Friendly Over Head DB Triceps Ext. Challenge...

[VolcomX311]

Mark Felix is an oddity, he does one handed dead lifts. It's an ancient practice done by old schoolers. I'm not sure as to it's efficacy, but its interesting to watch for sure.

 

[VolcomX311]

I've done "suite case dead lifts," meaning, you pick the bar up from the side with one hand (like a suit case), but not from the front.

 

[VolcomX311]

Suitcase deadlifts.

 

[pezdog1]

Im late but Im in!!! Studded!!!!

 

[pezdog1]

Last week did 2 sets 0f 110 for 10. Weal compared to some of you guys but Im on a mission now bro's!!!

 

[MrKleen73]

Very nice! Kick ass vids!

Good job on the 110x10 man!

Anybody here interested in the Natabolic Stack?
http://anabolicminds.com/forum/company-promotions/157970-lg-sciences-natabolic.html#post2517349

 

[NCAA68]

145x6 this morning! I finally tried ASGT and I liked it.

 

[Army Guy]

great numbers big man!!!

 

[NCAA68]

thanks AG although you still got me beat with your 150x5! Im just trying to keep up man...

 

[MATTYO1977]

I am super late finding this thread. Luckily I was reading a different one and Volcom mentioned it there. So to throw in my 2 cents.
My gym has big dumb bells. 150,170, and 180's. Not too long ago we would mess with those blowing up the tri's with the over head extensions. The only thing that was brutal was actually getting the bell into starting position onto my shoulder. But I could grind out between 10-15 reps with that 180 consistently. That is going down with my hands right behind my neck and all the way up smacking myself in the back of the head with the opposite end of that big bell. I suppose BS could be called by haters but what is the upside of BSing around here?
I have always had strong pressing movements. We have done dips and over head DB's as a staples since I began to train. I have rotated the DB's out for a long cable machine at my gym which blows out the entire tri. Our gym owner made the machine himself and its brutal. But dips have remained a constant and I usually just change where I put my feet, either out front with the chin tucked in or behind. Both versions smoking the tri's before the other isolation exercises begin.
But I digress. Sweet thread Kleen. and congrats on the LG position.

 

[thundergod]

Kevin, at 21 could DL 900lbs, some "kid," but you're not effin with Mariusz in strongman.

True dat.
People have bested Mariusz in the individual events like Deadlifts (Mark Felix) and even Squats (Arild Haugen) but Mariusz is the consumate all-round strongman athlete. He's the best when you combine all the events together. He's fast, powerful, fit, has lots of cardiovascular output, and is overwhelmingly strong!!!

He's not the only 5-time champion by any fluke. He's the real deal!!!

 

[thundergod]

Mark Felix is an oddity, he does one handed dead lifts. It's an ancient practice done by old schoolers. I'm not sure as to it's efficacy, but its interesting to watch for sure.

Mark Felix is a Deadlift oddity. He owns that event in all the Strongman contests that I have watched.
Did he tear his biceps doing this one-armed version Volcom, or do you know?

 

[MrKleen73]

145x6 this morning! I finally tried ASGT and I liked it.

NICE LIFT!!!!

I am super late finding this thread. Luckily I was reading a different one and Volcom mentioned it there. So to throw in my 2 cents.
My gym has big dumb bells. 150,170, and 180's. Not too long ago we would mess with those blowing up the tri's with the over head extensions. The only thing that was brutal was actually getting the bell into starting position onto my shoulder. But I could grind out between 10-15 reps with that 180 consistently. That is going down with my hands right behind my neck and all the way up smacking myself in the back of the head with the opposite end of that big bell. I suppose BS could be called by haters but what is the upside of BSing around here?
I have always had strong pressing movements. We have done dips and over head DB's as a staples since I began to train. I have rotated the DB's out for a long cable machine at my gym which blows out the entire tri. Our gym owner made the machine himself and its brutal. But dips have remained a constant and I usually just change where I put my feet, either out front with the chin tucked in or behind. Both versions smoking the tri's before the other isolation exercises begin.
But I digress. Sweet thread Kleen. and congrats on the LG position.

Holy Crap Bro, notgonna doubt you are 295 I have a feeling my buddy can do something around there too, he is 318 and reps 565 for 6 on bench now with pauses on the chest friggin animal.

Mark Felix is a Deadlift oddity. He owns that event in all the Strongman contests that I have watched.
Did he tear his biceps doing this one-armed version Volcom, or do you know?

I don't know but that is pretty awesome.

 

[VolcomX311]

Mark Felix is a Deadlift oddity. He owns that event in all the Strongman contests that I have watched.
Did he tear his biceps doing this one-armed version Volcom, or do you know?

I don't know, I hope not. He seems like a nice guy. One of the few "stars" who respond to his YouTube posts, lol.

 

[ex-tightend83]

I am super late finding this thread. Luckily I was reading a different one and Volcom mentioned it there. So to throw in my 2 cents.
My gym has big dumb bells. 150,170, and 180's. Not too long ago we would mess with those blowing up the tri's with the over head extensions. The only thing that was brutal was actually getting the bell into starting position onto my shoulder. But I could grind out between 10-15 reps with that 180 consistently. That is going down with my hands right behind my neck and all the way up smacking myself in the back of the head with the opposite end of that big bell. I suppose BS could be called by haters but what is the upside of BSing around here?
I have always had strong pressing movements. We have done dips and over head DB's as a staples since I began to train. I have rotated the DB's out for a long cable machine at my gym which blows out the entire tri. Our gym owner made the machine himself and its brutal. But dips have remained a constant and I usually just change where I put my feet, either out front with the chin tucked in or behind. Both versions smoking the tri's before the other isolation exercises begin.
But I digress. Sweet thread Kleen. and congrats on the LG position.

Welcome broski! Always room for one more!!!!

 

[MATTYO1977]

Welcome broski! Always room for one more!!!!

Thanks. Some good stuff in here.

 

[MATTYO1977]

Yea Kleen,
I am around 295, maybe more at this time. Not going to be winning a contest at any point but I'm not a sloppy mess. This tricep deal is right in my wheel house as far as using heavy weight and all that. We used to blast these over heads all the time until it got to wear on my elbows a bit so we'd rotate them.
Your buddy sounds like a total beast! I hit 550 on the bench for a double once. Getting 6 with 565? Huge!

 

[SemiBulimic]

I don't know, I hope not. He seems like a nice guy. One of the few "stars" who respond to his YouTube posts, lol.

He tore it doing the stones in a wsm comp and he did the one-armed deads to stay active during his recovery. The guy has the biggest hands and possibly the best grip of all the strongmen - his comparitively weak pressing movements are the main reason he didn't win at the highest level.

 

[SemiBulimic]

I say dead lifts, even though I can't play with my lumbar issues. Andy Bolton's crew do dead lift contests at their little gym, but they don't pull for max weight. They pick a standard (for them it was 495 I think) and just see who can pull it the most times. Maybe a 225 standard would be reasonable for AM?

Andy's best with 495 is 30 reps I think. You can YOUTUBE it, but I forgot how. I was originally following someone else's videos and I noticed Andy Bolton was in this one, and that was the contest, but I forgot who's name I was using.

Andy DL's 1,000+lbs for the record, in case you didn't know who Andy Bolton was.

my vote is with you volcom, deadlifts are a real man's lift. 225 for reps or bodyweight for reps. u can't cheat deadlifts, the weight goes up or it doesn't. all lifts done from a dead pause, none of that bouncing bo11ocks

 

[MrKleen73]

I would be out of that comp, haha I don't have a strong enough deadlift for that at my weight. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't try. I think we could just keep this rolling every m2 months with a new exercise to improve on. I am down for whatever. Maybe we should make a poll....

 

[TheLastRonin]

I couldn't find Bolton's 495 for 30 reps. But I found Poundstone doing 800 for 9 reps!!!
I'm not sure if I've EVER seen anyone pull that much weight for that many reps. Remember, Ronnie Coleman only got 2 reps with this poundage!!

I like the sock feet lol..reminds me of my basement workouts.

 

[thundergod]

I don't know, I hope not. He seems like a nice guy. One of the few "stars" who respond to his YouTube posts, lol.

I didn't explain myself enough in that last post. He did indeed tear his biceps in 2009. I was merely asking if he did it doing regular deads or this strange one-arm version? Now I know he tore it lifting the Atlas Stones. You have to hug those suckahs tightly to get them up onto the barrels/platform.
He's already on the mend though. You can't keep a warrior like that down.

Lots of strongmen/powerlifters do tear biceps during deadlifts. Kevin Nee tore his a couple of years back. It's always the hand with the supinated (curl) grip that does it too. Puts lots of strain on the biceps. I admire the strongmen smart enough to wrap both hands over the bar with the pronated (palms down) grip. They're allowed to wear wrist straps so it makes no sense to go with the alternated grip. onder:

 

[oufinny]

I would be out of that comp, haha I don't have a strong enough deadlift for that at my weight. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't try. I think we could just keep this rolling every m2 months with a new exercise to improve on. I am down for whatever. Maybe we should make a poll....

Something each month would be really cool, keeps everyone trying new exercises and pursuing new goals. Deadlifts based on bodyweight would be fun just don't tell GHGH (Andres) about this, he will do it 30 times for his warm up.

 

[MrBigPR]

I'm down for whatever ( that's what she said)

 

[VolcomX311]

I didn't explain myself enough in that last post. He did indeed tear his biceps in 2009. I was merely asking if he did it doing regular deads or this strange one-arm version? Now I know he tore it lifting the Atlas Stones. You have to hug those suckahs tightly to get them up onto the barrels/platform.
He's already on the mend though. You can't keep a warrior like that down.

Lots of strongmen/powerlifters do tear biceps during deadlifts. Kevin Nee tore his a couple of years back. It's always the hand with the supinated (curl) grip that does it too. Puts lots of strain on the biceps. I admire the strongmen smart enough to wrap both hands over the bar with the pronated (palms down) grip. They're allowed to wear wrist straps so it makes no sense to go with the alternated grip. onder:

I've been trying the double pronated, wrapped version lately.

 

[SemiBulimic]

Something each month would be really cool, keeps everyone trying new exercises and pursuing new goals. Deadlifts based on bodyweight would be fun just don't tell GHGH (Andres) about this, he will do it 30 times for his warm up.

I have a deadlift deload day in about 2 weeks so i may try it then. 30 would be a nice number, i think the cardio required would get me before the loss of strength or grip would.

 

[VolcomX311]

I have a deadlift deload day in about 2 weeks so i may try it then. 30 would be a nice number, i think the cardio required would get me before the loss of strength or grip would.

How often do you deload?

 

[SemiBulimic]

How often do you deload?

doing 5/3/1 so every 4 weeks. would normally do light cleans for 5 sets of 3to build up a bit of speed rather than the DL on deload day though. They definitely help.

 

[ShadowFury]

I turned the big two zero today O_O I feel like an old man Need to find a place to put my walker before deadlifts now.


My vote is for the one-arm DB rows, but I also like the bodyweight deads. I should be able to pump out quite a few at my bodyweight. I also like that it's not one you can really cheat at(other than the injury-prone form(s)).

And, on a side-note...ASGT is the nastiest pre-WO I've had in awhile O_O But it works, so I'll give them that Anyone found a good juice to mix it with or anything? All I had in the house was cranberry juice and it doesn't taste too hot.

 

[ex-tightend83]

I turned the big two zero today O_O I feel like an old man Need to find a place to put my walker before deadlifts now.


My vote is for the one-arm DB rows, but I also like the bodyweight deads. I should be able to pump out quite a few at my bodyweight. I also like that it's not one you can really cheat at(other than the injury-prone form(s)).

And, on a side-note...ASGT is the nastiest pre-WO I've had in awhile O_O But it works, so I'll give them that Anyone found a good juice to mix it with or anything? All I had in the house was cranberry juice and it doesn't taste too hot.

I mix mine in orange juice. Glad to see someone else not liking the taste of it. The way people responded when I said it was nasty, you'd have thought I was crazy.

 

[oufinny]

I mix mine in orange juice. Glad to see someone else not liking the taste of it. The way people responded when I said it was nasty, you'd have thought I was crazy.

Two scoops in a small amount of water is not the most pleasant; then again, after trying V1 of AS, it is a vast improvement. In terms of some of the pwo drinks I have tasted, it is better than most but we all have different tastes. Maybe we will get a different flavor in the future that will suit your pallet (and others) more.

 

[ex-tightend83]

Two scoops in a small amount of water is not the most pleasant; then again, after trying V1 of AS, it is a vast improvement. In terms of some of the pwo drinks I have tasted, it is better than most but we all have different tastes. Maybe we will get a different flavor in the future that will suit your pallet (and others) more.

I can only imagine what that tasted like...

 

[MrBigPR]

Two scoops in a small amount of water is not the most pleasant; then again, after trying V1 of AS, it is a vast improvement. In terms of some of the pwo drinks I have tasted, it is better than most but we all have different tastes. Maybe we will get a different flavor in the future that will suit your pallet (and others) more.

what's this WE talk...

 

[MATTYO1977]

I turned the big two zero today O_O I feel like an old man Need to find a place to put my walker before deadlifts now.


My vote is for the one-arm DB rows, but I also like the bodyweight deads. I should be able to pump out quite a few at my bodyweight. I also like that it's not one you can really cheat at(other than the injury-prone form(s)).

And, on a side-note...ASGT is the nastiest pre-WO I've had in awhile O_O But it works, so I'll give them that Anyone found a good juice to mix it with or anything? All I had in the house was cranberry juice and it doesn't taste too hot.

2-0? Don't talk about old, man! You are a young buck.

But I do agree with the DB rows as the next called out exercise. But I also think that deads are the real true test of all out strength.

Kleen? Where's this heading next?

 

[NCAA68]

I honestly dont mind the taste of ASGT. I mix 1.5 scoops in a 16.9 oz water bottle. Takes about 4-5 goods gulps to get it down which i spread out over the drive to the gym.

 

[Army Guy]

Don't know exactly what the next one will be, but it looks like it will be a back pull of some sort. A lot of good ideas here though. We have about 4 weeks of this one left, so let's see some great pushing over that time my friends.

 

[MrBigPR]

deads today...225*34...let's do this

 

[oufinny]

I honestly dont mind the taste of ASGT. I mix 1.5 scoops in a 16.9 oz water bottle. Takes about 4-5 goods gulps to get it down which i spread out over the drive to the gym.

I love AS-GT and when I use 10-12 oz of water per scoop it tastes very pleasant. When I mix 2 scoops in a small amount of water like I do when I workout in the morning, flavors are way concentrated and not my favorite, the Cinnamon just overpowers it.

 

[VolcomX311]

deads today...225*34...let's do this

WTF :bling1:

Beast mode on the reps there, Big. I'll DL 500lbs again before hitting that many reps with 225.

 

[MrBigPR]

I almost wanted to set a goal of 500 on deadlift but I then thought what's the point besides a possible injury.

 

[VolcomX311]

I almost wanted to set a goal of 500 on deadlift but I then thought what's the point besides a possible injury.

I think I'm going to be taking the reps approach for a little while, to pre-hab my lame back, but whenever I get started on DL's, no matter how I try to tell myself to take it slow, I always, ALWAYS go heavier and heavier then I should. I don't know how NOT to do heavy on DL's.

You're a pimp with those numbers though, fo shizzle.

 

[MrBigPR]

I warmed up with 185 for 10 then jumped right into 225. I almost passed out, was gagging...it was awesome. the dizzy feeling almost was like a high.

 

[VolcomX311]

I warmed up with 185 for 10 then jumped right into 225. I almost passed out, was gagging...it was awesome. the dizzy feeling almost was like a high.

Yeah, I bet. Your heart had to work overtime to feed that much blood to your entire body, I surprised your brain didn't feel the burn.

 

[thundergod]

WTF :bling1:

Beast mode on the reps there, Big. I'll DL 500lbs again before hitting that many reps with 225.

I never tried a high-rep "burnout" with Deads before. My best single was 610 lbs. some years back.

Big-----that was an astonishing feat of strength and endurance.

Volcom-----I'm the same as you. I can't start playing with Deadlifts without getting carried away and loading the plates on.

I've been doing SLDL's only for the last few years. But even on stiff-legged variety, I'll still work up to 405 for 9 or 10 reps. Form is very much like Dorian Yates'. Legs just slightly bent and not going all the way to the ground. Just gotta feel the heavy stuff!!! :veryhappy:

 

[VolcomX311]

405 on SLDL's!!!! I just experienced shrinkage.

 

[VolcomX311]

Someone needed to give Dorian's Scottish workout partner a hug in those old videos, for real.

 

[NCAA68]

Dl is a scary game i play cuz at least for me i dont know when to stop upping the lbs until its too late

 

[ShadowFury]

Holy crap...TG, you really ARE a god, lol.

And Big, that is some crazy reppage... you're only 10 lbs more than me and I HIGHLY doubt I could go over, like, 15. And that's on a good day

I was waiting the full hour for ASGT for the first day or two, but now I'm lowering it a couple mins each day and it kicks in way before that 1 hour they say to wait. And about the taste, it's not great, but I definitely plan on using both tubs still. Taste is something I can get over, thankfully

 

[thundergod]

Someone needed to give Dorian's Scottish workout partner a hug in those old videos, for real.

If you think he was an enthusiastic workout partner, get a load of Dennis James' "coach" who is always screaming in his freakin' ear!!
I couldn't tolerate that crap at all!!!



I wish they hadn't played that Linkin Park crap over the video. I tried to find those old videos of his coach when you can hear him screaming to the top of his lungs........insane.

 

[VolcomX311]

Some trainers think the louder you yell, the better trainer you are. I get trying to be a hype man, but there's thin line between hype man and raving lunatic. Not to mention James' coach had crazy eyes.