this week

the video here is an axle clean and press the bar is two inches in diameter and the tires do not rotate very hard to lift. the weight is 230 lbs with the two tires.

Fridays training was the same old thing I bumped up the weight where I could. My denim is so big it is useless so I tried the bigger katana again. I finally got it working good after I had Gwen cut the back out of it.

Sunday squatted 475 for 5 sets of 3

deadlift put my new suit on and pulled up to 455 with the straps down this was good for today as I still don't trust my hip and I think it was a good call as it is very tight right now

then we went out and did axle lifts followed by axle deads over hand grip I got up to 280 and Pat was the only one to get 310.

lastly I did some belt squats and rev hypers

meet training starts

built a new bar this weekend ,more for strongman type training. With it I can use the same grip that some of the events have.

So meet training starts and I'm officially 40 lbs lighter than this time last year. Man is this causing me some grief. I've totally changed the way I am setting up on the bench. This is coming along and I have a shirt coming from Ginny. I'll work with the polys when I have time to figure them out. I also have to learn how to squat again. Right now if I do three squats all three will be different. No big deal just no bands this time all free squatting :-(

Friday

cls grip bench worked up to 295/3 missed 315 for 3 (got 2) I was pissed it's been years since I missed 315 blew up 335 for a single

5 board press up to 465/3

4 board 405/3/3

denim shirt 365/3 385/3 405/2 425/1 shirt is so big that pulled all way down 365 barely slowed down.

face pulls and tri push downs 3 sets of 10

Sunday

no strongman training this week

squats 405/5/4

6" rack pulls 515/1 It's been 9 years since I injured my low back and the conv dead has never came back. My record from 2000 for this is 565. good thing I can pull sumo.

belt squat 4 sets of 10

45 deg back raise 4 sets of 10

Sunday

Training is going well. My right hip is still giving me problems with squating and sumo deadlifting. Still having problems setting up on the bench with a shirt on. My body weight is almost where I want it and my strength is slowly coming back. I even set a 25 pr on suspended goodmornings this week. Today I bench with rev green bands and missed a 10 lbs pr it was close. Then put on an old shirt and worked up to a 525 single. The rest of the guys squatted with bands. Then we went out and did some log lifts mainly for reps. We also fooled around with some grippers in between log lifts sets. It was a farly good day, but we really need to get outdoors again.

will spring ever come

Well I was sick again this week which is more than likely why Saturdays training sucked so bad. I've had to change my training up, and one of the things I've almost cut out is the strongman stuff until I can stop my diet and start eating a bit more. today was chest day for me nothing exciting. The guys did some farmers walk up the hall and back which was almost an obstacle coarse. Then they did some farmer deads for triples with a thirty sec hold after the third. next was good mornings from chains. and last they did crucifix hold I might have participated a little.but I can't say as my wife may read this.lol

last post for awhile

I'm getting farely beat up right now and I still have at least three weeks of dieting left. What ever I injured in my right leg back in January, flared up again dead lifting on Sunday. I'm having trouble walking around right now let alone squatting. Todays bench training was depressing as I barely bench 315 for 3 and 335 buried me I tried benching in the katana again I can now touch with 365 easy. This shirt isn't going to work for me when I set up keeping the shirt down I lose two inches of arch. If I set up high the shirt ends up at my throat. I give up. Any way enough whining I knew I was going to have some problems when I got my weight down.

de bench

De bench with dbl minis 195/3/3 215/3/3 235/3/2
2 board tri press with dbl minis 195/10/2 sets
rear lat pulls 3 sets of 10
cable row 1 set of 12
hammer curls super set 2sets of 10 1 set of 20
with side laterals 2 sets of 10 1 set of 20

Skinny and weak

Well we started today out with 2" rack pulls there were a few prs today but I wasn't one of them I pull 525 which is 110 lbs off my all time best. then we went on to log lifts everyone lifted great with pat getting 245 and dallas getting 255 I got 215 but after easy cleans with 225 I couldn't press it . log floor press was next there was some great efforts put in, with the log last weight be 325. Last was the tire flip Dallas did his 30 or so reps as the rest of us worked in and out on the other side. All in all I had fun today and I am looking forward to next week off strongman training. It is very demanding training.