icecold's training log
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I'm so frequently snapped I'm not at all offended by the assumption!
Indeed. Smolov seems to break more men than it makes.
I will be doing smolov again, but not for a while!
Thank you sir!
Soldato
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Wow. That's some serious numbers! I can't even remember what that kind of pain feels like 
Smolov is a whole different level of torture, trust me
Thinking about where to go next... I'll be testing next week sometime. I wonder where my deadlift will be.
Full Smolov?
It's fun as long as you kind of enjoy beating your body up with iron, which I suspect you do
Also, I'm feeling more DOMS now that I've stopped squatting than in the middle of the programme.
Yeah... Best not tell me too much about it just in case.
Oh yeah
Bench
bar
60
80
100
117.5x3x10
Not great, the floor was literally greasy so RIP stable base (grr).
BOR
60x12
90x8x3
OHP
40x12
50x8x3
Cable row
stack x15x3
Cable tricep push down
something x15x3
BB row
40x10
20x15x3
Band face pulls
15x3
I will be as of Friday 
So, Smolov testing time. Finished last Tuesday, and really haven't done much since apart from a bit of back work and a brief speed work squat/bench/dead session on Monday. Weirdly, I've had worse DOMS and general feeling of grossness after finishing Smolov. Monday felt terrible, and my hamstrings have felt horrendous for the past week.
Today I'd planned to do a full mock meet, but because my hammies were a little ropey I decided to skip deads.
Squat and bench test 27/11/13
Squat
bar
60
100
140
160
180 feeling not so great!
200 a bit better
220 not bad, but moved kind of ok
232.5 PB!
Well that was pretty comfortable.
Not even really slow 
Decided to leave it there, as that is a nice "good form" weight to work some kind of percentages off.
But yeah, PB First one since most recent adductor snaps.
Paused no lift off bench
bar
60
80
100
110
120
130
135 PB. Almost messed it up as I got stuck on the catchers when unracking and had to fight with it for a second
140 f, but very close. Missed it at lockout somehow.
Pretty good. Obviously not an overall PB, but to have my no lift off bench now be so close behind my regular paused bench is definite progress. Time to move back to normal benching I think.
A good day
So, Smolov testing time. Finished last Tuesday, and really haven't done much since apart from a bit of back work and a brief speed work squat/bench/dead session on Monday. Weirdly, I've had worse DOMS and general feeling of grossness after finishing Smolov. Monday felt terrible, and my hamstrings have felt horrendous for the past week.
Today I'd planned to do a full mock meet, but because my hammies were a little ropey I decided to skip deads.
Squat and bench test 27/11/13
Squat
bar
60
100
140
160
180 feeling not so great!
200 a bit better
220 not bad, but moved kind of ok
232.5 PB!
Well that was pretty comfortable.
Decided to leave it there, as that is a nice "good form" weight to work some kind of percentages off.But yeah, PB
First one since most recent adductor snaps.Paused no lift off bench
bar
60
80
100
110
120
130
135 PB. Almost messed it up as I got stuck on the catchers when unracking and had to fight with it for a second
140 f, but very close. Missed it at lockout somehow.
Pretty good. Obviously not an overall PB, but to have my no lift off bench now be so close behind my regular paused bench is definite progress. Time to move back to normal benching I think.
A good day
Caporegime
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Video's not working for me but I'll watch tomorrow.
Congratulations on the PB
Congratulations on the PB
Man of Honour
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Amazing! Brilliant work - you made it look easy!
I liked the fact you were using what looked like bumper plates to get that "no more room on the bar" look.
Awesome.
