Training Log: Entry 1814

(3) Mat Pulls 550+chains
16 reps total

Notes: 10 in the first, 3 in the second, 3 in the third.  Progressing very well this cycle.  Felt like crap coming into this today.  Need to up my calories.  Giving up 30lbs in the next contest, don't really need to worry about weight.


Yoke runs 50'
2x300lbs
4x400lbs


Notes: Originally tried this out in the street and the yoke felt like it was a million pounds.  Part of that is lack of warm up, but other issue is that street is slightly slanted.  Once I got on the sidewalk, things moved better.  Still suck at this, but now I have the means to get better.


Ghetto car deadlift dropset
5x4 plates
10x3 plates
10x2 plates
10x1 plate


Notes: Set up is still a little tricky.  With 4 plates per side, the plates kept hitting my legs.  Next time, I'm not going to put the bumper plate on, that way I can have more room.  If things still get bad, I'll add bands and chains.  Big takeaway is that I have no quads and, as everyone has said, this is in no way a deadlift.  I'm excited about getting good at this.  Squats might need to take a back seat in my programming.

Training Log: Entry 1813

AFTERNOON WORKOUT

Farmer's walks 245 per hand
3x160'

Notes: Heavier than comp weight. Figure if I get good at this, the comp will be a breeze. Ran into some mechanical failures with plates sliding off the handles, but speed is moving well.


Also, had a near death experience where I rolled 1 handle up my driveway, turned around to get the other just to hear the sound of the first handle rolling back my direction. Crouched low and caught 245lbs in my hands/with my left shin. I'm just thankful I heard it.

Training Log: Entry 1812

Log Clean and Press (clean each rep) 200lbs
1x4
1x10


Notes: Was cleaning the log like an asshole the first set, so had a little come to Jesus moment with myself and managed to improve my technique.  Was trying to use all arms before.  Once I got my hips into it and met the log with my chest things got better.  My conditioning is still terrible, need to improve on that.  Going to start alternating the log into my clean practice and emphasize the movement in my press training.


(2)Incline DB press 105
10
8
6
4 w/reactive slingshot

superset w/

GB lat pulldowns 90
5x20

Notes: Upped the incline another notch.  Going to be here for a bit.


FG D-ring chain curls
3x12

superset w/

Band pushdowns
3x25

superset w/

GB lat pulldowns 90
3x20



Keg push ups
1x20




NOTES: Helping someone move today.  Going to hit farmer's later.

Training Log: Entry 1811



(12) Chain Suspended Safety Squat Bar Squats
10x335+chains
Notes: Legs are still completely nuked from previous few workouts, so I cut out the heavy work and just hit this.  Still a ball buster, especially since I had to basically do this all quads, as my hamstrings were not engaging.  Dead stops off the chain everytime.

Axle cleans
-Worked up to 3x230
Notes: Same issue as above, trying to do cleans with no hamstrings.  Technique getting better at least.  With the log showing up in my next comp, I may start alternating this and log cleans.

Reverse hyper 320
2x8
1x10
GHR
1x10

Notes: Had to cut it a little early.  If I have time later today, I'll hit neck and abs.

Training Log: Entry 1810

AFTERNOON WORKOUT

Circuit training

20 bodyweight squats
15 sit ups
10 push ups
5 squat thrusts

as many rounds as possible in 20 minutes.


Managed 8 rounds and some change. Something work had us do. Not too bad, but my legs were still nuked from Saturday.


Good news: Yoke arrive and is assembled in my garage.

Bad(ish) news: There will be no 200lb division in the above mentioned competition. I think I'm still going to do it for fun.

Training Log: Entry 1809


Chins w/45lbs
29 reps total


Bench press 290
5x4

superset w/

Band pull aparts
5x20

Notes: Felt pretty good today. Hit the uprights a bunch on my first set, so really focused on getting set lower on the bench. Strong emphasis on being as tight as possible, which seemed to pay off. Didn't pause as much as usual, but made sure to have a long controlled pause on the very last rep of the last set to drive this home. Deload next week.


Shoulder circuit
3 rounds


DB rows 105
8x3
1x22

Notes: Hit these throughout the workout. Back is starting to feel like it used to. I've been missing this volume work.

Training Log: Entry 1808

(4) Mat Pulls 550+chains
18 reps total

Notes: Hit about 95 degrees today, which is hot for here. Wasn't really feeling the deadlift, but once I got the first rep off the floor I fell back into form. Same as last week, much better hip drive, very powerful. I am thinking the extra time on the SSB is paying off, as whenever that lift got strong, so did my deadlift.


Keg carries 182lbs
3x100'


Notes: Good rest from farmer's. First 50' were pretty quick, then a turn and the next 50 were painful, brutal and ugly. Good grip work at least.



Squat drop set
455x5
405x6
365x5
315x7
275x5
225x8
185x5
135x9
95x5
barx10


Notes: My idea from 2 weeks ago panned out. This really sucked, but it was doable. Depth kept getting better as I went, started off with right hamstring pretty pissed off but it got smoother as I went.