Stickman 2: Return of the YOLO...

Weird day, today: started off in the home gym; finished up in the nice work gym...

PUSH-UP (10) BW-10-20-20-20
DUMBELL OHP (10) 14-20-20-20
TRISEPZUNDELTS...

A bit random,m but felt awesome. Lots of bike riding (for me), too (5 miles :D)!
 
Finally in the gym again...

BACK SQUAT (6) 110-110-110
HANG POWER SNATCH (5) 60(3)-65-65

Not long, but it was late and I was hot! :)
 
BACK SQUAT (6) 112.5-112.5-112.5-112.5 Oooft. Triples next time around...
STRICT PRESS (10) 40-40-45-45
PUSH-UP (10) BW-10-15 Triceps were smoked, and didn't want to push anything.

We shall see what tomorrow brings...
 
Very quick session this evening...

POWER CLEAN (3) 60-80-80-80
SNATCH HIGH OULL (10) 100-100-100
SAR (10) 20-20-20 I do these like a t-bar row, but one handed. No idea what I am actually lifting, but there was 20kg loaded on the bar...

Big pump; smoked traps and lats. Happy with that. :)
 
PermaChanged said:
I need to try some power cleans and high pulls, are they easy to get the technique to a "safe" standard?
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Well that depends... :)

Are they easy to get to a safe standard? Yes. Are they easy to get to a useful standard? Not quite so much: most people will do a bad SLDL off the ground and then a fast upright row to front rack... And then post the video on instagram with something catchy as a tag line.

That is "safe" (aside from the upright row bit), but not very useful for neuro/muscular gains. Same for a snatch pull: only this time the bar will wander all over the place because most people can't pin the bar back properly... :)

Find a coach or a Crossfit gym where the coaches are accredited to the British Weightlifting certification and get some 1-1 time.
 
PermaChanged said:
No.


:p

I do know just the guy who would be perfect to get some 1-1 time with, no homo, although I believe he may have just moved to the UK to head to Uni. Pretty sure he has British Weightlifting certification, and recently competed in the SWWO. He'll probably be back around Christmas, I'll make contact.
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*chuckles*

It depends what you want, I guess. It is perfectly possible to teach yourself off the back of YouTube videos, but you will definitely need somebody to watch you and cue you for lifting.
 
Just squatting today...

BACK SQUAT (3) 100-122.5-122.5-122.5-122.5-60(8)-60(8)

Woof. Triples are painful after all that hypertrophyz.
 
Moar squats, yesterday...

POWER CLEAN (3) 60-80-80
BACK SQUAT (3) 100-125-125-125-125-70(8)-70(8)

Was going to do some other stuff but ran out of time...
 
I have noticed that not doing Pendlay or regular barbell rows is really detrimental to snatch/clean work, so moar were needed...

SNATCH (3) 60-60-65-65 First time in around 8/9 months. And felt awesome; very easy. But very slow!
DEADLIFT (5-5-4-3-3) 120-150-150-150-150 Urgh.
PENDLAY ROW (8) 80-80(10)-80(10) Felt good, so my counting sucked.

Tomorrow will be guns. All of them.
 
Did some pressing for those there aesthetics...

STRICT PRESS (10) 40-45-47.5-47.5
PUSH-UP (10) 10-15-15-15

Good chest pump... But need some bench, really. Triceps were nicely fried, too. :o
 
Just squats today...

BACK SQUAT (3) 100-127.5-127.5-127.5-127.5-80(8)-80(8)
HANG CLEAN (3) 60 After the full snatch the other day, some (very) light cleans were fun to test...

Wasn't really feeling it, today. Probably some child plague brought in by my kids... :o :D

Or just lame. ;)
 
:D

DEADLIFT (5-4-3-3) 130(3)-152.5-152.5-152.5-152.5 For some reason, my grip wouldn't behave and it felt like I was degloving myself. As such.
BOR (10) 85-85-85
MUSCLE SNATCH (8) 40-50(3) This wasn't working... :p

Ok session, but deadlifting always makes me feel like I worked hard. :o
 
1RM squat day because I didn't really fancy another round of triples. :o

BACK SQUAT 60(5)-89(5)-100-120-130-140-150 The last rep was actually easier than the penultimate one. Weird.
STRICT PRESS (10) 40-50-50-50 Nice. :cool: Pressing 52% of my weight. :o

A relaxed session, so nothing crazy. But pressing felt goooooooooooooood.
 
Eurgh... A week off legs, but haven't been feeling particularly good. So trained chest at the work gym (machines, so I had no idea what I actually lifted)...

Back to squats...

BACK SQUAT (8) 100-100-100-100

And that was that. Legs were not really working by the end of that, and felt rough as a rough thing, so called it a break.

Arms tomorrow.
 
Dreamforger said:
Damn that's rough... :o

Nice squatting though :)
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Thanks... Although a long way from where it should be! :)

My cat died last week, so wasn't really up to much... But figured he would want to be reborn as Lion-O or something, so headed back in.

BACK SQUAT (8) 102.5-102.5-102.5-102.5
GOOD MORNING (10) 60-70 Mashed a finger between two logs over the weekend, so pulling stuff is out. :o

Also used some machines at work for triceps and delts, but pffffft.
 
Chest. All of it.

STRICT PRESS (10) 40-50-50-50(9)-50(1) Felt good. Felt nice. :cool:
PUSH-UP (10) BW-10-20-20-20
DLETSUNTRIZE (*)

Nice to get back into this... Need moar.
 
MoNkeE said:
By strict press, are you benching or OHP'ing?
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I don't bench. Because it is gash. :( :D

I am basically doing a cross between a Savickas (Z) press and a seated OHP... All because my ceiling is too low for proper pressing. :p

BACK SQUAT (8) 107.5-107.5-107.5-107.5 Days between squatting are really hurting my motivation... Which is dumb, because I am the one who determines when I walk out my back door to my gym 5m away... :rolleyes: :D
RDL (10) 100-100-100

Nothing crazy, but enough to get the leg pump on. My finger is still recovering from getting squashed between two logs, so normal service should be resumed some time next week.
 
Oooooft. First session back after pretty much two weeks was going to be interesting... :o

POWER SNATCH (3) 40-60-60-60
BACK SQUAT (8) 110-110 Back was pretty weak, so left it there. :(
RDL (10) 100-100

Just getting moving was worth it. Hopefully will get back to training consistently... :)
 
BACK SQUAT (6) 120-120-120 Should have gone for a fourth set, but a couple of imperfect reps in the first set suggested I should quit whilst ahead...
FRONT SQUAT (5) 60-60 Felt weird. But good. :cool:

Need moar sleep. Need moar food... Even the lady asked if I had lost weight. :(

Oh, and I also did some machine-based back and broceps at work on Monday, but nothing interesting.
 
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