds and did not even have to reduce eating.

[SteveWright1]

3 days consecutive with no training
Are you OK with that? I would be stir crazy by now if it was me LOL

[pastorgbc]

Great work Shawn. That is some dynamite squatting. Bench looks good; I am sure you will nail your goals next time out.

Ray

[wasmeFINAFLEX]

3 days off... i pity the weights when you get back into the gym!

[MooseTequila]

I come back to see 3 days off? It's like Bizarro World in here...



Pick it up Lego Archie

[raynerd]

Sounds like a great day of eats Shawn!

I found I am typically strong if I eat pizza the day before a PR attempt.

Mock meet sounds really cool. Good luck with it, I am sure you will kick ass.

It was Shane! So…if eating pizza the day before is good…maybe eating it daily is better?? Mock meet will be fun for sure. I think it will be valuable pushing all 3 lifts in one day to see what it's all about.

pr.

yup!

Dave lost 50 pounds and did not even have to reduce eating.

Dave's a wizard!

3 days consecutive with no training
Are you OK with that? I would be stir crazy by now if it was me LOL

Ya I was getting a tad stir crazy today. I did some mobility and stretching. Tomorrow I will do some light weight, light volume blood flow work and that's it before the mock meet on Friday.

Great work Shawn. That is some dynamite squatting. Bench looks good; I am sure you will nail your goals next time out.

Ray

Thanks Ray, it was a productive 5 week cycle. I got stronger and dialed in some better form. See what happens Friday, have never taken this kind of time off before just coming in and maxing out…exciting

3 days off... i pity the weights when you get back into the gym!

I like that kind of talk Simon!! Going to give it a good go on Friday!

I come back to see 3 days off? It's like Bizarro World in here...



Pick it up Lego Archie

lol, awesome GIF! It's bizarro world for me too Mooseman but I know it serves a purpose for the mock meet. Things will be changing once again in here after Friday for a couple months as well. But…days off will be fewer

[Hammerhagen]

Ok suckers, day 3 of no gym under the belt
Kids soccer tournament today followed by twins actual family bday party. I ate a few tons of hotdogs, a burger, potato salad, a large portion of tuna pasta salad and washed it all down with a large slab of cake (for John)
Easy peasy boys!

Doing it right!! Gonna smash the mock meet brotha

[raynerd]

Doing it right!! Gonna smash the mock meet brotha

lol, doing something anyway. Going to try to keep up the slobulance eating up until Friday. I am honestly starting to have trouble trying to get more food in. I love to eat but when I am trying to do it on purpose it's just not the same. I want to hit Friday as strong as I can be.