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Jim's Training to Become a Human Tank!

OK, no more bowling talk from this guy.


Today's workout update:



CG Bench Accumulation Phase 8's Wave


CG Bench: 145 x 8 x 4, 145 x 22

Axle Inc. Bench: 90 x 5, 110 x 5, 125 x 12

a1. Dips: BW x 15 x 2, BW x 9
a2. High Lateral Raise: Reds x 30 x 3
a3. Foot Elevated Partial Pushup (pec focus): BW x 15, BW x 12, BW x 11

b1. Alternating Incline DB Curl: 25 x 8 x 2, 25 x 7
b2. Band Over And Backs: Red x 10 x 3

Good workout. Feeling good for the most part, hit a good amount above my numbers with a good bit to spare. Assistance work went quick and I got a pretty solid pump out of all of it.
 
I come from a long line of bowlers James. I can appreciate the passion. My grandfather just bowled a 300 this week(I think his 3, 4, or 5 lifetime).
 
Events:


Circus DB: 85 x 4 (per), 100 x F x 2, 120 x Clean, 65 x a lot (form work)

Didn't intend to press too heavy today. Mostly did the DB just for technique work.

Yoke: 500 x 40', +light wraps 500 x 50' x 3, -wraps 500 x 45' (walking it back to the gym)

Really just worked on breathing under the yoke, none of them were incredibly fast (and my knees were bugging on the first so I added wraps which felt better) but they did feel fairly stable. Didn't do anything else today, had contemplated doing farmers but really wasn't looking forward to setting that up and I don't intend to do stones again until next week (for obvious reasons).
 
Deadlift + Front Squat Intensification 8's Wave


Deadlift: 240 x 3, 275 x 3, 295 x 8 x 2, 295 x 15 (Straps, 50% TNG)

So I started the first set with dead stops, but after the 7th decided to do TNG with them. I don't know what it is about TNG deads, but they really light up my posterior chain. With a dead stop I don't even feel it anywhere, and am never sore, but once I start doing TNG my lower back, hammies, and glutes get lit up. I think I'm going to continue using TNG for the final sets, and do dead stops with the sets leading up to that final set....

Front Squat: 200 x 3, 230 x 3, 265 x 6

a1. Backwards Sled Drag: 6 Plates x 30M, 7 Plates x 30M, 7 Plates x 20M
a2. GHR: BW x 10 x 3

This was a terrible, terrible idea. My quads/calves/lower back were all blown up from these.
 
Are you a human tank yet?
 
OK guys, got a question for y'all.


This is the video of my wife's final Deadlift set from today.


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As you can see, her back rounds pretty significantly. For the most part, it's always been like this (and is the main reason we had her switch to sumo where it isn't as bad, and turned out to be stronger). I do what I can to get her to minimize this, and some day's it isn't as bad, but it's always been an issue.

A few things to note, because of the labrum tear, there is not a lot of stuff I can change about her upper back. She can't squeeze the armpit, set the lats back, draw them forward, or retract them forcefully without a significant amount of pain.

And I'm beginning to think that the rounding is mostly a leverage issue for her, as it even happens with light weights (50% and less), she never has any back pain, not even so much as a lower back pump, and says that the times when she really keeps her back flat (mostly with warmups where she can do it if she really tries) her lower back starts to hurt.

For the most part, she starts like that, but recently with us trying to get her to keep it flat, she's really been rounding after the initial pull, which I like much less than if she starts that way and stays tight and it doesn't change. What do you guys think? If she keeps it tight during the pull, is it something I should be worried about?

Edit: Also, it's worth mentioning, that before this we had tightened her belt another notch which I don't think helped. I've noticed before that if my belt is too tight it really makes my back round out of the bottom, so her rounding isn't normally as bad as with this set, but it is still noticeable.
 
jimbuick said:
I wish.

Give me 3-5 years and another 100+ pounds and I think I'll be getting close.
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Well can we put a rush on it? I don't have that kind of time to sit around and wait Jim... Carry on
 
jimbuick said:
OK guys, got a question for y'all. This is the video of my wife's final Deadlift set from today. Invalid Link Removed As you can see, her back rounds pretty significantly. For the most part, it's always been like this (and is the main reason we had her switch to sumo where it isn't as bad, and turned out to be stronger). I do what I can to get her to minimize this, and some day's it isn't as bad, but it's always been an issue. A few things to note, because of the labrum tear, there is not a lot of stuff I can change about her upper back. She can't squeeze the armpit, set the lats back, draw them forward, or retract them forcefully without a significant amount of pain. And I'm beginning to think that the rounding is mostly a leverage issue for her, as it even happens with light weights (50% and less), she never has any back pain, not even so much as a lower back pump, and says that the times when she really keeps her back flat (mostly with warmups where she can do it if she really tries) her lower back starts to hurt. For the most part, she starts like that, but recently with us trying to get her to keep it flat, she's really been rounding after the initial pull, which I like much less than if she starts that way and stays tight and it doesn't change. What do you guys think? If she keeps it tight during the pull, is it something I should be worried about? Edit: Also, it's worth mentioning, that before this we had tightened her belt another notch which I don't think helped. I've noticed before that if my belt is too tight it really makes my back round out of the bottom, so her rounding isn't normally as bad as with this set, but it is still noticeable.
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Damn. I say definetly stick with sumo if it minimizes it. Rodja, Nomz, Dude??
 
I prefer to have a flat back for sumo, so I don't know. I know the woman I train with really has to focus hard on keeping a tight flat back and she really thrashes her back with proper assistnce day in and day out. I'm guessing it's a hard muscle group for women to develop. Perhaps move the stance in on sumo a little to protect the hips? I definitely hate seeing rounding after the initial pull, so if anything, tight back with rounded thoracic would be second most ideal.
 
I'd go sumo too, that's actually one of the main reasons I went sumo years ago. I was able to maintain a flatter back with sumo over conventional. Not an issue today though, and it's just been strengthening the entire back.
 
The reps you put out is incredible. I think I would need an oxygen mask. You're going to be getting strong these next few weeks.
 
Oh, and I turned 21 yesterday. (9th)

Obviously didn't have anything to drink, played some pool, and that's about it.


So yeah, I am now officially 1 year closer to dying. Or something like that.
 
Happy birthday Jim

herderdude said:
I prefer to have a flat back for sumo, so I don't know. I know the woman I train with really has to focus hard on keeping a tight flat back and she really thrashes her back with proper assistnce day in and day out. I'm guessing it's a hard muscle group for women to develop. Perhaps move the stance in on sumo a little to protect the hips? I definitely hate seeing rounding after the initial pull, so if anything, tight back with rounded thoracic would be second most ideal.
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Correct. JTS put out a good article recently about the difference in training men and woman.

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herderdude said:
You're getting pretty good at putting shït over your head. Must come in handy when putting cereal boxes back on top of the pantry.
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This made me laugh so hard.

Also Jim, your split jerk has improved so much. you're much more stable.
Good work man


Edit, also finally caught up
 
Derp

My gym gets it from EFS. I've only used the sumo length Texas Deadlift bar.

It's amazing.

I'm not saying happy birthday because that's ghey!
 
Happy B day kid.

As far as her back rounding on the pulls, it is hard to say from just watching the vid. I know the low back gets set more of the natural lumbar arch in a squat if the chest or maybe the shoulders is pulled up some, but as you said if there is a contraindication with upper area, I am not sure!?
I guess I would vote sumo too to play safe(r)
Does it help at all if she packs the neck or brings the chin inward (not down) ie: pull/slide the head back some?
I know some people can do round back lifting, but you have to be able to hold that form and not allow the form to slide or droop farther forward. And with stones or something, you have the support in the guts by hugging the stone. There is no support if the form crashes on a bar pull.
I recently felt this happening on a max pull and abandoned the rep at the knees, knowing I was losing the control battle. IMO, I would not suggest heavy roundbacking if one could find another way.
 
Hey Chuck Norris just had a Birthday 74 and in fact he is so tough...

That he doesn't have a chin under his beard, he has another fist
When he goes swimming he doesn't get wet the pool gets Chuck Norris
He has a bear rug, but the bear is not dead, he is just afraid to move
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone, it already had 3 missed calls from Chuck Norris
Chuck never calls a wrong number, you just pick up the wrong phone
 
EFS, Troy, Buddy Capps or Invalid Link Removed
 
jimbuick said:
I was wondering about the Buddy Capps bar, it's about 100-150 dollars cheaper than EFS after shipping from most sites.


Is the quality the same?
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Pretty sure Buddy Capps made the bar in the first place...
 
TPB have changed recently in both look and feel. They used to not have as much flex in them with a different finish on the bar as well.
 
Rodja said:
TPB have changed recently in both look and feel. They used to not have as much flex in them with a different finish on the bar as well.
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I'm not sure what this means for what I want lol.

Is the buddy capps bar going to be stiffer than the ones we use in competition?
 
jimbuick said:
I'm not sure what this means for what I want lol. Is the buddy capps bar going to be stiffer than the ones we use in competition?
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I think the TSS ones are a bit more stiff than the Capps ones. I've used the ones from EFS and Capps dozens of times in training. I'm not 100% sure which ones they use for APF as it could be either Capps or TSS depending on the area the meet is and who's sponsoring it.
 
Rodja said:
I think the TSS ones are a bit more stiff than the Capps ones. I've used the ones from EFS and Capps dozens of times in training. I'm not 100% sure which ones they use for APF as it could be either Capps or TSS depending on the area the meet is and who's sponsoring it.
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Ok, TSS site says they are manufactured by Buddy Capps so I guess it'll be high quality.
 
So, I'm definitely going to go ahead and order that bar tonight.


Also, I'm thinking about clearing out my garage and setting up a garage gym in there. As it stands, my gym membership is paid until next March (mine and the wife's) so I was thinking that during this year I would start getting enough equipment so that next year I can have a garage gym set up that has enough weight/equipment where I don't need to go to the gym (maybe even start training others, if I have the time).

So what I'm wondering, and I'm looking at you bolt10, is where you would go to buy the bigger equipment and what type of stuff would you get if you were doing it? (racks, GHD, Rev. Hyper, Competition Bench, multi purpose bench, dumbbell sets, etc.) Which places are the best for this type of stuff? Or would it be best just to search for the deals as I find them?
 
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