Nice work brother.
SFB FTW
Thanks TS. I'm crazy sore all over and my confidence is through the roof right now. I think I'm even gonna skip the extra day for a few weeks to aid in recovery because I went hard last week and can feel it. I'm never the type to do that! (You hear that
PillarofBalance ??)
Yo. Tons of work.
What is the difference between the wraps you're using?
Thanks. I can feel it today and in a good way: Ass is stupid sore
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Regarding the wraps, just experimenting after hearing
DieYoungStrong talk about getting his knees used to having fabric behind them before the top sets. That video of Khudayarov hitting 1113 showed him using more than a few different wraps during his ramp up to the top set and that sparked some conversation. So rather than say, "I want hella pop on this set of 315" it was to get acclimated to the wraps early so the top sets don't feel weird. It worked well - I wasn't searching for the bottom later on like I normally do.
The EliteFTS wraps are a bit stiffer than the Lilliebridge wraps. More of a cast feel and they don't give me as many rotations. Now I don't have any experience with any other wraps so take my opinions with a grain of salt.
The red ones stretch much more. The backs of my knees are bruised from yesterday's session and I did all the wrapping myself.
There's also a price-point difference too. I think I got the black and white ones for $20 on sale because they were entry level quality and I hadn't ever tried wraps before. I got the red ones because, even though I'm in my 30's, I'm a sucker for marketing and was running the Lilliebridge Method at the time. I was also getting sick of having to wrap everyone's knees with one set of wraps.
Excellent work! That is a lot of squatting.... and the sumo block pulls were pretty damn heavy too! You put any thought into pulling sumo as your main deadlift? Or just throwing a different angle in there?
Thanks my dude. Sumo block pulls are part of the programming. I'm sure it's to hit things from different angles, to put emphasis on hip thrust and leg drive and to strengthen the posterior chain.
I pulled sumo for a full training cycle and a peak leading into my first meet because my lower back was a bit tender from working full time in the field. I pulled a really fast 520 as my third attempt two years ago and had one of the Miller brothers from Iron Mafia tell me, "THAT should've been your fuxking opener!"
Once my grip gets back to normal I have a feeling there will be mid-5's on these top triple sets but I haven't given any thought to making that my primary pulling stance. Always nice to have in my back pocket if I tweak my back early in a meet, though. My buddy told me Ed Coan gave him that advice one night while they were out drinking in Germany. Coan said, "If you can't pull sumo you're a woman." <---
BrotherIron
Speaking of elbows back, that kid gets to IPF depth. He could probably be pretty damn good if he dialed in his form. I think he's like 15. I'm through trying to deal with the teenagers in the gym though. One kid still owes me for Girl Scout cookies. Then there's the one who screwed up the meet. I'm 0-2 fuxking with them and my time is limited so he can figure it out on his own or approach me for advice. Too much ego and not enough common sense going around there.