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super_rice
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Guinness5.0 said:Just got a 256mb SD card, so I should have a vid of tomorrow's 20-repper up
i can't wait. will have my eye on the last couple of reps
A Month of Masochism: 20-rep breathing squats
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i can't wait. will have my eye on the last couple of reps
Guinness5.0
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Week 2
MONDAY
Squats
5's: bar, 135, 255, 275
3's: 315, 365, thena single w/ 405 and a walkout w/ 455
325x20
-Got a vid that I'll post tonight. I'm not much of a director - it's only from the waist up when I'm standing and from shoulders up when I'm in the hole. so you can't see that most important part. Oh well. Next time I'll know...This was death BTW. I REALLY wanted to quit at rep 17, but I didn't.
Bench
warmups, 275x10x2
-Came really close to failure at the end of the second set.
I stopped there because I got to the gym late. I don't think I'm gonna be able to do bb rows while I'm doing 20-reppers - my back is pretty beat.
MONDAY
Squats
5's: bar, 135, 255, 275
3's: 315, 365, thena single w/ 405 and a walkout w/ 455
325x20
-Got a vid that I'll post tonight. I'm not much of a director - it's only from the waist up when I'm standing and from shoulders up when I'm in the hole. so you can't see that most important part. Oh well. Next time I'll know...This was death BTW. I REALLY wanted to quit at rep 17, but I didn't.
Bench
warmups, 275x10x2
-Came really close to failure at the end of the second set.
I stopped there because I got to the gym late. I don't think I'm gonna be able to do bb rows while I'm doing 20-reppers - my back is pretty beat.
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anotherbutters
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Has anyone noticed the feat of machismo you're performing in the gym or are they all busy curling? How do you keep track of how many reps you've done? I'd lose count going up to 20. I bet you'd be pretty annoyed if you got home on week 4, watched your vid and realised you'd only done 19
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Anthrax Invasion
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super_rice said:i can't wait. will have my eye on the last couple of reps
Cruel. This is the same as that attraction we humans have to car accidents and plane crashes. Good times, good times.
Guinness5.0
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Week 2
WEDNESDAY
Had a somewhat random day - I think I'm gonna be able to get my old job back (I lost it because of a DUI which got dropped about a month ago) so I kinda treated myself to some deads and push-presses
Deadlift
RDLs (to warm up) : 135x5, 185x5, 225x5, 275x5
Conventional: Triples w/ 315, 365, and 405, then a single w/ 455, then 495xfail
-Meh. Not sure what to think about this - I mean , I'm still pretty beat from monday, and I may have been able to get this if I really would've grinded/ground (<---both of those words look wrong to me
) it out. But I'm pretty much convinced that my lumbar region is my weakness on deads, so I'm thinking that elevated speed pulls and heavy GMs are in order once I shift back to a more PL-specific program. For now I'm gonna ride the 20-rep train til it crashes and burns. It should be a short trip 
Standing OHP/Push-Press
OHP: 135x10, 155x10
-Set w/ 155 was pretty hard
PP: 185x3, 225x3, then singles w/ 245 and 255, then failed w/ 265
-Had I been fresh I'm confident that this would've gone up - it got stuck much lower than normal, I think due to my quads, which are beat to shit at the moment. I swear that p-p takes more out of my quads than just about anything else. I don't dip much either, but the explosive element to these often causes full blown cramping in my legs. BTW, I held 255 at lockout for a few seconds, right next to some guys who had all the accoutrements of serious lifters (chalk, a big PL belt, a lack of gloves, etc.) who were front squatting in the damn smith machine, using token weights. Never seen that done before, and the lack of articles of gym-douchebaggery was a surprise - I would expect that these guys would rock bandanas, gloves, Nike mesh nylon weight belts, etc. given theor exercise choice
Pullups
Three 5's w/ bodyweight.
WEDNESDAY
Had a somewhat random day - I think I'm gonna be able to get my old job back (I lost it because of a DUI which got dropped about a month ago) so I kinda treated myself to some deads and push-presses
Deadlift
RDLs (to warm up) : 135x5, 185x5, 225x5, 275x5
Conventional: Triples w/ 315, 365, and 405, then a single w/ 455, then 495xfail
-Meh. Not sure what to think about this - I mean , I'm still pretty beat from monday, and I may have been able to get this if I really would've grinded/ground (<---both of those words look wrong to me
) it out. But I'm pretty much convinced that my lumbar region is my weakness on deads, so I'm thinking that elevated speed pulls and heavy GMs are in order once I shift back to a more PL-specific program. For now I'm gonna ride the 20-rep train til it crashes and burns. It should be a short trip Standing OHP/Push-Press
OHP: 135x10, 155x10
-Set w/ 155 was pretty hard
PP: 185x3, 225x3, then singles w/ 245 and 255, then failed w/ 265
-Had I been fresh I'm confident that this would've gone up - it got stuck much lower than normal, I think due to my quads, which are beat to shit at the moment. I swear that p-p takes more out of my quads than just about anything else. I don't dip much either, but the explosive element to these often causes full blown cramping in my legs. BTW, I held 255 at lockout for a few seconds, right next to some guys who had all the accoutrements of serious lifters (chalk, a big PL belt, a lack of gloves, etc.) who were front squatting in the damn smith machine, using token weights. Never seen that done before, and the lack of articles of gym-douchebaggery was a surprise - I would expect that these guys would rock bandanas, gloves, Nike mesh nylon weight belts, etc. given theor exercise choice
Pullups
Three 5's w/ bodyweight.
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Illuminati
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Guinness5.0 said:
Guinness5.0
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I was under the impression that the DL is not very responsive to equipment - it'd be nice to see how much it helps ya.Illuminati said:
And not to make excuses but I haven't pulled a big dead while 'fresh' yet - if I were use a dedicated peaking phase I'm sure I'm good for another 15 pounds or so. But that still leaves me well shy of you at this point
And I'm very curious as to how quickly I can get my low back up to speed - I'm CERTAIN that I could lock out a big dead if I could get it over my knees. When I got 500, it got semi-stuck then became fucking easy from there. Hell I friggin' box squat more than I deadlift, which seems bizarre to me.
