EPTShould be able to lift at my old high school tonight. If not, I'll just play basketball for a bit. Either way I'm going to get -something- done tonight. The contact person for access to that university gym is proving to be remarkably unreliable... Somehow I'm not surprised. o_o
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
Should be able to lift at my old high school tonight. If not, I'll just play basketball for a bit. Either way I'm going to get -something- done tonight. The contact person for access to that university gym is proving to be remarkably unreliable... Somehow I'm not surprised. o_o | ||
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Slithe
United States985 Posts
On May 20 2011 07:32 travis wrote: Too bad you let us all down and made the worst mistake of your life. Let's be honest travis, it's never a mistake to be playing BW. That game is beyond legendary. | ||
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Necosarius
Sweden4042 Posts
On May 20 2011 07:32 travis wrote: Too bad you let us all down and made the worst mistake of your life. No that would be doing 50 sit ups and push ups every day thinking I would get fit.  | ||
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JeeJee
Canada5652 Posts
On May 20 2011 07:29 Froadac wrote: Yeah, just found the information about resetting. So still do the warmup sets (which I've been slacking on due to not enough time :/) and just keep on trying 45 press until I can get it or 3 tries? try it 3 times, make sure to eat and sleep exceptionally well. if after 3rd try you still can't hit your reps, reset. ss wiki recommends a 10% reset i believe, but honestly that doesn't work for low weights. reset 2 weeks' worth. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
340 lb: 3-2 Squats: Did front squats today because I felt tired Bench: 195 x 5 x 3, pretty easy C+ BW, played less than 10 games of SC2 lol... | ||
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MajinMojo
266 Posts
Anyway I go to squat 200lb 3x5 today. I actually crushed my first two sets. Like they felt fucking great. I'd been struggling with squats all last week due to poor sleep and nutrition but today I was definitely prepared and really came ready to work. But after my second set I got that splitting headache again. I didn't feel dizzy. But it was definitely just a headache, and a bad one. So I waited and walked around for a longer time than usual before banging out my last set of squats. I probably didn't quite go parallel on my last 2 because I was more focused on my head not popping. As far as I can guess, I am somehow holding my breath wrong. Or holding it too hard or something. But it doesn't feel like I am doing it wrong until I very very suddenly get a headache. And there's no real dizziness or anything, just headache. So I was pretty pissed. I took a long break and decided to bench anyway. Took it easy at first but eventually felt good enough to do my work sets. Then I deadlifted. Headache didn't really return which was odd tbh cus I thought if anything would do it it'd be deadlifts. I was really pissed though because I failed my 4th pull twice until I switched to alternate grip style to finish up pulls 4 and 5. All in all I am vexed because my squats felt fucking super good except for random onset of headache. Despite struggling with a 135lb bench for a while I also feel like I pushed 140lbs with relative ease. Deadlifts pissed me off though. Don't know what to say about that. edit:/ on a feel-good note though, I have been laddering more recently with my main race instead of my horrible off-race Zerg. So I'll be shooting back up the ladder and getting practice if I make the teamleague roster!! :D | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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Kojaimea
United Kingdom277 Posts
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GoTuNk!
Chile4591 Posts
Hopefully tomorrow I can bench 10 more pounds and a new deadlift record (end of current cycle) Quite sure about the deadlift, not so much about bench PD: BW only player here, B at iccup. | ||
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24492 Posts
On May 20 2011 09:18 GoTuNk! wrote: benched what I failed to last friday, deadlifted same. Hopefully tomorrow I can bench 10 more pounds and a new deadlift record (end of current cycle) Quite sure about the deadlift, not so much about bench PD: BW only player here, B at iccup. just switch to sc2 for a couple days you'll be masters within 36 hours | ||
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
On May 20 2011 09:18 GoTuNk! wrote: benched what I failed to last friday, deadlifted same. Hopefully tomorrow I can bench 10 more pounds and a new deadlift record (end of current cycle) Quite sure about the deadlift, not so much about bench PD: BW only player here, B at iccup. Switch to SC2 for a week. Learn some builds, watch a few games. You can get high diamond purely off mechanics, if you learn a few builds you'll be masters. I play a game every two weeks or so, and even my D+ mechanics keep me mid plat. On May 20 2011 09:13 Froadac wrote: My legs are growing much more than my torso. Appearance wise that's not optimal, but good strength gains. Time to stick with SS and upper body will grow as well. You're squatting more than you're doing anything else, and you're doing so yes the upper body will grow more slowly. It's really a lot easier to grow the legs regardless of what you're doing, but SS gets a bad rap for taking advantage of that. If you don't like the way you're developing though, you could try adding dips (nothing better for the shoulders, great assistance for the chest) and chinups (between rows, deadlift, and these, your back is gonna be ballin'.) to the program. You're also already doing rows rather than powercleans, correct? | ||
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decafchicken
United States20168 Posts
On May 20 2011 09:13 Froadac wrote: My legs are growing much more than my torso. Appearance wise that's not optimal, but good strength gains. Time to stick with SS and upper body will grow as well. You bite your tongue (fingers?). Big legs are fucking awesome. And practical. | ||
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
On May 20 2011 11:16 decafchicken wrote: You bite your tongue (fingers?). Big legs are fucking awesome. And practical. Until your quads start to rip through your jeans. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20168 Posts
On May 20 2011 11:41 phyre112 wrote: Until your quads start to rip through your jeans. At that point your quads are a) manly enough to weather the elements without said jeans and b) look awesome enough to wear they shouldn't be hidden by jeans so girls can fawn over them. also: I get more and more proud at the amount of "eh just did some 350 pound deadlifts today" that appear ever increasingly. WE'RE SO STRONG IT HURTS | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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Alventenie
United States2147 Posts
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RosaParksStoleMySeat
Japan926 Posts
On May 20 2011 12:06 Alventenie wrote: Had a good workout today, outside of some random guy telling me that my squats are completely wrong and i should be looking right into the ceiling. But my squats felt awesome and i did them with no problem, so i think that guy can bug off ^^. People are going to give you shit no matter where you go, so the best thing to do is not listen to it unless you're sure that person knows what he's talking about. Being ripped, a personal trainer, or having spent 20 years in the gym are not by any stretch of the imagination valid qualifications for this, so if you're really worried about your form, just post a video here and we'll help you out with it! Also, for Starting Strength people, Mark Rippetoe is willing to comment on your form if you post a video of yourself up on his forums. It takes some bravery to do this because Rippetoe is Rippetoe, but it's really a good opportunity for a look at your form. Also, I kinda got ripped there for being too thin and worrying about my squat. They told me that the best thing I could do for my squat is gain 30-40 pounds, but ... yeah, maybe later. | ||
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decafchicken
United States20168 Posts
On May 19 2011 08:46 AoN.DimSum wrote: I picked up the tempo in todays workout. I have 9 weeks until nationals so I need to get as strong as possible. I am also starting to split jerk again and this time I hope to perfect it. :D todays workout snatch balance jerk behind neck back squat push press sots press dumbbell rows pullups back extension core Whats a snatch balance? What kind of #'s are you looking to put up at nationals? What kind of weight are you doing sots press with? (shit is so hard) | ||
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AeroGear
Canada652 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
Woot, weight gain. (Made a whole new sheet for weight ) | ||
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