icecold's training log

Ultra_Extreme · 31 Jan 2013 at 15:40

Morba said:
That's what I do all the time lol. I just can't psych myself up, more likely to laugh at myself at/under the bar if i did try!

its been fairly categorically disproved anyway. Aggression actually reduces strength, relaxation and breathing improve performance vastly.

MoNkeE · 31 Jan 2013 at 15:44

Yeah but aggression isn't the same as an adrenaline rush, right?

LiE · 31 Jan 2013 at 16:00

Ultra_Extreme said:
its been fairly categorically disproved anyway. Aggression actually reduces strength, relaxation and breathing improve performance vastly.

Dom disproves this theory alone.

Ultra_Extreme · 31 Jan 2013 at 16:03

MoNkeE said:
Yeah but aggression isn't the same as an adrenaline rush, right?

adrenaline acts on the heart and lungs and improves cardio performance, has next to no effect on strength and can ironically impair proper breathing patterns and restrict blood flow to muscles due to the systemic action of cortisol which always lurks around adrenalin release

Delvis · 31 Jan 2013 at 16:09

Dom doesn't count.

Ultra_Extreme said:
adrenaline acts on the heart and lungs and improves cardio performance, has next to no effect on strength and can ironically impair proper breathing patterns and restrict blood flow to muscles due to the systemic action of cortisol which always lurks around adrenalin release

I love it when you talk dirty

icecold · 31 Jan 2013 at 16:57

Ultra_Extreme said:
its been fairly categorically disproved anyway. Aggression actually reduces strength, relaxation and breathing improve performance vastly.

Any more info on this?

As far as I know, it depends...

I know that I move less weight.

Morba · 31 Jan 2013 at 17:35

icecold said:
Any more info on this?

As far as I know, it depends...

I know that I move less weight.

I'd say it depends on each person, easy to be over psyched and also under psyched (that possible?)

Finding the sweet point is key.

Some gyms are full of heavy rock/metal and lots of shouting, some are silent (oly lifters seem to be in a very calm environment when lifting.

icecold · 31 Jan 2013 at 18:20

Well that's my opinion too.

I've heard of powerlifters doing it both ways.

I haven't found myself being over psyched though. For me it's mostly about focus.

Pigeon_Killer · 31 Jan 2013 at 18:55

Good luck on Sunday? ice.

Is there any reason why you haven't kept it light for the last week or so? A few PL's I've followed on other forums always appear to take a complete week off or do very light speed work the week before a comp. Both yourself and Lie are pushing heavy ass weights so have you got a different way of thinking?

icecold · 31 Jan 2013 at 19:11

Thanks

LiE is following my advise, for better or worse

1 rep at ~90% on monday isn't a lot of stress, so it's still pretty much a week off. If I hadn't seen my physio I might have done some speed work last night, but it doesn't make a huge amount of difference.

LiE · 31 Jan 2013 at 19:35

icecold said:
LiE is following my advise, for better or worse

Just need to follow the comp day advice now and dominate.

Delvis · 31 Jan 2013 at 19:39

Nooooo! Comp day advice on comp day is a lie!

LiE · 31 Jan 2013 at 20:11

Delvis said:
Nooooo! Comp day advice on comp day is a lie!

It's a trap!

icecold · 2 Feb 2013 at 16:14

1 day before comp update

Making weight won't be a problem. I've hovered around 84.5kg all week and today I dipped below 84kg, and this is before any dehydration.

Low carbing this week was an ordeal, but only because carbs are so damn tasty. My energy levels have felt fine. On Thursday I went shopping for stuff to take to the comp and experienced strong "food madness", which is a term I just made up describing what happens when you food shop while hungry AND you've been low carbing. It apparently means that you end up buying all kinds of flavoured milk.

Physically, I'm feeling mixed. I think as training went heavy and sleep was limited in the few weeks prior to this one have resulted in a few injuries accumulating. My quad issue still hasn't gone away; my physio says that it will take a couple of sessions (and a few weeks of rest - nah) to fix it, but I was limited to one this week because he's had all kinds of novovirus/kidney stone snaps. Shoulders also feel like aids.

Overall, I still feel pretty good. Excited for the day too, it's going to be fun to see everyone.

Morba · 2 Feb 2013 at 16:24

We did the food madness yesterday, friends birthday we went to tesco for cakes, while hungry. £15 on donuts n cookies!

icecold · 2 Feb 2013 at 16:39

I plan eating ridiculous amounts of that kind of stuff in my backloads next week

icecold · 3 Feb 2013 at 07:23

Morning weight: 82.7kg

Underwear status: briefs - goodnight sweet sperm count

icecold · 4 Feb 2013 at 12:06

Morning weight: 83.1kg

wat

Right then!

The plan for now is gainz. I may do a comp in April, but I won't prep for it unless it falls on a deload week in the training plan I'm building. I will compete in whatever weight class I'm in at the time. I think in some ways having comps where I'm hoping to hit certain lifts or recover from injuries in time for causes poor training decisions. A Saturday training session may well emerge as well, depending on how I cope with my increased squatting volume.

I'm going to slowly add more food and see where my weight goes. Faster training sessions are required too, I need to make sure I can get in the required food after training.

mrthingyx · 4 Feb 2013 at 12:47

94kg is where it's at. :cool:

Tesco were doing 3 American Meat Feast pizzas for £5 at 12" a pop... something like 1200kcal a dose. Depending on what you plan on gaining, I'd say two of those a day will sort you right out.

icecold · 4 Feb 2013 at 12:53

This weeks food is going to be pretty dirty compared to normal, but when I start my new training block I'm going to keep it fairly tidy. Probably aim to put on around a kg or so per month.

There will be serious amounts of pizza this wednesday though!