Thread: Have You Seen Me Lately?

Originally Posted by Bakerboy

Great workout Pylon.
How do you like the OH squats? Whats your form like?

Love them to start the w/out. Form has been rock solid. (Arms locked out, wide grip, bar behind head.) My only concern is how to get the weight up when I am ready to add. I get it up with a push press, but there will come a day it will be tough to keep it there.

Damn nice OH Squats!!!!

Thanks DD. I can handle more weight, it's a stabilization issue right now. (Which is reason I'm doing them, so I guess that's a good thing.)

I really like that. Try some unsupported Db rows. Or some standing cable chest presses. Both are awesome!

My lunch plans (and my softball game) were canceled, which means time for a w/out....

WU - bike, 10 min

swiss ball db pullovers - 65 x 10, 9, 5
SS swiss ball 1 arm db press - 35 x10,10,10 each side

Superman - 30 sec, 30, 30
SS front plank - 30 sec, 30, 30

speed DLs - 135 x 15,15,15

machine crunch - 55 x 50reps

The DLs were something I wanted to add back in, but I thought going light with higher reps and faster tempo would be an interesting change. I used the cambered bar, which I really liked, though I did still manage to take a layer of skin off my right knee.

Overall, pretty good. Could have gone heavier on the crunches, but I kinda like those with high reps. The pullovers are short because I went up in weight (1 arm press as well), but I could feel my shoulder starting to grind a bit, so I cut them short.

I love all the stabilization work. When are you planning on getting out of it. I would say about a month is long enough to develop proper balance.

Yeah, I was thinking 4-6 weeks of solid work. Then switch back to cutting for a while.

I am dropping bf nicely!

I am jealous...though in fairness, I'm not technically on a cut, so it's OK, right?

Celebrating the holiday. I feel a special connection to today. For those who don't know, my last name is Lay and I'm Irish. When me family was back in the homeland, our last name was "O'lay." We changed it because everyone thought we were Mexican.

(Yes, it's bad, but it's a joke I use often. And a decent excuse to whip up some tacos and crack open a Corona. Good times...)

Originally Posted by Pylon

Love them to start the w/out. Form has been rock solid. (Arms locked out, wide grip, bar behind head.) My only concern is how to get the weight up when I am ready to add. I get it up with a push press, but there will come a day it will be tough to keep it there.

Nice. IMO I wouldn't OH squat what I couldn't pick up off the floor.
The simple solution would be to start working on your clean and press and front squats.

Thanks Bake. I'm not too worried about it. I figure I have another 4 weeks on core work, then I'll be cutting. I don't see the weights being an issue in that time frame. (If so, I'll just go up on reps instead.) But it's a good idea for the next round of lifts. Remind me to add them in to my cutting program. Clean and press would be a great addition I think. Front squats would also be a nice change of pace from OH or back squats.

No tournaments this past weekend? We played in Springfield Illinois. Information will be in my journal.

I don't play tournaments. Not that I'm unwilling, I've just never been invited. And I'm probably busy enough without them. That's for guys your age. I'm a little old for it.

Originally Posted by Pylon

I don't play tournaments. Not that I'm unwilling, I've just never been invited. And I'm probably busy enough without them. That's for guys your age. I'm a little old for it.

The guys on the upper division today averaging about 35 or so. And they were all steroid beasts!

Originally Posted by Double D

The guys on the upper division today averaging about 35 or so. And they were all steroid beasts!

I ain't that, either!

Team that knocked us out of it that we were beating by 10 at one point won the damn thing!

Guh. That sucks. But at least you know the team that beat you won it all. That's something, at least.

Do you know a team called the St.Louis Pills?

No, sorry. Like I said, I'm not really tied into the scene right now.

I didnt know they were sitting pretty whenever I left. I think they were 3 and 0, but they couldnt beat the team that beat us. Matters fact they got stomped by that team. Didnt know if you had heard if them or not. They are a bunch of double AA players to my knowledge. We have some double A players and then probably 3-4 D E players. I consider myself a high B low A player.

I have no idea what any of that means. (OK, I have some idea.)

Monday w/out...

OH squat - 45x20, 95x10, 115x10, 135x10 PR
BB GMs - 45x20, 65x10, 95x10, 115x10 PR
DB woodchoppers - 40x10 ea, 50x10, 60x10 PR
Standing 1 arm db row - 35x10 ea, 40x10, 45x10 PR
Hyperextensions - bwx10, 35x10, 45x10, 50x10 PR

OK, these PRs are mostly due to the moves being new, but I am going up in weights or reps, so they still count, right?

My left knee was bothering me on the last set of OHs. Not sure why. Never been an issue on that lift before.

When I was finishing, I saw a guy who was clearly new to the gym trying to do squats, but was bending over at the bottom of the stroke. Not wanting to be the guy that gives out unsolicited advice, I mentioned it to both trainers on the floor, neither of whom seemed interested. (In fact, they just complained about the trainer who had worked with him earlier not teaching the guy correct form.) I mentioned it to the owner as well. I don't know if they got to him before he finished the set or not.

So, my question to anyone who wanders in is what would you have done? Go tell him his form sucks and help out, tell the club and let them deal with it, or just mind your own business.

Originally Posted by Pylon

So, my question to anyone who wanders in is what would you have done? Go tell him his form sucks and help out, tell the club and let them deal with it, or just mind your own business.

MYOB, unless said noobie is a hottie, in which case it's open season.

You're getting up there in the OH squat. Pretty soon you'll be challenging Bakerboy.

Perhaps I just haven't been following long enough, but is there a reason why you're doing these unconventional exercises? For isntance, OH Squats instead of regular?

I'm doing a round of core/stabilization work. Four more weeks, I think.

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

MYOB, unless said noobie is a hottie, in which case it's open season.

Naw, this was a dude. And not a hot dude, either.



Um....not that there is anything wrong with that.....

Originally Posted by Triple Threat

You're getting up there in the OH squat. Pretty soon you'll be challenging Bakerboy.

They felt really good today. Light even. Only the knee stopped me from doing more. Hopefully next time it'll be fine.