Jim: Performance is King Log.

jimbuick said:
I should drop down to 181 and take the bench and DL.
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When's the next one again? You could take bench, deadlift, and possibly total, man. You figure you could have picked up maybe 50lbs just yesterday, and with one more training cycle and continually working on your form, you could pick up another 50.
 
herderdude said:
When's the next one again? You could take bench, deadlift, and possibly total, man. You figure you could have picked up maybe 50lbs just yesterday, and with one more training cycle and continually working on your form, you could pick up another 50.
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Possibly. Even without all that, it would be worth going (assuming money isn't an issue) just for the experience.

Sean1332 said:
That's why I'm dropping to 198.

Get it!!!
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Although, I'm fairly certain that squat is gonna stay. :laugh:

Rodja said:
Next APF meet in Texas is in October.
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I looked for it on PLWatch and didn't see one. What's the name of it? I'm gonna try to just find it on Google.
 
APF TX Cup, Oct 19.


Metroflex Gym of Plano.


I should definitely do that, and learn how to cut while I still have a chance to get to 181.
 
Yep, I actually ended up finding that link the same day I asked.

The one in Orange, TX would be worth going to as well.
 
I was originally going to be done for the year, but I'm doing the one in Orange. There's enough time in there to make some improvements and still drop a weight class if I decide to go that avenue.
 
We'll both compete at 198. Although, I'm sure you'll weigh about 210 the day of competition (while weighing ~196 when you weigh in)
 
jimbuick said:
We'll both compete at 198. Although, I'm sure you'll weigh about 210 the day of competition (while weighing ~196 when you weigh in)
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At least 210. I'm aiming to get to there and then sweat out the water. I'll most likely be in the 213-215 range.
 
Aug. 7 : RE Upper

Pre: 4 caps Max Pump, 1.5 Scoop Jack3d Micro, 1 Scoop Green Magnitude
Intra: 1 Scoop BCAA/SAA

Bench Press: 185x8, 205x8
2 Board Bench: 225x4x2, 225x3 (disappointed. Wanted sets of 6, but its only the second time I've ever done it and it kept coming towards my head)

a1. HS High Row: 135x6, 115x6, 125x6
a2. Ball Pull-up: BWx6x2. Chin up: BWx6

Meadows Row: 50+Chain x5, 75+Chain x5

1 Arm Landmine OHP: 45x5, 90x5


Initial Review: taste is good, kind of sweet. Like a candy apple kind of flavor, refreshing although it took a while to get it watered down enough. I felt strong for this session, my right RC is a bit sore but nothing bad enough to be concerned about, had a pretty sexy pump today. Intra set recovery was good.

I have some video of the Meadows Row (I think that's what I did lol), couldn't figure out what to do with my other arm lol. Felt good overall.



Also, I am doing this on mobile right now as I don't get internet until Friday, so I will go a little more in depth after the internet is back up. :bigthumbup:
 
Hit the hill today at my old high school, wasn't really tight so I didn't do any mobility stuff before hand.

Talked to some of my old football coaches, one was a Major in the Army so we talked a little bit. Got a lot of comments about how much thicker I was, hell last time I talked to them I weighed 145 pounds (which they remembered, 3 years later!)

Anyway, the training:

Pre: 4 caps Max Pump, 2 caps Uncut
Intra: half scoop BCAA/SAA (put a whole scoop, but didn't finish the drink and have half left to mix with G8 tonight)


Workout:
8 x Hill Sprint


The hill:


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Felt good, sprinted up walked down and sprinted back up. Worked up a good sweat, got the heart rate up. Working on my speed today, conditioning is high right now. Not too out of breath (and uncut always helps to open up the airway for me).
 
Boy that ain't no hill!

haha, it's always fun seeing people like that and them just being like woah. Nice work. Makes you feel almost good about yourself.

I love running hills, you need a steeper one though.
 
CountryLiftin said:
Boy that ain't no hill!

haha, it's always fun seeing people like that and them just being like woah. Nice work. Makes you feel almost good about yourself.

I love running hills, you need a steeper one though.
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The other side is a little steeper if I cared to run up it.

Main priority today was to get faster, from end to end its a good 60yds, I cut it to about 45. Its just the right steepness to add a different stimulus but not change running form too drastically, it carries over really well to regular sprinting.

And it has track (4 lanes) on the one side, about 30yds of flat lane before a 30yd incline.
 
Yeah it looks fun man. Our track is closed which blows. I haven't been able to sprint but hills.
 
That's a strong supplement plug you've got there! How do you like OEProtein?
 
I'm using the vanilla myself. Good in milk. I bought it more so for the lack of taurine/glycine/collagen/glutamine peptides/wheat gluten/betaine/creatine or any other thing companies are using to snake past nitrogen testing. End rant.

Edit: I will try the chocolate next.
 
rob112 said:
I'm using the vanilla myself. Good in milk. I bought it more so for the lack of taurine/glycine/collagen/glutamine peptides/wheat gluten/betaine/creatine or any other thing companies are using to snake past nitrogen testing. End rant.

Edit: I will try the chocolate next.
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That's what sold me.
 
Hit the gym for RE lower earlier this evening.

Had a good workout overall, energy was lacking a little bit but that is probably from the time between my preworkout and starting the workout (~60 minutes). Right RC is giving me fits today, and has been since Wednesday. Gonna keep an eye on it and not push it too hard, probably just a mild strain of the infraspinatus.

Anyway....


RE Lower

Pre: 1/2 Scoop Muscle Marinade, 4 caps Max Pump
Intra: 1 Scoop BCAA/SAA

Warm-up: Agile 8, Band Pull aparts, Y Pull Aparts, Over and Backs, Back Squat up to 225 x 6

275 x 8, 315 x 7
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+ Oly Shoes

Front Squat: 185 x 5, 225 x 5, 245 x 5
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Hold: 405 x 21 seconds

Good Morning: 225 x 5 x 4 (fast tempo, got the heart rate up good)

Got some Oly Shoes today, gonna start playing with my foot spacing on back squat and see if I can't take a little stress off of the knees and hips that way. Hip flexors were locking me up today during my Back Squatting, knees got a little wobbly on a couple of the reps, but most of them felt good (except for the hip flexor thing I mentioned)

Good session overall, had planned for some back work but decided against it based on the way my RC was feeling today.
 
Lol I can't low bar for ****, after I broke my hand in 4 places I still get pains. Like today cg bench I thought I fractured something. Have a slight bruise on palm so hope that sorts itself out as well as your RC troubles.

Nice squats Jim.
 
My entire lower body is sore, that is all.


Actually, I lied. It isn't my RC it is my trap (I think) that is strained. I feel it pulling around the right scapula (towards the inside) when I turn my head.
 
Under and inside the shoulder blade with your backs spread and right at the blade point when together?
 
jimbuick said:
Above and inside (the pulling) the pain (mild) radiates outwards.

Upper trap area when pulled together and spread.
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Under as in inside towards your rib cage. Sounds like the same tension/pain I've had for the past 7 months. Do you do much heavy overhead work? Could be trap or rhomboid strain which is what I'm supposed to be dealing with. Take this all with a grain of salt. I cut my overhead work and it feels a load better after a few days.
 
CountryLiftin said:
Under as in inside towards your rib cage. Sounds like the same tension/pain I've had for the past 7 months. Do you do much heavy overhead work? Could be trap or rhomboid strain which is what I'm supposed to be dealing with. Take this all with a grain of salt. I cut my overhead work and it feels a load better after a few days.
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I don't think so, as far as the rib cage comment goes.

I do think it's a trap strain though, and I only overhead press (in some variation) once a week.
 
I'm probably doing a bad job describing it but its hard for me to pinpoint my own.

I was the same but I think I could too heavy too fast. If you think about it traps are active in 95% of the lifts we do. And rhomboid strain is commonly caused from overhead movements or overuse. Same with trap strain.

Hope it gets worked out for ya. Sucks that I'm still fighting mine.
 
Today's workout (after 2 very long, very boring days of rest) went pretty darn well. Got off to a bit of a late start (3 PL Groups were in there using all of the platforms, so we had to wait until they finished) so I sat there and talked to one of the more experience USAPL guys about lifting and whatnot. Finally got started and got going pretty well, total workout probably took around 1-1.5 hours all told.

Felt pretty strong today, had a goal in mind for DL and I hit it (it wasn't easy, but it was worth the effort lol).


So, without further ado, 12AUG ME Upper

Pre: 2 Uncut, 1 scoop Green Magnitude, 4 caps Max Pump
Intra: 1 Scoop BCAA/SAA

Warm-Up: Agile 8, worked up to 365 x 4 conventional DL

Work Set: 405x4 (yes only one, unless you count 365 x 4. In which case, I did 2 work sets)
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Front Squat: 225 x 3, 275 x 3 x 2 (previous 1RM)
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Deficit DL (standing on plate): 275 x 5 x 2

a1. 45 degree Hyper: BW x 10, +45 x 10
a2. Lunges: BW x 10 x 2 (got the glutes activated, stretched the HF. Prehab and whatnot)


And done.

Felt good, felt strong. Feeling good now, about to eat some chicken, beans, and milk (aaah how I love milk).

Slept well last night, used 1/2 scoop G8 with 1/2 scoop BCAA/SAA, woke up around 930 feeling energized. Which is much better than the attempts to wake up at 930 that I had this weekend where I felt absolutely exhausted and went back to sleep until 1. Which I absolutely hate doing.

Knee is holding up well, considering I am out of Cissus, and have been since just before my meet. So hopefully that continues, until I can get more.

The minor trap strain from last Wednesday (or Friday?) is feeling WAY better today. Like unnoticeable now, so hoping that continues to not be an issue (was having issues turning my head all weekend).
 
You're getting strong as hell, bud. Vids looked damn good. What kind of weightlifting shoes did you get again?
 
First two reps were soft lockouts. Be mindful not to inadvertently train your motor pattern to do that.
 
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