Tankweazel - farming gains

[Tankweazel]

Um... 130kg bench. #minibeast

Not until I touch it, pause it, lock it out and all on a national or above platform.

[SpecialSundae]

Not until I touch it, pause it, lock it out and all on a national or above platform.

[Sam Ashen]

I thought it was pretty funny how the numbers went up once equipment is involved.

[Tankweazel]

I thought it was pretty funny how the numbers went up once equipment is involved.

Not at first as it's usually a good idea to start with loose equipment to get used to the fact that it's going to try and throw you about.

I've been lifting equipped for a couple of years now, so the move into silly tight stuff is to be expected.

[Tankweazel]

Well, one person in my bracket for the weekend and zero comp prep.

But this is standard for judo and bjj, except I'm now aware that I only know the bow on procedure for judo.

[Tankweazel]

Thursday:
Paused Squat: 20x5, 60x3, 80x3, 90x3, 95x3x3
Squat: 95x5x5

Bench Warm Up: 20x5, 40x5, 60x3, 70x1

Equipped Bench: 80x2, 90x1, 95x1, 87.5x3x3

Paused Bench: 60x5x5

Assistance: bent over row and pull ups

Also tried to snap my own neck in my sleep last night.  Heat and stretching has got me most of my mobility back and I'm hoping to be ok (if a bit fat) for my wee bjj outing tomorow.

[Tankweazel]

Saturday:

Neck still a bit tender but I could turn it, bridge on it and various other movements that I'd probably need today.

Struggled with a new points system after realising that while I might have landed a throw, half guard into reclaiming guard gets points.....

 

Resulted in Silver in the blue belt and bronze in the absolute.  Found out that I'm small like the people I look at and think they're small.

Kept losing fights by being 2 points down.  I've moved in the right direction though.

We've identified that I need to drill some guard passing.  Getting out of half guard, sorted.


Sunday:

Deadlift Warm Up: 60x5, 90x5, 110x3
Equipped Deadlift: 130, 140, 150, 157.5, 165, 170 - mis loaded and got excited thinking I was working up 167.5, 175, 180 (maybe this will be the case when the new suit goes on at the weekend)
Deadlift: 120x5x3

Deficit Deadlift: 95x3x5
Shoulder Press: 15x10, 25x12, 29x9, 32x5, 34x3, 25x13
Jerk: 25x4, 35x3, 40x3, 45x3, 50x2, 47.5x3, 49x3x3

Renegade Row & Plank Circuit: (10x6, 60sec), (10x8, 45sec), (10x8, 35sec)

[Tankweazel]

Tuesday:

Worked up to an opener on equipped squat then dumped the bar on down sets.  Decided just to hit an opener on bench and call it a day.  Might be ok to train again on Thursday or just leave it till the comp on Saturday.

[Tankweazel]

I have fallen in love with bjj no gi.  So much so that I have just spent silly money on fancy new leggings and knee pads.

[The Most Loathed]

I thought the point of No Gi was not needing special clothing.

[Tankweazel]

I thought the point of No Gi was not needing special clothing.

The knee pads are a need for me, my judo ones won't work if not under a gi ebcause they're a bit bulky.

The leggings were a want, because I need to look and feel fabulous while I roll around on the floor sweating.

[The Most Loathed]

The leggings were a want, because I need to look and feel fabulous while I roll around on the floor sweating.

Well that just makes sense

[Tankweazel]

Saturday:

Lesson be learned, going into a competition with a defeated attitude will guarantee you second place.

Squat: 155kg, 160kg, 165kg - despite breathing difficulties these were all easy and not a problem

Bench: 90kg, (F)110kg, (F)110kg - looking back I should have either gone 155.5kg on the third to take the GB record back and get the shirt to touch easier, or keep going with the shirt unjacked and claw what I could on sub total

Deadlift: 150kg, 160kg, 167.5kg - no point on taking risks and killing myself at this point.

So now it's time for tighter suits, and I could probably do with working with a coach on a regular basis so I'm getting the best out of my suits since I'm a beastly raw lifter compared to team mate and competition that beat me to first.

[SomeGuyFromScotland]

The leggings were a want, because I need to look and feel fabulous while I roll around on the floor sweating.

 

I think that's all any of us really want.

 

That said, my only experience with rolling around on the floor sweating over the last few years has been when I'm trying to button my jeans.

 

But in all seriousness, go you. Keep kicking ass and taking names.

[Tankweazel]

From the west midland FB page:

"The only thing that separated the two 'Mini Beasts' at the weekend was this incredible double body weight Bench!"

Better get my act together and work on touching in that new shirt.

Monday:

Squat Warm Up:  20x2x5, 60x5, 80x5
Suit Bottoms: 100x3, 120x3, 130x3, 137.5x3 142.5x3 - still a bit above parellel but as it's only suit bottoms I didn't want to keep bumping the weight up on an already worked core
Squat: 80x5, 90x5, 95x2x5 - some drop sets
Bench (1st rep paused): 20x2x5, 40x5, 60x3, 70x3, 72.5x3, 75x3, 65x3x5
Snatch Key position Drill: 10x3x10, 15x3x8 - my position is so far off after not really training this that I figured, best keep weight off till next week
DB Row: 17.5x5x10 - probably want to start bumping back up to 25kg
OH Lunge: 10x5x10 - bumping this back up to 15kg again

I've got 4 weeks to get straps up and depth in the new suit, it's the same size as the old one so it doesn't need much work and I don't want it too slack.  The signature gold wraps can get to Falkirk though, I'm sticking with the bouncy titaniums.

[Tankweazel]

Tuesday:
Paused Deadlift: 60x5, 80x5, 87.5x3x5

Sumo Deadlift: 60x5, 80x5, 100x2x5
Clean & Jerk: 15x10, 35x3, 42.5x3, 47.5x3x3 - I'm having to relearn my line on oly stuff as nothing seems to be sitting right at the moment.
Bench Warm Up: 20x10, 40x5, 60x3

Shirted Nonsense: 80x3, 95x3, 102.5x1, 100xF - so I'm getting down in an unjacked shirt but still coming offline and not getting the right set up, backside off bench and lack of dat arch
Assistance: inverted rows, push ups, pull ups and plank

I really want to see some oly gains this year but I've got a lack of time for training the movements while I'm lifting equipped.  I'm contemplating possibly hitting the GB gym at lunch (provided they have a women's bar) or starting to drive to work so I can hit the uni gym at 7 and then proper trainign afterwards at GS.

[SpecialSundae]

Don't pummel me for saying this, but do you ever feel you're spreading yourself a bit thin competing in equipped and classic powerlifting, weightlifting, judo and BJJ?

[Tankweazel]

Don't pummel me for saying this, but do you ever feel you're spreading yourself a bit thin competing in equipped and classic powerlifting, weightlifting, judo and BJJ?

Powerlifting take priority on everything else.

Weightlifting, Judo and BJJ are fun things for me to do.  I enjoy them, but you can tell from my recent competition results that I haven't been training them seriously for a while.  But I can get back into condition for any of them quick enough when I need to.

[Tankweazel]

Wednesday:

A great day of grappling.  Started with trangles (san gaku jime) at bjj at lunch. Yay, my second favoruite.

Then got taken aside at judo while every one was drilling tomoe nage, too work on tomoe nage into juji gatame as a build up to eventually hitting a flying arm bar.  Then during open practice is was the tomoe nage to juji version with the new guys, flying arm bar with the other dan grades and "old rules" with the coaches.

I should be able to work both in competition but have to watch that I only pull the arm lock on once people hit the floor, unless it's bjj then have at it.

[Tankweazel]

Thursday:

Paused Squat: 20x2x5, 60x3, 80x3, 90x3, 97.5x3, 102.5x3 - being strict one the "one thousand" counts for a 3 sec pause
Squat: 97.5x5x5 - I remembered I had traps and squat suddenly got so much easier

Bench Warm Up: 20x2x5, 40x5, 60x3, 70x1
Shirted Nonsense: 80x2, 95x2, 105x2, 115x1, 120x3 (various levels of touch or fail with 120kg, If I'd had the sense to use collars on the first I'd probably have got it rather than tipping to the side.
Paused Bench: 65x5x5 - again, strict on that long pause count
Bent Over Row: 50x5, 55x2x5
Pull Up: 3x3, 2, 3

[Tankweazel]

Friday:

Positional sparring from closed guard.  Neither top nor bottom is something I enjoy in this scenario when I weigh so little.  We've got a 120kg beast of a blue belt that can just power through anything, the aim is to get him with standing Kata Garuma one day.

Got some time to drill the flying arm bar that I've learned.  I'm going to fight the comparison to a certain prominent female judoka who went the MMA route right till the end, no I'm not just like her, no I don't want to be the next her.

And my governing body happen to think I'm cute and adorable.
 

[SomeGuyFromScotland]

So you're saying we probably shouldn't call you "Rowdy", then?

 

*runs and hides*

[Tankweazel]

So you're saying we probably shouldn't call you "Rowdy", then?

 

*runs and hides*

 

As in the Piper?  That's cool.

 

[Sam Ashen]

Not at first as it's usually a good idea to start with loose equipment to get used to the fact that it's going to try and throw you about.

I've been lifting equipped for a couple of years now, so the move into silly tight stuff is to be expected.

 

I have not said hi in quite some time!  No plans to work with equipment in the near future - I think I am doing a fine job trying to hurt myself as it is!    I might be open to encouragement!

 

It was pretty funny to see the numbers go up once you got into a suit.

[El Exorcisto]

As in the Piper?  That's cool.

 

 

All out of bubblegum?