My Fitness Journal - Page 70

gcs118 · 30-Jun-05, 12:04 PM

LEGS, Thursday, June 30, 2005
Squats 6 x 45 lbs, 5 x 135 lbs, 3 x 185 lbs, 3 x 225 lbs, 1 x 265 lbs, 6 singles @ 290 lbs
SLDLs 3 x 135 lbs, 3 x 185 lbs, 3 x 225 lbs, 1 x 265 lbs, 6 x 295 lbs, 6 x 295 lbs
Seated Calf Raises 3 sets of 8

Notes: Looking forward to 295 and then 300 on squats coming up for singles. They got easier after the first 2 singles. Warm up look alright for them? Crushed SLDLs today, 295s were easier than last weeks 290s! Bumped up calf raise weight and called it a day.

Edit: Asked a guy to watch and make sure I was hitting at least parallel on one of the singles for squats, and sure enough told me I was "going too low." lol He said it was past parallel for sure...second time I've been told I'm going too low

**threenorns** · 30-Jun-05, 12:35 PM

you say that like it's a problem.

Klinger · 30-Jun-05, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gcs118

Edit: Asked a guy to watch and make sure I was hitting at least parallel on one of the singles for squats, and sure enough told me I was "going too low." lol He said it was past parallel for sure...second time I've been told I'm going too low

Guy's a dumb@ss. From Clarence Bass' site:

One person who disagrees is Rob Faigin, author of Natural Hormonal Enhancement (Extique, 2000). "Half squats produce half results," says Faigin, because they don’t target the glutes and hamstrings. What’s more, he takes the unconventional position that parallel squats are bad for the knees.

"If I am right," says Faigin, "there is a perverse situation prevailing in gyms across America: People are doing the right exercise (squats) the wrong way (half-way down) for the right reason (to protect their knees)."

The half squat, according to Faigin, forces the knees to absorb the stress of stopping the weight midway through the movement. "By contrast," says Faigin, "in the deep position, the movement reaches its natural termination point, and in rising from the bottom position the knees get assistance, not merely from the quadriceps but also from the hamstrings and the glutes." He believes full squats strengthen and stabilize the knees.

Read the whole article here (it's short).

gcs118 · 01-Jul-05, 12:14 AM

Yeah I figure I'll squat how I squat. I go as deep as I can, and I don't injure myself. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong

Cort · 01-Jul-05, 02:19 AM

Yeah, I don't get it. A lot of people I see make a 135 degree angle with their legs and then just pop back up.

I usually know I hit the bottom when I can see my hamstrings in the mirror from the front side

pseudonym · 01-Jul-05, 02:24 AM

full squats (arse on the boards) is the only way to fly for me. Never actually realised a 'half squat' was a valid exercise, though admittedly my last rep is often a 3/4 squat because I am afraid I touch the boards I will not make it back up

Interesting article BTW Klinger.

DaRkAnGel · 01-Jul-05, 02:36 AM

That guy's tip would be valid for me because i don't really care going lower than parallel unless im going ass to grass. For other people though i understand.

Cort · 01-Jul-05, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by pseudonym

though admittedly my last rep is often a 3/4 squat because I am afraid I touch the boards I will not make it back up

A power rack will solve that problem. Fail the lift, just sit down and the bars take the weight...though I've seen a few morons drop the bar and then sit down and grab those two side bars before. Luckily the bar didn't land on their fingers.

Eric_B · 02-Jul-05, 02:48 AM

Hahaha you're funny man. I'm thinkin you might have a rough workout tomorrow morning

Talk to ya later

gcs118 · 02-Jul-05, 02:52 AM

Eric is DRUNK. Don't mind him!! I'm going to dominate tomorrow morning...whenever I wake up

We have cake to eat, chocolate with white icing...carbs are good to work out with

Eric_B · 02-Jul-05, 02:57 AM

LOL! Who's Drunk??

the whole cake sounds like an excellent pre-workout meal haha

**threenorns** · 02-Jul-05, 03:06 AM

i feel that as your friend, i have to protect you from yourself.

send half the cake here.

half the beer, too.

gcs118 · 02-Jul-05, 01:08 PM

CHEST, Saturday, July 2, 2005
Bench Press (Pinky On Rings) 10 x 45 lbs, 5 x 95 lbs, 3 x 135 lbs, 1 x 185 lbs, 6 singles @ 215 lbs
DB Flat Press 6 x 70 lbs, 6 x 70 lbs
Tricep Pushdown (2 handed) 10 x 150 lbs, 10 x 150 lbs
Lateral Raises 10 x 25 lbs, 10 x 25 lbs
Face Pulls 15 x 85 lbs, 15 x 85 lbs
Plate Raise 12 x 35 lbs

Notes: Woke up and there was no cake. Not happy about that so I went to the gym on a glass of Crangrape and feeling like crap. I went to the bathroom a few times between sets cuz I wanted to puke, but resisted. Very shocked to nail my reps at 215. I need to definitely eat more before my work outs. Two weeks more of lifting, then a week off starting the 15th.

**threenorns** · 02-Jul-05, 01:52 PM

sorry... meant to save you some.... <burps discreetly>

good job on the benches!

gcs118 · 02-Jul-05, 04:30 PM

lol. Thanks. I just couldn't get my form down at all today. Foot placement was never right and arch wasn't as good as usual. I think it's because I wasn't on my normal bench.