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Goal: Jacked inner pecs and thunderous biceps

can u briefly explain the difference between a jerk (power jerk) and push press? I always have trouble differentiating btw. the two...
 
In any sort of jerk you use leg drive to give the bar the momentum to move upward, and lock it out only using the speed of your body dropping underneath the bar.

A push press is just that - a press. You use leg drive to give the bar upward momentum, then continue the movement by pressing upwards with the arms. No jump under. Push pressing is an assistance exercise for developing overhead strength and learning to use leg drive.
 
WoNderWoMan25 said:
YOU ALL ARE GREAT. BiggT, we love you for you mind, yeah... and for the superfast metabolism you must have, mr 6004 calories...
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yeah that's it.....his mind....we love him for his mind.....now where are the booty pics? ;)

BiggT - if you bench press the gay guy you'd have enough money to buy a video camera. ;) Maybe the owners of the gym would be willing to video tape some of your lifts.....wear tight pants and have them shoot the vid from behind......just a thought. :evil:


....and the gay guy loves you for your mind too! :FRlol:
 
xblitz44x said:
This journal is starting to become just plain old creepy.
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Word. Can you gals at least be like PB and feign an interest in his workouts in addition to the diet/pics? ;)

And, uh, T, you have a myspace account? :confused:
 
Hey...myspace is awesome, lol

Worked out a little earlier

Chins: bodyweightx 11, 9, 8, 6, 6

Decline Situps: bodyweight + 45lb plate x 4 sets of 20

For this loading phase, there is 18 workouts planned over 3 weeks.....this was number 9. The fatigue is starting to build as expected, but everything is going according to plan....some olympic lifting on tap for tomorrow
 
Cynical Simian said:
Word. Can you gals at least be like PB and feign an interest in his workouts in addition to the diet/pics? ;)

And, uh, T, you have a myspace account? :confused:
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BiggT rocks on his lifting, he even inspires women such as myself. You can't get much better than someone who's hardcore and old school.

....and my estrogen requires that I mention that eye candy is eye candy. :p
 
Hey bro, your training regiment and numbers are pretty close to mine. Have you ever thought of competing in strongman? You would probaly make a pretty good 231 lbr. Your olympic backround will def have a positive carryover to alot of the events.
 
calder said:
Hey bro, your training regiment and numbers are pretty close to mine. Have you ever thought of competing in strongman? You would probaly make a pretty good 231 lbr. Your olympic backround will def have a positive carryover to alot of the events.
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Yeah, I've always watched it and been interested in it, I just never had a place to train any of the implements. Strongman and Highland Games were always things that appealed to me.
 
A friend and I have decided to get together every other Sunday for GPP/event-type workouts. He's about 300, big dude, and wants to get into Highland games and wants me to do it w/ him. I said, what the hell, I'll train for it just for kicks b/c you get to throw heavy stuff, etc. There's Highland Games going on in KC today. If I ever throw a caber, I'll video it for a good laugh.

Might as well drop this one on you: www.kiltedthrower.com Check out the media section.
 
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Thanks, Proto, I will check it out.....

I had some KFC last night, lol, actually a lot of KFC.....then woke up this morning and had a ham omlette, a whole wheat bagel, and some oatmeal......then drove to the gym.

Saturday.....6/10/06

Hang Snatch (these were from the hip, or the high hang as some say, and they were all caught high in the power position; I haven't really snatched with a barbell in months and months, and from the hip, you really need to generate a lot of force over a short distance, then you need to move fast, so I felt these were a good choice for today) : about a million warm-ups with the bar, 95, and 115....then 135x 6 triples, 155x1, 175x1, 195x1, 200x1, 205x1. These were stronger than I expected at 205, I'd love to get that up to 250ish in the next few months.....I felt fast and explosive today, probably from the obscene amounts of test, gh, and 'slin that KFC no doubt injects their chickens with.

Snatch Pull: 225x3, 255x3, 265x3, 275x3, 285x3...these were really smooth off the floor, shoulders were out in front of the bar as they should be, then I was really getting some great explosion on the final pull, I couldn't have been happier with these.

Weighed 242 and change......good day, biceps a little sore from chinning yesterday, something clicked and I think I will do chins and situps on Sat next week after the explosive lifting, it's kind of silly separating them......squats galore and GMs tomorrow.
 
Good readin' as usual.

BTW, you didn't get that new KFC bowl they're advertising on TV did you? Mashed potatoes at the bottom, a layer of corn, a heaping of chicken nuggets with gravy and cheese on top.

When I saw the commercial I thought 'Who would eat that except for Biggt?'
 
no, lol, it looked pretty tasty though, I had some extra crispy breats (never was a thighs and dark meat guy) and a mashed potatoes, cole slaw, and of course buscuits.

I am awaiting protobuilder's comments on the breats/dark meat.

Proto, do you have acess to a shot or hammer or anything like that?
 
that new KFC bowl they're advertising on TV did you? Mashed potatoes at the bottom, a layer of corn, a heaping of chicken nuggets with gravy and cheese on top.
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KFC = greatness. Breasts in a tub = supergreatness.

Implements . . . uh, sort of. We've been compiling "implements" mainly by searching junkyards and home depot. I've rigged up a "weight for height/distance" that consists of chain, a makeshift handle to slip over the chain . . . run the chain through a plate and bingo. You can sling it. LoL Shot? Not yet. Have I mentioned I've never thrown a shot at all? LoL It'll be fugly. Hammer? We're working on it, but throwing a small sledge should work in the meantime. :chomp: We've also got a tire, for discus training. And sandbags, lots and lots of sandbags. And a wheelbarrow. And some old duffels. And, and, and . . . junk. Trying to find a caber is harder than yo'ud think. Although I need to chop down some dead trees in my backyard and some of them may work just fine . . .

As you can see, I'm establishing is a finely-honed Highland Games training center.
 
I saw The Omen last night, it was pretty entertaining, despite already knowing the story and blah blah blah......Woke up this morning and pounded 4 whole eggs with a 1/4 lb of Angus Beef and home fries and toast....then had some Gatorade and headed to the gym.

Sun 6/11/06

Back Squat: 135x10, 225x10, 315x5, 335x5, 365x5, 395x5, 425x3

Front Squat: 315x1, 335x1, 365x1, 385x1, 385x1, 295x8, 295x8

Good Morning: 185x5, 225x5, 235x5, 245x5

Had a really good day....I thought fatigue was setting in on Friday, but I guess not because I felt faster and more explosive than ever both today and yesterday. The back squats all felt easy, and the bar felt light across my back, which is always a good thing.
 
Your squatting is out of this world. Not sure what's more impressive, your back squat or your front squat. I don't know how you held your rack for 8 reps, either.

BTW, you don't usually do them both in the same workout do you? Were the front squats your back off sets today?
 
Jim Ouini said:
Your squatting is out of this world. Not sure what's more impressive, your back squat or your front squat. I don't know how you held your rack for 8 reps, either.

BTW, you don't usually do them both in the same workout do you? Were the front squats your back off sets today?
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Thanks, man. I am a disproportionately good front squatter, they'd probably be higher than my back squat if I prioritized them, lol.....however, I am a HORRENDOUS wide-stance squatter.

yeah, typically I haven't done both backs and fronts in the same workout, just for this 3 week period I am doing it. I did the fronts for more volume, plus I don't want to regress on them. I have just done so many front squats and cleans over the years that I guess I am just comfortable with the rack. I get winded on the last few reps of the 8's, but I just keep the elbows high and my upperbody tight and I can grind them out. I do get winded bad at the end of each set of 8's though, but I figure thats good for me.
 
Do you pop out of the hole pretty quick on those front singles? I've seen people do 'em pretty ballistically, but when I do 'em, they're pretty deliberate.
 
Protobuilder said:
Do you pop out of the hole pretty quick on those front singles? I've seen people do 'em pretty ballistically, but when I do 'em, they're pretty deliberate.
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As quickly as I can.....no bouncing of course as the descent is deliberate (but not exaggerated or anything), but with both backs and fronts I change directions explosively and I try to pop back up ballistically.....the 315, 335, and 365 probably look faster than the 385 sets, but I am still trying to come up as fast as I can.
 
Monday 6/12/06

Strict Overhead Press: 135x10, 185x5, 200x5, 205x5, 210x5

Close-Grip Bench Press: 135x10, 225x5, 275x1, 315x1, 345x1, 355x1, 365x1, 7 sets of 6 at 285

Barbell Curl: 95x5, 115x5, 125x5, 140x5, 145x5, 125x8, 125x8

Felt good today, wanted to hit something big on the close-grip, then I got concerned over the volume, which is why I did so many backoff sets. OHP felt real strong. Left the gym and had Sirloin steaks, corn on the cob, rice, salad, milk, and a scoop of ice cream.
 
Monday 6/12/06

Strict Overhead Press: 135x10, 185x5, 200x5, 205x5, 210x5

Close-Grip Bench Press: 135x10, 225x5, 275x1, 315x1, 345x1, 355x1, 365x1, 7 sets of 6 at 285

Barbell Curl: 95x5, 115x5, 125x5, 140x5, 145x5, 125x8, 125x8
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just stopping in to check your 'jacked inner pecs' workouts - going to work chest tonight. hoping to max out at 135 Close-Grip Bench Press, your warm-up set. woot! :)

question- why would one suggest I do dips on shoulder day instead of chest day?
 
Yeah, Tweakle, my triceps are sore today.

WW, I pmed you my thoughts on it, but basically, dips don't isolate anything. I consider them a total upper body movement, much like a press. If you do bodypart splits, it's reasonable to consider them either a chest, shoulder, or triceps exercise, as they will effectively train all of those areas. Also, 135 is a very impressive close-grip, most women fear the 45lb plates, plus, if I were a betting man, I'd wager it is more than half the guys on the anabolic board could do.
 
BiggT said:
Monday 6/12/06

Strict Overhead Press: 135x10, 185x5, 200x5, 205x5, 210x5

Close-Grip Bench Press: 135x10, 225x5, 275x1, 315x1, 345x1, 355x1, 365x1, 7 sets of 6 at 285

Barbell Curl: 95x5, 115x5, 125x5, 140x5, 145x5, 125x8, 125x8

Felt good today, wanted to hit something big on the close-grip, then I got concerned over the volume, which is why I did so many backoff sets. OHP felt real strong. Left the gym and had Sirloin steaks, corn on the cob, rice, salad, milk, and a scoop of ice cream.
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Just 1 scoop of ice cream? :dodgy:

Did they use a shovel or a backhoe for the scoop? :lmao:

5-Gal bucket & a spoon? :chomp:

or were you already over you "Milk products" quota for the day? ;)

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BiggT you know I'm just messin with ya. :rainbow:
 
There is no milk products quota, lol, the more the merrier.

Actually, today is my off-day from training, my appetite is raging out of control, I just stopped eating for the night about an hour ago though, enough is enough sometimes, lol.
 
BiggT said:
Yeah, Tweakle, my triceps are sore today.

WW, I pmed you my thoughts on it, but basically, dips don't isolate anything. I consider them a total upper body movement, much like a press. If you do bodypart splits, it's reasonable to consider them either a chest, shoulder, or triceps exercise, as they will effectively train all of those areas. Also, 135 is a very impressive close-grip, most women fear the 45lb plates, plus, if I were a betting man, I'd wager it is more than half the guys on the anabolic board could do.
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Your PM makes sense. Since I do seperate out body parts on different days- I am (have been) doing dips on chest/tri or chest day and on shoulder/tricep day. Getting pretty good at them - no longer doing them on that assisted machine. PR @ 10 first set, 10 second set, 8.5 third set. wooooha...

The guys I work out with (trainer included) are firm believers that girls should do the same workouts as the guys. If you had to pick one over the other- would you do a regular bench press, or use dumb bells? I've seen more girls using weights than the bar...
 
WW, with the barbell, you can handle more weight than with dumbells, and I am a firm believer that load is king when it comes to development, so I think the barbell is better if I HAD to pick only one. Plus, with a barbell, you can make small 5lb jumps each week, and with d-bells, you're kind of stuck going up 10lbs or not at all, and in most cases that's a big weekly jump.

However, dumbells do have a place at times in training. Just saying if I had to pick one, I'd go with a barbell.
 
BiggT said:
... and in most cases that's a big weekly jump.
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Well, I am wonder woman, you know...

BiggT said:
... However, dumbells do have a place at times in training. Just saying if I had to pick one, I'd go with a barbell.
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Makes sense. Thanks for your input. Side note- I workout at this really great gym where the dumb bells go up in 2.5 pound increments from 5 lbs to 50 lbs. It's pretty cool actually. :)
 
Hey WW, I trained today instead of yesterday, I wanted to power clean, and yesterday was just one of those days where I couldn't walk and chew gum at the same time, lol, so power cleans weren't happening, but the extra day served me well, and afterall, training is an art, not an exact science.....

Here is today's workout Thurs. 6/15/06

Power Clean: bar and 135 x a bunch of warm-ups, 185x1, 225x1, 255x1, 285x1, 300x1, 315x1, 315x1, 5 doubles at 280

Clean Pull: 335x3, 365x3, 365x3, 365x3

Jump Shrug: 405x15, 495x12, 495x10

All in all a really good day. The cleans felt on the money today and I am glad I waited instead of screwing them up yesterday....the clean pulls were easy, I just try to stay calm and keep the pull from the floor nice and smooth and hold the explosion until the end. My endurance on the shrugs felt much, much better this week than last, I didn't feel the need to die or anything like last week. Squats and push presses tomorrow.

Rundown on today's 'diet'....a 4 egg omlette in the AM, a lb of chicken, a lb of 95% lean beef, lots of oatmeal, lots of brussels sprouts, lol, salad, corn, a little less than a gallon of milk, but not much less, 3 sweet potatoes, 2 slices of pizza, and probably some other stuff that I can't think of.....I am done for the day most likely, save for maybe a protein shake if I feel like making one, but if I don't feel like fussing with the blender, I won't bother.
 
Kinda curious how you laid out this workout. Powerclean-->Clean Pull-->Jump Shrug

Like you're doing the full move, then half, then a quarter of it...

Also, I recall you saying you catch air on your jumpshrugs :eek2: Impressive as always.
 
BiggT said:
...................Rundown on today's 'diet'....a 4 egg omlette in the AM, a lb of chicken, a lb of 95% lean beef, lots of oatmeal, lots of brussels sprouts, lol, salad, corn, a little less than a gallon of milk, but not much less, 3 sweet potatoes, 2 slices of pizza, and probably some other stuff that I can't think of.....I am done for the day most likely, save for maybe a protein shake if I feel like making one, but if I don't feel like fussing with the blender, I won't bother.
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I have an immersion blender or stick mixer that stays out on the counter. I use it, rinse it off and back to the corner of the counter it goes. It takes up very little room. I also have a certain glass that I always use to mix my shakes in so I know the stick blender will fit in the glass. ;)

:Chef: That way I don't have to get the big bulky blender out, mix a shake, clean the blender, etc. etc.
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You really should find someone to takes vids of some of your lifts.
 
Thanks Que, I am going to look into that.

Jim, basically, I did the power cleans first becaue thats the most important thing to me, and the clean pulls I feel are good for me, because my weakness with the Olympic lifts is I get anxious and then I develop the tendency to get sloppy and rip the bar from the floor too fast and not finish the pull, so these are good practice to drill a smooth first pull from the floor and explosion on the final pull. The jump shrugs are just to overload my upper back, no more no less, plus I have to admitt, always liked the cosmetic effect they give the traps, lol.
 
Trained today: Sunday 6/18/06

Hang Snatch: millions of warm-ups/overhead squats/drills with the empty bar, 135x3, 145x3, 155x3, 165x3, 175x3, 185x3, 195x3 (these are feeling fast and right on)

Flat Bench: 135x10, 225x10, 295x5, 315x5, 325x5, 325x5, 295x8, 295x8

Dips: bodyweight x 3 sets of 20

Overall a decent workout, I have been close-grip benching, so I expect the bench numbers to take big jumps, at least I hope they do, lol.

I have been busy with lots of things, some personal stuff and all, and my eating suffered, I probably only ate 3000-3500 cals the last 3 days, went out to eat a lot out of necessity, I tried to junk it up a little to add cals (french onion soup, fries, desserts), but the total cals were too low for about 3 days, I ended up weighing 238 today (was 243-244 the middle of last week).
 
BiggT said:
Trained today: Sunday 6/18/06

Hang Snatch: millions of warm-ups/overhead squats/drills with the empty bar, 135x3, 145x3, 155x3, 165x3, 175x3, 185x3, 195x3 (these are feeling fast and right on)

Flat Bench: 135x10, 225x10, 295x5, 315x5, 325x5, 325x5, 295x8, 295x8

Dips: bodyweight x 3 sets of 20

Overall a decent workout, I have been close-grip benching, so I expect the bench numbers to take big jumps, at least I hope they do, lol.

I have been busy with lots of things, some personal stuff and all, and my eating suffered, I probably only ate 3000-3500 cals the last 3 days, went out to eat a lot out of necessity, I tried to junk it up a little to add cals (french onion soup, fries, desserts), but the total cals were too low for about 3 days, I ended up weighing 238 today (was 243-244 the middle of last week).
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Don't worry BiggT, I ate enough in the last 2 days for both of us. ;)
 
solid workout, thats actually a lot of benching volume .. were you getting the groove back more with each set you did?

hope the close grip translates to a bigger bench for you
 
Hang snatch . . . do you drop down into a full squat catch position?

If you haven't, you should really try a bearded snatch.



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dips . . . 20 reps
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Are you pumping the guns? LoL And you make fun of me for using CEE? LoL
 
Bearded snatch? Is that from the same family of bearded clams?

Proto, those would be hang power snatches that I've been doing. And dips are functional, lol, the 20 reps is because I was too lazy to strap weight, next week I'll weight them.
 
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Trained today: Sunday 6/18/06

Hang Snatch: millions of warm-ups/overhead squats/drills with the empty bar, 135x3, 145x3, 155x3, 165x3, 175x3, 185x3, 195x3 (these are feeling fast and right on)

Flat Bench: 135x10, 225x10, 295x5, 315x5, 325x5, 325x5, 295x8, 295x8

Dips: bodyweight x 3 sets of 20

Overall a decent workout, I have been close-grip benching, so I expect the bench numbers to take big jumps, at least I hope they do, lol.

I have been busy with lots of things, some personal stuff and all, and my eating suffered, I probably only ate 3000-3500 cals the last 3 days, went out to eat a lot out of necessity, I tried to junk it up a little to add cals (french onion soup, fries, desserts), but the total cals were too low for about 3 days, I ended up weighing 238 today (was 243-244 the middle of last week).
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From your posts- doesn't look like the decrease in calories affected your training too much. Nice Lifts, T :)

Re- personal stuff and salts, sweets, desserts. It made me smile - you almost sound like you should be over in the women's forum with us ladies. Hope everything is ok, though!
 
Thanks, WW, yeah, everything is ok

Today Mon. 6/19/06

Power Clean: 45 and 135 by a lot of warm-ups, 185x1, 225x1, 255x1, 275x1, 295x1, 305x1, 315x1, 320xmiss, 320x1, 5 triples at 265 (these were ok, I was happy with the 320, all the thinner olympic bars I like to use for these were taken, so I had to use a Texas Power Bar with shitty whip, I didn't notice it too bad until the sets over 300, the first miss at 320 was because I didn't catch the bar in my rack, it was a little lower than my front delts and it kind of rolled off, could be timing issues from using a less than ideal bar....or I could have just missed.....the triples were more tiring than I thought they'd be and I flirted with the idea of making them 3x3, but then that little voice said don't be a pussy)

Back Squat: 135x10, 225x10, 315x5, 365x5, 405x5, 415x5, 425x5, 365x8. These went well, the 5th rep at 425 was a little bit slow, but not a grinder or anything, I am thinking one more week of 5's and then I want to do some heavier triples or doubles.

Good Morning: 185x8, 225x5, 245x5, 265x5 These were easy, for some reason the 1st rep on all of my GMs feels like death, then I get into a nice grrove and they feel great.

Got back to my normal eating, drank 3/4 of a gallon of milk.
 
ive noticed that some guys in vids and what not will start their clean with a standard grip but by the time they catch and groove it for the press/jerk the only have three fingers holding the bar...u do this?
 
Not a single one of those exercises is good for inner chest or biceps. You need to get Arnold's Encyclopedia of BB'ing. it's really good and has routines in it.
 
3/4 of a gallon of milk ... I wonder if you're that genetic freak who could actually drink a gallon in an hour. They say it's not possible. And with my family background (in the business) I've seen many try and many puke...

S.h.i.t. - So happy it's Tuesday....
 
ChinkNasty said:
ive noticed that some guys in vids and what not will start their clean with a standard grip but by the time they catch and groove it for the press/jerk the only have three fingers holding the bar...u do this?
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I start out hook-gripping of course, then I release it when I catch, I'd say 90% of the time I can maintain my grip, sometimes the pinkies will slip off, it is okay though, as long as the elbows are high and the bar is firmly racked.
 
WW, I can drink a quart in about 5 minutes, lol, but then I usually don't feel too hot, so a gallon in an hour would be tough.....MM107, if you drink a gallon of milk in an hour and video it with a timer and all, I will donate all of my karma to you, for real.
 
Mark Rippetoe pwns you all:

Matt Reynold's interview w/ Mark said:
One of his fellow coaches described him as having “a weird Viking fetish, short shorts, and a no-non-sense type of smarts. He has many years under the bar, worked with a full metric shit-ton of athletes and has the academic wits to battle most PhD's.”

And he can drink a gallon of milk in 15 minutes…and keep it down.

You can’t do that.
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The weird Viking Fetish part is awesome, lol, seriously, I can chug a quart post workout, but I couldn't imagine a gallon.
 
I'll have to find it, but I saw a video of some dude who chugged a gallon without stopping like it was no big deal. I could put down a quart in about 5 minutes as well. I put down a half gallon in about 20 and felt a little funny so the gallon in an hour would be a challenge.
 
Protobuilder said:
Damn! I wonder if it'd be easier using water or if just a gallon of anything is hard.
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I saw some video of some stupid kid "training" to be the record of the guy above and he trained with water, then water and flour. Milk is very difficult because it's the lactose that has to be broken down.

PS: Sorry, T, for jacking your thread; just had to post the video for all of us milk lovers out there.
 
That's alright, I jacked this thread myself long ago, lol, I might actually try that post-workout, instead of any food, I may consider just a gallon of milk....I handle lactose pretty well, but we'll see I guess.
 
WoNderWoMan25 said:
Boice Brothers Dairy - Upstate, NY
I'll supply the necessary provisions... whole milk would probably be the most difficult. ;)
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if i got to see you, then the whole thing would be worth it, but dont mind if i puke ok? lol

Ok, im done jacking BigT's thread, hes a big mofo and i dont wanna piss him off lol
 
You are talking to Miss Competitive - So - C'mon, two gallons of milk, you and T - one hour. It'll be that much better if we make it a 'real' contest. :)

You're also talking to Miss Blushes-A-Lot. So thanks for stopping by my log.

But back to T and the Milk.... This could work on your myspace page, couldn't it? ;)
 
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Thanks. I haven't trained for a big clean and jerk in years, the most I have ever C and J'd is 245-250ish. I've cleaned much more and I've jerked much more, but I just haven't trained the complete lift in a long time.
 
Tuesday 6/20/06

Push Press (to the front) 135x10, 185x5, 225x5, 240x5, 255x5

Strict Standing Press (to the front) 200x8, 200x8, 200x8

Barbell Row (Pendlay Row) 135x10, 185x5, 225x5, 245x5, 265x5, 275x5, 225x10

Incline D-Bell Press: 95'sx8, 105'sx5, 115'sx5, 125'sx5, 125'sx5 (I just got the urge to do these, they weren't originally planned)

Decline Situps: bodyweight + 45 x 2 sets of 20

Real good day today, I have a lot of room to move up in the push press, I haven't done them from the front in a little while....Pendlay Rows were good, I lost a good bit of strength on them, but it's been a couple months since I did them, they should shoot back up, I just couldn't stomach anymore chins for now. I wanted to do this workout tomorrow, but I'll be out of town from tomorrow until Thurs night with no way to workout, so I got it in...my shoulders and traps were sore from Sun and Mon, but I said fuck it and ignored it, I'm glad I did, I had a good night.

Post Workout, I stopped at a Convenient store and chugged a quart of milk in about 2 minutes and felt okay, however, it doesn't count as it was skim, lol.
 
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That's alright, I jacked this thread myself long ago, lol, I might actually try that post-workout, instead of any food, I may consider just a gallon of milk....I handle lactose pretty well, but we'll see I guess.
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this thread is a great read, LOL.

I live on a dairy farm and love my milk.
Never tried the gallon in a hour thing but have done 1/2 a gallon easily under a minute as a dare.
 
Awesome to see someone have a smoking workout. I often have "one of those days" but never one of THOSE days. They're always the crumby, wore-out kind. LoL

Strict pressing, incline DBs, and you did curls the other day . . . I think you may be turning the corner. LoL One day, I want to open up this log and see "Leg Press, all the way half down, worked up to 550 + the sexy gym attendant sitting on top." LoL
 
LOL @ Proto

Yea bigT, even if you didnt have room to move up, those are still some great numbers. When im done with my 5x5, i wanna switch it over to YOUR routine lol, run it for couple weeks and get back onto a 5x5 regimine again.

but damn bigt, nice numbers once again
 
Worked out this afternoon

Friday 6/23/06

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

Hang Snatch: bar x a bunch of various warm-up stuff, 135x3, 155x1, 175x1, 185x1, 195x1, 200x1, 205x1, 210x1, 215x1, 215x1 (these were good, I thought I got a little sloppy on the second to last set, so I did it again to my liking, which is why the two singles at 215)

Front Squat: 135x5, 225x5, 275x5, 300x5, 320x3, 330x3, 335x3, 295x10 (All I remember about reps 9 and 10 is doing them as I almost blacked out, lol, I feel if strength were the limiting factor, I could have done 20 reps with this, but I just couldn't breath, lol)

Dumbell Curl:50'sx8, 60'sx8, 65'sx8 (a curl is a curl, not much to say)

Decent day, was out of town for two days, did lots of driving and got shitty sleep, felt a little 'off' but I'm glad I trained, I'll probably take the weekend to eat and get on my normal sleep schedule and I may begin training twice a day on Mon.....I'll post a template when I think of one, lol. If I train twice a day, I am going to have to eat an obscene amount of calories, because 2 a days always melt the pounds off me.
 
So much for taking the weekend off....I woke up today and had a 4 egg omlette with Angus steak and got in the lifting mood.

Saturday 6/24/06

Flat Benchin' 135x10, 225x10, 295x5, 315x5, 335x5, 335x5, 355x1, 375x1, 385x1, 305x8, 305x7

Dips: bodyweight + 45lb plate x 3 sets of 12, bodyweight x 20

Good day overall, getting reconditioned to flat benching, triceps got some good conditioning work with the volume. 2 a days still planned starting Monday. The plan is to do olympic lifts, situps, calves, and some conditioning in the AM , then squats, presses, and lat work in the PM with some assistance. I want to start training the deadlift heavy too, so I will DL in the PM workout. I need to hit the grocery store because last time I trained twice a day I lost 15 or 20lbs within a couple months, and I don't necessarily want to do that right now, lol.
 
Lol Nice f'ing workouts, bro. Is this your 2d week of 6x/wk. workouts? How's it going? You seem to be feeling pretty good, even w/ the increase in workload.

You know, if you'd actually blacked out during front squats, you'd have grounds to join the Kill That Shit administration.
 
BiggT said:
So much for taking the weekend off....I woke up today and had a 4 egg omlette with Angus steak and got in the lifting mood.

Saturday 6/24/06

Flat Benchin' 135x10, 225x10, 295x5, 315x5, 335x5, 335x5, 355x1, 375x1, 385x1, 305x8, 305x7

Dips: bodyweight + 45lb plate x 3 sets of 12, bodyweight x 20

Good day overall, getting reconditioned to flat benching, triceps got some good conditioning work with the volume. 2 a days still planned starting Monday. The plan is to do olympic lifts, situps, calves, and some conditioning in the AM , then squats, presses, and lat work in the PM with some assistance. I want to start training the deadlift heavy too, so I will DL in the PM workout. I need to hit the grocery store because last time I trained twice a day I lost 15 or 20lbs within a couple months, and I don't necessarily want to do that right now, lol.
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Trying to bringing some sunshine your way!! Rain rain GO AWAY ... I know I wanna play..... :qt:

(I miss outside cardio)

Since weekend, breakfast looks yuuuuuumy. I wish I had the ability to lose 15 or 20lbs within a couple months without really trying :P
 
BiggT said:
So much for taking the weekend off....I woke up today and had a 4 egg omlette with Angus steak and got in the lifting mood.

Saturday 6/24/06

Flat Benchin' 135x10, 225x10, 295x5, 315x5, 335x5, 335x5, 355x1, 375x1, 385x1, 305x8, 305x7

Dips: bodyweight + 45lb plate x 3 sets of 12, bodyweight x 20

Good day overall, getting reconditioned to flat benching, triceps got some good conditioning work with the volume. 2 a days still planned starting Monday. The plan is to do olympic lifts, situps, calves, and some conditioning in the AM , then squats, presses, and lat work in the PM with some assistance. I want to start training the deadlift heavy too, so I will DL in the PM workout. I need to hit the grocery store because last time I trained twice a day I lost 15 or 20lbs within a couple months, and I don't necessarily want to do that right now, lol.
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You rent a uhaul on grocery day don't you? :FRlol:
 
All is well, I've been training, just got lazy with the online log....I will start posting my workouts again though...no lifting tomorrow, I have a wedding to go to, but I have to train on Sun, so no drinking for me.

The 6x a week was good, I made it through 3 weeks and went 5 last week, as long as I keep the calories high I am ok.
 
Lifted today Sunday 7/2/06

Back Squat: 135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 335x10, 350x10

Deadlift: 225x5, 315x5, 405x5, 495x5, 550x1 (these were conventional, hook-grip, no straps and were the easiest deadlift session I can remember....I did 495x5 probably a month or two ago and thats the last I've deadlifted, my PR is 605x1, I would love to smash that in the next several weeks)

I felt great today, went to a wedding last night and I knew the banquet waitress from the gym, so I talked/bribed her into getting me 2 prime rib dinners, lol....then my date left half of her chicken, so I finished that off too.....no alcohol either and I layed off the cake.

The plan for the next several weeks is to back squat to a 10 on Sun, a 5 on Tues, and a triple or single on Thurs. I will be doing deads on Sun, and Mon-Fri still coming in for a light AM workout of some olympic lifts, situps, back hypers, and assorted crap with the heavier lifting in the PM....sorry if this gets a little frustrating to follow to anybody following along....I need to tweak a lot to cater to my body, so if anybody has any questions as to what the heck I am doing, feel free to ask.
 
I didn't get to bed last night until about 11:45ish, so I didn't want to get up at 5, as I felt the sleep after squats and deadlifts was more important. I will do some situps and back hypers tonight before my workout and work up to a VERY VERY light front squat single, maybe 300-ish, then do my planned workout, which is power cleans to a moderate single and some heavy and high volume flat benching.

I would like to be asleep no later than 11 on workout nights, but I feel so pumped up and energized it is tough sometimes....I have no problem waking up and feeling good, but I feel I should get 8-9 hours of sleep though for immune system health and general recovery during heavy training.
 
good point on the sleep, i def. overlooked its importance and got sick this past week then soon as I was feelin better I binge drank all weekend and went to lift today and probably had my shittiest showing in years...good luck on your new cycle
 
Yeah, alcohol in excess and lack of sleep will destroy the body. I remember being in college and a rough weekend would cost me things like 50lbs on my cleans, 75lbs on a squat, 50lbs on a bench, lol....finally I just said enough is enough and bagged the drinking.

Lifted today, Mon. 7/3/06

Flat Bench: 135x10 (switched bars as the one I was using was a stiff peice of shit), 135x10, 225x5, 295x5, 315x5, 340x5, 340x5, 315x8

Power Clean: 135x a lot of warm-ups, 185x1, 225x1, 255x1, 275x1, 295x1 (these were easy, but thats the idea today, then do them higher volume or a little heavier later in the week)

Front Squat: 135x5, 225x1, 275x1, 300x1, 315x3 (easy, just to work out some stiffness from yesterday)

Felt pretty good today, I weighed in at 247lbs, I'm back squatting to a heavy triple tomorrow.
 
Jim Ouini said:
You don't want a stiff bar for benching? Just curious :)


I probably didn't use the best choice of words...I don't want it overly whippy, but I like the collars to rotate well, the first one I used, they barely spun with the plates on there.
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THere is nothing worse for your lifting than binge drinking. Though, I did snatch a PR once after a weekend of heavy drinking. Must be an adrenadline/survival response type thing :)

How old are you now BiggT?

BiggT said:
Yeah, alcohol in excess and lack of sleep will destroy the body. I remember being in college and a rough weekend would cost me things like 50lbs on my cleans, 75lbs on a squat, 50lbs on a bench, lol....finally I just said enough is enough and bagged the drinking.

Lifted today, Mon. 7/3/06

Flat Bench: 135x10 (switched bars as the one I was using was a stiff peice of shit), 135x10, 225x5, 295x5, 315x5, 340x5, 340x5, 315x8

Power Clean: 135x a lot of warm-ups, 185x1, 225x1, 255x1, 275x1, 295x1 (these were easy, but thats the idea today, then do them higher volume or a little heavier later in the week)

Front Squat: 135x5, 225x1, 275x1, 300x1, 315x3 (easy, just to work out some stiffness from yesterday)

Felt pretty good today, I weighed in at 247lbs, I'm back squatting to a heavy triple tomorrow.
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I recall one time while I was on a no-smoking and no-drinking wagon. I had a night on the tiles and went to the gym the next day.

I remember two things from that workout. There was some huge German guy who told that my squats were too deep and there was an open window that I had my head stuck through while I gasped for air and told myself 'never again'.

I have the odd tipple of Brandy and Benedictine these days or some of my sloe gin but that's about as far as I go. It's the combination of dehydration and general poisoning that does the damage.
 
It was only last week I checked the collars on the bars in my hole, out of 12 bars only 2 have properly revolving barings on the sleeves. I gotta wonder how much that's been pushing me out of the groove on all number of exercises as some of them are pretty much welded fast.

nice benching, you must be not far off a 405 single if you maxed out.

as for drinking, my infamous lil spotter drinks pretty much every weekend and wonders why it affects his workouts. ''But it's just a couple!''
 
Thanks Tweakle.



Tues. 7/4/06 Woke up at 5 AM and downed 2 servings of oatmeal and a bunch of water

6:00 AM

Decline Situps: Bodyweight x 3 sets of 20

Back Hyperextensions: Bodyweight x 3 sets of 20

Standing Calf Raise Machine : Stack x 3 sets of 20, don't know what the stack weighed, but not really concerned with it either.

Left the gym and had a 4 egg turkey omlette and a big stack of pancakes

10:00 AM

Back Squat: 135x8, 225x5, 315x3, 355x3, 385x3, 405x3, 420x3

Chins: Bodyweight x 10, 9, 9, 8, 7

I would have preferred to do this one later in the evening, but it is the 4th and the gym closes early, felt pretty good. I will post my 4th of July pig out a little later after it happens. Also, last week during my deload type week, I back squatted 505x1, which I was VERY happy with, my lifetime best is 515 at a heavier bodyweight, so I'll take that especially taking all the pulls I have been training into consideration.
 
Tweakle said:
It was only last week I checked the collars on the bars in my hole, out of 12 bars only 2 have properly revolving barings on the sleeves. I gotta wonder how much that's been pushing me out of the groove on all number of exercises as some of them are pretty much welded fast.
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One thing I've found is that a lot of gyms have some older equipment floating around especially bars. If you know what the collars look like on the older York bars you are almost guaranteed to find that they've retained decent enough spin over the years. In addition, because these bars are obviously not new, or chrome looking, or black and chrome, they aren't in high demand as people don't really know what they are looking at (like a Ferrari Dino sitting there with people people racing Yugos around). Scoping out the bars is the first thing I do after making sure there's a rack (and grumbling under my breath about Arthur Jones and his bullshit marketing that has made bumpers so damn rare).
 
Wednesday 7/5/06

Snatch-grip behind-the-neck jerk : a lot of warmups and presses/push presses with 135, then.....135x3, 185x3, 205x3, 225x1, 255x1, 275x1, 295x1, 305x1

Incline dumbell press: 3 sets of 10 with 110lbers

Pretty good night. The gym was extra packed probably because it was dead the last 4 days because of the 4th of July weekend. The behind the neck jerks gathered quite a bit of "fans". Some kid took a pic of the 295 and 305 sets with his cell phone, they were pretty good, they are shots from the back, the 295 shot I am bent at the knees with the bar locked out and ready to stand up, the 305 is the finished lift with the bar overhead....When I left I gave the kid my e-mail address and told him to send them to me....nothing yet, so if I run into him again, I will shake him down, lol.

I weighed in at 249 today after a great weekend of eating. Yesterday, at the house, I had 2 large burgers and 2 brats and an obscene amount of pasta salad.....then a few hours later at a friend's cookout, I had 2 burgers, a hot dog, and several ears of corn on the cobb, and a small slice of cake, lol.
 
Bad ass. That's gotta' feel good. LoL @ having an audience. Sometimes my dogs come down inthe basement and just kinda' sit there staring vacantly. LoL

You need to take some goddamn pics or videos man and post 'em up. There are very few oly-assistance lift vids floating around. Post 'em!

Why only 2 movements?
 
305 overhead! Damn, thats impressive behind the neck.. hopefully that picture will get sent to you and not end up on his myspace ;)

pb I'd trade you the dogs for the gawkers, nothing puts me off more than looking up and seeing a group of A&F's staring at me when I'm about to lift something
 
BiggT said:
I had 2 large burgers and 2 brats and an obscene amount of pasta salad.....then a few hours later at a friend's cookout, I had 2 burgers, a hot dog, and several ears of corn on the cobb, and a small slice of cake, lol.
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this cracks me up. im ona strict diet for a figure show & eat about this much food over 2 weeks...lol
 
BiggT said:
Yesterday, at the house, I had 2 large burgers and 2 brats and an obscene amount of pasta salad.....then a few hours later at a friend's cookout, I had 2 burgers, a hot dog, and several ears of corn on the cobb, and a small slice of cake, lol.
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Dieting or something?

Impressive overhead as usual. I probably would've watched too.
 
I have to start eating more. At 249, you're catching up.

Awesome pressing. You realise those pics are going to be spotlighted on his bedroom wall.
 
ChinkNasty said:
good point on the sleep, i def. overlooked its importance and got sick this past week
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Twice a day workouts AND 8-9 hours of sleep... T should just sleep @ the gym ... It'll save on the gas money.

I wanna see those pictures! ;)
 
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