Raising The Bar

tonymcclellan said:
There is actually less stress absorbed into the foot WITHOUT shoes than with shoes.
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Aww thanks, you're a star

goergen1 said:
CCR - I just read all of this now too. Internet experts are a funny thing. You never know, advice might be coming from some 13 year old couch potato.
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Cheers man, I was a bit worried how that post would be received but getting support from people like you is really cool. I've seen your videos and you are where I wanna get to :)
 
Today was workout B, I was a bit unsure as to how this would go as I haven't done anything in the gym that involved a bench for a few months now and was a bit worried that my chest had got weak (I think it looks smaller is the main reason)

Anyway, I don't think I needed to worry, before I started this thread my max DB bench for 3x5 was 72kg (which involved a lot of pain). But today I started with the 36's and they might as well have been painted pink because they went up so easy!! I carried on using the 36's for the 8 reps too because I couldn't see a point in lowering the weight even though the reps increased

This was my first time doing some of these lifts was it was part experiment today;

DB Chest Press
5x72kg
5x72
5x72
8x72
Small bit of pain in left shoulder but nothing too bad

BB T Row
I need help with these badly, I put 60kg on one end which meant when I pulled my end the back end went up too. I tried to add another 20kg but that just got silly, the bar almost flipped up

10x60kg (remembered rep range wrong)
5x60
5x60
5x60

Elevated Pushup Iso Hold 45 sec
1x40 second
1x25 sec
1x45 (widened arms)

Bent Over Cable Pulldown
This was hard for me to get the hang and I had no idea what a good weight would be
10x65kg
10x75
10x85 (this feels about right for now)

Did a few internal/external rotations but ran out of time
 
CCR said:
BB T Row
I need help with these badly, I put 60kg on one end which meant when I pulled my end the back end went up too. I tried to add another 20kg but that just got silly, the bar almost flipped up
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You didnt have enough weight on the t row? Is that what you mean by the bar almost flipping?
 
Aggghhh, workout C today

On paper I thought this would be the lighter of the 3 routines but it just wiped me out right at the start. Starting with Deadlifting 3x3 just killed me so all lifts after that seemed like an endurance event

Deadlifts
3x145kg
2x145kg
2x145kg
5x130kg
8x110kg

(It was the grip that kept going, not my back)

Split Squats (each leg)
2x10 @ 60kg (running out of time so missed last set)

Step ups
3x10 @ 60kg (low weight but all I was capable of by this point)

Good Mornings
2x8 @ 60kg

Sweating like crazy now with 2 ripped calluses which isn't fun
 
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Good Morning, Richard. Can one use modified straps for deads? I have some straps at home I use for Trap work (Shrugs). Just a thought.
 
Chillen said:
Good Morning, Richard. Can one use modified straps for deads? I have some straps at home I use for Trap work (Shrugs). Just a thought.
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Maybe, I don't like the idea of using anything other than my bare hands though. I also need to get my grip strength up because I have pussy forearms right now so I'm hoping all this grip stuff is gonna get them bigger
 
Have you thought about Wrist curls? Also, I saw a Modified Tennis ball looking thing in my sports store the other day thats suppose to assist the fingers and wrists in gaining strength. It was a little larger than a tennis ball, but had a shape that conformed to the hand. I will try to find out the name of this thing for ya. If your interested.
 
Chillen said:
Have you thought about Wrist curls? Also, I saw a Modified Tennis ball looking thing in my sports store the other day thats suppose to assist the fingers and wrists in gaining strength. It was a little larger than a tennis ball, but had a shape that conformed to the hand. I will try to find out the name of this thing for ya. If your interested.
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Yeah, I might be, thanks
I still have 80lbs to add to my deadlift by the end of december which is under 4 months now so I'm gonna have to get that grip up to speed quick
 
As the site was down all day for me yesterday here's an update on yesterdays session (from what I can remember now)

DB Press

5x76kg
5x76
5x76
5x74

BB T Row
My gym was like a wasps nest yesterday so a BB never became free so I had to use a machine for this. I won't bother posting weights used as machine weights don't count ;)

ISO Push up
No space for these and the steps I usually use were all taken, this again was because the gym was crammed

Cable pull down
10x75
10x85
10x90

I threw in some chins, dips and shrugs at the end to compensate for all the stuff I couldn't do because the gym was too full.

At least I learnt never to go to the gym at 1.30 again!
 
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Bad workout today, my daughter has a bad cold at the moment and I'm wondering if I'm coming down with it. I feel fine but I had no stamina at all today.

Today was meant to be a rest day but I won't be able to train Friday so I pushed the last 2 workout this week forward

Front Squats
3x110kg -ears ringing after this - Blood pressure?
3x110
3x105
6x100
10x90

Calf raises
2x10 @ 90kg
Followed by 10x90kg Back squats (just wanted to)

Lunges
1x10@68kg
1x5@68 - had to stop at this point - nothing left in the tank
 
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More evidence today that I can't go to the gym before 2.30, it was crammed!!!
Not a single bench I could use other than the bench press and all bars were being used
So here goes, I had to improvise to get close to my intended workout B

Bench Press
5x100kg
5x100
5x100
8x80

Cable Row
5x119kg
4x119kg
5x112kg
10x98

Bent Over Cable pull down (The only exercise from plan :))
10x80kg
10x90
10x90

Push Up Hold (not elevated)
3x45sec

I have a bit of pain in my left shoulder just to remind me why I don't BB Bench. I'm off to take some asprin and apply ice
 
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I cant remember is this an on-going pain in the shoulder? Have you had it checked?

One more reason I like training at home instead of the gym. Its always waiting there for me to arrive to bang the stuff around. Hope it gets better at next visit, CCR

With ya Bro...........Keep trucken.......right along.....vaaarooooom! LOL
 
I can't BB bench either, I get shoulder joint pains. I tried ignoring it because I just wanted to see how high I could get my BB bench (no one cares about your DB bench for some reason). It got me a broken joint capsule (at least that's what it is directly translated from Danish). It took me a year to recover from, though I suspect a lot of that time was due to crappy advice and treatment from the physiotherapist.

So listen to your body mate :)
 
Chillen said:
I cant remember is this an on-going pain in the shoulder? Have you had it checked?
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Yeah, I self-diagnosed it as shoulder impingement syndrome and I think the diagnosis was right because of the way it reacts to the treatment

Nicolasd said:
I can't BB bench either, I get shoulder joint pains. I tried ignoring it because I just wanted to see how high I could get my BB bench
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There are quite a lot of people like us I think, I'm just not built for benching. The DB press is a lot better though
 
Workout C today, I thought this was going really well until after I'd finished deadlifting when a guy came over and told me I arched my back too much. The worst bit is I think he's right; I'll need to work on that next time

Deadlifts
3x145kg
3x145
2x145
6x130
10x110


Step Ups
10x70kg
Stopped after this as the step I was using looked close to breaking under my weight

Split squats
10x70kg
10x60
6x60 (running out of time)

Good mornings
2x8 @ 60kg

Overall I lifted less weight than last time but I found lifting 145kg a hell of a lot easier this time, again it was my grip that let me down, so I'm feeling OK about it. I might hold off on increasing weight again though as I need to double check my form
 
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