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work on keeping the bar closer to your body when you clean the weight so that the bar doesn't get out infront causing you to jump to it and round forwarda nd touch your knee.
 
Man I hate the crossed grip - :mad:

I never, ever, did FRTSQTS because it was so uncomfortable
the olympic grip is so much more stable to me
 
P-funk said:
work on keeping the bar closer to your body when you clean the weight so that the bar doesn't get out infront causing you to jump to it and round forwarda nd touch your knee.
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I am impatient, and therefore I use too much weight, and therefore I do not control the weight. I lose myself in the gym sometimes, moving from familiar to uncharted territory that is this oly lifting. Thanks for the advice. There is an excellent section in the "Encyclopedia of Weightlifting" by A. Dreschler that discusses "special requirements for powerlifters" who are transitioning to oly lifting. Perhaps I am a great example. It is simpler for my ego and my slow burn in the gym to muscle the weight up, but the finesse and grace and disciplined explosion of all muscles at the correct time is what I am moving towards. My impatience is my greatest detriment.

I will work on keeping the weights in close... I think I will drop my cleans down to 95 lbs and drop the slop from my clean routine. (sounded like rap! my students are rubbing off on me!)
 
The Monkey Man said:
At least it is not your body... (physical)
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Well, impatience AND my man boobies. That, and I go commando at the gym. Hope I dont split my shorts.
 
* Legion * said:
Well, impatience AND my man boobies. That, and I go commando at the gym. Hope I dont split my shorts.
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No, I mean your mind-muscle barriers can be slo-mo'd and re-learned...

You can't take a step back away from an injury - :stuck:
 
The Monkey Man said:
No, I mean your mind-muscle barriers can be slo-mo'd and re-learned...

You can't take a step back away from an injury - :stuck:
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True true true. This is just a testament that lifting weights is not a mindless activity for imbeciles. Read Funk's journal, and what he experienced at his recent meet. It takes YEARS to master the simple task of lifting a particular amount of weight over one's head, and yet, one can reap the rewards early on from attempting the lifts in a controlled environment. Its tough not having a coach, or even the proper facility, however, to incorporate the precepts of oly lifting into one's workout (successfully and intelligently) is only beneficial.
 
I gotta tell you, working from powerlifts into these
with no transitional phase or anything, isn't as easy as I expected - :eek: :laugh:
 
The Monkey Man said:
I gotta tell you, working from powerlifts into these
with no transitional phase or anything, isn't as easy as I expected - :eek: :laugh:
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Not at all. The tightness is daunting, especially in my shoulders. My flexibility is naught, and my abs are weaker than I thought as well. Time to teach an old dog new tricks.
 
* Legion * said:
Not at all. The tightness is daunting, especially in my shoulders. My flexibility is naught, and my abs are weaker than I thought as well. Time to teach an old dog new tricks.
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You're a pup JR - :lol:
 
The Monkey Man said:
You're a pup JR - :lol:
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LOL! I suppose.. Its all relative! Not a pup compared to the teenagers working out at my gym, DOING CURLS ON THE SQUAT RACK!!!!!!!
 
* Legion * said:
DOING CURLS ON THE SQUAT RACK!!!!!!!
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WHATCHOO TAWKIN BOUT WILLIS...

I do curls on the squat rack...

Because those are the only bars that I can put enough weight on - :flex:

Plus nobody uses all six racks...
(The teeny-boppers don't do anything but bench) - :laugh:
 
The Monkey Man said:
WHATCHOO TAWKIN BOUT WILLIS...

I do curls on the squat rack...

Because those are the only bars that I can put enough weight on - :flex:

Plus nobody uses all six racks...
(The teeny-boppers don't do anything but bench) - :laugh:
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jus playin man. goofin. you know. ha ha?
 
Heya bud hows things going?!

Glad everything is dialed down to the T and all is working!!!!

I gotta read up on some links people gave me about front squats with an oly grip....sounds fun!
 
Thanks bolt! Good to hear from you.

Tonight, I did something awe inspiring. It is my wife's and my second anniversary, so we went out to eat. I had a 32 oz porterhouse w/ steamed broccoli... I ATE ALL OF IT!!!! excellent. wonder how much protein that was... too much at once, i assume. Off day from the gym, tomorrow is heavy squats. See y'all soon.
 
who cares how much protein it was. A 32oz steak is the bomb!
 
* Legion * said:
Thanks bolt! Good to hear from you.

Tonight, I did something awe inspiring. It is my wife's and my second anniversary, so we went out to eat. I had a 32 oz porterhouse w/ steamed broccoli... I ATE ALL OF IT!!!! excellent. wonder how much protein that was... too much at once, i assume. Off day from the gym, tomorrow is heavy squats. See y'all soon.
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Around 300, if it was lean which I assume was not the case. Maybe around 200.
 
* Legion * said:
I had a 32 oz porterhouse w/ steamed broccoli... I ATE ALL OF IT!!!! excellent. wonder how much protein that was...
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Enough...

* Legion * said:
Off day from the gym, tomorrow is heavy squats
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Red meat make'um strong lift
 
Damn 32oz thats insane!!!!! Good job bud LOL thats worth bragging about!!!
 
I have been away for the past two weeks, delving deep into my teaching and my training. I've flung myself headlong into my training, which is salvation from the tension and the torsion that I experience in the classroom. The kids are tough, but we are successful... i wish to arm them with the knowledge of how to educate themselves.
I have written little here on the forum, primarily from sheer fatigue.. but my training is strong. I have taken a break from back squats for about a month, just to focus on oly front squats. My stength is through the roof... practicing jerks from the rack and front squats ATG... im working out with 225 for five reps and feel my legs hardening and growing, though I am not too worried about hypertrophy. I just want to rekindle my gains in strength.
I have, however, dropped HEAVY benching, my collarbone has been hurting for two weeks, and im not sure what i have done. I focus mostly on pressing, deadlifts, and front squats, and will resume back squatting in november. I feel more elastic, less tight and bulky, and have been dropping bodyfat as well. Im down to 275 from over 280 and ive been trying to clean up my diet. i eat like shit, and therefore, i feel like shit.
I will post workouts and numbers tomorrow, i have to dig out my journal and post what i have been doing. Thanks for staying in touch.
 
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