Goal: Jacked inner pecs and thunderous biceps

[djeclipse]

Very nice pressing.

You should tell that guy to print off a few 8 x 11 semi gloss and you'll sign them for him, lol.

 

[mm107]

Damn BigT, 305 overhead is sick bro.

LOL @ the pic tho, bet it ends up on another fitness forum as HIM, (aka Radar cough, no beef radar just showing it has been done!)

but BigT get them damn videos already u bum!
305 is fuckin sick damn

 

[BiggT]

Trained Thurs and just did some hang cleans, nothing spectacular.

Had a good weekend of lifting though.

Saturday 7/8/06

Snatch-grip b-t-n Jerk (yes, I just did these Wed, but I feel more room for improvement, plus they aren't too taxing)....bunch of warm-ups with 45 and 135, 185x1, 225x1, 255x1, 275x1, 295x1, 305x1, 310x1, 310x1

Push Press (to the front): 185x5, 225x5, 255x5, 265x5, 265x4 (I just gassed on the last rep, weight wasn't much of an issue)

Dips: 3 sets of 20 with bodyweight


Sunday 7/9/06

Front Squat: 135x10, 225x10, 295x5x5

Clean Pull: 225x3, 275x3, 300x3, 335x3, 365x3

Jump Shrug: 365x12, 405x12, 455x12

Good day, a good weekend all around, I got a lot of sleep and ate a lot of calories. I decided that I will deadlift every other week, I am just not an every single week deadlifter unless I am really not pushing them.

 

[Protobuilder]

How heavy are those clean pulls for you? When you do them, do your thighs get pretty smoked?

 

[BiggT]

How heavy are those clean pulls for you? When you do them, do your thighs get pretty smoked?

They're pretty heavy I'd say, I PROBABLY could have gone to a triple at 385, any heavier than that and I would more than likely be looking at some form breakdowns or lack of explosion.....they really don't bother my thighs too much, I never do them fresh, it's either after squats or cleans or sometimes both, so maybe I mistake it for simple fatigue from the other lifts....the bar brushes my thighs, if thats what you mean, it only bothers me after a layoff from cleaning.

 

[Protobuilder]

I've been wanting to do them for quite a while and I'm finally going to do them on Monday's instead of rowing. I wanted to do some more pulling from the floor, get a little more trap work, and just continue trying to improve my leg/hip/back strength. When I've done them in the past, my start position is diff't than a deadlift start (which it should be, b/c it's a "clean" pull) and my thighs get pretty tired from 'em. But, I'm a bit worried that my thighs will get too MUCH work doing clean pulls on Mondays after my 5x5 squat work.

 

[BiggT]

nah, you'll be fine...maybe at first you'll notice some more fatigue, but it is perfectly do-able, you'll adjust to the workload as long as it's managed well, if anything they add fatigue the same way a deadlift or pull from the floor does, I never found them to really overtax my legs and effect squats.

 

[BiggT]

Monday 7/10/06

Decline Situps: bodyweight x 20, bodyweight + 45lb plate x 2 sets of 20

Barbell Curls: 95x5, 115x5, 125x5, 140x5, 150x5, 125x 3 sets of 8

Treadmill : 15 minutes of walking/jogging/incline walking

This was really just a little recovery workout, I hate taking total days off unless i need it mentally because I tend to come back feeling like a stiff chunk of crap. I'm benchin' tomorrow, and if I feel good, I'd like to hit something big for a single.

 

[ChinkNasty]

hey biggt, on those snatch jerks you pretty much start with the weight on your back like a squat almost and then instead of 'pushing' it up like a press you just almost snap your arms up and drive under it? (almost like snapping under the weight?)

i never really got the diff. btw. a jerk and a press (I understand a split jerk but not a reg. jerk...)

 

[BiggT]

hey biggt, on those snatch jerks you pretty much start with the weight on your back like a squat almost and then instead of 'pushing' it up like a press you just almost snap your arms up and drive under it? (almost like snapping under the weight?)

i never really got the diff. btw. a jerk and a press (I understand a split jerk but not a reg. jerk...)

Thats exactly a jerk, it's a dip and drive, it is a dip similar to a push press, but then you drive under the bar and catch it at full arms' extension, there is no pressing out.

I have always been a power jerker, it just felt more natural to me from the beginning. I learned how to split jerk first, then in training tried the power jerk and I could handle a lot more weight and I just felt more comfortable with them....generally, split jerking is preferred as in competition it would allow the lifter more room for error because you can make adjustments easier in mid-lift and power jerkers tend to get called a lot for pressing out, but on an individual basis some people are just suited better to one style or another, I just prefer the power jerk, I am more of a stronger/faster lifter than I am a technically perfect lifter, so they work for me......If you start jerking, definitely learn the split jerk, it teaches the 'dip and drive' better in my opinion, then experiment with power jerks after you already know the lift and see what you think.....One thing I will NEVER be able to do in this lifetime is squat jerk, the Chinese National Team is loaded with squat jerkers, it blows my mind even thinking about it.