Oblivian's Adaptations

[DrBdan]

What was involved in redoing a room? Just redecorating or more involved? I'm redoing a bathroom right now so I'm finding it really interesting hearing what other people are doing, especially the stuff they do themselves and what they hire people for.

And good lifting, as always.

 

[Oblivian]

What was involved in redoing a room? Just redecorating or more involved? I'm redoing a bathroom right now so I'm finding it really interesting hearing what other people are doing, especially the stuff they do themselves and what they hire people for.

And good lifting, as always.

A hell of a lot more than that. We pulled all the carpet, had to prep the subfloor, laid new flooring (laminate wood), put on new baseboards, repainted the entire thing, new blinds, new outlet covers, etc. It was pretty time consuming since I didn't take off work all week either. All in all, it wasn't as expensive as I expected. It was roughly $1k for a 16x17 room for all materials. That includes a $100 rug too and the blinds are the nice wooden ones. It looks great, but I fucking hate doing home improvements.

 

[Oblivian]

Oly lifting day

Warmup
Jump Rope + Heavy Bag: 5-10 minutes

Overhead Squats
95 lbs x 5
135 lbs x 1
145 lbs x 1
155 lbs x 1
165 lbs x 1
175 lbs x 1
185 lbs x 1
195 lbs x 1
*All felt good, deep, and had a bit of a pause.

Full Hang Cleans
135 lbs x 1
145 lbs x 1
155 lbs x 1
165 lbs x 1
175 lbs x 1
185 lbs x 1
*Not bad on form

Full Clean to Split Jerk
135 lbs x 1
185 lbs x 1
205 lbs x 1
*205 lbs was really bad

Split Jerk
225 lbs x 1
230 lbs x 1
235 lbs x 1
*230 lbs single felt really good in regards to getting down and under the weight.

January Conditioning Challenge
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f13/j...challenge-frankie-edgar-bw-challenge-1484675/

29 reps, Bench Press: 14 reps (fail on 15), Chins: 15 reps (BW is 190 lbs)

 

[XTrainer]

Ah, missed goal by 1!

 

[Flow'n]

I don't know what's more impressive, your training, or your fight picks? Nice work man.

 

[Oblivian]

Ah, missed goal by 1!

I think I may just do 14 reps on Bench next time and 16 chins. The failed rep killed me.

I don't know what's more impressive, your training, or your fight picks? Nice work man.

Thanks. It's a strong rebound after the end of 2010. I had two awful cards in a row.

 

[Aleks Sytsevich]

A hell of a lot more than that. We pulled all the carpet, had to prep the subfloor, laid new flooring (laminate wood), put on new baseboards, repainted the entire thing, new blinds, new outlet covers, etc. It was pretty time consuming since I didn't take off work all week either. All in all, it wasn't as expensive as I expected. It was roughly $1k for a 16x17 room for all materials. That includes a $100 rug too and the blinds are the nice wooden ones. It looks great, but I fucking hate doing home improvements.

Is it floating? I hope you left room for expansion if it is. Laminate, on average, expands about 1/8-3/8 of an inch. There's also the issue of sound dampening, carpet and the padding absorb a lot of noise (laminate does not, unless a sound dampening pad is put under-- also protects the homeowner from molds).

Sorry, I'm an apprentice flooring contractor.

 

[calvus]

Fun stuff...I did a similar project last year after a pipe burst under the foundation. Put new flooring in the living room, painted, scraped ceilings for the whole downstairs, new baseboard, new outlets & new lighting, some electrical work etc. Nice when you're done. Props for getting it done in a week, took me almost 2 months.

 

[Oblivian]

Is it floating? I hope you left room for expansion if it is. Laminate, on average, expands about 1/8-3/8 of an inch. There's also the issue of sound dampening, carpet and the padding absorb a lot of noise (laminate does not, unless a sound dampening pad is put under-- also protects the homeowner from molds).

Sorry, I'm an apprentice flooring contractor.

Yes, it is floating. We left 1/4-3/8 of an inch in spacing. The floor came with the padding underneath. I forget the brand we used, but it was one of the top brands. We didn't go cheap. My dad knows what he's doing because he was a Commercial Project Manager. If it wasn't for him, I probably would have just paid to have someone do it.

Flooring is brutal IMO. I wore knee pads or knee sleeves both days and my knees still took a beating. Laying the floor wasn't really hard except for the weird jigsaw pieces we had to cut, but it's taxing on your body. I'm much more of a sit at a desk type guy.

 

[Aleks Sytsevich]

Yes, it is floating. We left 1/4-3/8 of an inch in spacing. The floor came with the padding underneath. I forget the brand we used, but it was one of the top brands. We didn't go cheap. My dad knows what he's doing because he was a Commercial Project Manager. If it wasn't for him, I probably would have just paid to have someone do it.

Flooring is brutal IMO. I wore knee pads or knee sleeves both days and my knees still took a beating. Laying the floor wasn't really hard except for the weird jigsaw pieces we had to cut, but it's taxing on your body. I'm much more of a sit at a desk type guy.

Flooring is easy...unless you're doing a whole house or something, using one product(hallways suck copious amounts of dick). And it's tough on the body. There's not a day that goes by where my knees and lumbar spine aren't screaming to get a new job.

 

[Oblivian]

Warmup
Jump Rope + Heavy Bag: 5-10 minutes
Bent Over Row: 135 lbs x 5 x 3 sets

Bench Press
135 lbs x 5 (warmup)
185 lbs x 5
205 lbs x 3
225 lbs x 3 x 3 sets
*Set 1 and 3 were strong, set 2 felt bad. I know that I lose tightness sometimes, but I can't find the cue or trigger to keep from doing that.

Squats
185 lbs x 5 (warmup)
225 lbs x 5
255 lbs x 5
285 lbs x 10
*Beltless

Thickbar Chins
+15 lbs x 5 x 5 sets

Static Stretch
15 minutes

 

[Oblivian]

Bas Rutten Cd's
Boxing: Five 2 min rounds

Burpees
25 straight

Heavy Bag (3 min rounds, 1 min rest)
Round 1: Jabs
Round 2: Right Straights
Round 3: 1-2 and 2-1 combos
Round 4: Everything besides kicks
Round 5: Everything

Thickbar Chins
BW x 17

 

[Oblivian]

Warmup
Jump Rope + Heavy Bag: 5-10 minutes
Front Squats: 135 lbs x 1

Squats
185 lbs x 5
225 lbs x 5
275 lbs x 3
305 lbs x 3
335 lbs x 3 x 3 sets
*Not bad, but I think I'm only going to increase by 5 lbs next week. I am finding that I'm much more proficient at singles and doubles compared to triples. The third rep never feels good.

SOHP
95 lbs x 5
135 lbs x 5
165 lbs x 3 x 3 sets
*+5 again next week. Much easier than expected.

Thickbar Chins
+35 lbs x 1 x 6 sets

Static Stretch
10-15 minutes

 

[Oblivian]

I forgot to mention yesterday that my left knee got strained a bit descending too fast on a squat. I didn't think much of it and thought that it'd be fine today, but I woke up really sore. I decided not to fuck around with olympic lifts and do something else.

Bas Rutten Cds
Boxing: Five 2 min. rounds

Heavy Bag
Five 3 min rounds (all boxing, no kicks)

January Conditioning Challenge
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f13/j...challenge-frankie-edgar-bw-challenge-1484675/

30 reps - Bench 14 reps, Chins 16 reps, BW = 190 lbs

Static Stretch (upper body only)
10 minutes

 

[XTrainer]

Nice work. I got 28 on a bad day, so hopefully I'll be able to match your score tomorrow.

 

[Oblivian]

Training schedule is all fucked up since I've been fighting off a cold and since we had a blizzard.

Bas Rutten Cds
Boxing: Five 2 min rounds
Thai Boxing: Five 2 min rounds

Heavy Bag
Three 3 min rounds

*Also shoveled for over an hour. The snow was packed and contained ice as well. It was probably just as hard, if not harder than the above workout.

 

[Oblivian]

Warmup
Jump Rope + Heavy Bag: 5-10 minutes
Bent Over Row: 135 lbs x 5 x 3 sets

Bench Press
135 lbs x 5
185 lbs x 5
205 lbs x 3
227.5 lbs x 3 x 3 sets

Squats
185 lbs x 5
225 lbs x 5
255 lbs x 5
290 lbs x 10
*Beltless. Left knee felt fine until the last set. It really started aching after that.

Thickbar Chins
+17.5 lbs x 5 x 5 sets

 

[toonie]

That will smoothen out with practise. One thing that will help you learn to clean into a squat is to warm up, cool off, or whatever, by drilling hang squat cleans with something comfortable like 135 on the bar. From the hang position, give the bar just the slightest nudge with your hips, and drop under.

Great post. I'll have to try this out.

@Oblivian, long time lurker but never posted. Keep up the solid lifting. Always impressed by your press (both strict and push).

 

[Oblivian]

Have you completely memorized the Bas CD's yet?

Pretty close on rounds 1 and 2!

Great post. I'll have to try this out.

@Oblivian, long time lurker but never posted. Keep up the solid lifting. Always impressed by your press (both strict and push).

Thanks.

 

[Oblivian]

Still having issues with the knee. It only gets strained at the bottom portion of a squat, especially if the weight transfers to my toes. I wanted to take another day off of lifting.

Bas Rutten Cd's as Warmup
Boxing: Two 2 min rounds
Thai Boxing: Two 2 min rounds

February 2011 Conditioning Challenge - Tabata Interval Rounds
http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f13/f...ing-challenge-tabata-interval-rounds-1529273/

Oblivian - 216 reps (96 BW squats, 72 pushups, 48 burpees)

12 squats per interval, 9 pushups per interval, 6 burpees per interval. I would finish the squats and pushups very early. Squats I can probably do up to 14-15 per interval comfortably. Pushups I'll probably keep the same even though the actual pushups weren't hard. Burpees became tough do to the pushups. My arms were fatigued. The last two intervals I had to split into 3 + 3 instead of 6 reps.