Goal: Jacked inner pecs and thunderous biceps

[BiggT]

Sunday 7/23/06

Strict standing Behind the neck press: bar x a million, 135x10, 185x5, 195x5, 205x5, 215x5 (PR), 215x5 (PR)

Behind the neck push press: 225x3, 245x3, 255x3 (PR), 265x3 (PR)

Pendlay Row: 135x10, 225x5, 255x5, 275x5, 300x5, 315x5 (315 was heavy as fuck on these)

Incline Dumbell Press: 100's x 12, 12, 10

Great workout today. Came home and had 48g of whey and a couple of meat loaf sandwiches. My pressing is really clicking and coming together.

Something funny at the gym today, lol, this is a good story for the morons at the gym thread. There was a guy there I'd never seen before, good sized guy, about 6'1" and 235 or so and good body comp. He was doing leg presses and he had to walk across the gym to get more plates, so as he walks by the mirror he has his chest puffed out, he is carrying imaginary luggage, and he is making tough guy faces at himeslf in the mirror. He grabs a 45 for each hand and repeats the same shtick on the way back to the leg press. He is concentrating so hard on making tough guy faces at himself in the mirror that he fails to see the weight tree in front of him and he smashes right into it, doing a face plant to the floor, dropping both 45s and taking the weight tree with him scattering 2.5s and 5s and 10s and 25s all over the place. I thought it was pretty damn funny, but it looked bad, so I came over and helped him up and asked if he was ok (fortunately no damage was done, lol), so I helped him pick up all the scattered plates......just thought y'all would find this funny.....luckily for the guy the gym is empty on Sun because most people are nursing hangovers and preparing for tomorrow, which is international bench press day.

 

[Shades McCool]

Where are you from again T?

 

[Protobuilder]

LoL Nice story. It's even worse that he's doing that in an empty gym. Did he act like a dick to you or was he decent after you helped him up? LoL

Good to see your pressing is "clicking." What do you think's going on? Just happens that way sometimes or what?

 

[BiggT]

LoL Nice story. It's even worse that he's doing that in an empty gym. Did he act like a dick to you or was he decent after you helped him up? LoL

Good to see your pressing is "clicking." What do you think's going on? Just happens that way sometimes or what?

Nah, he was alright, lol, I think he was glad I helped him pick up all the scattered plates.

About the pressing, I think it just happens that way sometimes. I am weighing in around 250, which helps, but also, I have trained the same couple things consistently and not strayed off much and varied my training too much, and the subtitiutions are 'like lifts' for 3 or 4 weeks and I seem to have gained legit strength after the reacclimation process and all.

 

[BiggT]

Did a little session at 5:30 AM

Overhead Squat: bunch of warm-ups, 135x5, 155x5, 165x5, 175x5, 185x5

Power Snatch: bunch of doubles up to 205

I am gonna do some sprints tonight.

Shades, sorry I missed your post, I am from PA

Also want to note, I went to a Japanese restaurant last night and on Sundays they have an all you can eat Sushi special, and I pretty much shut the place down, the staff was actually getting annoyed with me because I just couldn't stop, lol.

 

[silver_shadow]

Also want to note, I went to a Japanese restaurant last night and on Sundays they have an all you can eat Sushi special, and I pretty much shut the place down, the staff was actually getting annoyed with me because I just couldn't stop, lol.

your like joey from friends... i believe you're italian american too

 

[mm107]

LMAO @ the all u can eat sushi, poor place.

You got some nice lifts there man. Amazing work keep it up.

Also, BigT, are there any OL lifts that you find superior to others?

 

[BiggT]

Yeah, SS...I am half-Italian....MM, with the olympic lifts, there's two: the clean and jerk and the snatch (the clean and press was eliminated after the '72 Olympics). With olympic lifts, once you can do the full squat versions of the lifts, you've got various hybrids, which are really just assistance to the C & J and the snatch, there are things like (power cleans, power snatches, power and squat versions done from various heights, which are 'hang' versions, you can work on just the pull from the floor or the hang (clean and snatch pulls)......once you can do a squat clean, a squat snatch, and you can jerk, you can really get creative depending on your goals if you're not going to compete in Olympic lifting. I generally prefer to pull from the floor, rather that the hang on everything though.

 

[Protobuilder]

I have trained the same couple things consistently and not strayed off much and varied my training too much, and the subtitiutions are 'like lifts' for 3 or 4 weeks and I seem to have gained legit strength after the reacclimation process and all.

That's awesome. And pretty much all one needs to know. Glad to hear it's working.

 

[que_66]

Also want to note, I went to a Japanese restaurant last night and on Sundays they have an all you can eat Sushi special, and I pretty much shut the place down, the staff was actually getting annoyed with me because I just couldn't stop, lol.

*in my best imitation voice*

You been here 4 hour - you leave now!

Sushi all gone truck not come till Tuesday

You no come back!