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cardio,shoot me · 03-01-2010 5:18pm

thank you both of ya! i had a good session today aswell

cardio,shoot me · 03-01-2010 5:25pm

alrighty after about 10 minutes of chest strectching and 2.5kg shoulderr rotations and stuff i hit the bench

Bench:
bar by 10
30kg x 5
40kg x 5
60kg x 5 these didnt go great at all, my arch and set up where all wrong, no groove
70kg x 2 same as above, i paused these, they where hard, not happy
80kg x 2 arch felt better, the reps felt hard
85kg x first rep was absolutly perfect, nailed it, 2 sec pause got it up really easy,
second rep, it was hard , i got it up and i was at the stage where i had to start grinding and the spotter touched and gave a lil help,

i have no idea what to call it, i think i would of had it, but i dunno, anyway, 85 IS my opener.

87.5kg x 1 definitly had it, the spotter touched again but there was no doubt i would have got it anyway.

Now the fun sets i have no idea where i got the idea to do this but meh, it was fun.

60kg x 5 5 second pause at the bottom
55kg x 5 5 second pause at the bottom
50kg x 5 " "
45kg x 5 " "
40kg x 5 " "

25 minutes stretching , foam rolling of legs
getting ready for my squat and dead opener test. i did bench today so id have more time to recover from my squat opener, thinknig of doing it tuesday then deadlift friday or sunday.

Thoughts:
good day, found my groove on time and im happy with my opener ,

85 first then depending on how it felt, 87.5 or 90.

the decreasing sets with the 5 sec pause where brilliant, your mind is so clear when your counting to 5 with a bar over you!

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 2:24pm

ive got about 5 squat videos coming up in a min, had a fun session!

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:12pm

Squats,
good few warm ups, 80 x 2 was my last one before throwing on the belt

90KG X 2
100KG X 2 VID:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCPeOtyo2U4

110KG X 2 VID:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTkfXwpKLzo

120KG X 1 VID :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J93nATW7i3c

125KG X FAIL VID:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7pWkWLEViU

125KG X 1 VID:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NduAYScMNdY

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:13pm

Im really happy, i think ive improved alot since my last set of videos, i sat back more, got lower and by the looks of it, i was breathing into my stomach more, one thing i need to stop doing is pushing my knees over my toes at the bottom.

All comments welcome , any tips, suggestions?

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:20pm

oh and on the 125 fail, i felt uncomfortable all the way through, got under the bar too early, belt wasnt right, bar placement was annoying me, hand placement was annoying me, got down a bit, felt i was gonna fall back, said fck it, and racked it again.

the drifter · 05-01-2010 3:20pm

What BW are you....you look like you could eat up another 20kg easily :P

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:21pm

between 98 and 100 i think, and yea my calves are tiny....

the drifter · 05-01-2010 3:25pm

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

between 98 and 100 i think, and yea my calves are tiny....

wtf....you fat ba*tard!

eat my friend EAT!!!!!!

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:28pm

well im maintaining till my first comp, gonna stay under 100 for it, then after that im moving up to 110, im so skinny fat atm! its ridicolous, btw what do you think of the sqwats?

d'Oracle · 05-01-2010 3:29pm

They are some kind of shorts.....

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:30pm

dublin marathon shorts! picked them up for conditioning work, and thought itd be fun to cycle up to the gym in them and a t-shirt, boy i was cold :P

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:37pm

based on recent revelations im dropping my bench opener to 82.5kg

the drifter · 05-01-2010 3:45pm

if your taking 125 as your opener after seeing the vid id drop to 120 to be honest...get your opener!!!

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:47pm

no its 120, 125 was just for funzies

Inspector Coptoor · 05-01-2010 3:47pm

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

based on recent revelations im dropping my bench opener to 82.5kg

this a good idea.

what will your DL be?

I got 170kg x 5 (3 good reps in the set)
so i'll open for one at 170kg and see how i feel from there.
Will try to pull 210kg on the day id say

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:49pm

deadlift is gonna be 165 -170 depending, i mean they both felt easy but on the day may be different, id love to hit 180 :P id say your good for 200 atleast, just gotta be patient.

the drifter · 05-01-2010 3:51pm

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

no its 120, 125 was just for funzies

thats what happens when you hang around here too long

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 3:54pm

well the 120 felt easy-ish and i remembered hanley commenting on my last 125 attempt saying i could have had it, was in the back of my mind and i wanted it...

Casshern88 · 05-01-2010 5:04pm

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

id love to hit 180 :P

Same, thats my next major hope fully short term goal.

nice squattin!

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 5:16pm

well according to parsley we have a race to that deadlift :P

brutusthebarber · 05-01-2010 7:07pm

Good job on the squatzzz

And for the love of god man.... edit!!!!:p

cardio,shoot me · 05-01-2010 7:21pm

i refuse to edit my videos, what you see is what you get.

cardio,shoot me · 07-01-2010 2:48pm

alright, first of all, id like to thank transform,bossarky and the diesel crew deadlift set up video. Oh and a guy called bushido something or other on Tnation

Transform for his video on glute activation, boss arky for being an advocat of birddogs which are awesome.
the diesel crew video is very helpful

and bushido posted a description of this awesome glute activation exercise which ill find later.

cardio,shoot me · 07-01-2010 2:50pm

i was a bit skeptical of all the glute activation and stuff until i put 130 on the bar without a belt and it felt like air going up. anyway

Deadlifts:
bar x 10
70 x 3
90 x 2
110 x 2
130 x 1
150 x 1 (belt on)
160 x 1
170 x 1 Videod
175 x 1 NEW pr (5kg) Videod

my opener for the comp is gonna be 165. i feel like 180 was in the tank tbh!
ill post in a min with the videos.

the drifter · 07-01-2010 2:52pm

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

i was a bit skeptical of all the glute activation and stuff until i put 130 on the bar without a belt and it felt like air going up. anyway

Deadlifts:
bar x 10
70 x 3
90 x 2
110 x 2
130 x 1
150 x 1 (belt on)
160 x 1
170 x 1 Videod
175 x 1 NEW pr (5kg) Videod

my opener for the comp is gonna be 165. i feel like 180 was in the tank tbh!
ill post in a min with the videos.

excellent...that is all....man your gonna have a serious deadlift in a few years...

cardio,shoot me · 07-01-2010 2:52pm

170 x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTTfdthVlKE

sorry about the bad lighting, fixed for next video

175 x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsWdOr4xvB0

If you look closely at 1:14 you may see me getting sick in my mouth, the only reason i didnt hold lockout was i felt like i was gonna pass out.

G86 · 07-01-2010 2:56pm

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

Deadlifts:
bar x 10

175 x 1 NEW pr (5kg) Videod

my opener for the comp is gonna be 165. i feel like 180 was in the tank tbh!
ill post in a min with the videos.

180kg all the way!!!

C'mon it's like 5kg.... you could sooo do it!

cardio,shoot me · 07-01-2010 2:59pm

yea im getting excited! :P

cardio,shoot me · 07-01-2010 3:02pm

the drifter wrote: »

excellent...that is all....man your gonna have a serious deadlift in a few years...

cheers, days like today make me glad i looked up an irish fitness forum in february. i mean this sh1t is so god damn addictive!

well in other news thats all my lifts tested.

so far its looking like this

Squat:
120 x 1
125 x 1
127.5 + x ?

Bench:
82.5kg x 1
87.5kg x 1
90kg + x ?

Deadlift:
165kg x 1
175kg x 1
180kg x ?

hopefully it all goes to plan, not training again till monday and its gonna be alot of mobility work and some light lifts.

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