Chasing the Dragon

modena1983 said:
You should post vomit x1 PR lol. Nice pulling definitely getting better with time.
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Thanks, but it was quite disgusting. My pulling has come a long way but I don't really care about it. All I care about it squatting.



Conditioning

7 km walk

It was snowing rather heavily and I was one sweaty man when I was done. For about 500-600 meters I was running through snow that was crotch high, it was fucking horrible.
 
Aleks Sytsevich said:
Thanks, but it was quite disgusting. My pulling has come a long way but I don't really care about it. All I care about it squatting.




It was snowing rather heavily and I was one sweaty man when I was done. For about 500-600 meters I was running through snow that was crotch high, it was fucking horrible.
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Sounds like you feel about squatting like I do about deadlifting and vice versa. My squat seems to move at will but deads frustrate me, but I would happily give up squats for deads.

Also running in the snow, very Rocky of you.
 
I love deadlifitng and squatting. I do not care about bench though.
 
MIDMOBOX said:
Sounds like you feel about squatting like I do about deadlifting and vice versa. My squat seems to move at will but deads frustrate me, but I would happily give up squats for deads.

Also running in the snow, very Rocky of you.
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modena1983 said:
I love deadlifitng and squatting. I do not care about bench though.
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I don't care for deads compared to squats. I care about all lifts, they just aren't up to snuff with the squat. Oh and...DRAGO-O-O-O-O.
 
November 26 2010

BS

45x5
135x5
185x3
255x2

320x5x3

BP

45x5
75x5
125x3
165x2

205x3+2
205x5
205x3

Squats were good, felt light-ish.

Bench went terribly, hit the j-hooks on the first and third sets.
 
November 29 2010

BS

45x5
135x5
195x3
265x2

325x5x3 (+5lbs rep pr)

Press

45x5
85x3
115x2

145x3x2 (push press)

Lat pull downs

135x10x5

Face pulls

75x15x3

Squats are going good, not long before I go for a new 1 rm.

Shoulders are giving me loads of trouble, started Friday when benching and continued today while pressing. Pressing volume may be significantly decreased to sub in more pulling.
 
Thanks Modena, but it's not as clear cut as that. You just did 322.5 for ten triples which is just as good (most likely better than my three sets of 5) as what I did. Suffice to say we are both making good gains.
 
December 1 2010

ZS

45x5
75x5
115x3
155x2

195x5x3 +10lbs rep pr

BOR

45x5
95x5
135x5x3

DL

135x5
215x3
275x2
315x1

365x2+almost...but fail -- rep PR (+1)

Wasn't feeling it today. Zercher squats are a pain in the ass (as well as elbow crooks), but they sure feel better than the FS.

BOR to get additional pulling in, light to ensure lots of lat activation.

Deads, just as last week, felt mighty heavy. 365 was my 1rm in August and I almost got a triple so it's not a huge loss.

I feel a 1000 lbs total is very near.
 
Nice work in here. Definitely a log I'll be checking out more.
 
Oblivian said:
Nice work in here. Definitely a log I'll be checking out more.
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Thanks for stopping by.

Conditioning

Run ~1mile -- medium intensity

BW movements (squat, push-up, lunge) x a bunch

40 meter Sprint x a few
 
December 10 2010

BS

BW x a bunch
45x5
95x5
135x5
175x3
235x2

295x5x3

BP

45x5x2
85x5
115x3
155x2

185x5x3

BOR

85x5
125x5
165x5x3

Facepulls

SUMNx15x3

Wife and son have been sick since the 2nd, been taking care of them. Thought today would have been harder than it was seeing that I have not left the house really at all in over a week.

Narrowed squat stance a bit, these were incredibly deep squats. I was amazed after reviewing the vid of set 3. Thought that they would be harder with a narrow stance but difference was negligible.

Really tightened up bench form, watched Tate's series which really helped. I think. Still trouble with leg drive but shoulder issues seem to be gone.

Rows...I really don't like rows that much. I used to, but that is really not the case any longer.

All in all a good day of lifting.
 
Good work. I narrowed my stance quite a bit and really like it. I feel like I have a much better rebound at the bottom.
 
Oblivian said:
Good work. I narrowed my stance quite a bit and really like it. I feel like I have a much better rebound at the bottom.
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Thanks.

Agreed. With the wide stance I wasted all the elastic energy stored on the descent simply trying to get lower.
 
Aleks Sytsevich said:
Thanks.

Agreed. With the wide stance I wasted all the elastic energy stored on the descent simply trying to get lower.
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Agreed. Depth is tough to hit. My only issue with narrow is that I don't feel stable with a lot of weight. My last PR I was a bit wider, but I barely hit depth. I definitely prefer narrow now for all working/rep sets, but it's hard to stand narrow with a shitload of weight on your back!
 
Oblivian said:
Agreed. Depth is tough to hit. My only issue with narrow is that I don't feel stable with a lot of weight. My last PR I was a bit wider, but I barely hit depth. I definitely prefer narrow now for all working/rep sets, but it's hard to stand narrow with a shitload of weight on your back!
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When I go for a new 1rm on December 27 (which will not be 430, or anything even close to that really) I will widen up as well. The issue with training different stances is that you're not sure where parallel is. I have found that "bottoming out" is not always the best indicator of depth.
 
December 13 2010

BS

45x5
95x5
135x5
185x3
235x2

305x5x3

BP

45x5
95x5
115x3
135x2

185x5x3

BOR

95x5
135x5

175x5x3
 
December 15 2010

DL

135x5x2
225x5
275x3
315x2
365x1

355x4

405x1 +20 lbs PR

Press

45x5
95x3

115x5x2

Fucking stoked.
 
December 20 2010

BS

45x5
95x5
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x2
315x1

365x1 +30 lbs pr
385x1 +50 lbs pr

Random power cleans x some

Down with the flu since Thursday, I was shaking like a dog shitting razor blades for most of the warm-up sets. If I had been healthy I can't even imagine how much I would have squatted.

EDIT: Broke the 1000 lbs big 3 total!!! Huh-zuh!
 
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