Castiel Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 GAH SNOW! This is really annoying. I slept in an extra hour today, because I couldn't sleep last night, and I wake up to a couple inches of snow, which means I can't ride my motorcycle or my bicycle to the gym, which means I no longer have enough time to get to the gym before work. Today will be a loss unless I end up not having to go in to work (distinctly possible, considering how people are about canceling reservations when it snows). If not, Friday bench and Saturday Squats. Quote Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 GAH SNOW!This is really annoying. I slept in an extra hour today, because I couldn't sleep last night, and I wake up to a couple inches of snow, which means I can't ride my motorcycle or my bicycle to the gym, which means I no longer have enough time to get to the gym before work. Today will be a loss unless I end up not having to go in to work (distinctly possible, considering how people are about canceling reservations when it snows).If not, Friday bench and Saturday Squats.What kind of motorcycle do you have? Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 What kind of motorcycle do you have? Suzuki tu250. I need to get a Ural so I can avoid these situations. Quote Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I do miss that about Philadelphia, a few inches and the entire city shuts down.And I've really wanted a motorcycle, have had my license for years, just never get around to getting one. Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I do miss that about Philadelphia, a few inches and the entire city shuts down. I grew up around D.C., if you think Philly is jumpy about that, imagine a city that shuts down just for the threat of snow. Quote Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Sadly growing up in NY and now living in Chicago. No one really cares about the snow. People are just pissy but all still motors on. Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
goodbye_farewell Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 I'm watching you guys! And I don't want hear about towns shutting down. I live in the south (TN) and am currently stuck at home today because of ice! Luckily it is a rest day. Tomorrow is deadlift day! Quote Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 And... success. Restaurant is closed for the night. Time to eat something, have some caffeine and creatine, and go move some iron. 1 Quote Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Week 2 Bench Day After sleeping in, and then my restaurant getting closed for snow, I finally got to the gym around 5pm. Hit my triple at 210. It didn't feel great. I did, on the other hand, do some incline press (one of the options for assistance work. Wanted to give it a try.) As for strongman stuff... I sort of did a farmer's walk carrying far more groceries than I had planned on buying. Quote Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Week 2: Squats (with Strongman Video!) So, I've just finished up my second week of 5/3/1, and I'm liking it so far. Today was squat day for a triple. This is the one exercise where I'm feeling it really falls a bit short purely on volume. I think I'm going to start doing front squats as an assistance exercise next cycle (since I'm almost done this one), and see if that makes it feel a bit better. I did hit a clean triple at 300, but I've done that before, and I feel like I wasn't really pushing myself. However, after I finished with my assistance exercises (including curls, like a bro. I need to get them in shape to help out my pull), I did some circus dumbbell presses, and tried out my new recording setup. The second part of that failed on my first set, so you get to watch me fail on my second set instead. https://vimeo.com/121520440 I had not realized how incredibly goofy I look doing this stuff. It's like an ostrich trying to play football or something. Quote Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Week 2: Squats (with Strongman Video!)So, I've just finished up my second week of 5/3/1, and I'm liking it so far.Today was squat day for a triple. This is the one exercise where I'm feeling it really falls a bit short purely on volume. I think I'm going to start doing front squats as an assistance exercise next cycle (since I'm almost done this one), and see if that makes it feel a bit better. I did hit a clean triple at 300, but I've done that before, and I feel like I wasn't really pushing myself.However, after I finished with my assistance exercises (including curls, like a bro. I need to get them in shape to help out my pull), I did some circus dumbbell presses, and tried out my new recording setup. The second part of that failed on my first set, so you get to watch me fail on my second set instead.https://vimeo.com/121520440I had not realized how incredibly goofy I look doing this stuff. It's like an ostrich trying to play football or something.Quite possibly just me but the video doesn't seem to be playing Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 It is working on my computer, but I no nothing about how these fora work. Quote Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 And I know nothing of vimeo. I'm a YouTube guy Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Tapatalk hosts through them, so it was the easiest way to load it. I'll see if I can youtube it up. Quote Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yeah EE seems to vimeo a lot but I have no experience with it. Maybe it's just the link? Is the video set to private or something? Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Here you go, matty. Quote Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Not awful. Awkward looking lol but not awful. Once you work out form I think you can easily hit 110 when need be. Gonna leave this here as it addresses a few issues that I saw initially... http://youtu.be/9625QqNhmB0 Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Thanks so much. Information is always helpful. Quote Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yeah the weight seems relatively light for you so you are really good at just hoist it up. But I would say you want your elbow a bit higher, go a bit slower to get more control and stand with your feet a bit closer together.Safe to say yours look better than mine as I failed repeatedly in my video. Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
El Exorcisto Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 You're losing a shitload of energy on your clean by curling most of the weight up. Straddle the bell, bend over like in a deadlift, and extend your hips violently to get it moving off the floor. Treat it more like a KB swing or power clean and you'll have a lot more gas left to press it. Quote My training log Spoiler 2016 Hudson Valley Strongman presents Lift for Autism (USS), April 16th Contest report 2015 Hudson Valley Strongman presents Lift for Autism (NAS), April 18th Contest report Eighth Annual Vis Vires Outdoor Strongman Competition (Unsanctioned), August 1st Contest report "What's the difference between an injury that you train around and an injury that you train through?" "A trip to the hospital" Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 You're losing a shitload of energy on your clean by curling most of the weight up. Straddle the bell, bend over like in a deadlift, and extend your hips violently to get it moving off the floor. Treat it more like a KB swing or power clean and you'll have a lot more gas left to press it. Funny mistake for me to make, as I love cleans and hate curls. Should be a pretty easy fix. Quote Link to comment
El Exorcisto Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I did the same thing on the log for a while, just hammer curling and rolling it up. Actually putting some hump into it was a game changer. Quote My training log Spoiler 2016 Hudson Valley Strongman presents Lift for Autism (USS), April 16th Contest report 2015 Hudson Valley Strongman presents Lift for Autism (NAS), April 18th Contest report Eighth Annual Vis Vires Outdoor Strongman Competition (Unsanctioned), August 1st Contest report "What's the difference between an injury that you train around and an injury that you train through?" "A trip to the hospital" Link to comment
matty_mcfly Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Funny mistake for me to make, as I love cleans and hate curls.Lol why does everyone hate curls? Quote "I can. I will. I must." 3rd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Strongman; Spoiler 2nd Challenge - The One Where I Pretend To Be a Triathlete; 1st Challenge - The One Where I Move North of Vag; My Daily Battle Log Link to comment
El Exorcisto Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Lol why does everyone hate curls? You must be new here. They're completely non-functional, can be replaced entirely with chin-ups, and only semi-retarded bros do them and always by occupying the squat rack. FFS dude, pay attention. Quote My training log Spoiler 2016 Hudson Valley Strongman presents Lift for Autism (USS), April 16th Contest report 2015 Hudson Valley Strongman presents Lift for Autism (NAS), April 18th Contest report Eighth Annual Vis Vires Outdoor Strongman Competition (Unsanctioned), August 1st Contest report "What's the difference between an injury that you train around and an injury that you train through?" "A trip to the hospital" Link to comment
Castiel Posted March 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Yeah, gut reaction against curls because of bros. Also, up until a couple weeks ago, I didn't do them as they didn't really have a space in my program. I have only just started with isolation work to support the big stuff, and it's a bit of an adjustment. Quote Link to comment
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