Just warmups. And I think that is about to come to an end. My knee feels a lot better when I wear briefs, even when the weight is significantly more.

I probably should get an MRI on this knee one of these days.

The 52 will probably still be a good shirt to open in for a while.

"Super Duper Phenom" pretty imba name imo. I guess these are in the $300 range?

I still have never touched my chest and pressed anything in the 52.

yeah, the standard SDP (2 ply, no grid stitch) is $300. You can get additional plies and grid stitch for more. I dont think anyone who presses under ~900 lbs would be able to use 3 ply. I am pretty sure I dont want grid stitching either.

Seems like the next step, as opposed to just continuing to throw a band-aid on it. Hopefully it's nothing serious and an easy fix.

You'll get there, especially if you keep eating like a bird

yeah. ART makes it feel better for a while, as does compression bands and stretching and IASTM, but it keeps coming back, so I think there's something other than soft tissue issues going on in there.

lol. If I ever got to 220, I'm sure this would make a great shirt to open in. I was 237 this morning. I'll try to stay around there for the next couple of weeks.

7/19

speed bench
45x15
115x10
135x10
185x5
225x3
275x3x3

cable rows
180x15
210x12

face pulls
140x15x2

7/21

DL
225x5x2
315x3
405x2

suit
495x1
585x1 (~opener)

Everything was fast and good form.

When is the meet?

7/29

Cool, hope you do well.

Btw World Games starts tomorrow, if you can handle some IPF lifting

http://goodlift.info/live.php

Thanks!

7/23

bench
45x15
95x10
135x10
185x5
225x3
275x2
315x1

size 54 rage x
2 board press
425x1 - super fast

off chest
465x1 (~opener)
very fast

TRX strap rows
12x3

tall kneeling PNF D2 flexion
15x15x2

Solid bench, no video though?

Coverage seems to have been ruined by TV rights, should be on youtube later though.

Fedosienko did about 670 points, Blaine seems to be the only one able to challenge that.

I havent been taking bench videos often lately.

ok, yeah, please post youtube links if/when you find them.

7/25

squat
briefs
335x3x2
425x2
515x1

suit (sides all the way loose) & knee wraps
605x1 - smoked it deeper than necessary. Knee is ok.

Good luck tomorrow!

Good luck today Cha!

thanks!

thanks!

7/29

ND State APF Championship

squat
600 good
656 missed at bottom, got light headed,did not take enough air in
656 good
I probably had little or no shot at 705 because I havent been able to train squats to depth much at all recently and they were calling depth very strict. Considering the condition of my knee, I'm happy with this.

bench
463 good and fast. The head judge said it looked like a warmup rep.

I decided to put on my tight size 52 rage X that I have never touched and pressed anything in before.

545 missed. Terrible. I was loose all over. It touched, but it barely came up.

545 missed. I kept tight and form was good, but I just didnt have enough strength to lock it out. It was about 4 - 6" from getting there. bah.


DL
584 smoked it

628 no problem, but not easy

650 good lift. Pretty solid form. I might have had 2.5 - 5 more KGs in me, but probably no more than that. Considering how my training has gone the past several months, this was good. I'm happy with how my form was.

total 1769.

That's either the lowest or second lowest total I have put up in a geared meet, but considering my injury situation, I am happy with it. The only significant thing I could have done differently to help would have been to take about 496 for my 2nd bench to get me over 1800. 1900 was not going to happen this day.

Sounds pretty great considering you really haven't had much time to shake off the injuries and get back to it. Wasn't the original plan (weeks ago) to just push/pull? Fact that you had a successful 3 lifts seems great!

Well done, given your stage of recovery!