Chalky's Journal

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These are good power suits

I was talking about my neck size though lol, I don't own a power suit.

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I guess I have to hit up the neck curls then!

For future reference these are the rest of my measurements:

Biceps- 15 3/4
Chest- 45
Mid-quad- 26.5
shoulders- 53
neck- 19
waist- 35
calves- 16.5
Forearm- 13
Wrist- 8

Need to put on some leg size for sure

Have you ever heard that "ideal" is neck=bi=calves?

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19 is pretty thick. Some of my buddies have 22+, have to get custom suits/shirts. That get's expensive!

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chalky, you have a power suit?  what are you talking about ripped?  im confused LOL.  dude, find me a link to a good power suit could you?  all i'm finding is the power briefs and shirt, not one piece. 

Neck measurements.lol. You start to pop over 20" and custom clothes get expensive!

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Have you ever heard that "ideal" is neck=bi=calves?

Ha, give me some time woman, my neck is built up from my wrestling days when I didn't really do work other than pullups and medicine ball work, and of course actually wrestling.  Now the rest of my body has to catch up.  In the meantime I'm just gonna pretend that all these "ideal" people have skinny necks.

hahaha whatever moves your furniture.

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another strong day

I saw some fliers in my gym for the "Strongest Boilermaker" strongman competition at my school (Purdue).  I'm definitely thinking about joining this it is April 14 or 19 can't remember.  My workout partner is on the rugby team so he has access to a bunch of tires and sleds that we can train with.  The events are the boilermaker special pull (it is our mascot train, same as a truck pull), Purdue "P" carry (I'm guessing just a big "P" we have to carry a certain distance), Tire flip, hammer hold (no idea?), and farmers walk.  Should be a fun time.

Anyway my lifts tonight were as follows:

Rack deads (right below knees)
225x10
315x5
405x5
495x3
585x1
605x1, damn that was heavy

BB lunges
95x10  each leg
145x10 each leg
165x5 each leg

Hamstring curl
25x10 each leg
60x10 each leg
95x5 each leg

Leg press
315x8
405x8
495x5
585x5x2

DC calves
warmup w/ BW calf raises x 10 x 3
265x4

Pull ups
BWx10x3

Low cable rows
120x8
140x8
160x8

That strongman comp sounds like fun!

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yes I'm hyped, training starts now

when is it?  is it for your school?

dang dood, rack deads??!!  i've never done those before, but i do see how they can be usefull.  dont burst a blood vessel!!  when you pull above 600 it happens!

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rack pulls are stellar for dl assist!

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kubs- the competition is strictly for students at my college, there are something like 40,000 kids here though so there WILL be competition lol.   It is going to be mid april (14 or 19 I think).

As far as the rack pulls yea they are great for top half dead lift assist.  For the bottom half I do deficit deads every now and then where I stand on a 4" block of wood (while the weight is still on the floor) and pull from that position.  Then once you pull normally it feels like you are starting at your knees lol.

i'll have to give those a go for sure.  good luck on your training!

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Chest and legs today

Squat
135x10
225x5
275x3
315x2
335x1
345x1

Speed chest
185x3x8

FLO press
135x5
225x3
245x3
275x1
295x1

French press
65x10
85x8
105x5

Static hold db's
150x35sec
150x25sec

Crucifix hold db
15x1 min

Went outside and pushed my friends jeep laredo in neutral 100 yds x 4 times

Awesome leg finisher with the jeep push ;)

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haha, crazy dude!  i used to have a loredo, lol

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Wow there will definitly be some compition Purdue is a big school. Any of the football players gonna be doing it?

"There is no elevator to success, you must take the stairs."

"The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary"

I have no idea if there will be any football players competing.  They are students though so I don't see why not.  The only thing that might prevent them is if the school doesn't want them to do it for fear of them getting injured.  Either way it doesn't bother me.

Grueling session today

Deficit Deads, 4 inch
135x10
225x8
315x5
405x3

Sumo Deads
405x3
455x1
475x1
510x1 PR

Lat pulldown WG
100x10
120x8x2

Lat pulldown CG supinated
120x8x2

Then out to the field for some strongman training...

Tire flip, 100 feet
1 minute 10 seconds

Tire flip, 70 feet
39 seconds

Bear hug carry, carrying my workout partner who weighs 212lbs.
100 feet - 16.9 seconds
100 feet - 16.0 seconds

here's a picture of the tire next to my boy omar, not sure on the tire weight-

It's hard to judge what's good when you measure it in feet! haha I'm so used to reading yards.

Nice job on the 510 sumo!

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lol thanks, divide by 3 ;)

Yea but who times a 33 yard tire flip?! lol

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ha, well from what I have been told the event will be 100 feet or less.  I'm not training to impress you guys/girls I'm trying to get a feel for the event lol.

Fair enough.lol

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Chalky I noticed you were mixing your grip width in close grip and wider grip with latpulldowns, what does the different grips do? Personally- I would think that the wider grip would contract the lats more efficiently whilst the closer grip utilised the traps more efficiently but I could be wrong. I'm having troubles developing my upper back is why I ask.

You have it mostly correct.  Obviously the one that hits the lats the hardest is the wide grips, they are also better for the long head of the tricep.  However I feel the close grips are better for utilizing the biceps (when grip is supinated), rear delts, and the pecs.  Not sure about the traps but if you are doing a good arrangement of back movements then your traps should be getting hit pretty hard.

Big win for purdue tonight.  I know you saw that game.

It was an awesome game.  I know a lot of those guys from helping training them over the summer when I was a volunteer student strength coach.  I played against kramer and hummel in high school as well.  Jajuan Johnson is a beanpole but that kid eats so damn much, the nutritionists have him taking in an insane amount of calories, he has ecto written all over him.

Late workout tonight cuz of the game

DB flat bench press
80x10
90x10
115x7
115x5x2

Seated BB shoulder press
135x5x2
145x3
155x3
165x2, shoulders are caked

Smith machine press, paused on pins 3 inches above chest
105x5
195x5
245x3, damn that's hard

Weighted Dips
1 plate x 10
2 plates x 5
3 plates x 3

Farmer's hold
150 x 35 sec x 2

Crucifix hold
15 x 1 min x 2, gettin above 1 minute is hard

Bah crucifix hold!! Pain pain pain.

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ha, I really wanted to beat my 1 minute from last time but my shoulders were wrecked from all the pressing beforehand, next time I'll do them on separate days.

Then you won't be able to compare to your old time but you'll get a much longer hold..

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