Pumping Iron with Adriftpanda,Chainsaw13 and Icehog3 II

[area51]

Benched 275 3x5 today, had to drop just a bit due to the back but everything is starting to feel good again.

[swingerofbirches]

Ken - glad you're back in the gym and feeling (at least a little) better. Hope you stay safe and keep healthy! Nice bench, btw.

Tom - God bless you! Post stuff like that whenever you want! lol

[swingerofbirches]

Squats & 4-mutha****in-25 conventional!!!!!

Everyone have a good Friday!!!

[icehog3]

Get it, Charlie!

[Adriftpanda]

Nice, Charlie! Good pulling.

I may have to pull 430 today than

[swingerofbirches]

Thx Tom & Huy! I think that working on my form has helped a lot ... not that it holds together when I'm going for a PR LOL

Get it Huy!!!!! My hero

[Sancho]

Great work Men! Looks like a lot of progress since my last check in.

Had a change in direction myself, cancelled my membership at my gym. Bought a concept2 and 350#'s of plates, a cheapie bar and a bench for my basement. Should make it easier to move some weight with the kids schedules getting crazier and crazier. Still need a squat rack, and probably a new bar as this one kinda sucks.

Last night:
2km rower - 1:50 splits
Deadlifts - 135,225,287,287,225,135,135,135,135x5
OHP - 4x10
Barbell row - 4x10
Barbell curls - 2x15

Without a rack I'm forced to OHP only what I can clean, and ceiling height means nothing over 10# weights. Not a problem for me at the moment but a interesting issue with basement gyms.

[swingerofbirches]

Got a front squat PR today of 275 ... I'm pretty sure it was the ugliest front squat of all time LOL

I managed to conventional pull 435 about halfway up but couldn't keep going with it after that. :/

[Sancho]

Nice Charlie! Great work!

[Adriftpanda]

Good going Charlie! Haven't hit heavy fronts in a while.

Hack squats 5x12-10
Front squats (pause) 5x5
Single leg presses 4x12
Lying leg curls - DB single stiff legs 4x12

DB side delt raises 4x12-20
Klokov presses 5x5
Arnold presses - front DB raise 4x10-12

[icehog3]

Great job, Men.

Went to the gym after work tonight, needed to change something up to remotivate myself and get out of the funk. Heading back there in the A.M.

[swingerofbirches]

Good stuff Chris! I hope to pull off a home/basement gym (squat rack & bench) w/ barbell and plates.

Great lift, Huy! I still haven't mustered th courage to try a Klokov press. #stud #ballsy

Good to hear, Tom! The funk can't last forever.

Today was Day85 of SED and I managed to do my new front squat PR for a 3sec pause. I got 275 ytrdy but it was a continuous movement squat. Today I hit the pause and had to fight it hard but got it back up. For some reason a front PR doesn't feel like a PR until I can pause it.

Sumo deads and chest press (machine) today. Followed by 30min of elliptical.

[icehog3]

Funk over.....light chest for high reps, bench press, decline press, incline press....feels good to be back.

[swingerofbirches]

Back Squats, standing OHP & seated OHP today.

Might be taking a weekend trip to Chicago with the wife this coming weekend.

[icehog3]

I'd try and meet you out, Charlie, but I have hockey games both nights.

Did back today, still haven't got a lot of muscular endurance. Did T-bar rows, pulldowns, cable rows and one set of pullups.

[swingerofbirches]

No worries, Tom. Play well!

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by swingerofbirches

No worries, Tom. Play well!

Thanks Brother. Have fun!

[Adriftpanda]

Back and chest day. Feeling good.

Deadlift 5x3 @405
Flat DB press 6x5

Seated fly machine - neautral grip pull down 4x12-8
Incline DB press - t bar row 4x10-8
Lat pull down machine - seated cable flies - pull ups 4x14-10

Cable extensions - bb curls 7x15-8 (20 sec rest)
Preacher curl machine - tricep overhead machine 3x12-15 (20 sec rest)

[GreekGodX]

Back and chest for me today. Used Fat Gripz on everything. Made a huge different. On incline press I could actually feel my upper chest working. I've never felt that before.

A-1 Supinated Chin-Up: 5 x 4-6, rest 10 seconds
A-2 Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown: 5 x 12-15, rest 2 minutes
B-1 Incline Bench: 5 x 4-6, rest 10 seconds
B-2 Incline Dumbbell Press: 5 x 12-15, rest 2 minutes
C-1 Bent-Over Row: 3 x 4-6, rest 10 seconds
C-2 Seated Cable Face Pull: 3 x 12-15, rest 2 minutes
C-1 Dip: 3 x 4-6, rest 10 seconds
C-2 Kneeling Bent-Over Cable Crossover: 3 x 12-15, rest 2 minutes

[icehog3]

Nice crushin', Son.

Seated military presses, shrugs and skull crushers for me today, still getting back in the groove.