curgeo said:
I really enjoy chains on my ME stuff. Lately we have been using a lot of bands, but they are really hard on the body after a while.
Your log is going very well. It seems like the weights are moving up and you are making great progress. I like how you are doing extra GPP work.
A training partner or a couple of them are invaluable. It makes it fun and it also is important to trust them. I don't feel like I am putting my life on the line now that I have 3 other idiots like myself to help on the spot. Asking somebody that doesn't know what they are doing to spot is very nerve racking.
Good luck to you.
yes, i definately enjoy using the chains. i have been using bands since i started a PL routine (6 months ago), and we recently got the chains. the bands were beating me up, and taking a toll on my body. these next two weeks, we are gonna use the purple jump stretch bands (the lights) doubled over for bench. that ought to be interesting. the last time i attempted that, i maxed at 275 bar weight (i have no idea how much band tension there was.)
what an addition to the training arsenal they are. in just the first workout, i noticed the difference. take yesterdays ME Bench day...we went from doing floor presses with chains, and decided to to a couple sets of bench. on the first set, the 315 flew up like nothing. then the 365 (previous PR) also flew up. i struggled with the 390 a bit off the chest, but managed to lock it out. i think part of this was due to the fact that i was tired from the floor presses, but im not gonna make any excuses. im really starting to find my groove on bench, and soon will be training in my shirt (should arrive any time now.) my squat is my week point. but i am just finally learning more about the form, and slowing starting to find my groove, but not like i am in the bench.
as for the GPP...i just started doing that. dont know if i mentioned it before, but im in the military, and stuck on a tropical island off the coast of india with nothing to do but train. (i literally do no work here, but anyway.) i figure it would be a nice time to really get into PLing, and prepare myself to compete in about a year. i've noticed that the GPP helps with my recovery. i dont do anything too taxing on the body, just light weight stuff, to get the blood flowing to the area that i did the main work for the day before.
my training partner works at a machine shop, and he built a sled for us to pull. it weighs about 50lbs. first day we used it, it was kind of muddy out, and we were pulling it in the mud. i kept falling on my face. he also made some weights attached to a 3" diameter pipe, so that we can do a farmers walk. we also have some tires that we are gonna use for strong man stuff, one weighs 300lbs, and the other weighs 500lbs.
speaking of my training partner, he's a nut house. he just missed 450 raw on bench on our ME day. he also did a 585 deadlift with 80lbs of chain, squatted 545 with the green bands choked on the bottom of the power rack, both with only a belt, no suit. (he also outweighs me by 70-80lbs.) but like you said, it difinately helps to have training partners (spotters) that know what they are doing.
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