Finnegan's Wake

I would do TONS AND TONS of mobility/stretching/traction on that elbow of yours until you can rack it. Until then, I would just work on strict pressing, or seated overhead, or incline, closegrip, overhead squats (if you can make the rack high enough to where you can unrack it with the bar already over your head or just work lighter for high reps) etc. Get stronger everywhere, then once you can rack the bar properly you will blow past 225 like a joke. I've said this before, but the thing that is holding you WAY back is the holding the bar in your hands like that. You are only as strong as your weakest link, and in this case it is your wrists because they need to stabalize the 225. It throws off your groove, etc. You can see how wobbly you are because of it. The wrist wraps will help a bit, but not much. The belt/staggered stance/etc however, won't.

Also, I'm gonna have to disagree with the wearing the belt as tight as you can possibly make it. How is being uncomfortable going to help you? Also, I've read in at least 5000 places to NOT make it as tight as possible, so taht you can still tense your abs against the belt which will make you be able to stay tighter.
 
I'm working on the flexibility about three times a week.

Gear Purchased:
Sawhorses, finally. 1000 lbs load bearing capacity.
200 lbs of sand for a new sandbag.
Beta Alanine from bulk nutrition
Caffeine Anhydrous from bulk nutition
And since it is the holidays, I'm treating myself to some Optimum Nutrition whey instead of cheap Wal Mart stuff.
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Pride 24-28.
 
Greg is right on with his analysis. Until you fix the problem that is limiting you, your push press is never going to be where you’d like it to be. In addition to the rehab movements that Greg mentioned, Have you thought about ART? It’s worked very well for my back and it seems like a therapy that would be tailor-made for your type of injury. Here is a list of practitioners in your area if you’re interested.

http://www.activerelease.com/providerSearch.asp
 
Somethign else I just thought of--what about a log? You might be able to get the log racked better than a barbell because of the positioning of the hands and it being a bit further away from your shoulders. Only downside is that logs aren't exactly cheap.
 
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll ask my chiropractor if he knows any of the locals/ has any favorites.
 
niagareven said:
Somethign else I just thought of--what about a log? You might be able to get the log racked better than a barbell because of the positioning of the hands and it being a bit further away from your shoulders. Only downside is that logs aren't exactly cheap.
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Logs are cheap for me. I cut them down and burn them all the time. I'd just have to take one home.
 
Why don't you do behind the neck push presses? Or DB push presses? What's the point in doing regular push presses if there is no way that you can hold the weight properly?
 
A couple things: Doing them has helped to stretch out my elbow and I was mainly doing them in a race. I do the other variants (except behind the neck. That kills my elbow.)
 
MMA
2 hours

Warmup:
5 minutes shrimping, neck bridging, etc

Kickboxing:

Bag Work:
Did the Ross 10x10 interval exercise (throw 10 straight punches, reset, 10 more, etc for a total of 100 punches, rest 45 seconds, repeat) x 3
35 right low kicks
25 left low kicks
25 1-right low kicks
25 1-2-switch kicks

Mit work:
3 five minute rounds, alternated holding pads and striking. Basic combos 1, 1-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-1-2

Shelling: Same as above, except the person calling the numbers shell blocked the punches. This was one round each.

Ground:
Armbvr review, 30 minutes. Drilled three armbars from gaurd and armbar from mount, which I finally started to get down w/ some fluidity

Positional Rolling:
3 minute rounds. Person on top position attempts to pass gaurd, person on bottom position attempts to maintain/ regain gaurd. Went two rounds in, one out rotation for a total of 6 rounds.
Free Rolling:
Ahh. My highlight of the night. Same as above. In round two, I locked in a submitted my partner w/ an Anaconda choke. I love this move.

Impressions:
I felt great tonight. Kicks were fast and strong on the bag, grip was solid, etc. Got complimented on improved combos during mit work. Did much better at regaining gaurd/ passing as well. It was just my night tonight.
I have no idea why I can lock up Anaconda chokes so often. Long arms and uncommon submission I guess. Anyway, I love it!
 
Sandbag Get Up:

200lbs x 1, +50 lbs PR

Impressions:
Ugh. This took 15 minutes to do. 200lbs of sand just throughly sucks to try and move. Also, this is about as much as I could fit into the military duffel bags I've been using to make these, so I may have to order one from Ironmind if I want to get to the 250 range. I could probably get to 225 using the duffel.
 
Here's a little (hopefully) inspiration, as this was what I thought of when I read about your elbow:

Chinese weightlifter Zhang Guozheng can't fully extend his right arm:

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MMA:
2 hours

Ropework:

weave: 1-1-2-1-left low kick, 1-1-2-2-2, 3 rounds

1-2-3, right ,low kcik
1-1-2-left to body, 2 rounds
50 1-2-5's
50 right lwo kicks
50 left low kicks

Grappling:
50 takedowns vs grappling bag
50 armbar falling to left from mount
50 armbar falling to right from mount
Neck bridging
shrimping
shadow shots vs heavybag

Rest two hours:
active recovery:
Bench: 135 x 10, 2 sets

Deadlift:
225 x 10, 2 sets
315 x 10, 2 sets
405 x 8

Strap Holds (25 lbs w/ fufu plastic grippers)
120 seconds, 3 sets per hand.
 
Fin remove the 'u' in the humiliaiting....

now that's one ghey AV...no confusion there....
 
ahaha...I added an 'i' when corrected you....nothing funnier than misspelling a word you corrected someone else on...
 
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