PR Friday Thread

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If you hit any PR’s this week, tell us about them in the comments. Otherwise, you can update everyone on your training and ask questions. There’s good football on this weekend, so enjoy it.

Here’s a picture of Nate and his buddy — they find a way to train hard while in Iraq. Nate recently hit a 380×5 squat set, pressed 185 for 5 singles, and deadlifted 460×5 at 185 pounds. He’s on his way. Nice job, Nate.

Picture from JSS McHenry, Iraq


The need for strong, red-blooded men and women isn’t a new idea:

Thanks to Shana W. for the pic.

42 thoughts on “PR Friday Thread”

  2. Squat – 380×5
    Press – 185×1
    Deadlift – 460×1 (Wish it was 460×5 like Justin wrote above. It will be before I leave this damn place though.)
    BW: 185

  3. This was a rest week, so no lifting PRs.

    I did, however, try a McGangBang after being inspired by last week’s PR Friday comments. It’s…it’s magical. I think they replaced the mayonaise with crack.

  5. we need more football posts.

    favre is a crumb
    go steelers

    It’s hard to post about football without a whole lot of videos. If you have a place I can use vids from I will. I’m a Browns fan, so you’re a fiend (although less of one until the Browns start winning consistently).

    –Justin

  6. Oh my god, such an AWESOME FUCKING WEEK (yes, Justin, I would totally be screaming in the gym right now).

    Pendlay seminar:
    Snatch PR = 115 lbs
    Clean PR = 155 lbs

    Haha. Seriously ridiculous. I hit 110 lbs for my snatch, and Caleb Ward said, “Was that a PR? It looked easy!” AND IT WAS. I got 160 lbs to my shoulders three times on the clean and couldn’t get it out of the hole. That’s what I get for kicking front squats out of my rotation this summer. Had I known I was going to ditch CrossFit and go 100% Oly, I wouldn’t have done that. Anyway, Glenn said, “Imagine what you could do if you had stronger legs.” Yes, Glenn, I know. WORKING ON IT.

    Deadlift = 260 lbs x 1

    I am so pulling 300 lbs. It is going to happen soooooon. I don’t care if the Oly people want me to ditch deads. Not gonna happen.

    Spent 2 hours today with my Oly coach where we fixed my clean. It is a million times better than when I hit the 155 lbs on Saturday. Like beeeaaaauuutiful. My jerk is atrocious. There is really no other way to describe it. It totally fucking blows. But, I’ll get there.

    I am solidly above 140 lbs. I weighed in at more than 143 lbs every day. Boom.

    F/34/5’8/143.5lbs

  7. Bad News: Unfortunately I lost 5lbs this week from doing a 6k row and working all week, Down to 191.5 lbs

    Good News: As I type this right now I am eating 2 KFC double downs to get my weight back up.

    PRs
    Bench Press 200lbsx6
    Hang Power Clean 200lbsx3

    Back to my injury question from last week, it concerned pain I was having in my left hip/groin/ left glute area. I talked to my friend who is doing his residency as an orthopedic surgeon. He thinks I have an impingment in the pudendal nerve area. It’s quite the sensitive area and when it’s serious it can cause certain dysfunctions, but luckilly I’m all functional in the most functional way any of us will ever have to be functionally…. But I have to stop squatting immediately. Justin, I was wondering if you have ever heard of this before and/or know how I could treat it. The search on google was pretty bleak

    If you, in fact, have a nerve issue, that’s a problem. If it were me, I’d like to know if that was definitely it or not. Just remember your muscles aren’t inflexible, so if you do any activity you don’t really need to stretch, but you need to warm it up. Depending on when the original injury was, I would take a couple days off, take some anti-inflammatories if it was inflamed, and start back with light activity and increase it over time. That’s what I would do, but if you can confirm the nerve issue, then that’s gonna be completely different.

    –Justin

  10. Pretty awesome week

    Squat PR 225 x 6
    Bench 150 PR x 6
    Rack Shrug PR 425 x 2

    Just realized I just may get my shrug to over 500 by christmas! It just looks cool.

  12. @INDTP – Liked mine so much last week I nailed three of those bad boys on thursday, with a large fry so I could get some monopoly pieces of course.

    @TBone – I just realized who you are, and I like you way better here then on the crossfit boards, haha, much more entertaining, even without the bikini. Nice numbers. Are you still hardcore paleo and trying to gain that weight? You must be housing the freakin meat!

    PRs – Squat 305x5x3
    Bench 205x5x3

    Finally a question for the group:
    I think I’ll be hitting a sticking point in my linear progression here soon with squats, bench, and press. What do most people do after a failure? Try the same weight again the next workout, do a 5% reset and hope you get past the sticking point and how many time should you reset before accepting that the progression is over? I also think I recall Gant telling someone they could drop to 3x3s for a little while so they could keep adding weight to the bar for a little while. Just curious what the consensus was on this, thanks everyone!

    I wouldn’t have a person beat their dugan into the dirt by staying with a linear progression to long. However, my recommendation would be based on your age, height, and weight.

    Otherwise, you could have a lighter day then try it again the next day. Or, you just reset. Resets can allow time for better nutrition and recovery, but if those are solid then too many resets means it’s time to advance.

    –Justin

  15. M/27/207/5’10”

    Deadlift: 430×1
    Power clean: 165x5x3

    Did the Crossfit Total on Saturday and DL was the only PR I got. Went down 5 pounds on the press and more than that on squat. A shoulder injury is likely to blame for the press, which I’m okay with, but I have absolutely no excuse losing ground on squats. This week I’ve re-started my linear progression on LBBS, 2 times a week, and rehabbing my shoulder.

    Your recent training may be to blame. Analyze your program and see if you were overreaching or getting into overtraining. Or if your sets were getting hard lately. If you max out (which usually should be in a meet), then you would hormonally peak for it to allow some supercompensation.

    –Justin

  16. Bench Press: 285×1

    Rack Pull: 635×1 (from the knee)

    I have also quit smoking this week, but that’s not a PR yet. That will be a daily PR from now on.

  18. DL 405 for a triple. That was a 40 lb PR. On schedule for a 450 lb pull at the upcoming GA Powerlifting Championship in Duluth.

    Sore abductor is holding back my squats at the moment. It’s killing me at the bottom of the squat when the sets get heavy. Any advice would be appreciated.

    Sounds like you’re loading it heavy on a regular basis (or at least trying to). Give it a few days to heal with anti-inflammatories, then build back up.

    –Justin

  20. @MattTruss223 – Thanks. Haha, um, you are obviously NOT my Facebook friend. The CF forums are an extremely censored version of how I am in real life. I’ve debated bailing over there for a while, but I like keeping a log there. A ton of people follow my log and it’s kind of my one way of being productive there. Plus, having a lot of CFers know who I am is often useful.

    I stopped CFing in June after Regionals when my shoulder was fucked. I’ve since put 50 lbs on my deadlift, 40 lbs on my squat, 25 lbs on my clean and 20 lbs on my snatch. The clean and snatch are only in the last month of Oly lifting. I’ve also gained 10 lbs. I did put on some weight just from squats and deads, but the last few weeks have involved a lot of peanut butter, a decent amount of bread, and an overall complete disregard for what is “Paleo.” I’m pretty happy with how things are going. There is a lot of shit that I don’t say on the forums, mainly because certain assholes take what I say there and repost it elsewhere.

  21. Saturday Oct. 30 I’ll be competing in my first meet…I’m a week out. Today my training partner and I decided to do some singles and see where we stand…here are the results.

    Squats 510 x 1 (huge PR!!!) nice and deep!

    Bench Press 305 x 1 (not a PR, failed on 315, I suck at bench)

    Deadlift 535 x 1 (PR!!)

    Can’t wait for the meet!

    Paul

  23. Reposting from the T-shirt thread:

    Finally hit a 400# squat this week. Not much for most people my size (M/42/5’9″/240), but for me it was a huge milestone.

    Also hit a 215# PR on the military press.

    Also, ordered a shirt. Hell yeah.

    Nice job and thanks.

    –Justin

  25. Justin/knowledgeable lifters, i know you cant answer this without a video, but have you ever had anyone experience inner elbow pain? Im talking about the region where nurses draw blood from you. After my warm up bench sets, it hurt to bend my arms, both of em.

    And…when do you see the use for exercises like defecit deadlifts? What level of trainee should be using these lifts?

    However..
    Squat 275, sets across – last set is hard. Hopefully, i can make it to 3 plates without a deload.

    Elbow pain is usually caused by a funky squat grip. It can also occur from goofy stuff in the press and catching a clean. I’d have to see to know which.

    –Justin

  28. Squat PR- 325x5x5
    DL PR 410×5
    Bench 175x5x5 ( I really do suck at bench)

    Non-bar squat PR. Threw my martial arts instructor who weighs 255 on my back and squatted him for 3 easy reps below parallel the day after Volume day.

    Movie PR- Finally Watched Pumping Iron.

    Girlfriend PR- 175x3x5 Deadlifts

    The squatting the instructor thing made me laugh.

    –Justin

  29. That old school ad is awesome!
    Justin, If you don’t use that for the next 70s Big tshirt, you are a crumb (haha, my new favourite word). Seriously, though, pretty much all you have to do is chuck that shit on the front, “70s Big” on the back and there’s your new shirt. Boom. Frenzied Internet sales ensue…

    You’re welcome.

    Would it be legal if I did that?

    –Justin

  33. food comment PR: My roommate saw me eat my weekly whole chicken. He said “you’re going to eat the whole thing? My response was ” Yeah this is how you get big” he left the room in amazment

    BP:305 x1
    BW 273

  34. CoolStoryBro

    From the description you gave it sounds like tendonopathy of the biceps tendon. If its not of the biceps tendon then it’s more than likely tendonopathy and ice will help it nonetheless.

    Just an ice cup for 10-12 min on a regular basis should do the trick

  35. PRs:

    Squat 305x3x5
    DL 375×5 (easy) then 405×1, 425×1 and 435×1

    Tweaked my right shoulder during bench though, I think the bar came laterally toward my neck = more shoulder involvement.

  37. @ ilovesnatches

    Thanks. It is starting to feel better. Lots of advil is helping too. Might lay off of benching on monday and let it fully recover.

  38. Did my first meet today. Push/pull on post here. Bench was whatever, no PR. Did 480 on the deadlift for a PR. Watching the video (and comments from other lifters) makes me think I could have done 500. Was a really good experience all around.

  42. Press 185×2
    (first time pressing over bodyweight)
    Bench 275×2
    Deadlift 412.5×2
    (first double over 400lbs)
    I also got 390×4 last week but forgot to post it.
    Dip +130×2
    Pullup +112.5×5!!
    Will post my squats tomorrow, scheduled to do 430.

    I can also now reliably do a one armed kipping pullup or chinup with either arm.

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