The Miseducation of Jimbo Slice

podge57 wrote: »

thats a lot of volume, but I'm sure you can handle it. Will be interesting to see what happens

I had a brainwave about smolov for curls a while ago, but I was 100% not serious

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=62774305&postcount=334

It's funny cos I looked at it and thought "meh... that's a normal amount of volume". I tend to work quite hard with high intensities so I should be ok. The multiple sessions per week will kill. Tho I am training my chest and biceps 3x per week already!!

Hercs Club Champs Report.

I suck. That is all!!!!

Weighed in at 96.8kg (chuffed with that!!), squatted 200kg and benched 130kg, both raw (and easy, obviously!!) and just one attempt on each. I was trying to conserve energy for the deadlift.

Did my usual power clean warm up for the deads. Ended up hitting a really easy and crisp 120kg power clean - think that's a PR. Probably woulda gone 125+.

Had to rush thru my DL warm ups and skipped a couple of planned attempts. Went - 140, 180, 210, 240 and then onto my first attempt with 260kg (which was harder than it should have been);



Missed 272.5kg 2x... pretty annoyed about it. Thought I had it second time around, moved well off the floor but bobbled out at my knees and it was game over from there. Confident I'll hit it and more very soon tho.



Well done to Brushthebarber and Paul as well... good first comp guys!! Nice foundation to build on for next year. Met a couple of more boardsies too, think I'm up to 5 or 6 people in Hercs that post or read here now.

Oh yah... Bernie Delaney benched 270kg at 90something. SICK.

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

unlucky with the deadlift man, you'll get it! congratz on the power clean warm up PR tho


OMG: I is heavier than hanley!!!! woo fatness!

Lolz well done!!

the drifter wrote: »

i is catching up to hanley....92kg now....i has the fatness!!!

I'm telling ya... almost a year ago we were talking about how I was gonna be lighter than ya (before I decided to get fat), well 2010's the year for that.

Pavel66 wrote: »

Well done James on the 260 which I believe is a PR? You will definitely get 280 soon! Thanks again for your advice on the day and the cereal bars - I think they were the key!

Anytime man!!! You did a good job yesterday. Get training in that belt and move onwards and upwards now. Whatcha end up pulling??

Smolov^3 Day 2

Squats:
60kg 2x5
90kg x3
110kg x2
130kg x1
*belt*
150kg 5x7

Bench:
60kg 2x5
85kg x3
107.5kg 5x7

DC Shoulder Warm Ups:
3kg 'bells - 3 reps
5kg 'bells - 3 reps

Curls:
47.5kg 5x7

The DOMS in my legs were so bad that it was a struggle to walk today, before squatting. I dread to think what they're going to be like tomorrow.

Got thru everything without too much trouble today. Long may it continue.

podge57 wrote: »

I'm glad I have those days of 4x9 and 5x7 behind me

You seem to be off to a solid start tho

4x9's grand... it's the 5x7 that'll kill me. Only 2 left, thank god.

It's weird... I'd more DOMS yesterday after a day off, than I do today after squatting 2x in 3 days. I'm either gonna be bent outta shape tomorrow, or i'm starting to adapt!

Smolov^3 Day 3

Power Cleans:
60kg x3
80kg x2
90kg x2
100kg x2
110kg x1
115kg x1
120kg x1 (full clean)
120kg x1 - power clean

Speed Pulls:
120kg 8x1

Squats:
60kg 2x5
100kg x3
130kg x1
*belt*
160kg 7x5

Bench:
60kg 2x3
90kg x2
112.5kg 7x5

Curls:
50kg 7x5

Not too bad really. Feeling good enough after it.

BUT I shoula done it yesterday - I screwed up my timing and got to the gym just as it was closing. Had a look at my calender this morning and realised if I don't double up today there's no way I'm getting in the right number of training sessions before xmas. So I've my second post workout shake beside me and I'm about to hop into bed for a nap.

Off to TF Sandyford @ 5pm to do; squats - 170kg 10x3, bench 120kg 10x3, curls 55kg 10x3 and some rows. Smolov cubed is bad... but 2 smolov cubed sessions within 6 hours of each other....??? Gotta do whatcha gotta do!

brutusthebarber wrote: »

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121077981

Its sick really..

FFS. The guy's actually superhuman. I was expecting a big bounced bench after talking to ya earlier, but that was just a quick press call. Incredibly sick.

Smolov^3 Day 4 (well... session 4)

Squat:
62.5kg 2x3
102.5kg x3
132.5kg x1
152.5kg x1
*belt*
172.5kg 10x3

Bench:
62.5kg 2x3
82.5kg 1x3
102.5kg x1
122.5kg 10x3

Pull ups:
bodyweight x10, 10, 20

Curls:
55kg 10x3

Inverted Rows:
bodyweight 3x12

Man that sucked.... My hips were shot to bits until the second set of 170kg. Took FOREVER to get loose even tho I spent about 20 mins before hand trying to get ready. All the sets of squats were quite solid so happy days there. Never felt like I was gonna miss a rep anyway.

Benching was very comfortable as well. had to use one of the fat bars cos I was in TF Sandyford for all the lifts. I spent a while setting up the cage to bench in as well... dragged a bench over, propped it up on a 10kg plate at either end and then 15kg plates for my feet. Twas a nice solid workable set up. Confident coming into next week on the benches after today.

Surprised with my pull ups... was expecting more of a drop off, tho I am lighter so I guess that's feeding in. I REALLY want to be able to do a solid set of 30 so I've gotta figure out how to train for that now. I'm thinking sets of 15 and weighted pull ups.

Curls were a non-event really... the 55 was probably too light, but I raced thru the sets to compensate.

Inverted rows were grand, as always - just trying to keep a bit of balance really.

Musta walked around the entire gym a few times as well. I really had to keep moving or I was just going to tighten up too much to get thru the sets. I guess today coulda been worse!! (we'll see whether I still think that tomorrow!)