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Allanon · 02-18-2013, 09:12 PM

Guys, he must be doing something right. Coach has given them all goals he wants them to try to meet. He gave them to them about 2 weeks ago and they are looking at the 1st of April to try to meet them. His goal for the bench press is an increase of 15 pounds. He has not had a chance to give it a go yet. His goal on the power clean is an increase of 25 pounds. He gave it a go today and went up 5 then tried it again and went up another 5 for a total of 10 today. That was the first thing he told me when he got in the car.

LeafUF · 02-18-2013, 11:08 PM

Feels good, I know whenever my PRs go up its the first thing I want to talk about and I have been lifting for 17 years. They dont come that often anymore though.

Allanon · 02-20-2013, 09:26 PM

Well, it's happened. Our youngest has turned 16. We just got home with his car.

UFNut · 02-21-2013, 04:18 AM

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Well, it's happened. Our youngest has turned 16. We just got home with his car.

did you go with matchbox or hot wheels?

Allanon · 02-21-2013, 05:07 AM

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did you go with matchbox or hot wheels?

I'm a Hot Wheels guy.

Gatorrick22 · 02-21-2013, 04:37 PM

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I went with my 19 and 15 year old sons today to workout. Today was upper body. The 19 year old just finished his freshman year of college. He is planning to be a college football coach and has had classes on exercise and putting together health plans and workouts. He is incorporating that stuff along with workouts he did when playing high school football and basketball. He lost weight when he first went to college but he has put on 10 to 15 pounds since he started working out. He is planning to help his little brother a lot over the Summer. I'm going with them.

I'm not sure I will be able to move my arms in the morning.

Take longggggggggggggggg hottttttttttttt showers after those workouts. It helps release the lactic acid buildup in your muscles. This keeps the soreness down to a minimum.

Allanon · 03-18-2013, 04:49 PM

Leaf, its kind of funny that I saw your Facebook post this morning saying to go out and post some PRs this week. My son texted me after school and he set one on his Bench Press today at 185. We have been doing a kind of modified Smolov, Jr., just going 2 days a week since he is working out at school too. We have 2 more workouts left to complete it. I knew he was stronger now than we started it. To start at 70% of his max we started at 125. He did it but didn't think he could do 6 sets so we dropped to 65%, rounded off to 115. He did it but it was hard. He did 7 sets of 5 yesterday at 140 pounds. And only his last rep on the last 2 sets looked to be anywhere near hard. I had not heard of Smolov, Jr. until it was mentioned on here last year but it seems to be working for him.

LeafUF · 03-18-2013, 05:03 PM

Thats awesome. I bet he felt great hitting that 185 mark.

Allanon · 03-19-2013, 01:53 PM

He was doubly proud yesterday. First, for getting the 185. Second, because one of his best friends has always been 5-10 pounds ahead of him on bench. Yesterday my son got 185 and his friend got 165. He was excited to be ahead of his friend. But, as he said, his friend's bench had gone down because he was playing varsity basketball and they don't go to workout during the last period of school as they go ahead and start basketball practice. My son played junior varsity this past season so some days he was in the gym for the last period and some at the Fieldhouse working out. Plus we did workout on our own also. He was kind of amazed that his buddy dropped that much over the course of basketball season. But it also helped him realize even more the benefit of continuing to workout.

I told his brother about him going up on his bench. He said that's good. Then he added that we need to get his squat up. He wants us to get his squat up by 40 pounds before this year is over. I think we will start Smolov, Jr. for his squats too.

LeafUF · 03-19-2013, 02:05 PM

Squat should go up fast if his form is good and he hits it often. Bench is nice but real strength starts from the ground up. And it will help him tremendously in football.

Allanon · 03-19-2013, 05:45 PM

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Squat should go up fast if his form is good and he hits it often. Bench is nice but real strength starts from the ground up. And it will help him tremendously in football.

You sound like his brother. Almost exactly what he has told him.

LeafUF · 03-19-2013, 06:21 PM

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You sound like his brother. Almost exactly what he has told him.

Ha, big bro sounds like a smart guy.

Dreamliner · 03-19-2013, 07:47 PM

My two cents on squatting: make sure he doesn't add weight so fast that he subtly reduces depth over time. Establish depth and then very gradually add weight.

**gator1986** · 03-19-2013, 07:52 PM

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Squat should go up fast if his form is good and he hits it often. Bench is nice but real strength starts from the ground up. And it will help him tremendously in football.

This.... It's all about lower body strength

Allanon · 03-19-2013, 10:00 PM

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This.... It's all about lower body strength

We haven't been doing squats. He does them at school. We've been doing deadlifts in our training.

Allanon · 05-01-2013, 05:10 PM

We finished the Smolov, Jr for his Bench Press probably around the first of April. Last week he told me that he went up another 5 pounds on his bench to 190. Saturday we did his bench using drop sets. Then on Monday he went up another 5 pounds on his bench to 195. That was the goal his coach had set for him. He is really seeing and understanding how he is benefitting from the extra work we are doing.

I looked back to last year and on April 1, 2012, his bench max was 150. So he has gone up 45 pounds in the last 13 months. He has also gained 15 pounds. Reading this forum has really helped me to help him.