The World, Chico, and Everything in it (MT/Lifting) - Page 5

sanyo89 · 10-21-2007, 03:19 PM

when your doing your BOR's, do you feel it anywhere specific? and for this week coming. what are you doing with your pull ups?

thethirddiaz · 10-21-2007, 03:25 PM

For BORs I usually feel a bit sore the next day across my upper back and in the small muscles just behind my shoulders. These small muscles are the same muscles that hurt most the day after I did pull ups.

For pull ups, I am going to try to do 5x5, though I may not get all of my reps again.

thethirddiaz · 05:10 PM

I am going to start doing grip work. I will begin playing with plate pinches. I am afraid to do plate flips because I can't drop them (3rd floor apt). I want to purchase the CoC but probably won't order them until I lift for a bit longer. I'm weighing my options for deadlift to increase grip (adding towel to bar, etc.). I won't be buying a thickbar. Cheap suggestions welcome. Keep in mind I can't do sledge work or anything similar due to my apt being my training place.

Also, anyone have a CoC 1 or lower that they don't use anymore? I'll pay shipping and more.

thethirddiaz · 10-22-2007, 06:45 PM

Bench
105x5 115x5 125x5 135x5 145x5
Lost form on the last set but it wasn't as difficult as I thought it might be. Will fix form next time.

Squat
45x5 warmup 95x5x5 (didn't feel like loading the bar up for 90, so I went with 25s on both sides. Irony)

Still working on from/depth but I am pretty sure it is mostly a flexibility issue, so I think it will come with time, but I am going to make sure I stretch before lifting from now on. No real struggle with this weight. Going down to ~parallel.

BOR
100x5x5

Felt good.

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I am thinking about getting these shorts. The other shorts I'll be getting are black/red so white will be different (you know, so I look pretty). don't know if I can justify having the name of one of the baddest dudes ever on my trunks, though. On one hand, I feel like remembering that I have them on will push me by reminding me how much I can improve. On the other hand, am I just jumping on the bandwagon? I'll be thinking about it.

MatterOverMind · 10-22-2007, 10:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thethirddiaz

I am going to make sure I stretch before lifting from now on.

Stretch after lifting.

thethirddiaz · 10-23-2007, 07:03 AM

I forgot to mention that. I do stretch after lifting. But I want to start stretching before lifting, specifically, before squatting, because I noticed that I go deeper in later sets. In order to go deeper in earlier sets, I just need to stretch .
Also, I figured out that I only need to add 5 lbs to my bench each week to reach my goal, which should be easily acheivable considering I have done 185 before and I'm still making beginner gains.

thethirddiaz · 10-23-2007, 08:36 PM

I wore my mouth guard at MT tonight. Felt a little winded at the end, but I'm not sure if it was the guard or not. My hip felt a bit sore after doing round kicks on the pads. Might be the lifting. Oh well.

I need to work on kicking through my target. I keep snapping my kicks back after hitting my target, which is a bad habit from TKD. Need to break this.

Heavy bag to finish class. 1 round knees, 1 round leg kicks. Tried to set up using lead hook and jab. Felt a bit awkward with the timing and step into the kick/knee. Something else to work on.

woogie12 · 10-23-2007, 08:49 PM

Mouthguard definitely affects the breathing quite a bit, I hate wearing one.

For your kicks, try looking at your opponent's shoulders, helps to kick through the target.

thethirddiaz · 10-23-2007, 10:09 PM

Thanks, I'll let you know how that works out.

woogie12 · 10-23-2007, 10:12 PM

My bad, I meant their far shoulder. Like if you were kicking with your right leg, look at their right shoulder.