-Sumo Deadlifts: 420 x5, x5, x5. No belt. This was ridiculously light, but I am going to stay the course of sumos for the next 12+ weeks.
-Conventional deadlifts standing on a 6" box: 455 x2, x2, x2. No belt.
-Close stance (heals inside of 12") squats: 350 x5, x5. No belt.
-Back extension: oly bar on back x10, x10, x10. Will begin the process of adding weight next week.
-2 way hip: abduction: 90 x10, x10, x10. Adduction: 40 x10, x10, x10.
-Lying abs with cable: 60 x10, 70 x10, x6.
Done. 1 hour 15 minutes door to door. Place was absolutely packed. I won't even get into the dumb shit I saw and heard today, but I will tell one funny story. I was in the small room that houses the squat rack, t-bar, and deadlift platform, and I was pulling and my wife was squatting. After she was done, a guy poked his head in the room, then walked away. Well, my plan was to squat after the box deads, so I told my wife to quickly take her bar off the rack and put the buffalo bar on. He came back in and said, "oh, are you going to use that?" I told him yes, but he was welcomed to work in with me, however he was going to use the Buffalo bar because that was what I was going to use. He said, "That is okay, I will go do something else." and walked away. Too bad, I saw him squatting after I left to do the back ext. (he was using the Buffalo bar! LOL!!) and not only was he 10" above parallel, but his knees were coming together and he just looked like shit. I thought for about 2 seconds that I should go help him, but I heard him running at the mouth about holding some power clean record of 375 or something, so I just continued on with my workout.
The hits keep coming...
-Rick
A gym like that with a buffalo bar? Wow. At least he wasn't doing curls with it, and a power clean of 375, yeah OK. Was he talking ounces or pounds? Just gotta love the big fish stories in the gym, like the one where "I once knew a guy that weighed 150 pounds who could stand on his right big toe (like a ballerina) and squat 500# ass-to-grass on a BOSU ball.
Posted by: Brian L. | March 28, 2008 at 03:57 PM
The buffalo bar actually belongs to a local guy who powerlifts. I used to talk to him from time to time, last I heard he was banged up with some triceps tears and some other problems. I am just glad he left the bar and the back ext. bench there.
-Rick
Posted by: pwrlftr220 | March 28, 2008 at 09:31 PM