oct 17

Strange week this week I had to miss Tuesday deadlift workout, Wednesday had a great snatch workout. Thursday we got a speed bench day in and I added full jerks after benching. I only did 80% so it went ok but I may have to switch bench and jerks around when I start to go heavier. Saturday we squatted I did ass to grass oly squats with a pause in the bottom position. Only went to 315x3 for 5 sets, then moved on to cleans and struggled hard. Again wrong order of lifts, this is a problem when I lift with powerlifters and I'm trying to throw in some oly lifts. Also my glutes and hams started getting sore a couple of hours after squatting, and today I can hardly move around. Shows how much a change in a movement pattern can effect the body. Sunday didn't do much shirted up with a loose shirt did 405 x3 for 4 sets and 425 x3 for the fifth. I was just using the weight that my training partners were using, I meant to do a bit more training but never did. I only got a couple of cardio sessions in this week and my weight is creeping up again because my diet also sucked this week. So back on track starting today.

recovery week

So this week was a recovery week. I did a little steady state cardio mainly I study for some up coming exams. Friday I did a snatch workout and ended with trying to flip this tire. It took seven tries to stand it up twice. The video here is on Sunday after a clean and jerk training session @ 65%. I got Gwen to video me picking it up as I had been telling everyone about the new tire for next years strongman meet, I'm glad I got it on the first try. Sunday I spent an hour working on improving my arch on the bench. I posted video on Predator Barbell's Face book page, as I'm hoping to get some feed back from Clint Harwood Canada's biggest bencher. Thanksgiving is the start of the gain 10 lbs season, I know I ate way to much turkey this weekend so I'm going to have to ramp up the cardio again to try to maintain and better yet loose a little weight thru the next two and a half months

Oct 6

New addition to the strongman tire family. This one weighs about eight hundred pounds. I am going to try and flip it on the weekend, I've lifted waist high already but that is far from turning it. Body weight is up right now, it has been a struggle with all the sitting I'm doing now that I am back in school. So I've added in some metabolic training to my week. On Monday I tried to do 50 v ups, 50 kettle bell snatches, 25 push ups,50 kb swings 50 burbies, 50 kb clean and press, 50 mountain climbers, I didn't make it in 15 min so I will allot 20 min this time and hopefully not throw up. Had a good week training hit all my numbers in the squat 385 plus heavy bands for 6 sets of 2, triceps are still giving me grieve so I'm using this time to improve my bench technique and on Tuesday I pulled a 585 sumo deadlift which was great as I haven't pulled sumo in over a year.