Oh jeez. Either buy a GHR or just do it the way I do it. Just be careful because a GHR is actually a different movement. The hamstrings get put under more stress on the DIY method and you really want to focus more on the eccentric…basically because it’s very very difficult to actually raise yourself up after a certain point. There’s not many people that can actually do a full ROM with no aid on the concentric, if any at all.
**i also heard the DIY method is great for building tendon strength due to the massive loading on the muscle. I also think overdoing these, especially if you’re doing tons of hamstring work in regard to deads, stones, and general strongman stuff, can be quite dangerous. Little is more on these I think.
He does have a GHR that we use as well. I guess I should have mentioned, that when using that pad, that we are typically doing “razor curls”. Keeping the torso parallel to the floor while we “shoot” forward and backward trying to maintain the parallel position. I actually like that movement quite a bit.
I guess your version would be more of a “nordic curl” (I know, so many damn names for these movements, just writing it here because it is Google-able). Yeah, my hamstrings would give up on me as I approached anywhere near 45 degrees, and I would be lucky to get a single rep with an explosive pushup trying to get my hamstrings to catch me.
3/29/19 - bw 222 I normally put a 0.5 iinch mat under my left foot to help alleviate the imbalance for squats but today I tried two of them. It certainly is a bit over the 3/4 inch discrepancy but it felt pretty good. Felt like I have much more even force output between each leg.
Plank
x60s
Side Plank
x60s
Squat Jumps
x15
x15
x15
Front Squat
65x8
135x3,3
225x3,3
275x3
325x3
375x3
420x5 PR, uh ok.
LOL, honestly it’s the jump from 275 to 315 being too small, so I throw a 25 on top of the 25 for 325, then I go from there. It used to bother me visually but now I just exist in my own bubble of strange doings.
I’m trying my best to deliver. It’s been very hard but it feels good to have some strength to show.
Log Clean & Press (split jerks)
110x3,3
160x1 probably the most explosive log press i’ve ever done. This felt like I was just practicing press drills with no weight in my hands.
210x1 rushed clean, great press
250x2 my clean is all fucked right now. press feels great.
250x1 clean feels like ass, looks better on camera though
280x1 I brought my stance in slightly and it felt better in every way.
285x3 cleans and 3 presses. Best set.
280x3 cleans and 4 presses. Extra rep at the end because I could.
The 285 set felt much better than any of the other sets today. It seems also grabbing the handles a bit in front or more mid as opposed to slightly toward me helped create torque on the clean. I struggle immensely on the clean due to long arms and I’m thinking I might have to just change my grip. Only issue is it forces me to have to adjust my grip right before the press. Kind of a strange trade off, not sure how I feel about it yet.
Some abs and called it. No accessory work today. Nerve pinched in my neck and my biceps are achy.
Pause DB Row (pause 1 sec at top of movement)
55x10
55x12
100x10
100x10
Plank variations and other ab stuff. Called it. Left shoulder mysteriously got fucked up after last press workout. It started hurting bad at night and no indictation as to what caused it.
Log (split jerk, out of rack)
110x3,1,1,1
160x1,3
210x3
250x1
250x1 power is insane right now. This feels like I have an empty log on my chest and the leg drive is very snappy, full jerks here, no press outs or even close to being one. Amazing. Only problem is I’m getting very dizzy at the lockout which I think is due to not breathing correctly before the set (anxiety). Then again I am not sure.
250x1
220x14…ish. None of these reps actually count, but I just wanted to AMRAP something.
Seated DB Military
55x10
55x10
55x10
55x10
Band Pullaway Horizontal (core stability stuff)
x15
x15
x15
x15
Log Split Jerks
210x3
210x3
210x3
210x3
210x3 post fatigue work. Very irresponsible but maybe this is going to help, idk.
Thanks. All that matters is my 1rm anyway. This was mostly just an attempt to throw weight around and see where my AMRAP strength is at. I’m basically right around where I was pre nationals with peaking, and I’m far from finished with getting my log stronger.
Front Squat
65x8
135x3,3
225x3,3
275x3
325x3
345x8 felt my low back going here, zero strength today. Only thing I can chalk it up to is a beat up CNS. Nutrition is spot on atm as well as sleep, so there’s that.
325x3 out of gas. Zero point pushing it today.
275x3 yeah, nothing in me.
Double Pause Front Squat (pause at parallel then again just barely above)
225x3
225x3 god these are hard
225x3
Elevated Pistol Squat w/ band distraction around back of knee
x5x10ish blew up my right quad which is severely underdeveloped. I’m wondering if it’s dangerous to train my right quad as I fear it could mess with the balance of my body.
For example, my left quad is huge and my right is tiny, but my left glute is smaller and my right glute is bigger. If I got my right quad stronger I fear it’d just mess the balance up. Thoughts?
Sumo Deads
135x5
225x8
315x3
405x3 no belt, felt fine, but i’m super sore in the posterior so my power isn’t great
belt on
405x5
405x5
405x5 easy, felt fine
Deads are on the back burner for a bit, and since squats cripple me if done at any volume, I choose to do them before a less intense day and after a more intense one.
