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iceprincess
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ck2006 said:
No complaints HERE!!
WoNderWoMan25
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Catchin up on your log.......
Looking good!
Looking good!
nelmsjer
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Alright, I've been slacking on the journaling. Like I said before, doing 3 sets of 10 just is NOT as fun as 5x5. There are just no 2 ways around it. 
But, it is necessary right now, because I just had too many joint issues and was starting to move TOO slowly!
So, the last 3 workouts...
Wednesday, 5 May: 2 sets of 10, 1 set of 8
Squat: 135/205/265
Bench Press: 155/185/225 (only got 7 on the last. I had 8, but knew I wasn't supposed to be pushing too hard the first freaking week, so stopped at 7. Suck.)
Bent Row: 135/165/175
Monday, 8 May: all for sets of 10
Squat: 155/215/255
Incline: 140/170/180 - difficult
Lat Pulldown: 110/125/140
Today, 11 May:
Squat cleans: 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 245x3 (PR by the way - and actually still pretty easy) - ok, I'm getting to the limit of my ability to control the bar back down. I don't have bumper plates. Also, and this is going to seem SO trivial, but I assure you it is not. My pinky finger comes off the bar when I bring my elbows up. It is a wrist flexibility issue that is pretty normal (my understanding, anyway). Well, I have 2 issues:
1) I can't just dump the weight. This means I have the forefinger, middle, and ring finger on the bar...and that is it...to try and control 245 lbs. back down the ground. Negative. Not very successful.
2) If I were to continue to the jerk, how am I supposed to get my pinky back around the bar, so that it doesn't get f-ing crushed? That is the whole point to my regrab. The problem is that I barely clear the bar with my pinky on the regrab, to the point that I have now taken CHUNKS of skin off of my pinky distal knuckle FOUR times now. I am to the point where I literally think it is going to scar.
I have to fix my freaking pinky, for heaven's sakes, and it is pissing me off!!!
Ok, back to the workout, but I would TRULY appreciate any help.
Speed work: all for 6 sets of 3 (time constraints)
Deadlifts at 235
Bent Row at 135
Bench Press at 155
That's all...I may hit another thread and copy the pinky issue. How freaking embarrassing...
But, it is necessary right now, because I just had too many joint issues and was starting to move TOO slowly!So, the last 3 workouts...
Wednesday, 5 May: 2 sets of 10, 1 set of 8
Squat: 135/205/265
Bench Press: 155/185/225 (only got 7 on the last. I had 8, but knew I wasn't supposed to be pushing too hard the first freaking week, so stopped at 7. Suck.)
Bent Row: 135/165/175
Monday, 8 May: all for sets of 10
Squat: 155/215/255
Incline: 140/170/180 - difficult
Lat Pulldown: 110/125/140
Today, 11 May:
Squat cleans: 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 245x3 (PR by the way - and actually still pretty easy) - ok, I'm getting to the limit of my ability to control the bar back down. I don't have bumper plates. Also, and this is going to seem SO trivial, but I assure you it is not. My pinky finger comes off the bar when I bring my elbows up. It is a wrist flexibility issue that is pretty normal (my understanding, anyway). Well, I have 2 issues:
1) I can't just dump the weight. This means I have the forefinger, middle, and ring finger on the bar...and that is it...to try and control 245 lbs. back down the ground. Negative. Not very successful.
2) If I were to continue to the jerk, how am I supposed to get my pinky back around the bar, so that it doesn't get f-ing crushed? That is the whole point to my regrab. The problem is that I barely clear the bar with my pinky on the regrab, to the point that I have now taken CHUNKS of skin off of my pinky distal knuckle FOUR times now. I am to the point where I literally think it is going to scar.
I have to fix my freaking pinky, for heaven's sakes, and it is pissing me off!!!
Ok, back to the workout, but I would TRULY appreciate any help.
Speed work: all for 6 sets of 3 (time constraints)
Deadlifts at 235
Bent Row at 135
Bench Press at 155
That's all...I may hit another thread and copy the pinky issue. How freaking embarrassing...
S
scorpiogirl
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Hey, Nelm's 
Been trying to catch up on logs.....I miss ya'!
Been trying to catch up on logs.....I miss ya'!
BiggT
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Just caught something else.....you said 'bring your elbows up'. When you catch, you're pulling yourself underneath the bar into a full front squat as fast as possible and whipping the elbows as fast as possible, you want to do it with as much exaggerated speed as possible, you can never be too fast. The elbows should be where they need to be by the time you catch the weight at the bottom.
You might want to do some drills with the catch, if you can do 1 rep front squats without the pinky slipping off, you should be able to clean, even multiple reps are comparable to singles as you're resetting the bar.
You might want to do some drills with the catch, if you can do 1 rep front squats without the pinky slipping off, you should be able to clean, even multiple reps are comparable to singles as you're resetting the bar.
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