Maximus is lifting some weights

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Originally Posted by POWERJIM

I wouldnt bother with the tricep extensions myself as youve already worked them with the close grip Bench press, Its great that your doing Clean and Jerks which is an awesome exercise, however you then are doing cleans and military presses afterwards, is this to train the 2 parts of the Clean and jerk? if yes maybe you should replace the military press with a push press which will help improve your Jerk movement, depending on your goals of course.

ya, about the tri ext. I think i might stop doing those for a while, its kind of pointless as i am already so exhausted. I love the clean and jerks. The military press wasnt so much to train the "jerk" but rather to improve my shoulders. I definitely feel they are the weak aspect of my bench press, so i was just doing some militarys. They are regular, just wanted to do some sets. Next week I am going to do some push presses though. Just recently i actually became concerned with my clean and jerk.

Me and a buddy are having a lifting competition in May, just the two of us, with all lifting rules applicable. Slow bench press, controlled, parallel squats, and no downward motion on dead lifts, etc. We are also adding to the 3 main lifts, the clean and jerk for fun. Here is the thing, he can hit around 330 for bench, and i havent maxed above 275, by may ia m sure i will be in 300's, but he might be higher as well. Squat though, he cant get above 285 with a parallel squat, and i have hit 375 ATG. also, i am ahead on dead lift. He cant clean more than 185 either. So he has me on bench, and that is all, but its by a pretty good amount, we will see how it goes, it is all good and fun, just some friendly competition.

The main reason i want to win is because he thinks my training methods are weird. He does pyramid sets, traditionally never gone parallel on squats until i told him to. Never does dead lifts, but he is just naturally a strong guy. He thinks the weird rep schemes, and pulling singles on deads is a waste of time. So i want to gain a lot this semester and show him my way is superior to pyramid training and doing curls all day long. The advantage he has is he has been lifting every day for 5 years, i started 1.5 years ago, so i guess i am doing ok.

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did some bench rack work today

bench rack, 1 inch off chest-
205x5
205x6

bench rack, lockouts-
255x6
305x2
315x1

push press-
135x8
135x8
165x4
165x6

weighted abs

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squats -
225x5
225x5
315x1
325x1
335x1
345x0 (I failed, WTF?)
315x2
225x8

sldl -
275x4
275x4 (hammy cramped up, hasnt stopped yet)

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bench -
close grip - 245x3x3
hand on rings - 245x3x3
wide grip - 245x3x3

push press-
155x8
185x4
205x4

close grip bench press-
135x20
205x5

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dead lift-
365x3x3

bent over rows (upper body parallel to ground)
95x12
95x12

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db bench-
80x10
80x10
80x11

seated military press -
155x5
135x6

close grip bench -
135x25

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squats -
295x3x3

sldl -
135x10
185x10

assisted wide grip pullups-
80x8
80x7
80x7

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bench press -
135x10
225x3
265x1
285x1 PR
300x1 PR
225x5
225x5
225x5
225x5

decline bb -
185x15
205x10
225x4 (wow, my triceps died on the first rep)

db shoulder press-
60x10
70x10

abs

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So i hit 300 on bench earlier this week. I went to do some shoulder work after rows today and things felt weak. Not just like i was tired but like my muscles were not ready to lift. I have decided to take a week off of bench, shoulders, and triceps. I will start back next Tuesday with bench again. I think after maxing out and hitting a new PR it will be a nice break, some extra recovery, and some time to focus on my cardio and trying to lose a little fat.

rack dead lifts -
405x3x3

fully bent over rows -
115x12
115x12

weighted hypers -
25x15

close grip rows -
135x10
135x10

weighted ab work

bicep work

30 minutes on treadmill -
5% incline
3.5-4.0 mph
burnt 300 calories.

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squats -
315x3x3

leg press -
400x20
400x10 (3 second pause, tried to explode up as fat as possible)

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Only had about 20 minutes in gym, i got out of work late due to the crowd we had cause of v-day....bah, its all good.

Sumo deads -
345x3x3 (just getting back used to these again)

hyperextensions -
bwx20

weighted situps -
25lb plate x 15

[hrpiii]

so we'll see 310 on the bench next week. Can't wait!!!

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Originally Posted by hrpiii

so we'll see 310 on the bench next week. Can't wait!!!

haha, i took this week off, man, I wanna go hit 310, but I wanna get ready for this competition in May. I am not sure if I am going to hit it again next week or what, i am still stoked i hit 300, that felt nice.

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squats -
290x6
290x6

hang cleans -
135x5
185x5
205x5
205x5
205x5

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squats -
290x6
290x6

db bench-
85x9
85x7

seated shoulder press-
135x7
135x6

gym closed, i got there late, sad

[FoRuMbOaRdS360]

Those are some serious hang cleans!

[POWERJIM]

Nice Lifting Mate.

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Originally Posted by FoRuMbOaRdS360

Those are some serious hang cleans!

thanks man. I am telling you, those tear your traps up so bad. I have never done shrugs cause i didnt wanna waste time to get my traps bigger, but they seem to just be exploding by doing these, they are becoming a favorite exercise.

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