Subject: The 1400 or Bust Log Sun Oct 30, 2011 2:02 pm
My apologies for the boring title. I keep another one of these elsewhere, and I'll transplant what I write there into this one.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:58 pm
Sunday:
DE Box Squats Barx5x2 135x3x2 190x3x3 230x2x3 275x1x3
DE Sumo Deadlifts, w/ doubled mini-bands (maybe 60 lbs. tension at top; no idea) 135x3x3 195x3x3 235x2x3 280x1x3
I then messed around with some unbelievably ugly snatches, getting up to 135 lbs. for a single that I was told would be red-lighted because I pressed it (big deal). Didn't want to fuck around and set a world record, so I stopped here. Sky's the limit.
Barbell Hip Thrusts 135x8 225x5 315x10 315x12x2
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:03 pm
Some sumo deadlifts from yesterday. I taped these to take a look at my technique, which is mediocre. I'm also trying out a new video software program called Kinovea, which is a useful tool for athletes.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Mon Oct 31, 2011 8:21 pm
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I then messed around with some unbelievably ugly snatches, getting up to 135 lbs. for a single that I was told would be red-lighted because I pressed it (big deal). Didn't want to fuck around and set a world record, so I stopped here. Sky's the limit.
Similar to the ones from Saturday? mobilitywod.com is a pretty good site for mobility exercises. Just ignore the kooky cross-fit stuff when you come across it.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:22 pm
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I then messed around with some unbelievably ugly snatches, getting up to 135 lbs. for a single that I was told would be red-lighted because I pressed it (big deal). Didn't want to fuck around and set a world record, so I stopped here. Sky's the limit.
Similar to the ones from Saturday? mobilitywod.com is a pretty good site for mobility exercises. Just ignore the kooky cross-fit stuff when you come across it.
Yeah, similar to those. And I've used Kelly Starnes's input before for compression/separation band mobility work, and it usually helps my shoulder loosen up a good deal.
So, another disappointing max-test day; I warmed up pretty well squatting and hit everything with ease, but got stapled on 430. My set of 225 lbs. was similarly lousy. We messed around with a few Zercher singles afterwards. Overall, a lousy end to a lousy week of training.
Feeling tired, I took today off, because it's the start of my deload week and my shoulder could use the rest. I'll be back on Friday for some light pulling (probably exclusively sumo).
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:50 pm
PLWatch is updating my standings at 148 lbs. (#10 in squat, #25 in bench press, #4 in deadlift, #5 overall). We have a number of lifters here who, I think, will be nationally ranked by the end of next year. Looking at the numbers that some of our guys are putting up, we've got at least a few people who are on the cusp, which will only help the team.
I got an invite to RUM V today, and while it would be interesting to go--they always draw a lot of top lightweights, as I know Tony Conyers and Richard Hawthorne (who just won NotLD with a 611 lb. pull at 132 lbs.) were there last year--I'm a.) not going to be able to afford to go to Texas at the end of January and b.) am more worried about finding a local meet around this time for our guys. So, I guess your record's safe for now, Tony Conyers.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:00 pm
Doesn't attending rum disallow you from competing in the usapl? I can't remember the exact rule but I remember them having some stupid politics about it
Also why did you test your 1rm squat on Tuesday when you had just done speed work on Sunday? Didn't want to mess up the normal ME day?
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:33 pm
KevinAlvy wrote:
Doesn't attending rum disallow you from competing in the usapl? I can't remember the exact rule but I remember them having some stupid politics about it
Also why did you test your 1rm squat on Tuesday when you had just done speed work on Sunday? Didn't want to mess up the normal ME day?
I believe the old rule is that current USAPL members couldn't compete in RUM, but I don't think competing in RUM would make it impossible for you to join/compete in USAPL.
Anyway, who cares? USAPL's great and all, but I'll be too old to compete in any of the collegiate meets after next year anyway, so it's not like being banned from participating would effect me any. If they wanted to ban me over THAT, I would either plead ignorance (because I'm not going to keep myself informed on the petty bullshit of federations) or forget about it and join one of the million other feds out there.
And my schedule is a five-day split: ME Squats on Tuesday, DE BP on Wednesday, ME Deadlifts on Friday, ME Bench Press on Saturday, and DE Squats/Deadlifts on Sunday. I abide by the Westside principle that 48-72 hours should be taken between max-effort workouts, with the exception being my max-effort bench pressing, but I don't personally do the same for my DE workouts because I don't feel it's necessary.
When I do max tests, I don't change anything, in the sense that I don't alter my training just to hit a max. If I get it, great. If I don't, oh well. I'd rather stick to my program and continue to improve than clear my schedule for a 1RM week every month or so.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:05 am
You can really even get away with less recovery time on any lift except for deads if you let your body adapt to it and you aren't doing long and drawn out grinding reps like DieselWeasal. John Broz has his guys going hard and heavy just about every day and it seems to be working for them.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:57 am
Nathan Poage wrote:
You can really even get away with less recovery time on any lift except for deads if you let your body adapt to it and you aren't doing long and drawn out grinding reps like DieselWeasal. John Broz has his guys going hard and heavy just about every day and it seems to be working for them.
Broz commented on my FB status last year, we're basically best friends
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:33 pm
Sumo Deadlift 95x3 145x3x2 225x3 320x2 (ugly) 365x2 (better) 410x1 (PR) 430x1 (PR; smooth) 465x1 (PR; had a little left in the tank)
Sumo Rack Pulls w/ quadrupled mini-bands (no clue about resistance at top), 2" below knee 135x5 225x5x3 315x3
Hip Abductors, three sets
Band Stretching, Hips, two mins
Three sumo deadlift PRs in one session; that's what it must feel like to suck badly at a particular lift. This was supposed to be a deload day, and it still was, but I took advantage of my weaksauce sumo deadlift by increasing my max while not struggling too hard. It's fun bringing up a new lift because of the quick progress; a month or two ago I couldn't budge 405 when I messed around and tried it during a deadlift session. A lot of that's just due to technique and familiarity with the lift, but I'm hoping I can continue to bring this up and break 500 with it in a few months' time.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Sun Nov 06, 2011 9:07 pm
Nice, quick day today. All the DE work took about 40 minutes total, which is pretty good for time. Standing goodmornings felt pretty great and 335 was the highest I've ever worked up on these. My right hip's acting up from all the extra work lately, but otherwise I'm encouraged.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:28 pm
This was supposed to be another deload day, but I gave up on that idea early on. I came in to do some kneeling squats to take some of the pressure off my hip, and these were all very easy (in fact, the hardest part was unracking and walking backwards 405 lbs. while on my knees; the actual reps were easy). I then did some box squats and my hip pain went away after 135, which was encouraging, and I smoked everything, including 315 (which, without knee wraps, felt like a speed rep). So I jumped to 405, hit that easy, did 420 without too much trouble for a PR, then gutted out 440 for a +25 lb. PR.
This of course means that I now have a box squat that is substantially better (20 lbs.) than my back squat. Clearly, I'm robbing myself of some pounds by making some technical mistakes on my back squat, and I intend to find out what those are.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:01 pm
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Reverse Hyperextensions, three sets
CRWC has a reverse hyper?
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:14 pm
Chris Anderson wrote:
Admin wrote:
Reverse Hyperextensions, three sets
CRWC has a reverse hyper?
We make our own on the second floor, using a cable, one of those gigantic hollowed-out boxes, and two neck harnesses. Lay on the box, attach both neck harnesses to the cable, slide your feet into each one, and voila: a makeshift reverse-hyper machine. It's not perfect, but you have to be resourceful.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:14 pm
If you're interested, ask next time and I'll show you how we set it up.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:46 pm
Definitely interested. I love reverse hypers; my high school gym had one and I used it as often as I could. A makeshift one won't be perfect, but as long as it replicates the movement, I'll find a place for it in my program.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Thu Dec 29, 2011 2:32 am
do you even lift?
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:47 am
I'm hopefully going to set a squat PR today. Perhaps that's a good time to start this back up.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:56 pm
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I'm hopefully going to set a squat PR today. Perhaps that's a good time to start this back up.
So much for this.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:44 pm
KevinAlvy wrote:
do you even lift?
He don't even lift.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:29 pm
My squats felt good today, and I'm getting back into the groove after my meet. Assuming my pec heals up, I should be ready to jump into my first wave on Monday. I was basically operating at 100% today anyway.
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Subject: Re: The 1400 or Bust Log Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:21 am
Good bench session. My pec feels fine and I got some good sets in on bench. I got a head start on my first wave; these sets were supposed to be done next week, but I figured I'd go through them today.
I'll be benching heavy twice a week from now on, and I'll be trying to get a lot more volume in over this next training cycle; I think this will help get my bench over the hump (300).