Chasing Records

[quote]Benanything wrote:

[quote]ape288 wrote:
5 Steps to a Perfect Deadlift

New video is up. After several requests I decided to finally make a tutorial video for the conventional deadlift. It’s a bit rudimentary for most of you guys, but let me know what you think.

Other than that, I’ve just been doing my physical therapy and doing a whole bunch of bench pressing and pullups. The hip is coming along pretty nicely so far. In a few weeks I think I’ll add in some sled dragging and maybe some light deadlifts.[/quote]

you just gained a subscriber! awesome content mate.[/quote]

Thanks man, I really appreciate that. I’m already working on my next video and hopefully in the next few months I’ll also have some better training footage to post once I get healed up from the surgery!

Good luck with the recovery. Been following your log for sometime now. Just dropping in to say nice Vid’s, and beastly deadlifts previously by you.

[quote]raven78 wrote:
Good luck with the recovery. Been following your log for sometime now. Just dropping in to say nice Vid’s, and beastly deadlifts previously by you.[/quote]

Thanks man, things are going well so far. Glad you like the videos too. Sometimes it’s tough to gauge if I should keep making them or not because I don’t get too many subs or hits on the channel, but I do get a pretty good bit of individual feedback from guys telling me how helpful a particular video was. So I appreciate that because that’s honestly what keeps me going.

And hopefully I’ll be back to form soon! 600 is a barrier that has stood for far too long with me because of this damn injury.

5/28/15 - Benching

Bench and pullups tonight. Bench was done flat footed, with very mild leg drive and not much arch.

bench- 185x3, 200x3, 210x3, 220x3 230x3, 240x3, 250x2
225 x 7,5,5,5,5
185x15

pullups- 15,15,13,12,10

Done.

250x3 bench + new video

Got in some more work on the bench yesterday. Hit a PR triple for my current minimal arch/minimal leg drive style. Hoping to add another 10-15lbs to it before I’m able to switch back to my normal style. Also, new video is up on my channel. It’s a bit of a rant talking about whether sumo deadlifts are easier or not. Some sarcasm is involved. Possibly a bit polarizing haha. Let me know what you think. Going to do some back work tonight to balance out the benching.

Bench- 185x3, 195x3, 205x3, 215x3, 225x3, 235x3, 245x3, 250x3
225 x 7, 6, 6, 5, 5

Done.

Lol, I enjoyed the funny video. My take on it is that back strength and leverages are both important in deciding which one a person is better at. Smaller lifters tend to have a thinner torso due to less mass which results in less bending stiffness (moment of inertia) compared to heavier lifters. Moment of inertia is proportional to the (thickness of the torso)^3. You can see why an increase in torso thickness quickly increases bending stiffness for a larger lifter, assuming it’s all muscle thickness. A lighter lifter typically gets away with conventional if they have long arms, a short torso or long legs to reduce the load in the back.

I think some people just hate to see others figuring out what works for them or seeing others do better than them. Most competitive lifters respect each other and the hard work required to get stronger.

[quote]lift206 wrote:
Lol, I enjoyed the funny video. My take on it is that back strength and leverages are both important in deciding which one a person is better at. Smaller lifters tend to have a thinner torso due to less mass which results in less bending stiffness (moment of inertia) compared to heavier lifters. Moment of inertia is proportional to the (thickness of the torso)^3. You can see why an increase in torso thickness quickly increases bending stiffness for a larger lifter, assuming it’s all muscle thickness. A lighter lifter typically gets away with conventional if they have long arms, a short torso or long legs to reduce the load in the back.

I think some people just hate to see others figuring out what works for them or seeing others do better than them. Most competitive lifters respect each other and the hard work required to get stronger.[/quote]

Exactly. I kind of alluded to that in the video. I had a scene where I said it more directly, but I had to edit a bunch of stuff out because the video was way too long. It reminded me of this video George Leeman just posted though where he says people are always shocked to find out he’s not an asshole even though he’s so strong, when the reality is that most people who make it to that level are humble. The ones who throw it in your face are the people who have just barely eclipsed the average lifter.

Bench Specialist Training

More bench work last night! Gonna switch to bench only and see how I fare. Body weight is about 155.

185x3, 195x3, 205x3, 215x3, 225x3, 235x3, 245x3, 255x2
225 x 8,6,6,5,5

Boom. A good start.

Bench Specialist Training: 275 x 1, 225 x 9

Hit 275lbs last night for a PR in the bench with my current minimal leg drive/minimal arch style. This also matches my PR pause bench with my usual style and is only 15lbs below my best ever touch and go bench. Hopefully when I can switch back to my usual style I’ll see some big improvements.

Bench- 185x3, 205x3, 225x2, 235x1, 245x1, 255x1, 265x1, 275x1 (a little slow, but pretty smooth).
Back off set- 225x9

Close grip bench(205lbs)- 8,7,6,5,5
Pullups(bw+25lbs)- 10,10,10,10,10,10

Solid session. I’ll post the video of the bench work in the next day or two.

Nice work in here. Enjoy your vids. Keep em comin!

[quote]barbedwired wrote:
Nice work in here. Enjoy your vids. Keep em comin![/quote]

Thanks bro. Will do.

275lbs Pause bench @ 155

Here’s the video of my bench training from the other day. The 275 was a bit uglier than I thought it was, but oh well haha. Hit a pretty decent touch and go back off set of 225x9 afterwards. With my feet flat, I’m able to get a little bit of leg drive, but not as much as usual and not very much arch. I’m excited to be able to switch back in the coming weeks.

Follow up with surgeon

Saw the surgeon yesterday. He said no deadlifts until after I see him again…in 6 weeks. Still a bench specialist I guess ha.

Benching and chins

Bench- 225x3, 235x3, 245x3, 252x3
225 x 7,7,6

Close grip bench- 205 x 8,8,8,7
Chins (bw + 45)- 8,8,8,8,9,9

Barbell curls(80)- 15,13,12

Done!

500 Pullups in 2.5 Hours!

I recently hit 500 subscribers on my Youtube channel, and so in honor of that, I decided to do a little challenge: 500 pullups without leaving the gym. I ended up doing 100 sets of 5 reps in 2 and a half hours. It was a pretty fun challenge, not too difficult, but the number of reps did feel pretty daunting. My lats and biceps were sore as hell for like 4 days afterwards though haha. Check it out ad let me know what you think!

Bench 255x3

Bench- 225x3, 235x3, 245x3, 255x3
Close grip bench - 215 x 6,6,6,6
Pull-up (bw + 45) - 6,6,6,6

Done.

In other news, my hip has started to feel noticeable better in the last week. The pain in the front, presumably stemming for the psoas muscle, has finally started to diminish a bit, and the stiffness is fading slowly but surely. 5 more weeks until I can start deadlifting ha.

Any doms from that 500 ???

Nice drama on that last rep…lol

[quote]barbedwired wrote:
Any doms from that 500 ???

Nice drama on that last rep…lol[/quote]

Haha yeah, lats were fried for like 4 days. Biceps got pretty sore too for a little while.

Sled dragging

I’ve started dragging my sled around again starting today. I loaded it with 150lbs and did 10 “sprints” of about 20 yards. Then walked it back to the start. Took me about an hour total. I say sprints in quotation marks because I wasn’t running all out, but more like around 70%. I’ll start running a bit harder as the pain continues to go away, I’ll also probably experiment with more weight to keep my legs strong until I’m able to squat again.

6/22/15

Bench- 225x3, 235x3, 245x3, 255x3
225 x 7,6,6

Chinup (bw + 70lbs)- 5,5,5,5,5

Close grip bench- 205 x 5,5,5
BB Curl- 85 x 15,13,12

Wanted to drag my sled a bit today, but it started pouring rain as soon as I got home from work so I guess it’ll have to wait until tomorrow.