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05/03/15

Hapkido Class- Worked right back through my 1st Dan material. Have been a 1st Dan for nearly 8 years now and have spent probably 3-4 years of that time, and the last 8 months, away from training. Did some bridge and roll ground work and tweaked my neck and upper back doing it. Continued on with the class and was throwing and getting thrown around for the next 30 odd minutes. Needless to say the neck and upper back was stuffed pretty much after class.

Cheers. Thanks mate.

That was my main concern with the heel. I am planning on building my own lifting platform soon so oly lifting may get more of a run in the near future.

Brilliant. I am a 12 in Adidas runners so that should suit.

Have found a local store who price match so may be able to try them on and still get a good deal.
http://mmafightstore.com.au/store/adidas-power-perfect-ii/

So I'm going to get some lifting shoes. Purely for squatting and any other oly lifting that I do.
Not planning (at this point in time) to do any crossfit although I can't rule it out down the track.

Main question is:
- Does the heel height, and more specifically the height difference between the fastlift and adipowers, really matter? Is 0.1 of an inch going to make any significant difference? I can pick up a pair of fastlifts for $119-$180 whereas the adipowers are going to set me back nearly $300.

I've looked at the following shoes-   
- Fastlift 335
- Adidas powerlift
- Adidas power perfect
- Adidas adipower
- Reebok crossfit lifter
- Nike romaleos

I'm leaning towards the fastlift purely from a pricing and accessibility perspective. I can try them on at two different locations to get the sizing right, etc.

Have also just seen these ones which I've never heard of before but heel height for my height would be over an inch.
http://www.undergroundelite.com.au/UGE-Weightlifting-Shoes.html

Also these just to confuse the matter further
http://www.weightliftingspares.com.au/product/sabo-weightlifting-shoes/

This is seriously a confusing area.

Long story short, are the inov-8 fastlift 335s a good shoe or is there a good enough reason to spend more on something else?

 

02/03/15

ELBOWS FORWARD!!!

Squats-
bar x 5
60 x 5
80 x 5
100 x 3
107.5 x 5

Incline Bench (fat gripz)-
bar x 5
40 x 5
67.5 x 5, 5, 5

Had to cut out dips today. Left shoulder/1st rib area still bugging me. Benching was find but dips were pushing it.
I really need to write a checklist of reminders and stick it on the wall of my gym. I have been getting more things right lately and elbows forward was the latest one. I actually noticed it in a vid I was watching on youtube and threw it in the mix. Created a ridiculous amount of stability more than what I had previously. 107.5 felt like 80 today. Such a good feeling.

27/02/15

Total Cals- 3,464

Wide Grip RDL-
60 x 5, 5

High Pull-
80 x 3, 3

Snatch Grip DL (straps)-
100 x 5

Parallel Barbell Rows-
40 x 8, 50 x 8
60 x 6, 6, 6

Pull Ups (bar)-
4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2 (33 reps)

Snatch Gip DL felt pretty easy. Obviously using straps helps a heap.
Aiming for 10 x 5 on the pull ups. Once I hit that I'll try to get the 50 reps in less sets and go from there.

26/02/15

Total Cals- 2,215

Hapkido Class- First time back in a while. Got put through the paces doing heaps of kicks and punching combinations. Got thrown around a heap too for the last 30 mins which is great for fun but the body is certainly a bit sore now.

24/02/2015
Rest Day

Total Cals- 1,833
(P-203, C-59, F-127)