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Hi,
New to the forum but have been watching it for awhile.
Best gains I've ever had were running Madcow/Rippetoe/Star 5x5 method followed by Westside - that was over a year ago and spent 2007 just being a pussy but am now trying to work on strength again.
Little Rant
Last Wed was max effort squat - box squats - I'm trying to get my standard squat to 500 and figured box squats would be a good way to train for them. Anyway, the gym only has a rack (instead of an cage) with limited safety bar height. I hit singles on 405 and 425 but then was getting nervous when trying to hit 435 so asked a guy for a spot. Usually I have some expierenced freinds in-house but they weren't there so I asked a guy I hadn't seen before because he was the only one available. Turns out this guy is a bodybuilder (by his own admission) so I figured he know what to do because you know... he's a bodybuilder. I told him I should be OK but just keep an eye on things. I unrack the weight and lower to the box without an problem. as I'm beginning my ascent he grabs the bar while on my shoulders which threw my balance off a little and then pulled a little back and up which threw me off ALOT - apparently he had to get some cleans in for the day and figured we could kill 2 birds with one stone if we did it together - he pulled so much that my right foot staggared - and something in my lower back "twinged" - NOT HAPPY and afterwards I didn't say much and tried to move on without talking to him. After that it was pretty downhill as I was feeling the lower back for the rest of the workout.
Between this and the fact that afterwards I saw 4 other people show up to whale on their arms and chest because you know... it's Wenesday, 2 days after the first arms and chest workout on Monday - time to hit arms and chest again. Love seeing the large dudes with big upper bodies and size zero legs beat on their upper bodies all the time.
I'm done - thanks
New to the forum but have been watching it for awhile.
Best gains I've ever had were running Madcow/Rippetoe/Star 5x5 method followed by Westside - that was over a year ago and spent 2007 just being a pussy but am now trying to work on strength again.
Little Rant
Last Wed was max effort squat - box squats - I'm trying to get my standard squat to 500 and figured box squats would be a good way to train for them. Anyway, the gym only has a rack (instead of an cage) with limited safety bar height. I hit singles on 405 and 425 but then was getting nervous when trying to hit 435 so asked a guy for a spot. Usually I have some expierenced freinds in-house but they weren't there so I asked a guy I hadn't seen before because he was the only one available. Turns out this guy is a bodybuilder (by his own admission) so I figured he know what to do because you know... he's a bodybuilder. I told him I should be OK but just keep an eye on things. I unrack the weight and lower to the box without an problem. as I'm beginning my ascent he grabs the bar while on my shoulders which threw my balance off a little and then pulled a little back and up which threw me off ALOT - apparently he had to get some cleans in for the day and figured we could kill 2 birds with one stone if we did it together - he pulled so much that my right foot staggared - and something in my lower back "twinged" - NOT HAPPY and afterwards I didn't say much and tried to move on without talking to him. After that it was pretty downhill as I was feeling the lower back for the rest of the workout.
Between this and the fact that afterwards I saw 4 other people show up to whale on their arms and chest because you know... it's Wenesday, 2 days after the first arms and chest workout on Monday - time to hit arms and chest again. Love seeing the large dudes with big upper bodies and size zero legs beat on their upper bodies all the time.
I'm done - thanks
