Recent content by Dickvanveiner

I didn't notice, but what kinda suit do you use? and have you tried others in the past, which do you like best. Nice lift by the way.

Great Post! Screwball, I totally agree with your use of gear, this is what I'm doing now and it works well. I had a question on your band setup, What kind of tension are you getting at the chest level and how much at the top? I set my bands up differently, I use the blues but only set them...

let me clarify my post, I only use this during workouts, not during competition.

Congrats on the great lifting!!!

Has anyone or does anyone use a 30% Lycra shirt. I bought one last year just to try and use for injury prevention. Basically it feels like wearing bike shorts for your upper body. Its tighter than a tight T shirt and it doesn't deform like a t shirt would. It feels supportive in the shoulder...

Thanks Benchmonster, I was stuck for a while and knew I was weak in the 2 to 3 board area. What I did for a program was go for 8 weeks doing a simple 5,5,3,3,3,2,2,1 periodization using westside ME movements. weeks: 1. warm up to 2x5, No shirt on 2 or 3 board 2. same 2x5 same...

I used to work my ME work with a close grip but I never saw much of a carry over to my comp bench. I will usually on my max work start with a pinky on the ring and gradually move my grip out as the wts get heavier, I usually only go out to the ring finger. I find for myself that going a little...

Rack pulls are great if you weakness is not off the floor but I find that alot of people once they switch back to regular pulls get less out of them than they thought. I like to do pulls off of boards, I get some sheets of 3/4" plywood and stack them to what ever height I want to work and...

No, this was the IPA North American Bench Press Championship--this should have been a huge meet(Pittsburgh Area) but it wasn't I don't know what happened, It was Sept 15th, so maybe alot of people just didn't show because of Sept11th? Maybe alot of the locals were intimidated by the name of the...

Brian, I wish I could tell you but I can't. There were a total of 16 lifters, the meet almost didn't go on, because of the small turnout. We were all getting ready at the same time and didn't really pay attention to what wt he was using. Alot of the lifters failed their attempts so I don't...

I totally agree with Brian and Grimmer, you definately will get stronger using the ME exercises. Two of my training partners lift Raw and they use Boards and Reverse band presses. I will be honest with you though, using a shirt has got me alot stronger Raw than not using one. I'm able to...

If you go to Fred Hatfields site, he talks about doing static holds at like 120% of ones max. Also I'd like to mention a local meet I did in Sept of 2001, Gritter Adams from Westside was there along with other Westside lifters, and during the warmups many of them were taking static holds...

I currently use a western style periodization/Westside style program. I used to use periodization before I was introduced to Westside. In 2000 I switched to Westside training and actually saw a decline in some of my lifts. This was due to the fact I was new to the program and didn't...

I would try to get a workout in, even if it is just a light one/flushing or recuperative. It will help you recuperate better. Who knows you may not be that sore, I guess you'll have to see after you go skiing.

I only have enough for 10 weeks at 250mg/week, and only the sust and D-bol. On the D-bol, some have recommended that it would be better to go: week 1: 35 mg week 2: 25mg week 3-6: 20mg or should I keep it at 20mg for weeks 1-5? is there a better way? Also what kinds of gains can I truly...