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  1. Training focus - better and worse uses of resources Consider a situation ::: you are coaching a basketball game, 6 seconds remain on the clock. Your forward gets the ball and charges the net. From right behind the 3 point line he stacks up to take the shot.... what advice makes sense here 1 feel your muscle, focus on the hip and lat and abs stabilizating the spine as they load up the arm. Feel the sweat dripping down your face, hear the squeaks on the floor as shoes grip the court 2 fixate on the target, ignore what you are hearing, ignore what is tired, direct all effort to shoot the ball in to hoop option 1 is an internal focus, option 2 is an external focus. Given these options which produces points on the board more often? to someone who plays sports there is a more obvious answer. All things can be tested in the sphere of fitness- try it yourself. I train at a commercial facility with about 300 members. I have been here now 5 years. Week in, week out. In recent conversations with some of the young guys I note they consistently seem to apply focus in wrong sight picture. Lots of time in the mirror feeling their little muscle burn and ache...lots of time feeling the contraction and pump. Very little time counting the gains....doing what everyone tells them to do. To this I say If it seems stupid, but works; it’s not stupid... external focus vs internal focus does it matter where your mind is at? 10 years ago I changed up everything about my training. Where as previously I would spend time seeking a muscle-mind connection, I moved to focusing exclusively on outcome. I put away my encyclopedia of body building and picked up Super Training. The connection between how effective you FEEL the training is and how productive it actually is a poor measuring stick. In fact feelings are wholely the wrong compass. Sensation and action- our senses exist to lead us to action. There is action coupled to every sensation. The context loop is sensation-action-resolution of sensation. What happens when you focus on sensation? You will experience more and more. What are all sensations leading to? Physical pain. What does action lead to? Fewer sensations. What could this be called? Flow state. The existence of action without sensation. The zone. The thing every sporting event rewards. The zone is the place where all focus is external. Outcome driven- no distractions of bodily awareness. To me it is a High. In my military career and competition career I have chased the zone. Honestly I don’t remember the medley events at contests. I just lift that junk. I don’t remember the Mighty Mitts stage run, US Nationals, the decathlon medleys. At those times I was so focused on lifting the stupid weight I couldn’t perceive the crowd, the noise, the help from team mates, the events on the sideline. So I’m the zone like a machine doing it’s function. In contrast I clearly remember a bjj tournament in 2013. My toe was busted, my index finger was swollen. I showed up that day with concerns over my business. For some reason that day I remember being hot all day. All up in my head- terrible result. My game plan fell apart and rather than listen to my coach on sideline I was trapped in my mind. Too internally focused. Put all effort in to completing the task. Most of the incoming data is not relevant to the task at hand. How do you test this? Get away from seeking feelings. Get away from mind muscle mind connections. Find the no-mind. Free yourself in that moment from thoughts and sensations. Record your lifts- compare. Pay no attention to what feels like it’s working and instead evaluate what is actually happening. The Zone is not a place you have to go to, but instead it’s where you already are. Practice yields competence, which moves you from being conscious of your action to being unconsciously competent. The height of human potential.
    5 points
  2. Sun (9/8) DU - IMPs Yellow Nail 60d spiral 1/4 x 7" Grade 5 DU - BBW 1/4 x 7" Grade 8 Horseshoe SCF Lite Rim #00 Grippers - MMS (1x5) Trainer (1x5) #1.5 (1x3) #2 - 108 (1x3) #2 - 114 (1x3) RB 240N - 117 (1x3) RB 210 - 120 Secret Weapon (1x1) 50 - 5 sec. (2x1) 60 - 5 sec.
    4 points
  3. 9/13/19 IM AXLE 1 arm rows 121 lb left x10 right x 14
    4 points
  4. Bench 70x5 70x7 100x5 120x3 145x4 (for the third time didn’t feel a fifth rep) Grrr... Pauses 137.5x5 PR!!! Man, my pauses are comin’ on and narrowing the gap with touch n’ go. Ideal scenario. Very pleased.
    4 points
  5. Sat (9/7) Squats (1x3) 135 (1x2) 225 (1x1) 275 (1x1) 315 (1x1) 345 add briefs (1x1) 405 (1x1) 440 (1x1) 475
    3 points
  6. Awesome 1 arm rows Mike! If my torn ab feels ok, I may try one more heavy set today.
    3 points
  7. I thought I might have had the #2.5 today, I did everything right beforehand, I only drank about about 200ml of vodka & got a solid 5 hours sleep last night. I was hoping that and the new aerodynamic haircut would get me over the line but it didn't happen. I'm a bit disappointed I've been stuck on the #2.5 for about a month. I'm determined to get the bastard though. After that I did a few single TNS's with the GHP4 and laddered down to the #1, I can't quite do a TNS with #2 yet. I also did 5x18 bodyweight squats, 4x20 pushups, 3x2 rolling handle pullups, 12 pullups on blue fat gripz and played with a Holle dumbbell.
    3 points
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  9. 13.9.19 lift at the edge, bw 218 ssb 135x40 cable extension 3X cable row 2X Cable shoulder rotation 6X 30 minutes in sauna tonight Viva Los Vegas
    2 points
  10. acorn

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    Yesterday I had another PT session. They did some Graston scraping on my left pec, shoulder, lat, tricep and forearm. Some places it was painful but wonderful. Others it was excruciating and bruising. Most places it felt super crunchy as they scraped. Lots of scar tissue and adhesions according to the guy doing it. Yay!
    2 points
  11. I have a distinct feeling you will go outside, rub some dirt on your injured ab, and produce another brilliantly strong video
    2 points
  12. Mike, sorry to hear that. Your rowing videos were amazing throughout Summer and proved why I have called you the CEO of Rows, Inc. for over 2 years Stay tuned, as September 23rd I will announce the award winners.
    1 point
  13. Tapping out. Had plans to do some 375 lb Rubish rows for a grand finale, but I got too psyched up on a 600 lb dl attempt, didn't pull the slack out and jerked. Pulled something behind my left shoulder. Can't tell if it's a rear delt or lat insertion. Was still going to try some rows, but it hurt with 245, so I think I'm done for this summer. I don't think it's super serious, but I don't want to make it so. I'll be back next year though.
    1 point
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  15. acorn

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    Thanks buddy!
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  16. acorn

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    Thank you! The hammer was tough. I had not trained with a double hammer at all. Only single a few times and never exceeding a 10# hammer. I have not watched any video of any of the events, mine or otherwise. All I know is I could definitely feel it in my wrists and forearms on the 25# and the attempted 27.5# hammers. Thought I had perhaps injured wrists a bit after the 27.5 attempt but they felt better the next day with some rest and hot epsom salt bath soak. I was happy with the way grippers went. Felt reasonably strong on them. On Saxon and Axle I never felt like I really was hooking up solid on the bar. I should have brought my own chalk. I ended up using whatever was in the chalk bucket and it felt like talcum powder to me. Later after those events Luke offered for me to use some of his chalk which worked better when I got to the Inch and blob event. Felt like I was getting proper friction with that. Live and learn.
    1 point
  17. 9-12-19 off 9-13-19 Heavy Grip day Workout VLP 800 x 100 Gorilla Grip Machine with x 2 100lb Resistance bands + 210lbs x 1 Negative Adam Grip Machine Negatives 250 x 1 300 x 1 TTK Grip Machine Negatives 220 x 1 Secret Weapon Negatives 145 x 1 K2.400 Gripper Negatives x 3
    1 point
  18. September 12, 2019 Before Supper Switched to the axle due to having deads as well today. Widened my deadlift stance out to the beginning of the knurling. Feels stronger with these lighter weights at least. We’ll see as I work up. Axle Press wu to 183 x 5, 5, 8 DB Hammer Curl 55e x 12, 10 Deadlift wu to 430 x 5
    1 point
  19. And they call him Santy *Claws*
    1 point
  20. Dude! You're killing it!
    1 point
  21. Strong lifting today Thom
    1 point
  22. Bench: 20x10 40x10 60x8 80x3 100x2 120x2 130x1 140x1 150x0 Deadlift: 60x8 100x3 140x3 180x3 doh last set 190x10 PB Pendlay 95x10 95x10 50x10 slow Silverbullet: #3.5 10 seconds PR #3 27 seconds Family and I had nothing to do so asked if they wanted to join me to the gym for a bonus workout and they said yes! Got retarded when the 190kg deadlift was so easy and did 10. Finger wasn't to pleased so stopped there. Happy with PR on SB with ~10 seconds.
    1 point
  23. I did 2 FBBC DU cert videos tonight. @Buccos1 is the only one on the big golden bastard list right now. Here are videos and a photo of the bends.
    1 point
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