ZEST is fucking HAUNTED!!! SOBA
The old ZEST POWER GYM, home of the strongest men and women in the country, used to be a smaller place down Ermin Garcia St., and further from EDSA.
The new GYM is closer to EDSA, but the newZEST is fucking HAUNTED!!!
Anyway, to start my SOBA:
The new program that Sir Eddie Torres has given me made my body ache the whole week last week. Now, I'm starting to love high reps and piling up the "Kilos" on the bar.
I have a great feeling his philosophy of increasing the body's "CAPACITY TO WORK" is actually going to make me a lost stronger:
As of last week my deadlift was 335lbs (unbelted unsuited) and I could feel that I could still pull 345 even without the gear. But I decided to wisely hold-back coz that was the week when Sir Eddie gave me his crazy high-rep workout haha. My back and legs are feeling alive. My core has never been this stable ^_^
My benchpress as of 1 or 2months ago was at 215lbs (roughly 100Kgs) raw. Now I'm benching 12-15 reps of 70+Kgs... wonder what that means to my max? hahaha. 70Kgs feels light! I'm excited to see my benchpress 12 reps increase tomrow.
My squat, well... Still sucks, coz I always agonizingly finish the 12-15 rep sets of safety squats (stuck at 80kgs for 2 weeks in a row). Lily Picante, tells me it's all in the mind. Even Andrei Matias is coaching me (cool kid, 15 or 16 years of age I think, squatting 400lbs, wahaha.
Somehow I regret transferring to wide stance...
I learned a very important fact, if the back struggles in the squat and/or deadlift, it means that the back is taking the bulk of the weight since the legs can't handle anymore, make sense dba? Ergo the legs are weak!
I think I'm seeing a new set of raw PRs coming soon ^_^
But ZEST IS F'ING HAUNTED!!! That's why it felt weird training there alone last sunday! =(
The new GYM is closer to EDSA, but the newZEST is fucking HAUNTED!!!
Anyway, to start my SOBA:
The new program that Sir Eddie Torres has given me made my body ache the whole week last week. Now, I'm starting to love high reps and piling up the "Kilos" on the bar.
I have a great feeling his philosophy of increasing the body's "CAPACITY TO WORK" is actually going to make me a lost stronger:
As of last week my deadlift was 335lbs (unbelted unsuited) and I could feel that I could still pull 345 even without the gear. But I decided to wisely hold-back coz that was the week when Sir Eddie gave me his crazy high-rep workout haha. My back and legs are feeling alive. My core has never been this stable ^_^
My benchpress as of 1 or 2months ago was at 215lbs (roughly 100Kgs) raw. Now I'm benching 12-15 reps of 70+Kgs... wonder what that means to my max? hahaha. 70Kgs feels light! I'm excited to see my benchpress 12 reps increase tomrow.
My squat, well... Still sucks, coz I always agonizingly finish the 12-15 rep sets of safety squats (stuck at 80kgs for 2 weeks in a row). Lily Picante, tells me it's all in the mind. Even Andrei Matias is coaching me (cool kid, 15 or 16 years of age I think, squatting 400lbs, wahaha.
Somehow I regret transferring to wide stance...
I learned a very important fact, if the back struggles in the squat and/or deadlift, it means that the back is taking the bulk of the weight since the legs can't handle anymore, make sense dba? Ergo the legs are weak!
I think I'm seeing a new set of raw PRs coming soon ^_^
But ZEST IS F'ING HAUNTED!!! That's why it felt weird training there alone last sunday! =(