well i have had an upper body workout since my last post,but i got to try out my trap bar today
turns out with oly plates it sits maybe 10-15mm higher than with standard plates,which is a bit of a p1sser,but i`m planning on getting some board to stand on to make up the difference(hopefully after my op i can add a piece of board each week and slowly getting to lifting from ground height.still not sure how i feel about that when i could simply use more weight as a partial)
anyhoo its the same height now as when i was lifting from blocks(when i had no raised handles on the bar) and before the grooves in the block had appeared.
really noticed how i get further under the bar so from 198kg i did 204kg for the 20 singles,(probly better to call them singles cos i abuse the term rest pause too much)
they felt pretty easy tbh,that might`ve been cos i hadnt done deads for 10 days,but i had thought initially that i`d have lost touch with the weight.
after doing the 20 i thought i`d see how much i could add to the bar comfortably.
going up in 5kg jumps i got 224kg.i think i couldve got alil bit more but was fecking knacked and didnt want to bugger my back up.
i reckon if hadnt done the 20 singles and i`d added weight kilo but kilo after that point i couldve gone on for another 10 or so kg.
i did beat i think or equal my pb on deads but it did feel like cheating abit i spose cos of the height difference,but was happy lifting another 20kg on top of that!.
maybe if hit 250 one day it`ll equal a genuine 200kg one,never been to sure how to allow for the difference.(anybody?)
after that did 3x10 shrugs,
calf raises 3x10
bicep curls ez bar 3x10
3 thick bar holds and 2x10 on the grippers(lol arms were so pumped i couldnt do complete reps with the 100kg ones,can do 20 odd reps on their own)