[WotD] Wednesday (Part I)

[digitaldiscipline]

http://digitaldiscipline.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/wotd-wednesday-february-25th-part-i/

First and foremost, doing squats on a cable machine just flat fucking sucks. I'm going to hack this by using dumbbells held at shoulder height, unless I can think of something better. Suggestions are welcome, but I don't have convenient access to an Olympic bar or plates.

Comments

[serpentstar.livejournal.com]

I used shoulder-height dumbbells for squats on GC5, and they worked fine -- though cleaning a pair of 60lb dumbbells to shoulder height was less fun than cleaning a fair bit more than 120lb on a bar!

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I figured as much, but, given my limited options, that might be the best one available (there are a pair of 65# DBs at the office gym, which which I expect to become rather intimately familiar, what with the squats and the DB bench presses).

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[maelstromsl.livejournal.com]

yr gonna outgrow those quick.....

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[maelstromsl.livejournal.com]

I've never considered even doing squats on a cable machine, that sounds.... tedious at best. Sounds like its time to start working on pistols or Bulgarian split squats with a heavy kb...

A pair of cleaned heavy kbs held in a rack position can deliver some nice weight for squats (in the 10-12 rep range, approx 3 sets) if you have something heavy enough... less cumbersome than large dumbbells, but less likely that they're available. I do squats for relatively high reps this way with a pair of 20k kbs (approx 88lbs), so I would imagine that it would be difficult to get a similar muscular stimulation for you without something a good deal heavier.

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

I would advise against it, yeah. Just goddamned awkward, which is about as unhelpful as it gets for something I'm not really confident with.

Still limited on my KB selection (2x 1 pood, 1x 1.5 pood); unlike you, I haven't scored any second-hand ones at a good discount via unexpected avenues (yes, I'm jealous :-) ). Planning to see how things go with either the 50# or 65# DBs, at least as a start.

Not every workout is going to employ the 4-5 RM weight, so I should be in fairly good shape, unless I get (or am) a lot stronger than I currently think I am/will be in the next few weeks. Guess I'll have to play it by ear.