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NickW
01-19-09, 9:09 pm
Always training for the next meet, no idea when that will be, but when it comes I want to be as strong as possible!

Deads, zerchers, and back...

Deads (beltless):
225x10, 315x10, 405x10, 495x5, 585x5, 675x4, 800x.75 (lol), 800xcomplete missx2 sets, 785x2, 695x3

Zercher squats: 405x5, 495x1, 585x1, 600x1

T-bar rows (close and wide grip): 8platesx3 sets each

Face pulls: 3 sets, no idea of weight, just left it where training partner had it

Today was a great workout, but very painful, lol. My lower back was ready to give out at end of deads. Now my back and ass hurt like hell, can barely move, lol.

T o m m Y
01-19-09, 9:11 pm
Holly Shit...............

J-Dawg
01-19-09, 9:16 pm
It's great to have you in the house Nick. Definitely staying tuned in here.

mritter3
01-19-09, 9:18 pm
wow, bro that is some serious weight your moving around, def. gonna be checking in on this thread, keep it up man.

Young&Hungry
01-19-09, 9:19 pm
Damn, the Nick Winters in the house. Can't wait to see your first bench session bro. How have your injuries been healing up bro? Any plans for an upcoming meet?

NickW
01-19-09, 9:28 pm
Nothing in the plans for a while, was planning on doing one in feb. but the situation at work made a turn for the worst.

I will be doing shoulders and benching tomorrow and then just benching on sat. Tomorrow will be shoulder presses first and then retard presses (see youtube for vid), followed by tricep work.

norrim1
01-19-09, 9:34 pm
That's cool that your on here. I was just reading some articles about you last night and here you are! Maybe you can toss out some raw benching tips when you get some time bro. Awesome having one of the best in the house!

NickW
01-19-09, 9:38 pm
If you have any questions feel free to pm me, I will answer everything as best I can. I personally just took everything westside taught me about shirted benching and adapted it to raw. Only real difference on form is not tucking the elbows and touching a bit higher, and instead of doing a 1rm max on ME days I do 3's.

norrim1
01-19-09, 9:40 pm
If you have any questions feel free to pm me, I will answer everything as best I can.

Will do bro. Thanks for the help.

NickW
01-20-09, 10:56 pm
A retarded workout:

Retard shoulder presses (off pins with quadrupled MM bands): 135x10, 225x10, 315x7, 315x4

Retard presses (benching off pins at chest level with quadrupled MM bands, tested out at 140lbs of tension at start of press): 135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 405x2, 455x.75 couldn't get it locked out.

Tates: 100lbersx3sets of 10

Panora presses with purple band: 3 sets of 25

Overhead tricep extensions with purple band: 3 sets of 25

Good workout, felt a bit sluggish but set a pr on retard presses. Incredibly sore from yesterdays workout. Taking tomorrow off, squats on thurs.

J-Dawg
01-21-09, 8:47 am
Very inspiring to read your workouts Nick!

KiNgKoNgPrOnGeD
01-21-09, 10:42 am
damn, god. i think i found some more inspiration to my powerlifting. I'll definately be tuning into this one with great interest. HUGE numbers!

mritter3
01-21-09, 11:29 am
damn dude you push a lot of weight keep posting and i will keep reading.

IRBS
01-21-09, 11:36 am
Good to see you here Nick! Redunkulous training as expected!

prowrestler
01-21-09, 12:07 pm
800 pull.....im in 4 this

NickW
01-21-09, 12:54 pm
K, I have been thinking way too much about training lately, lol. I have been focusing on what my problem is with my deadlift and how to fix it, and how to pace myself on bench so I don't over do it getting ready for the next meet (whenever that may be). I have a bad habit of overdoing it and aggrevating old injuries and being broken down come meet time. So I am going to pre-write exactly what I am going to do each week at the begining of each week and actually stick to it. Friday I am going to do rack deads (weights 6" off ground), sets of 5-8 with higher weights than I normally do reps with (working up to 675ish).

Here is what I plan on doing sat on bench:

135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 405x5, 500x5, 585x2, 635x1x2, 550x5x2
followed by rotator cuff work and triceps. Next week will look similar but I will go 645-650.

It cracks my friends up that I am a bench specialist who now prefers to do deadlifts, lol.

Elite
01-21-09, 3:33 pm
Its a true sight, just seeing Nick in the flesh, as i did at the '08 Cage. Absolute beast.
Just a taster of this guys brute strength...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YBEXKuTJ5l8&feature=related

Gonna enjoy this thread.

pmug0000
01-21-09, 3:36 pm
Damn you are one strong mofo.

NickW
01-22-09, 10:43 pm
My big ass is good for something.....squatting,apparently lol.

Squats (all sets of 5): 135, 225, 315, 405, 495, 585, 675 (suprised how much of a difference in feel there is when its on your back opposed to in your hands, lol)

Leg press (2 blue bands, 4 green bands, 2 monster mini bands all chocked): 400x10x3sets

Leg extension 21's: 250x4sets

Leg curls: 220x10x3sets

Legs were frigg'n smoked when I was done with leg presses, had to force myself to continue on. My ass was literally cramping at the end of my workout. Got deads for reps tomorrow, good thing I don't use any legs on deads, lol.

NickW
01-23-09, 11:17 pm
Rack deads, weights 6" off ground (measured with a 3brd, lol):
405x10, 495x10, 585x8, 675x5, 700x5*, 765x3*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSWrV9t3pFQ

Rolling thunder: worked up to 190

Pinch grip: worked up to 75

Thats it for today, EVERYTHING was already sore before begining. Back is fried, there will be no arching tomorrow on bench, lol.

* = hands were duct taped to bar to insure reps were done without hands giving out

mritter3
01-24-09, 11:16 am
man this is one great journey, keep it up nick and soon every animal will be tuned in here to see what u do next.

NickW
01-24-09, 3:48 pm
bench:
135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 405x5, 500x5, 585x2, 635x1x2, 550x5x2

Retard inclines(170lbs of band tension at begining of press): barx10, 135x10, 225x10, 315x2x2

Front raises: 45'sx10x3sets

side laterals: 50'xx10x3sets

Halbert swings: 35'sx10x3sets

CNS told me to fuck off today, lol. 405 felt almost kinda heavy, but 585 and 635 felt just the same as 405. Shoulders were still a bit tender also. My whole body just aches right now, will be taking sunday and monday off to recover and will also only be doing deads once next week.

Elite
01-24-09, 4:17 pm
Any chance of an insight into your typical daily eating habits, i'd imagine it's borderline offensive.

NickW
01-24-09, 4:22 pm
Not really, I start off with a big bowl of cereal and a protein shake for breakfast, two bowls of easy mac for lunch, go to work and have an extreme XXL shake, a carbo force shake while working out so I don't go hypo, another XXL shake after I workout, and then whatever my is waiting for me at home for dinner. It takes 5500 cals just to maintain my bodyweight. I'd post a recent pic, but I have no clue how to do that, lol.

NickW
01-28-09, 4:55 am
Bench: 135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 405x10, 495x5, 585x2, 650x1 (messed up handoff, 3man), 650xmiss (worse handoff, one side was let go WAY before the other), 650x1 (smokeshow!!! single man liftoff)

Incline: 315x5, 405x5, 495x5, 585x1

bradford presses: 185x10x4sets

Side laterals: 45lbers x10x3sets

Front raises: 45lbers x10x3sets

Shoulders were frigg'n rocked after inclines. The two days of rest really paid off, I felt really good today. My hamstrings were tight as hell after arching on bench for the first time in a long time. Can't wait to do deads tomorrow.

NickW
01-28-09, 10:29 pm
Deads: 405x10, 495x10, 585x10, 675x3, 765x2 (was hypo during last 3 sets)

Iso row (hammer strength): 7plates per sidex10x3sets

Close grip pulldowns: stackx10x3sets

Band pull-aparts: 4 sets of 25 rep with purple band

More deads: 405x10, 495x10, 585x10, 675x5, 765x2

Back is dead, killed it tonight. I could barely walk when I was finished. Got squats tomorrow, that should be a treat, lol.

NickW
01-29-09, 10:43 pm
Squat: 135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 405x10, 495x5, 585x5, 675x5*, 725x5*

Leg press with bands(2blues, 4 greens, 2purples, 2mms) 495x10x3

Leg ext: 3 sets of 21's with 250

Leg curl: 3 sets of 10 with 230

*=knees wrapped

Wasn't going to do squats today, was going to puss out and do them tomorrow....but then the nice mail lady delivered my package from APT....had to break in my shit, lol. My back was frigg'n killing me after squats, and before them for that matter, lol. My legs are dead, pretty much useless. Glad tomorrow is an off day, doing reps on bench, incline, and shoulder press on saturday.

pmug0000
01-30-09, 12:22 am
You're using some ridiculous weights, the workouts are looking great man

NickW
01-31-09, 3:50 pm
I actually had a great workout due to proper eating (or drinking as the case would be) this morning. I woke up early, drank a 1000cal shake, and then had a carbo force 30mins prior to working out. Had great energy and strength, everything was just great. I didn't stick to my plan though because everything went so well, lol.

bench: 135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 405x10, 495x5, 585x5, 675x1..fucking smoked it!!!

Incline: 405x5, 495x5, 585x2, 605x2

Tates: 100lbersx10x3sets

called it a day after that, was fucking starving and my stomache was growling loud enough for people to hear and give me funny looks. I am stoked with how todays workout went! I should have been smarter though, my liftoff guy can't dl 300lbs, lol. He isn't my normal handoff guy, but NO ONE else showed up, the bastards!

norrim1
01-31-09, 4:13 pm
Hey Nick, what's the most you ever hit in training? You've done over 700 in training before right?

NickW
01-31-09, 5:30 pm
can't remember for sure, but in the past year I hit 700+50lbs of chain touch and go

NickW
02-02-09, 9:51 pm
Rack Deads (5" below knee, with quadrupled monster mini's, and doubled greens on each side): 135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 405x5, 495x3, 585x1

Zercher squats: 225x10, 315x5, 405x3, 495x1

Rolling thunder: worked up to 200lbs right hand, 185 left

pinch grip: worked up to 75lbs both hands

Felt like shit today, been sick for the better part of a week. Couldn't breathe for shit on deads or zerchers. Everything really just caught up with me today. I will bench light tomorrow, just go for more reps. Taking weds. off, squatting thurs, taking friday off and benching again on sat.

NickW
02-03-09, 11:05 pm
Bench: 135x10, 225x10, 315x10, 405x5, 495x5, 585x5
Incline: 315x5, 405x5, 495x5, 585x2
Tates: 100lbersX3sets of 10

Short and sweet, still can't breathe for shit. My shoulders were still a bit sore from my last bench session on sat so I took it lighter tonight. My back was still killing me from last nights workout so I pretty much flat backed everything. Recovery is really damn slow while I am sick...imagine that, lol. Felt good about tonights workout, everything felt nice and light, went up nice and fast. Not sure what I am going to go for on sat. might be something big though...

Maharg
02-03-09, 11:26 pm
Lol fucking insane shit dude. Im in for a bit of advice an training tips anywhere i can get them.

Elite
03-09-09, 6:29 pm
Just found you benching 700x2 in the Cage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m7n7ZjYDC8

norrim1
03-09-09, 7:04 pm
Just found you benching 700x2 in the Cage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m7n7ZjYDC8

That's incredible, probably the only video out there of anyone doing that kind of weight raw for a double.