jinxie
Well-known member
Form nazis commenting in 3, 2, 1……..
Straight savage power in that tank bud
If you’re that strong, you’re entitled to cheat, I suppose. But for the love of god, no bar pad while benching, lol.
Hyde’s Strength Odyssey
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If you’re that strong, you’re entitled to cheat, I suppose. But for the love of god, no bar pad while benching, lol.
BennyMagoo79
Well-known member
Scheissen form!!!Form nazis commenting in 3, 2, 1……..
Straight savage power in that tank bud
Dustin07
Legend
the only time I've giving someone a pass on the bar pad/tampon thing is with a zercher squat, but... I hate those anyways so I might give you **** for doing them too lol
jinxie
Well-known member
If it’s an actual bench pad, a shoulder saver for an actual injury or injury prevention, that’s fine by me. But I don’t know about the kind some people use for squatting.
I’ve seen big strong fat guys use them at 24 hr, often on the decline, to get extra reps at 315+. I respect the strength, but the form, not so much.
But I’m no form police and certainly have resorted to bad form to get the weight up. Still counts to me.
Hyde
Legend
Kyriakos is absolutely on another level; a total barbarian. If you read some of the comments, when he was young he snatched 396 & clean & jerked 484 before he picked up some knee injuries and such, as well as benching in the 550-600 range when powerlifting later.
Not many 47-year-olds able to Zercher hold 800lbs, or do box jumps holding 330lbs. Probably exactly zero other guys at that age, to be more accurate. Nick Best probably could have, but not all the other stuff.
Not many 47-year-olds able to Zercher hold 800lbs, or do box jumps holding 330lbs. Probably exactly zero other guys at that age, to be more accurate. Nick Best probably could have, but not all the other stuff.
Hyde
Legend
7/30/21
BW 230.8
10 min walk
McGill Big 3
Seated Press
45,95,145,165,185,195x5
Weighted Chins
BW, +25, +45 x5
+65 x6 PR
Lat Pulldowns
165x12
209x8
231x5
Incline Bench Chest-supported DB Rows
90 2x10
EZBar Curls
60,80x5
100x6
Lateral Raises
35x12
40x9
Hammer Curls
45x12
Seated DB Rear Delt Flyes
35x15 + 5 (not full ROM)
Hard ‘n heavy. Really loved this session.
BW 230.8
10 min walk
McGill Big 3
Seated Press
45,95,145,165,185,195x5
Weighted Chins
BW, +25, +45 x5
+65 x6 PR
Lat Pulldowns
165x12
209x8
231x5
Incline Bench Chest-supported DB Rows
90 2x10
EZBar Curls
60,80x5
100x6
Lateral Raises
35x12
40x9
Hammer Curls
45x12
Seated DB Rear Delt Flyes
35x15 + 5 (not full ROM)
Hard ‘n heavy. Really loved this session.
jinxie
Well-known member
Dang, moving some poundage there! Impressive, including that seated press. Also, amazing chin-up PR!
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Hyde
Legend
Something truly awesome arrived today…
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Rogue has nothing on your packing skills @wfreiling!!!
This man GAVE me this beautifully knurled ISF 29mm bare steel 20kg powerbar. I was talking to him about looking for a used serious bar in my area, and he offered this up for free out of the goodness of his heart. Being we live so many states apart that driving was cost (and time!) prohibitive, he went out of his way to gangster wrap this in armor and have it shipped to me (for barely half what the drive would have cost, assuming I had the time away from home with a baby).
It’s beautiful; I wish the pictures could show how excellent & powerful it feels in the hand. I am more than excited to use it! Thank you @wfreiling for the incredible generosity - it is truly appreciated. This power bar will have a good home here, don’t doubt that!
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Rogue has nothing on your packing skills @wfreiling!!!
This man GAVE me this beautifully knurled ISF 29mm bare steel 20kg powerbar. I was talking to him about looking for a used serious bar in my area, and he offered this up for free out of the goodness of his heart. Being we live so many states apart that driving was cost (and time!) prohibitive, he went out of his way to gangster wrap this in armor and have it shipped to me (for barely half what the drive would have cost, assuming I had the time away from home with a baby).
It’s beautiful; I wish the pictures could show how excellent & powerful it feels in the hand. I am more than excited to use it! Thank you @wfreiling for the incredible generosity - it is truly appreciated. This power bar will have a good home here, don’t doubt that!
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wfreiling
Well-known member
Enjoy it homie! It’s a beautiful bar but as I told you, I don’t need 3 power bars haha. I’m just glad it got to you safely
RegisterJr
Legend
Oh wow, it is beautiful! Good on you, @wfreiling!
Hyde
Legend
7/31/21
BW 232.8
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Bumper Pinchgrip Suitcase Carries
45x~60ft/side
KB SLDL
53x12/side
KB Deadlift
53/hand x5,10
Bumper Front Carry (Husafell style)
135x180ft
180x120ft
GHR
3x19
Legpress
2pps x12
4x10
6x8
8x6
20 second rest pause:
9x17+5 PR
DB Split Squat
BWx12
+50/hand 2x10
Smashed a bunch of delicious sushi yesterday post training and it paid out tonight. Got to have 2 spotters on the legpress and was able to go full berserk - this was a big lifetime PR. The incredible part was the total lack of lactic acid burn coming up on true muscle failure at rep 17 and the fifth rep after the brief pause - I am totally sold on L-Carnitine for performance enhancement.
4 weeks ago I did 9 plates for 12 and had to stop due to the terrible burn making me think I was at near failure; now I can train right past that because it’s not present.
BW 232.8
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Bumper Pinchgrip Suitcase Carries
45x~60ft/side
KB SLDL
53x12/side
KB Deadlift
53/hand x5,10
Bumper Front Carry (Husafell style)
135x180ft
180x120ft
GHR
3x19
Legpress
2pps x12
4x10
6x8
8x6
20 second rest pause:
9x17+5 PR
DB Split Squat
BWx12
+50/hand 2x10
Smashed a bunch of delicious sushi yesterday post training and it paid out tonight. Got to have 2 spotters on the legpress and was able to go full berserk - this was a big lifetime PR. The incredible part was the total lack of lactic acid burn coming up on true muscle failure at rep 17 and the fifth rep after the brief pause - I am totally sold on L-Carnitine for performance enhancement.
4 weeks ago I did 9 plates for 12 and had to stop due to the terrible burn making me think I was at near failure; now I can train right past that because it’s not present.
BennyMagoo79
Well-known member
That's epic mate.
theswede
Active member
Heck yeah man! I remember us chatting about injectable l-carnitine back in the winter/early spring. I simply love it and can’t wait to get some more. Glad you’re enjoying it too!
RegisterJr
Legend
9pps. God, that sounds expensive.
Hyde
Legend
Yeah that’s why the commercial gym has it and not my garage!
And the general cost and size of a commercial Legpress, of course.
Hyde
Legend
8/2/21
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Band Facepulls & Tri Pressdown
Bench
45,95,135,185,225,245,265,275,285,295x5
Reverse Grip Bench
225,245,265x6 PR
Standing DB OHP
35 2x25
Monster Miniband Pressdown
100 reps unbroken
Feeling pretty stiff & blasted from Saturday evening’s leg training. Not surprising, but a reminder that there’s no replacement for displacement - didn’t stop things from moving well this morning!
The new power bar feels tremendous, like an extension of my body. The heavy knurling definitely helps inspire some confidence on the reverse grip hold.
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Band Facepulls & Tri Pressdown
Bench
45,95,135,185,225,245,265,275,285,295x5
Reverse Grip Bench
225,245,265x6 PR
Standing DB OHP
35 2x25
Monster Miniband Pressdown
100 reps unbroken
Feeling pretty stiff & blasted from Saturday evening’s leg training. Not surprising, but a reminder that there’s no replacement for displacement - didn’t stop things from moving well this morning!
The new power bar feels tremendous, like an extension of my body. The heavy knurling definitely helps inspire some confidence on the reverse grip hold.
jinxie
Well-known member
Nice benching and glad you like the sweet power bar. I expect you’ll continue to smash PRs on reverse grip and the poundage will continue to creep up on your regular bench. At one time, mine were about the same. Keep up the good work!
wfreiling
Well-known member
Yeah that’s why the commercial gym has it and not my garage!And the general cost and size of a commercial Legpress, of course.
I almost got one for $300 but was about a day too late
RegisterJr
Legend
Where did you pick those up?
Hyde
Legend
jinxie
Well-known member
Both brands are direct from the vendor websites - lots of goodies on both
****, that place is like a candy store! I didn’t know anyone in the US was stocking a lot of this stuff anymore. Wish I weren’t such a chicken ****.
Dustin07
Legend
I mean the one on the right literally looks like jolly rancher flavor lol****, that place is like a candy store! I didn’t know anyone in the US was stocking a lot of this stuff anymore. Wish I weren’t such a chicken ****.
Hyde
Legend
****, that place is like a candy store! I didn’t know anyone in the US was stocking a lot of this stuff anymore. Wish I weren’t such a chicken ****.
Strictly for research and development of course
Lol that’s the B12 in the mix - I can only imagine how awful this would taste if someone tried to ingest it!
Hyde
Legend
8/3/21
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Stir the Pot
2x12
Widegrip Pulldown
110,165x12
Pull-ups
4x10
Light Hammercurls
Bicep, Forearm, Shoulder stretching
Well, today I learned the Super Shredder blend is absolutely not for pre-training!!! I have never used Albuterol (only clen), but I hoped 1mg in a half cc shot would just add some pop - within 5 minutes of pinning it IM my heart was absolutely pounding, and stayed jacked up for 90-120 minutes. Just impossible to recover between sets or do much more than walk, so I took it as a light day for some pull-ups and mobility.
That blend will be reserved for off days and pinned subq going forward.
I was feeling very smashed up last night, so I pinned some BPC subq in my left elbow skin, put Helios on my swollen knees, and tried Amino Asylum’s glutathione: 400mg/2cc’s IM in my glute before bed with 200mg carnitine subq to shuttle it. Woke up with a lot of the joint pain gone. Pretty happy about that. Being forced to keep today easy will probably help build on that, as well as rest day tomorrow. Planning BPC next couple days as well.
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Stir the Pot
2x12
Widegrip Pulldown
110,165x12
Pull-ups
4x10
Light Hammercurls
Bicep, Forearm, Shoulder stretching
Well, today I learned the Super Shredder blend is absolutely not for pre-training!!! I have never used Albuterol (only clen), but I hoped 1mg in a half cc shot would just add some pop - within 5 minutes of pinning it IM my heart was absolutely pounding, and stayed jacked up for 90-120 minutes. Just impossible to recover between sets or do much more than walk, so I took it as a light day for some pull-ups and mobility.
That blend will be reserved for off days and pinned subq going forward.
I was feeling very smashed up last night, so I pinned some BPC subq in my left elbow skin, put Helios on my swollen knees, and tried Amino Asylum’s glutathione: 400mg/2cc’s IM in my glute before bed with 200mg carnitine subq to shuttle it. Woke up with a lot of the joint pain gone. Pretty happy about that. Being forced to keep today easy will probably help build on that, as well as rest day tomorrow. Planning BPC next couple days as well.
jinxie
Well-known member
You are quite the scientist.
Still a solid session. And those are some impressive and inspiring big-man pull-ups — more than I can do, for sure.
Whisky
Well-known member
nice ab work with stir the pot. One of my favourites
Hyde
Legend
Just call me Dr. Jekyll…
I have never even tried them, but they were incredible - excellent builder for sure and looking forward to implementing them further.
theswede
Active member
Holy smokes! What is this “Stampede” product???
Hyde
Legend
L-carnitine with added ATP and AMP.
ATP is used for cellular energy. It’s just extra gas. Creatine is used to store more ATP in your muscle cells, so they have a bit more energy for bigger exertions.
AMP is the interesting part. They give it to race horses IM precontest because it lowers heart rate and chance of strain during high exertion. It sends more blood to muscles (and the heart, accordingly) which means more nutrients and oxygen to work harder. Like I said, it lowers heart rate - they use it medically intravenously to STOP your heart temporarily if in tachycardia. If you pin it IV you can have a heart attack or heart rate can fall lethally, so it’s important to understand the usage.
I mean it’s safe used correctly, but just like you can buy powdered caffeine there must be educated use. AMP is for intramuscular application and the dosage necessary is very small.
This would not be as good for powerlifting very low rep training, but would be great for lower rest higher volume bodybuilding, a day with a 20-rep widowmaker squat/legpress, strongman event training for 60 second sets or carry-load events & medleys, crossfit.
Hyde
Legend
Pinned 0.25 of the Super Shredder subcutaneously this morning. Took about 20 minutes or so to start feeling but pretty night and day difference with half the initial dose and slower release. I can tell my heart rate is elevated some, but it’s very mild by comparison.
I’ll continue to experiment with bigger doses subq, as well as probably try this dose IM sometime.
I’ll continue to experiment with bigger doses subq, as well as probably try this dose IM sometime.
SkRaw85
Legend
Stirring the pot is humbling. I never did them until that trest/tren block (which ended up COVID ending all meets) and coach implemented. Can you elaborate on the numbers listed? I always did them vs time clock.
Hyde
Legend
Those are repetitions of rotation/stirring in one direction. First set is 12 reps to the left, next set was 12 to the right. I have never done them but Brian Carroll has his strength athletes do them for reps - the goal to build up rep count towards 100
These were hard AF and an awesome builder.
SkRaw85
Legend
Those are repetitions of rotation/stirring in one direction. First set is 12 reps to the left, next set was 12 to the right. I have never done them but Brian Carroll has his strength athletes do them for reps - the goal to build up rep count towards 100
These were hard AF and an awesome builder.
Agreed. Deceptively hard they are!
Hyde
Legend
8/5/21
BW 231.0
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
GHR
3x20
DB Lunges
50x10
60x7 left knee said nope
Frontsquat
45,95,135,155,175x5
Laying Leg Curl
110x6
180x12,12,9 PR
Glute Bridge Machine
410x15 PR
Stir the Pot
2x13
Advanced my GHR & STP volume, moved into some new territory on the leg curl and glute machine, 40 more lbs on my frontsquat and the most I’ve touched since the meet & rehab began. Left knee was hurting and unstable significantly on the lunges so I cut it - that Legpress PR made it very stiff and it’s still not fully recovered obviously. Overall, progress!
Also, dig the new Grizzly meme shirt
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BW 231.0
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
GHR
3x20
DB Lunges
50x10
60x7 left knee said nope
Frontsquat
45,95,135,155,175x5
Laying Leg Curl
110x6
180x12,12,9 PR
Glute Bridge Machine
410x15 PR
Stir the Pot
2x13
Advanced my GHR & STP volume, moved into some new territory on the leg curl and glute machine, 40 more lbs on my frontsquat and the most I’ve touched since the meet & rehab began. Left knee was hurting and unstable significantly on the lunges so I cut it - that Legpress PR made it very stiff and it’s still not fully recovered obviously. Overall, progress!
Also, dig the new Grizzly meme shirt
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Hyde
Legend
Also, who thinks I should or shouldn’t spring for fat 2” handle db handles for the home gym? $70 shipped:
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I am kinda thinking COVID is going to spike up again (already know 2 local friends sick with it here) and may well be doing more garage training soon to cut back some unnecessary exposure while wife is prepping for America’s. DBs above my 35s would be nice.
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I am kinda thinking COVID is going to spike up again (already know 2 local friends sick with it here) and may well be doing more garage training soon to cut back some unnecessary exposure while wife is prepping for America’s. DBs above my 35s would be nice.
wfreiling
Well-known member
Um yes. I also pick up a pair haha
jinxie
Well-known member
You deserve them.
jinxie
Well-known member
I noticed and meant to mention, these bars are 1.9”, apparently a typical strongman size. Do you have collars that work for these? I’m thinking about a pair too — only problem is, I don’t have that many 10 lbs plates. 25s can be a little unwieldly.
Dustin07
Legend
My brother started building his home gym about a year before COVID and by the time our BS started in WA he had a complete CrossFit gym built with air runner, ski erg, bike, everything. He and his wife actually got fitter in 2020 while most got fatter lol. So yes I agree with you that we could be looking at more drama in the near future and a home gym is probably a smart investment.
Hyde
Legend
Did you really just order a pair?
I’m not sure there’s anything typical in strongman tbh; it’s generally just stuff guys like this welded up so variation are shows is about the only standard you can expect.
But I haven’t found anyone else selling oversized handles really, let alone affordably, and I don’t know any welders around here anymore to make me a fatter pair by buying a $30-40 pair off Amazon and having them weld a metal pipe over the collars and handles (which would probably cost more than $70 since they aren’t friends).
I think a regular pair of clamps may fit, but we have homemade metal clamps with a twistable set screw for our farmer’s handles I can use that should work fine if not.
Yeah I produced the best total of my life squatting & benching out of a rogue yoke with no safeties in the middle of our old little apartment’s living room to get ready for a meet last summer. I was doing deadlifts occasionally at a warehouse.
Hyde
Legend
8/6/21
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Seated Press
45 3x5
95,135,185x5
195x4
205x3
215x2
225x1
Lat Pulldowns
187x14+5+3-4 rest pause
EZBar Upright Rows
100x8,10,12
Seated DB Rear Delt Flyes
30x15,12
DB Laterals
35x10
40x12
EZBar Curls
40,60,80x5
100x9
Stir the Pot
2x14
15 min walk with fam when I got home
Excellent start to a Friday morning! Pinned a full cc of the Stampede Carnitine/ATP/AMP blend after testing a half out last night for safety, and I felt like it did indeed let me maintain higher intensity at the back half of the session. Goal on strict curls was 7 reps; smashed 9 clean.
10 min walk
Bird Dogs
Side Planks
Seated Press
45 3x5
95,135,185x5
195x4
205x3
215x2
225x1
Lat Pulldowns
187x14+5+3-4 rest pause
EZBar Upright Rows
100x8,10,12
Seated DB Rear Delt Flyes
30x15,12
DB Laterals
35x10
40x12
EZBar Curls
40,60,80x5
100x9
Stir the Pot
2x14
15 min walk with fam when I got home
Excellent start to a Friday morning! Pinned a full cc of the Stampede Carnitine/ATP/AMP blend after testing a half out last night for safety, and I felt like it did indeed let me maintain higher intensity at the back half of the session. Goal on strict curls was 7 reps; smashed 9 clean.
BennyMagoo79
Well-known member
Yeah man do it.
You could do curls in your undies.
MrKleen73
Legend
When you start going up in weight on the DB's you might want to look into Iron Master Adjustable DBs. I love mine, and the handles on them are noticeably thicker than most DB's. Plus one of the few sets of adjustable dumbbells that are drop safe by the way they are made. Not that it should be a goal but you know sometimes you have to bail.
I have been thinking about just wrapping my DB handles with some tennis racket handle grip tape to thicken the grips. I have also been planning on doing the same with the dip handles on my rack they have like a 1 or 1.25" circumference which digs in my palms and makes dips suck.
I have been thinking about just wrapping my DB handles with some tennis racket handle grip tape to thicken the grips. I have also been planning on doing the same with the dip handles on my rack they have like a 1 or 1.25" circumference which digs in my palms and makes dips suck.
Whisky
Well-known member
MrKleen73
Legend
Just in that case you definitely do not want to just grip it and rip it!!!!this is where my experience handling a 1” circumference comes into its own