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ME Bench Day

What a screwed up Friday.

Dips
10 sets of 3 with +130

Reverse Band 2 Board Press
315xNT
345x1 (barely touched)
365x1
395x1
415x1
435x1
455x0 (couldn't lock it out)

Close-grip Decline (raw)
5 sets of 5 with 245

Band Pushdowns
3 sets of 12 with the super band

Whys it screwed up?

Check out this new album. Its a "must" for the dungeon IMO. http://www.ufc.tv/articles/news/arti...icleMainID=188

Supposed to be on vacation. Took the lady friend to a swimming hole in the mountains where the water is so clear you can see the bottom when it's 10 feet below you. And then work called because the guy who's supposed to be my general manager isn't managing anything and everything is falling apart. More a let down than screwed up.

http://www.ufc.tv/articles/news/art...ticleMainID=188

oh
my
God.

I need this album.

Originally Posted by PreMier

Whys it screwed up?

Check out this new album. Its a "must" for the dungeon IMO. http://www.ufc.tv/articles/news/arti...icleMainID=188

Shit that is a ballsy CD. I gotta get that!

What's up SF.

So, have you sworn off wbb forever?

I still post in the powerlifting forum occassionally. I was banned from General Chat and keeping two journals is just a pain usually. Still my "first love" though.

Squat Day

Pretty good session this morning, I suppose. Would have liked to crack 600, but I guess that'll happen soon enough.

Speed Deads
8 sets of 2 with 315 (like a cheetah)

Box Squats (full gear, extra extra wide stance)
405x1
435x1
465x1
495x1
525x1
555x1
585x1
600x0 (lost balance being so side, really never had it)

Reverse Hyper
3 sets of 20 with 205

Hypers
2 sets of 10 with 120

If I return to school right now, I would have 8 classes to get a degree. How cool would that be. A network engineer turned investment company owner with a degree in Biological Science.

OK, it wouldn't be all that cool at all, but it would make for at least 2 minutes of conversation at social events. It might go something like this:

Person> So did you major in accounting?
Me> No, actually I majored in Biological Sciences.
Person> Did you minor in accounting?
Me> No, actually I dropped out of college to pursue a career in network engineering.
Person> So what are you trying to do?
Me> Confuse you.
*awkward silence*
Person> Nice to meet you, I think I might know someone here.

LOL.....that would be cool actually. Would you try and do anything with the biological science degree or do you just want to finish to finish? SF, how old are you?

I'm semi-freshly 27.

I'm a big science geek. I want to finish to say I finished mostly. But who knows, I don't tend to stay in one place for long.

Nice convo LOL

Nice squats too!

Bench Assistance Day

Woek up. Had no idea what I should do this morning. This is how it ended up going.

Speed Bench
8 sets of 3 with 185

Close Grip Decline
4 sets of 6 with 225

OH DB Press
10 sets of 1 with 100

Bentover BB Row
5 sets of 5 with 375

Originally Posted by Saturday Fever

Bentover BB Row
5 sets of 5 with 375

Holy crap! Nice bent rows . I'm not sure if I could even lean forward with that much weight. Do you straps at all?

No straps, but I do my rows a little differently than most. I lean over to 90 degrees, and then roll back my shoulder blades and squeeze my traps and arch my back as if I was going to bench press. I take a bench width overhand grip on the bar and as I pull up I bring the bar down to my sternum. The ROM is small. The beenfit to this form, as I see it, is that I'm working my lats in the same plane as my bench.

Deadlift Day



Zercher Squats (raw)
135x5
165x3
195x3
225x3
255x3
275x3
295x3
315x3
345x3
375x3


Conventional Deads (full gear)
455x1
485x1
515x1
545x1
575x1
605x1
615x1
620x1

Abs!?
300 reps, various situp types

I still hate abs. 620 is a Deadlift PR, and a huge one for conventional style. Last time I did conventional was pre-IM and my best was a 555. Not a bad PR from late March to now.

The Beatles rule. That is all.

Beatles?

Nice PR man.

the Beatles are cool ...but Rule isnt quite my word


When will you decide if you do go back to school or not? heck 8 classes, might as well!

I'm almost too late to do any classes this semester. If that's the case, I'll resume next semester and finish up in a year.

And don't worry. I wasn't listening to the Beatles in the dungeon, but they were owning up my speakers on the drive into the office.

beatles are the shit!!

Nice PR.

Man, zercher squats are tough. that is awsome that you can hold 300+ in your arms like that. Way to go.

Sissy pads. That's all I have to say about holding the bar Zercher-style. Two per side.

Sissy pads aka bitch pads aka maxi pads......boooooooo.......lol

Hey, I use maxipads then.

I can't bear that kind of weight on the crook of my elbows directly. The pads change the angle at which the bar hits the joint, and that makes all the difference. Good thing I only do Zerchers once in a blue moon. I might have to change my name to "Maxi Fever."

maxipads .... diapers!

ME Bench Day

Lift, lift, lift.
All day long.
Lift, lift, lift,
While I sing this song.

Bench (full gear, 80lb chain)
many warmups, here's what touched
245x1
275x1
305x1
335x1

4 Board Press (full gear, no chains)
425x1
435x1
455x1

4" Lockouts (raw)
8 sets of 3 with 395

Side Laterals
4 sets of 6 with 40s

Skullcrushers
2 sets of 15 with 90

Sacramento Open

OK so it wasn't a real sanctioned meet. But my brother, cousin and 2 friends decided to hit the local neon-light infested gym where we all first entered a gym and have ourselves a friendly competition with the shitty equipment. Here's all 4 lifts and totals for all:

Me
Squat: 535, 555, 575 (got squashed, was going much deeper than I've been training, note to self)
Bench: 375, 395, 405
Deadlift: 585, 605 (no), 605
Total: 1565

Brother
Squat: 580, 600, (skipped 3rd)
Bench: 395, 405, 425
Deadlift: 455, 485 (no), 475 (no)
Total: 1480

Dave (5'8/160lb)
Squat: 375, 385, 405 (no)
Bench: 315, 325, 335
Deadlift: 350, 355, 365 (no)
Total: 1075

Jeremey
Squat: 585, 605, 625
Bench: 265, 275 (no), 275 (no)
Deadlift: 555, 565, 585 (no)
Total: 1455

Jaarad (like Jared)
Squat: 315, 345, 355
Bench: 245, 255, 265
Deadlift: 375, 395, 405 (no)
Total: 1015

Jaarad did really well considering he lifted totally raw and has never done competition-style lifting before. My brother didn't try a 3rd squat because his back was aching. He deadlifts with his quads, or else his dead number would be huge. Jeremey did really well considering how fat he's gotten and that his free time is filled up wth being dad these days. He's a quads squatter and puller, but he's got some monstrous quads.

I won, but I'm the only guy other than my brother who lifts seriously, and my brother didn't bring his belt or bench shirt. So who knows, he probably would have beat me. It was great fun. We're following up this morning's friendly competition with some VERY friendly dead cow.

Damn good numbers SF! Congratulations. I'd say you definitely earned that cow!