It Vexes Me. I'm Terribly Vexed

[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:

[quote]csulli wrote:

415 10x Oh my yes.

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Why are there so many weird pictures of Zydrunas lol?

[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]GrizzlyBerg wrote:
P.S. Avi competition accepted…must find a hyperbolic time chamber to train in order to catch up.[/quote]
I felt like you were winning lol. That’s the thing, your brain always tells you the other guy is bigger. Thanks for the motivation brain![/quote]

Haha thanks… You still have me by a long shot in strength though.

Hey, Csulli. What’s up? Apparently I suck at box squatting (I got 270X3 to a parallel box squat feeling like I was going to explode every rep) while you are stronger with a box.

I see you are also trying to invoke the power of Zydrunas like I am trying to invoke the power of Chuck Vogelpohl for my squat. 

[quote]Delawarestrong wrote:
Hey, Csulli. What’s up? Apparently I suck at box squatting (I got 270X3 to a parallel box squat feeling like I was going to explode every rep) while you are stronger with a box.

I see you are also trying to invoke the power of Zydrunas like I am trying to invoke the power of Chuck Vogelpohl for my squat. [/quote]

Oh I’m probably not really stronger off the box I was probably just rocking, which I think makes it easier. Pretty much anything feels easier than squatting to me though lol.

12/28/2013

Squat:
45 10x
135 10x
185 5x
225 20x
225 10x
225 10x
225 10x
225 10x
225 10x
225 10x
135 20x
135 20x
135 20x
135 20x
135 20x

Bench:
185 20x
185 20x
185 20x
185 20x
185 20x
185 20x
185 20x
185 20x
185 25x Had to rest pause the last 3 reps.

Glute Ham Raise:
3 sets of 10

Sufficiently amusing.

Lavender town next time.

[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Lavender town next time.[/quote]
No.

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Lavender town next time.[/quote]
No.[/quote]

pls

[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Lavender town next time.[/quote]
No.[/quote]

pls[/quote]
I’ll use the song of healing played backwards.

12/30/2013

Bench:
45 22x
95 20x
135 10x
185 5x
225 5x
275 3x
315 2x
325 2x easy double

Spoto Bench: (long pause every rep an inch off the chest)
225 7x
225 7x
225 7x
225 7x
225 7x Weight was too light.

Log Press:
135 2x
135 5x
155 5x
155 5x
155 5x
155 5x
155 5x

Seated DB Press:
70’s 7x
70’s 7x
70’s 7x
50’s 10x
50’s 10x

Lateral Raises:
30’s for 3 sets of 10-15

Weighted Dips:
+90lbs for 3 sets of 10

Pushdowns:
5 sets of 10

Cable Flies:
5 sets of 10

I’ve stopped doing 5/3/1 all together really. I am doing some more volume based type training now. Although I need to develop a system to self regulate and periodize it so that I can be sure I’m always at least slowly moving up the weight.

vinny how the fuck do you breathe when doing log press? The weight was easy and all, but after like 3 reps I was out of air and unable to take another breath with that log on top of me lol. Makes it hard to get reps in when you’re suffocating.

[quote]csulli wrote:
12/30/2013

Bench:
45 22x
95 20x
135 10x
185 5x
225 5x
275 3x
315 2x
325 2x easy double

Spoto Bench: (long pause every rep an inch off the chest)
225 7x
225 7x
225 7x
225 7x
225 7x Weight was too light.

Log Press:
135 2x
135 5x
155 5x
155 5x
155 5x
155 5x
155 5x

Seated DB Press:
70’s 7x
70’s 7x
70’s 7x
50’s 10x
50’s 10x

Lateral Raises:
30’s for 3 sets of 10-15

Weighted Dips:
+90lbs for 3 sets of 10

Pushdowns:
5 sets of 10

Cable Flies:
5 sets of 10

I’ve stopped doing 5/3/1 all together really. I am doing some more volume based type training now. Although I need to develop a system to self regulate and periodize it so that I can be sure I’m always at least slowly moving up the weight.[/quote]

Have you ever thought of doing something like what a few other posters have mentioned to me?

It breaks down like
Week 1: 5x5
Week 2: 5x3
Week 3: 5x1

You use the same percentages as regular 5/3/1, and could pyramid back down to do the first set last. Throw in the massive amount of assistance you love, and boom…you just created high volume advanced 5/3/1. You may not even have to reset your weights. You could easily transition into that.

That dip work is beastly man. Nice job. I wish I had the drive to start weighting mine haha.

[quote]csulli wrote:
vinny how the fuck do you breathe when doing log press? The weight was easy and all, but after like 3 reps I was out of air and unable to take another breath with that log on top of me lol. Makes it hard to get reps in when you’re suffocating.[/quote]

Try to breathe on the way down or at the lockout of each rep before the subsequent press. Log can be tricky. There’s less room for error, so just gotta practice.

[quote]trivium wrote:
That dip work is beastly man. Nice job.[/quote]
Thanks dude :slight_smile:

[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:

[quote]csulli wrote:
vinny how the fuck do you breathe when doing log press? The weight was easy and all, but after like 3 reps I was out of air and unable to take another breath with that log on top of me lol. Makes it hard to get reps in when you’re suffocating.[/quote]

Try to breathe on the way down or at the lockout of each rep before the subsequent press. Log can be tricky. There’s less room for error, so just gotta practice.
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Very good advice, thanks

Okay here’s the plan. I wish I could say I came up with this all on my own, because I think it’s brilliant, but it’s actually something Chia started doing recently. This is my version of it at least. I simply have a chart with all my PR’s. It has rep maxes and volume maxes of all the Smolov rep/set schemes plus 5x5. Eventually of course I need to fill out the entire thing. At that point it’s simply a matter of picking ones to beat each week.

There should be enough variables that I can choose the easiest ones first and by the time I work my way around to the harder ones I’m strong enough to break them too. If I can’t beat one I’ll just find one to work at until I can. I may add something like block pulls or deficit deadlifts to the chart. I don’t like any squat variations though.

[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:

[quote]csulli wrote:
vinny how the fuck do you breathe when doing log press? The weight was easy and all, but after like 3 reps I was out of air and unable to take another breath with that log on top of me lol. Makes it hard to get reps in when you’re suffocating.[/quote]

Try to breathe on the way down or at the lockout of each rep before the subsequent press. Log can be tricky. There’s less room for error, so just gotta practice.
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Very good advice, thanks[/quote]
Huh, never noticed a problem myself.