F*CK YA Chris!!!!! Nice pulls, that put a smile on my face
The yell at the end of the first pull was sweet. You'll become a meat head yet.Weight Lifting/Body Building/Strong Man/Training thread
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F*CK YA Chris!!!!! Nice pulls, that put a smile on my face
The yell at the end of the first pull was sweet. You'll become a meat head yet.
Last night had trouble sleeping, some meat heads done got me to excited to pull shit off the floor 
. So got up at 5:30 as couldn't sleep anymore and came to the gym to feel like a weak little girl lol. So I rowed for 5 min and got a good sweat on, rolled out for 10 min and stretched for another 10. Went and did some light, high rep hammy curls, side lunges, Romanian deads. Then we moved onto the man lift lol.
Conventional. Barx5, 95x5, 135x5, 155x4, 175x2, 185x3, 195x2, rested for 5 min and tried 205. At first my back said no so I stepped back took a few breaths and reset. Ran through my head how Mark bell said he does a checklist. Core tight and braced, shoulders back, back flat with neutral spine, hips below the shoulders and push through the floor to over the knees and then pull that bitch in with hip drive. So after I ran that for a split second I gave her hell. Came off the floor like a million pounds it felt but once I was up the fire was lit. Went 205x5...new PR. Previous was 195 x2 6 months ago. So 1RM calculator puts me at 230...not sure I could do that but whatever. I'm happy and have numbers for candito now.
. So got up at 5:30 as couldn't sleep anymore and came to the gym to feel like a weak little girl lol. So I rowed for 5 min and got a good sweat on, rolled out for 10 min and stretched for another 10. Went and did some light, high rep hammy curls, side lunges, Romanian deads. Then we moved onto the man lift lol. Conventional. Barx5, 95x5, 135x5, 155x4, 175x2, 185x3, 195x2, rested for 5 min and tried 205. At first my back said no so I stepped back took a few breaths and reset. Ran through my head how Mark bell said he does a checklist. Core tight and braced, shoulders back, back flat with neutral spine, hips below the shoulders and push through the floor to over the knees and then pull that bitch in with hip drive. So after I ran that for a split second I gave her hell. Came off the floor like a million pounds it felt but once I was up the fire was lit. Went 205x5...new PR. Previous was 195 x2 6 months ago. So 1RM calculator puts me at 230...not sure I could do that but whatever. I'm happy and have numbers for candito now.
??? I didn't realize that some would do that... I use Dymatize ISO100 it doesn't seem to add any water weight. Sodium is the biggest water weight adder, so maybe look for a lower sodium Protein or lower the sodium in your diet Corey.
Last night had trouble sleeping, some meat heads done got me to excited to pull shit off the floor
Conventional. Barx5, 95x5, 135x5, 155x4, 175x2, 185x3, 195x2, rested for 5 min and tried 205. At first my back said no so I stepped back took a few breaths and reset. Ran through my head how Mark bell said he does a checklist. Core tight and braced, shoulders back, back flat with neutral spine, hips below the shoulders and push through the floor to over the knees and then pull that bitch in with hip drive. So after I ran that for a split second I gave her hell. Came off the floor like a million pounds it felt but once I was up the fire was lit. Went 205x5...new PR. Previous was 195 x2 6 months ago. So 1RM calculator puts me at 230...not sure I could do that but whatever. I'm happy and have numbers for candito now.
Good job Brock! Pr's are nice and a great way to set yourself up for the next cycle.
I'm curious though, how the f do you guys do deads so often...my low back is super tired. And is it more a low back or a whole back of the body exercise
The last protein I used, when I got off of it I lost about 10 lbs of water without changing anything other than that. I don't remember any other protein Ive used doing that.
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I pull heavy one day a week. The other is a lighter acc style, maybe rack pulls, deficit deads, straight leg. And it depends on how I feel, if i'm hurting, f-it I pull once a week or not at all...
If your doing your dead lifts properly it really is a fully body exercise... I would rank it ahead of squats as the king of all lifts. You need to brace your entire body (including your hair) to pull maximum weight.
What was it? I would think a mass gainer would do something like that but the Dymatize is pretty lean, cause fat kid
Dymatize is awesome stuff. Like Albert said a mass gainer would do that but otherwise I've never heard of anyone gaining water weight on a whey protein or a whey protein isolate
My hair to eh
well I definitely felt it all over. Thanks man
My hair to eh
well I definitely felt it all over. Thanks man
Once a week for me, but if I go shovel snow of something my back always feels worn out. But i pyramid up over 400 pounds every week.
Well I'm a little fella so no 400 for this guy for a long while
F*CK YA Chris!!!!! Nice pulls, that put a smile on my face
It felt pretty damn good. A lot smoother than I expected.
Congrats on the new PR!
One day is heavy and the other is much lighter and/or variation. It's a whole posterior chain movement. Your lower back definitely has to be strong. You break the floor with your hips and rest is back and legs.
deads have been meh latley
315x7 last 2 paused below the knee
365x3
405x2
425x1
405x3sx1r
315x7 deficit pulls
315x10 " "
315x7 last 2 paused below the knee
365x3
405x2
425x1
405x3sx1r
315x7 deficit pulls
315x10 " "
1st day of candito strength program. Started off wrong as wanted to squat first but some asshat was in the squat rack doing deadlifts and bent over barbell rows... so yea.
I grabbed separate bar and did deads first instead of second.
Romanian deads 3sx10r paused. Really stretch the hammies out...more on this in a minute.
Warm up 135x5x2. Working 185x6x2.
Squats barx10, 95x10, 135x5, 155x3, 180x4sx6r...jesus I was gassed and just didn't feel like a few of em were very good. I good morninged the hell out of 1 or 2. Back isn't sore so sigh of relief.
Single leg explosive leg press. 3sx4r per leg @ 50lbs
Leg extensions 3sx10r@120.
Went to roll and stretch and left hammie/inner quad up high cramped up and was like a baseball. 15 min stretching and rolling and I wanted to cry. Iced when I got home for 10 min then hottest shower I could handle. It's 2pm and it's better but not sure if maybe I tweaked something. I had this weird hip kick thing to the right about 2 inches when I was on my last 2 reps of squats. Not sure wtf I did but I saw it in the mirror and it looks odd as hell.
Anyways not how I planned to start off this program but a win is a win right?
I grabbed separate bar and did deads first instead of second.
Romanian deads 3sx10r paused. Really stretch the hammies out...more on this in a minute.
Warm up 135x5x2. Working 185x6x2.
Squats barx10, 95x10, 135x5, 155x3, 180x4sx6r...jesus I was gassed and just didn't feel like a few of em were very good. I good morninged the hell out of 1 or 2. Back isn't sore so sigh of relief.
Single leg explosive leg press. 3sx4r per leg @ 50lbs
Leg extensions 3sx10r@120.
Went to roll and stretch and left hammie/inner quad up high cramped up and was like a baseball. 15 min stretching and rolling and I wanted to cry. Iced when I got home for 10 min then hottest shower I could handle. It's 2pm and it's better but not sure if maybe I tweaked something. I had this weird hip kick thing to the right about 2 inches when I was on my last 2 reps of squats. Not sure wtf I did but I saw it in the mirror and it looks odd as hell.
Anyways not how I planned to start off this program but a win is a win right?
My rule on protein is find the one with the least amount of (extra stuff) in it. The Dymatize ISO100 is good stuff I believe it is 25g protein in a 30g scoop (it changes with flavors keep that in mind). I am currently taking "My Protein" iso, which is 23g per 25g scoop fairly decent and a little cheaper than Dymatize ISO. As a fellow fat kid I understand not wanting to add on extra pounds
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Just pulled the trigger on these, really excited. Lots of reading and studying finally made a descision.
A little tip for the volume days, make your warmup as short as possible. Ill do bar for a couple, maybe 135x8 and right into the workout. My squats get sloppy too at the end. 40+ reps is a lot.
Just pulled the trigger on these, really excited. Lots of reading and studying finally made a descision.
Sweet! You'll love them. Totally changes how you squat.
Thanks for the tip Chris. Glad I'm not the only one who gets to the end is is like FUG ME! Good news is guess my legs just weren't used to the heavy volume so they just got tight and had knots which i stretched and rolled back out. Feels much bueno now. I'm super excited to get them. I wish they had a yellow and black pair...STEELERS NATION for life