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Post by sooner2 on Jan 25, 2017 12:43:27 GMT -5
From my end, ped in cycling is also highly used. One of the big emphasis points of usac last year was to ramp up drug testing in one of the most abused divisions.... masters racing. It's my division. I continue to roll my eyes at competitors who race while abusing ped products.... against weekdn warriors like me.... at small events on the state race calendar where prizes are 40-400 bucks at most.
But at least two guys who I have have raced agaisnt were popped last year. Usac has increased their membership fee a small amount and they also ask for additional donations when your liscense is purchased. They have a hotline and encourage memebers to call if there is concern about dopers. They've used such calls and concerns to target certain races for testing.
Tulsa tough, Hell's Kitchen, Mississippi state tod race championships, and several races in the Tennessee circuit were tested last year. The area around Austin Texas is particularly rife with dopers and that was targeted actively last year with 8 athletes getting popped at the end of last season one weekend at a race. Masters nationals were also targeted
I welcome enhanced testing. Especially in masters racing, where we have quite a esprit du corps, at least here in Arkansas. I've JD my suspicions about a few guys, but not suspicious enough to call a hotline. For the most part, the guys who excel at masters racing are like now 40-60 ... and most of ten have been fast all their life. Most of the top guys are former semi pros or cat 1/2 racers when they were young. Now, after having. Families and such, they have returned to race again. Former mountain bike national placers, former track college scholarship athletes , former nationally ranked tri guys in their teeens, former elite armed forces athletes...... no surprises at all when Guys like that win. National road race champ in 50-55 age group is a guy named hunter east. He's from Arkansas. Guy has always been fast. Semi pro in his younger years. Exceedingly wealthy with 6 hours a day to train. I have zero concerns that a guy like that has doped. His father was an elite athlete. His son is elite and has a ride on one of the prominent pro youth development national teams .
I guess guys just get ultra competitive and they figure an opportunity is there to dope and get more out of their hard training. Many masters have excess money, and i figure a guys asked himself why not spend extra on dope..... in addition to the 5-10 grand he might spend on a bike each year, as well as the 1-3000 on coaching , 1000 on race entry fees, 3000 on travels to races, 2-4,000 on wheels, etc.
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Post by Baph on Jan 28, 2017 0:10:15 GMT -5
Interestingly, that almost EXACTLY mirrors my experience with masters weightlifting. USAW = USAC, master's oly = master's cycling, squint your eyes enough and it's the same song and dance to a tee.
Decent night for me tonight. Starting to get my 2nd level (intermediate) programming ironed out where I can tolerate the intensity, moderate the volume, and not de-train due to reduced time under tension.
Squat - 405 x 2 455 x 5 495 x 5 545 x 5
Dead - 405 x 1 495 x 1 585 x 1 615 x 3 - and it was a dog fight to a level not yet experienced by me in this training cycle. Might be time to drop down to doubles.
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Post by Baph on Jan 29, 2017 0:43:13 GMT -5
Powerlifting Meet is 5 weeks from today.
A preview of next week:
Monday - Bench somewhere in the 285-300 range for 4x3 Hit a burnout set around 225 Bent row for volume
Tuesday - Squat: 545 x 3 585 x 3 625 x 3
Thrusday - Press: 185 x 3 205 x 3 225 x 1 135 to Technical Failure
Friday - Squat: 405 x 5 455 x 5 495 x 5 545 x 5
Dead Lift: 405 x 5 495 x 2 545 x 2 585 x 2 625 x 2
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Post by Baph on Feb 1, 2017 22:23:34 GMT -5
Really whiffed this week. Got some mild/moderate foot poisoning Tuesday and still slowly recovering from shitting out iced tea 30 times in the past 48 hrs. Will be interesting to see how this rebound goes.
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Post by Baph on Feb 4, 2017 18:31:18 GMT -5
Fucking ELATED!!!
Horrible week. Food poisoning. Just brutal. Down 8 lbs. Shitting 10+ times a day. Missed Tuesday. Missed Friday. Just forced myself to go in today.
Squat 610 x 3 Dead 605 x 3
Down a hair, but didn't want to push it, thrilled to be in the 95% range and with 3 weeks of good hard work we'll overcome this little setback with no major deterioration of total. Physically feeling the relief of a good heavy session.
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Post by Tapout on Feb 6, 2017 9:39:42 GMT -5
Sorry to jack your thread Baph, just didnt know if we needed another thread.
SO yesterday was a first for me. Been lifting for 10+ years.
My work schedule has got pretty hard for me to get workouts in during the week. So I have been putting in either two a days on the weekends, or just a longer then normally session.
Yesterday, my workout was Chest and Legs. Normally these by themselves are pretty brutal. Now let me say I have worked out hard enough to get sick before. But not like this.
After 14 set of chest, I cranked out about 20 sets of Legs. I was done. Like, for the rest of the day. Made me feel like I had the flu. Body Aches, fever, headache, couch riding the rest of the day. Went to bed at 8:30 last night I felt so shitty.
This happened to anyone else before?
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Post by Baph on Feb 6, 2017 11:21:08 GMT -5
Not thread jacking at all. Happy to have input and questions and convos.
You did waaaaay too much volume and tapped into your lactic system and experienced adrenal fatigue. These are classic signs of what's commonly called over training or CNS fatigue. Body is just depressed from over stimmulation, over stress, and is experiencing an unfavorable adaptation. As long as you don't get dark urine call it a learning experience and back off on your volume.
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Post by Tapout on Feb 6, 2017 11:31:51 GMT -5
Piss was good. Gonna switch it up next weekend. Swap out chest with something not nearly as draining. Hit 5x5 incline with 120 dumbells before legs. I was shot to shit before I even started legs. Dug deep, and was happy with the leg results though.
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Post by Baph on Feb 7, 2017 1:06:33 GMT -5
Bench today up to 315 x 3 then some singles at the same weight. Still got a tender right pec. It's been maybe 5 or 6 weeks now since the twinge and it's never been the same. Jesus. I benched 350 x 5 and 390 x 1 six fucking weeks ago and I'm still struggling to get reps at 315 today.
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Post by Tapout on Feb 7, 2017 14:20:58 GMT -5
At least you have the injury as an excuse for it.
Ive been stuck with my bench for weeks now. Cant figure out why. Only thing I can think of is that my tri's and shoulders are just flat out weak.
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Post by Baph on Feb 7, 2017 15:41:03 GMT -5
At least you have the injury as an excuse for it. Ive been stuck with my bench for weeks now. Cant figure out why. Only thing I can think of is that my tri's and shoulders are just flat out weak. Getting stuck is an engineering problem. There's too much or too little stress, at too frequent or too distant intervals, and intensity or volume need to be adjusted.
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Post by Tapout on Feb 7, 2017 16:13:59 GMT -5
At least you have the injury as an excuse for it. Ive been stuck with my bench for weeks now. Cant figure out why. Only thing I can think of is that my tri's and shoulders are just flat out weak. Getting stuck is an engineering problem. There's too much or too little stress, at too frequent or too distant intervals, and intensity or volume need to be adjusted. Makes sense. Like I mentioned before, my work schedule and commute, really only has me hitting it ever 6-7 days.
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Post by Baph on Feb 8, 2017 1:16:44 GMT -5
Squat tonight - ramp-up, ramp-down:
135 x 5 225 x 3 315 x 3 405 x 3 455 x 1 495 x 1 545 x 5 565 x 5 405 x 3 315 x 3 225 x 3 135 x 3
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Post by Baph on Feb 10, 2017 23:12:41 GMT -5
Intensity day . . . planned on trips, ended up with dubs, not ideal but it was probably the right move.
Squat: 405 x 3 455 x 1 495 x 1 545 x 1 585 x 1 625 x 2
Dead: 415 x 1 495 x 1 545 x 1 615 x 2
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Post by Baph on Feb 11, 2017 22:31:07 GMT -5
Just looking forward to next week and getting my thoughts organized:
Monday - Bench around 320 for a couple rounds of doubles depending on how the pec feels.
Tuesday - Squat up to 575 x 5 but need to really get some more volume here than I did last week, which will mean getting meaner with my work-up sets.
Thursday - Press some reps/sets in the 3/5 range at 210.
Friday - Squat up to 3RM, would love to see this happen at 630. Dead up to 3RM, would love to see this happen at 620.
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Post by Tapout on Feb 13, 2017 9:04:19 GMT -5
Savage bro.
I wish my body would allow me to do this type of stuff.
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Post by Baph on Feb 14, 2017 13:53:37 GMT -5
Monday's bench went ok. Not to script, but ok.
Got 315 for singles, 3 or 4 rounds, backed off to 265 and 285 for pause rep singles, then repped out a set of 10 at 225.
All pain free. Optimistic we can get this back on track.
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Post by Tapout on Feb 15, 2017 9:33:06 GMT -5
Fucked up my back again. Cant figure out what the fuck is going on. Its my inner trap. Runs from the base of my neck, down my spine right between shoulder blades. Limits my head range of motion. Didn't feel a twinge or anything.
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Post by Baph on Feb 15, 2017 11:44:38 GMT -5
Fucked up your back how, specifically?
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Post by Baph on Feb 15, 2017 11:45:33 GMT -5
Tuesday volume squat:
405 x 3 455 x 1 495 x 1 545 x 5 565 x 5
Really solid session tonight. Would like to get pretty aggressive this Sat. Planets are aligning.
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Post by Tapout on Feb 15, 2017 11:59:01 GMT -5
Fucked up your back how, specifically? No clue.
Had the same issue back in November. Just woke up with limited range of motion and pain in the same muscle.
Took it easy for a few weeks. Got back to feeling normal. And out of the blue after my last shoulder workout, as the day went on, the tighter and tighter it got. Woke up this morning and I can barely move my head.
Workout was great. Felt no pain during the workout what so ever.
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Post by Baph on Feb 15, 2017 13:12:00 GMT -5
Fucked up your back how, specifically? No clue.
Had the same issue back in November. Just woke up with limited range of motion and pain in the same muscle.
Took it easy for a few weeks. Got back to feeling normal. And out of the blue after my last shoulder workout, as the day went on, the tighter and tighter it got. Woke up this morning and I can barely move my head.
Workout was great. Felt no pain during the workout what so ever.
Has there been a common movement associated with these incidents? Like a day or two prior to trap stiffness I do shoulder movement X.
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Post by Tapout on Feb 15, 2017 14:45:43 GMT -5
No clue.
Had the same issue back in November. Just woke up with limited range of motion and pain in the same muscle.
Took it easy for a few weeks. Got back to feeling normal. And out of the blue after my last shoulder workout, as the day went on, the tighter and tighter it got. Woke up this morning and I can barely move my head.
Workout was great. Felt no pain during the workout what so ever.
Has there been a common movement associated with these incidents? Like a day or two prior to trap stiffness I do shoulder movement X. Nope. Its happened three times in the past 6 months. Woke up once with it, another time after a nice back workout, and this time after a nice shoulder workout. No warning signs in either workout.
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Post by Baph on Feb 16, 2017 16:31:55 GMT -5
That makes me think there's something off either posturally or anatomically that needs to be addressed. You seen a therapist or chiro or done any mobility work?
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Post by Tapout on Feb 16, 2017 16:45:26 GMT -5
That makes me think there's something off either posturally or anatomically that needs to be addressed. You seen a therapist or chiro or done any mobility work? Nope. I know I should. But I'm too cheap.
Feels light years better today. Should be gone in a few more days.
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Post by Baph on Feb 17, 2017 16:36:33 GMT -5
That makes me think there's something off either posturally or anatomically that needs to be addressed. You seen a therapist or chiro or done any mobility work? Nope. I know I should. But I'm too cheap.
Feels light years better today. Should be gone in a few more days.
That's a pretty weak excuse. You can get a good sports massage or chiro consultation for less than $75 and then do most of the maintenance yourself with foam rollers and stretching. Mobility WOD, ROM WOD, etc. I unfucked my psoas and hip flexors with YouTube and some effort over the course of 2 weeks last year.
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Post by Baph on Feb 18, 2017 21:25:42 GMT -5
Pretty solid day. Not perfect, but close.
Squat 630 x 2, missed the 3rd rep. The bounce shot my hips back out of the hole and I lost my center of gravity on the way up, gradually moving back onto my heels, in this weird slo mo lean that I just couldn't stop, but with 630 on your back balance and momentum operate in very different ways. Dumped it and lived to fight another day, but feel it was a make-able triple, so happy overall.
630 x 2 puts a 1RM estimate at 648, 7 lbs shy of a PR. 630 x 3 puts a 1RM estimate at 667, which would be a 12 lb PR. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle.
Bench got a smooth, easy competition rep at 315: pause, press on command, rack on command.
Dead lift was on fire. Beautiful triple at 620. Highlight of the day. Puts a 1RM estimate at 657, which would be a 23 lb PR.
Meet is two weeks from today. Assuming I achieve what I'm on pace for, would be PRs in squat, dead, and total, and qualify me for USPA/USPL world's this coming summer in Vegas. The really exciting thing about this is that I feel my squat has a bit of room to grow, I'm still dead lifting without a belt 100% of the time, and my bench press is abject dog shit, and if healthy and peaking could easily be in the low 400s for a single instead of the low/mid 300s coming off a ridiculous, chronic pectoralis minor tantrum.
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Post by Baph on Feb 21, 2017 0:39:19 GMT -5
Bench today. Really still worn down from Saturday. Shit was HEAVY.
Hit singles at 300, 315, and 330, then backed off to 225 for a set of 15.
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Post by Baph on Feb 22, 2017 14:47:15 GMT -5
The gods frown upon me yet again, as I've come down with a stomach bug from my petri dish of an offspring, and will likely miss most of this week's training.
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Post by Baph on Feb 24, 2017 22:47:58 GMT -5
Tomorrow will be interesting. One week out from the meet. Haven't lifted in 7 days. Feeling much better, but what a brutal week it's been. No real clue what to expect. Will update.
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