[Zerocrew1984]

nice job bud

[C.Beeby]

Man you're flying.

I'm just a little bummed that you hit atg on everything BUT your pr . Flexibility looks nice.

[ThinkGreen]

Thanks Zero, and ya C. Beeb I don't have a spotter or a power rack, so I get a little intimidated going for squat PR's man, it kinda sucks. I'm probably not gonna max out again until I can hit 235(current PR) for 3 reps or so

[Diesel6]

damn man keep goin! awesome progress!

[ThinkGreen]

03/12/08 - Deads

Speed Deadlifts(~90 sec. rest between sets)
245x4x2
255x2x2

*really focused on keeping my ass back and my shins vertical

1 Arm DB Rows
70x5
70x5
80x5
80x5

Incline Bench
140x5
140x5
145x5

Goodmornings
120x3x5

Pretty good day overall

[ThinkGreen]

03/14/08 - Squats

preworkout:
~2 grams of beta-alanine in juice

postworkout:
~2 grams of BA + 1 scoop of whey in 8 oz of milk

*Today was my first day taking beta-alanine and that shit's pretty cool. I didn't notice any strength improvements really but felt itchy as fuck all over my body for a while, but it was all good. I did notice better endurance though, and I didn't feel like I needed as much rest between sets, idk

ATG Pause Squats
140x5
170x5
190x3
190x3
+belt
210x1
210x1
210x1

Pause Bench(+wrist wraps)
155x3
155x3
155 + chains x 3
155 + chains x 3
155 + chains x 3

Front Squat(+wrist wraps)
155x3x5

Weight: 161


Here's a video of some of those ATG pause squats and also my bench. Critique of my form is always appreciated and welcome, thanks!

[DEVILsSON]

nice lifting.

BA helps mostly with endurance....esp recovering from endurance/conditioning based workouts....big diff...the tingles should go away within a week...

[flak]

Okay, I talked to hunto and LPF4 -- you're welcome to join the SOHP race to 155 lbs.

Here are the details --

It's SOHP, but you don't have to clean the weight first -- you can take the bar off the hooks if you want. Only one rep is required for you, me and hunto. LPF4 has to do 1 set of 5 reps, but that's only because he always does sets of 5.

Current maxes are 135 for hunto and I, 140 for LPF4. hunto just did a 5 x 5 at 130, so I expect he's capable of a bigger 1 rep max. He also got 155 about halfway up recently.

No video is required. We haven't discussed a lot of form details. Though since it's SOHP, you can't use leg drive.

As soon as someone hits 155, the others get a humiliating sig from zop, which they have to keep for 30 days. The sig hasn't been revealed yet -- for that matter, I'm not sure if zop has written it.

We didn't talk about any "hit it and quit it" option, ie. being able to ditch the sig in less than 30 days if you reach 155 during that time. So I'm assuming all the losers will have the sig for the full duraiton.

With all of that in mind, you're welcome to join the race. But I do think it's pretty likely hunto will hit 155 in the next week or so. Just a friendly word of warning.

[ThinkGreen]

Lol I will go ahead and pass if he's doing 5x5 with more than I do singles with

03/17/08 - Press

OH Squat
85x2x5

*man these are way harder than I remember

Strict OH Press(+wrist wraps)
106x5
106x5
106x5 (staggered stance)
120x1
120x1
120x2 (1 rep PR)

Push Press(+wrist wraps)
155x1 (failed 2nd rep)
150x2
150x1 (failed 2nd)
150x2

*push press felt very shitty today. I did 150x5x2 last week so idk what was up but I just wasn't feeling it.

CG Bench(wrist wraps)
145x3
155x3x3

Dips
BWX2X10

meh, today was meh.

[ThinkGreen]

double post*