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Jswain's training log for powerlifting

So basically just the being big and strong part is cool. Everything else, not so much.
 
jswain34 said:
So basically just the being big and strong part is cool. Everything else, not so much.
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And the psyche is awesome. If you give a guy that much gear, he thinks he's king Kong, Chuck Norris, and God's gift to women. Even if he's 140 pounds, can't bench the bar and can't fight out of a paper bag.
 
herderdude said:
And the psyche is awesome. If you give a guy that much gear, he thinks he's king Kong, Chuck Norris, and God's gift to women. Even if he's 140 pounds, can't bench the bar and can't fight out of a paper bag.
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I've always heard the "alpha" feeling is one of the reasons a lot of guys get addicted to being "on". I can see how one could develop a psychological dependency on feeling that way vs how they felt without it (gear).
 
jswain34 said:
I've always heard the "alpha" feeling is one of the reasons a lot of guys get addicted to being "on". I can see how one could develop a psychological dependency on feeling that way vs how they felt without it (gear).
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I can 100% attest to this. It's one of the primary reasons I decided to get off last year.
 
herderdude said:
And the psyche is awesome. If you give a guy that much gear, he thinks he's king Kong, Chuck Norris, and God's gift to women. Even if he's 140 pounds, can't bench the bar and can't fight out of a paper bag.
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Lol. I see this even with guys that are probably just on some PH, once that extra test gets flowing its game over.
 
Its not hard to control once you're cognizant of it, at least for me. I'm a pretty easygoing guy.
 
jswain34 said:
Which, btw, reminds me.

Im thinking of adding in another heavier bench slot. Going to work up to a x2-3@9 and then do rep drops off that. So if I hit a x2@9 id drop and do sets of x1 until the x1 became an rpe of 9. I read about them in one of mike's documents a while ago and never knew when i'd employ them. Then they just popped into my head today when I was doing my light bench work and I'm thinking i want to try it out.

Since i dropped squat work so much i think I could either:

1. add this as another heavy upper lift in one of the two slots i was going to add a lower lift to (which i dont particularly like since I'd rather pull or do PC work than bench).
2. I could just trade one of the supplemental lifts for this to do as another comp press.
3. Or i could do one of the supplemental lifts in this fashion vs the load drop/repeats (first lift that comes to mind is towel press).

Thoughts?
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Anybody have any thoughts on this? I may just test it out with towel press tonight and go from there.
 
And i just stumbled onto this other UPA meet on June 4th. It's the same day i was planning on competing already but this meet is about 40 mins from my hometown in IN so I'm going to do that one instead. Instead of weighing in friday, getting a hotel, then going to compete on sat (like i would for the WI meet) I'll just leave here friday, stop for weigh ins, go to my parent's house and crash there for the night, then go back and compete the next day. It'll give me a reason to go see the rents (who I havent seen in months) and also save me a little dough on a hotel.
 
SweetLou321 said:
Idk about high frequency training so I can't help ya much there
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Screw it then. I'll just try it out today and see what happens. If it goes alright maybe ill switch another heavy comp day in for one of the other accessory slots.
 
Whats her email? I'll forward them to her.
 
On a serious note, we are still looking for testers to review a free tub of the new White Flood in the company promotions area.

And we are giving away 10 separate tubs in a promo for White Flood as well, so anyone interested check the promos out!
 
Will check the giveaways. Not a big fan of logging lol. Butttt, i did love the old white flood. When did you become a CL rep hyde?
 
jswain34 said:
Will check the giveaways. Not a big fan of logging lol. Butttt, i did love the old white flood. When did you become a CL rep hyde?
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That's why I mentioned the promo - an honest review ain't bad for a free tub of psych up! Couple months back or so; Orbit was pulling off the board and CL was about to start cranking out tons of new products so it's been awesome. I think we've released at least 5 new products in that time not counting multiple flavors.

jswain34 said:
Lmao. Bet you made that in like 6th grade
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that's my joke response when people ask for my addy - I have no idea if that's a real addy but I'd be scared to try it!
 
Ah cool. Had no idea orbit was off. I had noticed driven picked up a different rep position too so now it makes sense.

Oh, absolutely. There's definitely someone out there using that as their day to day email.
 
jswain34 said:
Ah cool. Had no idea orbit was off. I had noticed driven picked up a different rep position too so now it makes sense.

Oh, absolutely. There's definitely someone out there using that as their day to day email.
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Yeah, orbit completely closed down
 
Never had much experience with Orbit, but I always heard good things about there CS.
 
4/8/16 W3D3

-GM + SQ to 12" box w/ chains (x5x4) (+SSB, flats)
65lb+85lb x5
115+85lbx5
155+85lbx5
205+85lbx5
225+85lbx5x4 (+belt)
^hard to rate RPE on these. GM is tough and Squat is fairly easy. These had me huffing and puffin...at 5 reps...adding the prowler in on Saturdays.

-COMP BP (x1@8; 74%x5x3)
45x-
135x-
185x5
215x5, 3
245x2
275x1@5
305x1@6
[email protected] -> didnt like the first one. Liked this one less.
[email protected] -> thumb from the smooth
325x1@8 -> pinky on the ring
265x5x3
@7 -> pinky on the ring
@7 -> thumb from smooth
@7 " "

-8cm TOWEL PRESS (x2@9 rep drop to x1; +3 x4 LDs afterward)
265x2@6
285x2@6
[email protected]
325x2@9
[email protected] -> 60-90 second rests on these 325 singles.
@8
@8.5
@8
@9
275x4x3
@8
@8.5
@8.5

-CONV DL (off high blocks ~8") (68% sumo max x5x4)
135x5
225x5
315x5
365x5
405x5
430x5x4 -> gym was closing so all working sets were done in 5.5 mins. Iron Man came on the stereo and i just said finish the sets before the song ends.

Not too sure on the GM+SQ combo. I need to get a video of them next week just to see what the hell is really goin on lol.

Other than that, high relative intensity today on bench. 9 singles with >90%. And a bunch of back down work. Still not sure how i feel about the rep drop as I'm thinking it may he better to save all the singles for the peak...if i do it maybe ill stick to x3@9 with a drop to x2. I'm thinking that should generate fatigue a little quicker and accumulate some extra volume. I wont be doing them on the same day as comp pressing though, that was stupid. Maybe Monday-Friday or Saturday-Wednesday.
 
Hard to not at least do doubles considering it usually grooves better on the second because you can fix anything wrong w the first immediately without waiting for the next set.
 
Fast session today. Basically a mini deload session. Damn it.

-FRONT SQUAT (+reverse ssb, olys) (x4@6; x4@7; x4@8; +4RPs)

65x5
115x5
155x5
205x5
245x4
[email protected] (~6) (+belt)
[email protected] (~7)
335x4@8
RPs
@8
@8
@8
@8 -> 3ct pause in hole on the first rep just cuz

My best front squat before this (I'm pretty sure) was 315. So...pretty big prs both in weight and volume there today. It wasn't overly hard either.

-COMP BP (68%x5x5)
Half thumb from smooth (shoulders were feelin a bit cranky today from yesterday)
135x5x2
185x5x2
215x5
240x5x5
@5-6 all sets.

I may keep my grip in for the remainder of this block. I'll decide on whether i just want to do this push pull with a narrower grip or move it out to my comp grip during the peak. My comp grip feels like **** anyway right now and I'm not far off strength wise it doesnt seem so im just gonna test it out.

-Prowler push (60 ft)
+90 x2 (1 = down; 2 = back)
+135 x2 (same)

I'm so out of shape. Damn.

Thats it. Told ya, quick session. Going out with the gf and her friends for her bday since we just went to dinner with her family on Thurs.
 
Happy birthday to the lady. Have fun.
 
I like it when I'm in the mood, but i cant eat it too often. Every 2-3 months the gf and i go to this restaurant that has 1/2 price specialty rolls on Mondays. We usually max and then we're good til the next time we go.
 
Btw. I didn't get gpp in today. While i was at the gym taking my pre workout dump my gf called me and told me she just got a flat tire. So, i went to go leave and change it for her. Closed gym by the time i was done, i was short on time as it was.
 
jswain34 said:
Btw. I didn't get gpp in today. While i was at the gym taking my pre workout dump my gf called me and told me she just got a flat tire. So, i went to go leave and change it for her. Closed gym by the time i was done, i was short on time as it was.
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I hope she watched so she can do it on her own next time lol
 
Lol. Nope. It was raining so she sat in my car. Good thing i told her to just get the tire replaced and not get it put back on her car. She's gonna learn how to do that part :)
 
No training today. Was planning on training when i got off work at 4, but at about 12 my other job texted me asking me to come in for the last 3 hours of the day. So, headed there now. Hopefully will get deads in in the AM. Even if I'm short on time ill just pull in the AM and go back in the PM for the other stuff.
 
4/12/16 w4d1

-COMP BP (74%x4x4)
Work up
260x4x4
@7 -> pinky on ring (usual comp grip)
@6 -> thumb distance away from border of knurl/smooth from here on
@5.5
@5.5

^after moving my grip in thats the best my comp press has felt in a while. I was getting some of my leg drive back today as well. Also, overall tightness from the lift off all the way through was better today.

-CGBP (x3@6; x3@7; x3@8; +3RPs)
Pointer on border of knurl and smooth
260x3@5
275x3@6
290x3@7
[email protected] (~8) *pr i believe
300x3@8
[email protected]
[email protected]
^1st rep was a solid 1-2 ct pause and the other two were t&g (for all sets)

-COMP DL (x1@8; 78%x4x2)
135x5
225x5
315x5
365x5
405x3 (+loose belt)
455x1 (+belt) (st mix)
505x1@6 (doh, was mad at myself for doing mixed the set before)
555x1@7 (hk)
[email protected] (overshot) (hk)
475x4x2
@5.5, 5.5

^slow breaking the floor on that 575. Glutes being shut off more than likely being the culprit. I finally found my ipad and charged it so i will get a damn vid this week. My shoulders also feel like they're out over the bar further than they should be.

Was planning on hitting some upper back after pulls but i got to talking to one of the guys from the team about their meet this weekend. He basically ran me through his entire 12 week training block lol so that ate up some time at the end.

Thats it. Squats in the AM. Probably gonna go ssb again.
 
Just had an idea. Maybe ill do the rep drops going forward on CGBP. It's about the closest to a comp press as i can get at this point (without it being a comp press), especially with the new comp grip width. Plus it fits the day 1 day 3 or day 2 day 4 heavy benching i wanted to do.
 
Edit: didnt go in this morning.
 
4/14 W4d2

-SQ (+12" box, ssb) (x1@8; 78%x4x2)
315x1@8
265x4x2

^explosiveness off the box was shït today.

-COMP BP
260x4x4
@6,6,6,7
^thumb from smooth/knurl border.

-PIN PRESS (mid range) (x1@8; x3@9; +2LDs)
[email protected]
295x1@7
315x1@8
305x3@9
290x3@7
290x3@8

Not gonna lie, my motivation to go in was really low. I at least got my ass out of bed and went though. I've never had this problem of getting out of bed to to go train, but man have i had it bad for the last few weeks. I always preferred training in the mornings, but now im definitely an afternoon/night guy.
 
I go through motivation phases as well. At least you went.
 
RegisterJr said:
I go through motivation phases as well. At least you went.
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It has been pretty bad since starting this meet prep. I can honestly say my motivation to train has never been this low for this long of a period.

I'm gonna reduce the specificity a bit for a while after this meet. I dont even care if my training going into the meet in September isn't ideal, i just want to look forward to going to the gym and have fun (while also getting stronger) when I'm there.
 
Yah, hey we don't get paid to do this stuff man. If I didn't have fun doing it, I'd have to change it up too.
 
Yup. You guys are absolutely right.
 
Got another really quick training session in today.

Bench
Work up
275x1x2 -> wanted two different video angles (vids next page)
325x1@8x2 -> 1st rep was a quick pause so i took it again (vids next page)
275x4x2
@7.5, 8

Deads:
455x4x2
^were moving like **** again.

I took some videos of both so ill post those up sometime this weekend.

Gonna do fronts and towel press tomorrow.
 
Yet another abbreviated session. A bunch of my friends are having a cookout that i want to go to. Its a beautiful day out

4/16 w4d4

FS (+rev ssb; olys) (x3@6; x3@7; x3@8; +1RP)
65x-
155x5
205x5
245x3@5 (+belt)
275x3@6
305x3@7
335x3@7
365x3@8*another front squat pr.
345x5@8

^finally have some videos of these with the reverse ssb set up for ya, Lou.

Towel press: (x1@8; x3@9; +2LDs)
No towel until 215
45x-
95x5
135x5
185x5
215x3
245x2
275x1
305x1@7
325x1@8
[email protected]
300x3@8 -> no towel, spoto.
300x3@8 +towel again
 
Enjoy the cookout!
 
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