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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Week 2 done!
I am super proud that I am doing this. I was afraid I would bail, but so far, two weeks done. It's feeling doable!
Also, most I've done in a set, assisted.
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DancingMoosie wrote: »@KickassAmazon76
Week 2 done!
I am super proud that I am doing this. I was afraid I would bail, but so far, two weeks done. It's feeling doable!
What program are you running?
It's actually one that a powerlifting girlfriend of mine did. She saw that I was struggling with stronglifts and yet felt lost in terms of what else to do... So she sent me her plan. It's an 8 wk program, and is designed to help grow the main lifts using pin presses, pauses, box squats, etc and other accessories.
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Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-
I've been trying some, but really need to focus on it aggressively. I'm really bad with not consistently stretching. And my inflexibility is almost legendary. 😳😔1 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-
I've been trying some, but really need to focus on it aggressively. I'm really bad with not consistently stretching. And my inflexibility is almost legendary. 😳😔
Dude - at 41 I’m just now realizing the importance of flexibility and mobility- trying to teach my kids - we are not young forever and especially if we have sedentary jobs flexibility training is a must5 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-
I've been trying some, but really need to focus on it aggressively. I'm really bad with not consistently stretching. And my inflexibility is almost legendary. 😳😔
I’ve found that even a little bit goes a long way. Squat University has a great pre-squat hip mobility warm-up that makes a tangible difference for me. They’ve got a wealth of free info on their website and social media.2 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-
I've been trying some, but really need to focus on it aggressively. I'm really bad with not consistently stretching. And my inflexibility is almost legendary. 😳😔
I’ve found that even a little bit goes a long way. Squat University has a great pre-squat hip mobility warm-up that makes a tangible difference for me. They’ve got a wealth of free info on their website and social media.
I'll check that out! Thank you!KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-
I've been trying some, but really need to focus on it aggressively. I'm really bad with not consistently stretching. And my inflexibility is almost legendary. 😳😔
Dude - at 41 I’m just now realizing the importance of flexibility and mobility- trying to teach my kids - we are not young forever and especially if we have sedentary jobs flexibility training is a must
This isn't a joke, I fully agree. Sitting a desk job for 8h a day does not help at all. I guess when it feels like time is at such a premium, it's hard to "waste" it on "just stretching". Even though I know it's necessary.0 -
KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-
I've been trying some, but really need to focus on it aggressively. I'm really bad with not consistently stretching. And my inflexibility is almost legendary. 😳😔
I’ve found that even a little bit goes a long way. Squat University has a great pre-squat hip mobility warm-up that makes a tangible difference for me. They’ve got a wealth of free info on their website and social media.
I definatly need to check this out with my hip immobility
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Minion_training_program wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-
I've been trying some, but really need to focus on it aggressively. I'm really bad with not consistently stretching. And my inflexibility is almost legendary. 😳😔
I’ve found that even a little bit goes a long way. Squat University has a great pre-squat hip mobility warm-up that makes a tangible difference for me. They’ve got a wealth of free info on their website and social media.
I definatly need to check this out with my hip immobility
I'm always lifting either first thing in the morning or after I've sat at a desk all day and have found all of the Squat U warm-up/mobility stuff useful. I regularly do their suggested warm-up sequences for squats and deadlifts, occasionally do the T-spine stretches and used the shoulder stability/rehab suggestions when I was dealing with some shoulder pain in late 2018/early 2019. For the shoulder it's certainly not the only thing I've implemented but it certainly didn't hurt. The first time I tried the squat warm-up there was tangible improvements to overall comfort of the movement and depth.2 -
Minion_training_program wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »Tonight I did bench press. First set was 90lb x8, then next two to failure... Set 2 was 11 and set three was 10.
I believe that if I were to retest my 1rm for bench... I'd beat it by 10lb!
(my squat blows... Those hip issues really torched me)
YouTube some hip opening stretches-
I've been trying some, but really need to focus on it aggressively. I'm really bad with not consistently stretching. And my inflexibility is almost legendary. 😳😔
I’ve found that even a little bit goes a long way. Squat University has a great pre-squat hip mobility warm-up that makes a tangible difference for me. They’ve got a wealth of free info on their website and social media.
I definatly need to check this out with my hip immobility
I'm always lifting either first thing in the morning or after I've sat at a desk all day and have found all of the Squat U warm-up/mobility stuff useful. I regularly do their suggested warm-up sequences for squats and deadlifts, occasionally do the T-spine stretches and used the shoulder stability/rehab suggestions when I was dealing with some shoulder pain in late 2018/early 2019. For the shoulder it's certainly not the only thing I've implemented but it certainly didn't hurt. The first time I tried the squat warm-up there was tangible improvements to overall comfort of the movement and depth.
I checked out one of their vids just now... I will try it before squats tomorrow! Thank you
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KickassAmazon76 wrote: »DancingMoosie wrote: »@KickassAmazon76
Week 2 done!
I am super proud that I am doing this. I was afraid I would bail, but so far, two weeks done. It's feeling doable!
What program are you running?
It's actually one that a powerlifting girlfriend of mine did. She saw that I was struggling with stronglifts and yet felt lost in terms of what else to do... So she sent me her plan. It's an 8 wk program, and is designed to help grow the main lifts using pin presses, pauses, box squats, etc and other accessories.
It's pretty cool, tbh
That is cool. I usually just do my own. I almost never have 8weeks uninterrupted to run a program. I'm always playing catch up.1 -
DancingMoosie wrote: »KickassAmazon76 wrote: »DancingMoosie wrote: »@KickassAmazon76
Week 2 done!
I am super proud that I am doing this. I was afraid I would bail, but so far, two weeks done. It's feeling doable!
What program are you running?
It's actually one that a powerlifting girlfriend of mine did. She saw that I was struggling with stronglifts and yet felt lost in terms of what else to do... So she sent me her plan. It's an 8 wk program, and is designed to help grow the main lifts using pin presses, pauses, box squats, etc and other accessories.
It's pretty cool, tbh
That is cool. I usually just do my own. I almost never have 8weeks uninterrupted to run a program. I'm always playing catch up.
I have never ever done a program... Ever. Just stronglifts and I never tied myself to a plan. I have seriously doubted whether I could actually make it through... And I still do... But for now... For now I'm doing it!
If I can make it through the whole 8 weeks, that in itself would be a huge personal victory!0 -
Switching to the RP stuff is the first time I've done anything with a time bound structure and it definitely takes a bit of a different approach. I'm not a big program hopper but I'm definitely a serial tinkerer. I typically would set up a spreadsheet with a single week, print it out, and fill in and/or check things off as a I. It would prompt me to look at the sheet weekly and I'd almost always tweak something though I was able to layout the RP program on one page for six weeks. On one hand I've missed that frequent review process but I think it's been beneficial for me to stick with the format and what was prescribed for 5-6 weeks.
That said, I was supposed to have a deload this week but I've been feeling great so I'm just going to run it back this week with last week's sets/rep goals and reassess the schedule. We're scheduled for a vacation in late August so I'm laying things out so I'm set for a deload that week.1 -
Switching to the RP stuff is the first time I've done anything with a time bound structure and it definitely takes a bit of a different approach. I'm not a big program hopper but I'm definitely a serial tinkerer. I typically would set up a spreadsheet with a single week, print it out, and fill in and/or check things off as a I. It would prompt me to look at the sheet weekly and I'd almost always tweak something though I was able to layout the RP program on one page for six weeks. On one hand I've missed that frequent review process but I think it's been beneficial for me to stick with the format and what was prescribed for 5-6 weeks.
That said, I was supposed to have a deload this week but I've been feeling great so I'm just going to run it back this week with last week's sets/rep goals and reassess the schedule. We're scheduled for a vacation in late August so I'm laying things out so I'm set for a deload that week.
For hypertrophy/bodybuilding workout programs, RP is awesome. For powerlifting, Juggernaut Training Systems is a great deal more applicable. Chad Wesley Smith, knows his stuff.
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W3, D2 DONE!
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Adjusted my belt too loose. Really close to beltless pulls here.8 -
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Week 3, Day 3 done!
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