Lifter problems
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Today's workout at my gym is actually snatches lol
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But at the end of the day if you can’t snatch your body weight, do you really even lift, bro?
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I’m just starting to lift. I did BJJ three times a week combined with a modified Keto w/ a 7Pm-noon fast and dropped from 298 to 208 in a year.
I’m now adding in some carbs and doing a more balanced diet while lifting to see if I can continue to burn fat stores while increasing strength/muscle. Did my first session with a strength/conditioning coach on Friday.
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Awesome progress Joe - who did you go with for a S&C coach in San Fran?
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Awesome progress Joe - who did you go with for a S&C coach in San Fran?
There’s a couple of guys at my Jiu jitsu gym I’m working with, Pedro Lima, who trains at World’s Gym, is who I worked out with Friday. Jason Cook, owns CrossFit PH, and is trying to get me in his gym. I’m thinking a six week strength cycle with Pedro, followed by a 6 week strength/cond with Jason.
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@joesaintjohn I see that you're
halftwo-thirds the man you used to be!Congratulations on the weight loss. That's a big drop, and you're looking good. Shame you're now going to have to spend a fortune on replacing your Iron Heart gear to fit your new, svelte frame.
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Congrats @joesaintjohn ! If you're already doing BJJ, you might not need the conditioning on top of it. BJJ is already a near perfect HIIT workout and conditioning is brutal. I would do a couple slow paced 40mn endurance sessions a week.
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@JDelage that’s what I’m thinking. My BJJ gym has a brutal warm up and class pace. I’ve been doing some jogging/stairs at a stadium down from my house once a week. Really, I think strength is where I need focus. I competed last weekend, and recognized it was a weakness of mine, no pun intended.
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What do you do for 2-3 hours in the gym every day?! I do 5/3/1 and I am at most there for 1hr 15mins 2-3 times a week!
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What do you do for 2-3 hours in the gym every day?! I do 5/3/1 and I am at most there for 1hr 15mins 2-3 times a week!
I was wondering the same. Seems a bit overkill. I'm in there about 60-90 minutes each session, 3 times per week.
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So who is going to be the first to man up and do a Smolov Squat cycle in 2018?
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f*** that! ???
500 kbs per workout! Ouch.
@TrickHell - I'm looking forward to reading how it's going. You're super bad ass.
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So who is going to be the first to man up and do a Smolov Squat cycle in 2018?
Just looked that up. Brutal stuff. I do love a bit of squatting though and I’d love to give it a try. Of course that is easy for me to say with a suspected ACL tear and/or damage to the meniscus [emoji16]
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You mention your DL sucks (edit: I think it’s actually quite good based on your BW). You do a lot of upper back work, but are you doing extensive core work?
No matter how strong your back is, if your abs can’t hold your trunk, the weight won’t go up.
PS. Sit ups are not ab work.
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Just looked that up. Brutal stuff. I do love a bit of squatting though and I’d love to give it a try. Of course that is easy for me to say with a suspected ACL tear and/or damage to the meniscus [emoji16]
Yeah, it’s essentially “unnecessary” in every way, but people go ape shit for them because it’s “hard.”
Compared to most Olympic style squat programs, Smolov is a boarderline hypertrophy program. Anything close to and above 12 reps for multiple sets really is.
I followed about 4 months of a “mini-Smolov” that was adapted more to C.F. athletes a few years ago, and my squat actually went down. But I have never wanted to be big, my sport of choice (weightlifting) values strength in small sizes.
The Gayle Hatch squat program, however, I have seen amazing results multiple times. While my L4/L5 issues keep me from squatting, or pulling heavy, I always saw my strength go up, usually seeing my 1RM turn into a 3-5RM within 6 weeks or so.
And I agree - now might now be the best time to do a lot of squats in your knee brace
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