1st day training westside....

[Cubanito17]

Grimm thanx man I'll try too see next mon how I do with 55% if I'm stil to slow then I'll drop to 52%, etc to see how I do. I kinda figured that's why I'm soar it's a new style of working out.
1-dawg hey man does a shirt feel weird when using it.
I've Downloaded about 4 videos with guys benching huge amounts all with shirts on i.e. 660lb bench @220. they all walk out with their arms like 8 inches away from their body like if they're HUGE which honestly they are. Well The Mann already told me how to measure myself for one but no one has answered me if I'm ready for it or not?????Thanx for the replys

 

[GRIMMER]

I would say that your not ready for it but thats me. Yur damn right it feels wierd. it takes someone else to put it on you maybe two people thats how tight these things are. And as far as getting under the bar thats a whole nother strory.LEts put it this way. they ain't the most comfortable things to be wearing.

 

[Cubanito17]

aigh that's cool I'll wait til my next max then the next week if I feel comfortable with it I'll try with bands doing dynamic. Then I'ma find out if we can use them for meets at high schools then I'll see how I fit in one and If I like the progress with it or not. Thanx again

 

[brianmincher]

bench shirt

Wait till you talk with your coach cause there is no sense wasting money, but if they are allowed you could probably get away with a basic single ply poly Inzer Blast shirt. They cost like $38. If it takes less than 2 people to put it on you, or rather you in it, then the shirt is probably too big. Work on your lockout strength though, cause a shirt won't do anything for that.

B.

 

[Cubanito17]

Hey thanx for the reply I won't know until DEC 30 he's on vacation right now. And more than 2 people to put it on to be good LMAO. damn that's gonna be tight. Thanx for the response.

 

[Cubanito17]

Hey guys today workout dynamic squat was a bitch. I never thought doing 8 sets of 2 reps would be so hard @ 60%. Proud to say though I kept the time under 3.31 sec was my worst. My best time was 2.46 sec. And dynamic deads those were fun too let me tell ya i got more bruises on my knees from keeping that thing close to me than I've ever had doing deads. Other than that pullthroughs were a fun excercise(NOT!!!!) but I know they work or else I wouldn't be so soar. And plate slides really get into ur hip. Good thing about those is since I'm part cuban I'll be able to move my hips more when I dance salsa&merengue if any of you know what that is.

 

[endpoint]

dynamic deads?

 

[Cubanito17]

if you look on the workout where grimmer posted for me on the thread hey guys workout?????I think i got it... that one he put on there dynamic deads. And when i went to lift with flapwrlfter(Bob) he told me to do both 8 sets of 1 @ 60%. So in a real PL's case I figure it'll make him faster on a deadlift. In my case I'm using it to make me faster on my clean&jerk but mainly the clean when I deadlift it off the ground. I've been called a tortoise because they say I'm so slow at it.

 

[endpoint]

makes sence......
when i did olympic lifting the deads were just for strength.....the explosiveness was developed by the actual movements like clean and jerk. but i think that would work okay (the way you are doing it)

i think im in the same boat as you......maybe a sloth not a tortoise though. Ive been told my grand mother squats faster than me.

thats why westside is so good.........focusing on speed as well.

im developing my speed on the box

 

[Cubanito17]

LOL YOUR GRANDMA well I don't think I'm quite that slow LOL. Ye so I'll let you know how I do when I max. On them to see if they helped any at all you know.