T-Bar 7 plates 3 weeks out!

[TooPowerful4u]

At 209lbs. Not too shabby eh? Cant stop goin heavy im a retard haha....anyway.... wish my phone would take longer than 15 second clips! I got 10, this shows 7

http://youtube.com/watch?v=txuHNUHmpuU&mode=user&search=

 

[Tom]

lighten up

not a flame cuz i got alot of respect for you and what you've accomplished over the last couple of years. that weight is way to heavy, those are more like shrugs, you're not bent over at all. i honestly think if you take 2 plates off and bend further at the waist you will get alot more back thickness. sorry for my honesty.

 

[oldfella]

While it may be impressive, which it is, you need to back off! You are tempting fate and begging for an injury! Good work tp but please back down!

 

[TooPowerful4u]

Actually.... i did bend over more with 5 plates and KILLED 12 easy reps... so figured id go up.... 6 plates for 12 was not too tough either, i realize it was kinda sloppy, but i assure you, i felt it where i needed to and nowhere else. I dont ever mindlessly move weight. My lower lats were PUMPED and exhausted after that set. I dont do T-bars for thickness, i do them for lower lats. Elbows low, out, and back. I row to my stomach. I just felt like goin heavy today...i actually came home today and looked at my back in the mirror (i have mirrors set up to i can look up and view my back on a mirror behind me) and i WISH it looked like that all the time!

What i USUALLY do is put on 3 25's FIRST, then the 45's, so i get a closer pull to the body and larger ROM. Im gonna go back to my old style, just felt like doing this today haha.

Its funny how you guys critique'd my form... and made suggestions.... and Jay cutler AND Ronnie Coleman do it EXACTLY like this...and iv always said they same thing you guys did when i watched their videos hahaha.


ADD: If you guys want to do T-Bars for thickness try this little trick i use.... get a VERY sturdy platform about 6-12 inches off the ground, and stand on THAT when you do T-Bars. Now you can pull to your UPPER chest and not your stomach, and there is MUCH less strain on the lower back due to the higher angle of the bar pulling you forward more. I also like to attach a handle to a lat pulldown, put the pin on the stack so it doesnt move, step up onto the aparatus (if the style of your gyms pulldown allows it) and do pullups like that to my upper chest. The contraction is AMAZING. You feel like your upper back muscles are crunching together so hard theyr gonna pop!

 

[oldfella]

Hey bro, I wasn't critiquing your form, for lower lats your form was fine. I just don't want to see you do an injury this close to your show. When I do t-bars for lower lats and insertions I do them that way also, I just get a little more stretch out in front. Be careful!

 

[TooPowerful4u]

Hey bro, I wasn't critiquing your form, for lower lats your form was fine. I just don't want to see you do an injury this close to your show. When I do t-bars for lower lats and insertions I do them that way also, I just get a little more stretch out in front. Be careful!

The stretched position is when the muscle is at its weakest point, i dont recommend going to a full stretch when going heavy. I went to full stretch with 3 and 4 plates. Once i went past that point... it was a nono (although 5 and 6 plates were with alot less "rock")

 

[buffbabeca]

good job TPU.... like OF said just be careful not to get hurt and for God sakes dont crush your nuts with the bar LMAO

 

[Wana B Big]

i thought youre form was good,

 

[db006]

thats not for back thickness???? just lower lats

 

[TooPowerful4u]

thats not for back thickness???? just lower lats

Well THAT set probably hit some thickness... but i generally use it to hit lower lats only. Mind muscle connection is a wonderful thing when you start to master it...... your mind just tells you where and how to move your bodyparts (in this case hands, elbows, chest) to feel it where you need to... and i always do.

 

[Dusty Hanshaw]

TPFU- First let me say that I thought it was a great set. I sometimes think people keep their form to tight. nobody else touched the bar and you pulled it from point A to point B easily. That will build great muscle. That being said what are your thoughts on using 25 or 35lb plates for greater contraction. I always use the 25's or 35's and feel it tears my back apart even more. What are your thoughts? Do you ever do the same?

 

[wedge]

Form is fine...

Damn good IMO. Keep it up.

wedge

 

[TooPowerful4u]

TPFU- First let me say that I thought it was a great set. I sometimes think people keep their form to tight. nobody else touched the bar and you pulled it from point A to point B easily. That will build great muscle. That being said what are your thoughts on using 25 or 35lb plates for greater contraction. I always use the 25's or 35's and feel it tears my back apart even more. What are your thoughts? Do you ever do the same?

YEP! Scroll up. I always use 3 25s first, then pile on the 45s. Much bigger ROM. Now that im close to my show, il be backing down on that weight, but today for example... im using 4 10s then adding the 45s. That should give me a VERY big ROM, and il just pump the lats full and superset with deadlifts.

 

[nosejob]

Actually.... i did bend over more with 5 plates and KILLED 12 easy reps... so figured id go up.... 6 plates for 12 was not too tough either, i realize it was kinda sloppy, but i assure you, i felt it where i needed to and nowhere else. I dont ever mindlessly move weight. My lower lats were PUMPED and exhausted after that set. I dont do T-bars for thickness, i do them for lower lats. Elbows low, out, and back. I row to my stomach. I just felt like goin heavy today...i actually came home today and looked at my back in the mirror (i have mirrors set up to i can look up and view my back on a mirror behind me) and i WISH it looked like that all the time!

What i USUALLY do is put on 3 25's FIRST, then the 45's, so i get a closer pull to the body and larger ROM. Im gonna go back to my old style, just felt like doing this today haha.

Its funny how you guys critique'd my form... and made suggestions.... and Jay cutler AND Ronnie Coleman do it EXACTLY like this...and iv always said they same thing you guys did when i watched their videos hahaha.


ADD: If you guys want to do T-Bars for thickness try this little trick i use.... get a VERY sturdy platform about 6-12 inches off the ground, and stand on THAT when you do T-Bars. Now you can pull to your UPPER chest and not your stomach, and there is MUCH less strain on the lower back due to the higher angle of the bar pulling you forward more. I also like to attach a handle to a lat pulldown, put the pin on the stack so it doesnt move, step up onto the aparatus (if the style of your gyms pulldown allows it) and do pullups like that to my upper chest. The contraction is AMAZING. You feel like your upper back muscles are crunching together so hard theyr gonna pop!

think maybe in your free time you can youtube yourself doing this motion?

reading it i can kinda see what you're saying but seeing it would be much better

as for your form, yeah, whatever. if you are feeling it great, shit ronnie coleman has the worst for ever and hes bigger and thicker than any of us.

to each their own.

BUT i do agree, that many weeks out, you should watch the amount of weight that you chose to do. injury prone you will be (in yoda voice)

 

[Dad]

Yuo know, it's really nice to see a post and discussion about TRAINING instead of drugs, drugs, drugs!

TP, even thought a lot of the guys had fun with yuo over the Workout Drink thread, it was still great to see diet discussed seriuosly. It seems that at times diet and training are ignored while people look at nothing but chemistry.

Nice job, and good luck on yuor show!

 

[blackwaterpain]

Nice lift Bro..

 

[Mackster]

Great set Toop. Let me ask ya' something. Do you worry as much about injuries when going heavy the closer to contest time?

 

[TooPowerful4u]

Great set Toop. Let me ask ya' something. Do you worry as much about injuries when going heavy the closer to contest time?

i should haha

 

[bulldog21]

Good work TP, you are looking really good bro....


For what its worth that is my working weight I use now in the offseason and I weigh 60 more pounds than you....lol.....

Good luck in your show bro....call me and let me know what how it goes....

 

[BigRick722]

what show are you doing and where?? can we see some current pics of your physique...