Another Fun Sunday, 4-21-02

[b fold the truth]

Planned for a rough one...and I got it. Tried a few different things in the gym today too...

Bottom Position GM's (feet together)
several warm ups
225 x 3
275 x 3
295 x 3
325 x 3 PR

High Bar Squats
225 x 2
295 x 2
365 x 2 (paused each at the bottom for a sec or two)

Rack Pulls (partials)
several warm up sets
585 x 1

Log Press
warm ups
190 x 1
212 x 1
240 x 1
262 x 1
295 x 1 PR

Yoke Walk
345 x 100ft with 1 turn
435 x 100ft
525 x 100ft
615 x 100ft (bouncy but feeling easier)

Tire Flip
light tire x 3 flips
heavy tire x 1 & 1 (Failed on 2nd)...light tire x 6 flips
heavy tire x 1 (someone had to stand it up to put it back)

Farmers Walk
100's x 100ft with 4 turns
130's x 100ft with 2 turns
150's x 100ft with 4 turns (even made a figure 8 )

Softball Farmers
36's x 50 ft with 1 turn
25's x 100ft with 1 turn

Hussefeld Stone
155 x 50 ft
245 x 50 ft
285 x 50 ft
335 x 100 ft
155 x 50 ft (putting it up)
335 x 50 ft (putting it up)

We also did some keg shouldering too...it weighed about 85lbs. Found that cleaning and pressing a keg with water in it was NOT fun at all. We could swing it up...but not clean and press. Shouldering was a lot of fun!!!

Just ate a bit, fighting off a LONG nap...lol

Now for some pics...

Pic: Doing the Bottom position closed stance GM's....

 

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High Bar Squats with 365...felt strong...plan to go over 400 next week...and keep going till I have over 500 on the high bar close stance full squat...

 

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Rack Pulls...from the knees. I can't remember if this is 6 or 7 plates...probably 6...

Still in training...so no belt or straps

 

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Setting a new PR on the log...at 295. I swear...my log is MUCH harder than a normal log...MUCH. Can't wait to get my hands on a regular one!!!

 

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Yoke walk with 615. Still pretty bouncy (the yoke that is) but training with tough equipment will make good equipment on contest day much easier...I hope.

 

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Big tire is getting easier...I think..lol

 

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Throwing the small one...

 

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It sucks to be the only one who can pick up the heavy tire...I ALWAYS end up being the one who puts it back

Guess a boy has to put away his toys...

 

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Little trip with the farmers...

 

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Sometimes having big legs just get in the way when you are trying to walk quickly...gotta love the tire residue all over my arms and face...lol

The softballs really burn your entire hand and both sides of your forearm...

 

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With the 245 stone...this sucker is THICK!!!.

 

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The 335 stone...ouch...

It is VERY wide too...lots of fun. I think that 380 stone is going down next week.

 

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After a few sets of shouldering the keg...I decided to press it. This pic was taken JUST before the water began to splash around and I nearly dropped it...lol

 

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Our crew. We are a rough bunch...but very tight.

Enjoy

B True

 

[Lord_Suston]

nice work B Fold, when you do the high bar squat i see you go pretty low, is that consider parallel or beyond parrallel?

 

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nice work B Fold, when you do the high bar squat i see you go pretty low, is that consider parallel or beyond parrallel?

It was rock bottom...can't go any lower. Probably 5-6" below parallel for me...it is a high bar olympic squat.

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[Lord_Suston]

so parrallel is when the bottom of your thigh reaches parallel???? Hmm I guess I have doing them wrong for years I always thought it was the top of the thigh that needs to be parallel to the ground... I'm doing high bars for quad size right now, I think I'm gonna add stifflegged for my hamstring and glutes.

 

[EngiCream]

I love reading these threads. The pictures are a great help too. It sure looks nice where you live. Keep up the good work.

EngiCream

 

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so parrallel is when the bottom of your thigh reaches parallel???? Hmm I guess I have doing them wrong for years I always thought it was the top of the thigh that needs to be parallel to the ground... I'm doing high bars for quad size right now, I think I'm gonna add stifflegged for my hamstring and glutes.

Parallel is when your hip joint is parallel with your knee. There are tons of different definitions of parallel as far as powerlifting goes...but that is what I have always considered parallel. When the hip socket is at or below your knee..and the femur is parallel to the floor...you are at a regular squat. I am not going hard on these at all...they were super easy..I even paused each at the bottom for a second or two...

For your hams and glutes...goodmornings can't be beat.

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I love reading these threads. The pictures are a great help too. It sure looks nice where you live. Keep up the good work.

EngiCream

Thanks....it is pretty here right now. I had to lighten the camera settings a lot today. It was extremely windy and cloudy. When I lightened up the settings on the camera...it made all of us look really pale and sun washed the pics sometimes.

My buddy in the back is doing an intern up in Dearborn this summer. PM me if you are near there..

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[the People's Champ]

what exactly is a high bar squat? when the bar is at a higher position than normal on your back?

 

[BlkWS6]

Yeah B Fold your threads rule man, it's cool that you attach the pictures. Gives me a little more understanding of the exercise you are doing, as well as supplying some motivation man. Good work.

 

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what exactly is a high bar squat? when the bar is at a higher position than normal on your back?

Bar sits high on your neck, full squats, close stance, feet parallel. Also known as an olympic squat.

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[The Shadow]

Planned for a rough one...and I got it. Tried a few different things in the gym today too...

Bottom Position GM's (feet together)
several warm ups
225 x 3
275 x 3
295 x 3
325 x 3 PR

High Bar Squats
225 x 2
295 x 2
365 x 2 (paused each at the bottom for a sec or two)

Rack Pulls (partials)
several warm up sets
585 x 1

Log Press
warm ups
190 x 1
212 x 1
240 x 1
262 x 1
295 x 1 PR

Yoke Walk
345 x 100ft with 1 turn
435 x 100ft
525 x 100ft
615 x 100ft (bouncy but feeling easier)

Tire Flip
light tire x 3 flips
heavy tire x 1 & 1 (Failed on 2nd)...light tire x 6 flips
heavy tire x 1 (someone had to stand it up to put it back)

Farmers Walk
100's x 100ft with 4 turns
130's x 100ft with 2 turns
150's x 100ft with 4 turns (even made a figure 8 )

Softball Farmers
36's x 50 ft with 1 turn
25's x 100ft with 1 turn

Hussefeld Stone
155 x 50 ft
245 x 50 ft
285 x 50 ft
335 x 100 ft
155 x 50 ft (putting it up)
335 x 50 ft (putting it up)

We also did some keg shouldering too...it weighed about 85lbs. Found that cleaning and pressing a keg with water in it was NOT fun at all. We could swing it up...but not clean and press. Shouldering was a lot of fun!!!

Just ate a bit, fighting off a LONG nap...lol

Now for some pics...

Pic: Doing the Bottom position closed stance GM's....

Nice pics - so bottom position on the GM is 60-70 degrees?

 

[I'D RATHER BE DEADLIFTING]

Aweosme stuff again.

Do you think when you get a chance you could get the specs/measurements of your farmers walk thingamabobbies.
Thanks

 

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Re: Re: Another Fun Sunday, 4-21-02

Nice pics - so bottom position on the GM is 60-70 degrees?

Bottom position is anywhere where you take the barr off of the bottom of the racks. There can be tons of different heights. I do my bottom position GM's where the bar height is the same height as my shoulders would be if I were doing a deadlift.

The pic does not display where I started from...I went down till the plates touched my barrels...A LOT deeper than the pics show.

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Aweosme stuff again.

Do you think when you get a chance you could get the specs/measurements of your farmers walk thingamabobbies.
Thanks

I'll try to take some better pics tonight along with measurements too.

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[JustinM]

great pics
great motivation


keep at it B Fold

JustinM

 

[Prometheus]

awesome work Bfold...

when is your next event? (do all of you guys in the "rough bunch" compete together?)

 

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awesome work Bfold...

when is your next event? (do all of you guys in the "rough bunch" compete together?)

Thanks

STL, May 18th. The guy acting like an idiot in the center, Cheese, will be competing also. The woman is Night Fly, and the older guy is Bover. Bover made most of my wooden equipment by hand. He was an alternate on the '84 Olympic team for javelin. He is a freak...at 57 years old, 2' of steel in his spine, pins in each shoulder, several nerve surgeries in his arms, 2 heart attacks last October, abscessed wounds (from medication) around his stomach..etc...and he is still a force when we train. He can do lots of things that most 20 year old men can't.

We all have fun, cheer each other, and pick each other up when we need to be picked up. This pic was taken after 4 hours of hard and heavy training...we were all nearly dead...lol

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[Lord_Suston]

damn that is what I call HARDCORE, i can only imagine your friend when he was in his prime.....