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  1. jj80

    D aspartic acid question

    Surprising it took 5 years for another study to contradict or challenge it.
  2. jj80

    Off-topic-but-still-related-to-PL-thread

    Do you guys find you recover faster from chest work than back work? I seem to find I recover as follows Fastest - delts Next - chest then lats/bis Last - Legs/quads/lower stuff. Just finished Sheiko #37... 31 next... Looks like I've put weight on my upper body from just 4 weeks of this alone.
  3. jj80

    Off-topic-but-still-related-to-PL-thread

    How much is your double overhand grip good for? Any idea what it would take to make you drop it after like 5-10 seconds? Said you switch at 180kg but I'm guessing you could rep 180kg for some while.
  4. jj80

    Off-topic-but-still-related-to-PL-thread

    I can hold onto 145kg for 5x5, just after I felt a bit sore in the joints. I find 200kg deads hard to hold on to as a max (I can only hold on for about 8 seconds). I was mainly posting cause it was a sort of bone / tendon pain, not a muscle one. I don't hook grip and just double over hand grab...
  5. jj80

    Sheiko

    Hows your experience been? #37 #37 #32 for 5kg pb from 145kg start or something?
  6. jj80

    Off-topic-but-still-related-to-PL-thread

    At least I'm in work.
  7. jj80

    Off-topic-but-still-related-to-PL-thread

    Feeling superior that I had to google that.
  8. jj80

    Off-topic-but-still-related-to-PL-thread

    Yeah was a rock climber, but I seem to do it every few months now (max) so finger strength benefits have gone. I find it's totally different from deadlifting and holding a bar anyway.
  9. jj80

    Off-topic-but-still-related-to-PL-thread

    Does anyone find after heavy deads (with double over grip) their fingers feel like they've been damaged? Just did some sets of 145kgx5, which isn't too heavy, but it was pretty hard to hang on to and im feeling it now. And now for something completely different, here is Kirill Sarychev...
  10. jj80

    Sheiko

    Hmm, sounds like my max is too high. I based it on others I know who used a false max. Not sure whether to lower or raise. #31 again looks doable with a 140 max straight after #37 but would I gain more by lowering the max and using shorter set breaks, longer pauses, etc.? #37 again would...
  11. jj80

    Sheiko

    My recent touch and go max is 135kg, and 120kgx4. 140kg was after peaking with Smolov a year ago. The hardest set of 31 with a 140kg max is 126x1 which I think I could manage fairly comfortably (even mid week in Sheiko cycle with some fatigue). Using 135kg as a max would have me do 122kgx1 a...
  12. jj80

    Sheiko

    Thanks for the advice. I manned up and kept the weights the same.. just used slightly longer breaks (3-4mins) arched quite a bit and paused them briefly. 120x2 Snakeo - YouTube Feels allright? Going up the bar slowed down but really it felt pretty easy. Probably didn't have a 3rd in the tank but...
  13. jj80

    The PB Thread

    ^^ Good work, 140 is a bitch, hoping to hit it again myself soon.. Yeah looks like you had 130kg in you on bench, or 127.5 at least. Good deadlift.
  14. jj80

    The PB Thread

    Nah only doing Sheiko for bench.
  15. jj80

    The PB Thread

    Well finally got a ~6 month or so training time with squats without an injury so I managed 140kg 140x1 - YouTube - shitty form becoming a good morning. Legs are pretty weak, I lent forward knowing my quads/glutes probably didnt have it in them and craned it up. Time to rewind weights to 70kg...
  16. jj80

    Putting together a home gym, what would your essentials be?

    Flat bench 30cm Wide rated to 400kg+ total weight Mobile spotter bars for a bench press and a Squat Stand. If I had a lot more room - Power rack. Chin up bar / Ceiling beam / Doorway beam for pull ups/chin ups (or attachment for rack) 150kg to 200kg of Cheap olympic plates to start with if I...
  17. jj80

    Welcome to Grip Training

    Doing chin ups every second day and heavy deads once a week I find not much time to train grip these days - my Captains of Crush are getting dusty. I've noticed the following types grip strength: - open palm holding (doorway frames doing chins, rock climbing) - closed grip holding (double...
  18. jj80

    Sheiko

    You should _always_ have a rep left in the tank? I thought I'd seen you do some fuckin heavy looking doubles as part of Sheiko so I thought they were meant to be hard. I've also seen others doing the squats and the reps they did didn't look like they had much more left in the tank. My best...
  19. jj80

    Sheiko

    How do you guys do your bench reps? Do you pause every single one? Do you let the bar sink a bit lower for lighter reps? Do you pause it longer when it's lighter? Do you only use a 'big arch' for heavy heavy sets? Some of the reps I got coming in week 3 of 37#2 look heavy. Probably fine...
  20. jj80

    Sheiko

    I want to add some more delt assistance to Sheiko, just to try and maintain my overhead press strength. I'm thinking of just doing 3 sets of military press of a fairly heavy weight for as many reps as I can on Friday - like 65kgx8,7,6. I doubt laterals would help at all. Would this be a bad...
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