MM Training Log

[Parabellum]

I can't get one anytime soon. Sucks what Inzer is doing to them.

I updated my thread above and added video and some pics.

 

[Liftbig]

i get my liniments at the local farm supply store(Tractor Supply Company) or you can order them online. the brand i use and like the most is the absorbine stuff, it smells minty too

 

[BigWh1tey]

here is a quick critique . You need longer boards, you need to bring the bar lower (closer to your feet ). You need to sink the bar into the boards (you are doing a kind of touch and go thing) and heave the weight back towards the rack.
Your set up is Ok , but it could be much better. Start with your feet set further back, and really push your arch more, most MM bencher will agree that the set up is down right painful, feet first , then shoulder girdle, then push your ass towards your head and then plant it. Your quads should feel a great deal of tension. When you take the bar out of the rack you should pull your shoulder blades in together ( the bar should sink several inches with your elbows still locked).
Your groove looks better with the heavier weights .

ps. you would think that the guy in the orange shirt would at least offer a brother a spot if he was gonna be walking all over your comfort zone while you were getting ready to lift.... WTF ???

pps. those guys looked quite confused watching you train.

 

[revexrevex]

Bigwhitey, that is how it is in commercial gyms. People stare at you like fucking idiots when you try to do something new. For instance I had tons of cretins standing 2 inches from me when I was doing box squats, or doing abs right under my bar as I was doing rack presses. Atleast his gym is pretty big and allows the people to stand back.

Para nice job!

 

[Parabellum]

Thanks for the critique BigWh1tey.
I'll make longer boards. I'll work harder to get the quad tension, sometimes I get sometimes I don't. I never knew that once your all set and have the weight in your hands that then you have to bring the shoulder blades together and the bar will sink. I always had problems with that part. Seems to me that once I take the weight my shoulder blades flatten out. I have to focus on that too. I'll work on bringing the bar lower too. Thanks!

Those guys are my fan club, LOL. I just noticed that while watching the tape. Everytime I look at them it's like they want to ask me something but chicken out and look away. The guy in the orange shirt works there and see me doing all kinds of stuff. You should see the looks I get when I do good mornings. They don't know if my back will break or I'm some idiot who squatting all screwed up. It's amusing.

revexrevex Thanks.

 

[Parabellum]

7/27/03 Dragged myself to the gym, tired.

Close Grip Bench Press, narrow grip
b x3
135 x 3
185x 3
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
325 x 2 Again

4 Board Pinky on the ring
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
360 x 1
370 x 1
385x 0

3 Board Pinky on the ring
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
335 x 1 dumped #2

Rack Lockouts
315 x 3
365 x 3
405 x 2

 

[The mann]

how are you liking the MM??

 

[Parabellum]

I love it.

 

[The mann]

i've thought about trying it.I train almost 100% westside and like it also.I'm still reading up on it.Great job by the way......

 

[Parabellum]

I still trian westside for squats and deads.

The first couple of workouts really wear you out, a lot more volume than westside.

I like the fact that you train the raw bench in MM. I'm improving in one form or another on a weekly basis now. I love it.