Gots my crunk on

[Bubble Boy]

Babble Boi's 4 month log is here.
I'm training to get ready for a two week Defensive Tactics (L.E. & military) class.
The class is in December.

09-01-2009

Clean & press
Warm up with 95 lbs.
135 x 1
135 x 1
135 x 1
135 x 1
135 x 1
My clean is fugly, and my press is something like a push press / jerk abhorrent mess.
I'll be getting footage for corrections and tips.

Pull ups
I managed a total of 6

Windmills
10lbs x 8 each side
10lbs x 8 each side
Turkish Get Ups with the 10lbs x 5 each side

20 minutes on the stationary bike, interval training.

The numbers are low and weak. I hope to make noticeable progress each week for the next 4 months.

 

[Bubble Boy]

My diet is about as good as it's been in a long time. That is: lean protein, vegetables, and fruit. In general guided by Berardi concepts and common sense.

 

[MatterOverMind]

War Bubbles!

 

[Bubble Boy]

War Bubbles!

Thanks, I'm tired of being fat and lazy.

 

[Bubble Boy]

This an older video, but my clean and jerk / push is exactly the same.
The first example includes a front squat so ignore it. The second example is what I'm talking about.
Please critique and offer advice:

 

[MIDMOBOX]

New Log, New Bubbles.

Just try to stay consisent with your work and you'll see results. Life will interfer but do something, anything when it does.

 

[Bubble Boy]

Thanks Midmobox.

09-03-2009

1 hour of busting up hay bales with a polaski.
This is a hay bale:

This is a polaski:

09-04-2009

Same as above.
Also did some hiking and ran some stairs.

 

[SmashiusClay]

I'm probably not the greatest person in the world to critique oly lift fomr, but htere's a few things which are obvious even to me.

You don't finish your pull, work on getting your hips further through and finshing on your toes with your shoulders shrugged hard and your glutes flexed

You descend slowly and then hang around on your dip for the press, focus on it being an explosive movement where you drop a few inches and then explode upwards at speed, I got good mileage from thinking about it as a jump rather than a press.

 

[zhangmaster12]

your probably stronger than me, but this is what i see from the clean.

I think its too light, you seem to be doing it with ease. Try not to use your arms, the should be like hooks.

There should be three extensions:

DL, then jump, then shrug.

"the first pull brings the bb from the floor to the mid thigh level"
"the second pull begins from the mid-thigh and finishes with a final upward extension of the body (complete extension, like a jump)"
"The third pull brings the lifter from the top the extension to the recieving position. Pretty much shrug, then drop under the bar, and catch it on the shelf made by your arms and shoulders"

Dont bend your arms when lifting up, your arms should be completely loose, like a deadlift.

I think you should go heavier, you're can dl and squat a hell of a lot more than 135. The heavier weight will force you to not use your arms and you will automatically squat down a bit and catch it on your shoulders.

 

[Bubble Boy]

Thanks for the input fellas. I very much appreciate it.
In October I'll put up another video hoping to have improved.

09-07-2009

Overhead squat
45 lb bar.
10 individual reps. Minute rest in between.

5x5 overhead press with 35 lb dbs.

5x5 BOR's with 35 lb dbs.

On the OH Squat I'm going to add 10 lbs a week, putting me at 135 in about 9 weeks.

 

[MIDMOBOX]

Why does your job use so many hand tools and not gas operated stuff like normal people, sounds more chain gang then job sometimes.

 

[Bubble Boy]

Why does your job use so many hand tools and not gas operated stuff like normal people, sounds more chain gang then job sometimes.

Half of it is money, and the other half personal choice.

So first of all, we don't a have a lot of equipment. Secondly, the equipment we use is nearly always broken down, and there's no budget to repair it. I can operate big tractors and back hoes, no problem, but half the time they aren't in operating order.
So, a good deal of projects are manual labor.

The other part of the equation is choice. I enjoy going out into the woods and dropping a tree with an axe instead of a chain saw. I've done anecdotal observations, and more often than not, going at a project with hand tools get's the job done just as quickly as going at it with gas powered ones.
IMO, one is the "lazy" man's approach, the other the "working" man's approach.

If I can get a decent work out in at work, I'll go for it.

 

[MIDMOBOX]

Makes sense, sorta like where I work only different