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Friday, 18 December 2009

  • DE Lower

    Hilariously enough, I now have an ab strain. Turns out I fucked up the progression.

    Dieselcrew Shoulder Warmup

    Box Squat w/ Lights: 45, 95, 135, 160
    12x2 - 160lbs
    Decent speed. Working on form.

    Speed Deadlifts:
    9x1 - 160lbs
    Decent form. Revised the setup somewhat. Still needs work.

    Deficit Deadlift:
    3x8 - 225lbs

    Lockout Hold:
    315lbs - 9s, 9s
    Fucked up the shoulder position on the first one.

    Rollouts:
    10
    Yeah. Ow.

Wednesday, 16 December 2009

  • ME Upper

    It appears that I'm going to be using each ME movement for two weeks, though I'll still attempt a PR Deadlift and Incline on the third week. After that, though (and unless something weird happens on the second cycle), we're switching to 8-week cycles with the following ME Rotations:

    Upper:
    Bench
    Floor
    Incline
    2-Board

    Lower:
    Squat
    Dead Stance GM
    Box Squat
    Deadlift (possibly with chains)

    I'm also going to be doing Speed Deads every week on DE Day.
    ---
    Floor Press: 45, 45, 65, 85
    5x95, 115
    3x 135, 145, 155
    1x 165, 175, 180, 185
    0x 190
    Worked up "wrong," so to speak. It probably also didn't help that my spotter was crap and that I couldn't cool down and focus properly between sets because the RSF have decided to start playing music in the good room again (thereby making it somewhat less good). If I'd had Saarni or Alex there to cue me (largely at my instruction) I might have been ok, but...well, yeah. I seriously need to find a good training partner. This is pissing me off.

    Incline Tate:
    35s x 8, 8, 10, 8
    30s x 10

    Pulldowns:
    120s x 12, 10, 8, 8

    DB Cleans:
    12.5s x 15, 15, 15

    Muscle Snatch w/ 30lbs: 10, 10, 8
    L-Lateral w/ 7.5s: 8
    45 Degree Raise w/ 7.5: 8, 8
    Lying External Rotation w/ 3: 8, 8

Monday, 14 December 2009

  • ME Lower

    I met a guy yesterday who actually knew about Westside and such; he was here today and worked in on the GMs for a bit. Hilariously, he finished his entire workout at the same time I finished the GMs. I got there first.

    Dead Stance GM: 45, 75, 95
    5x 115, 135, 155, 175
    3x 205, 215, 225, 235, 245, 255, 250
    The 255 felt as though I squatted it up. The 250 felt better, but I'm told I still had a bit of a squat going on. Counting 250 as my max.

    Dimel Deadlift:
    20x 95, 115, 115, 115, 115
    Not sure how much this is going to do for me. Will try the lower reps thing for DE day when the cycle resets.

    45-Degree Hyper:
    10
    15x 25, 25, 25

    Medium Ball Rollouts:
    5, 10, 12, 12, 12, ~10
    Form is improving.
    Hurt tremendously in the lower abdominal/hip flexor region on the first set. Very powerful soreness.
    Worked on bracing the abs Chek-style to help train that particular function, and on pushing the hips forward to initiate the movement.

    Bridge:
    2x10
    Easy enough.

Sunday, 13 December 2009

  • DE Upper

    Fun.

    Bench w/ 1 Set Chain: 45, 65
    85, 85, 85
    90, 90, 90, 90
    95, 95, 95
    Only started to see a speed dropoff at 95. I'm nailing the wider grip and/or getting faster. Hopefully and.

    Press: 45, 85
    100lbs - 7, 6, 7, 6, 6

    Bradford Press:
    65lbs - 10, 9, 7, 7 ,6
    Pretty irregular rest periods here.

    Inverted Row:
    12, 10, 8
    Only really felt anything in the lats on the last set. I'll use this next week just to see, but...yeah.

    Face Pull:
    15x20
    10x30
    10x30

    Prone Internal Rotation:
    15x5s, 10x8s
    Pulled something on the last rep with the 8s; went too fast due to gym closing.

Friday, 11 December 2009

  • DE Lower

    AGH MY ABS

    Oh, and agh my palms.

    The Short Bands arrived, and I've decided I should probably just do light speed pulls every week anyway. I may alternate chains and bands, or something.

    Unfortunately, the short band setup has been somewhat difficult, because I want tension at the bottom. I managed to rig something up with 3 DBs and 2 25lb plates per side, but that gnawed through two layers of latex (fortunately, the ones I used are cheap and easy to replace - not to mention the fact that I will, hopefully, be using the next size up soon). I've decided to get some of the smaller DBs from the machine room, choke the bands are those, use 25s or 45s to add extra weight, and support the plates with the hex DBs. Basically the same setup, but easier on the material.

    Box Squats w/ Lights:
    4x155, 5x165, 1x175, 2x165
    Yeah, just recording sets here and ignoring the warmups. Spent a fair bit of time talking to Alex, but my rest periods were down around 90 seconds each time, so whatever.
    I've found that I lose drive if I push my knees out properly at the bottom; I'll have to take some frontal shots to see how far my knees go out with the good drive and where they are when I push them further...though pushing them further probably can't hurt.
    Oh, right, new set of lights. These ones are the same length and the same thickness, and will be my dedicated squatting pair; the other 3 lights will be used for recovery and accessory work.

    Speed Pulls w/ Monster Mini Shorts:
    8x155
    Various setup attempts. Alex thinks I should be a CivE or MechE, given the stuff I rigged up; I disagree, on the utterly arbitrary basis that I'm a BioE and don't know what CivE really is what MechE really gets used for, though I frankly think I'd find the latter fascinating now that I'm willing to go hands-on and actually BUILD shit.
    I've found that I can at least reduce the lumbar lockout effect by really squeezing my glutes at the top; not sure if I got the upper back position working, though.

    Deficit Deads w/ 225:
    8, 8, 6
    Yeah, uh.
    Let's go ahead and increase the weight on this.

    Lockout Holds w/ 275:
    3 holds of about 20 seconds each
    I figured I should probably do something to bring my grip up, since I'm pretty set on pulling 400 in the next two training cycles.

    Swiss Ball Rollouts:
    Attempted on feet; switched to knees and did something around 6x10 with various numbers of pads beneath my knees.
    My abs now cramp up when I sneeze.

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