Mini Forklift Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Yeah, it is easier said than done mate. It's just doing this kind of stuff over and over again, a lot of it ends up coming down to confidence. Take a look at my final deadlift in the video of the meet, I might look calm but honestly my heart was beating out of my chest. I knew I had lifted 190kg before, but not weighing 2kg less than I normally do. Plus I had only gone up to 185kg in my training, so I really didn't know if I could do it as I walked up to the bar. That's why you can hear me yell something at the start and pull the bar to try and fire myself up. Think I even shouted out "GOT IT" when I realised I had the lift, lol. You've just gotta be willing to push the envelope every now and then, that's the difference between someone like myself and most of the regulars that I see at the gym every day. Conceptualise, visualise and achieve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Hope you have a great meal for your Dad's Birthday, sounds awesome, Where are you going for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Hope you have a great meal for your Dad's Birthday, sounds awesome, Where are you going for it? A nautical/sailor themed pub called the bargemans rest ahha its pretty cool, they do a veggie curry and veggie burgers (: its right on the side of a river at a quay and there's this memorial thing for where queen victoria visited outside lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Sounds very cool, might be a few hot waitresses there wink wink ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Hahaha well I shouldn't comment on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTyr Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Do you cycle your workouts, if you do how many cycles do you go through in a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 So, was a good meal? Hot chicks? Quality beers? Bet your Dad had a blast haha !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Do you cycle your workouts, if you do how many cycles do you go through in a year.I train more instinctively, where I use my colleges gym which is only open 12pm-2pm and then 4-7pm I don't have much freedom, its also ridiculously busy so I do what I can when I can, its usually alright but I just stick to the main lifts and improving them. Once I've had a heavy session ill have a couple of medium/light ones before going for anymore personal bests (: Hey MF it was bloody fun, there were so many people there loads of which were in costumes must have been loads of places work dos! Coincidently it was my work do aswell in the late evening, we went to a pub called the castle which has an old tale that there's a secret tunnel leading from the castle pub to the actual castle on the island anywho it was a blast! Danced to some old 80s music and had some isle of wight ale called wight christmas haha. How's your weekend been? Suppose its nearly monday in NZ now ahha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Hey MF it was bloody fun, there were so many people there loads of which were in costumes must have been loads of places work dos! Coincidently it was my work do aswell in the late evening, we went to a pub called the castle which has an old tale that there's a secret tunnel leading from the castle pub to the actual castle on the island anywho it was a blast! Danced to some old 80s music and had some isle of wight ale called wight christmas haha. How's your weekend been? Suppose its nearly monday in NZ now ahhaSounds really cool Yeah, weekend was cool. Picked up a massive playhouse for the girls yesterday, took about 10 of us to move it onto a trailer and get it back to my place. Then had a pretty solid training session in the afternoon, my strength is always good about a week after a meet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Yeahyeah you said about the playhouse on fb, glad it went okay sounded like a proper mission haha I literally just posted on your log a minute ago bud haha but basically its lateish here so I'm off for the night! Will check your log tomorrow! I've got training tomorrow night too and I'm excited ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Haven't got round to writing it up yet, big day at work and just got the kids into bed (finally) so I'm off to the gym now. 9.15pm but better late than never! Have a good start to the week mate, will check back soon MF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Monday 10/12/12 Today was alright, the gym owner was laying into some 'lads/bros' about doing stupid isolation exercises which was great! Ahha Bench pressEmpty bar 20 Kg x 1040 Kg x 860 Kg x 665 Kg x 665 Kg x 555 Kg x 11 Nice and light in preparation for my 80 Kg bench on friday Pushup challenge! Fucked up again..Me-30Casey-40Think its 4-2 to him.. DipsX10 x10 x10 Squats. So origanally my best squat was 117.5kg but after seeing Mini forklifts form I've come to realise I need to do them lower to get them right so I've proper deloading and working back up. Last session I got up to 75 so this session I went to 80. Very low, basically touched the catches. Safety bar (25 Kg) x 1045 Kg x 865 Kg x 675 Kg x 680 Kg x 565 Kg x 10 Supersetted with leg extensions. Fuck! It hurt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Haha, the gym owner comment made me smile PS: Gaza is a great track to train to mate! Edited December 10, 2012 by Mini Forklift Ⓥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Good idea to deload the squats and work them back up with the weight as you get better. Took me many months to squat that low with weight and good form !! That looked like a great session mate, how long did it take you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbear666 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 nice work pal, low squats are a killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbear666 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 nice work pal, low squats are a killer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Thought it would be a good call, especially if I ever decide to compete in the future I don't wanna look like a twat doing a half squat ahha.Took me a while as it was busy, signed in at 5 20 and got out at quarter to 7. I've only just got dinner hahaCheers mike gotta get em right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Compete? Oooooh !! Powerlifting you mean, or you gonna get up on stage in your speedos mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 (edited) Well in the future maybe, although I think I'll look great bright orange/brown in budgie smugllers (speedos).. Haha nah it'll definitely be in powerlifting man, but like I said not anytime soon, its just an idea at the moment there's a couple of clubs just across the water in southampton and portsmouth that I've found online Edited December 10, 2012 by vegan_rossco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 Haha, the gym owner comment made me smile PS: Gaza is a great track to train to mate! Didn't notice this post haha sorry!Yeah man its so funny there's three guys that always use the smith and when they aren't they're using dumbbells to do stupid shit, and they wear fingerless gloves.. Its tragic man haha I only really train to my own music when I'm on my own and I like super fast hardcore for that haha mind you gaza is fairly heavy isn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Check out my suicide workout in my log mate, better late than never. Finally got round to writing it up lol.Did you have any Chinese food to go with your Chinese tea ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Will do bud yeah man I had fried bean curd, delishhh! Loving the green dude woohoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Yum, sounds bloody great. Love bean curd, red bean... all that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Just getting ready for the gym now, light deadlifts and heavy shoulder press! I'm wearing my vbb tee and my vegan logo boxers, feeling great and training alone so I'm going all out on shoulder press with some metal/hardcore in my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Sounds good man, I'm having a feed and doing the same. 5.25am here, couldn't sleep all night so just decided to get up and hit the weights rather than get frustrated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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