thsfootball's journal

no problem man, i like to kno people are interested in seeing my lifts


oh yea puma, i talked to one of my friends he said he'll video tape my lift on monday

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

ok bench day today only got 235 on my set of 1 rep, but it was an ok day none the less, hit 2 pr's though

wide grip bench
8x135
8x145
8x165--i was supposed to stop here, but i got that really easy and i wanted to get another set in
8x175--pr, felt like i could do more

bb shrugs
8x225
8x245
8x255 pr, not the first time i've done this, just the first time i've posted it

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

had no way to get a video done today, my friend who was supposed to tape it didnt show up to the weightroom until really late, wednesday i'll be lifting at home, i usally do 4x6 of cleans, but if i might just do the 245 so i can get the video up, but i had a solid day in the weightroom, and i also found out i gained 10 lbs, i love it haha, im now 190 lbs

bench press
5x185
3x205
1x245
3x225
5x215-pr

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

yeah i really want to see this 245 hang clean too, cause that's heavy as hell. I can barely full clean 225. how insane is your full clean since your hanging cleaning that much?

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

Definently impressive if real. I don't know about you guys but my hang clean is about 20-25% less than my squat clean.

alright well according to a paper from football i got in the mail, we max out our bench and hang clean on monday at 2, so im gonna ask my mom for the camera and get someone to take it in there so i can show you guys.

but i dont do any full cleans at all, i tried to at the beginning of the year and found it a very hard form to nail down, so i've just stuck to hang cleans

im really excited to get this video up to show you guys

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

sounds good. How tall are you?

about 5"9-5"10

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

phew man what a day, had practice then next level right after that, then i came home and lifted, taxing day, but it was worth it in the end

wide grip bench press
8x155
8x165
8x175
7x185--was supposed to get 8 but couldnt push it out, 7 is still a pr though

i did squat today too

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

How wide is a wide grip? How does it compare to your normal grip on bench as far as weight moved?

well my normal grip is ill put my thumbs to where the rough part of the bar starts and thats my normal flat grip for bench, but for wide grip i put my thumb on the ring around the bar and usually place my grip there or a little wider, but if you go to wide you wind up pinching your hand on the bench so yea.

but do you mean how does my weight lifted in wide compare to a normal flat bench?

incline bench
160x5
175x3
190x1
180x3
170x5

alright, every set done here was a pr for me, never did any of those before, it felt nice to get a new pr in every set i did

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

yes how does your normal compare to wide as far as how much you lift in each

i cant really tell you down to a tee, because i've never done heavy sets of wide grip, its always been like 3x8 or 4x8, but i know i cant bench as much as i can normal, so there is a difference, but im not sure on how much it is

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

I have a pretty wide grip so I was just wondering. Maybe going in more might actually help my grip.

how wide is your grip compared to my normal grip? and do you keep your thumb out or wrapped in? im guessing wrapped in, cause thats what most people do, but i keep my thumbs out when i bench

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

I'm pretty sure a thumbless grip is bad b/c it can cause injury and actually reduces the grip you have on the bar. Anyhow I may be wrong b/c i just tried it on a diff barbell then i use at the gym but my pinkies are probably about 30-32 inches apart.

well i've been benching that way for 2 1/2 years and i havn't noticed any problems yet, and im not to worried about my grip when im benching

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

great day todayy hit 3 pr's, so it was a great day

bench press
5x185
3x205
1x250 pr..this was pretty easy, i wasnt surprised that i got it though
3x235, now this usually would be a pr, but my 3rd one was assisted, i got the first 2 up though
5x215

db military press
5x60
3x65
1x70
3x70 pr
5x65 pr

bb shrugs
8x245
8x255
8x265 pr

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

If you really hang clean 245 @ 190, 16 years old, thats beast.

working on explosive phase
vertical: 35
weight: 206

Big 3: 300/440/515

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

You really should bench with a closed grip, thumbless is an accident waiting to happen...search some videos online of people using thumbless grips...not very pretty.

I would never want to be maxing that much weight able to easily slip out of my hands, but I hope nothing like that ever happens to you.

Thats an impressive hang clean too and would love to see a video, I maxed my power clean this past monday and was only able to get 235 up, failed 245.

6'3"  @213

Squat 1x20x275

press:200, Deadlift:475, Bench:300, P.clean:235, Squat:385

"The only failure that is final is to stop trying to improve"

well, its just like i dont wear a cup in football, so i guess when something happens to me i'll change it but till then its staying the way it is

but yea im tryna get that video up as soon as possible, today coach put bench and squat max's on monday and not hang clean, idk if he messed up or what, but if we max out hang clean on monday i'll have it, im tryna get this video up by next week

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

we maxed out in bench and squat today, squat i just did 315 didnt try anything else, thats all i wanted to get, i could do more, but my bench was amazing

8x135 wu
5x185 wu
3x205 wu
1x250
1x255 pr
0x270
1x260 new pr

never thought i could go that high, it felt great though, i benched more than 3 of the starting lineman, it was a really good day

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

Wow a 260 lb. bench for a 190 lb. 16 year old is pretty beast I gotta say. I got some work to do if I wanna get 260 when i'm 16 haha. Nice job man, really keep pressing those squats though don't forget about them.

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

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

thanks man it felt so good, and its not that i've been lacking on the squats, i've been doing them, just not that much, but my new routine im squatting 2-3 times per week, so it'll be back up by the time football season is over, i never like to forget about squats, although its so easy to do it

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

thsfootball1


thanks man it felt so good, and its not that i've been lacking on the squats, i've been doing them, just not that much, but my new routine im squatting 2-3 times per week, so it'll be back up by the time football season is over, i never like to forget about squats, although its so easy to do it

If you can keep squatting heavy during football season then you are a god among men.  I hardly even wanted to go out that night after a football game/practice.  Hell its next to impossible to do any form of lifting after football. 

I just forgot about diet and lifting practically during the season and began a solid bulk throughout the winter to get my lifts back to where they should be.

Goals:
-Find more time to get to the gym..

I am squatting heavy right now probably 1x a week when I can fit it in, but once the actual season starts in a week, I will probably jsut try and maintain my strength.

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

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

Mavric850

thsfootball1


thanks man it felt so good, and its not that i've been lacking on the squats, i've been doing them, just not that much, but my new routine im squatting 2-3 times per week, so it'll be back up by the time football season is over, i never like to forget about squats, although its so easy to do it

If you can keep squatting heavy during football season then you are a god among men.  I hardly even wanted to go out that night after a football game/practice.  Hell its next to impossible to do any form of lifting after football. 

I just forgot about diet and lifting practically during the season and began a solid bulk throughout the winter to get my lifts back to where they should be.

yea, well im gonna try really hard, because after last year after not lifting at all for a whole football season, i was so weak and i lost way more weight then i wanted too, im gonna try to keep my workouts up and keep my strength, because i dont wanna lose it at all

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

sooo, we never even got to test our cleans, all we did today was run a timed mile, im pretty bummed about the cleans, cause i really wanted to get that video up, once i get a new bar at home i'll try to get a video up for you guys, but i started my new 3 day today on day 2, official football practice starts tomorrow, so there goes my summer haha, now its just work and football from now on

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285

aww come on I want to see a hang clean video.

if i had a way to get one up i would, as soon as i get my new bar ill get one up for you

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

goal bench by end of football season : 285