#drizzt

[HarryB]

Solid conditioning work. Nothing like self disgust as a tool for motivation!

[drizzt]

Thanks, still pretty small-fry kinda weights, but I'm trying my hardest to stay above 8 reps, and keep the rest periods down

[Phedder]

Those small-fry weights would still squash me going for those reps Solid training D, especially considering the sickness :clap: Soldier on.

[drizzt]

Ha well if I don't up my fitness, they may just squash me too if I can't keep this core tight in the latter reps :grin:

[Big john]

time for the Morro motor to get a Tune up bro!

[drizzt]

Just snack-size moros for now :cry:

[Big john]

Just snack-size moros for now :cry:

hmmm if i had to choose, id prob go either....Picnic, milky bar or Kitkat chunky cookies and cream flav

[poos_n_wees]

...Nothing like self disgust as a tool for motivation!

My main motivation for cardio!

It won't take you long to get back into shape Driz. Get better soon!

[startinfromscratch]

hire rakich brah, youll be on the smoothies and 70kg by sept brah!

[drizzt]

Just need it temporarily for Vegas poolsides brah 8)

But on a more serious note, I'm actually looking at hiring a dietician for the Bledisbro buildup, as I feel I can train hard no problem, but an area I'm quite blasé about is diet. I'll just eat whatever I can to get stronger with no idea what it is actually doing.

I can't be doing terribly right now, as the bodyfat isn't horrible and the strength is going up nicely, but I want to be sure that it is bang on for what will probably be the most important phase of my comp prep. And since this is an area I'm not exactly a Pro in, I'm happy to pay a Pro to do it for me :nod:

[HarryB]

Just need it temporarily for Vegas poolsides brah 8)

But on a more serious note, I'm actually looking at hiring a dietician for the Bledisbro buildup, as I feel I can train hard no problem, but an area I'm quite blasé about is diet. I'll just eat whatever I can to get stronger with no idea what it is actually doing.

I can't be doing terribly right now, as the bodyfat isn't horrible and the strength is going up nicely, but I want to be sure that it is bang on for what will probably be the most important phase of my comp prep. And since this is an area I'm not exactly a Pro in, I'm happy to pay a Pro to do it for me :nod:

Just make sure they focus on the perfomance aspect of your nutrition. Often they will take a holistic look at your nutrition and give you a cookie cutter type thing that will have no positive attention to your performance at all. Strength athletes aren't quite like any other athletes in that we break our bodies down in a different way and our nutrition requirements are very different.

[drizzt]

Yeah good point, and I do have a sports-focused dietician I'm looking at (Kath Fouhy - does the diets for the Hurricanes, Black Caps, some Oly athletes etc...), so hopefully she'll have a good feeling of what I'm after :nod:

[HarryB]

Yeah good point, and I do have a sports-focused dietician I'm looking at (Kath Fouhy - does the diets for the Hurricanes, Black Caps, some Oly athletes etc...), so hopefully she'll have a good feeling of what I'm after :nod:

OK bro... just checking cos well you know more than most nutritionists do when it comes to eating for strength training.

[drizzt]

OK bro... just checking cos well you know more than most nutritionists do when it comes to eating for strength training.

Haha not too sure! I think I'm alright if I was wanting to just lose weight, but the strength aspect of things - aside from eating whatever I can - I reckon my knowledge is basic at best...

I remember Nate talking about the difference between a Nutritionist and a Dietician, and he suggested Kath was a good Dietician (this was to someone else, in a thread somewhere on here), so figure she'd be a good place to start at least :nod:

But yeah at this stage I'd like to just pop in for a consult with her and see what it's all about. I think a lot of the issue is I'm really inconsistent when left to my own devices, if I can get someone to lay a plan out for me, I'll adhere to it. Rigorously. Guranteed :pfft:

I love to plan things out, I just don't think I have the expertise to do it on my own in this case...

[HarryB]

OK bro... just checking cos well you know more than most nutritionists do when it comes to eating for strength training.

Haha not too sure! I think I'm alright if I was wanting to just lose weight, but the strength aspect of things - aside from eating whatever I can - I reckon my knowledge is basic at best...

I remember Nate talking about the difference between a Nutritionist and a Dietician, and he suggested Kath was a good Dietician (this was to someone else, in a thread somewhere on here), so figure she'd be a good place to start at least :nod:

But yeah at this stage I'd like to just pop in for a consult with her and see what it's all about. I think a lot of the issue is I'm really inconsistent when left to my own devices, if I can get someone to lay a plan out for me, I'll adhere to it. Rigorously. Guranteed :pfft:

I love to plan things out, I just don't think I have the expertise to do it on my own in this case...

Yeah bro. Interesting what she comes up with. I have done a fair bit of nutrition so make sure you log it so I can check it out for interest sake.

[M.T]

We use Kathy almost every year for Health Seminars infact she's coming in a few weeks for another. I'll pull her aside and see if she can book us or at least you in if you want? Will have a chat to her about it adhoc anyways bra

[drizzt]

Sweet bro

Yep M.T sounds good brah. Ask about powerlifting/strength specifically :nod:

[drizzt]

30.07.11 - Assistance/Conditioning

100.2, cold reached it's zenith yesterday/the day before, so on it's way down and I'm expecting the weight to drop to 98-99 early in the coming week.

• BB Hack Squats (sets, reps, weights)
  1 x 5 @ 70kg
  1 x 5 @ 120kg
  1 x 5 @ 160kg PB
  1 x 3 @ 200kg PB
  1 x 1 @ 220kg (+b) PB (missed 2nd rep)
  1 x 10 @ 140kg
  
• Bent Rows
  1 x 10 @ 60kg
  3 x 8 @ 80kg
  
• DB Rows
  3 x 12/ps @ 90lb
  
• Box Jumps
  3 x 5 jumps @ roughly 40" (? OB may be able to clarify height)
  1 x 5 jumps @ ^ + 2"
  1 x 3 jumps @ ^ + 3" PB
  1 x lots and lots of fails at a 50" jump haha

Comments

• Love BB hack squats, and after mentioning them in the Hack squat thread I had a hankering to do some. I don't believe I've ever gone above 140kg for these (not through lack of strength, more just because I was looking at reps at the time), so decided to take these as far as I could.
  200s felt tough, so I knew 220 was going to be rough, but gave it a whirl anyway. Wee bit of a struggle (the bit where you have to clear the hammies is a toughy!) but locked it out ok. Tried to go for a second, but the bar slipped out of my hands when trying to clear my hammies again. Didn't get these on vid myself, but OB did so may see them in the weekly highlights. Backed off with the 140s after about a minute of rest which felt good.
  
• The rows I did are all about upping my mid-upper back strength. I do lots of light ass work just to get the areas working, but never any heavy stuff. So today I thought I'd up my game on it, and although it's not heavy by most guy's standards, it felt pretty good to me today. I think this is one of the keys to upping my bench - strengthening the back. Something I've neglected quite often due to dominant bis in the movements, and just general poor technique.
  
• Box jumps were lots of fun, previously I think I got to one, maybe two boards on top of the big box, but was feeling good today so pushed it a little further. Got a few of them on vid so you can see how high it is in relation to my height.
  Aaaaalmost landed the 50" a few times but just couldn't stand up (to make it count), kept landing just on the balls of my feet and losing balance when I tried to stand. This (50") is the House record, and I reckon I'll have it in a week or so if I keep trying :nod: Good for the lungs too.

M.T also had another crack at his squats, got his 190 on the second attempt after a better wrap, and missed the 200 on depth by about an inch, but stood up with it this time unlike last week, so much better showing :nod: Also just casually knocked out a 230 dead (25kg PB), will chuck the vids up later on today.

Will probably walk in tomorrow and do some more conditioning. Hopefully the weather is like today - stunner in Wellington!

[drizzt]

Today's stuff:

[Phedder]

Today's stuff:

Wow, they blocked that quick :shock: Sounds like a good session, I want to see these hacks! :clap:

[drizzt]

Damn it is blocked then? I can still view it fine (probably because I uploaded it) but M.T is saying the same thing...

Sweet I'll swap the audio... and sorry no footage of the hacks from me, but watch out for the Weekly highlights - they should be in there as I think OB will be skint for footage with everyone having finished their Nats buildups at the House :grin:

[Traps]

What you got ticking in that body of yours, workouts are looking solid.

What is your weight sitting at now?

[drizzt]

What you got ticking in that body of yours, workouts are looking solid.

What is your weight sitting at now?

Cheers man, nothing in here at the moment but a thirst for punishment I guess :pfft:

Sitting almost bang on 100, seems to be steadily declining now there isn't as much eating/heavy squatting going on.

[Traps]

Cheers man, nothing in here at the moment but a thirst for punishment I guess :pfft:

Sitting almost bang on 100, seems to be steadily declining now there isn't as much eating/heavy squatting going on.

Well I hope I get that thirst soon. It is doing you a world of good by the looks of your numbers.

Whats up with the eating?

I need to get up closer to that weight for our comp in 7 weeks time, talk about non stop eating....I am sure I chew my pillow in my sleep!!! :shifty:

[drizzt]

Ha, the eating is bsaically I gain weight by looking at food... and with pools and vegas coming up shortly, I want to knock it on the head for a couple of weeks and just drop a few kilo :shifty:...

...temporarily of course. I think my "true" weight class may be the 105s, most likely won't bother trying to get back down to the 93s again. But yeah without smashing so much squats in the pursuit of beasty legs I'm just not finding myself so hungry anyway :shrug: