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    heavy black work sleeve/japanese traditional sleeve

    in Tattoo Advice

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    YOMONEY

    Hope you don't mind me asking but how old are you/how long have you been into tattoos? Because you sound exactly like me when I was younger :) When I got into tattooing, I didnt know shit about traveling to get work or anything, or that even that tattoos could look really good. When all the "world of tattooing" dawned on me, I was hyped for all different type of work for years. And I mean years. I must have gone trough 10 different style phases and types of tattoos in my mind in 10 year period. B&G, New-School, Tribal, Cholo, Japanese, Neo-Trad, Biomech, script, horror, americana etc. I wanted it all. Clad that I didn't get it ;) Because my mind changed as I got older (I'm still just 30) and it got more focused.

    You might be different :)

    Lifting Thread;training for the tattooed warrior.

    in Crazy Tattoo Stories

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    Anyone try the 20rep breathing squats/Super squats/GOMAD etc?

    20 Rep Squats - Starting Strength Wiki

    Mark Rippetoe says, "Trust me, if you do an honest 20 rep program, at some point Jesus will talk to you. On the last day of the program, he asked if he could work in."

    The 20 rep squat (Read this, is the greatest write up about lifting since Henry Rollins - The Iron)

    - - - Updated - - -

    Bodybuilding.com - 20-Rep Squats: Can You Handle It?

    Reps 1-3: Nice and easy. Is there any weight on my back?

    Reps 4-6: Starting to feel it. Yes, indeed there IS weight on my back!

    Reps 7-9: I am in pain. By the 9th rep, the mind is already telling me to rack the bar and stop the insanity. I truly believe that you must be in this kind of pain by rep 9 or 10 to truly get the effect of the 20 rep squat.

    If you get to 9 or 10 and you aren't feeling much, INCREASE THE DAMN WEIGHT! By the 9th rep, your mind should be telling you that this was a damn bad idea.

    Reps 10-12: My entire body is screaming out in agony. I tend to look slightly up when I squat so right in my view, on the wall, are the words, "DON'T YOU QUIT!" At this point, I am staring intently at those words. I am already sick to my stomach, and I am starting to wonder if I can get the next 8 reps.

    Reps 13-15: Yeah. This was a damn bad idea. I am no longer counting in 3s but instead in 1s. Between each rep, I stand shaking with the weight on my back and breathing like a runaway train. The thought of quitting is overcome by me screaming DOWN! DOWN! DOWN! These reps came up very slow. 5 more baby! 5 more!

    Reps 16-17: Very slow and agonizing. Breathing is forceful; heart is pounding a mile a minute. 20 is right around the corner. Just supporting the weight has become a chore. My entire body is shaking. I taste that protein drink as I burp it into my mouth.

    Some of it comes out onto my shirt. I don't care. The garage could burn down around me right now and I would not care. I am steely eyed. I am ready. I will get 3 more reps. Do or die baby!

    Reps 18-20: Disgustingly slow. My lower body is now numb. I am rising out of the hole but I can't tell. Everything is now painful. Even standing there with the bar, to breathing, to actually squatting. I can no longer tell the difference. Time is standing still.

    This is the point were the weak stop and the strong continue. This is the battle that will win the war. The bar cannot beat me. I scream in agony as I rise out of the hole. While breathing, I swear, I spit, I puke. As the 20th rep locks out I have to fight just to get the bar back to the rack.

    Lifting Thread;training for the tattooed warrior.

    in Crazy Tattoo Stories

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    Killed deadlifting today! I was going in to do singles with 125kg. Last week I did 6 with 120kg, so, yeah... The guy who has been checking my form and stuff as I go along (thats the good thing about the place I train. Older and more experienced guys ask if you need help or you dont mind if I give you a few pointers?.) was again there at the same time. I warmed up and did a single with the 125. He said

    That was easy. You are doing fives next.

    OK... :eek:

    Well, I did but couldnt keep my grip that good. He said try the mixed grip, and I did. Did 125x5, 125x5 & 125x4. My max single from like a month ago is 132.5kg... I think that will shatter like a bad egg sooooon! :)

    They said I started to loose the strenght from my legs in the last set and was pulling too much with my back from the get go. True. Have to traing more legs! And I tend to sometimes go too much forward. Even if the bar goes up my legs as it should. I think it is because I sometimes (and even more as a child) walk up the stairs with my heels up in the air, for some reason. Have to unlearn it...

    Lifting Thread;training for the tattooed warrior.

    in Crazy Tattoo Stories

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    Yeah, it is silly. I guess it comes from the other end of spectrum, guys who go to the gym and teain their biceps and abs. And thats all. We all have seen them of course. So I guess because of that I have felt for years that I dont need to train some specufic smaller muscles, but fuck... Like you said, who wouldnt want to look good naked :) I like looking at my arms and seeing that they are little bigger. Builds confidence.

    Lifting Thread;training for the tattooed warrior.

    in Crazy Tattoo Stories

    Posted

    Something horrible dawnded to me yesterday... My legs have gotten smaller!! Fuck me. And Im not one of those "I curl 8 days a week" guys. Legs and back (middle portion) is where it should be at. But I look like stickman! Well, hit them more!

    And another funny thing. I started to train triceps and biceps, just because, well... I want them to be bigger (blush)

    Lifting Thread;training for the tattooed warrior.

    in Crazy Tattoo Stories

    Posted

    Update:

    Been doing the rubber band stuff that physio gave me for the shoulder, and my shoulder is 95% good. Sometimes gets tight, or when I sleep on it gets sore. Other than that, groovy!

    Finished my heavy deadlift routine earlier than intended. It just got too heavy. Did 2x130kg and then few other 2x with lower weight. Then few weeks from that started the 1RM and I was thinking that if I did 2x130kg, I will work up to 140kg in few weeks. Bullshit! :D did 132.5 x 1 and it was heavier than shit! I knew that have to step baaaack and start again. I did a 3 week rest and started last weeks with this

    http://www.ontariostrongman.ca/resources/training/magnusson_ortmayer_dl_program.xls

    I went way back on the weight. I put the projected max at 112kg. Reason is that the calculator is funny so it shows this as the 12th week work sets (sets, reps weight)

    4 4 225 102,5

    1 2 250 115

    1 2 275 125

    1 8+ 225 102,5

    And not 112kg. Even if you put it as the projected max. Well, dont care :P

    Reason I put it so low is the 8+ sets. I suck at long sets in the deadlift, so taking it easy :) My goal is a meager 160kg (180kg is my real goal, but I dont know if thats too much) at the end of next year. No rush.

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