Saturday Fever

Good point.

On a side note, I'm moving in a couple weeks and will have a little shed-like structure in the back of the house. That means I will be rebuilding my dungeon.

yay.

M.J.H.

Nice! Haha, I always liked hearing about your dungeon, lol. Really looking forward to seeing it again. Are you going to be getting some pics of it up? Some day you're going to have to fly out to Philly and we can train.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

The M.J.H. Chronicles

PreMier

Dungeon? Do you train at home?

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

Saturday Fever

I used to before I moved up here. As soon as I move into my new house I will again.

yay.

PreMier

Thats kickass. I wish I had a home area to train. I would make it into a dungeon too.. it would be hella crazy inside with hella crazy music

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

Saturday Fever

Oh hell yeah. I'm going to make enemies of my new neighbors real fast.

yay.

PreMier

What kind of music do you like to listen to? Is it hardcore, metal, death metal? Bands?

I picked up some new stuff the other day. Atreyu, Chimaira, and some oldschool Pantera(Vulgar display of power).

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

Saturday Fever

Pantera a lot. Slayer a lot. 50 Cent sometimes. I like everything and my mood sometimes sways what's playing.

yay.

PreMier

Cool. Whats your favorite Slayer album? I have "undisputed attitude". I need another one, but want a good one.

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

Saturday Fever

I believe the album title is 'Reign In Blood'. Great tracks. Diabolus in Musica is by far my favorite though.

yay.

PreMier

Cool, thanks man.

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

Saturday Fever

ME Bench Day

Flat Bench (narrow grip)
45x5
135x3
185x3
225x1
265x1
280x0

3 Board Press (wide grip)
295x1
315x1

5 Board Press
335x1

Reverse Band 5 Board Press
355x1
375x1

4" Lockouts
2 sets of 6 with 405

Pushdowns
3 sets of the stack

My triceps are big and bulging right now.

yay.

X Ring

These workouts seem so cool. What is Reverse Band press? And when you do lockouts do you use a squat rack and put the poles in at the appropriate places?

Saturday Fever

I have a set of jumpstretch bands (bought from elitefts.com) that I double over the top of the rack and then loop around the bar. Basically this releases tension from the bar the lower you get. When you reach lockout, you're actually lifting what's on the bar, while the lower you go, the less tension you have to resist. I hope that made sense.

That's exactly what I do.

yay.

X Ring

Makes perfect sense, thanks man

Saturday Fever

I'm going to propose a challenge/contest to the other folks on the site who either are or act as trainers on this site. It will be a very friendly contest and, in the end, should validate most of our ideas.

I want to take 3 people of each sex who have similar training experience and age, etc. 1 male and female will do my routine for 8 weeks. 1 male and female will do someone else's routine for 8 weeks, and so on.

The participants will be judged in 3 areas. Size gains in pertinent areas (arms, chest, legs, calves), size loss in pertinent areas (waist, etc) and strength gains in a set of agreed upon lifts (though I lean towards bench and squat).

I think it would be fun.

yay.

M.J.H.

Great idea man. And of course, I am volunteering myself to be your guinea pig.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

The M.J.H. Chronicles

Saturday Fever

Yeah I'd be using you and Jen, naturally.

BTW, you guys both owe me pics and/or vids of your squatting form. Big weight isn't necessary. Just something shot from the side of you at lockout, you halfway down, and you on the box.

yay.

atherjen

interesting
did I just get automatically picked? *ahyem*

pics? sigh....
were talking box squat pics eh?

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Saturday Fever

Yeah, box squat pics.

And of course I would ask nicely before just picking you. Or is it not cinsidered "asking nicely" when I send goons to your house to strongarm you?

yay.

M.J.H.

I can get this video up during my next squatting session. My regular box squats are pretty much right at parallel. I really do need to honestly start focusing more on my diet though, so serving as a guinea pig in terms of before and after waist measurements is something that I think is important, at least for me. Because when I weigh 228-230 I don't feel good, at all.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

The M.J.H. Chronicles

Saturday Fever

I'm not too worried about parallel or not as much as I just wanna see 'deadlifting form.'

We talked about it a while back, but a squat is a partial ROM deadlift, with the bar in a different location. What holds most squats back is that people use different forms and different muscles on their squats.

yay.

M.J.H.

Oh okay, well my Lower1 session on Thursday I'll be sure to take my digital camera to the gym.

BTW, you should start a thread in the Open Chat forum maybe, or one of the forums, about a trainer contest. I am sure gopro and a few other members here at IM would like to participate.

Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

The M.J.H. Chronicles

Monolith

Id really enjoy seeing this.

Although, i have to ask... isnt your routine geared much more towards strength than size? I mean, i see a lot of singles and doubles in your routines... plus speed work, board presses, bands, etc... all stuff i normally correlate with powerlifting. Id imagine a routine that concentrates more on higher reps would be better at adding size?

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Saturday Fever

Well, no, not necessarily. But there'd be a lot of subjective material to judge as well. Someone going from a 205lb squat to a 275lb squat, in my opinion, has not gained as much as the guy who went from a 455lb squat to a 470lb squat.

It would be for fun. I don't think MonStar is hurting for size any. Most of the newer elite level powerlifters are absolute prototypes as far as aesthetics and whatnot.

yay.

atherjen

LOL!!!!!!

will do on the box squat pics.. see what I can do.

dont get caught up in the weight mister. you know well yourself that you could be holding more water and added muscle as well considering all your circumstances, etc.

" To dream anything you want to dream: That is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything you want to do: That is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself to test your limits: that is the courage to succeed."

NPC Southern Classic, June 3rd
NPC Cajun Classic, June 10th
NPC Mississippi State July 22nd

PreMier

I find it interesting that you picked the 2(possibly best) genetically gifted peeps on the site

P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.

Saturday Fever

Totally coincidence!

Actually, I figured I'd use them since they were already onboard.

yay.

X Ring