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On February 08 2011 22:10 funkie wrote:
Hi!
Good to hear everyone is doing awesome!.
yesterday I resetted my squat to 80 (from 110, been stuck there for 3 sessions now). and well, I raped it ez, I didn't even feel tired.
then Did some Powercleans 3x3 with 55kg and then 2x3 60kg (raped them so ez liek I want to go 1xBW on friday on PC!.
Then did cleans and felt awesomeeee. :D
Much <3 to all :D
Here I go 120kg SQUAT. RESETTTTTTT
The point of resets is having the first workout reaaaaally easy. So good call on lowering it to 80kg.
What is your BW at now?
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On February 08 2011 22:27 sJarl wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2011 22:10 funkie wrote:
Hi!
Good to hear everyone is doing awesome!.
yesterday I resetted my squat to 80 (from 110, been stuck there for 3 sessions now). and well, I raped it ez, I didn't even feel tired.
then Did some Powercleans 3x3 with 55kg and then 2x3 60kg (raped them so ez liek I want to go 1xBW on friday on PC!.
Then did cleans and felt awesomeeee. :D
Much <3 to all :D
Here I go 120kg SQUAT. RESETTTTTTT The point of resets is having the first workout reaaaaally easy. So good call on lowering it to 80kg. What is your BW at now?
I'm at 73-75kg (most of days I'm in between now) ;P.
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On February 08 2011 09:16 decafchicken wrote:
How's the oly training going?!?
It's going alright, could be worse but could be better.
Still really struggling with flexibility with regards to squat snatch and just some general ass/back of thighs/back flexibility. Luckily, there's a great coach at this place on mondays who gave me a stretching routine to do twice daily, so should be making improvements and I'm setting a goal to nail it within the month. Really happy about that guy, he's got degrees within physiology and sports science in addition to 4 years of oly lifting. Kinda like a ray of light compared to the others who workout there imo.
For now though we're (the beginners) are being babysat a lot and just drilling technique with bar weight or 30/40kg which I suppose is a good thing, but I'm anxious and impatient to see what kind of numbers I can put out and then work on increasing my lifts. They don't really want to show me the squat part on the clean until my technique on the power-clean is perfect... I'm more of a fan of trying it and practising it over and over and fixing it as I go, but meh.
Suggestions? Thoughts? Advice? Input?
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Funkie, are you sure it's not time for you to move onto an intermediate program like Madcow's? Or at least the advanced novice program? You've been on SS for a while and may be experiencing the end of novice progression. How many squat resets are you at?
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On February 09 2011 00:49 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote:
Funkie, are you sure it's not time for you to move onto an intermediate program like Madcow's? Or at least the advanced novice program? You've been on SS for a while and may be experiencing the end of novice progression. How many squat resets are you at?
two (first two due to injury). and this is my first "stall stall" reset. ;p.
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On February 09 2011 00:39 Sinep wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2011 09:16 decafchicken wrote:
How's the oly training going?!? It's going alright, could be worse but could be better. Still really struggling with flexibility with regards to squat snatch and just some general ass/back of thighs/back flexibility. Luckily, there's a great coach at this place on mondays who gave me a stretching routine to do twice daily, so should be making improvements and I'm setting a goal to nail it within the month. Really happy about that guy, he's got degrees within physiology and sports science in addition to 4 years of oly lifting. Kinda like a ray of light compared to the others who workout there imo. For now though we're (the beginners) are being babysat a lot and just drilling technique with bar weight or 30/40kg which I suppose is a good thing, but I'm anxious and impatient to see what kind of numbers I can put out and then work on increasing my lifts. They don't really want to show me the squat part on the clean until my technique on the power-clean is perfect... I'm more of a fan of trying it and practising it over and over and fixing it as I go, but meh. Suggestions? Thoughts? Advice? Input?
Yes it is frustrating just doing light weights, but you have to build a foundation before you can go heavier. Just stick to light weights until you get it perfect. Power movements is better to learn first. I see too many people not pulling from just trying to get under the weight. Listen to your coaches please 
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On February 09 2011 00:39 Sinep wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2011 09:16 decafchicken wrote:
How's the oly training going?!? It's going alright, could be worse but could be better. Still really struggling with flexibility with regards to squat snatch and just some general ass/back of thighs/back flexibility. Luckily, there's a great coach at this place on mondays who gave me a stretching routine to do twice daily, so should be making improvements and I'm setting a goal to nail it within the month. Really happy about that guy, he's got degrees within physiology and sports science in addition to 4 years of oly lifting. Kinda like a ray of light compared to the others who workout there imo. For now though we're (the beginners) are being babysat a lot and just drilling technique with bar weight or 30/40kg which I suppose is a good thing, but I'm anxious and impatient to see what kind of numbers I can put out and then work on increasing my lifts. They don't really want to show me the squat part on the clean until my technique on the power-clean is perfect... I'm more of a fan of trying it and practising it over and over and fixing it as I go, but meh. Suggestions? Thoughts? Advice? Input?
Its going to be hard to work on full snatches/cleans if you cant sit in a full overhead squat or front squat with the weight on your heels, so definitely keep up the work on the flexibility. Until then the power movements will help you work on your explosiveness and good second pull. All my friends i just got started on oly lifting are still focusing on form with weights in the 40-60kg range and mostly power movements so don't feel too bad. Although when i started pretty sure i raced my power snatch up to 80 and clean up to 110 lol. i had decent foundation for it though, but i ended up going back down to lower weights anyways to fix my second pull. I do think working full cleans helped my second pull and improved my power clean, although i cant really testify as to whether it helps more than powercleans. as i did very little power cleaning. Weird, i just realized i used to do a lot of power snatching but almost no powercleaning lol. Power cleans are fun but damn do i love doing full cleans :D
Also, i need to work on my powerclean catch, the bar keeps leaving my hands and my collarbone/neck is bruised and looks like a bunch of hickeys rofl.
edit: in summary, what dimsum said!
Wish i had a real coach, but i guess having experienced lifters help you out is a whole lot better than nothing.
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On February 08 2011 23:42 funkie wrote:Show nested quote +On February 08 2011 22:27 sJarl wrote:On February 08 2011 22:10 funkie wrote:
Hi!
Good to hear everyone is doing awesome!.
yesterday I resetted my squat to 80 (from 110, been stuck there for 3 sessions now). and well, I raped it ez, I didn't even feel tired.
then Did some Powercleans 3x3 with 55kg and then 2x3 60kg (raped them so ez liek I want to go 1xBW on friday on PC!.
Then did cleans and felt awesomeeee. :D
Much <3 to all :D
Here I go 120kg SQUAT. RESETTTTTTT The point of resets is having the first workout reaaaaally easy. So good call on lowering it to 80kg. What is your BW at now? I'm at 73-75kg (most of days I'm in between now) ;P.
skinny bastard! I'm at 82kg now and cant squat 100kg  YET!!
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I be pwning bro!.
You can to.
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On February 09 2011 05:34 funkie wrote:
I be pwning bro!.
You can to.
I had to reset today on my squats. I've been starting (last three or four workouts) to feel a deep burning feeling right in the front of my body, along the crease where my left leg meets the waist. I figure it may be a form problem, so I dropped a mild 30 pounds, and continued the workout. If it sticks around, I may be forced to figure out what's going on. It's definitely not just a pulled muscle, something is wrong there.
Top squat weight I've finished for 3x5 currently stands at 98kg. At 75 kg bodyweight, I'm impressed with myself.
Worked form on power cleans for one final time today. Got the bar up higher on my shoulders like was suggested, and found it to consequently be much easier. Didn't even end up with a single bruise this time, and it's easier to get the elbows up in the air with the bar higher, so it doesn't want to roll around either. Thanks for the great tips guys. I finally feel comfortable enough with doing these to start linear progression on them.
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We are around the same then phyre!
I just can't press that much for my life hahaha.
Beer, gaming and friends is awesomeeee.
Props tO decaf, he is a good example of beer and good workout shit
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Practiced power cleans today. I dunno how I really did though, but my wrists aren't flexible enough to let the bar rest on my shoulders without some pain. Gonna keep practicing
Anyway, I have a few questions!
Lately, the pain in my shoulder (seems to) have went away. I'll find out when I press again. However, now my elbow slightly hurts when I bench. It only hurts when the bar is touching my chest. Any Ideas if it is something serious? It's not a sharp pain, but like an aching pain that I think might go away + Show Spoiler +
Second, my left knee hurts when I do squats. Its right around the knee cap and used to be behind the knee cap on the posterior side of the body. I don't know if this is serious either. + Show Spoiler +
Pictures include locations, let me know if more info is needed like last time
Finally, on the paleo diet I looked at the shopping list and it included things like berries but I noticed some of you said that things like berries and bananas should be very very limited. Is this true? What if you are cutting vs bulking? Would it be fine to use them in a bulk, but not in a cut? Or what?
Sorry for all the questions, thanks in advance y'all.
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went to the gym to do some pull up because I was bored.
saw a squat rack unoccupied (pretty rare these days) and did a bunch of power cleans instead
left feeling great
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did my pr from saturday 140kgx3 for 3 sets today. Then i tried snatch grip deadlifts 100kg3x5.
Then I did some rehab which was bicep curls and tricep kickbacks(?) 15lbs then dropped to 10lbs on dumbells. lol
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I'll quote my last post because nobody answered the question..
On February 08 2011 12:34 Alexson wrote:
Is a can of Tuna a day good? I don't want to be getting too much Mercury, but at the same time I feel the too much Mercury stuff is just bs.
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On February 09 2011 12:16 Alexson wrote:I'll quote my last post because nobody answered the question.. Show nested quote +On February 08 2011 12:34 Alexson wrote:
Is a can of Tuna a day good? I don't want to be getting too much Mercury, but at the same time I feel the too much Mercury stuff is just bs.
It's fine.
I know people who eat multiple per day
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I eat a big can of tuna a day. And its at least fucking awesome :D
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I've heard that albacore tuna (the whiter tuna) has mercury, and so you should try to limit yourself with that. The normal chunk light tuna is fine though.
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On February 09 2011 12:54 unsoundlogic wrote:
I've heard that albacore tuna (the whiter tuna) has mercury, and so you should try to limit yourself with that. The normal chunk light tuna is fine though.
I eat a large can (says 5 servings on the can - works out to 300 calories of tuna) of solid white albacore almost every day. The whole mercury thing is not as big a deal as it's made out to be.
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Like I always say... how many cases of mercury poisoning have you heard of? Yeah, a couple? From that school in DC because they were playing with the mercury... yeah....
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