Getting massive.

[Chris D]

I thought you had a giant cat?

Have a good thanksgiving!

[Alcoholiday]

no, my cat's just ancient... not giant. i do have giant dogs though

you as well!

[Chris D]

what type of dogs do you have? I thought you had posted a photo on the other forum about your giant cat. must have been someone else.

[Alcoholiday]

great pyrenees...

here's a few pics.







and here's my cat sleeping in a drawer full of blankets...

[Chris D]

That's right...the pyranese. Grew up with a Newfie. Was looking at getting a Bullmastiff...but a little expensive at this one place I was looking!

[Alcoholiday]

11-23-06:
Leg Curls: 2x30
Pulldowns: 2x20
Pushdowns: 2x30
BS Rows: 2x6

Speed Box Squat:
135x2x3
155x2x5

GHR: 5 sets
Bulgarians: 2 sets
Hanging Leg Raises: 4 sets

[GqArtguy]

Originally Posted by EdChap

Sweet box squat PR, alco!

You are getting teh strong Alco!1!!!!1

Just remember:

[Alcoholiday]

Originally Posted by GqArtguy

You are getting teh strong Alco!1!!!!1

Just remember:

yeah, but those are those cheater oly plates.

you know oly lifters only use those big plates to make them feel stronger than they are.

That weight is only 55 pounds in actuality.

hahaha

[Alcoholiday]

11-26-06:
MES

Banded GMs: 3x15
Pushdowns: 3x15
Leg Curls: 3x15

Deadlifts:
...
325x1
345xm

GHR:
bwx8
+mini for 5 sets of 8

Landminds:
4 sets

Grippers

i wanted to try some form stuff dan and i talked about friday. even though i missed a weight i've hit before, i'm happy because my form was the best it's ever been at that weight. I also found i'm weakest at knee level, and not off the floor. Once i get used to handling heavy weights in my hands, my dead will shoot up. I also need to learn how to STRAIN. I should have definately strained more under the 345, and i could have gotten it. So, even though i never pull off the floor, i think it was good today to gague what i need to work on.

videos to come shortly.

[Alcoholiday]

videos:

here's my last speed squat set from last week. 155x2. I'm keeping my upper back a lot tighter than i was before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKh_xi-TJpc


Deads:
345xm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpflRWdDARM

325x1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPRIfTADpYA

[Frank.S]

If you pushed your hips through, that deadlift would have been yours man. Really close..

Your speed of the ground is good.

Hit the good morning, reverse band deads, and rack pulls hard and youll ad 50lbs on your dead in no time for sure. Maybe lower the box for your box squats too to get more hip action?

Great progress though.

[Alcoholiday]

speed needs to improve...

i'm designing a new program to follow the next few months...

[Chris D]

Nice lifting Zach. 345 wasn't that far away. What has changed in the way you lift? Getting down lower?

[Alcoholiday]

before i was pulling often, and that's what really brought up my deadlift.

what i do now, is put my knees in front of the bar, and shoulders in front of the bar. Also, arching. I focus on getting the bar moving with my quads more now than before.

also the fact that my quads have gotten stronger when my squat went up. I know that the more often i pull, my pull will go up. the last time i pulled heavy straight from the floor was sept 21. so, 2 months without pulling from the floor.

[Alcoholiday]

11-28-06:
DEB

Rows: 3x15
Pushdowns: 3x30
Face Pulls: 3x20
Raises: 3 sets

Floor Press:
85x3x8

CG 3 Board:
135x5
155x5
160x5

BA Pullups: 4 sets
Seated DB Power Cleans: 6 sets

first time doing de day in over a year... kept it light and quick. I'll work my way up in the boards over the next few weeks

[I. Kay]

On the squats and deadlifts (from Eric telling me, to me handing it off to you): You gotta get your hips snapping through those speed squats and the deadlifts. Looked to me like your squats were very quad dominant (guilty on my end, too), and while Louie Simmons always talks about how box squatting translates to a better deadlift, that's only if you are letting your hips move the weight (you already know this, I know).

Just like Frank said, if you had been able to push your hips through, the 345 would've come up. And it's not waaay off, but I guess getting to watch Eric pull a few dozen times has allowed me to see what an ideal pull would look like... so now I can nitpick.

Hope that helps!

[Alcoholiday]

i don't think it's necessarly hips, although i think that is a key. Speed is big, and i think i need to work on bringing my glutes into the pull. also, conditioning with heavier weights.

these will all be adressed in the next few weeks. thanks

[Alcoholiday]

11-29-06:
(DES)

Leg Curls: 2x25
Kelsoish shrugs: 2x15
Pullaparts: 2x20
GMs: 2x20

Speed Squat:
155x2x7
175x2

RDLs:
155x6x4

DB Walking Lunges:
20x8x3

Hanging leg Raises (db):
15x8x3

the last few sets of 155 were really fast, and i could feel my hips popping the weight up. 175 was almost as fast. I'll up the RDL weight next time.

[Alcoholiday]

12-1-06:
(MEB)

Pushdowns: 2x25
Face Pulls: 2x25
Curls: 2x20
Leg Curls: 2x25
Pullaparts: 2x25

Bench:
...
155x1

3 board:
...
185x1
195x1 (pr)
180x1

Blast Strap Pushups:
bwx8
bwx6
bwx6

One Arm Rows:
65x8x3
55x8

Pullaparts:
2 sets

Good PR. Everything felt good tonight even though it was balls cold in the garage. I tried the one arm rows a new way that del told me. They were really really hard, and it fried my entire back.