The weights never lie. My natural high. Do this sh*t till I f*cking die.

[PowderMonkey]

Cricket is stupid. Imagine how long a baseball inning would take if everyone on the team got to bat, there were no strikeouts, and you could choose not to run to the base if you thought you might get thrown out. That's pretty much cricket in a nutshell

This

Oh. My. God. Are you ****ting me?!?

Nope. That's cricket

If that's true then phuck that. Would not watch.

Now youse know why I would rather watch the NFL.
Aussies go on about the absurdly long NFL games but then sit down and watch a game of cricket
Does not compute

[The Shoeless Wonder]

ytf did you only add 5lbs per set?

are you on a squat program? how long do you have to beat aussie #3

[Ironlife]

Oh. My. God. Are you ****ting me?!?

Farley mate, there is nothing more exciting for Melbourne people on boxing day to EITHER go to the MCG and watch 8 hrs straight of pure class cricket for 5 days!! and usually drink the whole day too. OR others are at mates houses watching the game every ball bowled and having a BBQ. Its the big thing around this time of the year

[Farley1324]

Farley mate, there is nothing more exciting for Melbourne people on boxing day to EITHER go to the MCG and watch 8 hrs straight of pure class cricket for 5 days!! and usually drink the whole day too. OR others are at mates houses watching the game every ball bowled and having a BBQ. Its the big thing around this time of the year

Sounds absolutely terrible. Remind me to never visit.

[Ironlife]

Sounds absolutely terrible. Remind me to never visit.

Lulz if i said instead of alcohol you could drink milk would that change your mind ?

But its great sport mate, you would like it if you grew up here.

[PowderMonkey]

Don't listen to him farles, I grew up here and loathe cricket

There is plenty to do without watching cricket. You wouldn't regret a visit.
Eg best beaches in the world

[Ironlife]

Don't listen to him farles, I grew up here and loathe cricket

There is plenty to do without watching cricket. You wouldn't regret a visit.
Eg best beaches in the world

Im speaking from a Melbourne perspective in the last post, just coz you dont like sports like football/cricket doesnt mean the rest of Australia doesnt

[Farley1324]

Don't listen to him farles, I grew up here and loathe cricket

There is plenty to do without watching cricket. You wouldn't regret a visit.
Eg best beaches in the world

Too far away/too expensive to get to. Our next big trip will probably be to Alaska.

[dopamine72]

loling @ IL/Farley convo

ytf did you only add 5lbs per set?
are you on a squat program? how long do you have to beat aussie #3

Why not? I am experienced enough to make my own programming at this point. Look at the obvious progress anyways. Last 5x5 I did something like 290x3x5 295x5 300x5 and the last rep on 300 was a grinder. Then a little more than a week later I did this. My squat is easily up 10 lbs, but more like 15 in a week or two. And its continuing to go up.
I think I have another 5 weeks. Care to chime in Nick?

Too far away/too expensive to get to. Our next big trip will probably be to Alaska.

Alaska would be an amazing trip. Place is beautiful and nature is awesome. I also like the fact that there aren't many people around, which means less *******s overall.

[ngolsen]

Who knows at this point Colin. I might just squat 220kg tonight and send you packing back to that ******* garage you like to call a gym

in other news... harden up princess and hit some depth... its barely even 3 plates

[Ironlife]

Who knows at this point Colin. I might just squat 220kg tonight and send you packing back to that ******* garage you like to call a gym

in other news... harden up princess and hit some depth... its barely even 3 plates

Oh damn! Nicks just gone wackity wack wack wack on ya colin.

[PowderMonkey]

Im speaking from a Melbourne perspective in the last post, just coz you dont like sports like football/cricket doesnt mean the rest of Australia doesnt

so it logically follows, that just because you do, doesn't mean that the whole of australia does

[Ironlife]

so it logically follows, that just because you do, doesn't mean that the whole of australia does

No, i was speaking about people from Melbourne. You said 'dont listen to him' as in trying to claim you know what most males from melbourne dont appreciate cricket which is blatantly false. Thats my point. Cricket is loved here and even in most parts of Australia, thats not a misleading statement in any way and ill stick to that

[dopamine72]

Who knows at this point Colin. I might just squat 220kg tonight and send you packing back to that ******* garage you like to call a gym
in other news... harden up princess and hit some depth... its barely even 3 plates

Bring it on bitch. You hustled me in the challenge anyways so if I win it will make you look real bad

Oh damn! Nicks just gone wackity wack wack wack on ya colin.

lmao

[PowderMonkey]

No, i was speaking about people from Melbourne. You said 'dont listen to him' as in trying to claim you know what most males from melbourne dont appreciate cricket which is blatantly false. Thats my point. Cricket is loved here and even in most parts of Australia, thats not a misleading statement in any way and ill stick to that

anecdotally, exactly half of the melbourne guys i know hate cricket (which means that exactly half don't)

it rises to more than half that don't like it if you take into account all the guys i know.

half ≠ most.

cricket is certainly popular, i won't deny.
however, allegedly, justin beiber is also popular, and i don't know anyone that likes him.

having said all of that, if i am at a mate's place and it is on, i will watch. simply because everyone else is. 90% of the time spent won't be talking about the cricket, though.

[Ironlife]

anecdotally, exactly half of the melbourne guys i know hate cricket (which means that exactly half don't)

it rises to more than half that don't like it if you take into account all the guys i know.

half ≠ most.

cricket is certainly popular, i won't deny.
however, allegedly, justin beiber is also popular, and i don't know anyone that likes him.

having said all of that, if i am at a mate's place and it is on, i will watch. simply because everyone else is. 90% of the time spent won't be talking about the cricket, though.

Interesting, are your mates into sports though? All my mates are kinda sport mad, live,breathe cricket and football mainly so id say out of the mates i know and then the guys (acquaintances) i know at the events at sporting events/social functions i go to through out the year loves cricket, i recon i only know about 3 people out of 50+ that dislike cricket so from my POV its highly popular.

You could watch 8 hrs straight powda chimp if you wanted to
Lulz at Justin Beiber, i suppose he attracts different demographics though. I mean girls 15-18 would probably be like 1 out of 3 would like him but who knows lol.

[The Shoeless Wonder]

just doesnt make sense for contintuous sets, adding 5 lbs. 10 or 15 would seem more realistic

[dopamine72]

just doesnt make sense for contintuous sets, adding 5 lbs. 10 or 15 would seem more realistic

Adding 10 or 15 lbs?

I'm getting used to my belt first off. Secondly I don't wanna fail any sets. That burns me out. That last 315 set was tough. If I would have done the rep scheme like you wanted (adding more weight) I would have failed. I used heavy enough weight to create a stimulus response AND I used more weight than my last squat workout which sets me up perfectly for progressive overload.

Don't see how my plan looks bad at all to you. My legs are still sore too.

[wicked1992]

great squat session dopamine!! breaking PRs every session. you seem to be getting the form down. what numbers are you going for next time? your elbows seem all better too since you can still do sets of SOHP with heavy weight. I decided not to deadlift because I think it's smart to wait until my lower back heals all the way before I decide to squat or deadlift again. I just started a new log now and I'm just getting back into it. It's called the Juggernaut Training Method from powerlifter Chad Wesley Smith. I heard it was a very good program. The only thing is I modified it to only using incline bench, front squat, and SOHP as my main lifts instead of the 3 powerlifts and SOHP. I lost a lot of strength on everything, especially rows and pullups and maintained my 315 front squat and 225 incline. I'm about to test the SOHP on friday, I'm very weak at that though so I'm only going for 170 if I'm lucky. The end numbers I'm wishing for is at least a 250 incline, 200 SOHP or 185 for reps whatever comes first, and a 405 front squat (hope to God). we'll see.

[righter]

Alaska would be an amazing trip. Place is beautiful and nature is awesome. I also like the fact that there aren't many people around, which means less *******s overall.

Alaska would be fun to visit during the summer. Not so much during winter, though! And don't think I'd ever want to live there. I watched "Into the Wild" the other night, though, so maybe I'm a little jaded on Alaska right now.

[dopamine72]

1-17-12

BW: 210
Time: 2 hours
Key: PR

Legs were still pretty sore from the 5x5 back squats 48 hours ago. I'll be ok tho.

Front Squats Beltless

(warmup)

260-3
270-3
275-3

--Wasn't going as deep as usual, I felt a slight pain in tailbone when I went real deep. Nonetheless, big fawking PR. Form looked pretty damn solid to me also. Brb tree fiddy front squat w/ belt. These sets were EZ sh*t bruh.

Bench

(warmup)

270-3
280-3
280-3
280-3
280-3

--Getting back into the groove. Working set PR. Needs 285x5x3 and I'll be satisfied for a few days.

Dips

BW-10
BW+60 lbs Chain-6
BW+60 lbs Chain-7
BW+60 lbs Chain-7

Incline Bench

135-10
185-7
185-6
185-6

Incline Flies

20's-20

60's-10
60's-9
60's-8

DB Lateral Raises

20's-10
40's-10
40's-10
40's-10 (Drop Set) 20's-12

--40's were pretty strict

Time for you to beat my 3x3 Farley. I wish I could have used the same weight through but I wasn't aware of how easy 260 would be.

Some trance. Goodness starts @ about 2:45





Quick pics. Regular shoulder angle cuz I have to hold phone to take pic. Then I accidentally go partial back pic in mirror so I zoomed in. And during my workout I kicked over my chalk bucket which was a bitch to clean up.

[Farley1324]

Brb tree fiddy front squat w/ belt.

..what's the most you have ever front squat?

[ngolsen]

you're so gay Dope... so very very gay.

why go black and white... i want to see the color original for the ginger-effect...

[Jrahe42]

Take that pic of your face down before ilo saves it to his hard drive forever!!!!!!!!!!!

[ngolsen]

Take that pic of your face down before ilo saves it to his hard drive forever!!!!!!!!!!!

too lates. i gots copies....

[dopamine72]

..what's the most you have ever front squat?

315 beltless and easy, had 330 that day most likely. Whats your plan for the next front squat sesh to one up on me? I say get 275x3x3, then I'll have to do it with 280. Then you 285. Sound good?

you're so gay Dope... so very very gay.
why go black and white... i want to see the color original for the ginger-effect...

I didn't make it black and white to hide my hair lol. I'll post color in a bit if you really want.

Take that pic of your face down before ilo saves it to his hard drive forever!!!!!!!!!!!

lol

[dopamine72]

great squat session dopamine!! breaking PRs every session. you seem to be getting the form down. what numbers are you going for next time? your elbows seem all better too since you can still do sets of SOHP with heavy weight. I decided not to deadlift because I think it's smart to wait until my lower back heals all the way before I decide to squat or deadlift again. I just started a new log now and I'm just getting back into it. It's called the Juggernaut Training Method from powerlifter Chad Wesley Smith. I heard it was a very good program. The only thing is I modified it to only using incline bench, front squat, and SOHP as my main lifts instead of the 3 powerlifts and SOHP. I lost a lot of strength on everything, especially rows and pullups and maintained my 315 front squat and 225 incline. I'm about to test the SOHP on friday, I'm very weak at that though so I'm only going for 170 if I'm lucky. The end numbers I'm wishing for is at least a 250 incline, 200 SOHP or 185 for reps whatever comes first, and a 405 front squat (hope to God). we'll see.

Thanks man. Hope your back gets better. Another log already? Bro make one and stick to it, I still think I am subbed to two of your logs. Also apply that to your programming please, just stick to something. No hate at all, you're a strong ass dude and I wanna see you succeed to your fullest potential. Will have to check out that program a bit more. All the best with your goals they seem reasonable fo sho.

Alaska would be fun to visit during the summer. Not so much during winter, though! And don't think I'd ever want to live there. I watched "Into the Wild" the other night, though, so maybe I'm a little jaded on Alaska right now.

Yeah the winter would probably get old pretty fast. Would be a good experience tho. I saw that movie and it was a bit depressing. I liked the whole idea of it however. If I went there I would wanna go during the summer and I would want a shotgun and 45 pistol w/ me the whole time.

[Farley1324]

315 beltless and easy, had 330 that day most likely. Whats your plan for the next front squat sesh to one up on me? I say get 275x3x3, then I'll have to do it with 280. Then you 285. Sound good?

I didn't make it black and white to hide my hair lol. I'll post color in a bit if you really want.

lol

No plan. Front squats are a recovery day exercise, I'm not supposed to be doing them full effort. I just did 255x3x3, I might add 5 lbs.

Also, note that I correctly count my bar as 44 lbs when I add that up, not 45 lbs like most people do.

[dopamine72]

No plan. Front squats are a recovery day exercise, I'm not supposed to be doing them full effort. I just did 255x3x3, I might add 5 lbs.
Also, note that I correctly count my bar as 44 lbs when I add that up, not 45 lbs like most people do.

7 foot bar really 44? Pft, one lb doesn't matter, I piss one lb.

You should do the challenge with me. It will motivate both of is and you have your own setup now so no excuses.

[Ironlife]

Great front squatting man, and nothing to sneeze at the bench press either

Pic looks awesome, how zoomed up were you? Regardless, traps and delts are massive

Take that pic of your face down before ilo saves it to his hard drive forever!!!!!!!!!!!

Too late