Defection from the Mother Land

[bar-belle]

Trained today with Scratch and Steak...so needless to say it was a 8) sesh with a few laughs on the side.

Bench/Squat today:

Flat bench: max grip

1x6x22.5kg

1x5x27.5

1x4x32.5

1x3x35

2x3x37.5

2x2x40

2x3x37.5

1x3x35

1x3x30

1x3x25

Squat:

1x3x30

1x3x35

1x3x42.5

1x2x47.5

3x3x50

ATG each rep

Close grip 2 board press:

5x2x42.5kg

DB Flyes

3x10 light

Had my weekly cheat meal today at lunch...BK Chicken burger and a muffin =P~

Gpp or some conditioning work tomorrow and then the big move on sunday.

But right now I gotta go hoover some egg whites.

:salute:

[Pitbull]

Looking good MotherFace.. Think you'll beat me this time :pfft: \:D/ :grin:

[bar-belle]

Looking good MotherFace.. Think you'll beat me this time :pfft: \:D/ :grin:

Yah cheeky whippersnapper We will just have to wait and see won't we.

Anyway cheeky kids aside... trained in our new gym for the first time tonight. I didn't realise how small the old place was compared with where we are now. Though bigger place more on the shopping list...bars, weights..the list goes on. Anyhoo Week 2 day 1 of training was

Bench fest: Max grip

1x3x25kg

1x3x30

1x3x35

1x3x37.5

4x3x42.5

1x5x22.5kg

1x5x27.5

1x5x30

4x4x35 mixed grip between max and med

Close grip 2 board:

5x2x40kg

DB flyes:

light 4x8

LPD:

4x8x55kg

few stretches to finish and home for some protein =P~

:salute:

[Pitbull]

How did you find all the benching? :grin:

[bar-belle]

How did you find all the benching? :grin:

Yup sweet...bench is feeling good at the moment!!

[Big john]

now thats one awsome avatar BB! cheeeuuuu!

[startinfromscratch]

How did you find all the benching? :grin:

Yup sweet...bench is feeling good at the moment!!

^^ psychological warfare EH!!!!!!!!

[bar-belle]

now thats one awsome avatar BB! cheeeuuuu!

:pfft: yea my alter ego

How did you find all the benching? :grin:

Yup sweet...bench is feeling good at the moment!!

^^ psychological warfare EH!!!!!!!!

three words.. tortoise and hare!!

hey WBOP confirmed for cambridge..time to book the wheels for le road trip and some accoms :grin:

[bar-belle]

Short training day today but that's ok cos I'm now doing 4 days/week sheiko and then GPP so it was a little squat sesh....

Squat:

warm ups bar

1x3x30kg

1x3x37.5

1x3x42.5

1x3x52.5

5x2x60kg

Last 4 sets were using wraps. First couple of 60kg were a little shaky but seemed to get better as I went on. Steak got a couple on vid for me to review :?

Wide stance squat:

1x3x32.5

1x3x40

2x3x45 felt like I got good depth with these

Next training day deads...

[bar-belle]

Day 3 week 2 in the house of Sheiko

Happily began my deads sesh today then after doing 2 sets conventional I was informed that today was deficits :doh: start again

1x3x60

1x3x70 conventional

1x3x60 deficit 1 board

2x3x70

3x3x80

Close grip bench:

1x4x25

1x4x27.5

5x3x30

Rack deads mid shin on 3 boards (cos I'm a shorty):

1x3x60

1x3x70

2x3x82.5

4x3x95

Board press: 2 board med grip

5x6x42.5

DB flyes:

3x10

Low box squat with blue bands: speed squats

6x3x40kg

4x3x45

150 red band tricep pressdowns

Must say I feel fairly toasted right now and ready for

Bench marathon tomorrow and maybe some other exciting stuff happening :-$ and then dinner at Gengy's with the crew. Have been saving up for this all week =P~

See ya on the other side :wave:

[Pitbull]

I must say... You are a machine :clap:

[bar-belle]

Well my exciting news for the weekend was that my bench shirt arrived - a Titan Fury. Soooo of course yesterday I had to try it out for size. It was a good fit with the usual talc and plastic bags and a whole lot of pulling to get it in place properly. Prior to this I did a really good warm up of shoulders, triceps, biceps, legs and lower back etc.

Bench press: no shirt.

bar only x 10

3x22.5kg

3x25

3x27.5

3x30

2x35

1x40

1x40

Shirt on:

3x50 3 board

3x55 2 board

3x57.5 2 board

3x60 2 board

2x 65 2 board

2x 65 1 board

1x65 1 board

65kg x touch

It is so strange benching in a shirt.....the first set the bar wandered around and I felt that I had no control and in the second set on the 3rd rep I brought the bar too high and it came forward and if it wasn't for Steak spotting me I would have landed it on my throat :doh: But once I got the groove and the shirt settled in a bit it was good. I have potentially increased my bench by 20kg. But this is just the beginning I have a lot of work to do to get it right and be able to bench press in a shirt with confidence and a pause . And of course I have the obligatory set of welts and bruises to boot. Looks like I've been beaten up :shock: And despite the pain and tightness across the chest it was actually pretty 8)

Last night some of the CBC crew and a few others from NZBB went out for Mongolian BBQ and a few laughs. Was a good night out :nod:

I had great intentions today of doing some conditioning but to be honest I feel a bit shattered from yesterday so decided to chill today. Tomorrow is the beginning of week 3 which is always a hard one in Sheiko so I'm gonna get all the rest I can

[bigdogbob]

That's awesome news bout the shirt..20 kgs is massive!!!!

Are you allowed to wear them in comps???

Keep up the inspiring training..you rox :pfft: :clap:

[Chillicat]

A shirt with magic strength-giving properties? Wow! Here's me just wearing all my old t-shirts that aren't good enough to be seen in public - I had no idea there was such a thing as a magic benching shirt. No bloody wonder I can't bench for sh*t

[bar-belle]

That's awesome news bout the shirt..20 kgs is massive!!!!

Are you allowed to wear them in comps???

Keep up the inspiring training..you rox :pfft: :clap:

Thanks Nessie yes I never dreamed I could do that...but still a long way to go and hard training ahead.

Yes you can wear them in PL comps and most people these days to do. Tools of the trade I suppose. Without equipment it is raw lifting and shirts/suits are equipped lifting.

A shirt with magic strength-giving properties?

it's not a magic bullet that's for sure.. but it does give assistance in the lift while you continue to try to gain raw strength. I will still be benching as per normal and just train in the shirt 1 x per week. You can get squat suits and deadlift suits as well :nod:

[Big john]

it's not a magic bullet that's for sure.. but it does give assistance in the lift while you continue to try to gain raw strength. I will still be benching as per normal and just train in the shirt 1 x per week. You can get squat suits and deadlift suits as well :nod:

wonder if they make Bicep curl suits?....Tinytraps would be very much into that! :twisted: :pfft: :pfft:

[bob26]

it's not a magic bullet that's for sure.. but it does give assistance in the lift while you continue to try to gain raw strength. I will still be benching as per normal and just train in the shirt 1 x per week. You can get squat suits and deadlift suits as well :nod:

wonder if they make Bicep curl suits?....Tinytraps would be very much into that! :twisted: :pfft: :pfft:

thats good money, good money. :roll:

[tinytraps]

it's not a magic bullet that's for sure.. but it does give assistance in the lift while you continue to try to gain raw strength. I will still be benching as per normal and just train in the shirt 1 x per week. You can get squat suits and deadlift suits as well :nod:

wonder if they make Bicep curl suits?....Tinytraps would be very much into that! :twisted: :pfft: :pfft:

This almost escaped my eyes! Smack talk has increased, must be that high volume jaw pumping

Nice benching BB :grin: Must be relatively loose for touch in first sesh?

[Big john]

it's not a magic bullet that's for sure.. but it does give assistance in the lift while you continue to try to gain raw strength. I will still be benching as per normal and just train in the shirt 1 x per week. You can get squat suits and deadlift suits as well :nod:

wonder if they make Bicep curl suits?....Tinytraps would be very much into that! :twisted: :pfft: :pfft:

This almost escaped my eyes! Smack talk has increased, must be that high volume jaw pumping

Nice benching BB :grin: Must be relatively loose for touch in first sesh?

turbs+dizzy spell tyre flips+ammonia overdose....son its a mircle you could see the page! :pfft: :pfft:

[tinytraps]

I do everything to the limit, including turbo consumption :grin: and curling in the squat rack :pfft:

[Chillicat]

it's not a magic bullet that's for sure.. but it does give assistance in the lift while you continue to try to gain raw strength. I will still be benching as per normal and just train in the shirt 1 x per week. You can get squat suits and deadlift suits as well :nod:

wonder if they make Bicep curl suits?....Tinytraps would be very much into that! :twisted: :pfft: :pfft:

I could very much use a tricep kickback suit :pfft:

[morattigirl]

Yup awesome stuff on the bench Rach! Was great to see you guys again and to meet a few more peeps from here, put a few more faces to the names and ohhhh that food!! YUM YUM!!!!!

[bar-belle]

See smack talk is alive and well in my journal bring on the real talk :nod:

I could very much use a tricep kickback suit :pfft:

skull crushers for the win

Yup awesome stuff on the bench Rach! Was great to see you guys again and to meet a few more peeps from here, put a few more faces to the names and ohhhh that food!! YUM YUM!!!!!

Cheers Jess..was good to catch up with everyone....mmm the food was =P~ but back to reality and clean eats

Nice benching BB :grin: Must be relatively loose for touch in first sesh?

Sheesh loose ya reckon, any tighter an I wouldn't be able to breath let alone grip the bar :pfft:

Steak reckons it is a good training shirt for me, might use it in Nov but I'll just see where it takes me.

[bar-belle]

Week 3 Day 1

Just benching today and it felt really good. Ran out of time for LPD so will tack it on tomorrow.

Flat Bench:

warm up bar x 10 + 4x 25kg

1x3x30kg

1x3x37.5

1x3x42.5

1x1x47.5

4x2x45

1x3x27.5

1x3x35

1x3x40

5x3x42.5

Close grip rack lockouts: usually do board pressing so it was good to mix it up a bit.

5x2x50kg

DB heavenly Flyes:

4x8 light

:wave:

[Big john]

DB heavenly Flyes:

4x8 light

\:D/ hell yea!!!!

Good catch up on the weekend, and Man...AWSOME WELTS CHUUR! *high five* :grin: