Beware the Jabberwocky!

sweet!, you can get me fired up so i can max during that time and beat klotz. so try and plan your training to max during that time....
 
I was just thinking about trying for a max on the big three at the end of the year. Individual PL Comp for Schweet year end PRs.

Goals
DL 495
Sqt 405
Bench 265

If I could bench at all I could have a total over 1200 in a few months. Not so sure if I crank that out all in one session. Going for that squat pr scares me, but I'd like to see what my form looks like with heavy singles - I know it goes to shit around 365. And I mean fugly.
 
yeah i hope to get 405 too. if you can do it maybe i can do it....how long are you staying in az?
 
Not sure, probably a little over a week. I'll let you know when we get it planned.
 
i meant more towards last day or so. we should try and max towards the end.

because christmas is on a tuesday. if you stay that whole week, it wouldnt be too bad to max then. maybe you could try your dl max a week before you come down. then try squat and bench max here. ive done squat and bench max on same day and didnt feel a difference.
 
Looking at a calendar now. I bet we'll be there from Dec 23rd to Jan 2nd. I'm fairly certain my wife will want to stay through the New Year.
 
dec 31st is even better for maxes....you can go balls out for teh weights and then you can get smashed for new years...
 
Damn straight...Woobly and stumbling before the first beer.
 
Yup--saw the contetst. Probably wait until the last week of the Smolov base mesocycle to do a minicomp then go for the new SQ PR later that week.

Hard to say on the cleans/snatches w/o seeing you. Show me a vid and I'll gladly critique it to the best of my ability--front or rear view obviously the best for judging width: front three-quaters good for overall lift. Anyway, I always tell my lifters to "jump narrow, land wide." However, there's a limit as to how wide. I would say start with your feet right about hip width for the pull and outside the hips for the catch.

Front squats will help for the cleans and overhead squats will help with the snatches. Definitely look into finding a coach if you're serious about learning the lifts. I know
Joaquin _____is in Phoenix. Go to USA Weightlifting to find coaches in your area.
 
^^^^^ Thanks Sombo! I'll see about getting some vids. I'll watch some more vids and keep practicing squat cleans.

Friday Nov 2nd

Warmup: Dynamic stretching

Jump rope - 3 min round x 5

Power Snatch to OHS
95lb x 36 (10 min)

OH Shrugs
95lb x 27
135lb x 25

Waiter Walks
One armed w/ 85s
Two armed w/ 65s
Two armed w/ 35s while doing Step-ups x10

Saxons 15s x20
Ab Wheel Rollouts x 10 (knees)

Stationary Bike x 10min

PerWO: 3 tsp Greens+, .5g L-Arginine, Source of Life Multi
PeriWO: 3tsp BCAAS, 1 serv CytoMax (grape - pretty good)
PWO: 1 serv True Protein (Surge), banana, cup frozen berries, 1/2 cup yogurt (the real stuff), and skim milk.
 
Sunday Nov. 4th

Warmup: Band pullaparts, band pulldowns, band side raises, band front raises, foam rolling, towel tricep and shoulder stretch, chest stretch wall slides, stiff arm pushups..

Pause Bench (middle finger on outer rings)
135x5
185x1 x2
195x1 x2
205x1 x2
215x1 x2
225x1 x2
touch and go
225x5
185x10

Chins (alternating chins & pullups)
4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4/4 = 40 reps (wk 2 YGZ plan)

Bridging One Arm Db Bench
60x8 ea
70x5 ea
80x5 ea
85x5 ea
90x5 ea

BOR(sloppy variety)
135x5
185x5
205x5
225x5

Dips
5/6/7

CG Bench
135x13
135x7

PerWO: 3 tsp Greens+, .5g L-Arginine, Source of Life Multi
PeriWO: 3tsp BCAAS, 1 serv CytoMax (grape)
PWO: 2 serv True Protein (Surge), banana, /w skim milk.
 
Monday Nov. 5th

Swimming- Local pool reopened today.

200yards swim
200y pull
200y kick

5x100y breaststroke (on 2 min)

10x50y freestyle (hard on 1 min)

2min eggbeaters w/ hands out of water

200y cool down

=2800y or 112 laps

Sauna endurance challenge: liquid! vs azn lady vs Bam Magera's dad.
After 10 minutes I tapped out. I blame the Phil Collins song playing when I gave. Who could put up with that? In and out in an hour.

CG Bench and Pullups = hard time swimming the next day.

PeriWO: 3tsp BCAAs, 1 serv Gatorade.
PWO: 1 serv MPI, 1/2 serv WPI.
 
Wow man. Your 11/03 workout sounds scary... I mean terrifying scary not Rosie O'Donnell scary
 
It's hard for me to stay in the sauna as well. Usually i have extra clothes and sweats on with a hoodie over my head....so im not sure how i would last in regular gym clothes. maybe 10 mins like you.
 
Thanks C.Beeby - Sometimes I let the workouts get a little long.

I get antsy having to sit still in a sauna of strangers. I prefer a steam room, but unfortunately neither my gym or the community pool have one. They finally (my gym) sprang for doors for the shitter. If gyns attract bosu ball balancing, top heavy mooks; lap swim at the community pool brings out the freakshows. The women are normal, but 50% of the men are either scrawny serial killers in training or have major kyphosis and scamper around like little hunchbacks....Weirdness at the pool man.
 
i hear that. i've gone to ymca and la fitness long enough to find out most of the men that go there are fucking crazy and naked.

im starting front squats next week for 3 weeks. then smolov attempt 3.
 
Do it. Your front squat is way lagging. Shore that up and crush your year end goals.
 
what do you think is better?

3 weeks of 10x3

or

3 weeks of 10x1

im going to be doing 3x6 Pause squats afterwards with 2 exercises of assistance as well.
 
hmmmm. Could you alternate?
10x1
10x3
10x1

I like 10x1 for working set. Go really heavy. I found my upper back was rounding by the 3rd rep doing 10x3, so singles for a few weeks and made a huge improvement, then I started adding reps.
 
yeah i could alternate. the pause squats are the only thing that stays.

i think im set for what i need to do until dec 31st....
 
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