Yano's old man lift's such and so forth 2.0

[Yano]

Smolov jr for bench - deads 6x6
1900 Cals
199 body weight
30 min cardio morning 30 min cardio night

Today was a good one , upper is sore no hiding it , pec tendons , elbows , wrists all feel like in my damn 50s today but we got'er done. Took a good minute or two between sets today there was no rushing shit. A lot of uh ,, self encouragement shall we say with a side of cussing and reminders of what were here for. To be better than yesterday.

Bench work - 8x4 - 280 - Sweet Mercy Mother of God I lived - this was a days work and then some. Warm ups - ebx10 105x4 135x4 185x4 225x4
Working Sets - 280x4x4x4x4x4x4x4x4 - oy freakin vey

Deads 7x6 - Hips and legs are still tired from the max work on wednesday but we got in some good solid work today all the same. Worked it in 6s until i knew i wouldnt get another full set and called it. - 135x6 185x6 225x6 275x6 315x6 365x6 405x6

Abs - Bent Leg Lifts - 4 sets of 20

 

[Yano]

smolov jr for bench - squats low box
203 body weight - im a bit poofy today
1900 cals
30 min cardio morning n night

Today went well , felt good, focus was there drive was there. That all being said. Today was HELL haahahah just fkn wow.

Elbows , wrists , pec tendons all just want me to fuck off and die slowly, this round definitely beat me up. Last couple of sets were not exactly dynamic but I never racked the bar but there was a bit of a pause tween the 2nd n 3rd rep for sure and a few big lung fulls of air.

I kept reminding myself of what it says on the smolov site ,, these will be some of the most challenging sets of your life ... they aint lying. The closer I got to the end the more fun it was I have to admit that feeling of ,, yeah!! I beat you! I got you mfker! I got you!! ( you being the bar ),, took over and the bar seemed to get a bit lighter even if it didnt move any faster.

Next week will be a bit of a deload for the upper and back to conjugate

Bench work - 10x3 - 295 - WOOOOOOOOOO! We did it is all I can say - ebx10 105x2 135x2 185x2 225x2 275x2
Working sets - 295x3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3

Squats - low box x6 - simple squat day to get some work in on em after a hell of a good week of dl's - 150x6 200x6 240x6 290x6 330x6 380x6

Abs - Russian Twists - 45# plate - 4 sets of 15

 

[rawdeal]

smolov jr for bench - squats low box
203 body weight - im a bit poofy today
1900 cals
30 min cardio morning n night

Today went well , felt good, focus was there drive was there. That all being said. Today was HELL haahahah just fkn wow.

Elbows , wrists , pec tendons all just want me to fuck off and die slowly, this round definitely beat me up. Last couple of sets were not exactly dynamic but I never racked the bar but there was a bit of a pause tween the 2nd n 3rd rep for sure and a few big lung fulls of air.

I kept reminding myself of what it says on the smolov site ,, these will be some of the most challenging sets of your life ... they aint lying. The closer I got to the end the more fun it was I have to admit that feeling of ,, yeah!! I beat you! I got you mfker! I got you!! ( you being the bar ),, took over and the bar seemed to get a bit lighter even if it didnt move any faster.

Next week will be a bit of a deload for the upper and back to conjugate

Bench work - 10x3 - 295 - WOOOOOOOOOO! We did it is all I can say - ebx10 105x2 135x2 185x2 225x2 275x2
Working sets - 295x3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3x3

Squats - low box x6 - simple squat day to get some work in on em after a hell of a good week of dl's - 150x6 200x6 240x6 290x6 330x6 380x6

Abs - Russian Twists - 45# plate - 4 sets of 15

"Russian Twists," is that the thing ppl do with a Landmine? Kinda like anti-scoliosis training? Besides Lamar Gant's amazing achievements in early PL, I never understood how he was able to do all that. Terry Todd did an SI article on him once w/how fucked up his spine was in x-rays ... un-fucking-natural.

 

[Yano]

"Russian Twists," is that the thing ppl do with a Landmine? Kinda like anti-scoliosis training? Besides Lamar Gant's amazing achievements in early PL, I never understood how he was able to do all that. Terry Todd did an SI article on him once w/how fucked up his spine was in x-rays ... un-fucking-natural.

Yes Sir , land mine or you can do em sitting down as well. No scoliosis for me just an old twisted up back , these help , reverse hypers , glute ham raises , all real good stuff.

 

[rawdeal]

Old twisted up Back, or old twisted up Brain ... good to see you here, Yano

 

[Yano]

Old twisted up Back, or old twisted up Brain ... good to see you here, Yano

Both haahaah im crazy as a shit house mouse and got like 9 totes of paperwork to prove it

 

[Yano]

Short Dynamic Lower
2000 cals
200# body weight
30 min cardio morning / 30 min cardio night

This week is supposed to be my deload week after finishing up smolov jr but I wanted to keep the momentum going on the lower now that every thing is healed up and feeling better.

So I ended up working just a short dynamic lower today for main movers without accessories , got in some good work but not so much that it will interrupt my recovery , at least I dont think so , we shall see.

Feels real good to be back working conjugate , missed my bands n chains.

Squats - 50% + 25% resistance - 250 + 125 - 375 at the top - 8x2- 4 bands are roughly 90 lbs looped like i did and then i added 40 lbs of chains
Warm Ups - 150/40x2 150/40/2x2 150/40/4x2 200/40/4x2
Working Sets 250/40/4x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2

Deadlifts - 50% + 25% resistance - 300 + 150 - 450 at the top - 8x2 - 2 bands 75# - 4 bands 150#
Warmups - 135x2 135/2x2 135/4x2 225/4x2 275/4x2
Working sets - 300/4x2x2x2x2x2x2x2x2

Abs - bent leg lifts - 4 sets of 20

 

[Yano]

Max Lower
2000 cals
200 lbs body weight
30 min cardio morning /night

Today went well , added an accessory this time around , every thing held together well. Pushed enough to get some solid work in , added in front squats today only thing missing from a normal max day is some form of row , we'll add those in after this deload.

Deads to max - Not a bad day of work , nothing stellar. All plates no bands or chains - 135x3 225x3 315x3 365x3 405x1 455x1 475x1 500x1

Squats - 5x5 - Didnt push too far , solid work same as last week , legs were a bit wobbly on the last set but all in all it felt real good. 150x5 240x5 290x5 330x5 380x5

Front Squats 5x5 - Been a while and these felt good wobbly legs and all - 150x5 200x5 240x5 290x5 330x5

Abs - Leg Lifts - 4 sets of 20

 

[Yano]

Short Dynamic Lower
2000 cals
200lbs body weight
30 min cardio morn/night

Today was one of those days when everything lines up. Felt good moved good , no weird shit. Kept the program short , still deloading upper for the week , next weeks back to full program and I'm in a good place to start the next blocks.

Deadlifts - 2 bands +75# 4 bands +150 - triples to max single - I spent a good amount of time talking to SFG and he helped me with my form quite a bit , gave me some great advice and a couple of things to try ,, the rolling the weight back to me a bit to get momentum as I lean back into it , is still taking some time to perfect.

What is working well is the ,, dive in the pool , approach if you will , get my air , drop down brace , hook up and go like hell. Its taken the week to feel comfortable with it but it's working out really really well , so a big shout out to SFG for the help and confidence to try other approaches to the lift.

Deadlifts - 2 bands +75# 4 bands +150 - triples to max single - 135x3 225x3 225/2x3 275x3 275/4x3 315/4x3 365/4x3 - broke here into singles 405/4x1 455/4x1 475/4x1*

The pull I missed earlier was 475/4 which is 625 at the top which is still a 3xbw pull in some way i reckon

Well we didn't miss it today in fact it moved quite well , now to start adding plates til we can pull the bands off and make it official.

The pulls at like 25 seconds in , ol lady hit record a bit early

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Good Mornings with alternating chains off and on - Haven't hit these since the accident so I thought it was about time so I put these in today in place of hitting squats there is some fluff in here just to build up to a decent weight and see how the hips n low back was going to take it. - 110x3 110/40x3 150x3 150x/40x3 200x3 200/40x3 240x3 240/4x3 290x3 290/40x3 330x3

Vid below is the last set of GM's - 330x3

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Banded face pulls - put these in for some kind of rowing action today - no way to tell the tension of the bands ,, 50 maybe 60 lbs looped like this ,, feels like a heavy bag of dog food - 4 sets of 15

Abs - good ole bent leg lifts - 4 sets of 20