Countdown to competition...

I suspect it is just a mean and brutal routine... No particular requirements other than massive pain tolerance! :)

My problem was that I back squat il using similar muscles to my front squats, so was effectively pushing a training max every day... Which was pretty hard.

Still, nice to squat without pain and trepidation! :D
 
Urgh.

BACK SQUAT (8) 130-130-130 Ouch. Brain got in gear half way through the first set but there we go... Set up for split squats but wuads said no.
RDLs (8) 60-100-120
 
Busy getting the wrong kind of 105kg... :o

BACK SQUAT (8) 132.5(5)-132.5-132.5 First set felt like death. Last set was epic. My brain/body is weird...
SNATCH GRIP RDL (8) 70-110-110-110
DBSS BW-14-18 Ow. Legs were so pumped I felt like I was putting on compression tights instead of my loose-fit jeans. :rolleyes:

Legs have been properly savaged. Walking tomorrow is going to suck. :o :cool: :D
 
Meant to squat last night but DBSS did something violent to my adductors and didn't want to push them too soon.

Last session of 8s... Looking forward to that sweet, sweet taper... :o

BACK SQAUT (8) 135-135-135 Last set was the best again... It is like my brain suddenly remembers how to squat. :rolleyes:
CLEAN GRIP RDL (8) 100-130-130-130 This actually made my last hurt for the first time ever... I am hinging but deliberately leaning too far forward so have to pin the bar with my lats and this makes them smoke! :D
OH BARBELL EXT. (10) Well, my physio wasn't there to deny me my first arm pump in about six weeks...

I did some OH squatting as a warmup and something still isn't right in my shoulder: it isn't pain, per se, but feels like a scab being pulled over a joint. More rehab...
 
Fasting is starting to bite, I think...

BACK SQUAT (6s) 140-140(4)-140(5)-140(4)

Well that was tough. First set was ok, but after that it was just a slog. Will revisit on the weekend to see if that makes any difference. Irritating, but not surprising.
 
BACK SQUAT

120*3
130*3
135*6*2

After the fiasco last week, this was a reasonable return to not a million miles off where I wish I should have been...

SNATCH GRIP RDL (5) 60-100-120-120
LAT RAISES ss/w TRICEP EXT. (12)

Shoulder still feels odd. Will be checking back with my physio to determine if it feels normal or if something's not healing...
 
Very polite of you (I aspire to your chest workouts...)! :D

At my current rate, probably not (stupid shoulder is still unhappy), but I've pencilled the date in for 3rd October (IIRC). :(
 
In an effort to work around my injury, I did some medicinal 21s (3 sets) and some snatch grip barbell front raises.

Very odd exercise but wow - my shoulders are killing me! Not unexpected, however, as it was Klokov I saw doing this and he has "rather unusual" shoulders...

First phase of 21s (full extension to half flexion) seems to be most uncomfortable for my shoulder so will see how that goes...
 
BACK SQUAT (6) 137.5-137.5-70(25) Tried a third set of sixes but got my bracing wrong, meaning a single rep with a five-count pause. That wasn't fun. Then my CNS was shot, so decided to do some form work. That hurt... A lot.

Have booked another session with my physio to determine what next with my shoulder... Depending on what happens next week will determine how much longer I have to not lift overhead. :(
 
Urgh... Deadlifts whilst fasting. Not clever. At all. :D

SNATCH GRIP DEADLIFT (5) 80-120
DEADLIFT (5) 120-150-150-155 Hehehe... Form shot to Swiss cheese, but at least my back was straight! :D
SWITCHING TO GUNZ... ALLOFTHEM
 
You have a gym at home... Try them. You will like them. ;)

Basically, everything that stops your shoulders being ripped out their sockets when hanging a bit weight off them:

- traps
- posterior delts
- rhombs
- lats
- rotator cuff
 
I'm also interested in the benefits of snatch grip deads? Never really seen them in a program before, learn me!
 
Cookeh said:
I'm also interested in the benefits of snatch grip deads? Never really seen them in a program before, learn me!
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It is just another way of training, really. For me, it mimics aspects of the snatch proper and is therefore useful to keep a level of conditioning whilst my shoulder recovers.

They place a much greater stress on the back because of the torso angle involved: if that is what you are training for or need to address then theyxare awesome.
 
mrthingyx said:
It is just another way of training, really. For me, it mimics aspects of the snatch proper and is therefore useful to keep a level of conditioning whilst my shoulder recovers.

They place a much greater stress on the back because of the torso angle involved: if that is what you are training for or need to address then theyxare awesome.
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Gave them a go just to see what it was like. I have to admit I like them, rather a lot. Useless to me in the sense I dont think I'll ever do oly lifting, but they did give me quite a good contraction in my rhombs and rear delts - almost felt like shoulder-prehab :p
 
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