Training Log: Entry 1665

(6) Chain Suspended Bench Press 350
1x7

Chins
200 total

Wide grip axle press 150bs
5x10

Notes: May be changing this soon.  Starting to get intense.

Meadows rows 102.5
5x8

Pull aparts
200

Pushdowns
100

Axle curls
50

Training Log: Entry 1664

(14) Chain suspended squats 560
1x7

Notes: Was hitting the chains awkwardly throughout the set, but still got in a good grind.

GHR
3x10

Reverse hyper 295
3x10

GHR sit up 35
3x6

Front squats 225+chains
3x10

Front squat/squat superset 225+chains
10/10

Notes: Added another set of chains.  Knees still achy, seeing if cutting barweight helps.

Training Log: Entry 1663

(24) Chain Suspended Seated Overhead Press 230
1x5

Notes: Hit the chains pretty awkwardly on rep 3.  Just not having a great time this cycle.  The plus is that the first rep always flies up, which should hopefully be some decent carryover to single rep work.

5 minutes of chins
55+30

Closer Grip Bench 250+chains
5x10

Grenade ball hammer curls against short minibands
5x10

Notes: Still screwing around here, but like what I got going on with this. Going to work up with band progressions, getting up to 5x15 before starting over with a thicker band.  Got a bunch of these, so should keep me occupied for a while.

Lateral raise/pull aparts

Notes: Starting doing some heavy cheating with the lateral raises.  Holding on to the side of the power rack and just swinging the arm.

Kroc Rows 150
17

Dips/Mechanical Advantage Drop Set push ups

Training Log: Entry 1662

(7) Mat Pulls 650
1x7

Notes: No juice today, but that happened last cycle as well.  Will see what happens next week.  Still in uncharted PR territory.  I used to stall with at this height at around 560, so this is still a marked improvement.

Kettlebell swing
3x10

Reverse hyper 295
3x8

Ab wheel
3x18


SSB Squats 275+chains
3x10
1x20

Training Log: Entry 1661

(7) Chain Suspended Bench Press 350
1x8

Notes: Got up at 0530 to make this work.  Think I'll be making that a regular thing.

Chins
210 total

Wide grip axle press 145bs
5x10

Meadows rows 100
5x8

Pull aparts
200

Pushdowns
100

Axle curls
50

Training Log: Entry 1660

(15) Chain Suspended Squats 560
1x8

Notes: Been a while since I was working around this weight, and it feels so much better.  Have high hopes for this cycle.

Crazy drop/super set (each weight listed was 5 front squats followed by 5 squats)
315
275
225
185
135
95

Notes: Was squeezed for time, so just did something intense.  It's the next morning right now, and DOMS is already pretty decent.  Will need to work abs and lower back some other time.

Training Log: Entry 1659

BIG NOTE:

Wife gave birth on the 29th.  Brought home a beautiful and healthy daughter.  Spent 2.5 days in the hospital, eating as well as I could and finished up my deload with 200 push ups, 100 chair overhead presses, and some towel dislocations.  Trying to get in as many workouts as I can while I have family in town to help.  After that, workouts may start getting abbreviated.

(25) Chain Suspended Seated Overhead Press 230
1x5

Notes: Couldn't really get a great set-up here.  See what happens next week.

5 minutes of chins
57+30

Notes: Worked sets of 8s, 4s and 2s this time, rather than trying for a big set at the start.  Seemed to work out much better.  30 later in the workout.

Closer Grip Bench 245+chains
5x10

Axle curls 65+miniband
5x10

Notes: I really need to get more disciplined on my curl training, but I honestly hate them and how they disturb my elbows.  I keep just doing random crap rather than sticking with anything.

Lateral raise/pull aparts

Notes: Starting doing some heavy cheating with the lateral raises.  Holding on to the side of the power rack and just swinging the arm.

Kroc Rows 150
17

Dips/Mechanical Advantage Drop Set push ups