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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Deadlift Today

DL 130 x 8.....Powercleans 130 x 6.....150 x 6....170 x 2....Stiff Legged DL.....180 x 6.......200 x 6......220 x 6.....Pullups with 30 sec rest X 8....x 3

Done. Back home for a week and have a few pounds to shed. Very Happy

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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

Yesterday:

Cleans:
85x15
105x12
125x10

Incline rows-3sets of 85x12

abs

Man, i'm still weak. I feel ok until I lift and then it hits me. Frustrating.
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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Chest:

Cybex Bp 130 x 8.........60 second rest "strip sets" 290 x 5.....270 x 4......250 x 5....230 x 6.....210 x 7.....190 x 8.....170 x 6.....150 x 7.....

Cable crossovers/Cybex incline supersets - Cables 50 x 11....incline 110 x 5....cables 50 x 10....incline 110 x 6....

Incline only....150 x 7.....170 x 5.....190 x 4.....done.

Felt good. Hope you get back to normal ET!
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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Squat:

130 x 6.......218 x 4......288 x 1......338 x 1......358 = missed!! wait a few minutes, regroup, 358 x 1.......288 x 2......218 x 4......Good Mornings 160 x 8..... First attempt @ 358 I got about 1/3 to 1/2 up but leaned too far forward. The second attempt I stayed back.

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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

BP-
155x12
175x10
195x8

Incline DB:
12x45
10x55

Side dips

Abs

Yeah. Felt Better.
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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

Cleans:

95x12
115x10
135x8

Incline rows:
75x15
105x12
105x7

abs.

Almost there. Next week back to 150 on the cleans and I want to try to get 175 by summer.
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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Cleans have been kicking my butt! But I'm glad you got me back into them.

Deadlift day- THE moment of truth.

DL - 130 x 10......218 x 5.....288 x 3......338 x 1.....388 x 1.......428 x 1!!!!
Power Cleans - 150 x 4.....Pull Ups x 11.

Woo!!!! 428 is an all-time PR for me!!! in 02 or early 03 I did 425 and that was the best. This rep was hard. But it went! I just got back from San Antonio at about 2:15 so I was worried about all that sitting and how that would affect things. All's well that ends well.

What I like about DL is that there's no question. No question about pause, bouncing, depth, height, racking, nothing. There's no way to cheat. Just pick it up or don't!! Now, every 3-4 weeks with my scheduled max days will be new territory! It's exciting!

I also desperately need to get my bench in gear. I need to get with my partner and really start hammering things. Now that I'm finally back from all of our traveling I have 15 weeks from TODAY to get things on track.

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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

BP:
145x25
165x20
175x15
205x5 Bah!

Skull Crushers:
55x15
65x12
75x12

DB side dips:
45x15
55x12

DB Bench:
45x15
55x12

abs
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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Dude! You've got me pumped about doing cleans. I think they've been helping my DL. I'm going to more cleans and less DLing because everything I've read about has said some variation of (to DL more, DL less!!). One is supposed to do things that work the same muscle groups but without the over-training DLing leads to.
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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

Cleans are one of the big muscle group lifts that don't hurt my joints. I think they will improve your DL but mixing them in might be strange. I never liked doing them on the same day but don't do them on my bench or legs days. Hmmm.
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I've been involving them all along but now I'm going to place more emphasis on them and other Olympic-type lifting. I'll still have a traditional heavy DL day every so often, but will do these and other things and see how things progress.
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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Feel a cold or sinus infection coming on and didn't want to do this but decided to do it so that if I miss anything in the coming days it will only be Bench day.

Good Mornings......130 x 5.....150 x 5.....200 x 3.....220 x 2
Stiff Legged DL ......220 x 5......250 x 5.......270 x 3......300 x 2....

Didn't want to lift, glad I did. The best I felt all day was while I was training! Go figure.....
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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

It's the endorphins. Hope it's not a long cold.

Cleans:
115x10
135x8
150x5

Incline rows:
115x8 3x

abs
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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Decided to do a wee bit today regardless of cold (it's not a butt-kicker yet so I'm still doing chores and everyday things)

Chest:
With 60 sec. rest

Dips ....bodyweight x 5......w/25 x 5.....w/50 x 5.....bodyweight x 8......bodyweight x 5.....push ups x 11.....x 7.......x 7......
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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

I've got the boys doing deads this quarter so I took a stab. Ok, only 255x5 but I haven't done them in over 10 years so I sure wasn't going to kill myself. I'll take it slow but I was happy with it.
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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Yeah, that's great first time in 10 years!!!! I guarantee you it's the cleans doing that. They work essentially the same muscles, just the cleans are much more explosive and you can't handle as much weight with them. You'll be pulling 475+ in no time!!

Awesome that you're getting your boys into it. Things like Chess, Football, or...Powerlifting....have given many a troubled young man a taste of discipline and the chance to challenge himself. Maybe you could coach them and start a Powerlifting Club.
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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

Squats:
115x20
115x15
115x12

Calf raises
3sets of 25x125

Curls:
65x21
85x12
115x5

abs
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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

Feeling much better today!

Deadlift day:

Warm up with cleans:

130 x 10.......155 x 5.......180 x 1 (then three "high pulls" to extend the set)

Conventional stance DL 180 x 10.....230 x 6......300 x 6....Pull Up x 5....Pull Ups w/ 10# x 5.....Pull Ups w/ 20# x 6

Done! Felt good. I haven't weighed myself but with the traveling and the relaxed eating while sick I think I'm 2-3 pounds heavy.

Soundtrack:

Fastway - S/T (this is becoming a favorite!)
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Man in Morph Age : 40 Joined : 08 Apr 2007 Posts : 8626

BTW, thanks for the 475 on the dead. I don't know who's more deluded, you or me. Razz

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Age : 34 Joined : 06 Mar 2007 Posts : 3814

You'd get there in a jiffy if you had the weight. Your cleans and that tentative first 250 x 5 makes me sure!
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