Topic: Weight Training (Read 19188 times)

Chris · « **Reply #75 on:** April 19, 2010, 11:26:55 PM »

First heavy training session in over a week today... Broke out the bands for the first time in over 2 months and wound up working up to 245 bar weight plus 100 pounds of band tension at the top for a good, solid three reps... On my way to a nice max bench of 315 pounds hopefully by June!

Chris · « **Reply #76 on:** April 26, 2010, 09:36:09 PM »

So not everyday is Christmas... A few days ago I attempted a 415 pound squat for 3 reps and didn't quite get it. The first rep was pretty tough and my spotter needed to help me, the second almost crushed me... thank god my spotter did a good job! I called it quits after that... you don't mess around with weight like that if you're having trouble after the first rep.

Chris · « **Reply #77 on:** April 28, 2010, 10:36:29 PM »

Thanks to my friend for pushing me to deadlift 405, I was actually able to get it today, breaking my old personal record of 385 by 20 pounds!

Probie · « **Reply #78 on:** April 29, 2010, 04:08:20 AM »

Jeepers. That's A LOT!

Demosthenes · « **Reply #79 on:** April 29, 2010, 08:32:33 AM »

Quote from: Chris on April 28, 2010, 10:36:29 PM

Thanks to my friend for pushing me to deadlift 405, I was actually able to get it today, breaking my old personal record of 385 by 20 pounds!

Wow, Chris! Quite an accomplishment! Congratulations!

Chris · « **Reply #80 on:** April 29, 2010, 11:00:06 PM »

Quote from: Demosthenes on April 29, 2010, 08:32:33 AM

Wow, Chris! Quite an accomplishment! Congratulations!

Thanks!

Next stop is 495 pounds... that's going to take some serious work, that's for sure!

xolik · « **Reply #81 on:** April 29, 2010, 11:21:13 PM »

Quote from: Chris on April 29, 2010, 11:00:06 PM

Thanks!

Next stop is 495 pounds... that's going to take some serious work, that's for sure!

I admire your dedication to self-improvement. I hope to eventually rekindle that fire in myself. There's a Bally's right next to the house I'm buying (loan got approved yeah!) so I'm pretty sure I'll be getting back in shape sometime soon.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #82 on:** April 30, 2010, 08:31:35 AM »

Quote from: xolik on April 29, 2010, 11:21:13 PM

I admire your dedication to self-improvement. I hope to eventually rekindle that fire in myself. There's a Bally's right next to the house I'm buying (loan got approved yeah!) so I'm pretty sure I'll be getting back in shape sometime soon.

Congrats on the house loan! Now you're in debt! WOOOOOO!

xolik · « **Reply #83 on:** April 30, 2010, 09:29:54 AM »

Quote from: Demosthenes on April 30, 2010, 08:31:35 AM

Congrats on the house loan! Now you're in debt! WOOOOOO!

Don't remind me. /cry

Chris · « **Reply #84 on:** May 17, 2010, 10:56:12 PM »

Hey xolik, have you made any gains on your squat? I looked back a few pages in this thread and remember us talking about it for a few posts and was curious as to how you made out.

xolik · « **Reply #85 on:** May 18, 2010, 12:21:20 PM »

Quote from: Chris on May 17, 2010, 10:56:12 PM

Hey xolik, have you made any gains on your squat? I looked back a few pages in this thread and remember us talking about it for a few posts and was curious as to how you made out.

Very little, I'm afraid, but mostly due to fear to trying. It seems that every time I do squat work, I screw up my lower back, HOWEVER, I got the same pain in the same area a few days ago and all I did was run my ass off that day. Turns out I'm overrunning and screwing up my lower back. Makes sense because now that I look back at it, I did a ton of running prior to trying out squat work that day.

I'm not doing that anymore, by the way. I was totally doing more cardio than needed. I'll try squat work tomorrow at the school gym and see how it goes.

Chris · « **Reply #86 on:** May 18, 2010, 10:53:07 PM »

Let me know how it goes.

If I had to pick two tips from that link I posted a LONG time ago, I'd say focus on going with a wide stance with your toes slightly pointed out and make sure your ass / hips and moving back first before bending your knees. Those are two common things I see most people do wrong when they attempt to squat. Well, and not go low enough. I've only seen about three people in my gym go low enough on a squat to be counted as a real lift in a competition. Then again they're not competing... sooo....

xolik · « **Reply #87 on:** May 19, 2010, 11:42:41 AM »

Quote from: Chris on May 18, 2010, 10:53:07 PM

I'd say focus on going with a wide stance with your toes slightly pointed out

ITT: The Larry Craig School of Health

Chris · « **Reply #88 on:** May 19, 2010, 09:22:44 PM »

So tonight was the first night that I've used a bench shirt to bench. Real quick (I doubt anyone will know what it is), a bench shirt is a special shirt that is so stiff that you have to pull the weight down towards your chest to touch.

I've never used one before and was certainly nervous about using it because it was uncharted territory. I worked up to 315 pounds for an easy three reps, but it wasn't enough weight to have it touch my chest - That's how strong bench shirts are!

pbsaurus · « **Reply #89 on:** May 20, 2010, 11:52:36 AM »

Quote from: xolik on May 19, 2010, 11:42:41 AM

ITT: The Larry Craig School of Health

Alice Donut has a song called Wide in honor of our friend Larry Craig.

MadOne · « **Reply #90 on:** May 21, 2010, 10:44:05 PM »

So are these bench shirts suppose to be used to prevent people from crushing themselves or to help you get to a higher weight on a bench?

Chris · « **Reply #91 on:** May 21, 2010, 10:49:41 PM »

They do help to prevent injuries when doing higher weights if used correctly, and they will also enable the lifter to lift more weight since it gives you recoil on the bottom of the lift.

Think of a shirt kind of like how a donut is used right before going up to bat in baseball. Using the bat with a weight on it gets you used to a heavier load. Then when it's time to bat, you get rid of the donut and swing with just the bat - which feels like it's half as much because you were used to the heavier weight.

Lifters that train with shirts usually see their raw (without a shirt) bench go up a decent amount as well. Though if you're someone who has just started lifting recently and is looking for a good way to get your bench game up, I wouldn't recommend going online and spending 200 on a bench shirt.

Chris · « **Reply #92 on:** June 23, 2010, 11:19:59 AM »

I forgot to update this thread after last Sundays lifting session.

I broke out the bench shirt again and got some help from one of the more experienced power lifters on the east coast. After it was set correctly, I was able to work up to 410 pounds for a double. Let me tell you... the amount of pressure felt with the shirt on with that kind of weight is insane! I've never felt anything like that before in my life, and I still have to use more weight to get the bar to touch my chest!

So here's where I stand in my main three lifts, at 192 pounds of body weight at about 5' 10":

Squat: 375lbs
Bench: 300lbs raw or 410lbs shirted
Deadlift: 420lbs

Chris · « **Reply #93 on:** August 17, 2010, 10:03:27 PM »

So I woke up this morning and kept thinking that tonight I was going to dead lift 405 pounds for 3 reps - something that I have never attempted before, and sure enough I was able to get it for 3 reps!

The third rep was probably one of the toughest things that I have done yet in the gym, but there was no way I was letting that go back to the ground once it was moving.

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