Body Building Time!!!!

[startinfromscratch]

i call my manuver the

Zercher Sleeper hold :twisted:

spoting enough of the load so the lifter doesnt smash himself on the floor, Al i was trying to avert was doing possible dmg to your shoulders/tendons in that posistion

but dont sweat it bro, I wear my marks with pride 8)

thats real gym attitude right there :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Traps]

Friday turned into Flopday.

Went up to the gym ready to get into it. Started on my bench work...

60 x 5

80 x 5

100 x 5

110 x 3 and just could not get into it.

Decided that I would leave and come back tomorrow when the love was back. Just felt very flat and no motivation at all. Must be that time of the month eh???

[bar-belle]

come back tomorrow when the love was back. Just felt very flat and no motivation at all. Must be that time of the month eh???

Come on Traps you know the rules....HTFU and just get into it. Am I gonna have to slap you round a bit and shove your head in the nose tork huh :twisted: :pfft: :pfft:

[steak]

"It took me years to fully appreciate the value of the lessons I have learned from the Iron. I used to think that it was my adversary, that I was trying to lift that which does not want to be lifted. I was wrong. When the Iron doesn't want to come off the mat, it's the kindest thing it can do for you. If it flew up and went through the ceiling, it wouldn't teach you anything. That's the way the Iron talks to you. It tells you that the material you work with is that which you will come to resemble."

"Strength reveals itself through character."

"The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and listen to all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds. "

Henry Rollins

[Traps]

Come on Traps you know the rules....HTFU and just get into it. Am I gonna have to slap you round a bit and shove your head in the nose tork huh :twisted: :pfft: :pfft:

I keep trying to get you to slap me around bar-belle but you never do it, lol..... No seriously had a good reason for leaving, no head messing this time.....promise. :pfft:

[Traps]

Right after spending most of the day at work I got home, got ready for gym and passed out on the bed, lol. :oops:

Woke up and gave it another go......

Started off with 10 x wide grip chin ups followed by 10 x close grip chin ups.

Bench

60 x 10

80 x 10

100 x 6

110 x 4

115 x 2

Again, concerened about my bench, just not feelig like it did a few months back. Guess I will have to work a little harder at it thats all.

D/B Press

20 x 10

25 x 10

30 x 10

35 x 10

40 x 8

45 x 3

Again, just not what it used to be, but I will work on it.

D/B Rows

20 x 10 warm up

30 x 10

40 x 10

Ready for tomorrow already....shoulders need to take a hammering I reckon.....catch ya later.

[Traps]

Traps is going underground until the CBC competition......RED BE VERY AFRAID!!! :twisted:

[bar-belle]

Traps is going underground until the CBC competition......RED BE VERY AFRAID!!! :twisted:

So smack talk is alive and well I see.....nice squattage today BTW.

[Viking Power]

:pfft: :pfft: go hard Traps ---- make sure you have a word to the umpire on the day off comp about REDS hitching come deadlifts I'm sure he'll be bunny hopping :pfft: :pfft:

between Team madness bunny hopping (hitching) and BJ roundbacking :roll: whats the deadlifting becoming (a stunt trick?) :pfft: :pfft: :pfft:

[Traps]

Back in for a visit.

Thanks bar-belle, it felt so good, got to do the 220 on my own next time!!!

VP will be sure to have a little word to the judges. (last post was deleted due to it being totally inappropriate!)

Red is getting a bit confused I see, he is getting deadlifting and shrugs mixed up.....the boy needs help.

I am just glad that my trophy is safe at CBC and look forward to giving it a nice home on my cabinet.

[startinfromscratch]

hope you lads gonna do some of all that talking with the bar! :pfft: :pfft: :pfft:

[red machine]

hope you lads gonna do some of all that talking with the bar! :pfft: :pfft: :pfft:

prob more so at "the bar" rather than with the bar :pfft: :pfft: na hopefully abit of both

[Traps]

My mate Red and I will be doing the hard yards with the bar and the long yards at the bar right after the comp, you joining??? \:D/

On my last post I wrote that I was looking forward to getting a 220 squat without the bands, well this weekend I did just that. No more do i fear the 200 mark, that is long gone. Fun times and bigger numbers ahead!!! :dancing:

[Optimass]

[Big john]

Progressing rather well.....leaving the big lifts late in the game. Tactics! :twisted:

[Traps]

Monday Squat night.

Thought I was going in for a bit of coaching with Steak. Boy was I wrong!!!

Started like this......

Warm ups

Bar x 10

60 x 8

100 x 6

140 x 4

160 x 3

170 x 3

180 x 2

140 x 3 to box with foam

140 x 3 to box no foam

140 x 3 to bucket

180 x 1 to bucket

205 x 1 to bucket

225 x 1 to bucket

ended like this.... :clubbed:

In all a good night with a pb of 225 to depth. Cant complain.....well not as much as my cns did, lol.

Big thanks to Steak for the session tonight and staying a little later....and Bar-belle you were awesome to so a big thanks to you. I was however going to call you a lier if you told me I had to go down any further :phear:

[drizzt]

225 x 1 to bucket

WTF awesome work dude :clap: Looking forward to seeing your battle with RM :nod:

[Traps]

WTF awesome work dude :clap: Looking forward to seeing your battle with RM :nod:

[Traps]

225 x 1 to bucket

WTF awesome work dude :clap: Looking forward to seeing your battle with RM :nod:

Cheers drizzit, been working hard at it over the last few weeks.

Was following your travels but got too jealous so I stopped, lol.

How is the training going?

[Traps]

Thursday night squats.

Bar x 10

60 x 10

100 x 8

140 x 4

160 x 4

180 x 3

200 x 1

200 x 3

Didnt have too much energy tonight but pushed on, got a wobble on the second last rep so Steak helped correct it, next one came up no probs.

Starting to feel the heavy training and early mornings, so gonna take a HTFU pill tonight and get back into it this weekend. :twisted:

[bar-belle]

Time to back off the volume and up the intensity before you deload :twisted:

[drizzt]

Was following your travels but got too jealous so I stopped, lol.

How is the training going?

Ha, fairy nuff! I'm much the same when it comes to my mates travelling :nod: Setting up a trip for next year already 8)

Training is sweet, program starts fully next week.

200 x 1

200 x 3

Nice squats... again!

[Traps]

Time to back off the volume and up the intensity before you deload :twisted:

Agreed, 100%, just wanted to get the feel, now for intensity :nod:

[Traps]

Was following your travels but got too jealous so I stopped, lol.

How is the training going?

Ha, fairy nuff! I'm much the same when it comes to my mates travelling :nod: Setting up a trip for next year already 8)

Training is sweet, program starts fully next week.

200 x 1

200 x 3

Nice squats... again!

A man with a plan, nice one drizzit, can I come on the next one?

Got to back off the numbers now and start gearing up for comp, my deads are up but my bench has fallen, still got a niggle in my arm, cant figure it out and the squats make it worse, such is the nature of the beast.

Looking forward to seeing your numbers when you get back into it. :pfft:

[Traps]

Sunday Deads, last big lifts before the comp.

Wanted to gauge what I was going to attempt at the comp so my day looked like this.

60 x 10

100 x 5

140 x 5

180 x 4

200 x 3

220 x 2

240 x 1

250 x 1

260 x 1 close to lockout but not quite

260 x 1 again, closer to lockout but just not there.

Over all happy with today, at least I know what I am going to do on the day, with the adrenaline pumping I have no doubt that I will pull 260 \:D/