My Training Journal

[Tblock1]

fuck deadhangs lol Im not strong enough/light enough to do them yet and get a decent amount of reps... same goes for getting my chin over the bar. When I first started wide grip chinning my grip wasnt even that wide and I only went as high as forehead to the bar...

I could get a good amount of deadhand chin over the bar reps if I used a close neutral grip though.

I will video them not next workout but the one after.

That video wasnt deadhangs at all you didnt even fully extend your elbows on really any of the reps. My grip is also wider than yours.

lol do you read my posts man?

Yeah that is what I was saying my videos were always not deadhang:
YouTube - 16 Pull Ups---Bodyweight 192.8

But now I've started going deadhang on all reps imo it's much better you get a great rear delt pump when you first do it too. I don't necesarily pause a long time at the bottom (some sets I do) but I at least hit deadhang and pause for a second or so. Video up those pullups! I never realized that I wasnt going deadhang till I took a video

I posted the video because I was showing that as typical non-deadhang use momentum form. I was just wondering if your form was like that or not. BTW, after doing deadhang ones for a little while I was able to get 14 deadhang reps so your body adjusts quickly. And in that video none but the last and 1st one were deadhang which was the point of posting it

 

[ExtraMile]

sorry i thought i rememebred you saying you did a video of deadhang pullups and i thought you meant it was that one.

no i dont use that much momentum i dont think, like i said ill video them. Squatting tomorrow cant wait

 

[Tblock1]

sorry i thought i rememebred you saying you did a video of deadhang pullups and i thought you meant it was that one.

no i dont use that much momentum i dont think, like i said ill video them. Squatting tomorrow cant wait

enjoy your squats man! Tomorrow I'm starting the 5x5 can't wait it's been 2 weeks (since 8/28/10) since I've done a full lifting workout

 

[ExtraMile]

Fuck I have to do a gay ass fitness test tomorrow and I will be on low carbs and with sore legs from squatting the day before lol.

I am gonna get pwnt because pretty much everyone else in my sports studies class plays rugby and soccer and stuff for big teams lol. Hopefully there is like some upper body strength part of the test where I might have a little chance to not come last lol. I cant imagine if I had to do this test when I was 209+...

 

[ExtraMile]

Quads, Calves

Didnt do any abs or grip because of my fitness test tomorrow as I wouldnt be suprised if pullups, situps and pushups were in there somewere aswell as running. I fuckin hate pushups... and I hate running for that matter too lol. I actually dreamt about running last night, I dreamt I used to be super fast at running like when I was about 10 years old, felt awesome and Im now motivated to run once a week. Nothing big to start because I get ankle, shin and knee issues when running (maybe cutting weight will help this) but I will try to do some running once a week.

ATG Squats
88 x 5
132 x 5
182 x 7
182 x 7
182 x 7
182 x 7
182 x 7
182 x 7
182 x 7

Standing Calf Raise
176 x 8 PR
-rest pause-
176 x 6
-rest pause-
176 x 5
-rest pause-
176 x 4

Seated Calf Raise was hoping for 85x20 but didnt go according to plan
85 x 15
-rest pause-
85 x 10
-rest pause-
85 x 7
-rest pause-
85 x 5
-rest pause-
85 x 4

Front Squats (atg)
110 x 12
110 x 12
lol pathetic

15mins fast walking (incline treadmill)

calf stretching

 

[Tblock1]

Good work man I like all those reps at 187. Enjoy that fitness test hahahahhaa

 

[ExtraMile]

Wasn't as bad as I thought. There was a shuttle run type thing which I didn't have time to do, wall squat hold, vertical jump test, balance test, reaction time test, max situps in 30 sec and a flexibility test.

Whatever we scored was either rated poor, fair, average, good or excellant. There was like a table for each event telling what we achieved.

I got good and average in everything except the max situps in 30 sec, got excellant on that one and beat everyone with 30 situps in 30 secs.

Didn't look up what my wall squat hold was but just kept going till I beat my partner, pretty sure I beat everyone in the class to with 2 mins 30 sec. Called it quits there cause it was the end of the lesson and I had beat my partner...

PS I know tcock will say it so I'm saying now I don't care if 30 in 30 secs isn't excellant according to the army or rangers or whatever

 

[Tblock1]

Wasn't as bad as I thought. There was a shuttle run type thing which I didn't have time to do, wall squat hold, vertical jump test, balance test, reaction time test, max situps in 30 sec and a flexibility test.

Whatever we scored was either rated poor, fair, average, good or excellant. There was like a table for each event telling what we achieved.

I got good and average in everything except the max situps in 30 sec, got excellant on that one and beat everyone with 30 situps in 30 secs.

Didn't look up what my wall squat hold was but just kept going till I beat my partner, pretty sure I beat everyone in the class to with 2 mins 30 sec. Called it quits there cause it was the end of the lesson and I had beat my partner...

PS I know tcock will say it so I'm saying now I don't care if 30 in 30 secs isn't excellant according to the army or rangers or whatever

actually man 30 in 30 seconds is pretty good. Were they full situps though ie hands behind head, all the way sitting? 30 in 30 is good speed man relax haha!

 

[ramnares]

Haha that's hilarious...plus T can't make fun of you since he's 2 away from maxing Just kidding T!

Anyway, 30 in 30 secs is pretty damn awesome actually, as long as it's full army situps and not the marine corps 'crunch.'

 

[ExtraMile]

arms dont have to be anywere in particular I put my hands on the sides of my head. Rules were shoulders have to touch the floor and I dont know how they defined the completion of a rep other than if someone was cheating it would be obvious. I just say all the way up like normal but I have to admit 3 of the reps I didnt quite touch my shoulder blades to the ground I was maybe an inch off.