motivation

So after I posted last weeks training, despite be a little hung over I got motivated to train.Studying has come to a halt anyway. I couldn't train on Saturday so I benched today 315/2 and got crushed by 335 threw on a shirt 365/5 385/5 405/3 435/3 Moved on to hack squats with a cambered for a warm then on to the car deadlift pulled a few sets of triples then max out. lastly I did some 340lbs farmers walk

Week 2 of 3 weeks of hell

SO week two is done At school we are doing 6 amjor exams two quizes and have two assignments do in 3 weeks. Studying hours have been 11 to 16 in a day. Making training difficult and recovery even harder. The bench was back on track this week did a reasonablely easy 325 single narrow grip. rack pulls went wellon sunday then did stone loading and weight for height . moved tuesday to wednesday but I was still flat couldn't even pwr clean 225 so I fininshed with a 205 pwr clean and press. then just went through the motions for the rest of the training day. Thursday pulled 505 sumo this was the first time I pulled sumo since last may. The adductor seems to be healed so now I need to get the right leg stronger. Sn pulls and clean pulls are coming along

this week

Well saturday was a disaster narrow grip bench 325 just crushed me went to 4 board press and couldn't even get 405 out of the rack. CNS was completely shot. Sunday did some rack pulls went 455 conv and had my normal shaking going on no muscle syncronicity at all switch to sumo and pull 525 and shut it down to let my nervous system recover. tuesday, moved the standing press up a little more did power cleans and shoulder presses Some inclines then snatch high pulls lastly hang split snatches spliting with both sides to keep a balance between sides. Today high box squats went up to 555 for a triple and then dropped to 405 for 20 some good mornings and some bugarian split squats and I was done. I'm doing lots of single leg work right now as I've got an imbalance from right to left. My traps were killing me the last couple of days It's been a long time since I've done high pulls. We've got 5 midterms in 15 days so training studying eating and once in a while sleeping is all I've been doing

f--k yeah

So last week was nothing to write about got one solid bench workout in and one poor attempt at strongman. Basically school work buried me last week. Monday was a great upper body training day doing military press, inclines, bent over rows. Today I did bellow parallel back squats the stance was a little narrow as I was in a squat rack. I got up to a 505 single then 315/ 20 with no hip pain. I was happy with this as this was the first time since last may that I tried to back squat bellow parallel. Lately I've been doing lots of front squats and hang cleans combined with some help by a third year massage therapy student my hips are loosening up.It feels great to be training with heavier weights again. Hopefully by march I'll be back up to speed I'm not sure but I think I'm going to drop down to 198 or so. I want to compete at 198 and I don't feel like putting myself through the making weight process even though I would be much stronger at 10 to 15 lbs heavier.

jan 4 thru 17

The week of the 3rd I got two training days in. I'm also walking 5 k to school every day Gwen is picking me up after school. Week of the 10 th I got all four days of training in. Training weights are still down, but are coming back. I'm pushing the bench as I'm only planning on doing a bench only this year. I need to fix the trouble I've been having in the low back and hips. I will be still training lower body just not putting it thru meet training. Sundays training was deadlifts tire flips and farmer's walk. I think the neighborhood now have something to talk about their new neighbor I have a great road beside my house it is about 500' long and only has three drive ways off of it. It is a bit of a hill but it is prefect for farmer's, prowler, maybe even super yoke.

happy new year

So happy new year

Well I've decided that there is something seriously wrong with me I moved down on the 23rd of Dec and by the end of Christmas day I had a place to bench deadlift and use my dumbbells. By noon on boxing day I had a cardio and stretching room set up, and I hadn't unpack my clothes yet.

Joined Break away Fitness on the 28th got a squat and speed bench workout in.

Trained back on the 30th

I've trained new years day every year for the last 20 years a great way to start the year

Today I did a max effort bench 3 board press

pwr cleans

conv deads

lastly 3 sets of 3 stone loading

Because of my life has been a little crazy lately, I basically have not been training for the last four months. My body doesn't feel any better for it. My strength is way down no surprise there. Also as I was training today I noticed that my body firing all over the place I had very little synchronicity at the start of each exercise. I really hope that I will not have to lay off like that again for a long time. My goals for this year is to do a bench only at nationals in Montreal this year and to fix the issues I've been having in my hips and low back. Also to try and get some people here training for powerlifting and strongman.

The gym is closed

Well on Sunday my training was to pack the last of the plates out (1010 lbs), and the bars 450 lbs from the gym to the trailer 100 feet x many trips. I'm hoping that my life will settle down a bit next week as I will be officially moved. I will likely have to find a commercial gym to train at for a while.Anyway Happy Holidays to everyone who reads my ramblings