The Daily Achievement Thread...

imnothim · 24-02-2013 4:15pm

100kg squat x 41 - i want 50, any body suggest a way to train for high rep single sets?

Insect Overlord · 24-02-2013 8:50pm

Just ran 8.05 km in 38:49.

It's not a spectacular effort, but the last time I ran the same route it took me 41:03.

2:14 of an improvement after 12 days, and I'd done pretty much no running in the interim.

Sweet!

Scuba Ste · 24-02-2013 9:01pm

imnothim wrote: »

100kg squat x 41 - i want 50, any body suggest a way to train for high rep single sets?

Take more painkillers.

Hanley · 25-02-2013 6:31am

imnothim wrote: »

Right just 2 no's, obv a spotter isn't required on a d/l. I said no,no,no cos a lot a folk claim raw but wear a belt or straps or whatever.
It was just a Figure of speech to emphasise that I was unequipped.

Thanks gym guys, you ruined my daily achievment.

Technically raw or enequipped is mostly used as a powerlifting term and wearing a belt is considered raw in the sport. What you did was a beltless deadlift.

imnothim wrote: »

100kg squat x 41 - i want 50, any body suggest a way to train for high rep single sets?

1) increase max strength
2) 80-100kg 3x15-25 w/ 60-90s recovery - increase load and reps over weeks.

The Caveman · 25-02-2013 9:42am

Hi All

Thought I would join in...

I was working up to this, but on Saturday I finally did:

3 sets of 7 reps of Barbell Row, @ 100KG

jugger0 · 25-02-2013 3:22pm

imnothim wrote: »

100kg squat x 41 - i want 50, any body suggest a way to train for high rep single sets?

Good stuff, if i was you i'd go up to 140, increase your reps on that and then go back to 100, fair play man high rep squats are killer, whats your form like? high bar/low bar?

googled eyes · 25-02-2013 3:32pm

Sorry if this is a stupid question. Why would you do so many reps in one set.

50 squats must be a killer

jugger0 · 25-02-2013 4:25pm

googled eyes wrote: »

Sorry if this is a stupid question. Why would you do so many reps in one set.

50 squats must be a killer

The 20 rep squat programme is great for leg development, 50 is nuts tho but sometimes its fun to see how many reps you can get with a certain weight, try it next time you're in the gym.

imnothim · 25-02-2013 6:24pm

Hanley wrote: »

Technically raw or enequipped is mostly used as a powerlifting term and wearing a belt is considered raw in the sport. What you did was a beltless deadlift.

1) increase max strength
2) 80-100kg 3x15-25 w/ 60-90s recovery - increase load and reps over weeks.

cheers for that dude, il probably give it a spin for a few weeks im ready for something new training wise.

as for the no,no,no - raw - unequipped chitchat, who fooken cares, it was last week. time to move on.

imnothim · 25-02-2013 6:30pm

jugger0 wrote: »

Good stuff, if i was you i'd go up to 140, increase your reps on that and then go back to 100, fair play man high rep squats are killer, whats your form like? high bar/low bar?

form is good, atg + highbar, there were a couple of lads watching and counting for me and they seemed happy with the form. i did lose a bit of shape in my back from 38, nothing drastic though, i didnt notice but they did.

googled eyes wrote: »

Sorry if this is a stupid question. Why would you do so many reps in one set.

50 squats must be a killer

because its fun. and to see could i, i picked 40 as a target, picking a number can be counter productive though

jugger0 wrote: »

The 20 rep squat programme is great for leg development, 50 is nuts tho but sometimes its fun to see how many reps you can get with a certain weight, try it next time you're in the gym.

fun is what its all about, il check out that 20rep programme

PizzamanIRL · 25-02-2013 9:00pm

Im sure losing weight is tough but so is trying to gain fecking weight. Im usually swingy when it comes to calorie intake but today i managed to reach my target of 5000 lovely calories. Now i just have to do it every day and stick to it. My diet is my downfall. I enjoy the hard work in the gym but its trying to eat so much that lets me down.

RidleyRider · 25-02-2013 9:42pm

After 3 weeks of smolov jr, happy to report a 5kg increase in my bench press. Now at 80kg

Not as much as I wanted, but its progress.

stuchyg · 25-02-2013 10:16pm

I started Smolov tonight, fair play to you.

Managed a 90kg squat on the smith machine tonight. I cant do free squats as we have no squat rack but was happy with that

RidleyRider · 25-02-2013 10:21pm

stuchyg wrote: »

I started Smolov tonight, fair play to you.

Managed a 90kg squat on the smith machine tonight. I cant do free squats as we have no squat rack but was happy with that

Best of luck with it. If the drifter is anything to go by you'll be using the 'see food' diet in a few weeks:p

deadlybuzzman · 25-02-2013 11:30pm

This morning I squatted 165kg for 3 sets of 3, thats 10kg more than my previous long standing PR that I only got back to matching a couple of weeks ago.

MikeC101 · 26-02-2013 11:41am

Got 140kg x 6 deadlift this morning, pretty pleased with that.

I've done 150 x 5 a few months back and 160 x 3, but that was at 10kg heavier bodyweight, so I'll take the 140.

Was surprised by how good it felt, so I did what I always do when there’s no sensible adults around to stop me and added 20kg to the bar.

Couldn’t get the 160 off the ground.

Muttered angrily to myself for a while, put on straps and managed to get it up for one grinding rep, horrendous form, just about locked it out, saw myself turning an interesting shade of purple in the mirror, and that vein in the right side of my forehead coming as close as it’s ever been to exploding…half considered attempting another rep, decided that I’d just be a powerlifter testing my 1RM today instead. With straps...

Probably should have used the plastic 20kg weights, they’re lighter than the metal ones after all.

johnfaul · 26-02-2013 2:31pm

After 75kg 3x5 bench press
got 90kg x1 its a PR and shows the hard work is paying off

RidleyRider · 27-02-2013 12:01am

Hit 4,000kcals for the day. Very happy with that. No coke, no sweets or anything. Most unhealthy thing was probably the burrito:P

Gummy Panda · 27-02-2013 12:05am

RidleyRider wrote: »

Hit 4,000kcals for the day. Very happy with that. No coke, no sweets or anything. Most unhealthy thing was probably the burrito:P

How much is milk? I want to see milk numbers

RidleyRider · 27-02-2013 12:06am

Gummy Panda wrote: »

How much is milk? I want to see milk numbers

Haha caught there:p 2 litres of low fat milk.

My weight gainer is another 1250kcals so that's what really added up.

Gummy Panda · 27-02-2013 12:14am

RidleyRider wrote: »

Haha caught there:p 2 litres of low fat milk.

My weight gainer is another 1250kcals so that's what really added up.

Milk is good and delicious

RidleyRider · 27-02-2013 12:21am

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Milk is good and delicious

Dam straight:D

chocolatechips · 27-02-2013 2:21pm

Last night I almost made it to the top of the climbing wall!

Was about a foot away from it. Started climbing three weeks ago and could barely get a quarter of the way up at the start and my arms couldn't hold me for long.

the drifter · 27-02-2013 2:40pm

chocolatechips wrote: »

Last night I almost made it to the top of the climbing wall! Was about a foot away from it. Started climbing three weeks ago and could barely get a quarter of the way up at the start and my arms couldn't hold me for long.

now that is f*cking cool.

imnothim · 27-02-2013 9:21pm

240kg deadlift, up 25kg from last year. i wore a belt and am calling it a deadlift and nothing else.

stuchyg · 27-02-2013 9:34pm

NIght Two of Smolov. Much easier then night 1, chuffed with myself

the drifter · 27-02-2013 9:53pm

stuchyg wrote: »

NIght Two of Smolov. Much easier then night 1, chuffed with myself

Know that when you make it to the end you will have earned the respect of anyone who has finished the full cycle...

Easy it is not. Worth it. **** ya.

BrianD3 · 27-02-2013 9:55pm

I had been neglecting the one arm pullup and as a result lost the ability to do one. Started training for them again about 10 days ago and tonight did a few doubles with my left hand and a few singles with my right. Then did a +80 kg weighted two arm pullup afterwards - not a PR but decent.