Lifts of the King

[Rageking]

was going to try 485 dead today, but was convinced to try 490
and got it!

it wasnt pretty, one of my uglier deads, but i got it up and locked out :techn9ne:

day 2 of smolov jr bench tomarrow

 

[El Freako]

was going to try 485 dead today, but was convinced to try 490
and got it!

Woot!

 

[Hypocrisy86]

awesome work on the dead(s) man! keep it up

 

[Mikew]

Thats the way bro!! Grats.

 

[Bulkboy]

holy crap, well u sure beat me on deads now bro grats with the new pb!

 

[Mikew]

Updates bro?

 

[Rageking]

started week 2 of smolov jr for bench today
6x6x180 not too bad now really
going for 500 dead tomarrow

 

[Rageking]

500 = fail
i was able to get it up but couldnt lock it out completely :angrydude:
next week ill try for 505 maybe

did some rackdeads after deads to maybe help with that lockout

 

[Chesticles]

^Patience dude, it will come. maybe doing some hyper extensions will help as well.

 

[Lionheart]

Nice deads bro.Youre getting strong

 

[Hypocrisy86]

Just want to say, don't over due it with the obsession of more and more,
when you fail an attempt. take it easy bro

 

[El Freako]

Smolov still treating you well?

 

[Rageking]

Smolov still treating you well?

Just finished my bench cycle for it today, last day was rough

going to change my routine to probably a U/L split on monday.
dont have it all planed out yet but ill work on it and post it in here tomorrow.

 

[El Freako]

Just finished my bench cycle for it today, last day was rough

going to change my routine to probably a U/L split on monday.
dont have it all planed out yet but ill work on it and post it in here tomorrow.

Congrats on finishing the cycle dude. 10 x 3 is a bitch isn't it. May I suggest keeping any chest work light for the next week until you've tested your new max. The same will go for the deads, and avoid any leg work until after you've tested your deads max.

 

[Rageking]

Congrats on finishing the cycle dude. 10 x 3 is a bitch isn't it. May I suggest keeping any chest work light for the next week until you've tested your new max. The same will go for the deads, and avoid any leg work until after you've tested your deads max.

the last day 10x3x220 was the hardest no doubt. on deads i max every week when i do em, might not be the best way but it always goes up
squats have been bad for me i think because of all the hills i have to walk, everywhere i go in this city its walking up hill both ways and my legs stay sore all the time

im not sure what kind of sets/reps im going to work with doing my new split but it will be lower/upper 4 days a week.

something like
deads
squats
rdl or gm
fronts or lunges or leg press
maybe calfs

bench
oh press
pull ups
cg or dips
rows
curls

basically focus on adding weight to the compounds each week work in the 5 rep range on the working sets, this split worked the best for me so hopefully i have good results this time too.

 

[El Freako]

Are you going to do this 2x per week or just 1x? I'd suggest doing deads on one lower day and squats on the other if you do it 2x. Its mental to do squats and deads together on the same day.

 

[Rageking]

Are you going to do this 2x per week or just 1x? I'd suggest doing deads on one lower day and squats on the other if you do it 2x. Its mental to do squats and deads together on the same day.

yea 2x a week, mtrf

Its mental to do squats and deads together on the same day.

:techn9ne:

 

[El Freako]

I might add that its also counter-productive to hit them on the same day IMHO.

What I was doing with my push-pull was doing back squats in the Monday/Tuesday block then Deads in the Thursday/Friday block. I did light front squats also in the second block but not so heavy that they'd effect my heavy deads on the following day.

 

[Rageking]

I might add that its also counter-productive to hit them on the same day IMHO.

hmm really?
i had good gains doing them on the same day before. i think it works better because they are different movements.

 

[El Freako]

Doing them both together is too great a drain on my energy, especially if I do deads first. Plus heavy squats can really tax my back which I don't want to do prior to deads. I used to do them on the same day but I was only deading 140kg for 5 back then, now I'll do 180-190 x3.