I met a guy there who used to be a powerlifter. His best lifts were 700, 605, 600, squat/bench/deadlift.
We were sharing a rack. He told me I need to improve my back strength, and really focus on driving my head up and starting the lift by pushing my back into the bar instead of pushing up with my legs. He said my ass lifts before I do lol.
Not coincidentally, this is the same thing you guys were telling me a while ago.
So I'll try and work on that stuff again.
I'm also going to bring goodmornings back into my training. I think that should clear up a few problems I'm having with my lifting.
No more lifting until after the appointment on tuesday.
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Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
side raises
35x8x2
db curl - not alternated
35x8x3
elbows out ext.
35x8x2
During the neutral grip pulldowns, I got a feeling like my upper abs were caving in. It was weird. If I just curled in a little bit (I don't think I actually physically curled in, it just felt like I did) the feeling went away.
I had to stop a couple sets early because that feeling scared the crap out of me.
Went to the doctor today. He said it's probably just a normal response to the weightlifting I did the day before. A normal number, for this enzyme, is ~200. Mine was 1400. He said he's seen it get up to 20,000, after someone ran a half marathon.
Thought that was pretty interesting.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
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"Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8
"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
ab circuit (sprinter sit ups, v-ups, toe touches, hip raises) - I copied this from a video on youtube. It felt great.
hanging leg raises
side raises 80x8x2
bridge +45x60sec
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
yea, but when someone likes rush, it cancels out their coolness.
Rush fans defy coolness. There really isn't a word that does justice to the level we are at. Think "coolness" times infinity times 4.234521. Only Chuck Norris can count that high.
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"Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8
"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.
Are you trying to get yourself off that list, alco?
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"Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8
"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
Chuck Norris killed alco a long time ago. This is Nancy. Nancy McNancerton.
I was doing form work. I posted earlier about how I need to work on starting the squat by forcing my back into the bar, instead of just pushing with my legs and almost goodmorning ing the weight up. Form work should be done first, when you're fresh.
Besides I hit PRs on the pulls from the floor and the pulls from the rack. So as far as you know, squatting before you pull actually makes you stronger.
This post is Chuck Norris approved.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
Chuck Norris killed alco a long time ago. This is Nancy. Nancy McNancerton.
I was doing form work. I posted earlier about how I need to work on starting the squat by forcing my back into the bar, instead of just pushing with my legs and almost goodmorning ing the weight up. Form work should be done first, when you're fresh.
Besides I hit PRs on the pulls from the floor and the pulls from the rack. So as far as you know, squatting before you pull actually makes you stronger.
This post is Chuck Norris approved.
i wouldn't know if you hit prs or not because you're a giant mangina, and you never post your workouts.
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I've been posting again since December 28, just FYI. Not sure if you noticed
I'll start writing my PRs in bold lettering, just for you buddy.
If you want I can even bust out my paint program, and draw you some nice pictures too. Then you can print the pictures, and colour them in. Make sure you don't go outside the lines!
haha. Sorry Zach, I had to.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
My thread is cool because it traveled all the way to page four of the training logs in only 24 hours. I bet your log can't travel as fast as my log can. My log is magic.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
pull up
angled bars - bwx6,6
top of squat rack - bwx5,5
floor press
did a bunch. couldn't set up properly (floor hurt my back, mats were the perfect size that they completely fucked up my arm movement)
rack press, from the floor - these were better because my arm never actually hit the mats
~4-5 inch movement
245x3x2
~8 inch movement
245x2
225x3,3
This was at the school gym, so was my deadlift session the other day. Everything from now on will be at my school gym, which means the numbers will be a little off for a week or two just because things are different. The bars are different, the squat rack is different, the mats are different, the plates are different, the machines are totally different.
Considering I only ate once before I started lifting (damn cafeteria closes early on fridays), and it was four or five hours earlier, and also considering I was up hours late last night without eating anything, I'm pretty happy with what I did today.
I lied, I had a carton of milk before lifting.
It felt good to have 245 on the bar, even though it was a really high rack press. I've never pushed 2 plates before.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
squat
315x1x2
315xF - dropped down too low, couldn't make it back up
front squat
175x1,3,2
185x2,2
RDL
275x3
315x3x4
shrugs
225x10x2
spread eagle sit ups
+25x10,12
YES! Three plates baby! WOOOOHHHOOOOOOOO!!!
Ok, now that I got that out of my system.
The bar I have to use for squatting (the only one that isn't so smooth it slides down my back) doesn't have knurling in the middle, but it does have semi deep knurling right where it sits on my post delt. So it kind of works out. Still really hard to get used to though, instead of the middle of my back sticking to the bar, my shoulders stick. Weird.
Used the same bar for front squats. Also hard to get used to, surprisingly. The bar popped a zit on my right shoulder, and I had a small dot of blood show through (I've taken to wearing thin white t-shirts to lift in, I find they're most comfortable and also make me look damn good, win-win). I didn't notice until after I was done lifting and went to change. Then I was slightly embarrassed. Then I didn't care.
Could/should've done more reps of the RDL, but I didn't want to go to failure on them (I usually do) so I stopped at 3.
Also,
THREE PLATE SQUAT, BITCHES! I know you all lift more than me, but I'm still really proud of myself right now. That was a long-time goal of mine, to squat 315. Now for 405
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
Recently I started visualizing my lifts before making them. I started with the 145 standing press last week. Then the deadlifts, and today with the squats.
Usually I stand in front of the bar between sets and just stare it down (sometimes I'll pace back and forth, but that doesn't help the story, so I chose to leave it out), but instead of just staring it down I close my eyes and imagine the perfect set.
Today, for instance, I stood in front of the squat rack, my feet spread to approximately squatting width, my arms down by my sides and my entire body completely relaxed. I tune out everything going on around me (including the smoking hot girls on the cardio machines, which was difficult). I close my eyes and let my eyelids relax. I picture myself (I'm seeing it through my own eyes, not standing a few feet away looking at my body. I'm seeing it as if I'm living it) standing in front of the bar. I tense up my legs/back/abs. I grab the bar, duck under, pull my shoulder blades back, take a breath into my stomach and brace my abs against it. I stand up as if the bar weighed nothing, I take a step back, I take a quick breath into my stomach and I drop, controlled. Once I pass parallel, I push my back into the bar, I pull my head back and I squat up. Then I rerack the weight, and proceed to tell myself what a stud I am for making that weight.
I don't just picture myself doing it though. I feel the movement. I feel the force that I need to put into the bar. I feel it running through my muscles, even though I'm just standing there relaxed. I feel the effort. I feel the bar on my back. I feel the pain, the wonderful pain. I feel that feeling of success and pride that comes after completing a PR lift.
Then, I do it.
I can't begin to tell you how much of a difference this has made. It sounds really stupid (even to me as I'm typing this right now) but it really, really makes every rep a hell of a lot easier.
I highly recommend trying this.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
Recently I started visualizing my lifts before making them. I started with the 145 standing press last week. Then the deadlifts, and today with the squats.
Usually I stand in front of the bar between sets and just stare it down (sometimes I'll pace back and forth, but that doesn't help the story, so I chose to leave it out), but instead of just staring it down I close my eyes and imagine the perfect set.
Today, for instance, I stood in front of the squat rack, my feet spread to approximately squatting width, my arms down by my sides and my entire body completely relaxed. I tune out everything going on around me (including the smoking hot girls on the cardio machines, which was difficult). I close my eyes and let my eyelids relax. I picture myself (I'm seeing it through my own eyes, not standing a few feet away looking at my body. I'm seeing it as if I'm living it) standing in front of the bar. I tense up my legs/back/abs. I grab the bar, duck under, pull my shoulder blades back, take a breath into my stomach and brace my abs against it. I stand up as if the bar weighed nothing, I take a step back, I take a quick breath into my stomach and I drop, controlled. Once I pass parallel, I push my back into the bar, I pull my head back and I squat up. Then I rerack the weight, and proceed to tell myself what a stud I am for making that weight.
I don't just picture myself doing it though. I feel the movement. I feel the force that I need to put into the bar. I feel it running through my muscles, even though I'm just standing there relaxed. I feel the effort. I feel the bar on my back. I feel the pain, the wonderful pain. I feel that feeling of success and pride that comes after completing a PR lift.
Then, I do it.
I can't begin to tell you how much of a difference this has made. It sounds really stupid (even to me as I'm typing this right now) but it really, really makes every rep a hell of a lot easier.
I highly recommend trying this.
looks like someone's copying my idea.
the thing w/ the zit popping is a little TMI man. TMI.
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Umm, I started it after reading that book I mentioned earlier. Which was before you asked about visualization. I know this, because when you asked about visualization, I recommended the book.
See how the timeline works?
Have you been doing it, though? What are your thoughts?
Also, yes, I know, TMI. Sorry. I'm not really sure why I felt like adding that in.
Thanks tkinsley. Ya, I think most high level athletes know the benefits. Anything that can help, right?
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
he's Making Memories doing the Best [he] Can and defeating The Enemy Within. Just gotta know, do you wear Kid Gloves when you lift?
I could go on
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"Rust on a nail builds tetanus. Rust on a barbell builds character, strength, and attitude." -EC
"Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8
"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
Umm, I started it after reading that book I mentioned earlier. Which was before you asked about visualization. I know this, because when you asked about visualization, I recommended the book.
See how the timeline works?
Have you been doing it, though? What are your thoughts?
Also, yes, I know, TMI. Sorry. I'm not really sure why I felt like adding that in.
Thanks tkinsley. Ya, I think most high level athletes know the benefits. Anything that can help, right?
i guess i kind of visualize. I get up the the bar or whatever event i'm doing, and i think about what i have to do, and how i usually mess up, and what i need to do to fix it during the lifts. It works.
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