My Training Journal

[the.gladiator1987]

Ah ok- i originally though that and then saw just "Press" but thought i was outa my mind. Was running out the door then haha.

Also, if it's something as minor as neutral grip chins to wide grip chins and he can do more wide grip chins, why stray away from what is working? It's not like he can bench 220 and only deadlift 220- in that case, i would agree that he would need to work on his deadlift because it would be lacking a lot, but when it's chins, i think doing 6+ more wide grip chins is better than 6 neutral grip chins and taking the time to work your way up on those.

IDK depends on his goals then i guess

 

[Tblock1]

Ah ok- i originally though that and then saw just "Press" but thought i was outa my mind. Was running out the door then haha.

Also, if it's something as minor as neutral grip chins to wide grip chins and he can do more wide grip chins, why stray away from what is working? It's not like he can bench 220 and only deadlift 220- in that case, i would agree that he would need to work on his deadlift because it would be lacking a lot, but when it's chins, i think doing 6+ more wide grip chins is better than 6 neutral grip chins and taking the time to work your way up on those.

EM: Nice work on bench bro!!!!

Lol at you thinking 55x10 db press is insane..... I could do that easy...for glad it would be a toy

 

[the.gladiator1987]

i dont even use 55 to warm up with I also take lots of steroids

 

[ExtraMile]

First of all- fucking hate a bad spotter lol
- Are those 55s x 10 DB Overhead??? That's fucking insane
- Aren't you better at wide grip chins? Why not stick with those if you can do the most reps with them?
- Do you think it's worth doing CGBP after conventional benching since you used to have a very similar grip to what CGBP is? Maybe something to hit your tris more directly would be good if you're looking for that? Just an idea.

yeah that was 55's on flat, I did them just to get some more volume in, the first 6 reps were very easy but as Iv said before my tri's and maybe my chest too are fast twitch and just tire straight out, but the sets of 10 were all controlled with slow negatives

No I think Im better with the slightly closer neutral, those were all dead hang where as with wide grip I get a little kick at the start and the reps are quite explosive. Normall my wide grips I do slow negatives though and I did for the neutral ones.

Lol if I thought there was no point in doing CGBP then I wouldnt do it. Although I am thinking of doing dips on benchpress day and moving CGBP to military day but Im not sure. How can you say I should change to something that hits tri's directly - what do you think CGBP works? Im not sure how long I will stick with the close grips though...

 

[JDid23]

yeah that was 55's on flat, I did them just to get some more volume in, the first 6 reps were very easy but as Iv said before my tri's and maybe my chest too are fast twitch and just tire straight out, but the sets of 10 were all controlled with slow negatives

No I think Im better with the slightly closer neutral, those were all dead hang where as with wide grip I get a little kick at the start and the reps are quite explosive. Normall my wide grips I do slow negatives though and I did for the neutral ones.

Lol if I thought there was no point in doing CGBP then I wouldnt do it. Although I am thinking of doing dips on benchpress day and moving CGBP to military day but Im not sure. How can you say I should change to something that hits tri's directly - what do you think CGBP works? Im not sure how long I will stick with the close grips though...

understood on the chins.

Also, I am talking about directly hitting tris. I think bfold or joed mentioned that cgbp is more of a "shoulder rotation exercise" or something along those lines. I was just giving you some things to consider since you used to bench with a grip like that, you already seem somewhat used to it.

 

[Tblock1]

yeah that was 55's on flat, I did them just to get some more volume in, the first 6 reps were very easy but as Iv said before my tri's and maybe my chest too are fast twitch and just tire straight out, but the sets of 10 were all controlled with slow negatives

No I think Im better with the slightly closer neutral, those were all dead hang where as with wide grip I get a little kick at the start and the reps are quite explosive. Normall my wide grips I do slow negatives though and I did for the neutral ones.

Lol if I thought there was no point in doing CGBP then I wouldnt do it. Although I am thinking of doing dips on benchpress day and moving CGBP to military day but Im not sure. How can you say I should change to something that hits tri's directly - what do you think CGBP works? Im not sure how long I will stick with the close grips though...

I would definitely move the close grips to military day, I am doing that and loving it. Was 187x3 your max close grip?

 

[ExtraMile]

I would definitely move the close grips to military day, I am doing that and loving it. Was 187x3 your max close grip?

nope they were pretty easy but yes I have never done that much before, probably because iv not done close grips in a while. Iv said it loads of times my tri's seem to be very fast twitch dominant, ie they tire quickly but do well with low reps.

Also the 165x7 I didnt get a lift off from anyone and I really find a lift off to help, I was originally just gonna do 187x1 but the first rep shot up like it was nothin so did 3 instead.

Im closer than I thought to my target of 198 CGBP for a few reps

 

[ExtraMile]

Today - Deadlift day, badass workout!

10mins cycling - bombed it to the gym as fast as I cuold and my legs were killin me when I got there!

Deadlifts
132 x 5
198 x 5
242 x 3
264 x 1
314 x 3 PR
253 x 13 PR

Smith Machine Standing Calves
bw x 10 warmup

116 x 15
-rest pause-
116 x 10
-rest pause-
116 x 10 PR

Seated Cable Row (strict)
12 plates x 10
stack + 22lb plate x 14 PR
-dropset-
stack x 12 PR

15-20mins cycling

fuck yeah! I swear everytime I have macdonalds earlier in the day my workouts are better! I did that today and last military day and both times set some big PR's! I think Im gonna clean up my diet from now though and do a little more cardio.

I need a deload now though... I did a squat workout this wednesday, bench workout the day after and deadlift workout the day after that (today) and set new 3rm's in all of them lol

So I took my 3rm's this week and got:
220 x 3 bench
248 x 3 squat
314 x 3 deadlift
127 x 3 military*

*although I did this after a new 5 rep PR so maybe I could hit 130x3 but I cant make 130 with my KG plates so I guess Ill just count my 3rm as 127...

 

[JDid23]

badass deadlifts dude

 

[ExtraMile]

Thanks man