Still sore as fuck from switching to 5 rep squats and training yesterday. But i had the advantage of not being hungover! Back squat: 3x5 @ 155 (way easier than 150 even sore) Snatch: 3/5 at 110, 0/3 at 120 Went straight from 40 -> 70 -> 90 -> 110 -> 120 rofl CJ: power up to 110, then 120, 130, 140 ,150 (missed jerk again, i've cleaned 150 like 6 times without a proper jerk now ahhhh T_T)
On February 09 2012 10:10 Catch wrote: Friggin' awesome day.
back to two plate squat on 5/3/1. Squatted it for five reps like a boss. Form fell apart on fourth rep. Fixed it on the fifth.
Also, met some dude who is on the rugby team at my uni. Got his number to hit him up. They call him smokey haha. But I found out spring is more like a play around, get your fundamentals down type deal, while fall is "for real" as he put it lol. Perfect man.
Perfect.
Pretty accurate...we mostly just schedule "social" tournaments and get matches with whoever we want to (friends and rivals as opposed to our usual schedule) for the spring. Good time to pick up the basics and have a good time before diving into fall season.
Starting to look for teams to play with this summer if i have to move far away for my internship and there's shit for teams where i might be going T_T
On February 09 2012 10:12 XuoriG wrote: after stopping SS for 1 month during winter vacation, I finally came back to my old numbers. Never again I will miss more than one week of work out -_-.
About getting the elbows back: getting my right elbow back was fairly easy, my left elbow was utterly hopeless. The more i tried, the more i felt like something was tearing in my upper left back. Any mobility/flexibility i can do to improve this?
Might add bench in to my routine once a week. My chest really is nonexistent and i got sore from doing ~120 push ups over the course of 2 hours at practice yesterday lol. Probably keep that up till i can do 5x125kg and 1x138kg
Noice. Race you to 140 power jerk ^_^ I take it you'll be at the arnold? i know a couple guys going down to check it out and i may or may not make it. Really wish i was competing If i had a meet in time and a miracle session of ~154/~130 i could have.
On February 09 2012 14:08 AoN.DimSum wrote: Like decaf says, just let it drop on your traps and you wont feel anything.
So in essence, your big trap acts as a trap and it traps the bar, but if your trap is small then the trap will be no good and the bar won't be trapped therefore trapping you on the ground?
On February 09 2012 13:06 Release wrote: About getting the elbows back: getting my right elbow back was fairly easy, my left elbow was utterly hopeless. The more i tried, the more i felt like something was tearing in my upper left back. Any mobility/flexibility i can do to improve this?
See page 60. And in generaly do a search on mobolitywod.com for shoulder stretches and whatnot. That site has pretty much become everyone's go-to site for explaining different flexibility issues.
Gym was odd today. I should note that I totally fucked up my rest day yesterday by doing a bikram hot yoga class before playing in a fucking hockey game, so my legs were in real danger of falling off by the end of the day. Wound up failing pretty hard at squats because of this and at such a pussy weight too of 165lbs LoL. I only failed by a little though and I was able to at least get 15 total reps in like 4 silly looking sets. It's fine. I'll get much rest and food tomorrow and most importantly try to resist the urge to play hockey for at least a day.
Deadlift was decent except that my back was pretty stressed from my shitty rest day. But I at least kept good form and hit my target weight for the day (200lbs) which is good. I'm not really concerned and am taking it pretty slow considering that I am playing hockey 2-4 times a week so some overlap with lifting is inevitable.
--------Forget the top part plz at least read my question------------- Question on squat form: How wide is too wide for your feet. I know all the cues; knees should track above the toes, toes pointed out, feet at least shoulder width apart and probably more. But as I was doing (failing) my squats I kept fidgeting around and spreading my feet wider than I have been in the past. And what I got out of it was just a very clean and powerful feeling squat, despite my fatigue. But in the past I have not ever had my legs that wide because I thought it was cheating somehow. If you go too wide is that just a different type of squat? Or is it one of those things where if it works that way for you then just be happy that you can go as wide as you can handle to make the weight come up easier?
I wish I had a camera to demonstrate right now. But honestly it probably doesn't even look like it's that much wider. It just feels like a huge difference.
On February 09 2012 13:06 Release wrote: About getting the elbows back: getting my right elbow back was fairly easy, my left elbow was utterly hopeless. The more i tried, the more i felt like something was tearing in my upper left back. Any mobility/flexibility i can do to improve this?
See page 60. And in generaly do a search on mobolitywod.com for shoulder stretches and whatnot. That site has pretty much become everyone's go-to site for explaining different flexibility issues.
Gym was odd today. I should note that I totally fucked up my rest day yesterday by doing a bikram hot yoga class before playing in a fucking hockey game, so my legs were in real danger of falling off by the end of the day. Wound up failing pretty hard at squats because of this and at such a pussy weight too of 165lbs LoL. I only failed by a little though and I was able to at least get 15 total reps in like 4 silly looking sets. It's fine. I'll get much rest and food tomorrow and most importantly try to resist the urge to play hockey for at least a day.
Deadlift was decent except that my back was pretty stressed from my shitty rest day. But I at least kept good form and hit my target weight for the day (200lbs) which is good. I'm not really concerned and am taking it pretty slow considering that I am playing hockey 2-4 times a week so some overlap with lifting is inevitable.
--------Forget the top part plz at least read my question------------- Question on squat form: How wide is too wide for your feet. I know all the cues; knees should track above the toes, toes pointed out, feet at least shoulder width apart and probably more. But as I was doing (failing) my squats I kept fidgeting around and spreading my feet wider than I have been in the past. And what I got out of it was just a very clean and powerful feeling squat, despite my fatigue. But in the past I have not ever had my legs that wide because I thought it was cheating somehow. If you go too wide is that just a different type of squat? Or is it one of those things where if it works that way for you then just be happy that you can go as wide as you can handle to make the weight come up easier?
I wish I had a camera to demonstrate right now. But honestly it probably doesn't even look like it's that much wider. It just feels like a huge difference.
Yeah a wider stance just works a different set of muscles (google it). Most pro power lifters use a wider stance i think. Most oly lifters go ~shoulder width. I'm recently started doing this and it feels better (more quads probably). Do whatever feels best imo.
On February 09 2012 04:23 rEiGN~ wrote: Broz actually recommends taking 20-30kg more than 1RM, walking out and holding it for 20 sec. After every squat workout.
Saved that to my squat notes some time ago.
Hmm, I'll prolly try this. My biggest problem in the squat is my thoracic spine getting lose and the hips driving up too fast, prolly because my core is weak.
I have been stalling on my deadlifts for a while now, only at 5 reps at 112kg (74kg BW), I only do them once a week and have been having a really hard time adding weight to them Squat still rises pretty well.
You're using chalk? Mixed grip?
If so, post a video of your form
Not using chalk or mixed grip, my grip strength not the problem I feel. I used chalk once but that was when trying to hit a 1RM
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