vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 I was gonna say it must be proper early where you are ahha your 13 hours ahead that's mental. What's your workout gonna look like today dude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Probably just going to go in and train arms, legs should probably be next but I'm often not at my strongest first thing in the morning. I'll save them for tomorrow night instead. Bought a load of new music yesterday so looking forward to working my way through some of that, the hard part will be deciding what to listen to. Something heavy I think woohoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Coffee machine is more fired up than I am this morning haha, might need two cups ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ha I had a coffee before training but it just made me pee 3 times and fairly crap throughout my workout.As I planned I went light on deads with fairly high reps, some jerk told me I was doing them wrong/my form was bad and that I wasn't doing the deadlift as one complete motion, he thought he would say this to me mid pull to which I replied "looks fine to me mate..." Pretty sure he muttered some shit but I'm not bothered. AnywayDeadlifts 50 Kg x870 Kg x880 Kg x890 Kg x8 this was a killer60 Kg x 12 so was this lol. Left about a minute or so rest between sets. Overhead press25 Kg x1035 Kg x1040 Kg x8 PB45 Kg x5 PB calculated one rep max is 52Kg woohoo, mite test it to make sure at some point next week.20 Kg x12 Shrugs, some guy gave me pointers on my form so I've got them down now20 Kg x1222.5 Kg x 1225 Kg x1230 Kg x 1230 Kg x8 grip gave out 3 light sets of high reps on seated rows (machine) This got me through the ohps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 The shrugs are dumbbells and weight is per dumbbell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 One thing I found to be a fantastic help for improving grip strength is walking on the treadmill, slight incline for 10mins holiding a 10kg dumbbell in each hand. I do that maybe once or twice a week, speed about 5.5kph and incline set at 2.5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 That sounds good but.. My gym has a health and safety policy in which no one is allowed to move the dumbbells from the free weights area :/ My grip is definitely getting better though, from hanging on pull up bars and holding deadlift on the last set.I'm feeling fantastic right now I genuinely feel strong, just put away some linda mccartney pies and now I'm watching worlds strongest man! Looking forward to fridays benching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Fuck! Baboumin (if that's how you spell it) is on worlds strongest man, he's a vegetarian and he's germanys strongest man. He also just deadlifting 350Kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synny667 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Most I have ever deadlifted is 92kg....but that was with the help of straps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 350kg is getting up there, although that's still starting weight for some of those guys. Konstantinovs lifts well over 400kg and he's not even a Strongman competitor, a lot of these big guys are just beasts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Here you go, have a look at this mate Hopefully the 2012 WSM gets uploaded onto YouTube at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Well it was the front end of a car so that makes it harder I suppose ahha, its such a good programme some of these guys are nuts! The hungarians are dominatingI can't watch that at the moment as I need to use my laptop for it to work :/ I'll have a look later though man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synny667 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Loved Rammstein song! Ok why do are the toes jointed out during deadlifts???? That would totally kill my knees unless I was doing sumo squats. Honestly just seeing that makes my knees hurt..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Loved Rammstein song! Ok why do are the toes jointed out during deadlifts???? That would totally kill my knees unless I was doing sumo squats. Honestly just seeing that makes my knees hurt.....Actually when the weight gets heavier it's actually slightly easier on the knees if the feet & knees are 'ducked' slightly outwards (same goes for squats). Mark Bell explained it really well on one of his DL videos ~ I'll see if I can find it and I'll post it into your journal. Pretty informative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 just watched it! that's mental weight, especially for his size! can't help but notice his back rounds a fair bit or am I just imagining that? and yeah I duck my feet a little bit on heavy squats, other wise my ankles come off the floor when I go low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yeah his back rounds a little, guess that's to be expected as he's pulling 950lb hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Not up on YouTube yet although I'm sure it won't be too far away. This is the guy that normally uploads all of them, there's some great stuff on his channel... Definately worth checking out if you have some spare time Ross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synny667 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 I only ask because I am naturally pigeon toed and ducking my feet out really bothers my knees after a while Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asparagus Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Yeah his back rounds a little, guess that's to be expected as he's pulling 950lb hehe.Actually, it's just his upper back that rounds. His lower back is straight - that's what's important when pulling. Some lifters keep a straight upper back as well, others let it round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 Not up on YouTube yet although I'm sure it won't be too far away. This is the guy that normally uploads all of them, there's some great stuff on his channel... Definately worth checking out if you have some spare time Ross I'll make it the first thing I do tomorrow off to bed guys and gals! Night all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Yeah his back rounds a little, guess that's to be expected as he's pulling 950lb hehe.Actually, it's just his upper back that rounds. His lower back is straight - that's what's important when pulling. Some lifters keep a straight upper back as well, others let it round.Ah okay, just seems like whenever I'm deadlifting I'm really worried my upper back is rounding ahha didn't know that it wasn't important for it to be totally straight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asparagus Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Yeah his back rounds a little, guess that's to be expected as he's pulling 950lb hehe.Actually, it's just his upper back that rounds. His lower back is straight - that's what's important when pulling. Some lifters keep a straight upper back as well, others let it round.Ah okay, just seems like whenever I'm deadlifting I'm really worried my upper back is rounding ahha didn't know that it wasn't important for it to be totally straightThe trouble with letting your upper back round is being aware of where your mid-lower back starts and making sure that keeps straight. For me it is easier to just try to keep the whole back straight. Keep taking vids of your pulls and look at your lower back. If you're able to keep it straight even when the upper rounds on heavier lifts then you're in good shape. However, if you notice that the rounding starts to creep lower then work on pulling with a completely straight back. I try to keep my back straight by tightening my core, bringing my chest up and pulling my shoulders back. It doesn't always work on my heaviest pulls and I end up rounding a little anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 I try to keep my back straight by tightening my core, bringing my chest up and pulling my shoulders back. It doesn't always work on my heaviest pulls and I end up rounding a little anyway.Exactly how I do things as well You can't get an accurate picture from the front, so I'd suggest that you get any of your heavier DL's filmed from the side. At least for a while until you feel you have your form and technique down solid. Just my 2c of course Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 Well you guys have seen the 2 vids I have of my deadlifts, the first one is from the side too, what do you think?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Yeah, your form looked fine matey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now