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

oaktownboy · 07-03-2005, 09:44 AM

LMFAO...I always resort to taking my anger out on the wall as well...a worthy competitor

**P-funk** · 07-03-2005, 12:14 PM

lol, i wasn't angry though.

oaktownboy · 07-03-2005, 12:15 PM

what are ur plans this weekend P?

**P-funk** · 07-03-2005, 12:36 PM

7/3/05

worked out with the big boys today. It was awesome. I took the train out to Long Island to train with my freind and the olympic team he is on, a few of them are getting ready for the state championship later this month. So my freind introduces me and the coach says "what kind of experience do you have?" before I could answer my friend goes "nothin', he is a bodybuilder. haha." So the coach is like "Oh boy. A bodybuilder." and then my friend says "yeah, but he can squat and deadlift and do all that stuff so it isn't so bad." So the coach then starts telling everyone that there is a meet this sat. in NJ and he is getting names of those that want to compete. Then he asks me if I want to come and watch the meet so I say okay. My friend whispers to me "tell him f*ck that I want to compete in the meet." I was like "no way man. I can't even perform the lift...lol" So my friend and I begin lifting

Front squats
225/2x a ton of sets

We were just loosening up with front squats. The coach and my buddy are giving me shit about being a BB'er and talking about how tight my chest is because of benching and how my eccentric is to slow and I am keeping my legs and hips to tight. they are trying to get me really bouncy with my squat and keep my legs loose. So I didn't go heavy at all. I just worked on speed.

So now my friend says, okay, lets do some snatches. So we are loading the bar on the platform when he looks over at the coach and yells "hey, pat just told me he wants to compete this sat. F*ck watching!" so the coach laughs and says "can you even do the lifts?" and I am like "not really great or anything." so he says "well, lets see what ya got. step up to the bar and set up for a snatch." So I step up and get set. I then perform a snatch. the coach laughs and says "holy sh*t!! How long have you been doing these exercises?" so i say "I have only seriously been snatching since 3 weeks ago" and my friend fills him in that I just finished a BBing contest. He then says "3 weeks! Where did you learn how to snatch." So I said "I read it in a book." He says "What book." I said "Explosive lifting for sports." This leads to more laugher and he then says "Damn, and that isn't even a good book!! Dude, you are a natural! That was awesome. Pull a few more for me." So I am pulling snatchs and he is adjusting me here and there...."feet closer, hands closer, shrug harder, drop faster, speed..etc.." He then says "Man, this is awesome! If you aren't making money from BBing just drop it! You were meant to do this. I see you moving big big weight in a very short period of time. What is you best back squat." I tell him that I have hit 400 before. he says "yea, but high bar." I say "that was high bar." he was like "holy crap. man, this is awesome. you need to get here to train with us 3 times a week." but I tell him I can only come on sunday because of work I can't get the train out there everynight. So he was like "okay, just please come back. I am very excited." then he says "oh yea, you feel like competing this sat. with out team?" hahahaha...

So, he had me working with really light weight today 110lb snatch and 152lb clean and jerks. He says that I already have the strength. I just need the speed getting under the bar so he wants me to save heavier lifts for meets and during workouts to just work on my speed. he says if my power and speed increase I can get the heavier weight. It will all come together. So, I guess I may compete this sat.

**P-funk** · 07-03-2005, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by oaktownboy

what are ur plans this weekend P?

relax. maybe go to conney island tomorrow.

GoalGetter · 07-03-2005, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

7/3/05

worked out with the big boys today....

I love you! Go for it!

oaktownboy · 07-03-2005, 01:06 PM

fuck bb P..do what u love..lifting the heavy weight..Besides, the coach said u would make more money powerlifting anyway, right?

shiznit2169 · 07-03-2005, 01:09 PM

wow P, congrats. I guess you were born with talent. Good luck in the competition if you plan on competing.

Archangel · 07-03-2005, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

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

Rocco32 · 07-03-2005, 02:11 PM

AWESOME Patrick. Fuck born with talent, you've worked and studied hard and you've always took nothing less then perfection. That's why I admire you so much. That's what being a winner is and it's great you have a coach seeing that. Good luck and do that Comp this weekend!!

**P-funk** · 07-03-2005, 07:48 PM

thanks guys. We shall see what happens. Still unsure about this sat. I am getting a little annoyed with my left shoulder and neck bothering me.

Oak- lol, he didn't say I could make any money at all. there is no money in sports like this. he was just saying if you aren't making money being a bb'er why be a bb'er? lol, gotta love weightlifters.

Archangel · 07-03-2005, 08:03 PM

Thats COOL, good luck competing if ya do, Awesome!!!

**IainDaniel** · 07-04-2005, 08:45 AM

Awesome Patrick

Ditto to what Rock said.

Careful with the shoulder and neck, Is that from low BF and the BB competition?

**P-funk** · 07-04-2005, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Awesome Patrick

Ditto to what Rock said.

Careful with the shoulder and neck, Is that from low BF and the BB competition?

Thanks Ian. Whatever I did to my neck and shoulder happened when I was training for the stupid BBing contest. I think it was just from dieting and being deplted and still trying to lift balls out. My orthopedic surgeon wants me to go to the chiropracter that he recommended to have him check out my neck. He doesn't like chiro's usually but he says this guy is very good and he may be able to help me out so I got to get on that.

GSXR750 · 07-04-2005, 03:59 PM

P-funk, did you see the competitive eating championship on conney island?
If I lived in NY I would definitely go check it out. I think it'd be funny as hell to see a 140lb japanese man devour 53 hot dogs in 12 min.

**P-funk** · 07-04-2005, 04:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSXR750

P-funk, did you see the competitive eating championship on conney island?
If I lived in NY I would definitely go check it out. I think it'd be funny as hell to see a 140lb japanese man devour 53 hot dogs in 12 min.

I have seen it on TV but no, I didn't not go all the way out to coney island to watch. lol. there is way to many people there this weekend and that would drive me insane. plus coney island brooklyn is pretty far from manhattan's upper eastside.

JerseyDevil · 07-04-2005, 08:04 PM

Awesome about the Olympic lifting Patrick!

**P-funk** · 07-04-2005, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JerseyDevil

Awesome about the Olympic lifting Patrick!

Yes, it is great. I think the best part about it is that for once I get to have someone train me!! I love that. The people on the team are all really cool too and everyone watches you lift and then gives you pointers, not just the coach.

**P-funk** · 07-05-2005, 12:46 PM

7/5/05

worked on speed and technique today.

warm up- 5min bike

olympic front squats (speed reps)
185/2x3
225/2x3

snatch
115/3x6

damn, I was faster than ever with this weight today. I was pulling much better and really dropping under the bar quick today.

clean and jerk
135/2x3
155/2x3

felt pretty good here also. Speed is really coming up. The first rep I would power clean and then power jerk. the second rep would be a squat clean and split jerk. Weight was moving fast.

snatch pulls
175/2x4

standing overhead BB press
165/5x3

put in some presses just for fun.

NG pull ups
Bw/15, 10, 8

love to end the workouts with BW pull ups.

prone cobra
10,10,10

worked on some lower traps today as well. gotta get those scapular stabalizers strong.

spread eagle situps
BW + 20/10
BW + 30/10x2

decline sit ups
BW + 85/8x2

COC #1/5x4

stretch

This was a good workout. I am starting to feel better about the lifts and the coach was right about the lighter weight. The faster I can move it the more confident I get. I am starting to really generate some good power and speed during my lifts.

Archangel · 07-05-2005, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P-funk

Yes, it is great. I think the best part about it is that for once I get to have someone train me!! I love that. The people on the team are all really cool too and everyone watches you lift and then gives you pointers, not just the coach.

Sounds like a great time and right up your alley, much success to you BRother Patrick!!!

JLB001 · 07-05-2005, 09:33 PM

P...when you loaded your Potassium, did you start with 1 every other hour beginning W, then increase to 1 per hour on Th., then 2 per hour on F and Sat then taper back down on Sun?

**P-funk** · 07-06-2005, 04:15 AM

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Originally Posted by JLB001

P...when you loaded your Potassium, did you start with 1 every other hour beginning W, then increase to 1 per hour on Th., then 2 per hour on F and Sat then taper back down on Sun?

I did:

wed- 1 every 1-1.5hrs
thurs- 2 every 1-1.5hrs
fri- 4 every 1-1.5hrs
sat- same as fri.

JLB001 · 07-06-2005, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by P-funk

I did:

wed- 1 every 1-1.5hrs
thurs- 2 every 1-1.5hrs
fri- 4 every 1-1.5hrs
sat- same as fri.

OK...Just checking.

I start loading it today.

**P-funk** · 07-06-2005, 12:09 PM

is it different than yours?

camarosuper6 · 07-06-2005, 12:11 PM

although im not one to train this style, it is an interesting read...

07-03-2005, 09:44 AM	#241
oaktownboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,392	LMFAO...I always resort to taking my anger out on the wall as well...a worthy competitor
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07-03-2005, 12:14 PM	#242
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	lol, i wasn't angry though.
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07-03-2005, 12:15 PM	#243
oaktownboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,392	what are ur plans this weekend P?
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07-03-2005, 12:36 PM	#244
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	7/3/05 worked out with the big boys today. It was awesome. I took the train out to Long Island to train with my freind and the olympic team he is on, a few of them are getting ready for the state championship later this month. So my freind introduces me and the coach says "what kind of experience do you have?" before I could answer my friend goes "nothin', he is a bodybuilder. haha." So the coach is like "Oh boy. A bodybuilder." and then my friend says "yeah, but he can squat and deadlift and do all that stuff so it isn't so bad." So the coach then starts telling everyone that there is a meet this sat. in NJ and he is getting names of those that want to compete. Then he asks me if I want to come and watch the meet so I say okay. My friend whispers to me "tell him fck that I want to compete in the meet." I was like "no way man. I can't even perform the lift...lol" So my friend and I begin lifting Front squats 225/2x a ton of sets We were just loosening up with front squats. The coach and my buddy are giving me shit about being a BB'er and talking about how tight my chest is because of benching and how my eccentric is to slow and I am keeping my legs and hips to tight. they are trying to get me really bouncy with my squat and keep my legs loose. So I didn't go heavy at all. I just worked on speed. So now my friend says, okay, lets do some snatches. So we are loading the bar on the platform when he looks over at the coach and yells "hey, pat just told me he wants to compete this sat. Fck watching!" so the coach laughs and says "can you even do the lifts?" and I am like "not really great or anything." so he says "well, lets see what ya got. step up to the bar and set up for a snatch." So I step up and get set. I then perform a snatch. the coach laughs and says "holy sh*t!! How long have you been doing these exercises?" so i say "I have only seriously been snatching since 3 weeks ago" and my friend fills him in that I just finished a BBing contest. He then says "3 weeks! Where did you learn how to snatch." So I said "I read it in a book." He says "What book." I said "Explosive lifting for sports." This leads to more laugher and he then says "Damn, and that isn't even a good book!! Dude, you are a natural! That was awesome. Pull a few more for me." So I am pulling snatchs and he is adjusting me here and there...."feet closer, hands closer, shrug harder, drop faster, speed..etc.." He then says "Man, this is awesome! If you aren't making money from BBing just drop it! You were meant to do this. I see you moving big big weight in a very short period of time. What is you best back squat." I tell him that I have hit 400 before. he says "yea, but high bar." I say "that was high bar." he was like "holy crap. man, this is awesome. you need to get here to train with us 3 times a week." but I tell him I can only come on sunday because of work I can't get the train out there everynight. So he was like "okay, just please come back. I am very excited." then he says "oh yea, you feel like competing this sat. with out team?" hahahaha... So, he had me working with really light weight today 110lb snatch and 152lb clean and jerks. He says that I already have the strength. I just need the speed getting under the bar so he wants me to save heavier lifts for meets and during workouts to just work on my speed. he says if my power and speed increase I can get the heavier weight. It will all come together. So, I guess I may compete this sat.
	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

07-03-2005, 01:06 PM	#247
oaktownboy Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: smog and fog Posts: 4,392	fuck bb P..do what u love..lifting the heavy weight..Besides, the coach said u would make more money powerlifting anyway, right?
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07-03-2005, 01:09 PM	#248
shiznit2169 flawless Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 4,098 Photos: 1	wow P, congrats. I guess you were born with talent. Good luck in the competition if you plan on competing.
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07-03-2005, 02:11 PM	#250
Rocco32 UNLEASH THE BEAST Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 22,313 Photos: 18	AWESOME Patrick. Fuck born with talent, you've worked and studied hard and you've always took nothing less then perfection. That's why I admire you so much. That's what being a winner is and it's great you have a coach seeing that. Good luck and do that Comp this weekend!!
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07-03-2005, 07:48 PM	#251
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	thanks guys. We shall see what happens. Still unsure about this sat. I am getting a little annoyed with my left shoulder and neck bothering me. Oak- lol, he didn't say I could make any money at all. there is no money in sports like this. he was just saying if you aren't making money being a bb'er why be a bb'er? lol, gotta love weightlifters.
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07-03-2005, 08:03 PM	#252
Archangel High Intensity Freak Elite Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Intensity Island Posts: 10,183 Photos: 4	Thats COOL, good luck competing if ya do, Awesome!!!
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07-04-2005, 08:45 AM	#253
IainDaniel My Role Model Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 15,908	Awesome Patrick Ditto to what Rock said. Careful with the shoulder and neck, Is that from low BF and the BB competition?
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07-04-2005, 03:59 PM	#255
GSXR750 Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 925 Photos: 4	P-funk, did you see the competitive eating championship on conney island? If I lived in NY I would definitely go check it out. I think it'd be funny as hell to see a 140lb japanese man devour 53 hot dogs in 12 min.

07-04-2005, 08:04 PM	#257
JerseyDevil GO Buckeyes! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Southern, NJ Posts: 5,181	Awesome about the Olympic lifting Patrick!

07-05-2005, 12:46 PM	#259
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	7/5/05 worked on speed and technique today. warm up- 5min bike olympic front squats (speed reps) 185/2x3 225/2x3 snatch 115/3x6 damn, I was faster than ever with this weight today. I was pulling much better and really dropping under the bar quick today. clean and jerk 135/2x3 155/2x3 felt pretty good here also. Speed is really coming up. The first rep I would power clean and then power jerk. the second rep would be a squat clean and split jerk. Weight was moving fast. snatch pulls 175/2x4 standing overhead BB press 165/5x3 put in some presses just for fun. NG pull ups Bw/15, 10, 8 love to end the workouts with BW pull ups. prone cobra 10,10,10 worked on some lower traps today as well. gotta get those scapular stabalizers strong. spread eagle situps BW + 20/10 BW + 30/10x2 decline sit ups BW + 85/8x2 COC #1/5x4 stretch This was a good workout. I am starting to feel better about the lifts and the coach was right about the lighter weight. The faster I can move it the more confident I get. I am starting to really generate some good power and speed during my lifts.
	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

07-05-2005, 09:33 PM	#261
JLB001 I see YOU!! Elite Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Houston Posts: 8,293 Photos: 5	P...when you loaded your Potassium, did you start with 1 every other hour beginning W, then increase to 1 per hour on Th., then 2 per hour on F and Sat then taper back down on Sun?
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07-06-2005, 12:09 PM	#264
P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,631	is it different than yours?
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07-06-2005, 12:11 PM	#265
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