Awesome that you got to see James. I watch Fouad Abiad's podcast and James seems like a really great person.
Obviously an incredible bodybuilder, but I was impressed by how genuine and humble he was. I mean the guy was still flat & hungry, 2 days out from the first night of the most important competition of his career, and he gladly took the time to chat with a fan & take a selfie. Seemed just like his self on the podcast.Awesome that you got to see James. I watch Fouad Abiad's podcast and James seems like a really great person.
Yeah.. All I know him is from the podcast. But, even then, when you see him talk, you know he just genuine and nice.Thanks everyone! It was a great family trip.
Obviously an incredible bodybuilder, but I was impressed by how genuine and humble he was. I mean the guy was still flat & hungry, 2 days out from the first night of the most important competition of his career, and he gladly took the time to chat with a fan & take a selfie. Seemed just like his self on the podcast.
I also thought it said a lot about him that he was wearing a Luke Sandoe shirt.
The pain aspect, yeah it’s simply a matter of desensitization through repetition - like when doing a very high rep set, you simply must ignore the pain; you have to reconcile with the fact that it will hurt but you will be fine.F-ing hook grip.
Any advice for someone who has never HG’d any significant weight? Just suck it up?
Depends on how heavy you train it. As restoration/flushing/loosening/prehab you can do it daily. As muscle work or in a rehab context, probably not more than eod. Start light and low frequency and bump it up as you feel it out. You probably can’t go wrong with 2x a week.Question- how often would you incorporate reverse hypers? I have my titan reverse hyper coming in Wednesday and just wondered at what frequency you think I’d benefit from
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One thing I’d add is to think a plank position with the upper body. Tight grip on the handles, elbows driven into the pad, and double chin position. It’s far more tiring, but helps to decompress the spine and hit the appropriate areas more effectively.Depends on how heavy you train it. As restoration/flushing/loosening/prehab you can do it daily. As muscle work or in a rehab context, probably not more than eod. Start light and low frequency and bump it up as you feel it out. You probably can’t go wrong with 2x a week.
Understand you CAN overdo it, you can make things worse instead of better, and more weight or work isn’t always the answer. Doing it prior to sessions generally seemed beneficial, but doing it after compressive stuff would make my back hurt - totally the opposite of what some find. It’s individual. I know guys who hurt doing it normally, but use it one leg at a time religiously.
The one thing I would definitely not recommend is curling/uncurling the neck during use to intentionally floss the nerves under load. There is a reason the cat/camel therapy movement is always unloaded.
Also, don’t swing the weight. Better to maintain control with your muscles than get jerked around by weights you can’t really handle for the sake of it.
Thanks for joining!One thing I’d add is to think a plank position with the upper body. Tight grip on the handles, elbows driven into the pad, and double chin position. It’s far more tiring, but helps to decompress the spine and hit the appropriate areas more effectively.
Some of my best days have happened when everything felt heavy.10/20/21
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Band Pullaparts & Tri Ext
Bench
45x10
95,135,185x5
225,255,285,290,295x3
2-Board Press
265 4x6
SSB JM Press
160 3x10
Didn’t get the fluff done; I was hauling just to finish the JMs by 8am. Things felt heavier than I wanted and I definitely went to RPE8.5 instead of the prescribed RPE7, but sometimes you just have to tell the universe where you belong and not let it tell you any different
ive switched to wide grip pull ups lately, only managing sets of 5 at the start of a session, hate the grip but I’d stuck with a neutral grip for the last 6 months as I find it easier.Yesterday was muscle fluff day: cable raises, flyes, extensions followed by dips, EZbar & hammer curls. No OHP.
Then today I combined my squat & deadlift accessories and plan on focusing on those big lifts Thursday evening in the garage.
10/25/21
5 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
BB Rows from Floor
45,135,185x8
235 2x12
245x12
Pull-ups
Widegrip
8,8,6
Neutral
2x8
GHR
4x12
Legpress
+180,360 x12
+540 2x12
+630x12
+680x12
DB Farmers Walk
120/hand x3 trips to failure
Stir the Pot
2x16
Seated Band Hamstring Curls
Monster Miniband x100 straight
Yep Pendlay; I just wrote that so folks who are less initiated might understand better.ive switched to wide grip pull ups lately, only managing sets of 5 at the start of a session, hate the grip but I’d stuck with a neutral grip for the last 6 months as I find it easier.
by bb rows from floor are you talking pendlay style?
haha, well that makes me feel better.Yep Pendlay; I just wrote that so folks who are less initiated might understand better.
I actually hate widegrips; the science I’ve seen shows no marked improvement in results but a decided decrease in leverage. I feel like they are a bad investment for a strength athlete, especially because I have managed to build rather wide lats relative to the rest of my musculature without them. I literally only did them because that trash pull-up/ab tower was right next to the GHR at the commercial gym, and, well, I figure what doesn’t kill you, and all that…
It was something I listened to with either probably Dave Tate or Louie Simmons talking about how Chuck Vogelpohl would do endless amounts of lat pulldowns before and sometimes after training. They asked him why he did so many, what he felt it helped: he responded that he didn’t really think it helped his comp lifts much at all - he just loved doing themhaha, well that makes me feel better.
i have long arms and terrible levers for them, but I definitely feel like they hit my back in a different way and aesthetically I feel like my back thickness is significantly more advanced than my width (probably through heavy deads)
I massively prefer a wide grip lat pull down but don’t have that at home, I’ve tried to replicate it with a wide grip inverted row but just don’t feel I get the same stimulus.
I just crapped in my pants reading this.Last night I ate 16 Taco Bell crunchy tacos in 14 min and 54 seconds. Wife’s best is 15 tacos in an hour or so, so it was time to establish dominance. I think I would have tapped around 20 if I had to really go all out, but I try to always keep a few reps in reserve when possible.
Whatever it takes, right babe?!I just crapped in my pants reading this.
That would be 16 tacos actually - and these are definitely as big as they used to be. This particular Taco Bell is “the good one” around here: they roll ‘em fat. Most other ones are kinda depressing. But seeing as I had more in the tank, I would say yesAs usual, great stuff going on in here. Training is looking solid and 15 tacos???? I wonder if you could have done that 5 years ago when they actually had a little filling in them. I used to love me some taco bell but they got rid of all the best stuff when covid hit. Bring back the Mexican Pizza!!!!!!
WOW, I am so jealous you have a TB that still puts stuff in the tacos. Only thing I get from there now is a powerbowl with extra meat, or maybe the all time fav bean burrito. Last time we got tacos about a month ago even the lettuce was lower than an inch of the taco shell and it was mostly lettuce. I had to write them off... Now it is only Taco Cabana for fast food Mexican, but hey they have REAL BEEF!That would be 16 tacos actually - and these are definitely as big as they used to be. This particular Taco Bell is “the good one” around here: they roll ‘em fat. Most other ones are kinda depressing. But seeing as I had more in the tank, I would say yes
They recently killed the 7-layer burrito and it took a part of my childhood with it
Why I thought 3x15-rep Trapbar pulls would be better than 4x10, I have no idea. They weren’tNice looking deload session. Actually looks like a fun, feel good lifting session.
Wow, taco bell brings back college memories. We had a meal plan and did TB once a week, fire sauce baby!That would be 16 tacos actually - and these are definitely as big as they used to be. This particular Taco Bell is “the good one” around here: they roll ‘em fat. Most other ones are kinda depressing. But seeing as I had more in the tank, I would say yes
They recently killed the 7-layer burrito and it took a part of my childhood with it
hydes pull up game is strong AF. It wasn’t weighted so I’m gonna guess it went close to 10/8/6//4/2 with no rest over 10-20sGood stuff going on in here. How many clusters did it take to get 30 on those pull ups?
Good stuff going on in here. How many clusters did it take to get 30 on those pull ups?
It actually went terribly! I don’t know if it’s because I put the energy into the rows prior or incorporating a couple Pulldown sets first, or just the short rests, but I actually did 1,2,3,4,4 reps with 10 sec rests initially (hit a wall there) and then took a bit longer rests to do some sets of 6,6,4. Honestly probably just the pace, but they’re not a priority at all at the moment compared to the heavier rowing and the Legpress work.hydes pull up game is strong AF. It wasn’t weighted so I’m gonna guess it went close to 10/8/6//4/2 with no rest over 10-20s
The way that bar is loaded, upsets me.11/10/21
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Band Pullaparts & Pressdowns
Bench
45x10
95,145,195,245,265,285,295x4
2-Board
245 3x10
JM Press
180 3x10
V-bar Tri Pressdown
2 Average Bands 3x12
Seated DB Shoulder Press
35 x25,20,20 (short rests)
If you haven’t benched with 25s, you’re missing out!
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Just need to get strong enough to make those 45s and we’ll be in business, boys
The way that bar is loaded, upsets me.
Oh yeah the heavy rowing would have done the trick. I have to choose one or the other to be my main lift for the day. Whatever gets done first is going to massively drop performance for the 2nd. I normally do Vertical Heavy / Horizontal pump, and then visa versa on the following workout for that reason.It actually went terribly! I don’t know if it’s because I put the energy into the rows prior or incorporating a couple Pulldown sets first, or just the short rests, but I actually did 1,2,3,4,4 reps with 10 sec rests initially (hit a wall there) and then took a bit longer rests to do some sets of 6,6,4. Honestly probably just the pace, but they’re not a priority at all at the moment compared to the heavier rowing and the Legpress work.
Definitely surprised me.
Well my weights lately would probably drive you all nuts then. I tend to have smaller plates on the inside while training with my son. Just easier to change weight in between sets. Although his strength has improved enough that after his warm up he is in the big wheels. I had to laugh the other day while working up and he had 115 on the bar and then I threw the 45's on top of that. Looked so WRONG!
Me too, thought it looked so goofy, but my laziness won out: the iron 25s are stored high on a weight tree just out of sight here, so I grabbed those first before bending over for the bumpers stored on the back of the yoke atop the hundos.
I promise they’re all 25s!
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