Um, yea ... it was a JOKE!! Both my grandmothers are dead ... one would be 88 and one would be 95 ... but they both stayed married ... and both are long gone. Sorry. Man, you must be getting hard up, eh?!
PS: I did get your email ... I would like to put some coherent thoughts to it and haven't had time in a few days ... but I will!!
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I can db clean a lot more than I can push press. I think I need to cycle some cleans in there to push those a bit.
In LR, my one legged limitations really stood out. Oh, who am I kidding? My two legged limitations, flexibility, etc. also stood out. Be prepared for a Dan John Squat Video-like section of the JP Summit '08 DVD, only this time with Steve Cotter calling me up over and over again...
On Sunday, Chris helped me with a few things, and we highlighted the bench "pistol." It was at the end of a pretty tiring workout, so I thought I could do better fresh. Turns out not. Bench pistols will have to stay in the program for a bit. I'm starting with the standard bench, plus two plates, which gets me to about parallel. After I can get to sets of ten, I'll drop one plate and see what's what.
This workout was only 30 minutes, including the warmup, which I actually did some of. I'm bad like that. It's CA, I'm already warm.
Recruited a workout partner! Nice! Maybe you can convince him to start posting here.
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Bench Pistols? Link to an example? I'm curious to maybe try these myself.
I think you can do better. This is the most lame version of the one legged squat that one can come with. For guys like me with no flexibility, etc.
Stand with the feet parallel to a bench, just the right distance to sit down onto the bench.
Stand up.
Extend one leg and sit down with just the one leg.
Stand up with just the one leg.
Repeat for all reps on that side, then do the other side.
I need to raise the bench up a bit, so I use two plates right now. I'll remove them over time.
Hope these go well for you. I tried them myself but found that my overall form suffered because I was anticipating the bench. The rollbacks have helped me more, but that's just me. Do I smell a one-legged squat contest for LR09?
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I think you can do better. This is the most lame version of the one legged squat that one can come with. For guys like me with no flexibility, etc.
Stand with the feet parallel to a bench, just the right distance to sit down onto the bench.
Stand up.
Extend one leg and sit down with just the one leg.
Stand up with just the one leg.
Repeat for all reps on that side, then do the other side.
I need to raise the bench up a bit, so I use two plates right now. I'll remove them over time.
Take two.
Stand with the feet perpendicular to a bench, just the right distance to sit down onto the bench.
Stand up.
Extend one leg and sit down with just the one leg.
Stand up with just the one leg.
Repeat for all reps on that side, then do the other side.
Yup, I did those for a while when Danny prescribed them. I found it hard to lower myself to the bench and not just plopping my keister on the bench.
There were a couple times the bench area was crowded enough that I did them on the end of the bench and not perpendicular. Makes it a bit more challenging.
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Stand with the feet perpendicular to a bench, just the right distance to sit down onto the bench.
Stand up.
Extend one leg and sit down with just the one leg.
Stand up with just the one leg.
Repeat for all reps on that side, then do the other side.
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Bench Pistols? Link to an example? I'm curious to maybe try these myself.
Terry, there's a picture of them in this Pistol Tutorial. It's his method #3 for learning the pistol. I thought it might clarify things to have a picture to go with that description!
Yikes...I know those...(certainly not that I do them) my hubby does...it makes me cringe...I know I'd be able to get down...but NOT UP!!! Those are awesome!!!
Terry, there's a picture of them in this Pistol Tutorial. It's his method #3 for learning the pistol. I thought it might clarify things to have a picture to go with that description!
As I did it... 45lb dumbbell. Unfortunately, I took my extra long db handle, so swinging snatches between the legs was out of the question. Momentum would have helped. Instead, I was forced to do the Boston Stomp, as I hear it's called.
I walked my 45lb db and trx to the park. .25 miles away.
As I did it... 45lb dumbbell. Unfortunately, I took my extra long db handle, so swinging snatches between the legs was out of the question. Momentum would have helped. Instead, I was forced to do the Boston Stomp, as I hear it's called.
I walked my 45lb db and trx to the park. .25 miles away.
There was really a lot of resting going on in there.
My legs are quivering. Off to work.
Great Workout, LD! Looks like a fun one. I definitely want to try that one out. Was it more of a Strength or a conditioning type workout? Or something along the lines of a Warrior Challenge? Just wondering what day to sub this with.
JC, according to the RossTraining forum, this is designed to be conditioning work. I think it'd be conditioning my upchuck reflex if I did it as prescribed.
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How are the single leg squats coming along Roland?
Get in plenty of wall squats and prying to get your hips mobile.
And I think it's time you pick up a KB. That last workout would be so much more enjoyable - but all in good time.
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I'm feeling that workout, still. It was a glute dominant workout, apparently.
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Looks like a good workout. How long did it take?
I was out the door and back in an hour, but I didn't keep track other than that.
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Great Workout, LD! Looks like a fun one. I definitely want to try that one out. Was it more of a Strength or a conditioning type workout? Or something along the lines of a Warrior Challenge? Just wondering what day to sub this with.
Warrior Challenge, I guess. I'm in the mode where I just have two strength workouts a week, plus some cardio and misc stuff like this. That's my plan.
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JC, according to the RossTraining forum, this is designed to be conditioning work. I think it'd be conditioning my upchuck reflex if I did it as prescribed.
If it's brutal and you feel like you can barely do it, it might as well be a WC. Some WCs are conditioning/gpp and some are just ugly.
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How are the single leg squats coming along Roland?
Get in plenty of wall squats and prying to get your hips mobile.
And I think it's time you pick up a KB. That last workout would be so much more enjoyable - but all in good time.
They're coming along okay. Just bench pistols right now.
This was actually my first time where I really noticed the kb difference. Higher rep stuff is kb perfect. I could have gotten into a groove that I can't do with the db. Momentum is a cool thing...
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