[ARCHIVED THREAD] - PR Thread (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 8/25/2011 6:36:08 PM EDT
Post any personal records you may have had recently, whether it be run times, weight lifting max outs or something else. I'll kick it off with today's 545lb deadlift 
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130lb dead stop rows 10 dead hang dips. 3 weeks ago i was using 160lbs of assistance. on a semi-related note: I heart 2 1/2lb plates. You mean just regular dips? That's pretty impressive if you were using that much assistance only 3 weeks ago! Roland: Just wait til you get those 4 plates on your back. Then you'll just want to put 5 plates on there. 
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my last PT test. 106 pushups in one minute 76 situps in a minute 34 second 300 meter sprint 9 min 10 second 1.5 mile run 25 inch vertical jump 305 bench press (5 times) 36 year old, 6' and 194 pounds Solid numbers and good all around fitness, nice job. Thank you sir. Lots of hard work there...Feb 2009 I weighed 260 pounds. 
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my last PT test. 106 pushups in one minute 76 situps in a minute 34 second 300 meter sprint 9 min 10 second 1.5 mile run 25 inch vertical jump 305 bench press (5 times) 36 year old, 6' and 194 pounds Solid numbers and good all around fitness, nice job. Thank you sir. Lots of hard work there...Feb 2009 I weighed 260 pounds.
Even more impressive, again, nice job! No shit! WOW 
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Quoted: I swam a mile w/o stopping just to prove that I could. It was in a pool and very slow so don't be too impressed. ETA: my wife was giving me shit about not doing enough cardio. I usually just lift heavy and HIIT cardio. Hell, my goal in the pool is to just not drown  1 mile might as well be across the Atlantic to me... |
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I swam a mile w/o stopping just to prove that I could. It was in a pool and very slow so don't be too impressed. ETA: my wife was giving me shit about not doing enough cardio. I usually just lift heavy and HIIT cardio. Hell, my goal in the pool is to just not drown 1 mile might as well be across the Atlantic to me...he he I am right there with you... |
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Damn that's a badass dl. I just pred 465. Also just pred flat bench 270 On my dl pr attempt at 385 it felt so light I was able to get 3 of them. Halodrol is scary. Shit works. Amazing mental addictive. Can't wait for my next cycle Drol? Make sure you have all the proper stuff for post cycle! |
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Quoted: 531 BBB since March. That shit really is simple and effective! Cool. My squat is pretty good, but my DL is only mediocre...I want to improve it, but can only DL once or twice a week and I have to maintain my speed and conditioning and can't gain weight...a bit of a balancing act... |
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not 10 minutes ago, i ran my first sub-6 minute mile. Not super great, i know, but a little over a year ago i was a 300lb slob that could not run to catch a cold. So im pretty pumped. on heavy hills, too  Dang, that's booking it at over 10mph. Almost makes me wish I didn't hate running and love lifting as much as I do. It's even more impressive considering where you were a year ago. What's your weight now? |
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not 10 minutes ago, i ran my first sub-6 minute mile. Not super great, i know, but a little over a year ago i was a 300lb slob that could not run to catch a cold. So im pretty pumped. on heavy hills, too Dang, that's booking it at over 10mph. Almost makes me wish I didn't hate running and love lifting as much as I do. It's even more impressive considering where you were a year ago. What's your weight now? As of my Friday weigh in, i am sitting at 218 (at 6'1''). I started my transformation about 16 months ago at 301 lbs. Hoping to hit my goal of 208 in a few short weeks. |
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435x3 on DLs last night. All touch and go . Feels good man!Nice. I hope to report back tomorrow night with a new DL pr
555x1, 10 lb PR. Took me two attempts. On the first one it barely moved off the ground. After that, I got pissed, took a minute to steam and said "Fuck you weight!" and picked it up. Feels good man. |
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All my current DL and squat PR's are x3 or x5 sets, because I tend to re-harm my low back at 1RM max weights. 442x5 on DL and 335x5 squat are most recent. Once upon a time I was a little over 4 plates on the squat rack and a little over 5 on DL. I don't think I'll ever see those numbers again. But my general fitness is far superior now compared to when I was scoring those numbers. (I weighed about 250 then, and 185 this morning.)
I used to like being huge and bulky. But in retrospect I was pretty ineffective at that size. I didn't run, ever. I pedaled a lot, but I was always the last guy to the top of the trail. I could ski well, but I'd hit a fitness wall after a few hours. I wish I still lived in Utah. It would be great to ride all my local trails again in my current condition. And skiing 90 days per season doesn't suck. |
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Quoted: All my current DL and squat PR's are x3 or x5 sets, because I tend to re-harm my low back at 1RM max weights. 442x5 on DL and 335x5 squat are most recent. Once upon a time I was a little over 4 plates on the squat rack and a little over 5 on DL. I don't think I'll ever see those numbers again. But my general fitness is far superior now compared to when I was scoring those numbers. (I weighed about 250 then, and 185 this morning.) That's funny, because the 1RM never seems to hurt, but 5RM DL fucken DESTROYS my back. |
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435x3 on DLs last night. All touch and go . Feels good man!Nice. I hope to report back tomorrow night with a new DL pr What sort of accessory work are you guys doing to bring your DL up? I'm starting with Pendlay rows, back extentions and good mornings this week to help it along. Any other ideas? BBB format of 5/3/1. So, I do lots of deads. Last workout looked like this (after warming up): 315x5 365x5 415x9 (max effort set) 315x10 315x10 275x10 225x10 225x10 abs It was not fun. |
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435x3 on DLs last night. All touch and go . Feels good man!Nice. I hope to report back tomorrow night with a new DL pr What sort of accessory work are you guys doing to bring your DL up? I'm starting with Pendlay rows, back extentions and good mornings this week to help it along. Any other ideas? BBB format of 5/3/1. So, I do lots of deads. Last workout looked like this (after warming up): 315x5 365x5 415x9 (max effort set) 315x10 315x10 275x10 225x10 225x10 abs It was not fun. Fuck that noise 
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So, basically right now I'm deadlifting 1-2 times a week, I'm starting up the rows and GMs once a week and back extensions a few times a week. I can't go exclusively to a 5/3/1 because I have to keep Crossfitting too, but judging by your schedule would you recommend another day of higher rep lower weight DL? I don't know other than that I would stick to deads once a week since they take a while to recover from. Maybe try cycling heavy/medium/light weights from week to week. And you don't HAVE to keep crossfitting. 
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Quoted: Quoted: So, basically right now I'm deadlifting 1-2 times a week, I'm starting up the rows and GMs once a week and back extensions a few times a week. I can't go exclusively to a 5/3/1 because I have to keep Crossfitting too, but judging by your schedule would you recommend another day of higher rep lower weight DL? I don't know other than that I would stick to deads once a week since they take a while to recover from. Maybe try cycling heavy/medium/light weights from week to week. And you don't HAVE to keep crossfitting. LOL...I know...sometimes I contemplate giving up Crossfit for either power lifting or Oly lifting. I think I could do decent, my squat is pretty good considering my bodyweight and the fact that I'm not a powerlifter but a Crossfitter....I'd sort of like to see how strong I could get if that's all I did. Maybe someday  Yeah, it's the recovery that kills me. If I'm not careful I won't be able to do anything at all for a few days, and I just can't afford that. That's why I'm trying the assessory lifts now- easier to recover from. I'll try the cycling I think, thanks for the advice. |
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I was just gonna start a "Feats of Strength" thread to post your past and or current claims to fame
The stuff that keeps your going or to strive to surpass. Not really a PR deal though but similar. Me on the other hand, haven't done shit. I am just trying to plug through my PT without going insane
I have a PT test in a month or so, then I will have something to post... |
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435x3 on DLs last night. All touch and go . Feels good man!Nice. I hope to report back tomorrow night with a new DL pr What sort of accessory work are you guys doing to bring your DL up? I'm starting with Pendlay rows, back extentions and good mornings this week to help it along. Any other ideas? For accessory work I do weighted back extentions(4x10 with 125# dumbell) and pendlay,traditional,and upright rows. Mostly though DLs are my best lift. Everything else is pretty weak. |
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435x3 on DLs last night. All touch and go . Feels good man!Nice. I hope to report back tomorrow night with a new DL pr What sort of accessory work are you guys doing to bring your DL up? I'm starting with Pendlay rows, back extentions and good mornings this week to help it along. Any other ideas? For accessory work I do weighted back extentions(4x10 with 125# dumbell) and pendlay,traditional,and upright rows. Mostly though DLs are my best lift. Everything else is pretty weak. Cool, I'm the opposite...I can squat all day long but my DL is mediocre (only 35# more than my squat). Reading through some stuff now I think I'll add in reverse hypers and glute ham raises too....(cycling of course) You got a hella good squat. I squat more than 100 pounds less than DL. It has been that way since I started lifting and they have gone up about the same rate. Eta. With all the oly lifts and crossfiting you do I think it may be very hard to up your lifts without letting some of the other stuff go. |
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not 10 minutes ago, i ran my first sub-6 minute mile. Not super great, i know, but a little over a year ago i was a 300lb slob that could not run to catch a cold. So im pretty pumped. on heavy hills, too Dang, that's booking it at over 10mph. Almost makes me wish I didn't hate running and love lifting as much as I do. It's even more impressive considering where you were a year ago. What's your weight now? As of my Friday weigh in, i am sitting at 218 (at 6'1''). I started my transformation about 16 months ago at 301 lbs. Hoping to hit my goal of 208 in a few short weeks. Totally awesome! Congrats! |
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435x3 on DLs last night. All touch and go . Feels good man!Nice. I hope to report back tomorrow night with a new DL pr What sort of accessory work are you guys doing to bring your DL up? I'm starting with Pendlay rows, back extentions and good mornings this week to help it along. Any other ideas? For accessory work I do weighted back extentions(4x10 with 125# dumbell) and pendlay,traditional,and upright rows. Mostly though DLs are my best lift. Everything else is pretty weak. Cool, I'm the opposite...I can squat all day long but my DL is mediocre (only 35# more than my squat). Reading through some stuff now I think I'll add in reverse hypers and glute ham raises too....(cycling of course) You got a hella good squat. I squat more than 100 pounds less than DL. It has been that way since I started lifting and they have gone up about the same rate. Eta. With all the oly lifts and crossfiting you do I think it may be very hard to up your lifts without letting some of the other stuff go. Yes...it's hard, but not impossible. We have a guy with a 515 DL at 175 bodyweight! My goal is a 400# back squat and 500# DL- I'm very close on the squat, but have a lot of work to do on the DL... But, you're 100% right...it's going to be very hard. The harder is is the better the reward! |
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435x3 on DLs last night. All touch and go . Feels good man!Nice. I hope to report back tomorrow night with a new DL pr What sort of accessory work are you guys doing to bring your DL up? I'm starting with Pendlay rows, back extentions and good mornings this week to help it along. Any other ideas? BBB format of 5/3/1. So, I do lots of deads. Last workout looked like this (after warming up): 315x5 365x5 415x9 (max effort set) 315x10 315x10 275x10 225x10 225x10 abs It was not fun. Hey AZ do you do this all in one go? How do you manage to keep the energy going with that much volume? I find with Deadlifts I had to keep it to about 8 reps per set or I feel like im gonna hurl.
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