BruteForce: Power Overwhelming

[Spartigus]

Nice pulls!! Thats strong mate!

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

You got it easy. I'll make you get it next month. Just watch.

This gonna be good.

Originally Posted by Jen

Awesome Brute! Kickin some a@@!

Thanks Jen!

Originally Posted by Spartigus

Nice pulls!! Thats strong mate!

Thanks Spart! Whenever I hit deadlifts over 400 pounds, I feel strong until I think about the big oly lifters cleaning it!

[bruteforce]

So, I've eaten like crap all week, pizza, wings, burritos, nachos, etc. Massive caloric surplus every day. Gained a couple pounds, hit some PRs. This is surprising because I usually gain 10 pounds after a day or two and don't get stronger. Things have been going right.

Bench:
45 x 5
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 1 - felt really light
230 x 1 - still felt really light
230 x 1
230 x 1
230 x 1
230 x 1
240 x 1 - PR + 10 pounds!
200 x 5
200 x 4
200 x 5 14 Reps, PR for this weight

DB Row
70 x 8
70 x 8
70 x 8 + 1 set

Squat
45 x 5
135 x 5
225 x 1
205 x 5 - interrupted here by gym management trying to force me to sign a new contract. I refused and told them that I would be happy to resume the contract as it had been, but would not sign up for another 3 years. Apparently people don't tell them no often, and they are passing it on to the owners. meh. Still a damn good day!

[tank]

That's all kinds of great stuff in that post! Congrats and great work Brute.

[bruteforce]

Originally Posted by tank

That's all kinds of great stuff in that post! Congrats and great work Brute.

Thanks Tank!

Had a decent day today, but a lot of interruptions so it was hard to get into the flow

Power Clean
95 x 5
115 x 5
145 x 3
165 x 1
185 x 1
185 x 1
195 x 1
195 x 1
195 x 0
165 x 0
145 x 0 - just stopped here, I didn't have enough speed left to do anything

Low Rack Pull
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 1
405 x 1 5 minute interrupt
315 x 1
405 x 1
475 x 1 - PR

Push press
135 x 5
155 x 2
185 x 1
185 x 2
185 x 2
185 x 2 - PR, never doubled 185 before
205 x 1
205 x 1 - PR + 1 single

[mab54]

Really strong rack pull and Push pressing brute!

[Tannhauser]

Three year gym contract? That sucks.

Some very strong work in here. Those cleans and push presses are impressive. Aren't you very tall too? It can't be easy for a tall guy to do overhead work.

[Kuytrider]

Great work Brute and wtf is the 3 year contract about? And interrupting you during squats

[MikeM]

That is massive bench and OH pressing! Great cleans too. I know what you mean too. When you hit the wall with them, you almost literally have no pop left at all. Nice rack PR too. 500 soon.

Great work!

[BendtheBar]

Smashing PRs like a machine.

Time to set a May date to lift. Let me know which weekends work well. PM me when you get a chance.