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11-09-2007, 09:38 PM
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[ QUOTE ] 1) Broom handle is good. 2) Yes, blocks or those Olympic plates. [/ QUOTE ] have you seen those plywood cutouts in the shape of 45# plates that help teach proper technique? they are pretty sweet for beginners and/or women and children. brag (but not a very good one) PR'd CF WOD "Cindy" today! Cindy is 5 pullups, 10 pullups, 15 squats as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes. 23 rounds! i died barely getting 13 rounds in march when i first tried it. this was a grind, but i still had a ton of gas left after laying on the floor for ten minutes to recover. later. J. [/ QUOTE ] Congrats! 
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11-09-2007, 10:04 PM
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For all you cottage cheese freaks who (like me) can't stand it plain, I recommend combining it with some dried figs and throwing it in the blender for about 10 seconds. Quite tasty.
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11-09-2007, 10:23 PM
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I plan to do a basic Overhead Press/Deadlift/Squat routine 3x week. I will prob. alternate DL and Squat days once I work up to lifting heavier weights. [/ QUOTE ] I'd like to see your program.
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11-09-2007, 10:37 PM
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] 1) Broom handle is good. 2) Yes, blocks or those Olympic plates. [/ QUOTE ] have you seen those plywood cutouts in the shape of 45# plates that help teach proper technique? they are pretty sweet for beginners and/or women and children. brag (but not a very good one) PR'd CF WOD "Cindy" today! Cindy is 5 pullups, 10 pullups, 15 squats as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes. 23 rounds! i died barely getting 13 rounds in march when i first tried it. this was a grind, but i still had a ton of gas left after laying on the floor for ten minutes to recover. later. J. [/ QUOTE ] Congrats! [/ QUOTE ] thanks shemp. feeling better, training hard, should be ready for you sometime in 2017!! hope all is well with you.
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11-09-2007, 10:44 PM
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[ QUOTE ] I plan to do a basic Overhead Press/Deadlift/Squat routine 3x week. I will prob. alternate DL and Squat days once I work up to lifting heavier weights. [/ QUOTE ] I'd like to see your program. [/ QUOTE ] I haven't plotted it out , but I want to keep it very simple: Month 1: 6 day/wk daily stretching and broomhandle reps. Month 2: 3x10 for each of the 3 lifts. I will start with 135 pounds for the DL and Squat and 85 pounds for the OHP and add 5 pounds/wk for each lift until I can't progress any more, then I'll figure out where to go from there.
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11-09-2007, 10:50 PM
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I plan to do a basic Overhead Press/Deadlift/Squat routine 3x week. I will prob. alternate DL and Squat days once I work up to lifting heavier weights. [/ QUOTE ] I'd like to see your program. [/ QUOTE ] I haven't plotted it out , but I want to keep it very simple: Month 1: 6 day/wk daily stretching and broomhandle reps. Month 2: 3x10 for each of the 3 lifts. I will start with 135 pounds for the DL and Squat and 85 pounds for the OHP and add 5 pounds/wk for each lift until I can't progress any more, then I'll figure out where to go from there. [/ QUOTE ] Your overhead press will stall long before squats/deadlifts, something to keep in mind. I'm not sure how you'll respond to training OHP three times a week but please keep a log so I can learn from it.
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11-09-2007, 10:55 PM
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[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] 1) Broom handle is good. 2) Yes, blocks or those Olympic plates. [/ QUOTE ] have you seen those plywood cutouts in the shape of 45# plates that help teach proper technique? they are pretty sweet for beginners and/or women and children. brag (but not a very good one) PR'd CF WOD "Cindy" today! Cindy is 5 pullups, 10 pullups, 15 squats as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes. 23 rounds! i died barely getting 13 rounds in march when i first tried it. this was a grind, but i still had a ton of gas left after laying on the floor for ten minutes to recover. later. J. [/ QUOTE ] Congrats! [/ QUOTE ] thanks shemp. feeling better, training hard, should be ready for you sometime in 2017!! hope all is well with you. [/ QUOTE ] The myth of my dominance is crumbling before my eyes. You are now one behind my present best and while I don't think I can get much better I'm afraid the heat of competition might spur you to an extra round or two. Oh well. I still have Fran (for now, anyway). Btw, let me give my Ode to the Overhead Squat. I introduced it and worked as part of my warm-up throughout September and October-- working up to doing a couple of 15x95. At the end of October I did a max rep set and got 30-- I might have gotten more, but I didn't want to have to dump. Haven't done any since, and it doesn't look like I'll get back to it until January. That is all just background noise. I have this to say: this lift has changed my life. I feel that my posture has improved due to a mere two months with this exercise. I have a kind of rigidity in my upper back which makes me feel as if I'm standing taller and straighter. A lesser point: I think my squat is better. I miss it, and I'm looking forward to getting back to it. I'm mulling over different options/goals for including it in my workouts.
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11-09-2007, 10:58 PM
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I plan to do a basic Overhead Press/Deadlift/Squat routine 3x week. I will prob. alternate DL and Squat days once I work up to lifting heavier weights. [/ QUOTE ] I'd like to see your program. [/ QUOTE ] I haven't plotted it out , but I want to keep it very simple: Month 1: 6 day/wk daily stretching and broomhandle reps. Month 2: 3x10 for each of the 3 lifts. I will start with 135 pounds for the DL and Squat and 85 pounds for the OHP and add 5 pounds/wk for each lift until I can't progress any more, then I'll figure out where to go from there. [/ QUOTE ] Your overhead press will stall long before squats/deadlifts, something to keep in mind. I'm not sure how you'll respond to training OHP three times a week but please keep a log so I can learn from it. [/ QUOTE ] I'm lucky to have been given reasonably strong and healthy shoulders. I think going heavy three times a week with overhead press is nutso. Consider going heavy once or at most twice a week. And working other weights and other exercises the other days.
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