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On August 21 2012 23:38 mordek wrote: Anyone have a cue for engaging your glutes during a squat? I was trying to actively do it yesterday and I felt like nothing was happening. I'm assuming that's less than ideal...
Think of pinching a coin with your glutes.
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monday back squat: 130/5x5 snatch pull+ 2 deadlifts 115/1 snatch high pulls: 70/3x3 bn pp: 70/5 75/2 (wanted 5) ab roller
I feel a big pr coming.
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On August 22 2012 01:01 GoTuNk! wrote:Show nested quote +On August 21 2012 23:38 mordek wrote: Anyone have a cue for engaging your glutes during a squat? I was trying to actively do it yesterday and I felt like nothing was happening. I'm assuming that's less than ideal... Think of pinching a coin with your glutes.
If you've never actually done that, i'll tell you that however hard you think you should be squeezing, you actually need to squeeze twice as hard. Also foam rolling them beforehand, so that they're loose(er) and doing an accessory movement at the end of the workout that helps with them (ghr certain kinds of box jumps, bridges, some other stuff). T-nation has a good article on developing glutes and activating them, you should be able to find it with a quick Google search.
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Today: Squat 1x3 60, 80, 100, 3x3 120kg Press 1x5 40, 1x3 55, 2-2-3 65kg - really pleased with that, I was stuck on 1x1 65kg for a while. Deadlift 1x3 70, 100, 1x2 130, 1x1 152.5, 170kg PR, 1x3 140kg EZ-bar curls 3x5 bar+40kg
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On August 22 2012 04:47 AoN.DimSum wrote: ncie job :D Thank you!
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So yesterday I did deadlifts after more than a month, and like 6 months since the last time I pulled regular (I did sumo last time), Wanted to relearn technique and work at medium intensity, but I was surprisingly strong. Also found out the barbells at the gym are a bit thicker than regular, no wonder I never have grip issues at competitions.
Yesterday: Deadlift 170kgx3x2, 170kgx2x3, Pulls ups 8-8-8-6 (I want to start adding weight, but bringing my bag to put discs on it seems too much work t.t)
Today I felt like shit upon waking up. Not happy with that, I decided to ignore my feelings and hit the gym for some PR's.
FS: 125kgx1x15 (PR, 15 times) BP: 125kgx1x15 (I haven't benched this much in a lot time, I'm sure I can beat my 133kg pr with some rest)
It seems adding pull ups and OHP variations is doing wonders for my BP, because my shoulders are just way more stable and balanced.
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Today:
Pendlay warm-up progression for clean Clean & jerk: 20kgx3x1, 45kgx3x1, 50kgx1 55kgx1 57.5kgx1, 60kgx1, 62.5kgx1 65kgx1, 67.5kgx1x5 Pendlay warm-up progression for snatch Snatch: 20kgx3, 25kgx1, 30kgx1, 35kgx1, 37.5kgx1, 40kgx1, 42.5kgx1, 45kgx1x5 Some arm work.
Missed two jerks on the top set of cleans. Power cleaned the first one too. Sucks, but I feel better about my jerk than about my clean, and better about my clean than about my snatch. Almost comfortable enough to start posting videos though.
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yesterday:
squat 90kg 2x5 bad form, 80kg 1x5
today:
squat 60kg 1x10 bench 80kg 3x6 ish , 70kg 1x12 dead reps at 110kg (fail 115)
bench would be 2x better if my back didnt fuck up after 5 reps (same kinda issue i had when i was around 55-60kg, so itll go away/i need to change something - i think it happens when i bring the bar too low down on my chest like below my nipple or something, this would put the weight onto that area of my back and unbalance me)
squat yesterday was lame, i will be squatting daily (light) again coz that was doing wonders for keeping my legs "warm"
deadlift fine just had no grip strength
could manage 1 single lone chinup o_O
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Squat 84kg 3x5 - building the foundation back, probably try jumping 5kg a workout Dip 25kg 3x5 - pretty pleased with this. Pull-up 20.5kg 3,2,2 - Worse than monday. going to lower the weight and just start working up 3x5. a little ambitious this first week back in it.
Running has been taking its toll I think and making me tired on the squats but Tough Mudder is less than 3 weeks away! woot woot. Also proud of my 28.5 min 4 mile run yesterday so not going to sweat the squats being tiring
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Fs up to 170 then triples at 130 135 140 Cj at 50 70 90 110 120 125 130 135 140 150x2 missed both jerks:-(, then had to go to practice. Not bad for a quick work out with a mildly torn ac joint
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Deadlift 5x100 5x130 5x160 3x180 3x200kg Front squat 6x10 60kg (lolololol) Planks/crunches/reverse crunches
Fuck my knees.
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On August 24 2012 00:14 decafchicken wrote: Nice triple at 200kg! Thanks! I could use your legs though T_T
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Today: Squat 1x3 80, 100, 120, 1x1 142.5kg, 3x1 162.5kg PR - It's a volume PR, so it's not that exciting  BP 1x3 52.5, 65, 75, 85, 1-1-1F 102.5kg PR - Both my wrists were aching, so it's pretty nice that I managed the lift anyway. Chin ups 1x3 +40kg L pulls up 1x5 Dips 1x3 30kg, 15kg
My wrists were really bothering me so I decided to not do the rest of the workout.
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On August 24 2012 04:15 Luxae wrote:Today: Squat 1x3 80, 100, 120, 1x1 142.5kg, 3x1 162.5kg PR - It's a volume PR, so it's not that exciting  BP 1x3 52.5, 65, 75, 85, 1-1-1F 102.5kg PR - Both my wrists were aching, so it's pretty nice that I managed the lift anyway. Chin ups 1x3 +40kg L pulls up 1x5 Dips 1x3 30kg, 15kg My wrists were really bothering me so I decided to not do the rest of the workout.
Get a pair of powerlifting wrist wraps from inzer, they are fucking amazing.
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tuesday muscle snatch 40/3x3 front squat: 125/3 130/2 PR! (hoping to get 3 reps next week) ab roller
wednesday clean + hang clean + jerk: 90/1x3 clean pulls: 125/3x3 back squat: 140/1x4 planks
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Been very ill for the past month, but i will be back in shape soon! Last workout:
Deadlift: Benchpress: One arm shoulder-press: 10x1 60kg 5x5 100kg 3x3 32.5kg 8x1 100kg 5x1 110kg 3x1 40kg (pr in reps) 5x1 140kg 8x1 100kg 5x1 180kg 2x1 200kg
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On August 24 2012 05:05 GoTuNk! wrote:Show nested quote +On August 24 2012 04:15 Luxae wrote:Today: Squat 1x3 80, 100, 120, 1x1 142.5kg, 3x1 162.5kg PR - It's a volume PR, so it's not that exciting  BP 1x3 52.5, 65, 75, 85, 1-1-1F 102.5kg PR - Both my wrists were aching, so it's pretty nice that I managed the lift anyway. Chin ups 1x3 +40kg L pulls up 1x5 Dips 1x3 30kg, 15kg My wrists were really bothering me so I decided to not do the rest of the workout. Get a pair of powerlifting wrist wraps from inzer, they are fucking amazing.
Only reason I haven't gotten these already is that the shipping costs are more than likely well over the costs of the wraps themselves. But I suppose that if this shit continues I'll just have to fork over the money.
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