*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***
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There's a few powerlifting and weightlifting clubs, just need to find them 
Most won't be specific for those though as its too much money with too little interest.
Might have to look the Gloucester Rd one up and have a visit
Most won't be specific for those though as its too much money with too little interest.
Might have to look the Gloucester Rd one up and have a visit
Yep and most restrict walk in punters too as it apparently negatively affects the normal WOD doing members. Which kinda makes sense. They are selling a community spirit as well as the gym. To the point that they will not just take members money who don't turn up, they will give your place to someone else so that each class is as full as possible.
10 years now and growing like mad. Not just classes in normal gyms like most fads, they have their own specific centres.
Tom doesn't have oly people and has only just had a monolift and proper bench in, so not really a powerlifting club either?
It's a bloody god send. We have all said that should we win silly millions on the lottery we will make the ultimate strongman / strength training facility and basically live the life with nutritionists and specialised coaches lol.
I'd eat a lot more than I do now, but then all the additional working out would take care of that. I'd aim to be about 145kg and be strong as **** lol.
I'd eat a lot more than I do now, but then all the additional working out would take care of that. I'd aim to be about 145kg and be strong as **** lol.
Overhead session:
Warm ups:
Plate presses, tri extensions, body weight squats
Log:
Strict:
70x10
70x10
80x5
90x2
Push press:
90x3
90x3
100x4
100x4
110x2
Knees hurting, getting next to nothing from them so not going heavier.
Back to strict:
80x5
90x3
95x2
100x1
Seated axle press, clean from floor then sit down and press:
40x10
60x10
70x10
80x5
90x5
100xf - sat down horrid, couldn't press from that position.
Drop set:
90x2
80x5
60x5
40x couldn't be assed. Just felt too light and delts were on fire already
Thoughts:
My knees are ****ing me right off. Really limiting my overhead progression.
Bicep felt fine on log cleans. Slight tweak and the 110kg flew up so fast I had to put it down first time, it almost knocked me over
Strict felt good though, happy with that.
Warm ups:
Plate presses, tri extensions, body weight squats
Log:
Strict:
70x10
70x10
80x5
90x2
Push press:
90x3
90x3
100x4
100x4
110x2
Knees hurting, getting next to nothing from them so not going heavier.
Back to strict:
80x5
90x3
95x2
100x1
Seated axle press, clean from floor then sit down and press:
40x10
60x10
70x10
80x5
90x5
100xf - sat down horrid, couldn't press from that position.
Drop set:
90x2
80x5
60x5
40x couldn't be assed. Just felt too light and delts were on fire already
Thoughts:
My knees are ****ing me right off. Really limiting my overhead progression.
Bicep felt fine on log cleans. Slight tweak and the 110kg flew up so fast I had to put it down first time, it almost knocked me over
Strict felt good though, happy with that.
In terms of power, not sure. How would I test/check?
I do speed squats and deads and also plenty of glute work through front squats, ghrs, stone loading.
This time last year I was doing more cardio and was doing additional work like box jumps with dumbells, now my knees hate me I do much less of it. i think that is what is ruining me at the moment.
At the moment it really is funny for everyone else, I generate enough strength to move stuff, but its so slow that they start singing the steptoe and sun theme tune lol.
Thinking about it, a lot of it is probably me being lazy. For example I was able to make the 110kg log fly up last night, but then going back down to 80kg for strict it went stupidly slow again. Could be that I need to ingrain the movement pattern into my mind so that it is always *bang* rather than a half hearted clean and a bicep log curl (which kills my biceps lol)
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Ah, I think I was getting up to about 38" at 130kg. Will have to do a search and see. Think it was 13 or 14 reebok step things stacked up. Not done them in a while though due to my knees.
Yeah we do some speed deads and squats. Fast triples. Most of the time we will incorporate into our working sets some way, though other times we will just do them as a full workout. Should do more though I think.
Definitely do have that mindset sometimes, I know I'm about to do something 90%+ in terms of 1rm.
But then I like to be able to rep 90% as much as I can to make it easier.
It's odd though, as last night I was full cleaning the 100kg axle then sitting down with it where as if I was going to press it overhead I would normally continental clean it.
Need to do more, drill the patterns and get into the mindset that every rep of every set should be the same, not just switch on when it comes to the heavier stuff.
Yeah we do some speed deads and squats. Fast triples. Most of the time we will incorporate into our working sets some way, though other times we will just do them as a full workout. Should do more though I think.
Definitely do have that mindset sometimes, I know I'm about to do something 90%+ in terms of 1rm.
But then I like to be able to rep 90% as much as I can to make it easier.
It's odd though, as last night I was full cleaning the 100kg axle then sitting down with it where as if I was going to press it overhead I would normally continental clean it.
Need to do more, drill the patterns and get into the mindset that every rep of every set should be the same, not just switch on when it comes to the heavier stuff.
They should be pretty easy to make. Base plate with a 2 inch thick pole sticking out of it and a loop to stick a chain on.
Most places sell sleds quite cheap tbh, might be worth just buying one.
