Starting Smolov tomorrow.

[Quagmire911]

Exactly Kerpal.

Its important to remember that the powerlifters who are putting up squats several hundred pounds more than their deadlifts are using equipment to do so, and are usually only hitting parallel. If you put on one of these suits you have to load 300-400 on the bar just to be able to hit parallel.

Take away the suits, and magically the several hundred excess comes right back off, take it as low as possible, and the deadlift will be on top.

 

[Flyer]

I'd be very interested to see what you could squat as low as you could go.

The 180 video on the last page was a quarter squat and an ego booster, sorry to say- but I'm saying it the way it is. Also very bad for the knees.

I would think an ass to grass attempt would definitely be below you max deadlift, which would align the numbers properly. Although I do hope you can prove me wrong.

Apart from that, keep up the good work.

Probably around 110. PR front squat was 102.5.

Got exams coming. Taking opportunity to ease off the gym (deload) for the next 2 weeks.

9/5/09 - Saturday

Burgener Warmup.

Deadlift
5x 80
5x 100
5x 107.5
11x 107.5

Bench
5x 40
5x 50
11x 60
6x 60

Snatch
3x3 - 40

ES chest - 7.5kg 1 minute (lol. that was humbling)
ES shoulders

Spine Decomp.

Pullups
4x8

@ Itallion
Ideally I would like to get to 69kg. Plan of attack to get there would generally be more volume work - i.e. 8x reps instead of 4x reps, and eating ALOT more.

But I think there's yet more strength/power to be achieved at current weight before moving on.. i.e At least snatching 60 would be good.

 

[Flyer]

To parallel on the 3rd attempt.
lol.. I'm gonna count it.

 

[Flyer]

rraaggghh.. Its been one week since i last trained. Exam on coming tuesday... grrr.

16/5/09 - Saturday

Burgener Warmup + barbell benches

Hang Snatch
3x 30

Snatch
2x3 40
3x 45
3x 50 (missed a few times before I got this)

OH Squat
5x 40
5x 45
3x5 50

Power Cleans
8x 60 (felt gooooood)

Clean & Jerk
3x 70

Pullups
3x8

@Kerpal: parallel is what you make of it.. i.e. half squat, not ATG, normal squat. No video was made since the attempt you saw on page 3.

I dont even look at mirrors in the gym when I do snatch/c&js.. reckon it messes with the 'awareness' level.

 

[Flyer]

Yup.

 

[Flyer]

Hm...

?..

 

[Flyer]

lol. smart cookie.

It would have been something similar and slightly lower to that shown on the video on the 3rd attempt. For simplicity's sake, I responded with a 'yup'.

 

[Quagmire911]

It wasn't parallel. Not OUR parallel Kerpal

I still think parallel is bs anyway.

 

[Flyer]

It is. That's why "hip joint below top of knee" is the right way to do it. None of this "parallel" bull****, it's just too ambiguous and hard to judge. IMO, If the top of your thigh at your hip joint was not below the top of your knee, it wasn't a full squat, and it didn't count, period. If there's any question at all, then you should have gone a few millimeters deeper and it wasn't a full squat and it didn't count, period. If you were wearing anything other than normal gym clothes, and maybe a belt, then it didn't count, period. If it was done with anything other than standard free weights and a rack (no monolift), then it didn't count, period. If anyone touched you or the weight anytime between when you descended and when you stood back up, then it didn't count, period.

I'm tired of seeing **** like this called a "squat": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUrhOWcby3U Don't even get me started on the bench. Powerlifting was such a cool sport, but the gear and cognitive dissonance have ruined it. People are claiming totally ridiculous numbers, by cheating and ****ty judging, and it discredits the sport and the lifters. It's just like story of the Emperor's New Clothes, everyone in the room knows it's ridiculous, but nobody wants to say it out loud. Powerlifting has become a joke for the most part.

I still think the raw, (belt is OK for safety, straps are OK if grip is a limitation, because you never need to hold onto a 400 lb + bar outside of a gym) conventional (not sumo) deadlift is the best all-around test of strength. Technique isn't a big factor, it's a pretty fair test (unless you have t-rex or orangutan length arms) and there's not really any way to cheat (except for hitching) so none of this garbage like Flyer is pulling, with people claiming 400+ lb "squats" when they're really quarter-squatting, and can't even pull 315 off the floor.

Sorry Flyer, but the "squat" you posted was a joke, I don't think it was even a quarter squat. If your claimed 180 kg "squat" was only slightly lower, than it still wasn't even close to a full squat, it probably wasn't even a half squat. That's why your "squat" is 40 kg higher than your deadlift. I hope you didn't "squat" that high for the entire Smolov cycle, because if you did then you wasted 13 weeks of training. If you would like to disprove this by squatting 180 kg under the above criteria and posting a side-view video, I'd love to see it and will retract my statement. Otherwise please edit your sig, because it's ridiculous.

ok.

 

[Flyer]

Won't be trying for any max squats until after 80 C&J and at least 60 snatch.

If you have been reading the journal you would be able to tell that I havn't been back squating much since February.

I appreciate your concern about the single not meeting your standards, perhaps you could try posting a video of your own squats?

After you post a few good proper 1.5x bw squats (thats the equivalent of 90kg for me, which I can assure you, I can do that ATG lol), try doing just one at 2x bw, then try doing one at 3x bodyweight (which would be the 180 attempt for me).

There will always be critics Kerpal, and maybe this quote will calm you down:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt

Thanks for reading this far.

 

[Flyer]

it's edited.

 

[dispatch]

Flyer I commend you for putting that much weight on the bar and having a crack - I myself recently tried for 150kg - I was a bit high on that - its just a matter of narrowing down gradually where your 'real' max is by really focusing on depth for each squat. If you can do double your body weight for good depth then thats a great base to start working from.

keep up the good work man - would like to see some more vids!

 

[Flyer]

19/5/09 - EXAM Over! - well.. the easy one is..

Burgener warmup.

Front Squat
5x 60
5x 80
2x4 85
5x 80

Bench
5x 40
5x 60
2x6 65

Spine decompressor.

DONE!

@dispatch: cheers.

P.S. Projected deadlift max is 155 off that 5x 137.5 I did last month. The 140 u see in the sig is an actual attempt in july 2008. Hate deadlifts.

 

[MrS]

Lost respect for you after seeing that 180k quarter squat as a max attempt, that was miles from even parallel.

 

[Flyer]

Lost respect for you after seeing that 180k quarter squat as a max attempt, that was miles from even parallel.

It's ok mate.

I didn't even know you existed.

 

[Flyer]

23/5/09 - Saturday

Switching to a 2 day week until 7th June due to CFA exam. For those who have heard of it, it's going to be a tough ride.

Burgener Warmup.

Snatch
3x 40
3x 45
3x 50

Clean
3x 50
3x 60
3x 70

Deadlift
5x 80
2x5 100
10x 105

Dips
3x10

Pullups
3x8

Spine Decomp + stretch shoulders & quads

 

[Flyer]

27/5/09 - Wednesday

Burgener Warmup

Front Squat
5x 40
5x 60
2x5 80
3x 82.5
2x5 85

OHSquat
5x 40 - for fun.

Snatch
3x 40
3x 45
3x 50

Military Press
3x5 45

Spine Decomp + Lunges

 

[Flyer]

31/5/09 - Sunday

Burgener warmup.. (hmmm.. getting tired during this)

Snatch
6x 40
3x 45
3x 50
3x 55 (missed all - I wasnt awake)

Snatch High Pulls
2x6 55
6x 50

Took a form check video for snatch @ 50.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxlNOKC5QJM

Deadlift
5x 50
5x 80
5x 100
5x 110
10x 110 (this was tough)

Bench
5x 40
5x 60
5x 65
3x 70
6x 65

called it a day.

 

[Flyer]

4/6/09 - Thursday

Burgener Warmup

Front Squat
4x5 - 82.5
Going to move up a weight next time.

Push Press/Jerk on last rep.
4x5 - 45

Spine Decomp + lunges.

Pullups
3x10

 

[Flyer]

9/6/09 - Tuesday

Burgener Warmup.

Snatch
3x 40
3x 45
3x 50
3x 55

Deadlift
5x 80
5x 100
10x 115

Overhead Squat
2x3 - 60 PR

Dips
3x10