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2/10

DL
4x355
5x335
5x315
Pretty happy here. Was gonna squat but racks taken.

Bench
3x5x230
Fairly ez, shoulder held up well. No real pain yet.

Squat warmup 2x5x95,5x155,3x225
Realized I had no time..

Rows
Some Bro talk, little scoping of the 5-6pm talent, couple water fountain struts

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02-11-2011 , 04:58 AM

#402

Soulman

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Solid accessory work broski

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02-14-2011 , 11:50 PM

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KhalynYohrk

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2/14

DL

355x5
Not sure why I'm deadlifting like every 4 days. Meh. Trying to make up for my crappy squat #'s

squat
270x5,4,4

press
155x4,4,4
135x6

rows

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02-15-2011 , 12:10 AM

#404

anonn12345

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Looks like by the time the bar starts going up your legs are completely straight, so you are using your back to lift all the weight and your legs are not really assisting.

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02-15-2011 , 12:15 AM

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KhalynYohrk

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I've been deadlifting a lot, and even when I think my ass is getting low its not.

I'll vid again friday with 315.

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02-15-2011 , 12:16 AM

#406

Carl Sagan

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Could use a lil chest up cue before you pull as well. And damn dat dere sunlight is bright.

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02-15-2011 , 12:34 AM

#407

anonn12345

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Originally Posted by KhalynYohrk

I've been deadlifting a lot, and even when I think my ass is getting low its not.

I'll vid again friday with 315.

Your ass starts low, its just by the time the weight starts breaking off the ground your legs are completely straight, so it is like you are doing a straight leg deadlift, except you are not quite flexible or strong enough to do a straight leg deadlift with that much weight, so your lumbar rounds to compensate.

Still, good job pulling that much weight. When you get your form straightened out and get your quads into the lift you will be that much stronger.

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02-16-2011 , 08:50 PM

#408

KhalynYohrk

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On sunday I did 300 pushups while walking on the beach.(6x33 5x20)

Today I did 9x33 and it wasn't nearly as hard as sunday, although on suday I had a slight decline.

Felt sore in my pecs and a bit in my shoulders for 2 days.

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02-17-2011 , 06:40 PM

#409

KhalynYohrk

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I'm going to commit to doing 200 pushups/day for 3 weeks. I'm not going to worry about recovery, and I'm going to continue my other lifts as though I wasn't doing anything different, until I am forced to stop for recovery. I might need to take 1day/week off but I'm going to aim for 21 continuous days to see what results I get.

I did 300 yesterday so today is day 2.

eta: shoulder willing, i think pushups are better than bench for me. The volume might be too much but I'm not sure.

Last edited by KhalynYohrk; 02-17-2011 at 07:08 PM.

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02-17-2011 , 07:09 PM

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That's not really that much volume unless you're doing super strict w/ chest touching the ground and elbows locked at the top, shouldn't be too bad.

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02-17-2011 , 07:14 PM

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KhalynYohrk

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Well I'm gonna be chin/chest touching with head up and hopefully full lockout on all reps but yea, its not too bad. Especially If I do sets of 25.

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02-17-2011 , 10:35 PM

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KhalynYohrk

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2/17

HBBS
3x5x275

Press
3x4x155

Pc
5x155

DL 5x315

Rows

200 pushups pre workout.

Squats were heavy but likely a lot of it is mental.
Deadlift vid up later.

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02-18-2011 , 05:00 AM

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KhalynYohrk

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315x5

Working on getting my ass lowered. Long way to go it looks like...

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02-18-2011 , 06:33 AM

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I would focus on chest up and lumbar curve in your lower back. Ass lowered won't work if you just raise it up before you pull.

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02-19-2011 , 08:30 PM

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KhalynYohrk

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2/19

LBBS
5x280
HBBS
5x280
4x280
10x225

Lowbar set was way easier, getting my strength back is tough and not going as deep made lowbar easy. Still I expect to progress back up to290-300 without failing too hard. 225 felt really good, like theres still some hope for my squat.

5/3/1 is on the way, I'm probably going to start it in 2-3 weeks.

Bench
2x8x185
150 pushups inbetween warmups and these sets, 4x25 and 15,15,20

gonna do 50 more now.

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02-19-2011 , 08:39 PM

#416

cha59

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re your pushups - tuck the elbows and your shoulders should be ok. Pushups are good for the shoulders when you do them right.

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02-20-2011 , 02:13 AM

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kidcolin

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Originally Posted by KhalynYohrk

i plan on doing something similar, ala strength villian, except i suck at PUs. so i'm gonna do a bunch sets of 8-10, and then in a couple weeks do sets of 12-15, and so on. until i can do 1,000.

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02-20-2011 , 02:11 PM

#418

bjb23

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Originally Posted by cha59

re your pushups - tuck the elbows and your shoulders should be ok. Pushups are good for the shoulders when you do them right.

what angle would you recommend the arms be in relation to the torso in order to minimize shoulder strain?

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02-20-2011 , 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bjb23

what angle would you recommend the arms be in relation to the torso in order to minimize shoulder strain?

45 degrees

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02-21-2011 , 08:09 PM

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KhalynYohrk

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2/21

HBBS

3x4x280

Some real serious grind on the last rep of the first two sets, both top 5 all time. Thinking about going back to lowbar till I regain strength, but not yet. If I'm gonna go 5/3/1 soon I'm not sure how much I need to worry about where I'm at on squat going in anyway.

Press
2x4x150

DL
5x315

Going to do 200 pushups now.

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02-21-2011 , 10:53 PM

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Hey I got to thinking about about adding a lot of push up volume as per your suggestion.

The obvious problem being how long it takes to complete all those push ups.

Then I realized that doing a myo-rep scheme for push ups would probably be a lot better. Just do a set to failure, wait 30 seconds, go to failure, wait 30 seconds, etc.

I'm pretty sure that theoretically this has the same effect on your body as doing all those sets of push ups to failure in a lot less time.

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02-21-2011 , 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyFondue

Hey I got to thinking about about adding a lot of push up volume as per your suggestion.

The obvious problem being how long it takes to complete all those push ups.

Then I realized that doing a myo-rep scheme for push ups would probably be a lot better. Just do a set to failure, wait 30 seconds, go to failure, wait 30 seconds, etc.

I'm pretty sure that theoretically this has the same effect on your body as doing all those sets of push ups to failure in a lot less time.

What theory? I didn't think that myo reps would indicate the same effect.

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02-21-2011 , 10:58 PM

#423

kidcolin

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taking it to failure takes a toll though. I'd do like, 8-10 sets throughout the day with leaving a few in the tank. Grease the groove.

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02-21-2011 , 11:07 PM

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The theory behind the effectiveness of my myo reps is:

When you do a heavy work set (or even a lighter, longer hypertrophy set) your body is really only getting the most benefit from it on the last few reps where your body is lifting in a really fatigued state. So when you bench a weight for a set of 12, the first 8-9 reps are fatiguing your body, the last few are the ones doing the real work.

When you do an activation set, you get your muscles into that fatigued state and work from there. It makes sense to me, and there have been people to show it's effectiveness.

And yea, you obv don't have to go to failure, I think it's recommended that you don't actually.

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02-22-2011 , 01:42 AM

#425

KhalynYohrk

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I'm waiting 3/4 minutes between sets of 25 ideally. When I bump to 30 it will go to 5, eventually I'll be doin sets of 50 if I stick with it, with 5-8 minutes rest. I will take 5 seconds between sets of 5 holding at the top if Im close to failing a set.

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