P-Side Training: Developing the Beast (the ultimate athlete)

shiznit2169 · 06-28-2005, 09:49 PM

i get sports illustrated magazines every thursday (my dad is a HUGE SI buff .. reads word for word on every single page). So ill check it out this thursday when it comes.

I surprised he had nothing bad to say about those kids. If i were in his shoes, i would really want to get a gun and shoot him for ruining my life. Props to him.

PreMier · 06-29-2005, 12:32 AM

You work for SI dont you... I will check it out(hope your getting commision)

shiznit2169 · 06-29-2005, 10:02 AM

just read the article this morning. It really was an inspirational one. He was basically a celebrity in his town, everyone wanted to help him. What really caught my attention was that being an athlete helped both of them fight through their problems and set goals to accomplish. It really is sad that a superstar in high school had his life ruined like that but this guy is definitely my motivation to keep going and never give up until i accomplish the goals i set for myself.

If you were in Siegal's shoes, what would you say to him after meeting him in prison for the first time since the attack. It's odd that he said "yo, my bad" as quoted in the SI article.

**P-funk** · 06-29-2005, 01:43 PM

I don't know what I would say. I would probably just cry.

Rocco32 · 06-29-2005, 01:48 PM

So how are you liking your training regimine right now Patrick?

**P-funk** · 06-29-2005, 01:49 PM

6/29/05

clean technique day.

this work out sucked!! I don't know what it is, the head and humidity or what. I was exhausted and couldn't get a good pull on the bar at all. Even my training partner had an awful workout. Everything, and I mean everything, felt heavy today.....and today is my light day!! WTF! I think starting next week I will start to decrease volume by dropping one day of training and go down to three days per week. I have had higher volume for the past 2 weeks of training now to push my body. Now I will drop and do 2 days a week of just clean and jerks and snatches. the third day will be just some basic strength stuff. So here is my crappy workout.....

cleans
155/3x8

felt no need to put on more weight since i was moving so damn slow today. My pulls suck and it was awful.

clean pulls
205/2x5

terrible pulls. this was bad....moving on....

back squat
315/3x4

awful. even this felt heavy and it shouldn't

crap workout.

I have come to the conclusion that working on olympic lifts is a lot llike golfing. If you make a bad shot and hit in the woods or the lake you get angry and frustrated. What results is an entire bad round of golf as all you shots are bad because you are thinking to much. The same thing happens when I do cleans. Two bad lifts and that is it.

**P-funk** · 06-29-2005, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Rocco32

So how are you liking your training regimine right now Patrick?

I like it.

**IainDaniel** · 06-29-2005, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

6/29/05

I have come to the conclusion that working on olympic lifts is a lot llike golfing. If you make a bad shot and hit in the woods or the lake you get angry and frustrated. What results is an entire bad round of golf as all you shots are bad because you are thinking to much. The same thing happens when I do cleans. Two bad lifts and that is it.

Interesting analogy. I don't neccesarilly agree. Though it is extremely difficult to overcome that mental battle. Sometimes it is good to just step away and refocus and come back with a fresh mind.

Training for any sport, requires fighting the mind. You seem to do an awesome job at it

oaktownboy · 06-29-2005, 03:54 PM

at least u have the energy to workout P

M.J.H. · 06-29-2005, 07:04 PM

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this work out sucked!! I don't know what it is, the head and humidity or what. I was exhausted and couldn't get a good pull on the bar at all. Even my training partner had an awful workout. Everything, and I mean everything, felt heavy today.....and today is my light day!! WTF! I think starting next week I will start to decrease volume by dropping one day of training and go down to three days per week. I have had higher volume for the past 2 weeks of training now to push my body. Now I will drop and do 2 days a week of just clean and jerks and snatches. the third day will be just some basic strength stuff. So here is my crappy workout....

Don't let this get you down, man. This kind of crap happens to me sometimes out of nowhere.

**P-funk** · 07-01-2005, 01:41 PM

7/1/05

snatch technique work

warm up
bike- 5min
active stretching

snatch
115/3x5

UGH. This weight is really ligth. I can pull it right overhead. The more I work on form the more depressed I get...like I will never get it! I am really hard on myself and want it to look perfect and flawless. I just keep pounding down technique and feel like it will never come. I can't wait to go out and train with the team on sunday (I hope it is still happening despite the holiday weekend).

snatch pulls
135/3x5

felt fine. really fast off the floor and shrugging. still very light weigth

snatch grip RDL
245/4x3

snatch squats
75/5x3

did these to help get more flexable catching the bar overhead.

behind the neck snatch grip presses
95/6x3

easy weight. just finished with some light pressing.

stretch.

shiznit2169 · 07-01-2005, 09:21 PM

if the weight is too easy for you, why don't you increase it slowly as you do more sets?

Like if you're doing 115 for snatches, why not do

1 x 115
1 x 130
1 x 145 (this is just an example) .. if the form gets sloppy, then decrease the weight by 5 pounds or so.

**P-funk** · 07-02-2005, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by shiznit2169

if the weight is too easy for you, why don't you increase it slowly as you do more sets?

Like if you're doing 115 for snatches, why not do

1 x 115
1 x 130
1 x 145 (this is just an example) .. if the form gets sloppy, then decrease the weight by 5 pounds or so.

because the wieght is easy but the form is off. I need to get more comfortable and confident sinking into a fulll snatch squat. My strength outways my technique. I am strong enough and can generate enough force to take 155lbs from the floor and just stand up with it all the way overhead. But that is shitty form and at some point I wont be able to lift heavier becasue I will hit the wall. If I can clean up and polish my form I can lift a lot heavier. Also, this day is all about technique, the heavier I go the more my form will start to breakdown.

**P-funk** · 07-02-2005, 12:16 PM

3 mile row in 19:24sec.

**P-funk** · 07-02-2005, 07:36 PM

Well, I ate myself silly today! Ivonne and I went to this Brazillian Resturaunt, Churrascario Plataforma. If you are in Manhattan someday and have a big appetite I recommend it highly. It is located at 49th st. between 8th and 9th ave. It is amazing. The way it works is that there is a fixed price ($50 for dinner per person) and it is an all you can eat salad bar. But don't eat to much of the salad bar because the best is yet to come!! You each get these coasters with one side green and one side red. The red side means that you don't want anything at the moment. Flip it to green and that means BRING ON THE MEAT....and look out!! They just bring around these skewers of meat.....flank steak, tenderloin, pork, lamb, chicken, beef ribs, pork ribs, turkey wrapped in bacon, beef wrapped in bacon. It is all you can eat. They just come over when you are showing green and start cutting until you say stop!! Man, I got my moneys worth today! I ate so much meat. God the flank steak was so good. I am so full now but it was well worth it.

In other news I broke a wall in our apartment. I was re-enacting something funny I saw for Ivonne and I pounded my hands into the wall and we heard this sound like little rocks falling. I said "what the hell?" and she said "did you break something.". After further inspection we noticed this large cracked had appeared, splitting the wall in half....haha....goog luck explaining that to the landlord.....ah, F*ck him. What has he done for me?

Triple Threat · 07-02-2005, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

I pounded my hands into the wall splitting the wall in half

Man, you're an animal!

shiznit2169 · 07-02-2005, 08:24 PM

i gotta try this brazilian restaurant someday

have you ever eaten in a japanese restaurant? If not, you basically sit at a table of 12 with other people and the chef is in the middle cooking right in front of you doing all sorts of tricks with their silverware and stuff. The food is delicious too, give it a try someday.

**P-funk** · 07-02-2005, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by shiznit2169

i gotta try this brazilian restaurant someday

have you ever eaten in a japanese restaurant? If not, you basically sit at a table of 12 with other people and the chef is in the middle cooking right in front of you doing all sorts of tricks with their silverware and stuff. The food is delicious too, give it a try someday.

yes, I have eaten at a japanese resturaunt like that before. The food is good. The problem is that (a) it is not all you can eat meat and (b) I don;t even know 12 people that I like enough to sit down and share a meal with (LOL).

JerseyDevil · 07-02-2005, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

3 mile row in 19:24sec.

What the heck is this? A 3 mile run? 19:24 is awesome. That is under 6-1/2 minute miles. I used to run alot, and my BEST 5K I averaged 6:20 miles. Sheesh.

Archangel · 07-02-2005, 09:02 PM

That resturaunt sounds awesome!!! Great time on the 3 mile row too!!! Ummmm, about the wall............ yeah, were gonna need a safety deposit!!! (In my best "Office Space" voice)

**P-funk** · 07-02-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseyDevil

What the heck is this? A 3 mile run? 19:24 is awesome. That is under 6-1/2 minute miles. I used to run alot, and my BEST 5K I averaged 6:20 miles. Sheesh.

no, LOL. Row, as in the rowing machine as in rowing, like you do on water..lol. It was hard none the less. I was hauling ass to do it. If I can hit 15min for a 3 mile row I think I would be amazed.

i wish it was a run. I don't like to run for distance since it beats my hips up pretty bad. I ran last week (1.5 miles) for the first time in a real long time and had a 7min. mile though.

**P-funk** · 07-02-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Archangel

That resturaunt sounds awesome!!! Great time on the 3 mile row too!!! Ummmm, about the wall............ yeah, were gonna need a safety deposit!!! (In my best "Office Space" voice)

the resturaunt is awesome!! We should have a big IM get together there and tear it the heck up!!!

shiznit2169 · 07-02-2005, 09:29 PM

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the resturaunt is awesome!! We should have a big IM get together there and tear it the heck up!!!

If that ever happened, we would end up eating all the meat and the restaurant would ban us for life

**P-funk** · 07-02-2005, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by shiznit2169

If that ever happened, we would end up eating all the meat and the restaurant would ban us for life

screw it....go down in a blaze of glory!! It is their fault for being all you can eat.

06-28-2005, 09:49 PM	#211
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06-29-2005, 12:32 AM	#212
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06-29-2005, 10:02 AM	#213
shiznit2169 flawless Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,098 Photos: 1	just read the article this morning. It really was an inspirational one. He was basically a celebrity in his town, everyone wanted to help him. What really caught my attention was that being an athlete helped both of them fight through their problems and set goals to accomplish. It really is sad that a superstar in high school had his life ruined like that but this guy is definitely my motivation to keep going and never give up until i accomplish the goals i set for myself. If you were in Siegal's shoes, what would you say to him after meeting him in prison for the first time since the attack. It's odd that he said "yo, my bad" as quoted in the SI article. Last edited by shiznit2169 : 06-29-2005 at 11:29 AM.
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06-29-2005, 01:43 PM	#214
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	I don't know what I would say. I would probably just cry.
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06-29-2005, 01:48 PM	#215
Rocco32 UNLEASH THE BEAST Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 22,313 Photos: 18	So how are you liking your training regimine right now Patrick?
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06-29-2005, 01:49 PM	#216
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	6/29/05 clean technique day. this work out sucked!! I don't know what it is, the head and humidity or what. I was exhausted and couldn't get a good pull on the bar at all. Even my training partner had an awful workout. Everything, and I mean everything, felt heavy today.....and today is my light day!! WTF! I think starting next week I will start to decrease volume by dropping one day of training and go down to three days per week. I have had higher volume for the past 2 weeks of training now to push my body. Now I will drop and do 2 days a week of just clean and jerks and snatches. the third day will be just some basic strength stuff. So here is my crappy workout..... cleans 155/3x8 felt no need to put on more weight since i was moving so damn slow today. My pulls suck and it was awful. clean pulls 205/2x5 terrible pulls. this was bad....moving on.... back squat 315/3x4 awful. even this felt heavy and it shouldn't crap workout. I have come to the conclusion that working on olympic lifts is a lot llike golfing. If you make a bad shot and hit in the woods or the lake you get angry and frustrated. What results is an entire bad round of golf as all you shots are bad because you are thinking to much. The same thing happens when I do cleans. Two bad lifts and that is it.
	http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind! Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book

06-29-2005, 03:54 PM	#219
oaktownboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,392	at least u have the energy to workout P
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07-01-2005, 01:41 PM	#221
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	7/1/05 snatch technique work warm up bike- 5min active stretching snatch 115/3x5 UGH. This weight is really ligth. I can pull it right overhead. The more I work on form the more depressed I get...like I will never get it! I am really hard on myself and want it to look perfect and flawless. I just keep pounding down technique and feel like it will never come. I can't wait to go out and train with the team on sunday (I hope it is still happening despite the holiday weekend). snatch pulls 135/3x5 felt fine. really fast off the floor and shrugging. still very light weigth snatch grip RDL 245/4x3 snatch squats 75/5x3 did these to help get more flexable catching the bar overhead. behind the neck snatch grip presses 95/6x3 easy weight. just finished with some light pressing. stretch.
	http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind! Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book

07-01-2005, 09:21 PM	#222
shiznit2169 flawless Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,098 Photos: 1	if the weight is too easy for you, why don't you increase it slowly as you do more sets? Like if you're doing 115 for snatches, why not do 1 x 115 1 x 130 1 x 145 (this is just an example) .. if the form gets sloppy, then decrease the weight by 5 pounds or so.
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07-02-2005, 12:16 PM	#224
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	3 mile row in 19:24sec.
	http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind! Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book

07-02-2005, 07:36 PM	#225
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	Well, I ate myself silly today! Ivonne and I went to this Brazillian Resturaunt, Churrascario Plataforma. If you are in Manhattan someday and have a big appetite I recommend it highly. It is located at 49th st. between 8th and 9th ave. It is amazing. The way it works is that there is a fixed price ($50 for dinner per person) and it is an all you can eat salad bar. But don't eat to much of the salad bar because the best is yet to come!! You each get these coasters with one side green and one side red. The red side means that you don't want anything at the moment. Flip it to green and that means BRING ON THE MEAT....and look out!! They just bring around these skewers of meat.....flank steak, tenderloin, pork, lamb, chicken, beef ribs, pork ribs, turkey wrapped in bacon, beef wrapped in bacon. It is all you can eat. They just come over when you are showing green and start cutting until you say stop!! Man, I got my moneys worth today! I ate so much meat. God the flank steak was so good. I am so full now but it was well worth it. In other news I broke a wall in our apartment. I was re-enacting something funny I saw for Ivonne and I pounded my hands into the wall and we heard this sound like little rocks falling. I said "what the hell?" and she said "did you break something.". After further inspection we noticed this large cracked had appeared, splitting the wall in half....haha....goog luck explaining that to the landlord.....ah, F*ck him. What has he done for me?
	http://pwtraining.blogspot.com/.....come and see what is on my mind! Ivonne's Blog on Health and Wellness! Looking for online training/coaching/consulting? --> Optimum Sports Performance "In the beginners mind there are many possibilities, in the experts there are few." -Buddha's Little Instruction Book

07-02-2005, 08:24 PM	#227
shiznit2169 flawless Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,098 Photos: 1	i gotta try this brazilian restaurant someday have you ever eaten in a japanese restaurant? If not, you basically sit at a table of 12 with other people and the chef is in the middle cooking right in front of you doing all sorts of tricks with their silverware and stuff. The food is delicious too, give it a try someday.
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07-02-2005, 09:02 PM	#230
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