[Rich Ellis]

Rest day today between pull and legs tomorrow

Was down in London for the bulk of the day. I’m not good at London!

[Rich Ellis]

Pull day today, numbers up on everything but RDL. I tried moving it down the movement order as I thought putting it after the upper back machine row would be a good move. In truth, I didn’t “feel” it any more than usual, it did though cost me load. I’ll move it back.

Session went…..

Bench row
SA DB bench row
Underhand machine row
Upper back machine row
RDL

Pulldown Curl
Supine DB Curl

[Rich Ellis]

pleasure chatting to you at the weekend buddy.

Looking forward to the next time we all meet up ????
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Very much enjoyed it mate, was good to finally get some time with you after hearing so much about you from Jord

Also, thanks for the tip on the rice flour, that’s a game changer for me!!

[Rich Ellis]

One or the other for me mate, or at least have a movement variation

Perhaps snatch grip barbell RDL on pull day and DB RDL on leg day if you absolutely must.

[Rich Ellis]

Rest day today with a big pull session coming up tomorrow ????????

[Rich Ellis]

I think the number of warm ups will depend greatly on the demand of the movement.

Often you will see people going “wrong” by performing too many reps on the later more demanding warm ups.

Your aim is to reach a state of physical and psychological readiness , not to knacker yourself out.

I will typically do a series of warm ups, then one or two “acclimation sets”, then it’s time to roll

[Rich Ellis]

Well, it was a really good bodypower weekend. So good to meet the team in the flesh and spend some time together. Jord and Corinne have assembled quite a group. Was a pleasure spending time with each and every one of the gang

As far as training goes, I didn’t. I assumed the guns would be silly busy so left it.

Good push session today to get back in the swing. Usual format, movements as follows

Smith press
Machine press
High inc machine press
Cuff laterals
Pushdown
Rope overhead extensions

[Rich Ellis]

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[Rich Ellis]

Well it looks like it was an excellent first day at bodypower for the TBJP team, I’m very much looking forward to joining the gang tomorrow

Today was leg day for me, everything up from last session, it looked like this

Leg Ext
Leg press
Hack
Belt squat
Standing SL curl
Prone curl

[Rich Ellis]

A lot of preference there mate.

As Chrizzly said, it doesn’t necessarily have to be one or the other if you run an exercise rotation.

I personally do not like seated ham curls very much, purely because I find it odd having so much pressure (bodyweight) on the working muscle. That doesn’t make it a bad movement, it just means I don’t like it much.

[Rich Ellis]

Rest day today. Legs tomorrow then a full weekend rest whilst at bodypower with the teammmmm

[Rich Ellis]

I think the majority of people will prefer the feel of a DB RDL because you can get the centre line of pull wherever you want it.

BB RDL is great, there’s just way too many people bastardising it now to put weight on the bar. That’s probably not as much of a disaster if you use it primarily as a back movement, but if you’re using it for hams, be honest with yourself and keep them tidy (obviously that’s no direct reflection of your execution as I’ve never seen you lift, just an observation of a general trend since everyone has decided they need to do 7 plates a side like Jord ????)

[Rich Ellis]

Pull session today to complete my three new sessions

Same format as the others, loading set and down set for….

RDL
Barbell bench row
SA DB bench row
Underhand machine row
Upper back machine row
Pull down curl
Supine DB curl

[Rich Ellis]

Really good push session for me today. Push is the bane of my existence. It was always my best set of movements, but my multitude of shoulder issues over the last decade has put pay to that.

Anyone that has sustained injuries will know that the most frustrating thing is not being able to work hard. Jord and I have managed to come up with a group of movements that I’m now confident I’ll be able to progressively edge forward week after week.

As with the leg session I posted, I’m starting with a simple loaded set and down set, and will look to progress the volume and addition of failure points/intensity techniques on the down set over time

Here’s how the session looked.

Narrow-ish grip shallow decline smith press

Machine flat press

High incline machine press

Cuff lateral raises

Tricep cable pushdowns

Tricep overhead rope extensions

[Rich Ellis]

As some of the guys have highlighted, elbow sleeves aren’t going to fix your tendinitis.

To answer the question though, I’ve been thoroughly impressed with the SBD elbow and knee sleeves.