Reply With QuoteEnlightenment.Originally Posted by hector_garza
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I do them slowly. I agree with what you've read. Slow, hammer grip, dumbbell curls are the only thing that helped with my elbows.
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Enlightenment.
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It's on!
You were also in the race to the 600 deadlift, right?
(If I weren't on my phone I would do a proper search to find the original terms.)
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Strength
Deads: 425 x 1s x 5r
Deads: 405 x 4s x 5r
Dumbbell Press: 80 x 4s x 5r
Dumbbell Press: 90 x 1s x 3r
Rehab/Prehab
Dumbbell Curls: 40 x 2s x 10r
Volume
Deads: (2,125 + 10,125) = 12,250
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Total: 12,250
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Couldn't get a bench at my still overcrowded gym.
So I did the dumbbell press. Is it a good substitute? Are the weights I used a good choice? Did I sabotage my gainzzz? IDK. But my chest feels wrecked.
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Found this old thread where Rippetoe talks about dumbbell presses.
Seems like they're a decent substitute. Downsides are the loading problem, and risk of injury if you put the dumbbells down wrong. Rippetoe says lots of should injuries occur when people drop the weights at the end of the set. Instead, you should not let go of the weights. Just keep holding on to them, and stand up with them at the end of your set.
http://startingstrength.com/resource...hp/t-7097.html
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Nice work - that's some serious deadlift volume.
i like doing dumbbell bench press but can understand how injuries could occur. It always feels that I am one slip up away from a nice shoulder injury. I must confess that I always drop them and start from the bottom - so pretty much everything Rip says not to do...
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Ha!
That's how I did them as well. From here on out I'm going to try to use Rip's form suggestions.
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Squats: 225 x 3s x 5r
Dips: 3s x 5r
Press: 1 x 1 x 175
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Another off day workout. Looking forward to going heavy tomorrow.
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Strength
Squat: 320 x 3s x 5r
Press: 160 x 4s x 5r
Press: 150 x 2s x 5r
Volume
Squat: 4,800
Press: (3,200 + 1,500) = 4,700
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Total: 9,500
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Squatting felt great today. Thrilled to be back over 3 plates and squatting without pain. But I've had this thrill a few times before. Hopefully I break the cycle and keep on upping the weight slowly but surely till 500.
On the way home from work I thought "F my legs are sore. I don't have it in me to squat heavy today. I don't even know if I have it in me to squat light.".
So I had the choice to continue to drive in shitty traffic and go home and boohoo to myself about my sore legs, or, I could get out of traffic and go to the gym. Once I started squatting it was a weird feeling. I gassed after sets more than I normally would, but during the sets the weights didn't feel heavy at all. (I do not understand the physiology that would cause something like this.)
Just a reminder that John Broz was right when he said "The way you feel is a lie".
75% of the time that statement is true 100% of the time.
Last edited by hector_garza; 06-01-2017 at 08:35 PM. Reason: trying to embed gif. not working.
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Strength
Deads: 435 x 1s x 5
Deads: 405 x 4s x 5r
Bench: 230 x 3s x 5r
Bench: 205 x 4s x 5r
Silly BS
Leg Press: 540 x 4s x 5r
T-Bar: 145 x 3s x 7r
Dumbbell Curls: 40 x 2s x 10r
Volume
Deads: (2,175 + 8,100) = 10,275
Bench: (3,450 + 4,100) = 7,550
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Total: 17,825
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Highest volume in awhile. 435 felt a bit heavier than I would have liked. And 405 felt stupidly, pointlessly easy. Funny how that works.
Saw this today. A deadlift armbar. Outstanding.
https://www.facebook.com/grapplingsp...2170851499828/
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