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I never lift overly heavy with suicide any more (cos I don't usually bench with safeties) but I've never had it feel like the bar was going to slip out of my hand. Even with a thick bar or fat gripz
 
White_Lie said:
I never lift overly heavy with suicide any more (cos I don't usually bench with safeties) but I've never had it feel like the bar was going to slip out of my hand. Even with a thick bar or fat gripz
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I benched 165kg last year using that grip and have used 'suicide' grip for over 20 years of training. Never had a problem! Horses for courses. I've always trained that way, never had a problem, so I'm in no hurry to change it up.

Inb4 I drop it on my face and end up headlining 9 news hahahah
 
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working on the abs with L-sits this morning.
These are harder than I thought...
any tips [MENTION=7082]jzpowahz[/MENTION]; [MENTION=7877]RyanF[/MENTION];
 
Good sesh this morning
Left arms off as I hammered them yesterday and will be doing rope climbs tomorrow, need arms to be fresh for them.

Bosu squats x 22
Lunges w/22kg db x 22
DB squats x 22 w 22kg db
rest 2 mins

One leg sqaut off step x 20 each leg (tough)
calf raise w/30kg bar x 45
wide chins x 12
monkey chins x 8
wide chins x 6
rest 2 mins

Upright row x 15
DB Shoulder press x 16
rest 2 mins

3 x 1 min planks
attempted a few L-sits, did 5-6 for about 5-6 seconds each time lol. Theyre hard!! Abs were burning!
 
good tough session last night in the cold. Also trained my brother, who has dropped 5kg in a month, his bench press is up 33% and hasnt had a headache in 4 weeks. Finally got his routine in place, he's a changed man. Im proud of the bloke.

anyway, this thread is all about me, so he's my session from last night.

1km warm-up
dynamic stretch

6 sets of this non-stop
400m run
BW bench press (97kg) x max - 12, 12, 10, 9, 9, 12
pull-ups x max - 15, 12, 10, 9, 8, 8
 
Yesterday morning
Not as cold as I expected

Bosu squats x 22
Lunges x 22
DB squats x 22

Step ups x 40
Calf raises x 45
Wide chins x 12
Monkey chins x 10
Pull-ups x 6

DB shoulder press x 18
Upright row x 15

DB curls x 22
Tricep dips x 20

Weighted ring dips x 15
Weighted pull ups x 6
 
Taurus, looking into bosu squats. Do you just stick to bodyweight, or add dumbells.

I am still scared to actually squat down, had first go today.
 
spartacus said:
Taurus, looking into bosu squats. Do you just stick to bodyweight, or add dumbells.

I am still scared to actually squat down, had first go today.
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Body weight on those only. For me anyway. Id stand on the ball part, not the flat bit to start with.
 
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Taurus, I did 3x10 squats on flat part today after legs. it wobbled a lot, but started to get swing of things. Probably crouched over too much, so will need to improve by squatting more upright over time.
 
taurus said:
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working on the abs with L-sits this morning.
These are harder than I thought...
any tips @jzpowahz; @RyanF;
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Idno, you're probably doing them better than I would. I've never really practiced L-sits on their own, even though I do mediocre L-pull ups. All I can really say is that bending the knees allows you to reduce torque if you need to for the sake of increasing TUT and/or improving core control. Use your TA by drawing your belly in; use your pelvic floor by sucking your balls up; breathe; know when you've failed to use the right muscles.
 
RyanF said:
Idno, you're probably doing them better than I would. I've never really practiced L-sits on their own, even though I do mediocre L-pull ups. All I can really say is that bending the knees allows you to reduce torque if you need to for the sake of increasing TUT and/or improving core control. Use your TA by drawing your belly in; use your pelvic floor by sucking your balls up; breathe; know when you've failed to use the right muscles.
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cheers, yeh the deep core burns like fuck after a short time! whats TUT? Did 6 sets of 6-10 seconds last night. Even tried a handstand on the planchette's. Got quite high, saw my shadow and lost concentration and fell on my head!!! lol

Bosu squats x 22
Lunges x 22
DB squats x 22

Step ups x 40
one leg squat off step x 20 each leg
Lat Pulldowns x 15
wide chins x 10
Lat pulldowns x 15

DB shoulder press x 18
Upright row x 15

EZ bar curls x 22
Tricep dips x 20

L-sits x 6 sets
 
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