Monday, May 10, 2010 - M.E. Squat, Kroc Rows

I met up with Gary tonight at the PBOC. I met Gary a while ago at the Borough and talked a lot about squats. We decided to workout together and it was nice to have a motivated partner to work with. I usually only get to have that luxury in Palmer when I am at Matanuska Barbell, never up here though.

I was doing Squats and Gary wanted to establish a 1 RM for his squat. I decided to try for 405 and Gary went for 265. For me this was a huge stretch especially since I have been squatting a lot but I had to try. As we both pushed our max efforts we both ended up getting pinned. I usually don't include failure videos but I am going to this time. I want to have them here so that in the very near future I can post a video of these weights going up and I can turn these failures into a success. For training purposes there really isn't much insight into form in these videos as there isn't really much upwards travel but it does show that even if I did get 405 up it wouldn't have mattered as I didn't go down low enough anyway. These videos are here to prove a point in the near future. Soon instead of being pinned by these weights they will be worked into multiple reps for multiple sets.

M.E. Squat
135x5 (wide), 175x5 (wide), 225x3 (wide), 275x3 (wide), 315x3 (wide), 365x2 (wide), 405xF (Rip)

Kroc Rows
80x20, 90 Rx20/Lx17, 90x15, 90x12, 90x12

EZ Bar Curls
65x12, 65x12, 65x12, 65x10, 65x12

Back Extensions
20, 20, 20

Gary
M.E. Squat (all Rip stance)
135x5, 175x5, 225x3, 245x2, 255x1(PR), 265xF

Kroc Rows
50x20, 50x20, 50x12, 50x17, 50x15

EZ Bar Curls
65x12, 65x12, 65x10, 65x12, 65x12

Back Extensions
20, 20, 20

I am Pinned by 405 and Gary is pinned by 265. Very soon these will be training weights.