FITNESS, PROGRESS

Friday Open Forum and Weekend Challenge

Sorry for not posting yesterday.

Welcome to Friday. I want to remind you all, as always, not to toss away the gains made during the week by going full Caligula this weekend. Sure, take your time, have your fun, have a drink and do what you have to do, but contain to the best of your ability and

Enjoy yourselves, but remember your goals

never miss your grid time.

Closing out the second week of my 6-month push, I am in pretty good shape. I am starting to feel stronger, noticing some slight changes in body composition and, best of all, my blisters are starting to come back.

This weekend’s goals for me are to get an hour on the stair climber in both Saturday and Sunday, to do a WB Fitness challenge on Saturday and to get a yoga class in on Sunday. Even though it is the weekend, I think that getting the work in early is still the best. I believe this for two reasons. The first is that you get the feeling of accomplishment first thing in the morning, before other people are even awake, and you know that no matter what you do for the rest of the day you already put your hard grind in. The second reason is that knowing you have to get your ass out of bed in the morning and get to the gym keep you in check on Friday and Saturday nights.

This weekend’s challenge is going to be very simple – conceptually. I want all Team Beater member to hit this one this week. It is an important challenge and one that will really help. There is only one lift, so how bad could it be? Today’s challenge is the WB Fitness 300 Deadlift Challenge.

Arnold straining with lightweight sets. The 315 he is deadlifting here is roughly 44% of his 710 max. 44% of your max is a good place to start for this weekend’s challenge.

Yup, that’s right. Get that bar right to your shins, set up your form and crank out 300 deadlifts. Do not worry about sets and numbers. Stop when you have to stop. Rest when you have to rest. Lower weight if necessary, take a walk around the gym to clear your head – do whatever it is you need to do, but do NOT leave the gym until I get 300 deadlifts from you. You are free to email me or contact me on the messenger app to tell you what an asshole I am as much as you like, but I want 300 deadlifts from every member of Team Beater.

Make sure to keep your form solid during these deadlifts. Even if it means doing one or two and then

One of my favorite simple deadlift form charts

walking away. Even if it means sitting down for 15 minutes and resting. There is no time limit, no minimum set number — just give me 300.

Use the comments section below as an open forum, a place to ask questions, general chat and, absolutely, to tell me how your WB Fitness 300 Deadlift challenge went. And before I forget I’d like to welcome new team member CursedWolf!

 

Grind on!

WB FITNESS

You may also like

16 Comments

Consolation_of_Philosophy

Humility lesson, inbound…

WB Fitness

yeah, this one is gonna be fun. lol. I am going to attempt it with 135 but have already admitted in my head that i might have to drop the weight at some point.

Consolation_of_Philosophy

The buddinski here at the gym says I should be doing these fast and explosive CrossFit style. I am going form sensitive, like tai chi. What’s the straight dope?

WB Fitness

depends if you want a disk herniation or not. I would say go with slow, controlled and constant tension. But if you want L5 and your spinal column to meet def go the crossfit fast and explosive way.

Consolation_of_Philosophy

Thought so. I think the guy was just being opinionated because my gym has only 2 DL platforms, and I took one up all afternoon with your sadistic fucking challenge.

Not even sure how to describe that routine, yet. I don’t know if I hit 300 or not, honestly. There was no way to keep count at the end between the swoons. Most of my body is numb, except for a throbbing pain at the bottom of my ribcage (unexpected) and my left hand which is swollen up like a pink oven mitt.

Gonna take a nap.

Lou Skunt

Good for you CoP. I always support anything that promotes physical activity, but that stuff is an accident just waiting to happen.

I’m sure some of those exercises may be “fun” to perform, but I just don’t see any real science behind any of it; it appears haphazard and childish. To me, it looks as though somebody just found a way to monetize school yard recess for adults. I think it’s a shortcut and an excuse to not put in the necessary work. This is your body and you need it to last you a lifetime – don’t take shortcuts, brother.

Proper weight training (methodical and focused) is a collaborative effort between the muscles, tendons and ligaments which allows for everything to safely strenghten and develop. Those jarring movements put far too much stress on the connective tissue – bad news.

There’s a reason why the fundamentals will always be around – they work.

Consolation_of_Philosophy

I’m with you. I see no benefit to jerking my muscles. I’ve already had my flameouts, and my days of taking chances are in the past.

Funny enough, I was watching a crossfit documentary on Netflix not long ago, so I knew what the guy was suggesting that I do (and why he thought high reps meant high speed). But I can’t imagine that the athletes who compete in the crossfit games actually got their physiques doing crossfit. They had to do it building up with care.

WB Fitness

Absolutely. The top CrossFit contenders got their physique the proper way and are performing the same way that Eddie Hall didn’t build the strength to deadlift 1000 pounds just by showing up at the gym and lifting as heavy as he can.

WB Fitness

Lou, would you consider expanding this comment into an article for the site about how These other exercises aren’t just “different” but excuses?

Would love to have you as a guest author

Lou Skunt

I would be honored, my friend. I’m happy to put something together!

WB Fitness

Well, CoP, just so you know I also practice what I preach — got my 300 deads in at 135 pounds. Drank nearly an entire gallon of water during the process. I’m feeling it hard in my quads and hams as well as my lower back. My hands are also destroyed…you come to love it I promise.

After I got my deads I took 20 minutes to foam roll and stretch.

After that I hit the stair climber for 1 hour and 2 minutes.

I think, 2 weeks in, I can officially say that the off season is over, spring training is over and it is now pedal to the floor!

Let’s be amazing this spring and summer!

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/758349b379ab43aa36ba912510074ede6be9574e082558444ab72777ea7723e9.jpg

Consolation_of_Philosophy

Let’s be amazing. Fuck yes.

I slept 10 solid hours last night, post DL challenge. It was the most delicious rest I’ve had in years. But nobody try this on a work nignt! It’ll put you *out.*

CursedWolf

Thanks for the mention! I am glad to be here.

J.Nyx

You’re an asshole. A glorious asshole.

Comments are closed.