PR Friday – 23 Jan 2015

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Happy Friday!

PR Friday is a forum to allow you to share your triumphs and failures with your strength training brethren. How has your training been this week? What questions do you have for your peers? Talk and mingle.

Need a little motivation today? Check out this training compilation of Hafthor Bjornsson! Weighing in at 420# at a height of 6’9″ it’s no wonder he’s a perfect fit as The Game of Thrones’ The Mountain.

11 thoughts on “PR Friday – 23 Jan 2015”

  1. I understand why leather belts are a bad idea for the oly lifts, but why do most oly lifters also use velcro for squats? Read the posts here about belts and they make it seem they would be better of using a leather belt. Anybody can explain? Thanks

    • If there is an oly lifter who knows better than me feel free to correct me but I imagine it has to do with using the same belt in all training scenarios since that is what you will be lifting with. I have however seen oly lifters use leather belts on squats though, so it probably comes down to personal preference.

  3. Milestone for the week: Completed my Smolov cycle. Woohoo

    I hit a solid 400 this morning, so it added 40 pounds to my squat and I think it caused me to grow a new layer of chest hair.

  4. I want to start competing in amateur Strongman this year. Anyone have connections in the Southeast US (I’m in Nashville) they could point me toward?

  5. Tried power jerks for the first time tonight. I ended up getting 93kg for a single, so there’s a PR. I think I want to incorporate these into my program moving forward. They’re pretty fun.

    Also tried sumo deadlifting for the first time earlier this week and got 206kg for a double. I felt really comfortable doing this, but I think I prefer conventional. Might just keep this as an occasional thing.

    Managing to continue to increase my strength while cutting, so overall I’m pretty pleased with my training.

  6. new deadlift PR: 305 lbs for a set of three

    Question: I feel like I’m straining my pecs on my heaviest set of deadlifts… Am I doing something wrong?

    • I’d have to see it to determine what you’re doing. If by “straining” you mean they are doing work, then that isn’t abnormal given that the pecs are attaching to your humerus (upper arm bone) and therefore would experience tension at the top of a deadlift. If by “straining” you mean you are irritating them, then you might be contracting them in a way that is unnecessary.

  7. I’m 23, 6’3″, and weigh 190 lbs. Just started lifting about a month ago, both to build strength and build something out of the body I have. It may not be impressive, but today I deadlifted 190 lbs for 5 reps, squatted 165 for 3 sets of 5, and pressed a max of 85 for 2 sets of 5. I’m not a “built” or strong guy yet, but I’ve never done anything like that before.

    Honestly, the hardest part has been maintaining eating habits outlined in Paleo for Lifters. Trying eat clean in my family house while I attend school has been difficult, especially with weird work/school scheduling. I really need to buckle down on that.

    No questions, but I just really wanted to post as Justin has been one of my big influences on my road to getting 70s big.

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