First cycle log and meet prep

[Perrin Aybara]

If it's what you want it'll be worth the wait

The price is almost the same as SBDs, but I've been happy with their other products so far.

 

[RodgerThat]

The price is almost the same as SBDs, but I've been happy with their other products so far.

i also beleive they are a better fit for your requirments as they do best SBD in stability but dont have the same pop out of the hole like SBD does and i know you arent looking for that anyway. also the slingshot sleeves are easier to slide on and off then SBD as they flair out for thighs and calfs and are tighter around the knee where as the SBD are a straight taper from top to bottom with no extra sinching around the knee area so if your knees are small reletive to your thighs and calf you wont get much support just pop.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Weight today was 237lbs

Five minute cardio warm-up
Stretches and squat warm-up
Squat 360 3x5
Bench warm-up
Touch and go bench 315 3x5
Deadlift warm-up
Sumo deadlift 510 2x5 (was supposed to be 3x5, but every set was grindy and I didn't want to hit a bunch of RPE 10 sets and wear myself down)
Squats and bench moved extremely easy and fast though
15 minutes of stationary bicycle

I'm thinking for my x2 @RPE 9-9.5 sets on Saturday I'll go 460x2 squat with wraps, 350x2 paused bench and 575x2 sumo deadlift. I'm behind what I wanted on squat, but it's to be expected having taken two weeks off. I'm looking forward to getting healed up a little the week before the meet. Ibuprofen and ice and rest. Looks like I'll be having the whole week of work next week, too. Will be great for recovery, but slightly taxing on my bank account.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I'm going to go back to conventional deadlift after the meet next week. I don't know this for sure, but I think sumo is indirectly causing the knee pain or at least making it worse. Every time I do a set of sumo it feels like my inner thighs down near my knees are on fire. I thought it'd get better as I got used to sumo, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Anyway, that's right where my trainer friend did the pressure release thing on my leg that made the knee pain go away. I'm really not sure I'm that I'm stronger on sumo anyway. I'll have to see how conventional feels after I get used to it again.

 

[RodgerThat]

I'm going to go back to conventional deadlift after the meet next week. I don't know this for sure, but I think sumo is indirectly causing the knee pain or at least making it worse. Every time I do a set of sumo it feels like my inner thighs down near my knees are on fire. I thought it'd get better as I got used to sumo, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Anyway, that's right where my trainer friend did the pressure release thing on my leg that made the knee pain go away. I'm really not sure I'm that I'm stronger on sumo anyway. I'll have to see how conventional feels after I get used to it again.

Might be that your hip abductors are maxed out and can't hold your knees in a pressed out position with the weight being pulled so your ligaments are taking the added stress. I'd go conventional too with that being a factor. Plus I think conventional looks cooler

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Might be that your hip abductors are maxed out and can't hold your knees in a pressed out position with the weight being pulled so your ligaments are taking the added stress. I'd go conventional too with that being a factor. Plus I think conventional looks cooler

I'm not going to lie and say that it looking cooler isn't part of it, too.

 

[jaymaximus]

Might be that your hip abductors are maxed out and can't hold your knees in a pressed out position with the weight being pulled so your ligaments are taking the added stress. I'd go conventional too with that being a factor. Plus I think conventional looks cooler

I'm not going to lie and say that it looking cooler isn't part of it, too.

Ive only been at it a few weeks, but sumo definetly seems to target a few different groups than conventional. But right now I think thats helping me because I felt like I was stuck on DLs for awhile.

As far a coolness, thats why I like sumo. It looks different and not many people do it. Its like the equivelant of being able to bench a crazy amount close hand. Everybody looks at you while youre doing it too!

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Ive only been at it a few weeks, but sumo definetly seems to target a few different groups than conventional. But right now I think thats helping me because I felt like I was stuck on DLs for awhile.

As far a coolness, thats why I like sumo. It looks different and not many people do it. Its like the equivelant of being able to bench a crazy amount close hand. Everybody looks at you while youre doing it too!

It does work different muscles, I feel it in the glutes and thighs a lot more. Worth exploring a bit though to figure out what works for you and break plateaus. I may do it leading up to meets, just depends on how conventional feels after I get back to it.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I think I may have eaten some bad food yesterday afternoon. My stomach was sour and cramping all evening yesterday. I feel better this morning, but I called in sick today and I'm just going to rest today and I'll most likely still hit the gym this evening. Just this session and one more and after that it'll be light/recovery stuff up until the meet. Worst case I do today's workout tomorrow and push things back a day and play catch up next week on the deloads. Surprisingly I haven't really missed many calories, so I don't think this is going to hurt me much, if any.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Went old-school on lunch today, Ramen noodles and boiled eggs. My stomach still feels a bit sour, but I have no symptoms besides that. No fever and I don't feel weak or anything. About to throw some clothes on, get stretched out and go lift.



All I have on the agenda for today is 375 for 4x3 squats, 330 for 4x3 bench and 3x15 chin ups.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Weight was 237lbs

Five minute cardio warm-up and stretches
Squat 375 4x3 (surprisingly easy)
Touch and go bench press 330 4x3 (I'm having this weird thing where the first rep is hard and then it's easier, must be setup or bar path or just tired and form is off)
Chin ups 15, 12 and waited a few seconds and got 3 more, 8 (I was beat after the first two sets, but I'm happy with 15 clean reps on the first set at nearly 240)
Fifteen minutes of stationary bicycle

Saw a New Year's guy doing Bulgarian split quarter squats on the Smith machine. Hadn't seen that yet.

 

[Mr.B66]

Weight was 237lbs

Five minute cardio warm-up and stretches
Squat 375 4x3 (surprisingly easy)
Touch and go bench press 330 4x3 (I'm having this weird thing where the first rep is hard and then it's easier, must be setup or bar path or just tired and form is off)
Chin ups 15, 12 and waited a few seconds and got 3 more, 8 (I was beat after the first two sets, but I'm happy with 15 clean reps on the first set at nearly 240)
Fifteen minutes of stationary bicycle

Saw a New Year's guy doing Bulgarian split quarter squats on the Smith machine. Hadn't seen that yet.

Well seems like the revolutioners in your gym are stepping their game up lol!!!! At my gym their still trying to figure out how to use the leg curl machine[emoji15]

 

[RodgerThat]

5 New Years people on the treadmill and I walked up wearing a elevation mask sounding like darth vadar lol. Good to hear the squats are coming easy I am pumped for your meet next week!

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Well seems like the revolutioners in your gym are stepping their game up lol!!!! At my gym their still trying to figure out how to use the leg curl machine[emoji15]

Sounds like the making of a joke, "how many resolutionists does it take to do a leg curl?" You'd think you needed a degree or something. I'm seeing some pretty exotic moves already.

5 New Years people on the treadmill and I walked up wearing a elevation mask sounding like darth vadar lol. Good to hear the squats are coming easy I am pumped for your meet next week!

I wonder if that would be gymtimidation at Planet Fitness?

Me, too. One more "real" workout and then it's just recovery and preparation. I've done all I can training wise, just need to stay healthy and rested and kill it next week.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

I'm starting to think the stomach thing was a pulled muscle or strain. At first I just thought I was sick, but now that it's subsided a bit it feels more like a strain of some kind. Only thing I can think of is the grinding deadlifts the other day and then I may have aggravated it at work. Would explain why it never affected my appetite. Squats didn't bother it yesterday though, which would be odd. Either way, it's almost gone away completely now.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Weight today was 235lbs

Five minute cardio warm-up and stretches
Squat 315x2, 375x2
Squat with wraps 425x2, 460x2 PR
Bench warm-up
Paused bench press 300x2, 325x2, 350x2 PR
Deadlift warm-up
Sumo deadlift 405x2, 495x2, 575x2 rep PR
Fifteen minutes cardio

Video


Thoughts? First rep on bench and deadlift were rough, I know my setup must be off and it's correcting itself on the second rep. May be too late to do much about it this time around.

I think I've pretty well got my attempts figured out. Time to rest and recover.

Definitely hips coming up too early on the deadlift.

 

[ROB581211]

Weight today was 235lbs

Five minute cardio warm-up and stretches
Squat 315x2, 375x2
Squat with wraps 425x2, 460x2 PR
Bench warm-up
Paused bench press 300x2, 325x2, 350x2 PR
Deadlift warm-up
Sumo deadlift 405x2, 495x2, 575x2 rep PR
Fifteen minutes cardio

Video


Thoughts? First rep on bench and deadlift were rough, I know my setup must be off and it's correcting itself on the second rep. May be too late to do much about it this time around.

I think I've pretty well got my attempts figured out. Time to rest and recover.

Definitely hips coming up too early on the deadlift.

I've been helping a few guys on various lifts. I find there is to much thought on the first which causes things to be slightly off. Then the second third rep is done much better. At least that's my logic. I wish that was my problem but my first is just as off as the 2nd and 3rd. Lol.

I can't comment on sumo DL as I know nothing other than it went up and that's the end goal so don't beat yourself up too bad. Bench looked clean to me from the angle.

All in all good looking lifts brother

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Another update I forgot earlier, I ran out of the ghrp-6 a couple days ago

I've been helping a few guys on various lifts. I find there is to much thought on the first which causes things to be slightly off. Then the second third rep is done much better. At least that's my logic. I wish that was my problem but my first is just as off as the 2nd and 3rd. Lol.

I can't comment on sumo DL as I know nothing other than it went up and that's the end goal so don't beat yourself up too bad. Bench looked clean to me from the angle.

All in all good looking lifts brother

Thanks brother. They did indeed go up and that's what counts, but the first and only rep is the one that counts at a meet and I need to get that one down, too. I guess it'll come with practice though. I kind of wish I'd stuck with conventional deadlifts as I'm much more consistent with them.

 

[ROB581211]

Another update I forgot earlier, I ran out of the ghrp-6 a couple days ago



Thanks brother. They did indeed go up and that's what counts, but the first and only rep is the one that counts at a meet and I need to get that one down, too. I guess it'll come with practice though. I kind of wish I'd stuck with conventional deadlifts as I'm much more consistent with them.

Hey it's all a learning experience. As long as we learn from our flaws/mistakes/shortcomings on this or that and fix it we are making progress. Constant progress is all you can ask for. Everything else falls into place.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

To finish the update I was typing and forgot about, I ran out of ghrp-6 a few days ago. I'm just going to let that be. I feel like I've lost some water weight since discontinuing it, but nothing else that I can tell. Everything else will be the same up to the meet.

Next week I'm going to do 4x3 at 50% on all three lifts on Tuesday and Thursday. Mild cardio and stretches and mobility work. I've got my attempts figured out as well, so smooth sailing from here out.