Simon's Log

[Simon C]

Originally Posted by Alcoholiday

i read your facebook status.


you might want to change it...

[Alcoholiday]

Originally Posted by Simon C

[Alcoholiday]

i found your cup:

[Simon C]

Haha!!

Man I'm so bored now, if I could press a button and sleep from now(3:20pm) till 10am tomorrow I would. Then it would just be sleep... BANG benching in a better shirt! and skipping the "nothing to do" part.

[MindPower]

Originally Posted by Simon C

Haha!!

Man I'm so bored now, if I could press a button and sleep from now(3:20pm) till 10am tomorrow I would. Then it would just be sleep... BANG benching in a better shirt! and skipping the "nothing to do" part.

Oh the problems you young fella's have

[Simon C]

10/05/08 Saturday

Bench Press Day


Bench Press
44lbs x 12
---shirt on(42 titan fury)---
143lbs x 2 no touch
198lbs x 2 touched
242lbs x 1 PAUSED
253lbs x 1 PAUSED PR
264lbs x 1 PAUSED PR head came off bench

Board Press(3 boards) no shirt
220lbs x 6(2 sets) paused last rep of each set

Lat Pulldown
120lbs x 10(3 sets)

Hammer curls
30lbs x 15(2 sets)
30lbs x 7 - i got wrecked here, or psyched out haha

Comments:
-Got another(tighter) bench shirt on today, an size 42 Titan Fury, it's a bit ripped up hah
-I touched 198lbs, the shirt is still a loose one. I will buy a size 40 fury to use soon, but I'll use a 42 for this first competition as I wouldn't be able to get a 40 soon enough
-I kinda fucked up both PRs, the 253 and the 264. Miss grooved both, but managed to correct them. For both I started out pressing it too far forward, and pretty much had to stop and bring the bar back towards my head/chest. I'm a bit shit at using a shirt hah, I will learn...
-264 took pretty long as correcting it took a bit, but if I get it right I can get alot more. My head came off the bench, I didn't even notice it hah, the shirts tend to do that I think, gotta remember to keep my head on the bench
-If i groove it right I should be good for 275-286
-Board Presses were easy, will start to load up the weight on these soon
-5 weeks out today

[Alcoholiday]

there are a few benchers who used to lift their heads before touching, and then on the press, slam their heads back into the bench

[Simon C]

Originally Posted by Alcoholiday

there are a few benchers who used to lift their heads before touching, and then on the press, slam their heads back into the bench

Yeah I think thats what I probably did, I think that's what the shirts do, they pull your head up when you are lowering the bar as the shirt tightens. It would have been a failed lift because of that though, as I have to keep my head on the bench in IPF competition. Shouldn't be too hard to do though.

[Simon C]

If I buy a shirt now, I'll want it by May 24th so I can use it for my last 2 Bench Press sessions, I might order a size 40 Fury(possibly an f6 I dunno) tomorrow night and hope for the best. I'll probably need over 240 to touch with a size 40 I hope, it should be a good fit.

I bought that 31 HardCore, it's only been used once apart from when I used it last week, so its pretty much new. Sweet, now I own a good fitting squat suit, next up, bench shirt. My equipment arsenal is building: suit, knee & wrist wraps, belt, lifting shoes, deadlift slippers. I'll probably get a soft suit for Bench Pressing too.

[Simon C]

Actually I only need it by May 31st, It should be sweet. Gonna go talk to Tim and maybe Steve too about if I should get an f6, but they seem to prefer the Fury, will order soon after I talk to them about it!

[Simon C]

11/05/08 Sunday

Squat Day


Squat
44lbs x 6
143lbs x 6
---suit(31 inzer hardcore) on, straps down---
242lbs x 3
---straps up---
352lbs x 1 - possibly the shittest squat ever, not hard though
---straps down---
286lbs x 6(3 sets) PR

NG Seated Cable Row(right machine - light one)
6 plates x 12
7 plates x 12(2 sets)

Lying EZ-Bar Extension
bar+44lbs x 10(3 sets)

Shrugs
242lbs x 5(2 sets)

Comments:
-After getting into a loose suit during the week, I had forgotten how tight this suit was... went on faster as I had suit slippers today, but it took me ages to get it off, ouch...
-the 352 lbs squat was just a warmup and to get the suit seated properly. It was pretty shit, as I came down I got pulled forward(I'm not really used to suits yet), so I decided to pause for a bit at the bottom(too deep I think) to get stable again, but as I came up I still had too much weight on my toes and had to step forward a bit at the top to stop falling over, went up with okay speed, lockout was a little slow due to being off-balance. Not heavy though, with just a suit and no wraps or belt.
-A PR for suit only(no belt/wraps), but I'm only going to count and think of PRs as raw, or equipped, nothing inbetween. A bullshit PR like the 385 anyway(meaning, I can do alot more )
-the sets were damn easy, I could have done this raw, much easier than I thought it would be which is good, suit bottom still gives a bit I think. It feels good to be repping that so easily
-I think I'll go to 308lbs for 4x4 next week, not sure may put staps up I'll talk to my coach
-I want to order my bench shirt(size 40 Titan Fury) within the next days, gotta get in contact with some club members so we can do a combined order and split the shipping hah. I think I've found a soft suit, second hand one from an ex-club lifter who came in today to drop of the stuff, should get it cheap.
-I should be able to press out 286lbs now in the size 40 fury(I hope), or close to it. So I'll be expecting 286-308 in the meet after I work the board presses harder.

[Simon C]

Sweet, ordered a Size 40 Blue Titan Fury from LiftingLarge.com LLC, and some suit slippers.

The shirt should be on its way soon, excellent... bigger bench pressing here I come!

[tkinsley]

Nice job, Simon. Hey, you're only 10% away from your DL goal y'know....

[Simon C]

Thanks,

These goals of 308/440/506 are for my first powerlifting competition on June 14. I should set an unofficial national total record if all goes well.

Also lifting large has just shipped my bench shirt, damn they are bloody fast!

[MindPower]

Originally Posted by Simon C

10/05/08 Saturday

Bench Press Day


Bench Press
44lbs x 12
---shirt on(42 titan fury)---
143lbs x 2 no touch
198lbs x 2 touched
242lbs x 1 PAUSED
253lbs x 1 PAUSED PR
264lbs x 1 PAUSED PR head came off bench

Nice PR's, but you should to be hitting these numbers raw

[Simon C]

Originally Posted by MindPower

Nice PR's, but you should to be hitting these numbers raw

why?

I should be at around 275lbs(125kg) raw in a few months anyway.