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[BiggT]

Yeah, it is subtle and a lot of guys do it and don't even know they do.....kind of like when you hang clean from the hip and you bend the knees a little for momentum. However, if you don't do it and then finally figure it out, you'll have a moment of revelation and it can realistically be good for about 50lbs on your clean.

 

[Jim Ouini]

I'll do that. It'll be the 3rd time I've referred to SS in the past couple days, heh.

Funny thing, I've been doing some things from the hang, with the weights starting on the pins of the power rack. Maybe time to take the training wheels off and get the hang of the rebend.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Week 1 Day 2

Worked out at home today with my brother. All weight in kg

Pause Squat
Bar x 10
40 x 5
60 x 1
92.5 x 3 x 6

Was going to for 4 sets but I lost my balance on my 5th rep of 3rd set so I decided to stop. First time I've done these for reps, the first 3 reps are easy and then boom /madden it gets hard real quick. Obviously I started out too heavy on these. I held a ~2s pause at the bottom, these were butt to ankles which I'm not used to except on my fronts. So I underestimated how hard these would be for reps.

CG Bench
Bar x 15
40 x 5
85 x 4 x 6

Semi-Easy. I hate benching with the Eleiko bar, though, it just seems wrong

Chinese Prone Bench Row
40 x 5
80 x 4 x 6

Not that hard but laying prone on the bench makes it hard to breath. Plus your neck is kinda cranked back. Acceleration of the bar wasn't that great since I didn't want to bang the bar on the bottom of the bench.

GHR
Mini x 3 x 8

Felt good

Overall: Maybe too much new stuff, not a great workout. I hope I get better at the pause squats, I need it.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Note: I just got back from the chiro. He took some x-rays and did some other thing where he measures muscle activation along my spine. Said I had something 'chronic' in my lower back.

He also said I was lopsided and had some hip torsion going on, so his initial adjustment was cracking my neck and something else in my upper back, then a slight tug on my hip while I was lying sideways.

I'm going to lift later on today and see how it goes.

 

[anotherbutters]

Mine advised against lifting for a day or so after the adjustments, to let everything settle back into its proper place after he'd 'released' the joints.

By hip torsion, I presume you mean one leg appears longer than the other when lying on your front? That's what I had, and there was a knot in one of my glutes that was keeping it that way.

I'm glad you've found out what's wrong - hopefully you can now fix it. Did the chiro recommend anything, other than going back to him (no doubt)?

 

[Jim Ouini]

He didn't say what was wrong, he hasn't looked at the x-rays yet. He did say something about how I was of the age where things start going wrong in a chronic way

I haven't been hurting that bad lately, some aches and pains, some tightness when I get up from sitting a long time. Kinda figured that goes with the territory with this hobby of ours

Week 1 Day 3

Squat
Bar x 2 x 10
135 x 5
165 x 1
185 x 6
205 x 6
225 x 6
245 x 6

Tad harder than I'dve liked (as usual) for week 1.

Incline bench
Bar x 10
135 x 3
165 x 4 x 6

Easy.

Clean Pull
135 x 2 x 3
225 x 8 x 3

Decided to drop the weight and get the form down better. Pull off the floor was easy, and just tried for triple extension at the top.

 

[anotherbutters]

I actually thought you were mid-20s for some reason!

 

[Jim Ouini]

I get that a lot. Not sure if it's the way I look (must be the haircut ) or the way I act

 

[Protobuilder]

I hate benching with the Eleiko bar, though, it just seems wrong

Nah, it's OK . . . so long as you bounce it off your chest to really get that Eleiko whip. Lol

I went to a chiro. once.. . . what he said didn't really make sense to me. He said my lower back curved to one side, and that if I came back for like 20 sessions (LoL), he'd be able to buy a new car and my spine would straighten out . . . for awhile. I didn't see how popping my back 3x/wk would permanently straighten my spine. I called BS and didn't go back. My back is fine today even w/ all the DL'ing and squatting.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Nah, it's OK . . . so long as you bounce it off your chest to really get that Eleiko whip. Lol

That reminds me, I have that 'Training Champions' IM DVD and as opposed to the monster squats, snatches and c & j's one usually sees this one shows them doing back extensions, situps and - you guessed it - benching. I was watching it thinking 'oly lifters bench?'

One of the more boring DVD's I own

I went to a chiro. once.. . . what he said didn't really make sense to me. He said my lower back curved to one side, and that if I came back for like 20 sessions (LoL), he'd be able to buy a new car and my spine would straighten out . . . for awhile. I didn't see how popping my back 3x/wk would permanently straighten my spine. I called BS and didn't go back. My back is fine today even w/ all the DL'ing and squatting.

Yeah I'm a little wary. I'm going to try a few sessions and see how it feels, at least as far as my insurance will cover (if they'll cover, I have to double check). I do feel pretty good today, getting out of bed I had only the slightest of twinges although my neck is kinda sore from getting cracked.