Phil's Journal Comments.

Proper Knob · Post by **Proper Knob** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 2:25 pm

Missed this. Feel free.

Post by **Jungledoc** » Mon May 11, 2009 1:05 am

Phil--Friday you squtted 110 KG a total of 12 reps! But yesterday you only went to 8 reps of 85 KG. Why did you cut back so much?

Proper Knob · Post by **Proper Knob** » Mon May 11, 2009 1:22 pm

I squat at two different depths. On the day i deadlift i use a much wider stance and go way below parallel and use less weight, on my other lower day i only got to parallel and can therefore use a bit more weight.

We have two different drinks crates at the gym that are used to check depth. As i'm 6'2" the larger one takes me just below parallel as i have long legs, the other crate is less than my handspan so it's pretty low, i guess about 8". Hence the reason for the lighter weight.

pdellorto · Post by **pdellorto** » Mon May 11, 2009 4:43 pm

So it's parallel squats vs. full squats then? That makes sense to me.

Post by **Jungledoc** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:03 pm

Proper Knob wrote:Dips (on exercise bike seats)

Ah-ha! A use for exercise bikes!!!

Post by **Jungledoc** » Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:43 pm

Pallof Press
12 x 22.5kgs
12 x 25kgs
8 x 27.5kgs

Yeah! Someone's doing Pallofs! Good job!

Proper Knob · Post by **Proper Knob** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:17 am

I love them, although i do get some strange looks.

Post by **Jungledoc** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:56 am

Yeah, that's the fun part of doing Pallofs!

Good job on the DLs.

pdellorto · Post by **pdellorto** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 8:21 am

Jungledoc wrote:Yeah, that's the fun part of doing Pallofs!

I had a kid doing face pulls on the lat pulldown the other day. We got a lot of strange looks.

Jungledoc wrote:Good job on the DLs.

Seconded. That's impressive. Now go for 2.5!

Post by **Jungledoc** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:55 pm

700 kg on the bench! I'm assuming that would be a PR!

Proper Knob · Post by **Proper Knob** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 4:29 am

That was with one arm as well Doc.

Rucifer · Post by **Rucifer** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:43 pm

Hmm...I looked over the last page of your training log and didn't notice squats or deads?

Proper Knob · Post by **Proper Knob** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:47 pm

Bad left knee at the moment, aggravated my cartlidge. I'm hoping it will sort itself out, which it seems to be doing. A few more weeks without any leg work and then i'll be easing back gently, something i failed to do last time. If it flares up again i'll be off to the doctors for a scan.

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:16 am

Proper Knob wrote:Pullups + 2.5kg (wide pronated grip)
5/5/5/5/5

BOOM!!! That's what i was after. Next i'll try + 5kg

Congratulations! That is really nice.

It's hard to make steady progess in this kind of exercise. My goal is only 5x5 BW chin-up(supinated) now.

Proper Knob · Post by **Proper Knob** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:42 am

Thanks.

It took me about 2 months to go from 5x5 with my bodyweight to 5x5 with the added weight. So i guess it'll be around Xams when i can do 5x5 with 5kgs.