Drizzt Lifts Things

[drizzt]

Too sensible as always Miss R :roll:

Just kidding, I do appreciate the input I wasn't seriously considering shifting the time of workout just because of a couple minor distractions, but I will try to block any external factors out anyway 8)

yourself+ipod+heavymetal+weights, chuck in some ammonia and a dont f*ck with me attitude face :twisted:

Heh have actually been lifting iPod-less for the last few months-ish just to lessen the clutter... maybe that's why I'm getting distracted :think:

Maybe join a 24 hour gym? Generally there's a dead spot between 1-3am

Sounds like a plan :jive:

[Peachy]

Lol Drizzt I think you need to learn how to be a meanie :nod: Sum people need to be told how stupid/annoying they are. Otherwise how will they learn?? Tell those dummies at your gym to stop being fuckwits. Your doing them a favour their mums probably have told them they are special :roll:

[drizzt]

Lol Drizzt I think you need to learn how to be a meanie :nod: Sum people need to be told how stupid/annoying they are. Otherwise how will they learn?? Tell those dummies at your gym to stop being fuckwits. Your doing them a favour their mums probably have told them they are special :roll:

Heh, I actually get told that I'm "too nice" quite a bit (often as a criticism of my rugby play :oops: )

I'm working on being more agressive, I just need to find the right way to deliver it

[Peachy]

I'm working on being more agressive, I just need to find the right way to deliver it

Lol so many choices. You could be passive agreesive, or agressive agressive, or my personal favourite I dont know the name but when you just bum them out hard by setting up traps for them to sound stupid (as in conversation traps). Lol i duno how I manage to do it but Im gud at this hehe. Must be smart deep deep down.... :grin:

[startinfromscratch]

bro, just work on using the fewest words possible to tell ppl stuff. ie

"f*ck off" instead of "can you move please?"

"na" replaces " oh no thanks"

"f*ck off c*nt" replaces "excuse me please, do you mind moving"

etc etc

works for me. 8)

[TonganTerror]

bro, just work on using the fewest words possible to tell ppl stuff. ie

"f*ck off" instead of "can you move please?"

"na" replaces " oh no thanks"

"f*ck off c*nt" replaces "excuse me please, do you mind moving"

etc etc

works for me. 8)

and me too sfs :pfft: :pfft: :grin:

[tinytraps]

bro, just work on using the fewest words possible to tell ppl stuff. ie

"f*ck off" instead of "can you move please?"

"na" replaces " oh no thanks"

"f*ck off c*nt" replaces "excuse me please, do you mind moving"

etc etc

works for me. 8)

Dont even use words. Just give them the "stop being a fuckwit or ill steal your soul" look.

Or I just wander over and drop a bomb after a chilli feed :grin:

[drizzt]

Haha, all good suggestions folks... errr, I mean c*nts, thanks

My problem is probably letting people get away with a bit much - applies to general life and rugby. I'm quite easygoing when it comes to others which is just my nature I suppose I need to "draw the line" a little nearer than I do at the moment, not at the expense of being nice, but more to stop being a bit of a doormat I guess.

Work in progress 8)

(p.s. TT, are you the guy that crop dusts along the cardio machines? :shock: :pfft: )

[drizzt]

27/09/10

93 flat today for the 1 rep max testing. Vid to come later tonight once I've chopped it up and uploaded it.

• Squats (1RM)
  Bar warmups
  10 x 60kg
  6 x 100kg
  3 x 120kg
  3 x 140kg
  2 x 160kg
  1 x 170kg
  1 x 180kg
  
• Bench (1RM)
  Bar warmups
  5 x 60kg
  3 x 100kg
  1 x 115kg
  1 x 130kg
  0 x 135kg (miss)
  3 x 120kg
  
• Side DB Raises
  10 x 8kg
  10 x 8kg
  10 x 8kg
  

Comments

• Squats were feeling pretty flippin' nice today 8) Had a target in mind of 170, but after 160 flew up nice and deep a couple of times I knew 180 was gettable. 170 was easy, but a tad shallow on review (and didn't feel deep either...). I thought I had gone nice and deep for the single @ 180, but when I reviewed the vid it looked like about parallel You'll see what I mean when the vid is up. Despite this though, I'm happy with calling 180 a pass, because it wasn't that I was incapable of going deeper than I did, more that it *felt* like I had gone at least to parallel, so I went up from there. Yeah yeah, excuses excuses :haha: - but from how the lift felt overall (barring a bit of a sticking point out of the hole), I'm pretty comfortable with calling it my 1RM, and would've gone deeper (with no problem, I'm sure) had I known it was as shallow as it turned out to be. There was actually probably a little more in the tank too, but I'm happy with leaving it where it is for now.
  
• Bench... felt the warmups went ok, 115 flew up which I didn't quite expect, so jumped straight to 130 which also flew up relatively easily - touch 'n go. Thought I'd give 135 a crack after this, but was a bit slow off the chest which ruined it. It would've gone up on another week, but we'll leave the 1RM here.
  
• Side raises were just a bit extra to cool down - and starting to get used to them as they'll be in Sheiko, and I haven't done 'em for a while. Nice 'n light.

SO pretty happy with how that session went, surpassed my squat expectations by 10kg, and hit my target on bench (with an inkling there is more in there on both lifts). Almost 2x bodyweight squat, and 1.5x bodyweight bench, so very happy with that. Not far off 2.5x bodyweight deads too, so hopefully will reach all of these milestones by year end

Oh and after the last set of squats today, we had a guy come up from a couple of racks away that said he was pleased to see us squatting heavy and DEEP. He said he was waiting for us to do little knee-twitch squats when we loaded the weight up, so was pleasantly surprised Always good to have positive feedback from randoms!

Deadlifts to come on Thursday probably, it'll give me a good rest leading up to it, and have this Thursday through to the following Thursday off (long service leave \:D/ ) so have tonnes of time to play with. Will be handy starting Sheiko too, to get accustomed to the first couple of workouts.

Video to follow in a few mins, just gotta finish editing and then upload it.

[drizzt]

edit - Video now on the next page...

There ya go, lemme have it. Apologies for the poor camera angles, I propped it up where I could and didn't view the camera before doing the set (usually propped up against a wall or something, so I wasn't sure what angle it was pointed at).

Tips and advice are greatly appreciated

Also a couple of notes - the little stutter step after the 1st rep @ 160 was because I was only intending a single, so begun to move to rack it, then thought there was an easy second rep in there so dug that out of the bag.

Bench again (like the last bench vid I posted) looks like it may not have touched, but I can honestly say that it did - in fact, it probably bounced a little which I wasn't happy with... but it wasn't a huge, or deliberate bounce, just didn't control the touch as much as I would usually hope for.

[Peachy]

Looking gud Drizzt 8)

[TonganTerror]

shot mate onwards and upwards :clap: I wont comment much as there are better qualified here to do that but one thing is it looked like you attempted to set yourself under that bench by putting your legs up on bench but then you just laid under the bar as per normal annulling what you tried to achieve m=by feet on bench follow one of the plers set up and you will kill a 140 \:D/

[drizzt]

Looking gud Drizzt 8)

Thankya Peach

shot mate onwards and upwards :clap: I wont comment much as there are better qualified here to do that but one thing is it looked like you attempted to set yourself under that bench by putting your legs up on bench but then you just laid under the bar as per normal annulling what you tried to achieve m=by feet on bench follow one of the plers set up and you will kill a 140 \:D/

Thanks for the feedback brother I know what you're getting at here - I did have a pretty PL focused bench style earlier this year (bigger arch, feet back further etc etc), but I've tried to move away from that into somewhere in the middle ground of bodybuilding/powerlifting style bench.

Basically what I'm after is the strength increase (more specifically, rugby-based strength), and I believe taking parts from both the bodybuilding and powerlifting styles are what's going to get me the better strength gains, as opposed to going completely one way or the other.

So the feet on bench thing is for me to keep the shoulders and traps tight on the bench, but nothing more really. I also did this previously to accentuate the arch (where I'd drop the feet to the floor before dropping the arse on the bench), but I've cut that out for a slightly larger ROM - I'm happy with just keeping everything tight for now (unless I get told to do otherwise I guess :pfft:)

But I'm glad you pointed it out, because I'm beginning to think less and less about the setup, and just get under the bar and move the weight. Heck, I didn't put the feet up for the first few sets, so I remember it feeling funny putting them up on the last set (for the last set I started to automatically fall into the old "PL Setup Routine" I used to go through) - so I'll take more notice of it in future.

Cheers again bro

[Jigga]

are you the guy that crop dusts along the cardio machines? :shock: :pfft: )

great imagery there

[drizzt]

great imagery there

Yep, can imagine TT leaning against the DBs casually for a few seconds.... followed by a slow, laboured walk along the cardio machines, leaving faces screwed up in disgust in his wake :x

Edited the video with some choice sounds because I was bored:

[VampireChick]

Oh no you didn't use Poi E :pfft: The woman chanting at the beginning is my nan.

Nice squatting by the way

[drizzt]

Heh, I watched the vid this afternoon and thought "this needs some music"... was looking through the iTunes library for ideas and Poi E jumped out. Lovin' it 8)

Oh and thankya

[Big john]

mean maori mean footage bro...love the tunes :clap: :clap:

[Pseudonym]

Hmph. Once upon a time I think we were pushing similar weights. Not any more.

Nice one mate. Although I think you should also edit the speed of your squatting so you're going up and down in time to Poi E's beat.

[drizzt]

mean maori mean footage bro...love the tunes :clap: :clap:

Chur brother, thought you might appreciate the tunes

Hmph. Once upon a time I think we were pushing similar weights. Not any more.

Nice one mate. Although I think you should also edit the speed of your squatting so you're going up and down in time to Poi E's beat.

Cheers Pseu, and I would know what you mean if you had a journal I could check your weights in :poked:

Squatting to a Poi e beat, interesting idea :think:

[tinytraps]

great imagery there

Yep, can imagine TT leaning against the DBs casually for a few seconds.... followed by a slow, laboured walk along the cardio machines, leaving faces screwed up in disgust in his wake :x

Edited the video with some choice sounds because I was bored:

:shifty: secrets out

Nice work bro. From vid squats would of made depth.

Squats

overall pretty good, few things to work on

1. Start with your knees locked and hips through (squeeze your arse cheeks hard together). This is the position you want to finish in so this is the position you should start.

2. Remember to sit back first! you got a nice drop into the hole type squat but you break with the knees first. load the hammys then drop into it.

Bench

good speed 140 will come real soon. With your setup I still think you should setup up like a pler except keep your feet further forward rather than taking them right back to exentuate your arch. This way you can get up on your traps and keep tight while getting that happy medium between the two.

KUTGW cuzz and get on the platform soon!!!

[tomsammce]

Nice work, the squats were very good! i had to mute your video while i watched though lol

[drizzt]

:shifty: secrets out

Nice work bro. From vid squats would of made depth.

Thanks bro, good to hear on probable pass, although I guess you kinda need to see it in person to tell anyway, eh. Or at the very least a better camera angle (will get someone to hold the camera for deads).

Squats

overall pretty good, few things to work on

1. Start with your knees locked and hips through (squeeze your arse cheeks hard together). This is the position you want to finish in so this is the position you should start.

Sweet bro, will give this a whirl (had a PM saying the same thing :oops:)

2. Remember to sit back first! you got a nice drop into the hole type squat but you break with the knees first. load the hammys then drop into it.

Awesome, this is the kinda tip I was hoping for :nod: I've got a suspicion my balance may not be too good, any way you'd suggest training myself to get that sort of ham activation? Box squats?

Bench

good speed 140 will come real soon. With your setup I still think you should setup up like a pler except keep your feet further forward rather than taking them right back to exentuate your arch. This way you can get up on your traps and keep tight while getting that happy medium between the two.

Cool, I'm still unsure with bench, I think I need a proper coaching session some time :think: But for the sake of tightness, I will probably start to implement more of the PL setup for the time being (as it seems to be the main suggestion I'm hearing for the bench).

KUTGW cuzz and get on the platform soon!!!

Heh no plans yet (to get on stage or the platform), just strength focus at the mo... But I wouldn't count either out

Nice work, the squats were very good! i had to mute your video while i watched though lol

Cheers Tom! And yeah, I agree, not to everybodys taste haha, just thought a touch of kiwiana would go well 8)

[drizzt]

30/09/10

93.5 today - I did have a hoodie-ish thing on with shoes etc, so more or less the same weight as Mon's workout.

1 Rep Max deads today \:D/

• Deadlifts (1RM)
  Bar
  6 x 60kg
  5 x 100kg
  3 x 140kg
  3 x 180kg
  1 x 205kg
  1 x 220kg =PB
  1 x 230kg PB
  
• Push Press
  Bar
  6 x 40kg
  5 x 60kg
  3 x 80kg
  2 x 90kg
  1 x 102.5kg
  0 x 110kg
  
• Pullups
  5 x bw
  3 x +10kg
  2(+1) x +20kg
  
• Stretches/Core
  Various incl light Face Pulls
  

Comments

• Deads weren't actually feeling that great. Did a boxing class last night, so the arms/shoulders were sore, as well as the back from the ducking/weaving drills. Still, despite that 205 was pretty smooth, 220 - my goal weight for the day - went up fairly easily so I decided to have a crack at 230. BIG struggle, roundbacked majorly but I got it there in the end, really stoked! 8) My bro (aka the cameraman) also got a 165 after aiming for 150, which is a 15kg PB for him :nod: That was after failing the first two attempts at it too, so big raps on him.
  
• The other exercises we were pretty much mucking around with, good to get a 100+ press in (didn't push press too badly for it), but the 110 was too much for today. Then tried a few pullups, light-light facepulls, and lotsa stretches/stabilizing core work.

So I'm incredibly happy with how the testing went this week, exceeded my goals on Deads and Squats, and met the Bench target. Bloody happy because I thought my estimates may have been a tad optimistic, so I'm stoked to have hit them. 1RMs end up as (@93kg bodyweight):

Bench = 130kg

Squat = 180kg

Dead = 230kg

Total = 540kg

Video to follow after I've chopped 'er up

[drizzt]

There ya go, final instalment until the end of the cycle. Roundbacked terribly, I know, but ah well :pfft:

And all sets before the ones filmed were double overhand grip, I intend to try and stay away from the alternate grip as much as I can, but I kept the grip how I was comfortable with for the testing purposes.

As always, comments, tips - even compliments! - are welcome