Mind over Macros

[tinytraps]

Whats your take on the RPMs vs THPs bro?

I used the THPs today managed to get 6 revolutions myself, loads of pop out the bottom and still rigid as, plus they could of been tighter!

[steak]

Whats your take on the RPMs vs THPs bro?

I used the THPs today managed to get 6 revolutions myself, loads of pop out the bottom and still rigid as, plus they could of been tighter!

Im really enjoying the grippers (have a 2nd pair on the way with our Inzer order) - loads of pop, dont move on your leg and the dont slide against each wrap either. Good warps but I have noticed that I had to cut 4cm off the ends for Nats to make them legal again so Im unsure of the life span but they are still going strong - my "go to" wraps. Not much good if you have childs hands either as they are a bulky wrap to use when rolled up.

The Titan RPMs are a good training wrap for me but I dont get the same support as I do from the Inzer Grippers. About the same revolutions as the grippers and like the grippers I have had to cut a few cm off the end to make them legal for competition. They do slide on the skin a bit and they do slide on themselves quite a bit too. I found after a few months old I was pulling them to max stretch and sold off my 1st pair then to a new lifter as the pop was gone.

The Titan Titaniums IMHO are a better wrap than the RPM although not quite as "stretchy" and slightly less revs per metre. They dont tend to slide about as much as the RPMs and dont seem to lose the stretch as quick.

The Titan THPs are a good honest stiff wrap. I find it hard to wrap myself really tight with these and on the odd occasion I have been wrapped by someone else they havent been strong enough to get a good tight wrap going! I can get them tight enough to cause welts by myself but even then there is more in them. For me they are a good comp wrap or a "go to" wrap when someone forgets to return my grippers and Im lifting heavy. They do slide a little on the leg (not tight enough) and they do slide a little on themselves - again prolly not tight enough. Some people just dont like them and I have brought a couple of lifters to tears when using them. They can hurt a bit if youre not used to them."take them off take them off!"

To rank them for comp....

1 Inzer gripper

1.THP

3.Titanium

4. RPMs

To rank them for training/comfort/ease of use

1. Grippers

2. Titanium

3. RPM

4. THP

[steak]

Week 2 Day 3

Trained alongside Wes (skills assessment today- good gains coming through) Rory, Cory and VP. All the boys workinhg hard - mean vibe going on! :twisted:

Warm up

Sled - 60kg - 300m

Violater - 10 mins

Deadlift - conv, raw

10x60

5x100

5x140

5x180

5x180

3x220 - add belt - played with moving the lever out 1 hole

3x220

3x220

Close Grip Bench

10xbar

10x60

10x80

8x100

5x120

5x120

5x120

10x100

Rack Pulls -bar just below knee

10x100

6x140

5x180

5x180

5x180

3x220

3x220

3x220

Tri pressdowns - hammer grip

4x15

red band pressdowns- 200

Good clean eats

1. 12 egg whites, 2yolks, 2 cups oats, 1 cup yog, 50g shake

2. large pork steak - fat trimmed off, 2 cups oats, 50g shake

3. large chicken breast, 4 spuds, 1 banana

4. 2 cups oats, 50g shake

Intra training formula 2 turbos and 1.5 litres coke

5. 1 large chicken breast, 2 cups oats, 50g shake

6. 250g cottage cheese, 2 tins tuna

7. 50g shake with 3 eggs in it.

Basics.

Wendys for the pancakes and bacon/suasage muffin for 2nd breakfast tomorrow

Been doing some mobility stuff here and there bit Im trying something new on this front - will report after trial period.

[steak]

Week 2 Day 4

Trained with Wes - good pace- I go - you go

Assist

Sled - 60kg - 300m

Hits to tyre - 100

Battling Rope Medleys - 3 x 1min - conditioning really coming along on these now.

Hammer grip pulldown 5x15 x stack

DB Row 6x8x50s

Stiff arm pulldown - 3x15 x 45

Standing Overhead press - strict - no push pressing

10xbar

10x40

10x60

5x5 x 80

5x90

repped out to finish these with 60

Bicep Giant set - Db curl/hammer curl/ezibar curl - 4 sets

Good sesh :nod:

[bar-belle]

Week 3 Day 1

End of this bench wave...the next 3 weeks should be way better

Weighed in - 147.4kg

Warm ups

Violater - 10 mins

Dislocations -40

Drop Press - 40

Front raises - 40

Bench - Raw

10xbar

10x60

6x80

5x100

3x125

3x140

3x147.5

3bd raw

3x160

2x170

2x170

Rev band - raw

6x160

4x175

3x185

Bench - equipped - sussing out shirt sizings - Im up for a newie

add fury 50 - too tight to fit delts in correctly, couldnt reach out to max grip, pain in left bicep tendon doing the little bit I did in it...

3x170 - 3bd

Tried the 56/54 Katana - - 3bd

3x170

3x170

3x170

Add the ole fave - worn out Fury 52 with only about 10kg in it but its like an old friend

160x3 - 3bd

165x3 - 2bd

170x3 - 2bd

Flyes - 3x10

Rotator trisets - 3 of 10 each

halbert raises - 3x10

[steak]

Week 3 Day 1

End of this bench wave...the next 3 weeks should be way better

Weighed in - 147.4kg

Warm ups

Violater - 10 mins

Dislocations -40

Drop Press - 40

Front raises - 40

Bench - Raw

10xbar

10x60

6x80

5x100

3x125

3x140

3x147.5

3bd raw

3x160

2x170

2x170

Rev band - raw

6x160

4x175

3x185

Bench - equipped - sussing out shirt sizings - Im up for a newie

add fury 50 - too tight to fit delts in correctly, couldnt reach out to max grip, pain in left bicep tendon doing the little bit I did in it...

3x170 - 3bd

Tried the 56/54 Katana - - 3bd

3x170

3x170

3x170

Add the ole fave - worn out Fury 52 with only about 10kg in it but its like an old friend

160x3 - 3bd

165x3 - 2bd

170x3 - 2bd

Flyes - 3x10

Rotator trisets - 3 of 10 each

halbert raises - 3x10

[OnlyHuman]

Weighed in - 147.4kg

Steak ... You are a big unit

[ohjoshua]

wow you have been getting strong, and big. good stuff!

[steak]

Weighed in - 147.4kg

Steak ... You are a big unit

wow you have been getting strong, and big. good stuff!

Chur chur brothers. There's a bit of chubba with it and theres a price to pay for being this size but the gains are coming and it serves a purpose for now. A time will come and I will have to trim down.

Trained with Wes today - recovery and prehab work. Good quick session on the floor mostly and with heavy bands.

[steak]

only logging the weights training at the mo while we try diffent rehab stuff etc

Week 3 Day 2

Trained with Wes and helped out RM, VP, SE and BB..oh and a new guy who was lookin a bit freaked by the end of the session :roll: He might not be back..

Warm Ups

Sled - 300m - 40kg

Violater - 10 mins

KB swings and few other dynamic moves with LPC focus

Deadlift - Conv, raw - speed focus

10x60

6x100

5x140

5x180 - add belt

3x220

2x230

2x230

and then 5x230 to finish these off

All pulled as fast as - felt easy.

Close grip bench

10x60

10x80

10x100

5x120

5x120

5x120

5x120

5x120

Rack pulls from mid shin

6x100

5x140

3x180

3x220

3x220

3x220

Tri pressdowns - hammer grip

5x10x75kg

Red band pressdowns

2x150 non stop

heavy static stretches which I had to repeat again at home.

Good session :twisted:

[train hard]

good deads and close grips steak how is the rehab going much longer before you a 100% ? or will you always have to train around it?

and whats the journal tittle mean?

[steak]

good deads and close grips steak how is the rehab going much longer before you a 100% ? or will you always have to train around it?

and whats the journal tittle mean?

Cheers bro...rehab going well. Will aim for a scan soon and see how the scar tissue is dissappearing..or not. Feel back to about 90% but Im training with more and more confidence all the time now but Im ever cautious.

Title = BMI and bodyweight in pounds...the biggest Ive ever been. MY drop down in a few weeks as its a bit taxing

[drizzt]

Some big tin being shifted here bro, good stuff!

Your wrap write-up above has given me an idea for a new gear review thread, will chuck it up with my own review - feel free to copy your post in if you want when I've got it running

[train hard]

good deads and close grips steak how is the rehab going much longer before you a 100% ? or will you always have to train around it?

and whats the journal tittle mean?

Cheers bro...rehab going well. Will aim for a scan soon and see how the scar tissue is dissappearing..or not. Feel back to about 90% but Im training with more and more confidence all the time now but Im ever cautious.

Title = BMI and bodyweight in pounds...the biggest Ive ever been. MY drop down in a few weeks as its a bit taxing

all the way big dude! i hate the BMI it tells me im way overweight for my height and that my recommended bodyweight is about 71 kg stuff that lol

[steak]

Week 3 Day 3

Trained with Wes

Warm Up

Violater - 10mins

PNF work -10mins

Mobility - 10 mins

Squat - raw - light session

6x60

6x100

6x140

3x180 - b/w

3x180

3x180

3x180

3x180

1x220 - playin with wrap styles with the grippers.

1x220

1x220

1x220

Pause squats - 3x3x100

Calf raises - 4x10

Hamstrings - 4x10

hard static stretches - 15 mins

[steak]

Week 3 Day 4 - light assist

Sled - 400m 40kg + a kid

Band rows - 2 chocked greens - 4x10

Alternating hand pulldowns - 2 chocked green bands - 4x10

Hammer grip pulldowns - 4x10xstack

Overhead press - strict - worked up to 5x6x80kg

Bicep curl - 8x8x60kg

Hammer curl ss with wrist curl - 3x10

ab development :grin:

[Mike Zero]

Looking strong as Damo. Awesome work capacity for a big man as well.

[steak]

Looking strong as Damo. Awesome work capacity for a big man as well.

Thanks Mike 8)

[steak]

Week 4 Day 1

BW - 148kg

Warm up

Violater - 10 mins

Dislocations - 40

Drop press - 40

Bench - raw, med wide grip

10xbar

10x60

10x80

5x100

3x120

3x140

3x150

4bd

3x160

3x175

3x185

Add shirt - worn out old fury 52- I get near nothin from this rag

3x165 - 2bd

1x170 - 1bd

1x175 - near a touch, pressed out after a little hover

1x175 -touch/pause but zip from the shirt - miss

3x165 - 2bd

Rev band press

2 greens unchoked

3x170

3x185

1x190

Halbert raise - 3x10

Flyes - 3x10

Rotator triset - 3x10 - 3 rounds

Red band pressdowns - 300 - the first 200 without stopping

Raw bench feeling better each week now. The shirt is fitting way better but is too tired to give me anything other than a few measly kgs - will have to get a new shirt :wink:

[tinytraps]

Almost crackin the one fiddy bro 8)

[steak]

Almost crackin the one fiddy bro 8)

Week 4 Day 1

Bench - raw, med wide grip

10xbar

10x60

10x80

5x100

3x120

3x140

3x150

[Big john]

Almost crackin the one fiddy bro 8)

Week 4 Day 1

Bench - raw, med wide grip

10xbar

10x60

10x80

5x100

3x120

3x140

3x150

was prob meaning body weight

[steak]

Im ignoring BW

[Viking Power]

Raw Benching is looking good Damo awesome 8)

[steak]

Raw Benching is looking good Damo awesome 8)

thanks bro...its a work in progress 8)