Huge poundages on accessory lifts... seen any?
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Topic: Huge poundages on accessory lifts... seen any?
Posted By: Beau Fay
Subject: Huge poundages on accessory lifts... seen any?
Date Posted: 1/09/12 at 1:21pm
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Wanted to throw this out there for a little offseason fun topic. We always talk about the biggest lifts we've seen in the important compound movements... squats, deads, cleans, snatches, presses, etc... but what are some of the biggest poundages you've ever witnessed or heard of used in accessory lifts? I hardly ever go heavy on these lifts, nor am strong on them, but I know that some do and are. I know bodybuilders are guilty of claiming crazy lifts on silly exercises, but some of the old school guys I might actually believe.
I'm thinking along the lines of tales I've heard of Alexeev doing back extensions with a 220 lb. barbell on his back. Or Casey Viator doing wrist curls with 225 for reps off a bench... or Mike Dickens doing Bulgarian split squats with 881 for 5
 I'd be interested in hearing what you've seen or heard of! ------------- "Some people like to go out dancing... other people like us, we gotta work." -Lou Reed |
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Posted By: Pingleton
Date Posted: 1/09/12 at 3:29pm
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From an article by Fred Hatfield: Picture this: The great Olympic weightlifter Vasily Alexeev’s ponderous body draped over a gymnastics long horse with his feet wedged between the stall bars of an unbelievably archaic training gym in Moscow’s Lenin Institute of Sport. With four hundred pounds precariously perched behind his head, he explodes for five reps of back raises. Also: Ulf Timmermann used to do his variation of Jump Squats (with significant horizontal movement) for reps with 100kg. ------------- We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw |
Posted By: Pingleton
Date Posted: 1/09/12 at 11:44pm
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Correction re previous post. From an article on Timmermann: This special weighted jump was done for 10 sets of 10 reps, twice weekly, and executed similarly to a good morning (for all intents and purposes, a jumping good morning). The athlete would assume a starting position like the lowest point of a good morning, with the bar high on the traps. The athlete would jump upward and forward, reaching a straightened body position at the highest point of the jump. The athlete would then land in a position similar to the start position. In a 6 year period of using this exercise, he was able to work up from 20k to 120k for the 10 sets of 10 reps-a truly amazing feat. ------------- We do not stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing. - George Bernard Shaw |
Posted By: Silverback
Date Posted: 1/10/12 at 2:07am
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17 full size cupcakes at one sitting, that is mine.
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Posted By: Andy Vincent
Date Posted: 1/10/12 at 2:19am
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IMO, accessories are just that -- accessories. Putting too much emphasis on them is a bad idea. My personal pet peeve is heavy good mornings. I've never seen a 400+ lb good morning that didn't look more like a shitty squat. ------------- |
Posted By: C. Smith
Date Posted: 1/10/12 at 3:11am
+1 ------------- |
Andy Vincent wrote:Posted By: rob meulenberg
Date Posted: 1/10/12 at 3:40am
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Andy, Are you talking about only GMs for assistance work, or GMs in general? Because I have not found a better DL builder than doing heavy ass (600# plus) chain suspended GMs. Otherwise, I, in general, agree that GMs done walked out and full range tend to get ugly north of 400+. |
Posted By: Beau Fay
Date Posted: 1/10/12 at 4:59am
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Andy and Craig, I agree with you guys 100% and don't go heavy on these lifts either, training more for feel and using them instead for hypertrophy, balance, rehab, etc. Just wondering if anyone has seen certain people that have "odd" or unusual strengths that might not be exhbited in the classic lifts? ------------- "Some people like to go out dancing... other people like us, we gotta work." -Lou Reed |
Posted By: Beau Fay
Date Posted: 1/11/12 at 12:15am
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I heard over the wire that John Collins just performed a set of 12 in the tricep kickback with a replica of the Thomas Inch DB, followed by a set of lateral raises. ------------- "Some people like to go out dancing... other people like us, we gotta work." -Lou Reed |
Posted By: TheJeff696
Date Posted: 1/11/12 at 2:41pm
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John Collins is like Sasquatch with better hair A suave beast ------------- Jeff Kaste "I think there's a Squatch in these woods..." |
Posted By: phatmiked
Date Posted: 1/13/12 at 4:20am
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I heard that John Collins does overhead throws with 100# tractor weights to warm up for doing Zerchers with an M1 Abrams tank axle with double green bands. ------------- |