Narvaez Family Starting Strength Log

[Tom Narvaez]

You're ruining my high right now. And this was dank turd.

[skipbeat]

You're ruining my high right now. And this was dank turd.

that's some weird southener slang you got going on there...

[Tom Narvaez]

that's some weird southener slang you got going on there...

lmao.

[LeonidasfromSparta]

Deadlift: 385x5x1
The bottom line is that I am stronger with a somewhat rounded starting position. I'll have to continue to experiment. This wasn't "easy", but it was fast and, for the first time, the hard part was the lockout (because I started rounded). I'll probably continue to train it this way. I'm going to 395 next time I think.

Tom what are you rounding exactly? The lower back or the upper back?

[Tom Narvaez]

Upperback is completely rounded. Really, the whole back is pretty rounded.

It looks exactly like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=udbWdkva52o

[Tom Narvaez]

SS, Workout A, 3/15/12

Tim:
Squats: 235x5x3
Needs to do MUCH better with knees out. His squats are a bit of a mess. We have him hitting depth, but he's relaxing too many things to make it happen. He's on spring break so I'll have several consecutive sessions to iron stuff out.

Press: 105x4, 95x5x2
I honestly have NO IDEA what is wrong with his presses. Right now, I'm thinking it must be related to inadequate protein. He is now required to consume at least 100g of whey protein per day in addition to his normal diet. He's recently done 115x5x3. It makes no sense. He was playing handball frequently for a while and I suppose it could be related to that, but you'd think that would hurt his deadlift and squats more than his presses.

Deadlift: 335x5x1
He keeps making crazy progress on this lift. His form was shitty because he went to psycho mode and didn't listen to me during the set. There was a bunch of people watching (8 or so) so it must related to that. We'll work on it. Still. Crazy.

[Tom Narvaez]

New belt:
http://pic.twitter.com/PHehiuDl

[Carlos Daniel]

Can't you have a normal black belt like the rest of us? do you really have to lift with yellow socks and a purple belt?

[Tom Narvaez]

Can't you have a normal black belt like the rest of us? do you really have to lift with yellow socks and a purple belt?

Pretty sure I do, yeah. Wait till you see the next piece of "equipment" I get, lol.


Tony's getting black Oly shoes from Rogue. Boring, but effective.

[Carlos Daniel]

Tony's getting black Oly shoes from Rogue. Boring, but effective.

He's not following his brother's footsteps? heretic! turd-smoker!

He should have bought some of those old pendlay lifting shoes. Damn, those were ugly.