biggt protege - CN's Press/Pull Log

[ChinkNasty]

you're absolutely right, squatting 2x/week is doing wonders for my push press and strength in general...even when the weight feels light my on back I still kind of have a mental block to overcome until I dip and drive on the first rep and truly feel how easy it is to press it out

 

[al420]

I like to wear a belt when I go over 315 on any lift. To me the off chance of an injury is not worth it. But I also use straps on deads over 315 and I use wet wipes to clean my ass so I guess you caould say I was just a fag.

 

[ChinkNasty]

I like to wear a belt when I go over 315 on any lift. To me the off chance of an injury is not worth it. But I also use straps on deads over 315 and I use wet wipes to clean my ass so I guess you caould say I was just a fag.

true.

I used to belt it up a lot in high school, but since I've stopped I realy feel my core and lower back get more stable and thicken up a ton...I never really realized how much I relied on the belt.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

Damn!!

BW 188... you're a strong bastard!!... you'll have a 3 plate bench before ya know it

Nice Push Pressing too!!

 

[ChinkNasty]

thx...pressing has always been my strong suit, gotta work on my pulls and the weird leverages that I have from not being stocky but not being tall

 

[ChinkNasty]

10/3 Lower

DE Back Squat: 45x15, 135x5, 225x5, 275x5, 300x5, 315x5, 225x7, 225x7

Power Shrugs: 135x7, 225x7, 315x7, 405x7, 455x7, 315x20

Romanian Deadlifts (off 4" block): 135x5, 225x5, 315x5, 335x5

-easy lift, everything felt smooth

-I'm going to drop power cleans and deadlifts for a while and push squats for a few weeks and see what happens

 

[ChinkNasty]

10/4 Upper

Flat BB Bench: 45x15, 135x15, 225x7, 225x7, 225x7, 225x7, 135x15

GP BB Rows: 135x5, 185x5, 205x5, 225x5, 245x5

-these days are getting too routine and boring but I'm usually too rundown by the end of hte week to do anything else...

 

[al420]

I agree w/ pushing squats for a while. They seem to be out of line w/ those heavy ass rows! I read back through the log and it sems like your not pushing the 315 envelope.

You also power shrug a ton - nice.

 

[ChinkNasty]

I agree w/ pushing squats for a while. They seem to be out of line w/ those heavy ass rows! I read back through the log and it sems like your not pushing the 315 envelope.

You also power shrug a ton - nice.

yea...I'm sure I have the strength to hit a 380+ full squat given that my hip flexor doesn't act up. I've always been sort of top heavy and have worked hard the last few years to try to breach the gap. I've tried to compensate for the lack of any back squats over 350 by overloading with box squats while my gayass nagging injury recovers.

 

[ChinkNasty]

10/9 SQUATS

-nuttin but squats today, fighting a little tendonitis/soreness in my right knee and I have a nice pair of knee wraps I never use so I decided to use them...never made a better decision in my life

Back Squat: 45x10, 135x5, 225x3, 275x3, 315x3, 340x3, 365x3 (275 on were knee wrapped sets - I started wrapping at 275 to get a feel for them and by the time 365 came around it was a joke...I was breaking the plane on the 365 set and was going to do one more set but decided to save up for box squats)

Box Squats (16" box): 365x3, 405x3, 435x5 (all sets were wrapped and belted - got this nice 10 mm Inzer belt just for box squats/busted out 5 reps on the 435 set as I lift in a college gym and had a crowd staring at me so decided to show these pussies what was up)

Back Squat warm down: 225x7, 225x7 (raw, ATF)

-knee wraps felt real good, I am usually a RAW lifter, but the nagging hip flexor and pain in my right knee has forced me to look for ways around it and I think I found it with the wraps...we'll see how this goes, I will continue to wrap as long as I can make progress and break parallel