Here's my DF 5 x 5, modified

[Jim Ouini]

Thanks nelms. Funny thing, I'd never done 5 reps of 405, much less 5 sets of it. I'd done 3 reps as part of intensity phase and some singles for warmups when my dead went past that. So it was kind of scary lol.

Also, I'm wondering if I'll be able to go up next week on my deadlift, maybe only up 5lbs.

 

[Madcow2]

I think so. He wasn't my workout partner per se, he just sometimes 'jumped in' when he saw me working out. Which is bad and I should've known better and suggested he back off a bit since his stiff legged form was starting to break down on his 3rd set.

Thing is the guy is stronger than me on everthing except deads (ugh) so I guess I just had a false sense of security.

I had a good friend who was pretty strong but out of condition. I was trying to teach him to powerclean but he sucked and just couldn't get the start position right or the initial pull. Then we move to deads and he does them flawlessly - which was irritating because I could have just told him to pull it like a dead and then adjusted him from there. So at that point I take my eye off him and think he knows what he's doing.

We go 135, 225, 315, and then 405. Everything is flawless right up to 405 so I just wasn't paying attention to him or thinking I had to. All of a sudden I see him coming off the floor with his back rounding and caving on him - just the worst position to be in. A second later his eyes go wide and he yelps, falling down onto the bar holding his back. I'm thinking 'holy shit'. He's writhing in pain and says "My God...It's the worst pain I've ever felt...It's worse than when I went through the car windshield into a tree...I think I hurt something I didn't even know I had."

We are lifting at this senior citizen riddled gym in Florida ironically called Stayin' Alive Fitness Centers. Sort of a spur of the moment lift before we were going to go out that night and he's in wife beater tee-shirt with big tatoos showing (no one even wanted to look at this guy when he walked in and he couldn't even get anyone's attention to pay a guest fee). He's a big guy too, probably 5'10" and 270-280. All the old people are looking at him in horror as he's laying there on the ground. And here I am laughing my ass off at the stuff he's saying. After a few minutes, he crawls off the floor to a chair with my help and says he thinks he'll be fine and he's going to go do some arms. I laugh uncontrollably again and tell him he's fucked and I just need to hammer a few sets and we'll go get him some pain killers. To make matters worse, he was working construction and his job was to carry, prep, and mix the cement so here I am thinking this guy is totally screwed from his body to his job to everything and it's all on me (and yeah my sadistic ass is still laughing as I'm typing this). Anyway he was pretty screwed for a while but made a full recovery.

Generally when I tell the story I act it out a bit and it gets a lot of laughs (and he was laughing a bit too just tempered by the pain and shock) - hopefully I didn't come through as a total sicko. Of course I did rip myself apart years later from drinking super heavy the night before, being totally dehydrated, and twisting while lowing the bar. So I got mine too.

 

[blut wump]

Your intensity phase is going to be a sight to behold (not that this effort isn't already).

Sorry to read about your buddy. I hope he's well enough to recover.

 

[perp69]

Awesome job on the 405 deads. 5x5 also. Damn good.

Perp

 

[Jim Ouini]

We go 135, 225, 315, and then 405. Everything is flawless right up to 405 so I just wasn't paying attention to him or thinking I had to. All of a sudden I see him coming off the floor with his back rounding and caving on him - just the worst position to be in. A second later his eyes go wide and he yelps, falling down onto the bar holding his back. I'm thinking 'holy shit'. He's writhing in pain and says "My God...It's the worst pain I've ever felt...It's worse than when I went through the car windshield into a tree...I think I hurt something I didn't even know I had."

Yeah that's kind of how it was. He was solid up to 405 and then started to waver on his 3rd set. But I've seen him do 435 with horrible form, humping the bar and what not, and he's laughing. I suppose everyone has to know what they're body is like, and he's a chiro so I figure he's up to speed, but maybe he's one of those 'do as I say not as I do' kind of guys. Still, I can't help but feel like I should've stepped in.

And lol @ MC lifting at 'Stayin Alive Fitness'

Your intensity phase is going to be a sight to behold (not that this effort isn't already).

Thanks BW, I hope so. Next week is going to be difficult no doubt. But I feel pretty strong, stronger than my previous 5 x 5 where I think I had a dip in performance during the volume phase. Coulda been just getting used to the rep range, though.

Awesome job on the 405 deads. 5x5 also. Damn good.

Perp

Thanks Perp, much appreciated

 

[perp69]

Do you use any straps on the deads or do you go strapless?

Perp

 

[Jim Ouini]

Perp, sad to say I put my straps on in the car on the way to the gym

 

[nelmsjer]

Perp, sad to say I put my straps on in the car on the way to the gym

Damn. That must be one hell of a drive!

 

[Jim Ouini]

I don't need 'em to hang onto the wheel, nelms. I have a sissy grip but it's not THAT bad.

 

[carlsuen]

straps.. gloves.. what's the diff?