recovery week

bench 225/5 245/5 265/5
pin press 225/3 275/1 315/1
chins bw/8/3 sets
rev pull down 8/3 sets
super set curls and over head ext 8/3 sets
pin press was at chest level when arched robo inspired me to do these I stopped at 315 even though I had 345 on the bar this is to be a recovery week. I'm not even training with robo and I still want to compete.

box squatting

Well it was 20 below outside so we were stuck inside for todays training. We started off with high box squats, to give the guys a feel for the squats we usually see on the strongman videos. I took a max as I wanted to see where my squats were at. I ended up with 680 for a 80 lbs record. next we did fat bar supports kind of like picking up the super yoke. I'm not sure where everyone ended up but a few us of took 765 for 15 seconds or more and Dallas ended up with 815 for 15sec. next was fat bar deadlifts a first timer Pat kick out asses with an easy 285 these lifts were done standing on a 4' platform and the bar is 2 1/2' diameter, it kicks the crap out of our grip. We finished with calf ham glutes. Allot of fun today and with six of us training the rest times were perfect.

arching

Fridays training was a slow go worked on improving my arch I spent a lot of time since may improving flexibility in the hip flexers so I can get my legs under me now. the first bench is my old set up and the second is how I'm setting up now. With out a shirt I bench more to my chest but when I've got a shirt on I'm a belly bencher.

training was de bench with dbl minis 185/3/3 205/3/3 225/3/2

three board tri press with dbl minis 245/6/3

one arm row 120/6 140/6 160/6

abs 3 sets

cell phone training

This is a heavy day when no one is home I put the cell phone on the floor beside me, because if things go wrong thats where I'll be. So thats safety taken care of then I just go for it.
med stance squats 335/5 385/3 425/2 I broke form slightly on the second as I was setting up to do a third rep I spotted the cell phone and decided to rack it and save my self for another day see it works
sumo deads against dbl minis 135/1/4 185/1/2 225/2 275/1 315/1
glute hams 8/3sets
conv dead 225/20
abs 6 sets

bench

Well I think last weeks training was a result of getting up at 2:00am. yesterday went great and today was good also.

Bench 257/5 315/3 345/2

dumbbell incline 120s/10,5,3

chins bw/5 +20lbs/5 +40/3 +50/2

rev grip lat pull super set with blue band push downs 3 sets of 10

hammer curls super set with hanging leg raises 3 sets of 10

So today was a kind of test for the bench as I start in to meet training in two weeks normally I would have singled up to see where I was at but this was the training I've been doing. Last year when I tested in the middle of Nov I singled up to 325 weighing 5 lbs more than I do now. In fact I didn't hit 345 until January and by then I was 220 15 lbs heavier. I'll test the squat on Sunday.

great day

After having so so training all week today was awesome. we started with deadlifts with the farmer's walk implements everyone getting personal bests. Next we did some cambered bar goodmornings working up to a heavy single. lastly we did stones to a 49" platform Dallas got the 285 stone up Steve was so close. I got the 245 stone high enough but missed the platform this was the first time I've even come close. Jeremy worked hard trying to figure out how to pick the 205 stone this was his first time in the ended he got it and then just missed getting it on the platform.

this week so far

I'm moving training times around this week I committed to doing morning cardio which means getting up at two am this week so I can get to work at four. I'm not sure yet if it's the early mornings or the dieting that is the reason for my less than stellar training sessions.
Tuesday
bench 255/3 295/3 325/2 wanted 3
got buried with 120s for incline bench I only got 3 reps did 7 and 3 last week
finished of with chins rev grip lat pulls and tri push downs
Thursday
free squat med stance 315/3 365/3 405/4 I was happy with this as got an extra rep on max set
pwr squat 14" box work up to 440 for two then could barely get 485 out of the mono lift I did a dbl last week
suspended good morning 3 sets of 5
abs