2100 @ 242

[Pete Rubish]

Hey Pete I follow you on Instagram and I notice you use straps majority of your pull work. Why is that? I am just curious as to maybe it's just off season or do you even wear them going into a meet?

- Nick

I use straps on all of my pulls in training whether offseason or meet prep. Right up to the meet I do no pulls without them. Reasoning being is that I can overload the weight, do a ton more volume, and not tear my hands open. I do grip training on the side.

[Buckfever]

And this is why I only train lower body once per week now. My body is destroyed from today. Achy as can be in my legs.

Deadlifts: 6x790 (massive PR), 4, 3, 3 x 790 (16 total reps at 790)
Bulgarian Split Squats: up to 13x255 each leg drop-set to 10x165 each leg
45 Degree Barbell Back Raises: 2x10x365

790 moved so fast, I had to look over after the second rep because I thought plates had fallen off. It literally felt effortless. I had 925 in me today, but if I can stay injury free and peak, the plan is 950 10 days out from BOB!

Holding it at the top to deadpan the camera after 790X6. Priceless!

[Pete Rubish]

Holding it at the top to deadpan the camera after 790X6. Priceless!

When I pulled 900, I had just done 800x4. So you can see why 790x6 is a huge deal. Barring injury, if this keeps up, the numbers I put up in the coming weeks will be massive. Only 6 more lower body training sessions until the meet!

[Nmowery]

I have not tried one yet and they are also outside of my price range. What has recently done the job more so than anything are DB scarecrows. I just added them back in and they have my shoulder feeling better than anything. I Just do 4-5 sets of 25 with the 5 lb DBs as part of my warmup and I feel much better.

Yea I definitely don't have the cash sitting around to drop on one of those things, either. I was just messing around with my kids a couple weeks ago, and took a few hacks with a baseball bat, and noticed how stiff and tight everything felt....so I said fuck it, why not swing a regular aluminum bat around like one of those shoulder roks, and sure enough it seems to be helping. I also warmup with some bands and light Dumbbells...just looked up those scarecrows and I've been doing those in my warmups, just didn't know anyone called them that.

Anyways...good luck with the shoulders heading into the meet, I know there's nothing more frustrating than missing out on gains because of lingering injuries and other annoying shit like that.

[Pete Rubish]

Yea I definitely don't have the cash sitting around to drop on one of those things, either. I was just messing around with my kids a couple weeks ago, and took a few hacks with a baseball bat, and noticed how stiff and tight everything felt....so I said fuck it, why not swing a regular aluminum bat around like one of those shoulder roks, and sure enough it seems to be helping. I also warmup with some bands and light Dumbbells...just looked up those scarecrows and I've been doing those in my warmups, just didn't know anyone called them that.

Anyways...good luck with the shoulders heading into the meet, I know there's nothing more frustrating than missing out on gains because of lingering injuries and other annoying shit like that.

I remember the days where it would ache so bad in bed I wouldn't be able to sleep and I could never lean on that side or sleep on that side. So now nearly 7 months later, it finally feels like things are turning the corner for the best.

[Pete Rubish]

Finger strength is coming back in the that sprained right middle finger. Very pleased with that development.

30 minute Rotator Cuff warmup
DB Bench Press: 15, 16 x 140s (both huge PRs)
DB Hammer Curls: 20, 18, 15, 15 x 50s
Straight-Bar Tricep Pushdowns: 3x20x190
Alternating Over/Under Grip Face Pulls: 3x15x140 underhand, 3x15x160 overhand
Smith Machine Shrugs w/double over grip: up to 3 plates + two 10s/side for 12 reps

[bigpoppachizl]

790 moved so fast, I had to look over after the second rep because I thought plates had fallen off. It literally felt effortless. I had 925 in me today, but if I can stay injury free and peak, the plan is 950 10 days out from BOB!

Sweet baby Jesus lol. Get it Pete!!

[Pete Rubish]

Sweet baby Jesus lol. Get it Pete!!

Thanks buddy! I am very confident, it is coming together for it to happen. Right before I pulled 900 I did a tough 800 for 4 reps and seeing as how I just smoked 6x790, the writing is on the wall.

[Buckfever]

Finger strength is coming back in the that sprained right middle finger. Very pleased with that development.

30 minute Rotator Cuff warmup
DB Bench Press: 15, 16 x 140s (both huge PRs)
DB Hammer Curls: 20, 18, 15, 15 x 50s
Straight-Bar Tricep Pushdowns: 3x20x190
Alternating Over/Under Grip Face Pulls: 3x15x140 underhand, 3x15x160 overhand
Smith Machine Shrugs w/double over grip: up to 3 plates + two 10s/side for 12 reps

Nice jump on the DB Bench.

[Pete Rubish]

Nice jump on the DB Bench.

Pretty excited to go for 15x150s tomorrow. With me it's more a matter of high reps being tough for me than the actual weight. The gameplan is:

Thursday July 7: 150s for max reps
Monday July 11: 150s for max reps again
Thursday July 14: 160s for max reps
Monday July 18: 170s for max reps
Thursday July 21: 180s for max reps
Monday July 25: 190s for max reps
Thursday July 28: 200s for max reps
August 1 - 11: back to heavy barbell benching for four sessions

Bodyweight was 246.5 this morning, so still on track there for an easy cut. Just don't want to get above 250.

[C.Coronato]

Bodyweight was 246.5 this morning, so still on track there for an easy cut. Just don't want to get above 250.

Are you following any specific diet now? I know you had started working with Jansen, but didnt know if you still were

[Altered Beast]

New thread?

[C.Coronato]

New thread?

All the guys doing BoB3 started new threads leading to the comp

[Altered Beast]

All the guys doing BoB3 started new threads leading to the comp

I see. Trying to stay in the loop =)

[Pete Rubish]

Are you following any specific diet now? I know you had started working with Jansen, but didnt know if you still were

I am not working with Matt anymore, but that did help me. It gave me a template to follow whenever I'd like even if I substitute different foods. I'm not tracking anything this prep, it's simply a matter of cutting back on portions and meal frequency that is keeping my weight down from that 255-260 range that it go up to last meet prep.

New thread?

Yep, I like it here better because you don't have to go back three pages to find your thread lol.

[Pete Rubish]

Life's been giving me a rough go of it lately, but training is my escape right now. Just ready to focus on being a better person and being less self-centered, and hopefully things start looking up. I actually signed up for my first fundraiser. Never done one before in my life, but as the age of 25 comes up next month, I've been thinking more and more about giving back. Alzheimer's is a disease that runs in my family and essentially wipes out your loved one's memories and recollection of anything. So this is something I'd like to do and raise money for. The donation link is below.

http://act.alz.org/site/TR?px=121400...97&pg=personal

Had a decent training session today:

30 minute rotator cuff warmup
DB Bench: 13, 13 x 150s (both one rep PRs, wanted 15, but it wasn't there)
DB Hammer Curls: 4x15x55s
Tricep Pushdowns w/straight-bar: 3x20x200
Alternating Underhand/Overhand Face Pulls: 3x15x120, 3x15x130

Also be sure to check out the new Animal cage video! It is amazing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooiM8tQMz8

[DGymn]

Great log to follow! Can I ask how you found the mount of work and volume you can tolerate? And how you regulate your training? I feel like I'm missing out on progress because I'm doing more than I can recover from so I need to get my MRV right!

[bigpoppachizl]

Good for you on the fundraiser bud. It definitely feels good giving back. Especially for a cause that hits home.

[Pete Rubish]

Great log to follow! Can I ask how you found the mount of work and volume you can tolerate? And how you regulate your training? I feel like I'm missing out on progress because I'm doing more than I can recover from so I need to get my MRV right!

This is actually a great question. You want to get by on doing the least amount of volume as possible essentially in order to keep your body going for as long as possible. That is just my two cents. I'm looking at my body like I want it to be working well in another ten years and so I try to put it through less repetitions and do more in the form of warming up. I've been training for over ten years, so it's sort of been something I've just figured out along the way. But I have seen some huge success recently from putting my clients on a one day a week lower body approach as well. I would start with that and see how it goes. With upper body, you can start at anywhere from 2 to 3 days and adjust from there.

Good for you on the fundraiser bud. It definitely feels good giving back. Especially for a cause that hits home.

It does feel good. Never done anything like that. Trying to be less about me, me, me.

[Buckfever]

:-) Monster Lift!