Deadlifting my way to Happiness - Al420's log

[al420]

Weight this AM: 223 - down 16 pounds in 2 or 3 weeks - gotta love water weight.

Todays workout:

Flat Bench: 95x10, 135x5, 155x5, 175x5, 195x5, 195x3 - I am trying to work on my form - er my setup actually - FFQuads was helping me on Saturday but I am not used to it yet and the lift suffered - I am dedicated to being perfect of form BTW.

Deads: 135x10, 225x5, 275x5, 315x5, 365x5, 405x5 - PR - I murdered this one - could have done another rep for sure. Used wraps at 365+ b/c I had no chalk - I love chalk.

Decline Abs: BWx20x3 - superset these w/ bench

Had to workout at lunch today - work is getting crazy and I need to get real about making money. I rather enjoyed it, but being on the clock is a new experience. Overall it was an OK workout - bench is always tought for me but damn I love pulling.

Shoulder is doing fair. Plan is to lay off overhead work for a while - maybe 2-3 weeks - not suer yet - how ever long it takes. I'm doing RC work about every 3 days and always before I do any pressing which seems to help - maybe just warming up that helps but whatever...... I have noticed that if I do front squats and hold the bar in a choke grip that I really aggrevate the shoulder - more than overhead pressing even

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Excellent lifting man! YEEEEEEEEAH DEAD LIFT BAAAABYYYY! Ain't nuffin' but a peanut.

How's your shoulder on bench? Grip "normal"? or close?

 

[al420]

Excellent lifting man! YEEEEEEEEAH DEAD LIFT BAAAABYYYY! Ain't nuffin' but a peanut.

How's your shoulder on bench? Grip "normal"? or close?

It's not straight up like yours but my elbows are tucked big time - I may try a close grip.

Thanks for the props - ever since coming off the higher dose of test/deca my workouts ahve not been as impressive to me.

Also - the shoulder hurts worse now that the Deca is gone

 

[SgtSlaughter]

stfu! You hit 335x5 on squat and benched 225 the other day!

You're still way ahead of the average gym rat and 200% more impressive than any abercrombie man.

I'm not sure I could tuck my elbows with a wider grip than close... I have no clue how u do that, if it feels good... it must be right

Dang... how's your healthy fat intake and water for joint lubage?

 

[Cynical Simian]

200% more impressive than any abercrombie man.

Any Abercrombie man except BiggT, anyway...

Sweet deadlift PR, Al.

 

[needtogetaas]

kill

 

[al420]

It's the fucking bench - Sarge can feel me. When your pulling and squatting decent weights then benching like a one armed girlie man it is frustrating. There are some punny fucks at the gym that can out bench me - they have no clue where the bottom of a squat is, but still......

I just need to train the lift harder but my damn shoulder is preventing it. To be honest I hate benching b/c of how weak I percieve myself - only room to improve is what I have to remember.

 

[FFQuads]

Nice PR on DL! Now get your ass benching 3xwk. and let's get those numbers up.

 

[Tweakle]

wild guess but the shoulder could be a separation, I';ve had so many of them that I've given up on heavy DB chest work and flat pressing for the forseeable future (flat bench and my shoulders do not play well together, and DBs can overstretch the joint)

google shoulder separation, or better still google Active Release and find an ART doc in your area

 

[treilin]

hey I need some pics. Get your wife or whoever to take from foot up front, back, and both sides. I have your first pics I already see discrepancies in them before you even started lifting heavy. I'm working on the rest.....