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Fury Test(at the Dungeon)
- Thread starter bigokie
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VDOP, I know you were just kidding. I was just playing with you. We were saying that even though you were the same heighth as Bench, that you had to lift the bar out farther. Were your shoulder blades pinched together hard when you were benching? For some reason, every time we lift at the dungeon I forget to pinch them down hard. Don't know why. Maybe cause I'm always trying to go fast. It's definately time for you to get a denim. Your strong enough and with a denim you can definately get up to mid 4's pretty quick. Also, this is the first shirt I've ever bought. I am also getting a poly that I'm gonna cut the back out of to train in. And sometime next month will be getting a Karin's shirt that is tight to start working with. The Oklahoma 308/SHW will be mine within a couple years, definately while I am still a junior!
Twitched, they asked me nothing what so ever about what I wanted to touch. On my shirt I ordered one 5" smaller in the chest and 1" smaller in the arms. And 405 wouldn't really touch a 3 board. So there is a lot of shirt there. If you want 315 to touch, I would just order a comp fit and once you give them your measurements tell them you want one size bigger. I think that this shirt will let you manipulate it to the point where you can adjust the weight by quite a bit, maybe as much as 100-150 pounds. I know we did it on me and weren't even trying!
p03t1c, That's normally quite true. But I think with this shirt maybe ordering it one size big will allow you to touch whatever you want to.
Twitched, they asked me nothing what so ever about what I wanted to touch. On my shirt I ordered one 5" smaller in the chest and 1" smaller in the arms. And 405 wouldn't really touch a 3 board. So there is a lot of shirt there. If you want 315 to touch, I would just order a comp fit and once you give them your measurements tell them you want one size bigger. I think that this shirt will let you manipulate it to the point where you can adjust the weight by quite a bit, maybe as much as 100-150 pounds. I know we did it on me and weren't even trying!
p03t1c, That's normally quite true. But I think with this shirt maybe ordering it one size big will allow you to touch whatever you want to.
benchmonster
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Hey there guys. I posted on the picture thread like a dummy, not realizing that this thread was here.
It was a great workout. Everyone did really well, and everyone hit PRs.
I am very happy to report that my elbows are just fine today. I know it was kinda difficult to understand what happened by the prior post on the subject so I will try to explain what happened. I say try, cause I am not entirely sure myself what happened.
Worked up to around 315 or 365 (can't remember for sure) to the chest and then went to the boards. We used 3 and 2 boards. Everything was going great. Nailed some weights for triples up into the mid 400's and everything felt good, threw on my tight shirt around 500ish and hit that off a 3 board, felt good.
Then I really wanted to take a run at a full press with 550. So loaded up 550 on a 2 board, got it, and then tried 550 to the chest. Well, I really wanted to get the bar down fast cause it seems like I have been taking way too long to get the bar down. That sounds great in theory, but when you are a dumbass like me, it can be a bit dangerous. What I did to get the bar down fast, was to relax my upper body.
Well, boys and girls, it turns out that relaxing while you have over a quarter ton in your hands is not a great idea. That may not be shocking news to some of you. I have usually stayed really tight and fought the weight down, and this time I did not. The last 10 inches on the way down looked like I dropped the bar on video. It came down way fast, and as the bar hit my chest, it felt like both elbows exploded right where the brachialis tendon attaches to the forearm.
Fortunately my team of cracker-jack spotters were there to take it, and after a few scary minutes where I was not sure whether I was fucked up or not, everything was fine. Finished the workout no problems, and feel just fine today.
Just gotta work on doing everything perfect every time. Also, I have been wondering if my muscle strength has not been maybe outrunning my tendon and ligament strength. I hope this was a fluke, but it has me thinking now.
B.
It was a great workout. Everyone did really well, and everyone hit PRs.
I am very happy to report that my elbows are just fine today. I know it was kinda difficult to understand what happened by the prior post on the subject so I will try to explain what happened. I say try, cause I am not entirely sure myself what happened.
Worked up to around 315 or 365 (can't remember for sure) to the chest and then went to the boards. We used 3 and 2 boards. Everything was going great. Nailed some weights for triples up into the mid 400's and everything felt good, threw on my tight shirt around 500ish and hit that off a 3 board, felt good.
Then I really wanted to take a run at a full press with 550. So loaded up 550 on a 2 board, got it, and then tried 550 to the chest. Well, I really wanted to get the bar down fast cause it seems like I have been taking way too long to get the bar down. That sounds great in theory, but when you are a dumbass like me, it can be a bit dangerous. What I did to get the bar down fast, was to relax my upper body.
Well, boys and girls, it turns out that relaxing while you have over a quarter ton in your hands is not a great idea. That may not be shocking news to some of you. I have usually stayed really tight and fought the weight down, and this time I did not. The last 10 inches on the way down looked like I dropped the bar on video. It came down way fast, and as the bar hit my chest, it felt like both elbows exploded right where the brachialis tendon attaches to the forearm.
Fortunately my team of cracker-jack spotters were there to take it, and after a few scary minutes where I was not sure whether I was fucked up or not, everything was fine. Finished the workout no problems, and feel just fine today.
Just gotta work on doing everything perfect every time. Also, I have been wondering if my muscle strength has not been maybe outrunning my tendon and ligament strength. I hope this was a fluke, but it has me thinking now.
B.
TheProject
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benchmonster said:
Wow, man, glad you're okay!
Well my Fury came in today. It's black on black, instead of Screwball's girly looking black with purple(that's what you get for getting your shirt before me!). Mine is a size 46. Attempted to put it on by myself, HA Yeah right! The sleeves seem to be about the same as Screwball's but the chest looks much smaller. It will be fun. I'm guessing somewhere in the mid 4's to touch. Looks like I have a bunch of board presses to do! It's supposed to be a meet fit, which is the middle one. Well either I can't read a tape measure or something cause it's gonna be tight. Oh well, that's why I got it.
Will let you know when I get a chance to get it on and use it. May have to wait til I can get to Bench's again as no one around here knows dick about shirts so I don't know if anyone can even help me get it on!?!
Later
Will let you know when I get a chance to get it on and use it. May have to wait til I can get to Bench's again as no one around here knows dick about shirts so I don't know if anyone can even help me get it on!?!
Later
benchmonster
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Deciever1 said:
Well, when concerning myself, you have to keep in mind that I am very whimpy. Also, I get more out of any kind of cheat than most anyone you will meet. Reverse bands, shirts, etc. . . add a ton over my raw bench.
I know you are supposed to be able to full press anything you can get off a 2 or 3 board, and I believe it to be true, but you have to do everything right in order to do it.
Speaking for myself, the stronger I get, the narrower margin of error I have between making and missing a lift. If I misgrove 300 or 400, I can fight it back into groove and get it. If something goes wrong over 5 bills, then we got trouble. I really think that had I had a good day, I would have been able to grind out the 550. Also, my bodyweight is a bit down cause of summer and . . . other reasons.
I really think in 6 or 8 weeks that 550 will go up. I am hoping to find a meet during that time to make sure of it.
B.
