Jab1 wrote:
btw with straight bar curls I felt the same thing, but just doing them more regularly fixed that, plus going for teh pumpz and not heavy weight.
I would definitely reccomend any guys feeling straight bar or even standing EZ bars curls more in forearms/wrists to put them at the end and try for 3 second eccentrics.. obviously the weight is limited but if you can work up to 60kg+ at the end of your workout you probably have some big-ass arms imo (40kg was a struggle for me, my arms suck).
Jab1 wrote:
btw with straight bar curls I felt the same thing, but just doing them more regularly fixed that, plus going for teh pumpz and not heavy weight.
I would definitely reccomend any guys feeling straight bar or even standing EZ bars curls more in forearms/wrists to put them at the end and try for 3 second eccentrics.. obviously the weight is limited but if you can work up to 60kg+ at the end of your workout you probably have some big-ass arms imo (40kg was a struggle for me, my arms suck).
I don't have an arm day so it would be tough to put it at the end, but I did go relatively slow on the descend. I'll try to go super slow next time and see how that feels.
samoth2 wrote:
I don't have an arm day so it would be tough to put it at the end, but I did go relatively slow on the descend. I'll try to go super slow next time and see how that feels.
If you don't have an arm day I'd probably either do another movement like cross-body hammer curls or just warm up with super light dbs/bbs a ton before going to them.. my mistake in the past has been 60kg+ cheat curls as my first movement, not particularly wise IMO.
samoth2 wrote:
I don't have an arm day so it would be tough to put it at the end, but I did go relatively slow on the descend. I'll try to go super slow next time and see how that feels.
If you don't have an arm day I'd probably either do another movement like cross-body hammer curls or just warm up with super light dbs/bbs a ton before going to them.. my mistake in the past has been 60kg+ cheat curls as my first movement, not particularly wise IMO.
I'm not doing anything near 60+ on any kind of curls haha. Wouldn't cross-body curls be more forearm? I believe the DC guys are doing them as a forearm exercise.
samoth2 wrote:
I'm not doing anything near 60+ on any kind of curls haha. Wouldn't cross-body curls be more forearm? I believe the DC guys are doing them as a forearm exercise.
Yeah it would.. but I prefer doing John Meadows style of arm training where he warms up them first and the lower biceps then moves on to a stretch type bi movement (incline curls, preacher, spider curls etc.) then finishes with some more standard curling. Don't know what I'd do if I was limited to one movement, I don't really do that besides on squats for smolov.
I'll give it a go Saturday. After all the arm training isn't high priority right now. I think I'll start doing some more BB-style work after my meet this summer. I kinda miss having a pump.
samoth2 wrote:
I'll give it a go Saturday. After all the arm training isn't high priority right now. I think I'll start doing some more BB-style work after my meet this summer. I kinda miss having a pump.
I always just figure that theres really no harm in working bi's as hard as you would as a bb'er no matter what the goal. Same with tri's and calves if unless your benching/squatting multiple times a week. But yeah it's just a case of the time it takes I guess.
Good Mornings
132x5
176x4
Went on to back raises
3x60x12
Comments
Bench was very easy. I went with index fingers on rings, where I usually use my ring fingers.
On the squats I played around with the form as well. Since I've gotten the Oly-shoes I have been divebombing my squats with a narrowish stance but today I spread out my feet a bit and slowed down the descend. Felt pretty good.
Cross Body Curls
26x10
26x12
Change to Hammer Curls
22x12
Both arms at once.
Comments
The laterals were a lot better than standing laterals. Will keep doing these.
I didn't like the rear laterals, I'll change these to scarecrows.
The first set on chin ups was probably the first time I've ever did a double digit amount of reps in chins/pull ups. They feel much much stronger than pull ups, but there was a quick decline in reps.
The cross body curls were pretty meh. The hammers felt much better.
Now it's time to enjoy the nice weather by staying inside and watching Premier League.
For some reason I decided that I needed to eat a box of cereal and two liters of milk. Let me just quote the legendary Ron Burgundy and say: Milk was a bad choice! I'm definitely paying for that decision now (Possible TMI)
Bench
121x5
143x4
2x171x3
5x193x3
Most reps with a pretty long pause.
DB Flyes
5x35x10
Push Ups
5xbwx10
Front Squat
2x176x3
2x215x3
4x237x2 PR
Band Good Mornings
5xgreenx5
Comments
Squatting and benching was very strong. Front squats were fine but I'm having mayor trouble getting the bar in a good position. I used straps today.
BMGs feel better than with a barbell, since I'm prone to putting too much weight on the bar when I do these.
Today is also my first day on RFL so I can have hawt abzzz for the summer. I will run it until easter break just to see how my body reacts, and then after the easter break if I like what I see.
From now on I'll log in kilograms in support of phlegms's quest for Imperial dominance.
u mad Americans? (I'll notate PR's in both kg and lbs)
Looking forward to seeing how RFL treats you. Will be following along eagerly!
I just finished up a stint of trying to drop a few kilo's whilst lo-carbing it, it worked fine for the first two weeks but the third week killed me. Was losing the ability to focus and I'm in the middle of my last few weeks of college before exams so decided to stop it until a later date when I have less intellectually stimulating things to be pouring my energies into!
@Jake: Thanks buddy.
It wouldn't be taking a stand if I used both though. I'll force those Americans to use the Imperial system!
@Jab: Squats are totally awesome. Feeling very good at the moment.
@phlegms: I'm hoping it will turn out good. Then I could hopefully be in good enough shape to bump up my eating. I don't think I've been above 2500 cals this year. (I have probably completely ruined my metabolism lol)
u mad Americans? (I'll notate PR's in both kg and lbs)
No because I'm American
That's a good thing?
This morning I weighed 80.5 kg which is down 2 kg from yesterday. I'll have to start making breakfast since I don't eat enough at night to keep myself sated until the afternoon.
I was down to 79.9 kg this morning, soon I'll be shredded like bug and ebomb haha.
Pause DL
92.5x3
110x3
2x130x3
4x137.5x2
Bench
55x6
2x65x6
4x70x6
HS Decline 1 arm
15x10
3x30x10
Block Pulls
102.5x4
120x4
2x137.5x4
4x147.5x4
Walking Lunges
bwx36
2xbwx50
Comments
Easy day today. No trouble with the energy despite the low cals, though I felt a bit lightheaded during the DL but I think that's because I drank 3 cans of Coke Zero earlier.
Tried the new HS press instead of flyes and didn't like it very much. It felt like it was mostly shoulders for me.
The blocks from the squat box worked great for pulls, and since they belong to the club and not the gym the owner can't complain.
During the lunges I focused on a stretch at the bottom. Got pretty hard even with bodyweight.
DB Flyes
16x10
4x12x10
immediately followed by 90s chest stretch.
Squat
90x5
2x107.5x5
4x125x4
Band GM
greenx5
4xbluex5
Comments
Felt kinda sluggish during the workout and I really had to grind it on some of the squats. I'm happy though since I've got all the reps I was supposed to do.
30 minutes after the workout I played street football with some friends for 90 minutes. I was extremely tired, hungry and thirsty afterwards. I kept thinking about all the crap I'm going to eat when I get back home on Wednesday. I am definitely going to get Nutella and cheese on white bread (it's a fantastic mix) and Nutella and banana on rye bread (also amazing).
Tomorrow I'll be going to a new gym opening in my town. I'm gonna try the SSB, rings and whatever looks exciting.
Fooled around a bit today in the new gym that was opening.
I did some safety bar squats, GH raises, cable rows, CG fat bar bench and around 50 pull ups spread in between the other stuff. Light weight just to try the things I usually don't have access to. It was fun.
My weight this morning was down to 78.8 kg and I decided, that I needed a carbload, but I felt really shitty (literally) after the first carbs so I dropped that idea.
I'm thinking that low carbs might work best for me.
