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On May 02 2011 16:01 thedeadhaji wrote:^ Nice deadlift! and welcome to the thread  Damn, head chef? I know the culinary industry has some brutally tough work schedules :O
thanks! haha yeah, luckily i landed a chill job basically catering lucnh and overtime food for some big shot law firms and accounting firms so i work from 08.00-16.00  ..
however a year before this i spent busting my ass as a pastery chef in a fine dining restaurant in oslo, 12-16 hour work days 6 days a week ftw! got my fill of that :D
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Good god.
I need more sleep, only am going to get like 6.5 hours today.
zzz
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@Snapplecakes: Welcome dude. My family owns their own business where I live and we serve some of the top restaurants around here (5 star ones) so I know how rough you have it sometimes haha.
Well guys, in case you haven't heard they got Osama. This means my week will consist of three things:
Homework
Lifting
And partying.
Sounds like a hell of a good week to me.
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On May 02 2011 05:07 Mrs.Jenkins wrote:Show nested quote +On May 01 2011 16:12 Drowsy wrote:
Throwing is badass and throwers are among the most well-rounded athletes. They would probably lose meets to powerlifters/olifters in their respective meets, but they have the highest "super-totals" and could probably kill fools if they played football too.
Do you mostly do power movements or are your snatch and clean of the squat variety? we do all the power lifts also, and variations of them. we dont do a lot of deadlift. every week we do some kind of heavy bench (flat, incline, or whatever), a speed/specialty bench (chain bench, band bench, pause bench etc.) some type of heavy squat (back, front, box, different kind of bars) a speed squat (chain, band) and then snatch and clean (and variants of those). and along with those we mix in supplementary lifts for shoulders, arms (just triceps), back and leg, and core stuff. minimal cardio yayy :D
I think you misunderstood me. Power movements = powersnatch and powerclean as opposed to "full" clean and snatch.
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oh ya forgot to tell you
got instructed at work, with condemning certainty, that i was drinking too much milk because drinking milk will shrink my liver.
i was like "well maybe you can tell me whats wrong with having a shrunken liver" lool
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I've been doing SS since november and i was putting on some weight, i've bulking for the last couple of months, not a really serious bulk mind you, but it made me gain some weight.
Now i'm planning on cutting, but should i keep chugging my whey as usual and just get a calorie deficit of ~500kcal going?
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my milkshake is just pure protein and few calories, maybe you could pick one up like that while you cut
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deadlift: 5x162.5kg (fuck yeah!)
squat: 5-4-3 @ 135kg ( ()
press: 5-5-5 @ 55kg
failed squat for the second time. goddamnit!! time to eat more
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finals numbers of SS:
Deadlift: 140kg
Squat: 120kg
Bench Press: 80kg
PowerClean: 72kg (1xbw)
Press: 65kg
Clean and Jerk: 50kg
Initial weight: 60kg. Ending end weight: 73kg
I'm starting Advanced novice thingy today. So yay for me, and yay for you all . keep it up.
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Good numbers funkie
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Squat: 270 5-5-5
Press: 100 5-5-4
P Clean: 110 3-3-3-3-3
Chins: 5-3-2
I need to take a hard look at my form...
Squat: The bar is slipping down my back by the end of the set, and it makes things really hard. Do I just need to lean forward more and tighten the back even harder?
Clean: Got a huge bruise across my chest. I am pretty sure I know why, the bar was too far away from my body and I was using my arms a little too much. I have to tighten up and shrug harder. Also, I am doing hang cleans since we have no bumper plates and I am not up to using the 45s... I should just stack plates on the side so that I can pull from the ground.
On a more positive note, after a week of drinking and eating all I can in Mexico (minus creatine), I am down to 172 lbs (lightest I've been in a year), and I am the strongest I've ever been by far.
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What do you guys think about dark chocolate immediately following a workout? I found some 85% cacao chocolate at my super market for pretty cheap, and I think it would be a pretty decent post workout piece of nutrition (along with my normal sweet potatoes, apple, and mountain of chicken).
I know chocolate milk is a great post-workout meal, but how about for us recomping guys?
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On May 02 2011 23:14 Michaelj wrote:Clean: Got a huge bruise across my chest. I am pretty sure I know why, the bar was too far away from my body and I was using my arms a little too much. I have to tighten up and shrug harder. Also, I am doing hang cleans since we have no bumper plates and I am not up to using the 45s... I should just stack plates on the side so that I can pull from the ground.
What I do for powercleans under 135lbs (which I should be starting on tuesday *high five*) is I'll just deadlift up to a hang position to make sure my foot position and grip is where I want it, and then let it down to where the starting position should be, and go from there.
I wouldn't recommend this if you think you have any issue keeping your back straight though. I'm not sure what your deadlift numbers are, but if you're around 2 plates on deadlift holding up less than 135 for a second shouldn't be too much of an issue. Just note that if you do this you probably want to rest with the weight racked on your shoulders, not at the bottom.
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funkie im so proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
my session was TERRIBLE today, i done a few -5kg squats, a few -2.5/-5kg benches, a few -5kg military press, a few pressups when i got home after stocking up on beef
idk why it was so bad really; i had okay sleep, and FOUR days rest from both squat and bench, plus improved flexibilty/stretching. i felt unexpectedly challenged and disheartened, and physically and mentally incompetent. the cause may be because i only had a little bit of chicken and 2 cups of milk after i woke up and before going to the gym (few carbs)........idk
again, grats funkie 
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On May 02 2011 23:54 vicariouscheese wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2011 23:14 Michaelj wrote:Clean: Got a huge bruise across my chest. I am pretty sure I know why, the bar was too far away from my body and I was using my arms a little too much. I have to tighten up and shrug harder. Also, I am doing hang cleans since we have no bumper plates and I am not up to using the 45s... I should just stack plates on the side so that I can pull from the ground. What I do for powercleans under 135lbs (which I should be starting on tuesday *high five*) is I'll just deadlift up to a hang position to make sure my foot position and grip is where I want it, and then let it down to where the starting position should be, and go from there. I wouldn't recommend this if you think you have any issue keeping your back straight though. I'm not sure what your deadlift numbers are, but if you're around 2 plates on deadlift holding up less than 135 for a second shouldn't be too much of an issue. Just note that if you do this you probably want to rest with the weight racked on your shoulders, not at the bottom.
Yeah, I do the deadlift and lower to hang as well, but even though my DL numbers are fine, my grip gets a little tired (from the hook grip maybe?). I think I'll start bringing chalk on my powerclean days as well. Thanks!
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My mom gave me a whole pot of chili yesterday FUCK YEAH! Should last me most of the week.
On a food related note; I'm giving the 2 meals a day idea 1 more week. If I still don't feel adjusted to it I think I might have to scrap it and go back to 3 meals. I still can't eat a full 2,000cal per meal without feeling like shit for a good while afterward. I think spreading it out a bit more will also make it easier to eat a clean 4000 or so a day instead of loading up on easy and often inferior calories to hit that 2000/meal quota.
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On May 02 2011 17:03 FFGenerations wrote:
oh ya forgot to tell you
got instructed at work, with condemning certainty, that i was drinking too much milk because drinking milk will shrink my liver.
i was like "well maybe you can tell me whats wrong with having a shrunken liver" lool
People tend to believe weird things.
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On May 02 2011 05:34 sJarl wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2011 05:12 Mrs.Jenkins wrote:On May 01 2011 19:32 sJarl wrote:
Mrs. Jenkins: wtfff on that bench? How did you get it so high? Also, do you deadlift? technique! and explosiveness i spose. i put on 80 pounds to my bench this year just by working my body positioning. basically taking my mind out of my arms and putting it into my back and core. its weird how much of a whole body and rhythm exercise bench can become when you do it right! i dont deadlift much, im bad at it. i dont have enough patience to get the bar off the ground while keeping my back inline and keeping my butt down. i havent done it in months, and my pickups for clean/snatch have gotten a lot better so maybe my deadlift will be better next time i try it. most ive done is 400 max back in highschool, 350 for 10 earlier this yr. i dont wanna max it ever again... Hmm, I'll keep that in mind One should always work on weaknesses though. Why don't you want to max it? It makes me feel so alive when I do it.
my coach doesn't have us max it because we dont do it enough to have solid enough technique to ward off back injuries at really heavy weight. we could all probably throw up some really big numbers, but at the risk of hurting our backs. all of our guys have pretty solid pickups on full cleans and snatches, but (i may be wrong) a really heavy deadlift pickup is a different story i think. takes sooo much more patience and control.
On May 02 2011 05:07 Mrs.Jenkins wrote:
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On May 01 2011 16:12 Drowsy wrote:
Throwing is badass and throwers are among the most well-rounded athletes. They would probably lose meets to powerlifters/olifters in their respective meets, but they have the highest "super-totals" and could probably kill fools if they played football too.
Do you mostly do power movements or are your snatch and clean of the squat variety?
I think you misunderstood me. Power movements = powersnatch and powerclean as opposed to "full" clean and snatch.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean. in my experience power clean= full clean, powersnatch = full snatch. if youre referring to hang cleans/snatches, yeah we do those some. we generally do a olympic lift progression at the beginning of the year for both snatch and clean where we do somethin like: hang cleans, clean pulls/shrugs, full clean, hang snatch, hip snatch, snatch pulls/shrugs, full snatch.
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On May 03 2011 01:15 Mrs.Jenkins wrote:Show nested quote +On May 02 2011 05:34 sJarl wrote:On May 02 2011 05:12 Mrs.Jenkins wrote:On May 01 2011 19:32 sJarl wrote:
Mrs. Jenkins: wtfff on that bench? How did you get it so high? Also, do you deadlift? technique! and explosiveness i spose. i put on 80 pounds to my bench this year just by working my body positioning. basically taking my mind out of my arms and putting it into my back and core. its weird how much of a whole body and rhythm exercise bench can become when you do it right! i dont deadlift much, im bad at it. i dont have enough patience to get the bar off the ground while keeping my back inline and keeping my butt down. i havent done it in months, and my pickups for clean/snatch have gotten a lot better so maybe my deadlift will be better next time i try it. most ive done is 400 max back in highschool, 350 for 10 earlier this yr. i dont wanna max it ever again... Hmm, I'll keep that in mind One should always work on weaknesses though. Why don't you want to max it? It makes me feel so alive when I do it. my coach doesn't have us max it because we dont do it enough to have solid enough technique to ward off back injuries at really heavy weight. we could all probably throw up some really big numbers, but at the risk of hurting our backs. all of our guys have pretty solid pickups on full cleans and snatches, but (i may be wrong) a really heavy deadlift pickup is a different story i think. takes sooo much more patience and control. sorry about double post... im relatively new to TL and forums in general and im nub at posting >.< + Show Spoiler +On May 02 2011 05:07 Mrs.Jenkins wrote:
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On May 01 2011 16:12 Drowsy wrote:
Throwing is badass and throwers are among the most well-rounded athletes. They would probably lose meets to powerlifters/olifters in their respective meets, but they have the highest "super-totals" and could probably kill fools if they played football too.
Do you mostly do power movements or are your snatch and clean of the squat variety? Show nested quote +I think you misunderstood me. Power movements = powersnatch and powerclean as opposed to "full" clean and snatch. I'm not exactly sure what you mean. in my experience power clean= full clean, powersnatch = full snatch. if youre referring to hang cleans/snatches, yeah we do those some. we generally do a olympic lift progression at the beginning of the year for both snatch and clean where we do somethin like: hang cleans, clean pulls/shrugs, full clean, hang snatch, hip snatch, snatch pulls/shrugs, full snatch.
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On May 02 2011 23:27 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote:
What do you guys think about dark chocolate immediately following a workout? I found some 85% cacao chocolate at my super market for pretty cheap, and I think it would be a pretty decent post workout piece of nutrition (along with my normal sweet potatoes, apple, and mountain of chicken).
I know chocolate milk is a great post-workout meal, but how about for us recomping guys?
I've always heard good things about dark chocolate but never really looked into it specifically. I know it's supposed to be a great anti-oxidant and there's been so many other claims as to it's health benefits. It has a relatively low GI if you are one to structure your diet around blood-sugar balance.
As far as other health claims just do a quick google search. There's a shit-ton of studies about chocolate and it's health benefits. Only hard thing might be sorting through the tons of bogus blogs or outlandish claims to find any real, conclusive or decisive information.
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