Training Log: Entry 525
ME upper day
Close Grip Bench Press
Barx3
185x3
225x3
275x1
330x1 (New PR)
330x1
330x1
315x1
Notes: Cut the warm-ups short on accident, forgot to do 135. Left elbow is killing me oddly enough from playing wii for the past few days. Kind of touch and go on the first two sets, but last two were pretty strong.
DB extenions w/50lb DBs
10,8,8,6
Notes: Once again, elbows were dying here. Amazed I managed to make any progress.
Weighted wide grip pull-ups w/10lbs
5,5,4,4
Notes: Dead paused at the bottom before starting again. New dip belt works great.
Jump shrugs 335lbs w/straps
13,11,8,8
Notes: Elbows kept cracking between reps, felt really good, releived pressure. Might be time to switch these to some other shrugs. Maybe Hise.
Bungee cord pull aparts
19,15,15,15
Notes: Killer on the endurance.
Hey, I was going to ask you this on your last entry because it would have been pertinent, but do you do touch and go style for RDLs? It seems to be a lot easier for me, but I'm concerned about building a sticking point on the first part of the lift if I don't do it from a dead pause.
ReplyDeleteWell, since it's an RDL, I don't necessarily go to the point of touching the ground, but when I do it's touch and go. On SLDLs though, it's a total dead pause.
ReplyDeleteDepending on your weak point, you could do it either way really. The form isn't set in stone. Speaking of sticking points, I was toying around with a "reverse rack pull" idea designed to attack weakness from the floor. You set up the deadlift in the rack with the pins at knee level, but you set the bar below the pins instead of on it. You pull from the floor until you hit the pins, then drop and reset. I'm curious if it's got any validity, or if it's got an increase in injury because of the premature stop.
It's in the 2nd Edition of Starting Strength as a Halting Deadlift (sans the use of the pins), and Rippetoe says that the concept is a very good way to strengthen the deadlift itself off of the floor. He advocates it as a way of strengthening the movement without actually deadlifting twice a week, particularly when used in conjunction with rack pulls. If you make sure not to do it too quickly (which could cause a potentially detrimental sharp stop on contact with the pins), it'd probably be fine.
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