Friday, December 28, 2012

Squats 12/27/12

I have been sick for 4 days now but Troy guild me I had to squat, so I did.  I'm very glad he made me.

Squat
135 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 3
500 x 5 PR
405 x 12 rep PR

After that i kind of milled around trying to catch my breath and not throw up.

45° hyper
Ab strap pull downs
Neutral grip pull ups

Friday, December 21, 2012

ME Deadlift

Reverse band deadlift
bands took off 150 at the bottom and were completely slack at the top
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
515 x 2
605 x 1
655 x 1
695 x 1
725 x 1
750 x fail at like 3 or 4 inches from lockout
735 x fail, same spot, I think I could have got this if I hadn't done the 750
655 x 3

Glute Bridge
225 x 8
275 x 8
325 x 8
405 x 8

GHR
with mini band assistance
2 sets of 6
no assistance
2 sets of 3

Pullups
Ab wheel
Grip (grippers and wrist roller)

Monday, November 12, 2012

10/18/12 Lower and 10/19/12 Accessory stuff

10/18/12

Lots of warming up.  Swings, hamstring curls, mobility, etc.

Front Squat
Double up to 315
365 by 1

My lower back and hips were feeling like they were being stretched really far in the bottom of these and it wasn't pleasant so I moved on.

12" Deadlift (from bottom of bar)
worked up to 525 x 8 in 60 seconds

GHR on swiss ball
8
6
6

Ab Wheel

Jump rope, kettlebell swing conditioning
50 jumps x 3 sets
100 x 2 sets

15 swings x 5 sets
We went so that one person was swinging and one was jumping and then switched, so little rest.

10/19/12

Swings, pull-aparts, etc.

Hang Cleans
225 x 3
275 x 3
225 x 3 x 2

Two Dumbbell Clean and Press
75 x 12
100 x 4

Keg carry, prowler medley
180 keg, 250? keg, prowler

1 run 30 feet, turn, 30 feet back with each.
1 run 30 feet, turn, 45-50 feet back with each.

Then a little gun sculpting.




11-5 to 11-11-12

11-6 Upper

Various warm up things.

Axle Bench - grip was between being a close grip bench and where I would typically bench
260 x 10
300 x 41 (reps varied each set, but were somewhere from 10 to 5 per set)

BB Rows
245 x 10
295 x 10 x 2
245 x 10
I varied my grip from shoulder width to almost a snatch grip on these.

Ab wheel
grip

11-8 Deadlift

Deficit Deadlift
365 x 10
405 x 10 x 4 - 2 sets dead stop each rep, 2 sets touch and go

We did not take a whole lot of rest between sets.  I felt like throwing up after 3 sets.

Suspended SSB Good Morning
245 x 5 x 2
395 x 5
335 x 5

Leg Curl
45 x 15 x 2
45 x 20

Neck
Ab pulldowns
a little jump rope

11-9 Accessory (this turned into basically just working our arms)

Laying tricep extension with EZ Curl bar
25lb bar + chains, each set of chains is 40lbs total at the top
1 set x 10
2 sets x 12
3 sets x 12
4 sets x 10
5 sets x 8
4 sets x 8
3 sets x 10
2 sets x 12
1 set x 20
rest times were basically how long it took to load or unload chain and for the other person to go
I really like these since they are easier on the elbow.

Pullups
green band assisted
5 sets of 4

Axle curl/ chain raises superset

Curls 65 x 10
65 x 12
85 x 12 x 4

side and front raise with one set of chains
3 each of 10 reps
the last set of side raises I just used 10 pound plates

11-11 Events
I was tired and my body did not feel very good starting out.

Log
worked up to
290 x 1
300 x 1 x 4
I was just trying to work on the clean and get some moderately heavy singles in.

High pin squats
with cambered bar
worked up to 790 x 1 x 2 in 90 pound steps

Abs and grip

Jesse bought us all some food from Boxer BBQ to eat after training.  So after we got our short and not too intense workout in we ate.  It was probably the best barbeque I have had.




Monday, November 5, 2012

Training

Last week:

We decided to do a 4 or 6 week cycle of high volume stuff.

Press:
incline 8 sets of 10
weight ranges from 185 to 225

Lower:
SSB squats
8 sets of 10 with 245
These were awful, and still 4 days later I'm not walking right and have to brace myself to sit down.

Events 11-4-12

Log from rack
worked up to 310 for a single.  The press felt easy, I just need to get used to having a log on my chest again.
did some strict pressing up to 250 after.

Farmers Walk
big handles were used
245 x 80 feet x 2
295 x 80 feet x1
335 x 50 feet x 1
355 x 25 feet or so

I think the 335 was actually a PR because I'm not sure I've ever even picked that up before, so I am very please with picking and walking with 355.  Once I got my feet in the right place the 355 pick was actually pretty easy.

Bear Hug keg carry
220 x 120 x 2

Neck and ab work.

Quad Cities Strongman

I have been terrible at updated my training log the last few months.  Here is a video and brief write-up from the meet that was on 10-27-12.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E18XLiae9IM&feature=g-all-u

Axle - 250 lbs
I got to 10 reps in 30 seconds, then just got tired.  I was credited with 11 reps, and had two more overhead but just didn't get my feet stable.

Car Hold
I got 50.x seconds.

Deadlift - 525 lbs
This was from like 13 or 14 inches
I got 11 reps.  I'm happy with this, but it just confirms that my deadlift sucks.

Truck Pull arm over arm
21.x seconds

Stone - 320 lbs over 48 inch bar
I got 8 reps.  My lower back was torched from the deadlift still so these could have been better.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

10-16 Press

We decided to start pressing on Tuesday and doing lower on Thursday.  So, since we had already pressed last Thursday and again on Sunday we kept this lighter with a little higher volume.

Seated Axle (no back support)
170 x 8 x 3
170 x 5

Pull Ups
Some

DB Bench
100 x 10 x 3

Axle Rows
210 x 5
210 x 8 x 2 or 3

Landmines
some

Bear Hug Keg Carry
180 or so for 4 carries between 100 and 200 feet