Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Speed pulls...

A good gym is a lot like what I'd imagine a bar like the one represented on Cheers to be.  Except with a lot more perverted humor.  At least the one I go to is.  Today was one of those days, I was fed up with work.  Felt like crap.  Get to the gym, see my friends, and have a great training session.  Made me feel 100% better.  So yeah, it was a good day.  Lets pop some numbers.  335 for speed pulls 9 sets of 2, didn't do them off a deficit because my lower back was feeling a little tight, in retrospect it was just the first couple of sets I felt tight, so week after next when I speed pull again, I'll definitely do them off 3/4" or 1.5".  After that did some chinups/pullups.  I learned something today, do your pullup before chinups, because damn I was hurting, chins 5x5 pullups went 1x5, 1x3, 1x4, 1x2 long rest 1x4.  Followed that up with some yes and nos, thanks to Leah I found out someone called them bad girls and good girls, which pisses me off for two reasons.  #1  It's pretty sexist.  #2 I hate the fact that people think the hip adductor/abductor are just for women.  Damnit people, strong hips are a corner stone of a strong deadlift/squat.  Do them, if you're stronger than the weight that's on there, stick some dumbbells on the weight stack.  Just do them.  Yeah, the first few times you'll walk funny and sure if you're a guy until you can get yourself situated right you'll pop your cods a few times on the adductor machine, but it's worth it.

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