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Herder's 2014 Log: All About the XPC Semi's

I missed when you signed up for strongman, I'm jealous, sounds like a fun meet and you did pretty decent.

It's way more fun than PL right? lol
 
NomZ said:
I missed when you signed up for strongman, I'm jealous, sounds like a fun meet and you did pretty decent.

It's way more fun than PL right? lol
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It is, but it is far, FAR more punishing than PL! And there's an element of mental fortitude. Like, there's a vast difference between a six to eight second grinder in powerlifting and a max reps or max distance event in strongman.
 
herderdude said:
It is, but it is far, FAR more punishing than PL! And there's an element of mental fortitude. Like, there's a vast difference between a six to eight second grinder in powerlifting and a max reps or max distance event in strongman.
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I feel like it's far more rewarding too, but I still enjoy both. Watching people compete is giving me the itch.

Watched strongman at the San Jose Fit Expo today, I need a real strongman gym to train at...
 
Tacky bruises

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Any vids?
 
rob112 said:
That doesn't look fun at all

I know, I'm a Poocy :D
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They don't even hurt, man. It's weird. But they are prominent and get a lot of attention. I've often wondered about getting a tattoo in that area of my arm, but now I can tell I wouldn't like it. So I got that going for me, which is nice.

Traps are more sore than they've ever been. Lower back is very sore and gets tight when I sit or lay for more than ten minutes. Hips and hams are also moderately sore. I'm shocked my quads aren't sore, they took a beating yesterday.
 
my quads never really get sore, its always my hams and glutes.. quads could be painfully pumped but the next day no DOMs there at all. i think for me its strength imbalance, aka need more @ss.
 
capo180 said:
my quads never really get sore, its always my hams and glutes.. quads could be painfully pumped but the next day no DOMs there at all. i think for me its strength imbalance, aka need more @ss.
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Lol, I dunno,, man. When I was just a gym rat, my quads were sore on the weekly. I'd hit Oly squats 275x4x12, leg extensions, hacks, leg presses, all that. I am definitely more balanced now, I was just going by the amount of strain they were feeling on Saturday. It was that pain down deep. I felt them straining under the farmer's and the sandbag. Not so much stones, though.
 
Today was just a get back into it day.

Bench
325x3 didn't feel like I wanted it to, but shirted up anyway
Jacked up Rage X
370x3 float
405x3 float
455x2 2 board

Floats a lot higher with the shirt jacked, but I found the groove pretty easily. Lost my scaps a little on the second rep with 455. I guess farmer's walks, stones, and sandbag carries will do that to you.

I'm going to plan a meet cycle working backwards from Sept 6. There's going to be a lot of shirt work, lot of reps off boards, and hopefully a lot of touches. Deload often. Work my conventional deadlift for 3s and 5s, 5RMs off of blocks and pins, and work some heavy stiff legs from a deficit so my butt doesn't want to shoot up before the bar leaves the floor. That and keep with the SSB on squat day to stay upright and work quads more.

Doesn't look like I'll be able to compete in October as I'll be traveling to SC for the winter, so I'm looking for 475+ and 600 on Sept 6.
 
CincyKiller45 said:
Nice, benching bro.

Sucks about the meet. And now you're getting 6 before me for sure! Ha.
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I agree, man. Sucks a lot. I wanted my elite! Though with all the work I'm putting into the shirt, my raw bench will likely be in the toilet when I bring it back. We'll see about 6! It's gonna be close. I don't want to miss it again, not trying to put a monkey on my back. I might take 580-some, 590-some if 6 isn't there. Prolly going to test my conventional deadlift next week to get an idea of where I need to be.
 
I don't have a meet til November so I guess I'll just have to aim for 625...
 
herderdude said:
I agree, man. Sucks a lot. I wanted my elite! Though with all the work I'm putting into the shirt, my raw bench will likely be in the toilet when I bring it back. We'll see about 6! It's gonna be close. I don't want to miss it again, not trying to put a monkey on my back. I might take 580-some, 590-some if 6 isn't there. Prolly going to test my conventional deadlift next week to get an idea of where I need to be.
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Smart man.

If you show up on meet day you got it though!
 
My lats are wondering why I thought it would be a good idea to bench heavy yesterday. Definitely wasn't quite ready for all of that.
 
Deload Deadlift

425x5x1
475x1

Woof. I had no idea I was this shot.

BB Rows
155x3x12

Dimels
155x2x20

Prowler
90#x3x1min
And done. I am totally blown out from Saturday. That makes me feel a ton better about Monday's double at 455. Going to keep deloading until I feel good, this may go on until next Saturday.

Still getting leaner, though. Saw some vascularity in my delts I haven't seen since last July when six weeks of carb nite had my BW down to 214, and I weighed 234 pre-training. Pretty nice!
 
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You can catch a couple glimpses of me in this vid. No action film though. :(

Also note the 410lb behemoth at 1:55 of the vid that took second in the superheavies.
 
ME bench

Thought I was doing openers for a gym meet next weekend, but it's raw only. Fine, don't take my money. So I went balls out.

Raw work up
365X1
Getting pretty routine, even though I've never pressed more raw.

Shirt up (not jacked, high collar)
405x1 touch. Super easy.

Jacked shirt
455X3 to a 2 board
475X1 touch
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500x1 to a 2
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I hate how that kid held the board, but it was either trust him with the board or trust him with the spot.

Swiss seated OHP
100+minis x3x8

DB Rows
115X4x12

Lat Pulldowns
3X12

Hoff Press
75x3x8

Awesome day. I don't think I could have taken 500 to the chest without folding, but I like where my technique is at and I think it's time to give myself a couple weeks of raw work.
 
CincyKiller45 said:
Nice work, Justin!

Looking solid bro. That kid did hold the board weird like, but you locked it out!
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Thanks, bro. Coming along nicely!

I hate everything about that kid so much, man. I won't need slapped around like I usually do before my next 600 attempt, I just need him in the room and I'll be angry enough to get the job done.
 
herderdude said:
Thanks, bro. Coming along nicely! I hate everything about that kid so much, man. I won't need slapped around like I usually do before my next 600 attempt, I just need him in the room and I'll be angry enough to get the job done.
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Hahaha, there you go!

If there's something simple that needs done, there's always that one person that will find a way to **** it up.

Just have him blow in your ear, Lance Stephenson style, preceding your 600 attempt and you're g2g for 600+.
 
SweetLou321 said:
I like how he shifted the board up as you went down. That would throw me off. Good job man!
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Thanks! Lol, first time with 500 in my hands, all I could feel was the weight. The way he had it set initially I guess I prolly would've crushed my face Lol.
 
Squat/Pull Day

SSB
335X5
355x5
385x3
Add belt, Preds, and box
385x5
425x5
475x3

Wasn't able to sit back as well with 475, but that was my heaviest ever SSB, heaviest off a box, and heaviest in my Preds. I'll take it.

Conventional Pulls
405+minix3x3

Pulls are still in the toilet. Gonna have to take it easy on them.

Chest Supported Row machine
3X12

Bad Girl Machine
3X20

Leg Curl/Leg Extension
3x12

Calves

And done. I really hate that SSB. Might be time to switch to fronts or high bar or something.
 
Duramaxhd said:
What is it that u don't care for about it? Just not build anything like u had hoped?

Good work btw
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No, it's not that. I'm sure it's building something. I'm just tired of being bent over like a cheap strumpet!

I think I've plateaued on the movement as well, might be time to start working a different movement to improve. And I think I'm going to organize my split the same way you do, so I have the energy to hit pause squats by doing them first on an assistance day.
 
rob112 said:
Nice freaking weights there. I'd be like origami, folding under the pressure haha
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Its funny how much the equipment helps, man. Every rep I hit above 300 without briefs folded me. Such a pain.
 
Just go back to low bar straight bar, do it, lol.
 
NomZ said:
How long has it been?
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May 24th meet day. I'm not going to be able to jump right back to the weights I was hitting, but I'll be able to ramp into it. Beltless low bar is still offseason stuff, right?
 
herderdude said:
May 24th meet day. I'm not going to be able to jump right back to the weights I was hitting, but I'll be able to ramp into it. Beltless low bar is still offseason stuff, right?
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Do it belted, do it now.
 
I would switch to lunges in the event they could become a competition movement. Better safe then sorry.
 
Alright, alright. I better start stretching my pecs now for squats Sunday.
 
So today I was going to hit speed bench and some OHP, but my pec didn't feel like it today, so I hit some strict standing presses for the first time in forever.

185x2x6
185x4

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Push Press
205x2 nothing left

High Pulley Row
3x10

Facepull
3x15

And out. Bloody hot today in the Burgh, so this was all I felt like.
 
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