LondonTiger's LOG

[LondonTiger]

4th May 2010

Squat 110kg reps(5,5,5) - first 2 were hard, put on belt for the 3rd set, and lifted it like hot knife through butter

SOP 35kg reps(5,5,5) - don't have 37.5kg, so need to get VERY GOOD at lifting 35 and move to 40

Cleans 50kg reps (5,5,4) - broke mentally rather than physically on last set

[PVC]

Squat 110kg reps(5,5,5) - first 2 were hard, put on belt for the 3rd set, and lifted it like hot knife through butter

Take THAT you anti-beltist!

[LondonTiger]

Take THAT you anti-beltist!

ahha touche..

I'm goinng to go up to 112.5kg beltless on the next WO, and attempt it. I'm still sticking by my guns and think that belts are entirely unneccessry and it's just a matter of getting the nuero muscular co-ordination right to keep a firm abs during the squat, atm it feels like I can either focus on keeping the abs tight or focus on the legs and ass.. I'm sure with time it will become easier for me to do both and the same time.

[Dastardly]

Your probably just too skinny/lanky to feel the benefits of a belt as strongly as someone shorter with powergut® like myself.

[PVC]

ahha touche..

I'm goinng to go up to 112.5kg beltless on the next WO, and attempt it. I'm still sticking by my guns and think that belts are entirely unneccessry and it's just a matter of getting the nuero muscular co-ordination right to keep a firm abs during the squat, atm it feels like I can either focus on keeping the abs tight or focus on the legs and ass.. I'm sure with time it will become easier for me to do both and the same time.

Howbout this: do it your way for the first set, then do the second set with a belt, and then leave the thrid one up to your discretion during the workout.

[LondonTiger]

Squat 112.5kg reps(3,5,5), first set without belt.. Was very difficult, last two sets were easy, I unracked that bar in an awkward way (wide footed), and meant a lot of the weight shifted to one side when I walked back, this game be a little uncomfrortable twitch on my lower back (not an injury), and I couldn't focus on lifting as much as I'd liked.

Bench 67.5kg reps(4,3,3) no excuses, my bench sucks.

Deadlift 120kg reps(3), no takeoff without belt, with belt 3 tough reps.. had to lift 120 because don’t have 117.5kg

I’m still missing the 5kg plates and have no idea when powerhouse-fitness.co.uk will send them, despite having ordered over a month ago.. will chase them up tomorrow, this is the reason why I can’t make some 7.5kg weights.

Next workouts..
115 BSQ. 40 OHP 52.5 PC
117.5 BSQ, 67.5 BP. 120 DL

[LondonTiger]

Squat 115kg reps(5,5,5) with belt

Still have a sore back from last workout.. Starting to realise that lifting is serious business.. and it's still possible to get injury from a warmup weight, so it's imperative to treat every weight with respect, and stick to proper form.. Tighten the trunk on all lifts (even the warmups)

Hate having to use belts,, so took of the belt for the rest of the workout.

SOHP 40kg reps(3,2,3)

Cleans 52.5kg reps(5,5) (didn't have time for 3rd set)

Will squat on 115kg for the next 3 workouts, and work on getting explosve and reducing set time.. don't have 117.5, so need tojump to 120kg next.

120kg was my previous PR, so I'm looking forward to blasting past it..

Next workouts..
115 BSQ, 67.5 BP. 120 DL (stick with 115kg and focus on speed and explosiveness)
115 BSQ. 40 OHP 55 PC
..120kg squat after

[PVC]

Hate having to use belts,, so took of the belt for the rest of the workout.

Get over it man. Seriously. Look at how your presses today suffered from you being stubborn.

You don't need to wear your belt for warmup sets. In fact, it's probably a good idea to specifically avoid belt use until the work sets (except maybe for the last deadlift warm up set). Think about it this way: even if belt use reduces the amount of abdominal strength required to lift the weight (which is debatable), your abs will still be stronger when you can squat 130kg with a belt than they are now with you squatting 110kg without a belt.

[LondonTiger]

Belts: final decision, will use belts.. not using belts on a low bar squat is probably silly.

Squat 117.5kg reps(5,5,5) - some of these were dirty squats, not enough depth.. ideally I should repeat this weight, I'll see how I feel next w/o

Bench 67.5kg reps(5,5,5) - proud of the bench 70kg here we come..

Deadlift 120kg reps(5) - lifted it easy, but can't beleive how much I had to work mentally to lift.

I'm starting to hit my limits, from now on I will need to make sure i'm 100% nourished and come mentally prepared.. The actual lifts aren't much, but if I'm not mentally switched on.. lift doesn't happen.

next sessions
117.5 or 120 BSQ. 40 OHP 55 PC
120 BSQ 70 BP 122.5 DL

[LondonTiger]

Squat 120kg reps(4, 5, 4) - feel that I could have done 5 reps all around, but I just had a psychological barrier on this weight

SOHP 40kg reps(5,5,3)

Cleans 55kg reps(5,5,5)


Currently spending too much time resting, and making my workouts an hour long it seems.. not sure, need to time it.. Will need to get a stopwatch to easily to time my rest, give myself 3 mins max to recover.



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