Comments on: Arden http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:15:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Arden Cogar Jr. http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-1026 Arden Cogar Jr. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:27:08 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-1026 Msupt, Thanks for the kind words. My daughters say I''m a "human version of a bulldog" or a "bald troll doll with a beard." So if that qualifies, I''m guilty as charged. Had a great clean matrix session today. worked my weigh up to 115 for triples. Did a ton of reps. Feeling it now. All the best, Arden Msupt,
Thanks for the kind words. My daughters say I”m a “human version of a bulldog” or a “bald troll doll with a beard.” So if that qualifies, I”m guilty as charged.

Had a great clean matrix session today. worked my weigh up to 115 for triples. Did a ton of reps. Feeling it now.

All the best,
Arden

]]> By: crouton http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-1024 crouton Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:09:37 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-1024 Height: 6”1″ Age: 32 Weight: 217 Squat: 275x3x5 Deadlift: 345x1x5 Press: 145x3x5 Power Clean: 150x5x3(recently started and still learning poper form) Bench: 215x3x5 Started at a very skinny fat 195 in April after years of very infrequent lifting so things are progressing nicely but a lot of room to improve. Keep up the great work on the site it is inspirational! Height: 6”1″
Age: 32
Weight: 217

Squat: 275x3x5
Deadlift: 345x1x5
Press: 145x3x5
Power Clean: 150x5x3(recently started and still learning poper form)
Bench: 215x3x5

Started at a very skinny fat 195 in April after years of very infrequent lifting so things are progressing nicely but a lot of room to improve.

Keep up the great work on the site it is inspirational!

]]> By: msupt http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-1023 msupt Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:34:02 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-1023 Arden if you are not 70''s big then I do now know what the definition is. Arden if you are not 70”s big then I do now know what the definition is.

]]> By: Arden Cogar Jr. http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-1019 Arden Cogar Jr. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:46:11 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-1019 Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Gant''s got me sold. Don''t know if I''m 70s big or not. But I''ve got the facial hair and the glasses going for me. Plus I dig wearing high socks. Shorty shorts will be a ways down the road. :-D All the best, Arden Thanks to everyone for the kind words. Gant”s got me sold. Don”t know if I”m 70s big or not. But I”ve got the facial hair and the glasses going for me. Plus I dig wearing high socks. Shorty shorts will be a ways down the road.

:-D

All the best,
Arden

]]> By: tengukite http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-1014 tengukite Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:18:17 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-1014 Well, I Crossfit, not following SS directly apart from technique help. But I went GOMAD 2 months (maybe 2.5 can''''t remember exactly) to help get some more muscle and jiggle in my wiggle. I went from 169 in September and I''''m weighing in at 190 lbs. as of today (heaviest I''''ve ever been.) Everything is stronger but my Pullups which are harder now that I jiggle more. Squat = 234 lbs. Deadlift = 308 lbs. OHPress = 110 lbs. (won''''t go up for some reason) Beanch press = 165 lbs. Power clean = 143 lbs. (ugly at this weight, but up it went) <em>We routinely find that pull-up numbers stay around the same number if not go up. Did you include them in the program properly? --Justin</em> Well, I Crossfit, not following SS directly apart from technique help. But I went GOMAD 2 months (maybe 2.5 can””t remember exactly) to help get some more muscle and jiggle in my wiggle.

I went from 169 in September and I””m weighing in at 190 lbs. as of today (heaviest I””ve ever been.) Everything is stronger but my Pullups which are harder now that I jiggle more.

Squat = 234 lbs.
Deadlift = 308 lbs.
OHPress = 110 lbs. (won””t go up for some reason)
Beanch press = 165 lbs.
Power clean = 143 lbs. (ugly at this weight, but up it went)

We routinely find that pull-up numbers stay around the same number if not go up. Did you include them in the program properly?

–Justin

]]> By: kittenSmash http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-1000 kittenSmash Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:18:31 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-1000 Bluecheese, my girlfriend said to quit being a pussy. You are too sensitive about this stuff. No one is saying you can''t Fran your ass off. I found that funny and thought I would post it. Bluecheese, my girlfriend said to quit being a pussy. You are too sensitive about this stuff. No one is saying you can”t Fran your ass off. I found that funny and thought I would post it.

]]> By: JEP http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-999 JEP Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:00:45 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-999 @SMed I only started getting within the past three months after doing CF and O-lifts since Feb. The funny thing is that they were never triggered while I was actually squatting, snatching, or cleaning. It always happened while I was warming up - climbing a rope, walking lunges, overhead squats. One happened when I was trying to get a 47" box jump. One of my sister is a nurse and my other sister''s mother in law is a neurologist, so I''m getting all checked out when I go home for the holidays. gannimal007 described it almost perfectly. When I first started getting them, all the muscles in my head and shoulders would cramp. I''d have to make an effort to blink and other weird stuff. Thanks for the input. @SMed

I only started getting within the past three months after doing CF and O-lifts since Feb.

The funny thing is that they were never triggered while I was actually squatting, snatching, or cleaning. It always happened while I was warming up – climbing a rope, walking lunges, overhead squats. One happened when I was trying to get a 47″ box jump.

One of my sister is a nurse and my other sister”s mother in law is a neurologist, so I”m getting all checked out when I go home for the holidays.

gannimal007 described it almost perfectly. When I first started getting them, all the muscles in my head and shoulders would cramp. I”d have to make an effort to blink and other weird stuff.

Thanks for the input.

]]> By: kittenSmash http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-998 kittenSmash Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:51:36 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-998 Arden is my new hero. His lumberjack skills in my town would make me a star. No PR''s, I''m sick, it blows. Still managed to get down a XL pizza in one sitting regaurdless of no appettite. Probably not a good idea, didn''t feel to well after. CF is great for some people, but scrawny dudes running around and lifting in vibrams is just wrong. Arden is my new hero. His lumberjack skills in my town would make me a star.
No PR”s, I”m sick, it blows. Still managed to get down a XL pizza in one sitting regaurdless of no appettite. Probably not a good idea, didn”t feel to well after.
CF is great for some people, but scrawny dudes running around and lifting in vibrams is just wrong.

]]> By: gannimal007 http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-997 gannimal007 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:01:09 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-997 @JEP BTW, it could also be something serious so please don''t take my advice as medical - I''m a computer programmer ... not a doctor. @JEP

BTW, it could also be something serious so please don”t take my advice as medical – I”m a computer programmer … not a doctor.

]]> By: gannimal007 http://www.70sbig.com/?p=715&cpage=2#comment-996 gannimal007 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:59:05 +0000 http://70sbig.com/?p=715#comment-996 @JEP I used to get those too ... they would come on during my warm up real strong and then linger for the rest of the day. Turns out that a few good massages by a knowledgeable therapist cleared it up. It was caused by restricted blood flow to the brain due to muscle and small tissue tension in my shoulders and neck. Hope that helps!!! @JEP

I used to get those too … they would come on during my warm up real strong and then linger for the rest of the day.

Turns out that a few good massages by a knowledgeable therapist cleared it up. It was caused by restricted blood flow to the brain due to muscle and small tissue tension in my shoulders and neck.

Hope that helps!!!

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