11/12/23 - If You're Even Halfway Interested In Bodybuilding Or Strongman Do Lots And Lots Of Overhead Presses

11/12/23
4 pullups.

Whatever I weigh, 290ish, that’s all I got – four, good, strict pullups.

I did two sets, so make it 2×4, but a 5th rep was not happening on either.

Interesting I thought, as my clean is going up.

However, my grip strength was SOLID.

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The pressing IS really going up.

Day 22
I never defined if/when there’s a stop point.

30 days?
40 days brings me to last of this or first of next month.

I had said I was aiming for a 255lb clean and press on or before December 1st.
Still am.

As far as the overhead press everyday streak – we’ll see, this could go indefinite, or I could switch the every day lift.

Had the idea that “225 nfl bench for reps test DAILY”, that could be the next on camera phase – let the world see me make do for reps on the most hilariously unstable set up.

Also the idea to just do 5:00 or 10:00 density periods of one exercise on camera.

Also need to do more talking videos.

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Today I made the day’s eggs a bit dirtier, sausage links and hot dogs with them.

While I realized it is not animal based in the slightest, trail mix is pretty affordable, provides a good deal of calories and nutrition while always being on hand.

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I had to laugh.

Today I “discovered” speed pulls.
(meaning I realized what I was doing is called that generally)

About an hour after that press set, I pulled 9×3 rotating between sumo, snatch grip, and conventional at the same 205lb bar weight.

I don’t know what my max is, mixed grip, double overhand, or otherwise (straps lol).

I do know that I respond real well to lots of sets of low rep, powerful, light, double overhand deadlifts with my glutes firing hard.

Light, powerful, “leg pressing” the bar off the floor if my glutes pump I’ll be on both cloud 9 AND the gains train.

When I train in a manner that pumps up my glutes everything hip related improves.

The “leg pressing” off the floor too carries my legs well.

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Well, I’m impressed.
I cooked eleven eggs, four hot dogs, seven sausage links, and I’m about to finish it.

Not a small meal, but not huge, still most would be impressed by that.

Had two glasses of milk, and a 16oz coffee milk with it, a bowl of white chocolate chips stirred together with peanut butter for dessert/as an appetite builder.

I’ve long known sugar, if you go back and forth between a candy and a main course to allow you to eat much more.

In the bathroom mirror, having just eaten, it’s like the pump in my shoulders that I didn’t have a few hours ago while lifting, went right into my shoulders.

They look monstrous!

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Press all the time, every variant, every rep range, and eat.

This puts on mad shoulders.

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Did the after dark fall/winter thing again, the freestyle session – firstly getting the day’s empty bar overhead squats done (squat every day is past a month now), then with a 20kg kettlebell and a sense of play…

It was some one arm swings, some one arm snatches, some burpees, some handstands (one good one), a little bit of dancing around, primal round the fire type movement, a little bit of backwards walking/sprints, a tad of footwork drills.

I laughed at myself for how quickly I got out of breath, and how for the entire forty minutes or so I was out of breath…off so little volume/reps/work.

I realize that ; this session is entirely time on my feet, that I didn’t stand still once, and that this is all basically an obese body building work capacity.

I recall at 20/21 going from 235 or so, to the vicinity of 195-205, and that alone magically saw me able to run well, have good wind, etc.

So I consider this movement basic human being, part of life KNOWING that it pays a million fold vs a little lifting volume being basically my sole physical activity vs being sad sack sedentary.

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There’s no doubt in my eyes that RIGHT NOW had I access to a 48kg kettlebell that I could snatch it.

One thing I realized during the play session was that when you’re snatching the kettlebell from the ground “dead snatch” the parlance to my knowledge – you’re doing something I read chinese weightlifters are taught to do…you’re lifting with quads, a thigh lock, what I call “leg pressing” off the ground in the context of barbell deadlifts.

THAT technique added a lot of power to the kb one arm snatch.

Then on subsequent reps you’re ripping the bell down “hiking”, a real functional strength thing for the lats, down from lockout, these reps going between the legs.

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Not a bad day.

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hadn’t listened to wes watson in a while, gave two relistens as I sat outside breathing the fresh, apparently 25°f air, cooling down after that after dark session