I wear my sleeves for the entire workout. On test days I wear them until my top set, and at meets I wear them until it's time to step on the platform. Even on days they feel good. Even if they feel good for a month! Elbows are so finicky.
Look for Matt Vincent's throwing lab ebook and you'll have technical advice on the events. He also has a training lab ebook which might help with programming for it or might be a General programming thing, I dunno.
That's awesome that the product is healing you up so much! But please don't tempt fate by doing triceps without your cuffs! It's really not worth it. I skipped heavy extensions until I got my sleeves, might as well enjoy the blessing but keep paying down on your insurance, if you know what I mean.
Bench test
Work up
315X2
365X1
395x1
410X1 PR. Back cramp from hell so my spotter touched the bar. He definitely didn't rip it off of me lol it was a brutal fight to the finish. Lets just call it three whites in the gym all day, three reds on the platform all day. It's not a huge deal, 410 puts...
I thought my form would go in the toilet with the higher reps, too. But I think being a speedy lifter, I seem to gain faster hitting reps. I think the doubles and the peaking reinforces form well enough.
Awesome stuff. That's my favorite set and rep scheme for building the deadlift, and working 5x3 at 475 was pretty much my exact routine for 600. If it helps you get in better position, you can wear the belt up on your ribs for the deadlift. I put mine just below my xyphoid process. Very high in...
Squat test day
Goal: 580 is a small PR and lines me up for 6.
No warm up
Work up
495X1
545X1
585X1 PR
605X1 PR
Tried to wrap up for 675, I was really feeling myself. Hit the rack on the walkout and decided to put it back and be happy with one huge PR. Short time today, so that's all I did.
It depends, but usually 4 or 5 times a year. A couple years ago we built a house down there, so we went a little more often. Apparently there might be another house to build this winter down there. It's too early to tell, though.
Finish up work
SSB GM from pins
210x2x8
Hatfield squat
300x2x8
Belt squat marches/holds (with hip circle)
2x1min/1min
GHR/GHR Situps/single leg reverse hyper
That was a short but sweet and difficult session. The GM/Hatfield combo pretty much covers the entire lower body, the rest was...
Right!? I thought about going straight to 6. But 585 embarrassed me. Didn't even break the floor. I'm not mad about it. It was a very welcome payoff to the misery that this month of working on sumo was for me.
Finally in! I saw in the beginning you said your back was hindering your lower body lifts, but it looks to me like they're going as well as ever! I definitely agree with taking it slow with the back, but you're close to a big total PR whenever you decide to take the jump up from the base you've...
Deadlifts
Sumo
Work up
545x1 No strap PR
585 fail. Stapled. Pulled easily conventional immediately after the miss.
Conventional
495X3x3
Rev hyper
180X3x20
GHR easy setting
BWx3x12
Light band assisted pull ups
5X6 five grips
I've never done so well sumo. I could have made 565-575, but 585...
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