Comments on: First Day With Tony http://www.cesimpson.com/2009/11/02/first-day-with-tony/ Writing from the home of Stagger Lee, Zercher Squats and the St. Paul sandwich. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Rick Fowler http://www.cesimpson.com/2009/11/02/first-day-with-tony/#comment-2323 Rick Fowler Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:21:50 +0000 http://www.cesimpson.com/?p=424#comment-2323 Chris, On very little sleep and with all of that stress, duplicating your best squat is quite a feat. Just think where you would have been on a day when you were fresh and the mind was free and focused. I would have scrapped the workout all together, so for you to press on is an accomplishment. Rick Chris,
On very little sleep and with all of that stress, duplicating your best squat is quite a feat.

Just think where you would have been on a day when you were fresh and the mind was free and focused.

I would have scrapped the workout all together, so for you to press on is an accomplishment.

Rick

]]> By: J.B. http://www.cesimpson.com/2009/11/02/first-day-with-tony/#comment-2322 J.B. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:47:11 +0000 http://www.cesimpson.com/?p=424#comment-2322 that still would have been a pr. Just sayin. Interesting. It'll take some time to find your range. It is, and you have a.. for lack of better; 'talent' for mobility/flexibility. It'll be interesting to see if you see any difference/improvement considering you're already in good shape as far as that goes. please do. that still would have been a pr. Just sayin.

Interesting. It’ll take some time to find your range.

It is, and you have a.. for lack of better; ‘talent’ for mobility/flexibility.
It’ll be interesting to see if you see any difference/improvement considering you’re already in good shape as far as that goes.

please do.

]]> By: ces http://www.cesimpson.com/2009/11/02/first-day-with-tony/#comment-2321 ces Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:23:56 +0000 http://www.cesimpson.com/?p=424#comment-2321 Yeah. That was probably pretty poor planning. I was super-tired and thought I'd work my way up slowly. Those 16 sets took every bit of an hour. You might have a point. Maybe could have eked another 5 or 10#. ~shrug~ He prescribed only rep/set schemes, no weights - neither in #s nor in %s. I asked him about that and he said something like, "Lift as heavy as you can without missing a lift. I don't want you to miss a lift." It seems like I hit pretty bang on for the db bp and 1-l rdl, but undershot the front squats a bit. I'll go a bit heavier next time. It's a lot more mobility stuff than I'm used to. I mentioned that to him as well. He wrote back something like, "The strength coach in me would prefer you just shut up and do it." =) ...so I did. I think we do have pictures. I'll send copies your way. Yeah. That was probably pretty poor planning. I was super-tired and thought I’d work my way up slowly. Those 16 sets took every bit of an hour. You might have a point. Maybe could have eked another 5 or 10#. ~shrug~

He prescribed only rep/set schemes, no weights - neither in #s nor in %s. I asked him about that and he said something like, “Lift as heavy as you can without missing a lift. I don’t want you to miss a lift.”
It seems like I hit pretty bang on for the db bp and 1-l rdl, but undershot the front squats a bit. I’ll go a bit heavier next time.

It’s a lot more mobility stuff than I’m used to. I mentioned that to him as well. He wrote back something like, “The strength coach in me would prefer you just shut up and do it.”
=)
…so I did.

I think we do have pictures. I’ll send copies your way.

]]> By: J.B. http://www.cesimpson.com/2009/11/02/first-day-with-tony/#comment-2320 J.B. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:38:49 +0000 http://www.cesimpson.com/?p=424#comment-2320 Sorry to hear that your house filled with poo. I don't know how you were feeling, but that is a TON of warm-up for a 1rm squat. I'd have gone with much less: 5-10x45 5x135 3x185 3x225 2x275 1x315.. then go from there. Interesting to see how he's got things programmed out for you. Is he prescribing reps and weights, or percentages? If you've got pictures of the kid's halloween costumes kate and I'd love to see them. Sorry to hear that your house filled with poo.
I don’t know how you were feeling, but that is a TON of warm-up for a 1rm squat.
I’d have gone with much less:
5-10×45
5×135
3×185
3×225
2×275
1×315.. then go from there.

Interesting to see how he’s got things programmed out for you.
Is he prescribing reps and weights, or percentages?
If you’ve got pictures of the kid’s halloween costumes kate and I’d love to see them.

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