2001

[mekannik]

WOW!!! Its amazing what a properly fitting shirt can do! The Rage X is all that and then some as far as the hype that I have heard. I struggled to get the weight to touch (w/405 and 435), got a good pause, and the weight flew off my chest. Went to 455 and it was the same thing. Just that I can out of my groove a little, bar started to come back over my face, but I corrected it. Thought about going heavier, but figured that was good enough for my B-Day.

Jesus dude - congrats on the B-day and the bench.

90+ pounds with a shirt??!!?? Damn, I may have to try that out one of these days.

 

[Illuminati]

Box Squat w/green bands
135, 185, 2225, 275, 315, 365 all x 3
405, 435 x1

Box Squat w/o bands
405x5 435x3 455x3

SLDL
225, 275, 315 x6

felt like shit, so I quit for the day

 

[oso0690]

Wow, Congrats on the bench pr! and happy late bday.

Since my goals are somewhat identical to yours (I want to become a PL later on in life) I'll keep a check up in your journal to see how well you progress on everything. Good luck to you

 

[Illuminati]

Jesus dude - congrats on the B-day and the bench.

90+ pounds with a shirt??!!?? Damn, I may have to try that out one of these days.

dont think that just b/c you put on a bench shirt, that you are automatically going to get 90lbs out of it. You still need to know how to train to use the shirt.

if you are interested, I have an Inzer HPHD double ply that I will probably never use again. its a size 52, and I cut it open back. to find out your size, measure your chest, and add 8. i've only used it a handful of times.

 

[Illuminati]

sometimes, no matter how hard you try to push yourself, there are days when you just dont belong in the gym. today just happened to be one of those days.

Still feeling like crap today. Thought maybe the gym would make me feel better, but it didn't. Tried to do some rep work, but just didn't have it in my today. Not even gonna post the workout

 

[Illuminati]

Starting to feel a little bit better....


Cleans (actually did these w/the front squat)
135, 185, 205, 225, 245 all x 3
275 x 1

Speed Deads
405 x 20 singles w/ 20 seconds rest inbetween each single
*this is about 70% of 1RM

DB Curls
55x8x3

I'm not very good at cleans. I think that I should stop doing them, b/c I am going to end up hurting myself.

Still wasn't feeling 100% so I went light. The speed deads were brutal, due to the 20 second rest period. At about the 18th one, I was dying and out of breath. 19 and 20 were just rough...

 

[super_rice]

Perhaps experiment with a proper bar, as once you begin to clean heavier weights, the properly rotating bar is absolutely necessary to ensure that you

1) do not break your wrists or get elbow/shoulder issues
2) get a good clean rack after pulling a heavy weight, as a bar that does not spin is harder to rack (and becomes impossible when it gets real heavy)

Cleans (actually did these w/the front squat)
135, 185, 205, 225, 245 all x 3
275 x 1
I'm not very good at cleans. I think that I should stop doing them, b/c I am going to end up hurting myself.

 

[Illuminati]

Perhaps experiment with a proper bar, as once you begin to clean heavier weights, the properly rotating bar is absolutely necessary to ensure that you

1) do not break your wrists or get elbow/shoulder issues
2) get a good clean rack after pulling a heavy weight, as a bar that does not spin is harder to rack (and becomes impossible when it gets real heavy)

thanks for the advice. I think what I really need is to have someone do them infront of me, and watch how they do it. somethings we can teach ourselves, and somethings we need help with. this is on of the things that I need help with. I know a guy in Seattle that is very good at them. Supposed to train with him on Tuesday, and I'm going to have him go over form with me.

 

[super_rice]

it would help to video tape yourself too.

let me know how it goes

 

[anotherbutters]

How do you mean 'proper bar'? As oppose to what? I thought all bars had rotating ends.

I didn't realise until recently that powerlifting bars have a slightly larger diameter than oly bars. Do they have fixed ends too?