Creation of an Explosive Mofo - My Training Journal :)

[BodybuildingUniverse]

Was surprising how quickly your strength left you. Reps 1-3 were jokes and it looked like you might not get the 5th. Just curious, you ever train with someone? I know for ME, having someone there to spot and encourage is like night and day as far as intensity.

 

[coolcolj]

Was surprising how quickly your strength left you. Reps 1-3 were jokes and it looked like you might not get the 5th. Just curious, you ever train with someone? I know for ME, having someone there to spot and encourage is like night and day as far as intensity.

Yeah the 5th rep was so close to bogging down! I have a huge sticking point just above parallel, the rest of the ROM is damn easy in comparison, so I have a weak musclegroup somewhere, and I suspect its not my back, glute or hammies as those areas have gone up in size and strength, must be my quads
Just where the knees have to straighten out
On reps 1-3, I shoot past that area fine, but on the 4th and 5th rep, the sticking point was really damn heavy. And I'm not much of a repper on squats, have a hard time doing lots of reps.

I prefer training alone, can't stand having someone training in with me
I don't psyche or anything, prefer to keep the CNS drain down.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

Sorry, CNS drain down? Not sure what you mean...but squatting without PSYCHE is like driving your car on fumes. Not trying to be a smart ass...I know for me - when I get fired up - the weights just MOVE. haha

 

[coolcolj]

Sorry, CNS drain down? Not sure what you mean...but squatting without PSYCHE is like driving your car on fumes. Not trying to be a smart ass...I know for me - when I get fired up - the weights just MOVE. haha

Well minimise CNS burnout, I fry my CNS very easily. Anyway I just squat like say most olylifters would, approach the bar with a clear head and lift it, I don't bother firing myself up. I just treat it like something you do as part of your life

Whenever I pysche up to take a max or whatever it knocks me out for a week. If I were competing yeah I'd do it, but for just plain training I don't think its worth it for me.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

Gotcha. CNS = Central Nervous System I assume?

 

[delldell2]

Looking good. Especially the DL's flew up. Wow, you actually struggled with a lift on that 5th rep. That's probably the first time I've seen a clip like that. I agree your sticking point is definitely the quads. I think 1 1/4 squats of some kind would help, especially bulgarian ssq would help with that. My sticking point is a little lower than yours, just above parallel. What do you think it is?

 

[coolcolj]

Gotcha. CNS = Central Nervous System I assume?

Yes! I thought that was common knowledge?

Looking good. Especially the DL's flew up. Wow, you actually struggled with a lift on that 5th rep. That's probably the first time I've seen a clip like that. I agree your sticking point is definitely the quads. I think 1 1/4 squats of some kind would help, especially bulgarian ssq would help with that. My sticking point is a little lower than yours, just above parallel. What do you think it is?

Those cleandead ISO holds an inch off the floor have really boosted my clean dead strength a lot! Granted I have deadlifted more than that before for a single, but the form was rounded upper back powerlifter style and plus I was wearing olyshoes which are 1.5 inches higher up. Next time I'm gonna try doing the ISO clean deads off a 2-3 inch block. Tax my muscles more, while I get my grip up. Grip is the main thing holding me back now

that 5th rep of squats was that close to failing, but I just stuck with it and got it, I guess my strain time has improved after all from those ISO hold squats afterall
but I just didn't do them low enough and with a slightly different form.
Well I figure those ISO hold frontsquats I did that session will help here, I lower down, come up about 2-3 inches off the bottom and hold for 15secs and then back up, damn killer! I should have done my ISO back squats the same way in hindsight.
I'm already doing Bulgarian splitsquats - but on my other day - OI style
But my shins are vertical though, so I figure frontsquats are more relevant.

Yours could be hammies and glutes.

 

[delldell2]

Yeah, my grip is holding me back as well. Does DB support direct work (i.e. static or farmers) or just do ISO's and take care of it that way.

The way you do DL's now is harder with the straight back, so that's more impressive than that old clip I saw.

OI style I don't think will help as much as 1 1/4. Especially 1leg HF.

 

[coolcolj]

Well I asked him about this in his Q&A , lets see what he says

Yeah it is harder, plus, I have the shoulders in front of the bar as well, and cleangrip too. Hookgrip no longer hurts too!

well the ISO hold frontsquats will take care of that hopefully, they also build up my upper back strength and endurance. Lots of experimentation to try.

 

[coolcolj]

Just ordered an Ivanko SuperGripper with an extra spring (so 3 in all) - gonna use that for ISO holds and so on. I got this over the COC, because of the variable reistance, especially with 3 springs you can do fine graduations. Plus there are calculators around that can spit out resistance with different springs settings. Cheaper too, since you only need a single unit!