Re: J-Madd's Training Log
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:17 pm
BJJ practice. Lots of live rolling. This was a great, touch practice. Tournament time is near!
Strength & Conditioning for the Operational Athlete
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J-Madd wrote:I'm posting this not because I'm particularly concerned about the issue that Wendler is addressing, but because this is a great piece of good thinking that can apply across the full spectrum of your training and diet (and much else too!): https://jimwendler.com/blogs/jimwendler ... ted-cardio
J-Madd wrote:I did some testing today on my OHP and WPU. Here's a little video summary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxlH2hcUXUI
I've wanted to be completely open with this log, so I thought it good to put a video of a day that was really a mixed bag for me. When I pre-tested, I hit 180x2, and today I got 180x3. I'll take that improvement, but those first three reps really felt like I was going somewhere great before I stalled on number 4. I got the 40KG on the chin-up with what felt like it could've been a triple. I went for an all-time PR tie with the 48KG, and I just miss getting my chin to the bar. I then took about a minute break and maxed my bodyweight reps. I was pretty smoked after the heavy pulling, and things started to come apart on reps 17-19. I missed the bar completely on attempt 20, so I shut it down. Oh well, it was sort of a dumb stunt to try to max my WPU and PU reps back to back like that.
Not a great test day, but good enough. I'm pretty confident that after another bloc I'll be chinning the Beast again.
By the way, when training I do my pull-ups to my neck or chest, but when I test I just get my chin over the bar.
Probably because that is how I have always trained, but I think I handle more weight and do more/better reps on a regular straight bar, overhand grip. Since I got the multi-grip bar last month, however, I have found that at the /\ grip feels the best on my elbows. I split my reps when training between the straight grip and the angled grip evenly, but I'm going to start favoring the wedge grip and doing my testing from that angle.Barkadion wrote: Interesting grip on pull-ups.. I do it on opposite side as angled chins facing wider side: so it is \/ for me.
I don't see the option to do || parallel grip on your new bar.. || is the safest bet. I cycle between || and \/ usually. Shoulder safety...J-Madd wrote:Probably because that is how I have always trained, but I think I handle more weight and do more/better reps on a regular straight bar, overhand grip. Since I got the multi-grip bar last month, however, I have found that at the /\ grip feels the best on my elbows. I split my reps when training between the straight grip and the angled grip evenly, but I'm going to start favoring the wedge grip and doing my testing from that angle.Barkadion wrote: Interesting grip on pull-ups.. I do it on opposite side as angled chins facing wider side: so it is \/ for me.