Social The Lounge v 205: It's all babies!

[Social Distance Warrior]

Twice a week is fine for the bench. What kind of accessory work do you do? Shoulder and trap isolation exercises can help you out, even lat work like weighted pull ups if you don’t have access to a cable machine.

What r trap isolation workouts do you recommend?

 

[TeTe]

What r trap isolation workouts do you recommend?

Face pulls!

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Yea I need to deload....I have 1 deload a month...but I really need to deload. My definition of "deload" is like 5x5 at 185.

Yeah. Champion powerlifters don’t hit PRs every time they lift. There’s a periodization that is ideally followed, and although there are various periodization structures different people swear by, everyone needs to pull back at times and then build back up.

I typically use block periodization but it sounds like you’re doing like a kind of conjugate periodization (which is fine and I’ve done before and will again) but there isn’t enough variance between 5/3/1 and 5x5 imo. It’s probably too heavy all the time and wearing you out.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

What r trap isolation workouts do you recommend?

Fuck I meant tricep lol. Typo. But face pulls (TY @TeTe) are an essential isolation to even out the shoulders. That and bent over flys are gonna help your rear deltoids so much which in turn will help if your shoulders are feeling stressed from benching

 

[Wet Blanket]

Yes!

 

[MMAisGod]

What r trap isolation workouts do you recommend?

Face pulls!

Upright rows, face pulls, and shrugs are added pretty flowchart on my schedules.

 

[TeTe]

What r trap isolation workouts do you recommend?

Also, how wide is your grip on the bench? I tend to grip pretty wide to work my chest more but it reduces the rage of motion.

 

[sickc0d3r]

Yes!

I thought about going with a gif of the Minority Report scene where he melts his face with that thing-ama-jig, but I likes me some pixel art.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

Context?

No real context outside of what's captured.

The update is the funny part

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Also, how wide is your grip on the bench? I tend to grip pretty wide to work my chest more but it reduces the rage of motion.

Pretty wide..I place my thumb on the outer groove

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Upright rows, face pulls, and shrugs are added pretty flowchart on my schedules.

Thanks brother

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Fuck I meant tricep lol. Typo. But face pulls (TY @TeTe) are an essential isolation to even out the shoulders. That and bent over flys are gonna help your rear deltoids so much which in turn will help if your shoulders are feeling stressed from benching

I'm gonna try that tonight..

Tonigjy is strict press night, some mobility exercises, stretches, and kettle bell thrusters

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Yeah. Champion powerlifters don’t hit PRs every time they lift. There’s a periodization that is ideally followed, and although there are various periodization structures different people swear by, everyone needs to pull back at times and then build back up.

I typically use block periodization but it sounds like you’re doing like a kind of conjugate periodization (which is fine and I’ve done before and will again) but there isn’t enough variance between 5/3/1 and 5x5 imo. It’s probably too heavy all the time and wearing you out.

I think so too...I have three weeks until my next official deload. Gonna take it easy.

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Pretty wide..I place my thumb on the outer groove

On a power bar or Olympic bar? Lol that’s an illegal grip for competition purposes. If you mean the hashmarks then your index finger is supposed to be on them at the widest. And Olympic hashmarks are further out than powerlifting ones

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

On a power bar or Olympic bar? Lol that’s an illegal grip for competition purposes. If you mean the hashmarks then your index finger is supposed to be on them at the widest. And Olympic hashmarks are further out than powerlifting ones

Maybe I'll take a picture later, I could be explaining it wrong..

Speaking of face pulls, I obviously don't have. Access to cables, do you so bent over dumbell face pulls?

 

[Jesus H. Sherdog]

Maybe I'll take a picture later, I could be explaining it wrong..

Speaking of face pulls, I obviously don't have. Access to cables, do you so bent over dumbell face pulls?

Yep. You can do them with dumbbells. The bent over flys I find even better personally.

 

[Social Distance Warrior]

Yep. You can do them with dumbbells. The bent over flys I find even better personally.

Thanks broseph..

Progress pictures will be posted soon...

And like i said before, if I ever hit the coveted "teh275" I'm posting a video here

 

[Sketch]

Fuck I meant tricep lol. Typo. But face pulls (TY @TeTe) are an essential isolation to even out the shoulders. That and bent over flys are gonna help your rear deltoids so much which in turn will help if your shoulders are feeling stressed from benching

I like Kroc rows.

 

[Sketch]

Was just biking home, stopped at a red light. I hear someone BLASTING 70's rock out of their car approaching from behind. I look back and see this really ghetto looking RV. I look inside, there must have been about 10-12 Hasidic Jews partying inside. I started dying lol, Gave them a big thumbs up and a salute and they waved back and loved it. This city is hilarious.

 

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Was just biking home, stopped at a red light. I hear someone BLASTING 70's rock out of their car approaching from behind. I look back and see this really ghetto looking RV. I look inside, there must have been about 10-12 Hasidic Jews partying inside. I started dying lol, Gave them a big thumbs up and a salute and they waved back and loved it. This city is hilarious.