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Dreamforger · 31 Mar 2015 at 17:28

I heard little elephants towards the end of the video but saw no elephants

grats on the 180 though!

gazareth · 31 Mar 2015 at 17:35

Nicely done! Now stop that ******* dancing around!

Delvis · 31 Mar 2015 at 18:09

Booooooom

mrthingyx · 31 Mar 2015 at 20:31

Thanks, guys.

It was probably a bit heavy, but I wanted it...

gazareth said:
Nicely done! Now stop that ******* dancing around!

ROFL. I did think that in the earlier reps and then forgot completely.

Possibly learned nervous habit.

wozza2k · 31 Mar 2015 at 22:10

Hell yes!

GSVBagpuss · 1 Apr 2015 at 09:39

Dreamforger said:
I heard little elephants towards the end of the video but saw no elephants grats on the 180 though!

ROFL!

Great squatting mrthingyx - your true calling as a powerlifter is obvious

mrthingyx · 3 Apr 2015 at 15:44

Thought I would do some squatting, but my quads didn't really agree.

BACK SQUAT (5) 40-70
FRONT SQUAT (5) 70 Still no...
CLEAN DEADLIFT (3) 110-160-160-160-160(8) Was feeling good on the last set.
SNATCH PULL (3) 110-110-110

ronski · 3 Apr 2015 at 16:59

Great lift at 180kg, sorry about your shoulder injury mate. I have struggled for the last 20 years following a dislocation, so I feel your pain.

mrthingyx · 3 Apr 2015 at 19:04

Heh - thanks, dude.

It was a pretty horrid lift but a lot of back work means it was 'tolerable.'

Shoulder-wise, it is irritating because my two recent shoulder problems have come from chest work: last year was a heavy triple on flat bench and this time was a heavy set of weighted pushups... Which is why I loathe chest and admire anybody who can do it.

mrthingyx · 6 Apr 2015 at 21:51

A bit of time off before holiday means a return to Russian Squat Routine...

BACK SQUAT (2*6 @ 145) wow, that is heavy! Fourth and fifth sets were actually relatively easy...?

Dreamforger · 6 Apr 2015 at 23:08

I had a similar experience earlier when I started RSR (for bench), the first set wasn't amazing, yet fast, whereas the last 3 sets were really stable but a tad slower.

mrthingyx · 7 Apr 2015 at 06:11

Yeah... It isn't the first time, either. My brain treats the first few as a warmup and then finally clicks a while after.

Best squatting I ever did was in my short-lived run of Squat Nemesis, with a daily max and then heavy triples: the daily max woke me up and then the heavy ramp afterwards was exquisitely painful but very slick.

mrthingyx · 8 Apr 2015 at 14:51

Session 2 of RSR...

BACK SQUAT (3*6 @ 145kg) Easier than Session 1, but the last set was grind-worthy...
CLEAN PULL (5) 100-120-120-120 How I used to power clean 110kg I will never know...

Quick session whilst giving my shoulder more rest. I had decided that I will just leave it alone for a couple of weeks - without anything except from RC and eccentric brocepz stuff - just to see if it will heal by itself. If no further progress, I will b egoing for my MRI.

mrthingyx · 11 Apr 2015 at 21:51

It is the weekend, so today was ARMS! :eek:

Just kidding: more squats and deadlift variations.

BACK SQUAT (2*6 @ 145kg) Nothing to write home about. A couple of random reps were harder than they needed to be, but there we go.
SNATCH PULL -> 4* RDL 60-100-100
CLEAN PULL -> 4*RDL120-130
PENDLAY ROW (5) 100-100-100

Delvis · 11 Apr 2015 at 23:55

Clean pulls? What are they? Partial deads?

Edit: just looks like a power shrug?

mrthingyx · 12 Apr 2015 at 08:09

It is my consent to deadlifting: knees back first, drive up with hips and shrug.

Somnambulist · 12 Apr 2015 at 08:40

Delvis said:
Clean pulls? What are they? Partial deads?

Edit: just looks like a power shrug?

Noob!

http://www.mobilitywod.com/2013/06/...t-ups-yes-they-are-different-wfu-and-burdick/

EDIT - with the clean pull it's the extension of the body that sends the bar up. In a clean high pull you'd be actively using the upper body more

If you break the clean up, at least the off the floor part you have exercises like these:
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/185/Halting-Clean-Deadlift/
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/176/Clean-Deadlift/
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/98/Clean-Pull/
http://www.catalystathletics.com/exercise/100/Clean-High-Pull/

Greg talks about the differences between pull types 'ere, about half-way down he goes into why deadlifts =/= part of the clean from floor to hip:
http://www.catalystathletics.com/article/49/The-Olympic-Lift-Starting-Position-Snatch-Clean/

Delvis · 12 Apr 2015 at 08:58

Yeah thanks.

Still looks remotely like a power shrug.

Somnambulist · 12 Apr 2015 at 09:01

Added more stuff to that post - with the clean pull it's the 'pop' of the quads/hips that sends the bar up. If you add the upper body in you get the high pull and the Chinese 'high pull with rebend' variation:

Delvis · 12 Apr 2015 at 09:06

Well that can't be entirely true as popping with your hips doesn't.magically make your shoulders pull back does it