Connelly's Journal

Well, I can't really pinpoint a specific point of size, but one of our rb's, who is insanely good, and going to be starting varsity this year as a junior, with a lot of varsity time this year, squats over 350 I believe, and probably bench's a little over 200 i'm guessing and he's a beast with some great hands. To top it off he's insanely fast, so I would think the best thing to do is to find the best strength and speed you can find without risking too much of either attribute

5 RM
Bench Press: 240 lbs
Hang Clean: 225 lbs
16 yrs old
190 lb

goal bench by end of football season : 285

Haha if I did parallel squats I bet a could get those numbers by the time i'm a sophmorejust sayin, but yah I hear what your sayin, I am not running back speed for even middle school ball right now and i'd say my strength is already pretty good, saying as I still have 5 months till practices start so i'm going to work on speed, I wouldn't really say i'm cutting just more focused on speed, i'll a bit above maintenence so I guess a clean bulk..

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Also I was able to get the initiation fee to be $0 and 39 a month, maybe 34 not sure yet, i'm using a free trial with a friend till 2/4 so I have no real point of buying it till then..Gonna lift Tuesday Thursday Saturday, run and abs Monday Wednesday Friday with wednesday being distance and monday and friday sprints.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Well if you look at it in football terms, when your running the ball speed can only get you so far, but strength can get you oh so farther!

5 RM
Bench Press: 240 lbs
Hang Clean: 225 lbs
16 yrs old
190 lb

goal bench by end of football season : 285

This was from yesterday:
Squats
barx10
95x5
135x5
145x5
Was going to do 155x5 but my new training partner needed help with form..
OH Press
40x8
60x6
70x6
Bench Press
barx10
95x5
125x3
135x5
135x3<--Well I made the mistake of basing my grip off of my bar so now that i'm at a gym with a different bar I am having trouble finding my grip, made all of the lifts a bit harder, but bench felt the most noticable..well I should find the grip good within next workout or 2.
Deadlifts
135x5
185x5
Gonna do 195x5 but partner needed help again. Well I like my new gym but my partner know's little about weight training, so I will have to help him a bit for the next few weeks, it shouldn't mess me up to much but as you can see I had to cut out a couple sets.I'm swiching the bigger faster stronger program from MWF to TTS and running MWF speed work and agility on Monday and Friday and distance Wednesday. And THS I definitly agree I prefer strength to speed, but as I said a few posts ago I REALLY need to work on speed.. 

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

strong sohp for someone your size!! very nice

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Thanks I really wanna get that up, that was the only lift I actually still felt comfortable with my grip width, going again today hopefully and I can hopefully get my grip better.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

The last couple weeks i've been trying to stretch every night before bed, but i forget alot so it's been about 3 times a week..gonna get more strict on that. Also gonna start doing Pylo's on MWS to help bring that 40 time down. Don't know if i'll be able to get to gym today since i'm still on a free trial atm and need to go with a gym member. Probably gonna join like Tuesday. Gonna workout at house today so i'll probably post what I did later today, might go for 145x5 bench.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Why don't you do stretching after your workouts? I actually do some back stretching on the foam roller in the morning for 10minutes, and at night as well everyday, as my back flexbility is quite bad.

I do some, but I prefer do more stretching at night, IDK I just like stretching at night better. Still need to lift today, but got 2 more pages to write on some stupid essay, and the super bowl, i'll fit it in though.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Ok lifted finally:
Bench
barx10
95x6
135x3
145x5<----Finally, that extra day of rest was all I needed, could've gotten 6-7 reps but no spotter and goal was just 5 anyways.
Squat
barx10
135x5
155x5
Mostly just tryin to get something done, not to much volume, or to much weight other than the 145 bench set.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

nice increase in bench

I guess, i'd been stuck at 145x4 for a few weeks, so it was about time, you might have been looking at my workout 2 workouts ago when I was trying to get used to the different bar at the gym? Thanks though been working pretty hard to get that up.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Bench
barx10
95x6
135x3
150x4<---Yay!!! Goal was to get 3 thought I might not even get that since 5 lb. can make a huge difference sometimes..
Squats
barx10
135x5<---Felt Quad strain so decided to end workout here, wasn't planning on going really heavy anyways maybe up to 160 ish.
OH Press
barx8
65x6
75x6
80x5<---Form started to slip here, really impressed with OH Press gains to.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

oh snap son!!  hit that 4 times!!  Grats!!

ya, i like to stretch at night too.  helps relax for sleep time.  i've been doin power yoga and its the sh!t. 

My Beast Journal
http://www.discussbodyb...ubs-Journal-m432294.aspx

---have new one now. goal is eventually to turn that one into a beast journal as well.

wow!!! your bench is strong as! i can't wait till I can hit 60kg for 1rm in a few weeks...well hopefully, that's the plan..if not, minimum I'll be doing is 57.5kg =)

thanks,Yah Kubs I should start doing some Yoga, it's actually pretty cool.
Thanks Vdk :) You got 60 kg (maybe 62.5?) I know it.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

2x15 box jump
Pylo's really do feel like they can help you get alot quicker. Need to add a bit more volume to it get 2 different exercises and 2-3 sets for each, those 2 sets alone wore me out though. Need to find something a little higher to jump onto next time..might just make it MWF instead of doing em saturday instead of friday..

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Basiclyt had to combine 2 lifting workouts and 1 Pylos workouts into 1 today..don't remember it exactly did something like this
Bench
10xbar
5x95
3x135
3x150 <--Dang it got 4 last time ):
Squats
Warmup (don't feel like typing, was like 3 sets)
135x5
145x5
155x5
Deads
135x5
185x5
Did some Shoulder and ab work also.
For Pylo's did 2x15 Box jumps.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

how often do you bench? looks like you bench 3 times a week.  at least for me i cant bench heavy more than once a week so i just do it once a week. 

My Beast Journal
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2 Times Tuesday and Saturday. bench and squat 2x a week, most other stuff in 1x a week.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Grounded from computer atm so can't get on as much..did pylo's yesterday and been good about stretching. Today:
Bench
10xbar
6x95
3x135
3x150
3x150
2x155 <--Would have attempted 3rd rep no spotter..
OH Press
8xbar
6x65
6x75
Squats
10xbar
3x135
3x155
3x165
3x170
Finally gonna do deads next workout been 2 weeks..wow squatting parallel is HARD I tried it the first rep of 170 it was harder than atg wtf?

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

I do my front squats atg most of the time, but I kind of notice what you are talking about, stopping at parrellel and moving back up is tough.

http://www.discussbodybuilding.com/Seos-Log-2008-m442008.aspx

Yah, it just feels awkward to me since i've never done anything but atg really..

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Don't really remember the workout to good from thursday but this was the main part:
Deadlift
135x5
185x3
195x3
205x3
Power cleans
95x3
105x3
115x1..I am bad at getting under the bar..
Also did shrugs and a couple other things..
Yesterday was
2x15 box jumps
Today is bench and squat day i'll post that later. I am working on getting some new plates here is what I have right now:
Bar (45 lb.)
2 2.5's
4 5's
2 10's
2 25's
2 35's
2 45's
 Gonna get 2 more 2.5's 2 more 10's 2 more 25's, and should I get 2 more 45's? Actually having 2 plates on the bar will be nice since I am about there on deadlift, I could max 225 for sure DLing right now, and I could probably max 225 or close to it on squat, and bench will be there at some point, plus I figured I could do DB shrugs and having 45's for those would help, any thoughts?

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

you get grownded a lot, LOL.  great deadlifts man!

My Beast Journal
http://www.discussbodyb...ubs-Journal-m432294.aspx

---have new one now. goal is eventually to turn that one into a beast journal as well.

Haha I know, it sucks people always try and start stuff and i'm trying to avoid stuff but somehow I always get involved..WOW DB bench is hard, I figured I would start working out with 55's and work my way up but I can't get the 55's, now i'm going to have to go buy some more 5's..I think I would be able to borrow or have a friend of mines though because he goes to gold's now but still has alot of weights at his house. Kub I remember you doing hack squats, do you think they would be good to do on 1 of my squat days? I'm squatting 2x a week and one can be any variation of squats, the other is supposed to be back squats. I might do some front squatting to, but it is nice to mix stuff up.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

I just started to do DB bench heard it helps your regular bench out a lot

5 RM
Bench Press: 240 lbs
Hang Clean: 225 lbs
16 yrs old
190 lb

goal bench by end of football season : 285

Same, it helps the stabilizing muscles more. I should be able to get the weights I need in the next couple days, squatting later today.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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

Bench
8x25's (dumbbells)<-- Try these as warmups even for barbell bench I might start doing it more feels great
5xbar
6x95
2x135
1x145
1x170
0x175 Wow those clips as heavy as crap I was using, the 170 was probably more like 175 haha but anyways new max is 170, will probably not be to long before I max again honestly.
Squat
10xbar
5x135
5x155
2-3x175<-- Don't remember the number really, focusing on not dropping down, but going down slowly, then rocketing up. Wow my squats are REALLY deep I have just noticed..deeper than they were in my vid a while back.
OH Press
8xbar
6x65
6x75
5x80
Pretty good, wrist and tricep and bicep all feel pretty weak not sure whats up with that.

Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

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