Mike's quest for Abs and 1100

[miked96]

Dont sweat it, just a bad day.

[J_Byrd]

Chalk it up to a bad day, but didnt we just talk about stopping if it didnt feel good! haha

[OneMorePlate]

Letting the camera distract me can be a problem too. Learning to just set up the vid recording and just take my time get my head in what I'm doing produces much better results. Also the psyched thing doesn't work for me unless I go to a very dark place. I prefer to just use positive affirmation: see it, believe it, concentrate on the details of the lifts never question the lift just DO IT!

A big portion of this sport is mental. Focus on the positive its empowering & contagious.

Making some great progress in here.

[KD5NFW]

Definitely have 375's number next time Mike!

[Kuytrider]

The 350 squat looked pretty nice. On another day, you'll make that 375 and I'm well beyond being envious at your squat improvements

From personal experience, it didn't take long for my deadlift to go from 330 to 385 (couple of months) so I'd say you could hit 400 quicker than you think.

[MikeM]

HaHa. Well not too long ago I was 10 Kg lighter than you Kuyt, and now I'm about 10 Kg heavier! So it's all in what you are looking for, buddy. And thanks. I'm pretty sure my deadlift is going to rise from here on out. FIngers crossed anyway.

Thanks SB, JB's program is incredible. I just need to take his advice more often!

Thanks JB. Yeah, you did mention that.

Thanks Jim, Mike, OMP and KD. It was a clunker alright but I've done that weight before and I'll do it, and more, soon enough.

Good day today. Bench was no problem at all. Maybe should have pushed it, but after yesterday I decided to follow the plan and not go off the reservation.

JBPP week 11

warmups: just brief arm and shoulder stuff during warmup sets. My shoulders feel great lately and I wanted to get going.

Pause Bench:
3x 205
2x 225
1x 245
1x 260
(tempted to double it as I'm pretty sure I'd have got it, but racked instead of risking something. Bench is really going good. No sense rocking that boat)

Closse Grip:
5x 185, 195, 205, 195, 185
No trouble. Did these mostly flat backed to save my low back from arching.

1x 260:

1x 260 Pause - YouTube

1x 260 Pause - YouTube

5x 185:

5x 185 close grip - YouTube

5x 185 close grip - YouTube

Kept hitting the safeties was the only trouble!
5x 205:

5x 205 close grip - YouTube

5x 205 close grip - YouTube

There you go. Pretty easy day. I feel really good (well inner thighs and quads screaming a bit from those squats, but nothing serious), and I've got a busy weekend taking the kids to the circus and a church thing on Sunday, so I'm just gong to crack on and finish up the week tomorrow.

That way, I have the whole weekend to recover and I get back to a normal M-T-Th-F. I hate that I'm all off schedule.

6 weeks until the meet! Defintely psyched about hitting some big number soon!

[Squatter]

Bench looked great today Mike!

[LtL]

Nice work buddy. Almost game time.

[J_Byrd]

I can tell in the video you were holding that 260 thinking about another rep!!!!!

Next week puts us 5 weeks out, we will take safe 2nd attempts next week as work sets.

Looking strong, listen to your body and make smart decisions.

[ravimolasaria]

Originally Posted by MikeM

JBPP week 11
Pause Bench:
3x 205 2x 225 1x 245 1x 260

Closse Grip:
5x 185, 195, 205, 195, 185

Great work Mike ... keep progressing buddy ...