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[Andalite]

DEADLIFT TRAINING - Mesocycle 25 Week 2

This is Saturday night's training. All of us except for Kanishk were there: Devraj, Bijoy, Me, Lorelli and even Kaizzad made an appearance!

Since I had made the amateur and silly mistake of training last week when I was sick, this was Week 1 of The Singles Scene.

Deadlift Warm-ups:
Mobility Drills
135 lbs x 7 reps
245 lbs x 5 reps
295 lbs x 5 reps
345 lbs x 3 reps
385 lbs x 3 reps
425 lbs x 2 reps

Deadlift Work Sets:
455 lbs x 2 reps @ 91%
495 lbs x 1 rep @ 99%
495 lbs x 1 rep @ 99%
475 lbs x 1 rep @ 95%
475 lbs x 1 rep @ 95%
455 lbs x 1 rep @ 91%
Total Singles = 7
Average Weight = 472 lbs
Average Intensity = 94.4%
Difficult workout. I need to focus more next time. My set-up was meh coz I got lazy I guess......I was extremely nervous and anxious. I will do better next time.

Overhead Squats:
135 lbs x 3 reps
165 lbs x 2 reps
185 lbs x 1 rep
Awesome.

Banded Pull Throughs:
2 Whites + 1 Black x 13 reps x 3 sets

Russian Twists:
50 lbs x 10 reps x 4 sets

Video from Today's Session:



Last week's training recap for all Ground Up Strength members from India:

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

I liked the overhead squat. Keep it up and pretty soon you'll be busting out 225 on it. I

 

[Andalite]

I liked the overhead squat. Keep it up and pretty soon you'll be busting out 225 on it. I

hahahahahahhaha Mr. Diplomatic!!!!!!!

 

[Tblock1]

fantastic deadlifting in my opinion andalite! 495 for 2 singles is great work! Also good on the overhead squats 225 for reps would be pretty impressive, remember that video I posted of the guy doing almost 400 pounds for 3 reps?

 

[Andalite]

fantastic deadlifting in my opinion andalite! 495 for 2 singles is great work! Also good on the overhead squats 225 for reps would be pretty impressive, remember that video I posted of the guy doing almost 400 pounds for 3 reps?

Thanks Trevor. I remember that guy. I have all his vids and I am subscribed to his channel. He is a true BEAST! He did a 495 or something Overhead Squat too. All Technique and Brute Strength!!!!!

 

[Tblock1]

Thanks Trevor. I remember that guy. I have all his vids and I am subscribed to his channel. He is a true BEAST! He did a 495 or something Overhead Squat too. All Technique and Brute Strength!!!!!

YouTube - 190kg. Overhead Squat for a single (418lbs.)

Here's the video he did 418 for 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The thing is I guarantee he could get more but his btn jerk held him back. His max is 418 on that too. I'll bet he could do 440+ if he had a different way of getting it overhead. BTW, I used to just take the embed code and put it in the youtube box but now that doesnt work for embeding videos? How do you embed them?

 

[Andalite]

YouTube - 190kg. Overhead Squat for a single (418lbs.)

Here's the video he did 418 for 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The thing is I guarantee he could get more but his btn jerk held him back. His max is 418 on that too. I'll bet he could do 440+ if he had a different way of getting it overhead. BTW, I used to just take the embed code and put it in the youtube box but now that doesnt work for embeding videos? How do you embed them?

What a badass!!!!!

I just click on "Post Reply", delete the part of the youtube address prior to "=" and just leave the end numbers and then I highlight that, click on the youtube-ing function at the top and bingo: it's done

 

[Tblock1]

What a badass!!!!!

I just click on "Post Reply", delete the part of the youtube address prior to "=" and just leave the end numbers and then I highlight that, click on the youtube-ing function at the top and bingo: it's done

ahhh sweet thanks it's weird because the embed code from the video used to work now it doesn't? Oh well I embed that video in my last post that is some crazy stuff!

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

What's so interesting about that video is that he definitely looks like a very solid/strong guy, but walking around people would have no fucking clue he is that beastly strong simply because most uneducated(in the ways of the IRON)people don't know what to look for like powerful traps, lats, erectors, thick hips, big glutes/hams etc let alone know that people can be 3x stronger than they look simply based off how they train.

They think 6 pack and big biceps and pecs makes a powerful guy when nothing could be farther from the truth.

That is REALLY impressive strength and balance overhead squatting that kind of weight.

 

[Tblock1]

What's so interesting about that video is that he definitely looks like a very solid/strong guy, but walking around people would have no fucking clue he is that beastly strong simply because most uneducated(in the ways of the IRON)people don't know what to look for like powerful traps, lats, erectors, thick hips, big glutes/hams etc let alone know that people can be 3x stronger than they look simply based off how they train.

They think 6 pack and big biceps and pecs makes a powerful guy when nothing could be farther from the truth.

That is REALLY impressive strength and balance overhead squatting that kind of weight.

I agree especially on the 6 pack abs. Also bicpes in general mean curling strength but not much else. Still even then it's hard to tell who's strong......It's usually easier to tell who's not strong. If someone is like twig skinny there's almost no way they can have decent strength at compound lifts. But once they have some mass it gets hard to tell