That's good news - it's power clean day for me. Do you know who it is?Excellent. Time to get back in the groove. A guy that's competed in Oly lifting should be joining us for fast-twitch Fridays this week. It should be a good learning experience.
That's good news - it's power clean day for me. Do you know who it is?Excellent. Time to get back in the groove. A guy that's competed in Oly lifting should be joining us for fast-twitch Fridays this week. It should be a good learning experience.
Is he a student or a postdoc or a prof? I wonder because JD said that he saw some guy that coached oly lifts before. By the way, I tried GHR's at IMPE today. Not bad...I probably could have played around with the settings a bit, but I wish that Kenny had that machine. Have you seen what they did to IMPE recently?Yeah, I've seen him around the gym and talked to him yesterday.
I don't know if it's water weight or what, but yeah, it's strange. I guess I've been eating enough donuts :burg:Damn, you gained weight while being sick, that's awesome. I always lose at least 5 pounds when I get sick.
Did the olympic lifter dude teach you anything?
This isn't the first time you've used creatine, is it? Who gives a sh*t if you gained a little fat, weight gain is always good in my book.I don't know if it's water weight or what, but yeah, it's strange. I guess I've been eating enough donuts :burg:
I didn't talk with the olympic guy much, but he didn't seem very approachable. His 301 c&j was damn impressive, though. jas also pulled 291 and later 301, I think, but I'm not sure.
Yeah, I want to gain strength but not much fat, so that I don't have to buy new pants. Right now it's gotten a bit out of hand and I might have to do some 'cutting' or something. I'll try monitoring my calories really well, and if that doesn't work, I'll do some crossfit for a few weeks until I'm at a low enough bodyfat %, and then I'll fine-tune my diet.I'd try to keep it at least somewhat quality weight (a little fat gain is fine, of course), but I guess it depends on your goals. If it's pure strength, then eat everything in sight. :donut:
I found a way to figure out a good caloric intake, assuming that I can go through with it: I'll eat the same thing every day for a week and see how it affects me... Yay science.I think you may have increase your calories too much. If you were maintaining your weight of 180-185 at 2000-2500 calories, then 3000 seems sufficient to gain mainly lean mass.
Real men don't take painkillers, unless you consider Jim Beam a painkiller. I can Jerk the sh*t out of some weight, but I'm afraid of the catch on the clean:whiner: Right now, I can't do sh*t:rant::whiner:Excluding Poly? Are you taking Rogue-like painkillers? What's your best C n J, Alex?
Poly, you're probably retaining some water for sure, but by how much have you increased your daily caloric intake? I somewhat disagree with Alex. I'd try to keep it at least somewhat quality weight (a little fat gain is fine, of course), but I guess it depends on your goals. If it's pure strength, then eat everything in sight. :donut:
Even when I do catch power cleans (so not even squat cleans) I regularly tear some skin around my neck, and bruise the area pretty badly. But that just means I'm hardcore, I think.Real men don't take painkillers, unless you consider Jim Beam a painkiller. I can Jerk the sh*t out of some weight, but I'm afraid of the catch on the clean:whiner: Right now, I can't do sh*t:rant::whiner:
Skin of your neck? You don't catch them on your wrists? WTF :twisted:Even when I do catch power cleans (so not even squat cleans) I regularly tear some skin around my neck, and bruise the area pretty badly. But that just means I'm hardcore, I think.
Some attempt at CrossFit, yeah. You can look at their workout of the day (WOD) on the website: CrossFit.com.Is that the crossfit stuff?
I checked out some of his log but I didn't see anything about crossfit. Was I not looking hard enough? He's putting up impressive numbers, though, and improving at a ridiculous rate.If you want to see an example of crossfit, check out BlackJack's log. He's doing crossfit, the guy military presses like 300+ lbs with little rest.
Maybe it's not really crossfit that he's doing. Did you check the last page of his log, because I think he began crossfit somewhat recently. It's definitely a different form of crossfit than what you're doing, it it is at all. His numbers are improving at a 'ridiculous' rate:type:I checked out some of his log but I didn't see anything about crossfit. Was I not looking hard enough? He's putting up impressive numbers, though, and improving at a ridiculous rate.
The CrossFit that I have in mind is from www.crossfit.com, where they post a "workout of the day (WOD)." I'm thinking of adding 'metcon' (metabolic conditioning) workouts on Saturday, but mine only mimic the CrossFit stuff. The goal is to lose a bit of excess body fat that I've accumulated while drinking a metric fvckton of milk every day.Maybe it's not really crossfit that he's doing. Did you check the last page of his log, because I think he began crossfit somewhat recently. It's definitely a different form of crossfit than what you're doing, it it is at all. His numbers are improving at a 'ridiculous' rate:type:
I think that with my current schedule I'll be doing power cleans and deadlifts on days that I do front squats, and since my purpose for doing front squats is recovery from squats, your suggestion makes perfect sense. I'm only worried about being warmed up enough, but that's just overthinking things. Thanks jas, I'll move my cleans and deadlifts to the beginning of the workout.Poly, what do you think about doing DL first on Wed.'s? I know Rip doesn't recommend it, but DL is your biggest lift of the day and it makes sense to do it first IMO.
:twisted: to the asses comment. Otherwise, I alternate DLs with power cleans on Wednesdays.Alright, good work. Now let's see some big DL numbers next workout since you're prioritizing it.
That hot asses scoped PR is weak. That's just an average hour of TAing for me :twisted:
Thanks. There's this other guy that started working out and doing the gallon of milk a day...and damn, he's about to pass me on squats and he weighs way less than I do.Read this whole thing today. You have made some pretty incredible progress man. Nice work.
You workout with Jas? I am pretty sure I read that back there somewhere.
Evaluation: they're excellent; definitely worth the investment. Another guy that squats in all stars tried my shoes and said that he needs to buy some.Nice squatting. So now that you've had the squat shoes for a while, whatis your final evaluation?
I think that I may get some Olympic lifting shoes eventually.