Blocky Posted October 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Heavy Benching today: Worked to singles at 110, 115 and 117.5kg, then 5 x 2 at 105kg. Followed this with closegrip benching against chains (+10 at the top) for 5 x 5 @ 80kg. Then a bunch or OHP and upright rows. Felt like crap so pretty happy to only be 5kg off all time best on bench. 2 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Think I ran out of energy yesterday... did my hill sprints in the morning and felt pretty meh. Tried to do more cardio at lunch and did 2 mins before my legs refused to move anymore. So I uppedmy carbs at dinner and felt a bit better today. Today I did some kettlebell swings and cycling first up in the morning. And then at lunch it was skwaat time. Did 1 heavyish single at 180kg... Followed by 12 doubles at 150kg, then 10 speedy deadlift singles at 145-155kg. Finished with lunges and back extensions... Now everything hurts and I'm dying.... 4 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 Had a good weekend - did all the bench pressing with only minor discomfort. Then did something weird and actually left the house and did something cultural and went to a local production of: Wasn't too bad. Had front row seats too. Then took the kayak out on Sunday for an hour of paddling. Went and bought myself a new paddle and a comfy seat for the kayak - much nicer. 2 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 16, 2016 Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 4 minutes ago, Blocky said: Had a good weekend - did all the bench pressing with only minor discomfort. Then did something weird and actually left the house and did something cultural and went to a local production of: Wasn't too bad. Had front row seats too. Then took the kayak out on Sunday for an hour of paddling. Went and bought myself a new paddle and a comfy seat for the kayak - much nicer. YAY!!!! I can't remember if I ever kayaked even once before this year and this weekend I went out for the second time this year. LOVE. IT. 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2016 1 minute ago, ~RedStone~ said: YAY!!!! I can't remember if I ever kayaked even once before this year and this weekend I went out for the second time this year. LOVE. IT. I've had my kayak for 3 years but I've already used it more this month than the other years combined 2 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 6 days out from meet.... Normally I would work up to my openers on squat and deadlift but my lower back is still being a dick... so decided to box squat instead (I get way less sore from this)... Worked up to 180 x 1 Felt pretty good, so I took the box away and worked back up to160 x 1 raw... Skipped any deadlifting... I want to give my spine a few days to rest up and I pulled 195kg last week so I know most of my strngth is there. Finished with some hefty leg presses and did some restoration work on my bicep tendon which is starting to act like a cranky old man.... 2 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Good gym day... Did 4 singles at my meet opener of 100kg working on longerpauses. Felt ok. Then did singles at 115, 120, 125 with the slingshot. Followed by heavy triples of closegrip pressing on a 1-board (to save my shoulders). Had this guy in the gym today... 2 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I'm happy to report that after 10 months of increased exercise and a much cleaner diet - I am down a whole kilo.... I hate my genetics Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Cutting weight suuuuuuuucccccckkkkksssssss! I'm down 2 kg in 2 days and have only just started my water restriction - will jump in the sauna in the morning to finish off. Weigh in is at 10 am and I have a whole bunch of food lined as soon as I'm done! 1 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Just weighed myself and hit 102.8... assuming I drop a bit of fluid overnight (you know, with breathing and all) I should be able to sauna off the last 2 kg... I'm feeling better about it. 3 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
RedStone Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Don't panic! Do what you can, and flow with whatever comes at weigh in. More thoughts/questions after the meet... just focus on doing the thing, you'll be great!!!! 2 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Thanks. Down another 300g overnight. About to go do light cardio and sauna-ing. Luckily this is only a test run as the meet is all open class and worked out on the glossbrenner scale (slightly more accurate than wilks points -wilks points favour lighter lifters over heavier ones). I just want to be around 100 so my score will equal or surpass my last meet. Every 5kg I have put on reduces my wilks by 5 points, every 5kg extra lifted over last time increases my wilks by 2.5. Last meet was 500kg @ 100kg for 304 wilks 1 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Flex Luthor Posted October 21, 2016 Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Good luck on your meet man! Love seeing powerlifters doing their thang. 2 Quote "I like you just the way you are" - Mr. Rogers In Br0din's name we gain. Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 54 minutes ago, Flex Luthor said: Good luck on your meet man! Love seeing powerlifters doing their thang. Cheers dude. I need this (which is why I'm still doing it with a busted spine). Meets really help me focus and kick everything up a notch. Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 1st cardio + sauna = down 600g 2nd cardio + sauna = down 700g 1 more to go and I'll be close enough Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 erg.... ended up weighing in at 100.8 kg which is a total of 4.7 lost in 2 days. Was hoping for 100.3 (same as last meet). But it will affect my wilks by 1 point or less. Curently rehydrating and already back up 1.3kg. 2 Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 How did it go? I need details! Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
Blocky Posted October 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Erk... it went horribly wrong... and I can honestly say that it was only 20% physical and 80% mental. My squat warmup was an abortion. Because I weigh so much - I was lumped in with all the big behemoths which was very intimidating. I wasn't very good at asserting myself during the warmups which led me to take some weird jumps. As an aside - my flight was about 15 people and we only had 3 monolifts to warmup on (1 of which didn't monolift much so was used exclusively by the people walking their squats out). I went 2/3 and ended at 165kg (10-15 under where I thought I would be). On a positive -depth was good for all lifts. Bench warmup was a little better...except I started too early and was at my 1st attempt weight about 15 minutes early. I did an easy 110kg attempt in the warmup room and then managed to fuck it up 3 times on the platform. I did notice that my bar at home has non-regulation rings on it which meant that I could not find my correct grip width for the life of me. I need to measure it next time or buy a better bar for home. After the first 2 misses - I just didn't have it mentally to push through and it showed on the 3rd attempt. By this time my lower back was pissed off and cranky again, so I passed on the deadlifts and waddled home in shame. Previous meet total: 500kg This meet total: 0kg I have some ideas to fix all this up so I can go back next year and fuck some shit up. See new challenge. Quote Neutral Gargoyle Warrior with a dash of Ranger/Monk/Adventurer. Now LEVEL 9! My Instagram STR 78, CON 31, DEX 1, INT 21, WIS 13.5, CHA 4 Meet lifts: SQ 175kg, B 112.5kg, Dead 215kg. Gym lifts: SQ 185kg, B 132.5kg, Dead 220kg Nerd Stuff: Sci Fi TV, Sci Fi + Fantasy Books, Classic Space Lego, Warhammer 40K... Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted October 23, 2016 Report Share Posted October 23, 2016 Two words: Learning. Experience. Hugs, chin up - you did the thing, no shame in calling it when you need to. Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
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