Westside, Kiwi's and Training OCD!!!! welcome to my world...

haha.. cheers guys!! i couldnt post back so quick as i was wipin away my tears from the sheer joy of having friends again :-)
DV.. yeh im only hang cleanin.. i know i prob should do full cleans, but im doin like 3 types of deadlift a wk, just think it would be a biut much for the lower back... to be honest tho, hang cleans, imo, are just as hard, havin to exert the force through a shorter movement with less muscles bein used... if that makes sense!!?? obviously full cleans are tough and all over body movement, but i like the hang cleans for upper back and trap strength :)

seriously tho guys....

THANKYOU :-)

lol DV u cracked me up

lew, u might think this is strange but hang cleans are harder for me than full cleans , the short ROM just makes me exert more force.

Mr.M


wow!! the traffic in this journal is mind boggling!! haah..

I thought i heard the grumblings of a vagina in distress!
 
I read... just dont comment!
 
Plus you try having 1,000 views every 4 days then going down to 100 every 4 days by switching to the competitor section lol

I.B-
in the words of Pato Banton- ' Baby come back.....'
yeh, i was in distress but i am now happy to see even more posts as i log in on this new day!! :-)
Dyskee- yeh i find em tough... u have to try exert prety much the same force in to the movement, with a shorter range of motion, using mainly only ur upper half.. whereas cleans ionvolve the legs too.. but obviously, full cleans are hard as f*ck too!!

a little tribute to the man, the legend... :-)
very sad day indeed..

i'll be back in this section with my own journal after my show when i aim to bulk up for a year.

hang cleans are a good exercise still, less involving than full cleans but less full body benefit.

its all dependant on your goal

exactly mate..
like i said to DV too... i will be doing that many varients of the deadlift durin the week, plus squats, i just think full cleans would overload the lower back...which at the moment is not in great nick, seemed to have done a bit of damage to it :-(

will be good to see a journal back in here dude!! :-)

Fair play, mate, all that DLing seems like a valid reason. Don't think my arm strain would take a hang clean without giving me some serious feedback

woke up today and my right wrist is pretty sore!! from the cleans no doubt :-(

what else do you use just the one hand for...?

dirtyvest


what else do you use just the one hand for...?

lollll , wanker

haha... :-0

today-
front squats-
80x6
100x6
120x6*3 sets

1 arm stiff leg deads- DBs
24kDBs x8*4 sets

pyramid deads- 1xDB
24kx25
24kx20*2

single leg calf raise-

24kDB x15*4 sets

You're gonna have to get used to me over the next few weeks asking WTF half of these exercises are.... pyramid DL?

FS looks solid and those 1 arm SLDL must have been a weird one

don't agree with all this one arm stuff cos of your bad back mate ..when your lifts start getting heavy you will find it places more stress on your lower back.  I tried all that stuff years ago when books like Dinosaur Training came out and if I'm honest .. it's gash.  People just bring this stuff out again a few years later like it's a new discovery and it's all just a bit gimmicky IMO.  If you can do front squats then you can use both arms to lift - I have spoken!!!

haha... i need to work on some stuff unilaterally tho fella..
i have a definate weakness in my left side of my lower body.. this dodgy back at the mo is only affecting my left leg, so i need t bring it up t scratch t be honest :-(

DV- the pyramid deads are pretty cool.. like doin a dead lift stood on 2 platforms holdin a dumbell between my legs and just squattin down and back up again... its all new to me so obviously the next week or so will be just findin my feet with it but its makin trainin pretty enjoyable..
not happy wi that squats tho... feelin v weak on them :-(

ya 120kg are a ****ty weight even i can squat 120kg [;D]

^^ FRONT squats :-P

i know , probably i can't even do 60kg on the fronties, my delts are small and they hurt

its just ****, cos 2 months ago i was frint squatting 160 for a single... now im feelin very very weak!!
benchin today was horrible..

bench-
140x5 *5 sets

Incline DB's
48kx6 *3 sets

hand clap press ups
3x10

cable crossovers-
3x12 @35k

good session. weight up on the DB's form last week, but the bench is still feelin very hard!! feel so feable under the bar at the moment, not likin it!!
but feel very pumped, DB's were good.. dint fancy doin the floor flys today, shoulder is a bit dodgy and these tweaked the shoulder a bit last time!

Being off sucks doesn't it...? I tend to find I still suffer a good month or 2 post PCT then it all starts clicking back into place.... usually around the time I have started to accept that I won't be as strong as I was and adjust my loading and volume accordingly (or is it around the time I think fcuk it and go back on again, I forget LOL)