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I can't do the JUNE meet, FL crew
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brianmincher
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I have not seen Cubanito lift in person, but a lot of the Florida crew saw him at St. Pete and reported that his comp bench grip is very very narrow, so Grimmer might be suggesting he move his hands out to get more comfortable with a good wide comp grip.
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I have not seen Cubanito lift in person, but a lot of the Florida crew saw him at St. Pete and reported that his comp bench grip is very very narrow, so Grimmer might be suggesting he move his hands out to get more comfortable with a good wide comp grip.
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Yup , i suggest that to him because he uses only a thumb grip away from the smooth in comp this last time because he has never used aything wider. His long arms make bench hard for him regardless and if he works on bringing his grip out at least to the rings i think he will benefit. But he still needs to adjust to it.
brianmincher
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I agree, not what you usually hear, but for Cubanito, I think it would be a good idea. I brought all my bar work in this last training cycle, but I feel like I lost something in my comp grip pressing by not doing any wide work. I am going to do a lot more wide grip pressing and focus more on boards and lockouts this cycle and see how that works out. I got to within an inch or two of lockout on all three attempts, and had my best effort in an act of desperation when I moved my grip in from my usual comp grip which is index on the rings, to pinky finger on the rings. I used to be better the wider I got, but like I said, I cut out all wide work, and went narrow on everything for the last 8 weeks.
I guess it is just a continuing experiment, try something and see what works for you.
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I guess it is just a continuing experiment, try something and see what works for you.
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Cubanito17
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YEA GRIMM aigh well I know i should set goals that seem reasonable but 4 months that's 140lbs to go up on deads meaning 35lbs a month I thought that was a decent goal since I'm good at them and I seem to go up QUICK on them, but OK I'll set of 5 bills. What other low back work can I do that's good besides good mornings??????
And yes my whole comp bench is a fuckin tricep press b/c of my grip. The thing is when I go wider i'm weaker so I have to work at it. Let's put it this way I tried doing a pause wide grip and with the biggest struggle of my life with my hands on the outside power rings I barely got 205lbs and with my hands 1 inch away from the smooth I can get 260lbs. I know it's a big difference so that's why I stick narrow. And I know what this means I have stronger tris then I think and all I have to do is work on widenin up and BAMMMM 50lbs on my bench right guys(meanin this is a big weakness for me) well that's what I'm gonna work on DE days 5 out 8 times benching will be wide and all ME work and extra workouts are gonna start getting wider. IDEA: Maybe this is why i'm good at DB ELBOW OUTS b/c I have stronger tris then i know and since i bench narrow that's why.
And yes my whole comp bench is a fuckin tricep press b/c of my grip. The thing is when I go wider i'm weaker so I have to work at it. Let's put it this way I tried doing a pause wide grip and with the biggest struggle of my life with my hands on the outside power rings I barely got 205lbs and with my hands 1 inch away from the smooth I can get 260lbs. I know it's a big difference so that's why I stick narrow. And I know what this means I have stronger tris then I think and all I have to do is work on widenin up and BAMMMM 50lbs on my bench right guys(meanin this is a big weakness for me) well that's what I'm gonna work on DE days 5 out 8 times benching will be wide and all ME work and extra workouts are gonna start getting wider. IDEA: Maybe this is why i'm good at DB ELBOW OUTS b/c I have stronger tris then i know and since i bench narrow that's why.
Where do you get 135 lbs from. Yoiu pull a 430 dead. Pullinga 500 would mean a 70 lb increase in 4 months. Thats like 18lbs a moonth and with your squat dead suit it will be even esier. If your talking about breaking the APF record of 550 then you have got some serious work to do , then set it at that. Don't forget your ABS. Yoiu know they are the weak link so train them like it. Put them ahead of all other accesory movements. Pulldowns and straight leg and spread eagle situps and hanging raises should be done. do puldowns on the first day , dit ups second day , leg raises third in the week then start over. Low bpx squats are also great for deads. Since you don't have pullthroughs anymore i guess hyperextentons are beter than nothin, but keep doing the plate slides. HIps are a big part in deads.
Cubanito17
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YEA with 135lbs I was talkin about the APF record. Now here's a question I have I know I gotta hit the abs big time. I know i might get flamed for this but what if I did like pulldowns monday, sit ups wednesday, and leg raises friday, and then for tue and thur I did some type of recovery for them like that machine they show on TV abtronic or some shit. I know my cousin has one that he doesn't use anymore b/c he gave up on it. Would that thing work as a recovery??????It has different levels like for strength, or cutting(don't need that one) or burn fat(everyone could use that) or i think there ight be a recovery one on there.
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