Strength in Interesting Places

[MIDMOBOX]

- It was super-athletic because I did bicep curls, the most athletic exercise, for sets of 10, the most athletic rep range. These were the heaviest curls I've ever done, too. They were difficult.

If I quoted others for my signature, ths would be it

 

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[JauntyAngle]

Ooh, nice. The one at the bottom looks familiar.. is she famous or something?

 

[JauntyAngle]

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[JauntyAngle]

Jaunty's T3 programme: Week 2, Workout 1

Warmup
Yoga- Sun Salutation Ax3, Sun Salutation Bx2
C2 rower- 2 minutes

Squats
20kg x5, x5
40kg x3, x3
60kg x2, x2
80kg x1, x1
105kg x3
105kg x3
100kg x3
98kg x3
95kg x3
Timed Total Tonnage: 1.509 tonnes in 17 mins, 30 secs.

Overhead
(Warmup was alternating strict and push, work sets were strict)
20kg x5, x5
30kg x3, x3
40kg x2, x2
45kg x1, x1
54kg x5
54kg x5
54kg x4

Chins
+6kg x5
+6kg x5
+6kg x5

Optional assistance: Dips and Inverted Rows
7 dips@+10kg/7 rows
7 dips@+10kg/7 rows
7 dips@+10kg/7 rows


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Notes
- Squats were heaviest I've squatted for a while. Took videos of the 105kg sets, I will post later. A couple of reps early on I somehow managed to get lost with my weight on the front of my feet. Later on I concentrated on driving my heels into the ground and this helped to improve things a bit. The depth was okay, not great. I have to say that the weight didn't feel super heavy. I feel like improvement is coming at last.
- OHP was hard. It was actually easier when I was doing it in March and April... somehow I have got worse. Never mind, it will come.
- Chins were very easy. I am taking these really slowly, re: adding weight.
- Dips were okay. Add reps next time.

 

[JauntyAngle]

Squat video from today. A bit of excessive forward lean, which I really need to get rid of. Overall pleased, though, because I haven't squatted this heavy for a while, and I feel I can develop significantly from here in the near future.

 

[dinpappa]

Good lifts, a bit forward as you said, but that happens on heavy reps. For me it helped to just remove the shoes while squatting But ofc you thought of that!

 

[scoopj]

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[JauntyAngle]

Love it. How much is that worth?

For a national champion of any kind, 3 points. For an international champion (e.g. an Olympian), 5 points.

 

[JauntyAngle]

The lack of eye candy in this log lately is a crime.

Someone call the police!

 

[JauntyAngle]

Some conditioning

Warmup: c2 rower- 2 minutes
Run: 1500m@10kmph

That was all. When I am not used to some conditioning activity, I take it very easy at the start, and work my way up. That way, no DOMS.

Over the next few sessions I will repeat, and fairly start running it a couple of times in a single session, maybe even three times every now and then. I won't focus on speed for now, just concentrating on getting them done at around about this speed. After 3-4 weeks of doing that, I will start thinking about variables, like speed and incline. Exactly how I programme those, I have no idea yet.

That's if... the treadmills behave. One of them wouldn't go faster than 9kmph today, and the other cut out half way through (although I got it right back on). If the cutting out thing persists, I will re-evaluate.

 

[JauntyAngle]

JauntyLifts: Week 3, Workout 2

Warmup
- C2 rower, 2 minutes

Bench
20kg x5, x5
40kg x3, x3
60kg x2, x2
70kg x1, x1
83kg x5
81kg x5
80kg x5
78kg x5
76kg x5
Timed Total Tonnage, 1.99 tonnes in 19:00

Bent-Over Row
20kg x5, x5
40kg x3
60kg x5
60kg x5
60kg x5

Deathlift
60kg x5
80kg x3
100kg x1
120kg x5
144kg x3
146kg x1

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Notes
- Bench... mmmm... still not used to heavy sets of 5. So a bit hard. Lost some shoulder tightness, too.
- BORs. Was worried that if I went heavy I wouldn't feel like doing deads, but if I did deads first I definitely wouldn't do BORs. So I did some light sets, more of a warmup then anything.
- Deathlifts. Tweaked the scheme slightly to make the set of 5 a little lighter. Tried a lower starting position for my hips and I liked it a lot. I liked the feeling of being able to use my legs more.

Oh, and....

I am an idiot.

Our gym has this situp deck thing. I have been looking at it since I started lifting. And only today, not only did I realize you can do Glute-Ham Raises on it... it might even have been designed for doing Glute-Ham Raises. I tried a few. I can't do them yet, but the equipment is almost perfect. 7-8 months I've been working out in this gym, I could have been doing GHRs.

So, anyway, I tried a few. Can't do a single one. Can just do partial negatives, or a ham-assisted pushup, then try to hold myself up with just my glutes and hams. This actually really excites me, because this means I have something to do which I suck at, and which I can probably improve really quickly, and which will really help my DL and squat. What I plan to do is to grease the groove. I will probably do some work on the GHR every morning and every evening. Just a few of the exercises I can do, add more volume every time, avoid failure. Wouldn't suprise me if I am doing full reps in week or so. I won't start tomorrow morning as I have been out for dinner and had too much to drink. But I will do this.

 

[dinpappa]

Nice, Nordic hamstrings in my lack of GHR apparatus really helped me, went from not beeing able to do 1 to start doing 3 sets of 8 in about notime it felt like!

 

[dinpappa]

Oh, and need pics of this gym of yours

 

[JauntyAngle]

Nice, Nordic hamstrings in my lack of GHR apparatus really helped me, went from not beeing able to do 1 to start doing 3 sets of 8 in about notime it felt like!

Yeah, I can't wait. When you're crap at something you can improve incredibly fast. I am figuring if I can't do a single GHR, my hamstrings are not at all strong, and can be strengthened a lot very quickly. I know for a fact that greasing the groove works extremely well with bodyweight exercises. So basically I see this as an easy way to improve my squat and deadlift. Plus, I love an excuse to do something heavy every day.

 

[JauntyAngle]

Oh, and need pics of this gym of yours

Actually, we're just about to move guest houses. The new place has a massive basement we're going to turn into the gym. And the ops manager has said that he is happy to spend some money. I'm hoping for more plates, a new bench, a proper set of dumbells and a box or two. That'll be on top of the squat rack, pullup/dip station and newly-discovered GHR machine. Oh yeah, and most important of all, the preacher curl deck.

Once it's kitted out, I'll put some pics up.

 

[MIDMOBOX]

PREACHER CURL DECK

I'm glad you know whats truly important

 

[toonie]

Ooh, nice. The one at the bottom looks familiar.. is she famous or something?

Not sure if you were really looking for an answer, but that's Hayden Panettiere (chick from heroes).

Also, tineye is your friend.

 

[JauntyAngle]

Not sure if you were really looking for an answer, but that's Hayden Panettiere (chick from heroes).

Also, tineye is your friend.

Cool thanks. I am checking out Tineye now.

 

[scoopj]

Sounds like you guys are really getting set up. Definitely take pics of the new place once it's ready.