Finally recovered from taking 4 days off and this past weekend. Feeling much better / less worthless.

Front squat 135 225 275 315 345 365 385 395 then 3x 315, 335, 355
Pull ups: 3x6
Rows: 3x5 @ 155
Bench 5x5 @ 215

Arms so weak lol. Forearms/biceps definite limiting factor, but that should come quickly enough. Talked to gym manager about bring in some oly equipment. That would make my life like 100x better. Hope it goes through.

Donkeys

Mexico308 Posts

June 13 2013 22:15 GMT

#1402

Lol fine 220kg then! Had a really shitty training today. Snatched up to 165, missed 175 behind three times, missed 185 behind a bunch of times. The pulls were easy but I couldn't lock out shit. Did some front squats and pull ups and called it a day.

GoTuNk!

Chile4591 Posts

June 14 2013 00:28 GMT

#1403

Squat: 187.5kgx3x5

Some other stuff, but who cares really. Ripped my shorts on the last set, was a semi religious experience.

This vids portrays the situation quite accurately:

decafchicken

United States20019 Posts

June 14 2013 04:45 GMT

#1404

why were you going super saiyan warming up with 187.5?

Zafrumi

Switzerland1272 Posts

June 14 2013 06:50 GMT

#1405

Buuuurn

Vitruvian

United States168 Posts

June 14 2013 18:01 GMT

#1406

Sigh...fell on my ass last night attempting 195 snatch, bruising it in EXACTLY the same spot as when i fell on my ass attempting a 245 clean a week ago. I need to grow more padding - front squats?

decaf

Austria1797 Posts

June 14 2013 18:14 GMT

#1407

Turns out I managed to aggravate the pulled intercostal muscles again. Just fuck my life, I won't have hit any PRs in like 2 months. I don't get it, you do your whole fucking workout and the shit don't hurt, it don't hurt all fucking day then you wake up and it's like it was on day one. Really wasting my time..

GoTuNk!

Chile4591 Posts

June 14 2013 19:30 GMT

#1408

On June 15 2013 03:14 decaf wrote:
Turns out I managed to aggravate the pulled intercostal muscles again. Just fuck my life, I won't have hit any PRs in like 2 months. I don't get it, you do your whole fucking workout and the shit don't hurt, it don't hurt all fucking day then you wake up and it's like it was on day one. Really wasting my time..

what kind of injury is this? I would not stop training unless its really crippling, if you stop whenever something hurts you are never gonna make progress. Legend says Ivan Stoitsov went into training on a wheelchair, broke some PR's on the oly lifts and was carried home LOL

decafchicken

United States20019 Posts

June 14 2013 19:59 GMT

#1409

haha yeah i've probably trained through more pain/injuries than i should have. but fuck it doh

mordek

United States12704 Posts

June 14 2013 20:33 GMT

#1410

Ehhh... after the past year of pain I think I'd rather not attempt that deadlift PR again if I could go back. (Would have prehab'd it if I had known what was coming)

Recognizable

Netherlands1552 Posts

June 15 2013 01:17 GMT

#1411

After 11 days of straight partying my bench only dropped 2.5 kg's and my squat only 5 kg's. I actually increased my chin ups too 68.5 kg's(BW+7.5kg) Quite happy, expected much worse results.

Too many party's. My sleep rhytm is so screwed I'm sitting behind the PC at 3 AM after a party because I can't sleep before 5 AM anymore...

Donkeys

Mexico308 Posts

June 15 2013 03:31 GMT

#1412

Did a crossfit WOD today, crossfit total:
max deadlift - max squat - max military press

Ended up doing 345/275/135 = 755

I forgot how to deadlift I just did like slow clean pulls haha. Pretty weak numbers, some dude matched me, but it was a fun time. Whenever I'm there while there's a class, the head coach (my training partner) always introduces me as their "oly coach" hahah. Stayed after and snatched up to 175 and had people miring.

decaf

Austria1797 Posts

June 15 2013 07:47 GMT

#1413

It's a muscle I need for holding air in my belly and make my core tight, when I cough for instance that muscle hurts. I need it to tighten my rib cage, which is super annoying because I do that for like almost every exercise. After a week I was able to squat and press again but the deadlift would still hurt because if I contract my lat and tighten my ribcage at the same time it gets a lot worse. It doesn't feel like the kind of injury you want to ignore. Something will always hurt, some slight knee and shoulder pain every now and then, but a couple of squats and presses will usually solve it. But with this one it's kinda different, you don't want to train through it. I guess I just won't deadlift for the next 4 weeks.
If I'd cut away all the time I was sick or injured or I didn't know what I was doing I would have only 5 months of real lifting, the other 5 months were either me fucking around or being sick/injured. Lol.
But it's okay, I'll come back stronger eventually.

steelANDmalice

87 Posts

June 15 2013 12:27 GMT

#1414

This is for the people who complain about injuries and being "sick"

autoexec

United States530 Posts

June 16 2013 00:39 GMT

#1415

I feel like you should listen to your body when you are in serious pain. It's telling you those things for a reason. But still, you should be able to find a way to keep your body fit without hurting it whether it be running, powerlifting, olympic lifting, or something else.

funkie

Venezuela9374 Posts

June 16 2013 01:25 GMT

#1416

fuck you and fuck your elbow ;D

classic.

funkie

Venezuela9374 Posts

June 16 2013 01:26 GMT

#1417

On June 15 2013 12:31 Donkeys wrote:
Did a crossfit WOD today, crossfit total:
max deadlift - max squat - max military press

Ended up doing 345/275/135 = 755

I forgot how to deadlift I just did like slow clean pulls haha. Pretty weak numbers, some dude matched me, but it was a fun time. Whenever I'm there while there's a class, the head coach (my training partner) always introduces me as their "oly coach" hahah. Stayed after and snatched up to 175 and had people miring.

kilos or lbs?

insane if kilos, holy shit.

BenKen

United States860 Posts

June 16 2013 02:01 GMT

#1418

I think everyone should watch "Bigger Stronger Faster" before taking advice about recovery from Mark Bell.

AoN.DimSum

United States2983 Posts

June 16 2013 03:13 GMT

#1419

mark bell is the man! i love his youtube channel lol

steelANDmalice

87 Posts

June 16 2013 13:13 GMT

#1420

I've watched Bigger Stronger Faster a half dozen times and I disagree, if you want to be elite. Mark Bell is one of the few people you SHOULD be listening to when it comes to training and recovery.

any ways some training PRs in the past week, testing out the maddog slingshot managed 315 for 5-6-5. raw bench without is 345 so it gives me about 40lbs overload.