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anyone who thinks the silva/leben fight was a fluke must know almost nothing about mma. sliva fought one of the most technically perfect fights i have ever seen. especially when you see some of the punches leben has taken and walked through in the past.

12/10/8, pyramiding or progressive resistance was discarded and abandoned by the soviets over 40 years ago. americans will never get over it, but you should. try something like 5 sets of 5 or something along the likes. or you could just do sets of 10, inc the weight the next week, and stay at that weight until you get all sets at 10.

there are a lot of different causes for this. has it been like this for a while. could be gyno? no way to tell for sure less having it checked out by a professional.

i'll call it first, Josh Barnett as the Absolute champion. it will set up a real good Barnett/Fedor fight for the title.

7-2-06, dynamic bench speed bench (#1 bands)(12): 45x3x3, 75x3, 95x3x8 5 board close grip (5): 135x3, 185x3, 225x3, 255x3, 285x3 rolling tri ext (3): 25x10, 35x10, 45x8 long pull (4): 130x10, 170x6, 200x5x2 tri pushdown (3): 80x12, 100x10, 120x10 setup and arch were not good during the speed bench, but they came together for the 5 boards. glad i hit 285 with relative ease. felt like i hit the perfect groove on these. could have gone for 295, but saving that for next time. biggest difference is i didn't burn myself out too much on the precursor to my max set. used to think a big bump in weight for my last set would hurt me, but now i think the opposite is true. so next time my last 2 sets will be 265 & 295 rather than what i tried last time which was 275 & 295.

i don't know about basketball shoes, but as for running shoes, Montrail are top shelf. plus almost no one has Montrail shoes so you can run fast and be fashion forward. Montrail >>> New Balance. of note, veganessentials.com carries these.

cliff builder bars, dried apricots, anything oatmeal.

6-30-06, dynamic squat speed box squat (#3 bands)(13): 55x3, 145x3, 175x2, 195x2x7, 205x2, 225x2 speed deadlifts (suited)(11): 225x2, 275x1x10 good session. squats were lightning fast. went up to 225 and that was done with decent speed as well. will probably move up to the #4 bands next week and take a little weight off of the bar. deadlifts weren't so great. easy weight, but i'm not getting this suit technique down. not getting my back as flat as i would like and really not getting a good initial pull off the floor as well. there is just too many different things to do and not enough time after i pull myself to the bar. its just going to take practice.

That's rough! You don't like Portland? nah, nothing against portland. i just like talking trash

the one time in my life i wish i lived in portland.

round 2 of Total Elimination Absolute is this weekend. if you want to see what good heavyweight fighters look like, don't miss this. any one of the remaining heavyweight fighters (less Yoshido) would mop the floor with any UFC heavyweight. Not mention the Emelienenko brothers who aren't even in the tournament (Alexander was eliminated by Josh Barnett).

last night's fights were great. so happy to see bonnar put on his ass. the "draw" decision by one of the referees makes bonnar's last victory that much more suspect. Rashad has a good future ahead of him. i don't think goulet was that dominant. he almost got both knocked out and chocked out. he is like GSP with a few holes in his game. silva really is that good. he ranged leben with perfection and was extremely accurate with his strikes. although i think Franklin is the most intelligent UFC fighter, he will get ktfo'd by Silva. wasn't surprised one bit that Leben would get his ass handed to him the first time he fought a world class fighter.

6-28-06, max effort bench 3 board bench (6): 135x3, 185x3, 225x1, 255x1, 275xFx2 inc tate press (4): 25x12, 35x10, 45x8, 50x4 machine pulldown (4): 90x12, 180x10x2, 180x7 tri overhead machine (#4 band)(3): 50x10, 80x10, 110x7 ouch, my body was in pain during and after this. feels like i'm falling apart almost. most likely from the hard work i've been doing at my job. haven't been getting enough calories to compensate as well. friday i'm gonna take things a little easy.

6-26-06, max effort squat box squat (7): 145x3, 255x3, 305x1, 345x1, 395x1, 425x1, 455xF(almost) glute ham raise (3): body x 12 x 3 band pulldowns (3): to failure went into this session very sore from my deadlifting on friday and benching yesterday. 425 wasn't as smooth as i would have liked. at 455 i stayed very upright, but had no explosion at the bottom and only made it halfway up. once i got there i felt like my quads were going to blow out so i ended the lift there. its hard to analyze myselft, but i think i'm concentrating so much and staying upright and coming down so slow that i don't give myself much of a chance to catch any rebound. i'm still pleased with where i'm at and still plan on opening with 475 9 weeks from now. things could change when i get my straps up and wraps on.

this is the weekend after my powerlifting competition. not sure if i can go or not, but i'll probably be very hungry that weekend.

6-25-06, dynamic bench speed bench (#1 bands)(12): 45x3x3, 75x3, 95x3x8 4 board close-grip (4): 135x3, 185x3, 225x3, 265x2-F rolling tri ext (3): 25x10, 35x10, 45x8 parallel grip pulldown (4): 130x6, 160x6x3 face pulls (3): 110x15, 130x15, 140x12 tri pushdown (3): 80x10, 100x10, 110x10 very tough session. i felt real sick the whole time as if i couldn't get any air. almost got a solid PR on 4-boards, but couldn't overcome bad technique on my last rep. might have solved some of my setup problem, but we'll have to see next bench session if it holds up or not.

its so funny how a year ago all of us were going to bed with our CoC grippers by our side and now we can barely muster a grip session a month. i noticed my forearms have shrunk a little so for me there was no other option.

6-23-06, dynamic squat speed box squat (#3 bands)(11): 45x3, 145x3, 195x2, 215x2x8 deadlift (suited, beltless))(6): 225x1, 315x1, 365x1, 405x1, 405x1, add belt, 405x1 dec glute/ham raise (4): body x 12, x12, x10, x10 band pulldowns (3): to failure another great session. squatting was a little slow, but at top weight i wasn't too concerned about it. then the task of putting on my new deadlift suit arose. holy smoke, so frigging hard. took over 20 minutes to get the straps up. using it is even harder. you have to pull yourself down to the bar and then explode up. 405 wasn't easy, but it really wasn't that hard either. i had about 2 minutes between pulls as well and didn't use a belt until the last pull (didn't think i could get to the bar witha belt on). i would say with this effort that i'm good for 425-445. hopefully if i can get good using this suit i can see 475 or more. i need a lot of practice though.

this would be an interesting competition. experience vs beginner, raw vs equipped, and different weight classes among other things. i'm up for the challenge.

finally got around to doing some grip work again yesterday. used my devil's advocate gripper to get a triple at 195. my left hand was terribly weaker at this weight. anyway, no more neglecting this, got to knock down the CoC #3 sometime next year.

sensless, i've been up to 196, and its just too much weight for me. i still like to do other things like run, play soccer, climb smokestacks (work related). possibly 198 in the future, but that would be the max. i know i'm relatively tall for 181 (5' 8-9"), but i'll have to make it work. if everything goes right, 1350 range. if i can get my deadlift around 500, there is a possiblity of 1400. right now i would say there is not much of a possibility of that happening.

Sensless, the only thing i have really tested is my squat, and 5 weeks ago or so i did 435 off of a box with a 14" cambered bar. this was with suit on and straps down. i'm hoping to open with the following lifts for my first competition scheduled for September 2nd in the 181 class. Squat - 475 Bench- 335-345 Deadlift- 425? Just got my deadlift suit so lets see where that takes me, but it is definitely my weakest lift. ~David

6-22-06, max effot bench bench lockouts (6" ROM)(7): 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 265x3, 295x1, 315x1, 335x1 machine row (4): 180x10, 230x10, 270x8, 320x5 inc/overhead dumbbell (3): 55x6, 65x6, 75x5 tate press (4): 25x10, 35x10, 45x10, 50x4 very pleased with this session. 335 is about where i want to open with for my competition (10 or so weeks out) and i felt real good about this lift. did some heavy rowing on the machine and some dumbbell pressing as well. could have gone higher, but i was by myself and had no one to spot me. thought about doing another set at 75, but it takes too much effort and is too dangerous to set up for the first rep. tate presses are really starting to take off as well. just started to take my new creatine ethyl ester caps today so lets see where that takes me. bodyweight is around 189 and i'm getting leaner.

6-18-06, dynamic bench speed bench (#1 bands)(12): 45x3x3, 75x3, 95x3x8 5 board close grip (5): 135x3, 185x3, 225x3, 275x3, 295xF rolling tri ext (4): 25x10, 35x10, 45x6x2 lat pulldown (4): 120x10, 160x8, 190x5x2 face pulls (3): 110x12, 130x12, 140x10 tri pushdown (3): 95x10, 120x10, 130x10 okay session for not having a real session the last couple weeks.

i really don't understand why you (both) are using terms like "its not fair to other lifters". since when is this a competition? to me its a place to post the best lifts you've ever done. also my analogies are dead on (you are obviously mis-interpretting the hockey one). and i'm still waiting for the list of world class RAW lifters. and no, i won't stoop down to your level and test my RAW maxes. sitting here up in the ivory towers they mean nothing to me