Big Boy Basics

[Andalite]

ROFL i love how the 2 kids watched you do deads then looked at that other guy and he watched you as well... Same shit happens to me only i am not using 455 pounds

do you know your 1RM dead?

There are 7 of us who workout at my school gym on Thursday nights. Those guys are some of the bunch....we call ourselves the Thursday Nigh Crew because nobody else lifts after 9:30 pm.

I don't know my 1RM on Deadlifts. I'm going to be doing a few weeks of Singles training in a couple of weeks so we'll know what my relative 1RM is around that time. Until then it's just guess work.

 

[JDid23]

There are 7 of us who workout at my school gym on Thursday nights. Those guys are some of the bunch....we call ourselves the Thursday Nigh Crew because nobody else lifts after 9:30 pm.

I don't know my 1RM on Deadlifts. I'm going to be doing a few weeks of Singles training in a couple of weeks so we'll know what my relative 1RM is around that time. Until then it's just guess work.

so lucky only 7 of you haha. do you plan on getting to 500 in the future? i feel like that would be an extremely rewarding and doable goal for you.

 

[Andalite]

so lucky only 7 of you haha. do you plan on getting to 500 in the future? i feel like that would be an extremely rewarding and doable goal for you.

I would like to Deadlift 500 lbs for sure, Josh

 

[Tblock1]

I would like to Deadlift 500 lbs for sure, Josh

I don't think you are very far off that, maybe 20 pounds at the most EM talked about the 10 minutes rest, I have started doing this before my hardest set. I used to take like 1 minute 30 seconds or so, but now thta I'm lifting a lot more weight than before 360x5 or 365x4 I need way more rest. I take 7-10 minutes before my heaviest set, and no it's not boring when you are like "Oh shit oh shit this is going to be hard lol!"

 

[Andalite]

I don't think you are very far off that, maybe 20 pounds at the most EM talked about the 10 minutes rest, I have started doing this before my hardest set. I used to take like 1 minute 30 seconds or so, but now thta I'm lifting a lot more weight than before 360x5 or 365x4 I need way more rest. I take 7-10 minutes before my heaviest set, and no it's not boring when you are like "Oh shit oh shit this is going to be hard lol!"

EXACTLY! Thats the same thought that passes through my mind.

You are WAY ahead of the curve compared to most people. Good for you. Rest is good. It prepares us. I don't rest much between my warm-ups but come work sets, 5-15 minutes is normal.

 

[ExtraMile]

i rest maybe a maximum of 4 mins between sets and only do that for deadlifts and squats other stuff its more like 1-3mins

 

[Andalite]

i rest maybe a maximum of 4 mins between sets and only do that for deadlifts and squats other stuff its more like 1-3mins

Well....when you hit bigger weights it might change. I used to rest like that when I was lifitng in the 200-300 range as well.

 

[Tblock1]

Well....when you hit bigger weights it might change. I used to rest like that when I was lifitng in the 200-300 range as well.

Yeah like I said when I was deadlifting in the 200's and low 300's for reps it was easy to just rest a minute our two between sets, not so anymore, I need every minute of that 7-10. Also I remembered reading an article on it on ground up strength:

Ground Up Strength: Ninety Second Rest Periods For Strength? Are You Kidding Me?

 

[Andalite]

Yeah like I said when I was deadlifting in the 200's and low 300's for reps it was easy to just rest a minute our two between sets, not so anymore, I need every minute of that 7-10. Also I remembered reading an article on it on ground up strength:

Ground Up Strength: Ninety Second Rest Periods For Strength? Are You Kidding Me?

What an awesome article. I totally forgot about that gem!!! Yeah for complete neural recovery you need 5-10 minutes and with the deads we do taking 10 minutes is good if it's gonna help quality.

 

[Andalite]

Squat Training
Mesocycle 19 - Week 1​

Beginning Thoughts:

Tonight's workout...​

Workout:

Front Squats:
260 lbs x 2 reps @ 92.5%
230 lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets @ 82.5%
Decent...

Grip Training:
Walmart Gripper = 5 reps x 2 sets; Set 1 slowly (2 seconds per squeeze) and Set 2 done fast
HG 150 = 2 reps x 2 sets
CoC #1 = 1 rep x 3 sets - Quality Singles
HG 150 = 8 reps
Decent....still having a VERY hard time closing the CoC #1 but with Joe's instructions I will get there soon

Metabolic Conditioning for 2 rounds:
Kettlebell Swings = 45 lbs x 12 reps
Russian Twists = 10 lbs x 8 reps
Supine Glute Ham Raises = BW x 10 reps
Swiss Ball Jackknife Pikes = BW x 8 reps
Decent work..​

Videos:

Front Squats & Metabolic Conditioning:
YouTube - M19 W1 Squat Training.wmv​

Overall Impression:

Tomorrow is a Press Day!!! ​