great job dude, that 800 was right there. i never noticed that you take a fairly wide stance for conventional, have you always pulled that way?
Thanks Tony. Yeah ever since I have pulled conventional (a pretty short period of time) I have pulled this way. I didnt actually know it was wide until I posted vids and people on facebook and youtube were questioning me on it. Seems to work fine so far, but with the explanations I have got from people on going narrower and gripping in a few more inches to shorten the ROM makes me want to make some adjustments. I really want to get to 800 this way first though just to prove to the people that told me you cannot get strong this way. I am stubborn like that. LOL.
-- Edited by JordanLinteris on Sunday 5th of April 2009 02:43:42 AM
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On a side note, Watch my 405 raw video (maybe on youtube for a bigger picture) and check out the guy to the far right of the screen. 7 feet tall and 355 pounds. He was a professional wrestler on TV before WWF. Haha makes me look like a little kid.
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Just took it easy today and did some light excercises.
20 pound dumbbell cycle x 20 reps continuous. Shoulder press Bench press tricep extentions bicep curls bent over rows sldl
Using 45 pound bar squats 3 sets of 20 good mornings 3 sets of 20
Got blood to every muscle. Good enough.
Only have 11 days left until I leave for my wedding vacation/honeymoon where I will be out of country for 3 weeks. I might just take it easy until then and do some bodybuilding style workouts with my training partner. I am not going to do any max effort work anyways so I will just mix it for for a change. When I get back from my vacation it is 100% go time since I will be going into a comp in August. I was thinking of powerlifting until I leave, but 3 weeks off of it, or 4... what is the difference. I have some issues on my back and chest and this will be a good opportunity to heal everything up.
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Just having some fun workouts until I leave on my trip. Ashley(Training partner) and myself have a few days where we are going head to head on specific excercises to settle the score. We always taunt each other on who is best so this week will reveal the truth.
Deadlifts- 500 pounds for reps.
ASH-12 REPS ME- 15 REPS@10
145 POUND DUMBBELL SHRUGS/ BELTLESS FOR REPS ASH 30 REPS ME 31 REPS
WG PU'S ASH- 8 REPS ME 5 REPS...SOOO FREAKING TIRED!! haha
145 pound 1 arm row. No bench. Use abs to support weight. Me 20 reps on R+L Ash- 25 reps on r+l
I got him 3-2 today. Sooo unbelievebly tired today that I cannot even explain how my back feels. Tommorow is 100 pound dummbell shoulder press for reps.
500x15 deads
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Leg extensions Machine stack 230 pounds x12x12x10 @10
Lying leg curls Stack 150 pounds x15,10,7@10
Steep leg press 540 x 12 630 x 12 720 x 11 @10
Felt good to do some somewhat heavy squats again. Been a few weeks. Got some good reps in. No Pr's or anything, but that wasn't the idea for todays workout. Legs are sooo sore right now it is ridiculous.
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April 12th High volume day Bench press with Ashley
135x10 185x5 225x5 275x3 315x12@9 Pr! Best I have ever got was 10. Tired after this. 365x3@9.5.... haha pathetic.
Ashley got 315x20 and 365x10.. he kicked my ass royally today.
Incline Hammer strength 180x10 250x10 400x4
Decline bench 225x10 315x6.... bagged. That was enough pressing
EZ CURL skull crusher
108x10 158x10@10 178x4@10
Pressdowns 130x10,6,5
Overhead DB extensions 40'sx10,10,10 on each arm
Done. I was hoping to get 14-15 with 315 on bench but The lactic acid got the best of me fast since I am not used to reps at all. Still happy to bang off 12.
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I am taking off here for three weeks to go to Vegas with 35 friends to get married. Then going to Jamaica for 14 nights, back to vegas for two then back home. I will be using the RPE chart to judge the ammount of drinks I am going to have. I should be coming back here with about 10 pounds of muscle loss, 20 pounds of gained fat and a damaged liver, but atleast my body is going to be tanned to perfection. LOL. Talk to you guys in a few weeks. Take care.
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I am back and alive... sort of. Had an awesome trip. 35 of us spent 4 nights in Vegas partying it up. We did some awesome things like a nighttime Vegas chopper cruise and some other fun things to pass the time. Wedding was great. Took a few 34 foot long hummers to red rock afterwards to do photos and then went for a great dinner. Spent 14 nights in Jamaica after that. All inclusive, 12 bars, 5 restaurants with fine dining and sun shine. Best 19 days total of my life. We drank everyday in Vegas and everyday in Jamaica. A lot too. I lost 10 pounds, loads of muscle and gained a lot of fat LOL. We had to go back to Vegas again after Jamaica to view wedding photos and then got home yesterday. I decided to go and hit some weights today. I got a really really bad headache lifting and had wierd smelling B.O today. Must be all of the booze coming out. Hahah anyways....
Some upper body stuff, then tommorow will be some light deads and squats. Third workout will be stricly back to my powerlifting routine.
Bench 185x5 225x5 275x5@7 315x5@8 haha BOOOO 365x2@9 Well I only lost 5 reps with this weight. 225x20@8
DB shoulder press 100's x 8@9 11 reps lost. 60's x 15@8
Pull ups BW X 10
Barbell curl 135x8,5@8,7
1 arm tricep extensions. 40's x 12,12,12@7,7,7
Absolutely zero pop on anything pressing. That has to be expected though. A month and I should be back. A plus is that my chest injury and lower back injury is completely gone. I went to 365 on pressing just to see if my chest was tight. Was not tight at all.
-- Edited by JordanLinteris on Thursday 7th of May 2009 03:02:10 AM
-- Edited by JordanLinteris on Thursday 7th of May 2009 03:02:24 AM
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