I've got some catching up to do.
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I've got some catching up to do.
Depends on the height of the bench.
The bench I use for the rear foot is 50/60cm high (?) and I have a 25+20 bumper plate stacked on top of each other for the front foot...
So there is probably a 40cm differential between the front and back foot positions, with the front foot elevated by around 15-20cm.
To be fair, it is possible to pull a similar trick (depending on how much mobility you have to play with) without a deficit by going for an enormously wide stance and 'folding' your rear femur behind you, but it's not quite so good... but sometimes, when in a hotel gym, it's all I have to play with.
The bench I use for the rear foot is 50/60cm high (?) and I have a 25+20 bumper plate stacked on top of each other for the front foot...
So there is probably a 40cm differential between the front and back foot positions, with the front foot elevated by around 15-20cm.
To be fair, it is possible to pull a similar trick (depending on how much mobility you have to play with) without a deficit by going for an enormously wide stance and 'folding' your rear femur behind you, but it's not quite so good... but sometimes, when in a hotel gym, it's all I have to play with.
Diesel day! Whoop! 
DEADLIFTS (5-4-4-3-3) 160-165-165-170-170 Pffft. First couple of sets I was being lazy and I could feel the pull in my back. Last three sets were pretty good, however.
PAUSED RDLs (4*6) 110-110-110-110 Two count pause at the bottom because I forgot my straps. Finally getting some hamstring burn.
NORDIC CURLS ss/w OHP (4*5) BW/40-BW/55-BW/55-BW/55 Couldn't be bothered with lunges, so decided for isolation on an imaginary smith machine. Just horrible. Strict press was good, however.
I can't feel my hamstrings.
DEADLIFTS (5-4-4-3-3) 160-165-165-170-170 Pffft. First couple of sets I was being lazy and I could feel the pull in my back. Last three sets were pretty good, however.
PAUSED RDLs (4*6) 110-110-110-110 Two count pause at the bottom because I forgot my straps. Finally getting some hamstring burn.
NORDIC CURLS ss/w OHP (4*5) BW/40-BW/55-BW/55-BW/55 Couldn't be bothered with lunges, so decided for isolation on an imaginary smith machine. Just horrible. Strict press was good, however.
I can't feel my hamstrings.
Can confirm GM's completely rape my hamstrings 
even at 50KG whilst I learn the movement & tightness required. Considering it takes a good 130-140KG RDL to get even an ounce of the same devastation. Never got on with gurls, GHR's better but GM's ftw.
Bench not bad
wonder how some floor or pin pressing would help with jerk work? if at all.
even at 50KG whilst I learn the movement & tightness required. Considering it takes a good 130-140KG RDL to get even an ounce of the same devastation. Never got on with gurls, GHR's better but GM's ftw.Bench not bad
wonder how some floor or pin pressing would help with jerk work? if at all.Hehehehehe... cheers!
The bench was pretty gash, but all my 'powerlifting' is pretty gash.
Regarding deads, I do need to get faster off the floor (amongst other things)... basically I need to train the 'first pull' of the clean/snatch a lot more as I haven't really done HEAVY pulls like that, consistently, for a while. It's kind of funny because as soon as I get past a certain point, my levers start working and bang... probably a result of all the Olympic lifting I do/have done.
I've been trying to find something to 'zing' my hamstrings a bit more, because once I got through the initial horrorDOMS from my first fortnight of deadlifting, it was a bit dull. As such. So paused RDLs seem to have done something... wil try some GMs, too...
The bench was pretty gash, but all my 'powerlifting' is pretty gash.
Regarding deads, I do need to get faster off the floor (amongst other things)... basically I need to train the 'first pull' of the clean/snatch a lot more as I haven't really done HEAVY pulls like that, consistently, for a while. It's kind of funny because as soon as I get past a certain point, my levers start working and bang... probably a result of all the Olympic lifting I do/have done.
I've been trying to find something to 'zing' my hamstrings a bit more, because once I got through the initial horrorDOMS from my first fortnight of deadlifting, it was a bit dull. As such. So paused RDLs seem to have done something... wil try some GMs, too...
Yeeeesh. Olympic lifting on a full stomach is just wrong... 
Very slow this evening, so just some dubious compound upper body stuff, owing to my dead hamstrings. Did a bit of snatch balance and back squatting before realising I would kill myself if I continued.
SAVICKAS PRESS (4*5) 40-50-50-50 Ooooooh. My shoulders!
PENDLAYS (3*8) 80-90-95 Yeah, rep range was wrong, but regular rows don't hurt in the right place...
A bit lame, but my legs just weren't fast or strong enough this evening to do anything fun.
Very slow this evening, so just some dubious compound upper body stuff, owing to my dead hamstrings. Did a bit of snatch balance and back squatting before realising I would kill myself if I continued.
SAVICKAS PRESS (4*5) 40-50-50-50 Ooooooh. My shoulders!
PENDLAYS (3*8) 80-90-95 Yeah, rep range was wrong, but regular rows don't hurt in the right place...
A bit lame, but my legs just weren't fast or strong enough this evening to do anything fun.
Manful contracted in the house this evening, so it was a bit short...
OVERHEAD SQUAT (5s) 40-40-50
SNATCH BALANCE (5s) 40-50-50
POWER SNATCH (5s) 50-60
HANG SNATCH (3s) 50-60-70-80
Catching 80kg is pretty awesome. Had 90kg in mind, but was summoned in to help with a vomiting child,
OVERHEAD SQUAT (5s) 40-40-50
SNATCH BALANCE (5s) 40-50-50
POWER SNATCH (5s) 50-60
HANG SNATCH (3s) 50-60-70-80
Catching 80kg is pretty awesome. Had 90kg in mind, but was summoned in to help with a vomiting child,
He spends too much time in the company of children his own age... It was only a a matter of time!
Cheers, dude!
Quad day. 
Owing to doing something amazingly stupid this morning, I bailed on the pistol squats.
FRONT SQUATS (12-10-10-8-8) 70-75-75-80-85 Much lighter than last week, but last week was just outrageously nausea-inducing. So that would make the following the obvious choice for punishment...
DBSS (4*10) 10-20-25-25 Similar to 90*12 on fronties in terms of how ill I felt, but so much leg activation it was unreal.
Not much variety, but ohmygoodness pain. Heavy-weight DBSS really is scorched earth in the grand scheme of exercises...
Owing to doing something amazingly stupid this morning, I bailed on the pistol squats.
FRONT SQUATS (12-10-10-8-8) 70-75-75-80-85 Much lighter than last week, but last week was just outrageously nausea-inducing. So that would make the following the obvious choice for punishment...
DBSS (4*10) 10-20-25-25 Similar to 90*12 on fronties in terms of how ill I felt, but so much leg activation it was unreal.
Not much variety, but ohmygoodness pain. Heavy-weight DBSS really is scorched earth in the grand scheme of exercises...
Possibly... but I am not doing this for strength, curiously.
Sadly, my body seems to find volume amusing. This block is just to get huge and gain as much weight as possible so PBs are not what I am actually after.
However, I did habe to buy my first pair of 38" trousers to accommodate my quads, today. ..
Sadly, my body seems to find volume amusing. This block is just to get huge and gain as much weight as possible so PBs are not what I am actually after.
However, I did habe to buy my first pair of 38" trousers to accommodate my quads, today. ..
Beach day.
WG PULLUPS ss/w BENCH (5-4-3-8-10) 16/100-16/102.5-16/105-BW/80-BW/80 Chest pump was outrageous.
PENDLAYS ss/w OHP (5-4-3-8-10) 80/50-90/55-100/60-80/50-80/45 Another rack came up free so I used two bars. 60kg OHP started from the top, because I'm a big wuss. 
BROCEPS ss/w LAT RAISES ss/w OVERHEAD TRICEP EXTENSIONS (4*12) MILLIONS and BILLIONS. That arm pump. That shoulder pump. That buuuuuuuurn.
CANDLESTICKS (2*5) BW-BW
Stupid session, but amusing nonetheless. Will do some heavy pulling tomorrow for clean day, but we'll see how the back work goes in concert with deadlifts on Friday...
Unloaded bodyweight seems to be up at around 94.5kg, which is a good sign. Another two weeks of my seefood diet, and it will be on to the lean(er) strength phase.
WG PULLUPS ss/w BENCH (5-4-3-8-10) 16/100-16/102.5-16/105-BW/80-BW/80 Chest pump was outrageous.
PENDLAYS ss/w OHP (5-4-3-8-10) 80/50-90/55-100/60-80/50-80/45 Another rack came up free so I used two bars.
60kg OHP started from the top, because I'm a big wuss. BROCEPS ss/w LAT RAISES ss/w OVERHEAD TRICEP EXTENSIONS (4*12) MILLIONS and BILLIONS. That arm pump. That shoulder pump. That buuuuuuuurn.
CANDLESTICKS (2*5) BW-BW
Stupid session, but amusing nonetheless. Will do some heavy pulling tomorrow for clean day, but we'll see how the back work goes in concert with deadlifts on Friday...
Unloaded bodyweight seems to be up at around 94.5kg, which is a good sign. Another two weeks of my seefood diet, and it will be on to the lean(er) strength phase.