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ihateschoolmt said:
I step back, it's hard to tell in the video. How far should I step back though? I step back maybe 18 inches. I know I shouldn't be fighting the weight though, should I reduce weight and get the form down?
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A step back is not the same as a split nor is it a recognised variant of the jerk, it was a while ago when i competed in OL so i'm a little unsure of the exact details but i remeber moving both legs pretty much equally in front or behind of your body with a slight bend in each knee at the end point.

yes, the problem you've got is mostly your dipping too far, you'll just waste energy and so struggle more. just dip down slightly then do the leg drive, split and finish. drop the weight down a touch and just rebuild, you should be able to lift more than you do once you get the form down.

also could you post a side on video of the lift, or at least your cleans?

google split-jerks and some useful vids should come up, i think rippetoe has some
 
trapzilla said:
Squatting barefoot is the way to go that being said if finances allow a pair of Vibram five fingers are my faourite training tool.
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Those things are funny lookin. I got a pair of cheap wrestling shoe's because I can't bring myself to not wear shoes in the public gym.


H8, still making great progress. :winkfinger: How much longer are you going to do the block training?
 
Block training stopped this week. Got my arms over 15+ in and it was unsatisfying to not be able to go all out on squats and deads so I cut it short. Might do it again before the end of the contest, depending on how I feel.
 
Seems it worked pretty well for arms, how about chest?

So what's your plan for "next".
 
I have a really hard time getting the same measurement twice on chest, but I am pretty sure I added an inch to it too. It looks much fuller to me I judge by the mirror for chest more than measurements, and it looks thicker to me. I think now I am going back to an upper lower split with a HIT leg routine and a bit higher volume for upper body and not failure every set.
 
Where or how did you get your information for block training? I did a search, but didn't find anything useful. I read your description of the workouts, but if there's some more info available, I'd like to read it.

And I'd like to add, now that I've had some time to go back and read your journal, that like others have said, the progress that you've made is quite incredible.
 
Built gave me this spreadsheet that her and lyle mcdonald made up a while ago, I am not allowed to give it out to people though. But I can tell you all about it and help you set a block training program if you want. What two weak points do you want to work on?(I used the whole arm as one because they are small muscles)
 
ihateschoolmt said:
Built gave me this spreadsheet that her and lyle mcdonald made up a while ago, I am not allowed to give it out to people though. But I can tell you all about it and help you set a block training program if you want. What two weak points do you want to work on?(I used the whole arm as one because they are small muscles)
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aka, I could tell ya, but then I'd have to kill ya.

How's the job hunt going?
 
No I can answer any questions and help anyone set up a routine, just can't make copies of this interactive spreadsheet that built gave me. I can practically read it to you though.

I'm waiting to here back from an interview, I put in applications everyday, sometimes I hear back sometimes I don't. Can only keep trying I guess.

Deadlift 335x5
Good mornings 185x10 PR 185x6

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Felt weak today, didn't feel good going into the gym so I cut it short. I will do better next time. I might go back to splitting up upper body instead of hitting everything twice a week, or maybe it was just a bad day.
 
Just keep trying. One of the best jobs I ever found, I didn't get the initial callback for for 6 weeks. (I'd actually forgotten I sent it in). Then 2 weeks later had the first interview. 4 weeks after that second interview. And then 3 weeks later they finally hired me. Most ironic part is that it wasn't even the job I applied for, they realized I was overqualified so put me in a different department.

Moral of the story is: don't give up because you never know what may come your way.

Sorry to hear you had one of "those days" at the gym. Happens every once in a while. Still got some nice dead numbers :thumb:
 
ihateschoolmt said:
No I can answer any questions and help anyone set up a routine, just can't make copies of this interactive spreadsheet that built gave me. I can practically read it to you though.

I'm waiting to here back from an interview, I put in applications everyday, sometimes I hear back sometimes I don't. Can only keep trying I guess.

Deadlift 335x5
Good mornings 185x10 PR 185x6

YouTube Video


Felt weak today, didn't feel good going into the gym so I cut it short. I will do better next time. I might go back to splitting up upper body instead of hitting everything twice a week, or maybe it was just a bad day.
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the deads are good there Hate. Don't sweat a bad day, sweat it when you have a week of them.

keep it up:winkfinger:
 
nice pr bro. it was that way when i was testing TP-PT for avant and twin peak. couldt say shit.
 
Thanks guys, I'm not even sweating it, I got 335x5 as a PR last week and I felt strong so if I did it again on a bad day that's progress somehow right? That's grasping at straws but whatever.

Anyway, I said this in my contest journal but not in here, I am about to post an article I wrote about bulking and hopefully write a few more, just something to do while I look for a job. I was thinking about breaking through plateaus for the next, but I'll worry about that when this one is finished. I sent a 2nd draft to be edited again just a minute ago so hopefully will be posted in a day or 2.
 
ihateschoolmt said:
Built gave me this spreadsheet that her and lyle mcdonald made up a while ago, I am not allowed to give it out to people though. But I can tell you all about it and help you set a block training program if you want. What two weak points do you want to work on?(I used the whole arm as one because they are small muscles)
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Well that explains why an internet search failed to produce anything useful. I was just hoping to read up on it. :thinking: I can think of two weak points for me to work on - upper body and lower body. :lol:
 
Lol I hear that, I pretty much needed to bring up my whole upper body. My legs are growing faster than the rest of me.

Ever had one of those days in the gym were you are just feeling it? Today was that day for me.

Bench 175x7 PR 175x6
Military press 100x8 PR (push press that last rep) 100x6
Incline DB press 65x7 PR 60x8
Lat pull downs 160x9 PR 140x9
T bar rows 2 platesx8 2 platesx9 PR
Cable push downs drop set PR 72.5x10 65x10 57.5x10 50x10
DB flies 35x15 PR
EZ curls 90x8 PR not the best form on the last few but I always do that
Weighted decline sit ups 60x15 PR 60x10

Fuck ya, PR on everything. More than makes up for yesterday. I'm going to try 185 for bench next week been a goal to use 185 for reps for a while. I wish I could take vids of upper body easier but I feel asking someone to tape me lol and it's hard to sit in on the ground because the squat rack is in the corner but nothing else I use is.
 
damn, you destroyed it today boss!

Triple Threat said:
I remember that. :ohyeah: I wonder whatever happened to TP?
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dunno? i havent been on avant in a looooong time. they were all fucked up on nootropics and thats all anyone talked about there. i can tell you if he did a few rounds of tp-pt, he is prob dead :laugh:
 
ihateschoolmt said:
Lol I hear that, I pretty much needed to bring up my whole upper body. My legs are growing faster than the rest of me.

Ever had one of those days in the gym were you are just feeling it? Today was that day for me.

Bench 175x7 PR 175x6
Military press 100x8 PR (push press that last rep) 100x6
Incline DB press 65x7 PR 60x8
Lat pull downs 160x9 PR 140x9
T bar rows 2 platesx8 2 platesx9 PR
Cable push downs drop set PR 72.5x10 65x10 57.5x10 50x10
DB flies 35x15 PR
EZ curls 90x8 PR not the best form on the last few but I always do that
Weighted decline sit ups 60x15 PR 60x10

Fuck ya, PR on everything. More than makes up for yesterday. I'm going to try 185 for bench next week been a goal to use 185 for reps for a while. I wish I could take vids of upper body easier but I feel asking someone to tape me lol and it's hard to sit in on the ground because the squat rack is in the corner but nothing else I use is.
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Thats what we like to see! good job Hate
what type of t-bar are you using? bar in corner, machine, chest supported etc?
 
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Chest supported machine. Like this one, but this isn't the exact one I use:
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davegmb said:
Do you always do T bar rows instead of BB, DB or cable rows etc. I never really used the T bar?
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I do DB rows a lot and cable sometimes, I hurt my back twice doing BB rows and I wasn't even going heavy so fuck those.
 
ATF squats 265x11 PR
Front squats 225x3 PR 245x0
Leg press 5 plates each side x 8
Leg extensions drop set 175x10 160x10

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What the fuck, another douche bag curling in the squat rack in the background, that's like 3 videos in a row a think.
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I used my hands on the leg presses it was a little too heavy but I didn't feel like changing the weights so I just pushed my knees a little, so no PR cause I cheated. I was happier with the depth on squats this week. 195 today, 1 more pound til progress pics.
 
You better wash those workout clothes. Video evidence that you have like two sets for the gym. :roflmao:

j/k congrats on the PR's.
 
Can't edit that post anymore but I actually weigh 196 today so progress pics coming. I know most people say weigh in the morning, but I was 148 at the end of the day when I started, so I still take the highest weight of the day as progress because I started off 148 at my heaviest. Any way you cut it that's 48 pounds gained so far. I know that's kind of a cheating way to take weight, but that's how I have been doing it so I don't want to change it up, just a few pound difference through out the day anyways.
 
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