squat day w/ 20 rep PR and GMs

[ffknight84]

today was my squat preperation for the competition, felt good, all raw, will use wraps and belt for competition. Its being done on the smith machine and it hits my quads real hard.

Smith Squats
135x8
185x6
225x4
245x20 ( had about 2 more left in me, but dont want to go to complete failure before a comp. I figure at least 5 more with some equpment on. )
205x8
165x10

Calfs
Seated---1x12
Standing-1x12

Heavy Gms ( first time ever doing them so i started real low and worked up, instead of chains i used the pins to stop the bar at flat back )
45x3
95x3
135x3 ( pretty much PRs from here on out cause i never even tried heavy GMs before today )
165x3
195x3
225x3
255x1
285x1
315x1 ( ripped ass coming out of the hole, no one heard it tho )
335x1 ( stopped here cause i dont want to overdue it, figure maybe 30 more pounds i could have done, possibly ??? )

tomorow is deads 245 to failure ( that might take a while )

 

[Liftbig]

335x1 on your first time doing GMs is pretty good. keep up the hard work.

 

[Serea]

Amazing GM's.

I don't know about the squats since I've never done them on a smith before.

 

[ffknight84]

thx guys

 

[from zero]

That's a fucking awesome goodmorning bro.

 

[ffknight84]

maybe my core isnt as bad as i thought it was, it might be hip flexibility???


thx zero

 

[Zander1983]

What was your GM form like? Those numbers are something special

 

[ffknight84]

pins were set to a little above ( 1-2 inches ) parallel back to floor. Stood straight up back flat. When lowering would bend slightly at knees. Pause for a second on the pins, squeeze my hams and glutes, and drive them foward to get back to the starting position. Its the first time ever doiung them, ive seen videos. I just wanted to get a feel for them, no back pain at all. They are now a regular part of my lifting, just not sure what rep and set combo to use cause im not doing WS.Ill have to borrow a vid camera next time so i can actually see my form and not just feel it. It was hard, but not kill me hard, so maybe i did something wrong, didnt realize the numbers were that good???

 

[Zander1983]

Its a nice GM for your first time or any time really. I think I'll own the squatting and deadlifting on the weekend, without a doubt!

Video it to check your form. It always helps because you're rarely going to make a 100% perfect lift.