Iain K's Powerlifting

Solid lifting, mate. Really deep squat too.

Oh, and I think the dude in the background has a soft spot for you

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No doubt due to the fact I've never seen anyone squat more than about 160 and not even close to depth in there :)

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Nice squat mate, very nice.

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Cheers guys. Twas a solid session indeed. Onwatds and all that!

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Nice deep and easy 200 there mate. Good luck on the position at Kingston University, don't think it's too bad a commute from where you are.

Get smashing PowerPoint!

lol Cheers pal. Funnily enough just been checking the commute.

Train takes 2hrs plus about less than 30mins combined either side so under 3 hrs. So looking at getting up bout 6 for a 9 start. Similar time at the moment and off course not every day will 9 start. Further don't need to go through central london so no tube! Going home is probably worse, but then they have a good gym I hear so training can be worked in hopefully!

Tough but very doable for good money (for me anyway!). Good thing about trains is it's time you can spend doing stuf too.

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14/3/10

Deadlift;
barx5
70x5
120x3
140x2
160x2
180x1
200x1
220x2
175x3
175x3
175x3

Power shrug;
160x5
180x5
200x5

3 Rounds of;

1min bag work
20kg KB x 10
1min rest

Solid sess. Matt was done and had a very nice last heavy deadlift sess before BDFPA Brits. I was in better shape than last week so alls fine.

I now have a 20kg KB so will be using that as some assistance type work.

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Bit of assistance work.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/IainK76?feature=mhw4#p/a/u/0/Eul4QF5qfew

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good vids as always mate!  dont envy you on that commute!

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Cheers. Don't have the job yet so its all pie in the sky atm

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15/3/10

Bench press;
barx15
60x5
75x5
90x2
105x2
120x1
135x1
135x1
135x1
135x1
135x1
135x1

Squat;
barx10
60x5
100x5
130x2
150x2
170x2
170x2
170x2
170x2
170x2

OHP;
barx10
40x5
50x5
60x5
70x5
50x10

Seated db cleans &rt; band dislocates- 10x3

Loverly session today.

Benching was very smart. All clean, paused reps with nice bar speed. Importantly last singles felt pretty much as good as the first. The power of Eastboune Kettlebells

Squats were well grooved and fast, as they should be at this load. Very nice though.

Finished with some solid OHP and some lighter upper back work.. which hurt as my traps are sore to touch from yestardays shrugs!

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Very nice sesh mate, similar to mine, except those would have been comparitively easy for you. ;o)

Nice couple of sessions there, mate. All setting you up nicely.

Seated DB cleans, I used to love doing those

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Nice work Iain! Another lover of the seated db cleans too; haven't found anything else that hammers my rear delts as much

Cheers guys. Feeling nice!

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18/3/10

Squat;
barx8
60x5
100x5
130x3
150x2
170x1
190x1
210x1
210x1
210x1
210x1

Floor press (pinky on ring);
barx10
60x5
75x5
90x5
105x5
120x5

Pulldowns- lots

Nice session. Squats very solid. 2 of the singles I tried a much narrower hand spacing (pinky on ring instead of max legal bench grip). It has legs for sure but means that the bar is more unstable when not positioned 100% right. Will muck about more after my next meet.

Blasted through the floor presses nice and quick. Working up to a solid top set. Did these instead of bench to ease my back.

Next monday singles with 140 on the bench and 220 squat.

Vids to follow

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First single

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Lovely stuff.

What're your PB's for squats? Never thought to ask before!

Looking strong there bud. Nicely done

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Cheers

AK- 230

Next single on vid is one with closer hand stance. Went deeper.. too deep in a way and there was a bit of a sticking point. But with slowtube doing it's thing it'll be 40min before I post that up. Time to have tea guys then run back :)

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Was your tea nice then...?

Certainly no questions regarding the depth legality of that one

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lol Only put it on 20mins ago, still cooking. Misses is back from dancing and I've done my presentation for tomorrow and having a break now.

Hope work isn't too strenous for you!

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Is this the presentation for that job you're going for...? Good luck of so.

Work sucks tonight, I feel like crap and just want to be home feeling sorry for myself. And I have brough in the worst food to be eating with a throat that feels like I've been gargling white spirit while swallowing whole cacti.... it's not strenuos tho, I cancelled everything I had on

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lol Cheers. Hope for best. At worst its great experince to kick start the job hunt for sept.

Last vid of the night. Solid if not easy top set for the floor press

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You pissed those floor presses mate. No bum raise at all either!

Squats looked a breeze too. Goodluck with the presentation too, what's the topic?

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Solid work Iain!

strong

20kg to go.

Damn strong floor pressing Iain

Easy enough.

Didn't get the senior lecturing position this friday. But then non of the candidates did! They are changing the position to lecturer and adverstising it for a week only on their website, and invited me to apply for that.

Presentation and inteview seemed to go well. However as above it is obvious there was a high component of administration beyond my experience (and that of the there applicants!)

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22/3/10

Deadlift;
70x5
120x3
140x3
160x2
180x1
200x1
220x1
235x2
185x3
185x3
185x3

Block pulls (middlish shins);
180x3
200x1
220x1
240x1
220x3
200x5

KB- 20x10x3

Solid session. 2nd rep of the top double wasn't good enough but there ya go. Everything else was cool. Block pulls need to be back in regular... simplizz.

KB were very glutetastic and first time doing them as part of a session. Def keep in em to finish of my deadlift training. Great how they hit the hams and glutes with such a light weight. Board shorts and vest here I come :)

Vids to follow

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The money shot!

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Solid session Iain. The double looked good. What exercise did you do with the KB?
I tried some high rep KB swings the other day, good if you barely rest between sets.

Did swings with em

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Looking strong as ever Iain. Nice pulls.

Excellent vids throughout.

i still have flashbacks when AK asked me to help him do floor presses....

to the rest of them gym it looked like i was trying to teabag someone who had been crushed under a barbell

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With baggy enough shorts and no undies you can teabag without any effort :)

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Unnecessary levels of info, surplus to my needs

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