Gillman's Folly of Enthusiasm

[mkgillman]

25Sep2014

Bench
45xlots, 135x5x2, 185x2, 225x1, 265x1, 295x3,2 - I'm sick and these were terrible. Felt like I was lifting my butt during the reps.

Press
45x5, 95x5, 135x2, 155x1, 177.5x3, 155x5 - Had nothing. Finished these and left.

[mkgillman]

26sep2014

Squad
400x3, 445x0

Deadlift
400x3

Very unhappy with yesterday and don't really want to talk about it right now.

[mkgillman]

29sep2014

Bench
45xlots, 135x5x2, 185x2, 225x1, 245x1, 272.5x5x5 - after the debacle that was training last week I wanted to get some video on bench today to check set up and make sure my butt was staying down. Everything felt significantly better than last Thursday, though I definitely was running out of gas toward the end.

Cg bench
135x5, 255x5x3 - these were a lot harder this week, but my cold is lingering a bit and just soldiered through.

Tri pull down
190x15x3

China
8,6,6

http://youtu.be/9raC8zJxRo0

[mkgillman]

30Sep2014

Squat
45x5x3, 135x5x2, 185x2, 225x2, 275x1, 315x1, 345x1, 385x5, 400x5x2 - Was originally planning on rpe-ing my work out this evening with the original plan being 385 and jumping to 410 until that felt like a 9.5, then, perhaps, doing some drop sets. I was also really trying to setup as tight as possible under the bar after thinking about the discussion in Kong's log. The warm up reps felt really good, though I could tell the bar was a little too far down on my back, which was fine in the low-300s, but something I've had issues with as I get close to 400 on the bar. I kept trying to think about keeping the bar locked in completely and was trying to over correct for every little twitch in the bar. I decided to skip the 410 and work with 400. Just watching the video again I look uncomfortable, unsettled, and probably a little high. Sweet.

[Dwayne_KONG_Wint]

The bar does look too low in this video. That is going to force more torso lean than you would like too. If you get the bar up some, you should be able to get your hands in closer too. With the amount of extension you exhibit in your shoulder, you should be able to stand straight up and down with no lean in your set up; you have excellent shoulder extension.

[mkgillman]

You are going to make me blush talking about my shoulders that way. Actually makes sense that the bar a little higher would necessitate a more vertical back angle, because high bar.

What I really need to do is get back to not thinking about where the bar is or my shoulders and just focus on glide, bounce, HIPS.

[idlehands]

glide, glide bounce.

[Dwayne_KONG_Wint]

You are going to make me blush talking about my shoulders that way. Actually makes sense that the bar a little higher would necessitate a more vertical back angle, because high bar.

What I really need to do is get back to not thinking about where the bar is or my shoulders and just focus on glide, bounce, HIPS.

Sorry. I wasn't suggesting high bar. I wouldn't wish that on any of my friends.

[mkgillman]

Sorry. I wasn't suggesting high bar. I wouldn't wish that on any of my friends.

I didn't communicate that last post well. I was thinking that any time the bar was set higher on the back would necessitate a steeper back angle, with high bar and front squats being the most extreme examples. I'm going to take my time and get a nice, tight setup tonight; this bar rolling has been a problem I've wrestled with in the past and I used to have a routine for setting up. I think part of the issue that led to this whole thing is that I developed a case of elbow tendinitis coming out of my last meet and had to take a wider grip to get setup. I hadn't been having a problem with the back angle up until the past couple of weeks, but I guess I'm just getting involved with weights that need a little more control.

2Oct2014

Bench
45xlots, 135x5x2, 185x2, 225x1, 265x3, 297.5x3,2 - Set up was too far up on the bench for the second set and hit the pins on both reps, so I just racked it instead of trying to handle a fatigued third rep in a potentially bad position. It is looking like I'm legitimately 15 lbs up on my last training cycle for the meet on May on the bench. At first I was a lot disappointed that would mean only 15 lbs increase in 4.5 months, but that also would have me on ~40-50 lbs increase a year. Focus on the long game.

Press
45x5, 95x5, 135x2, 155x1 185x1 - PR, 200x0, 170x5 - I was feeling almost normal again last night and just wanted to see if I could hit some high points to get my head screwed back on right. I had missed 185 a month of so ago and it went pretty well last night. 200 was a big (read: stupid) jump, but figured I could try.

LTE
125x10x3

Chins
5,6,7,10

[Dwayne_KONG_Wint]

Congrats on the press pr and definitely agree with you on the long game. How many weeks till game day?