[fennway4414]

Originally Posted by niagareven

There is no where around here that you can buy it, but if you order it from jackals it will more than likely get here before saturday. They ship same day and it usually gets here within 2-3 days. Jackal's Gym - Home

If worse comes to worse you can borrow some of ours, but getting it here in time shouldn't be a problem.

Alright, I just ordered some. I'm not sure how I didn't think of this before today, but it dawned on me while at the gym. I just hope it gets here by Friday.

[niagareven]

Tuesday 5/20

Felt terrible and groggy all day. I barely left the couch at all and kept putting off working out. Finally forced myself to get up around 4:00. Headed down to the dreaded Synergy to workout because it was pouring and I didn't feel like pulling everything out of the garage into the rain. Between not having to pay to workout, and the girls, it was worth it. That's the one thing I miss about going to this stupid place

warm up at home

front squats
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 5
235 x 3
285 x 1 felt heavy
285 x 1
305 x 1
305 x 1
325 x 2 PR (belt)
275 x 5
-the bars at synergy felt much more comfortable for front squats than my bar

back squats (very close stance ATG)
225 x 10
275 x 5
315 x 5

Stiff leg deadlifts
275 x 10
365 x 6
325 x 5
-was planning on going heavier on these but the 365 set toasted my back for some reason today


Stood around contemplating if I should do abs or not for like 10 minutes but decided against it because the stupid gym was so packed and everyone was already staring at me as it was. I will do them in the morning and hit up some burpees or sled.


Gonna go down to jersey with dunk on saturday to watch him compete so I won't be hitting events then. Friday I'm gonna probably do some farmer picks/holds, rows, and shrugs.

[niagareven]

I wound up sleeping late and then being lazy and not doing abs and burpees on wednesday. Oh well.


Friday 5/23 - Back and legs are still sore from tuesday....

Warm up

Sled
2 plates x 200 feet for a few sets switching forward and backward

farmers
135 x 100 feet with a turn
225 x 80 feet - slow and felt heavy
225 x 80 feet
245 x 80 feet + hold
255 x 80 feet + hold
185 x 50+ feet (carrying them back)
-my grip felt strong today. I wish i just went heavier instead of doing a few lighter sets + holds.

Bent over rows
135 x 15
205 x 8
225 x 8
245 x 8
245 x 8
205 x 12

Barbell curls
115 x 8
115 x 8

Wrist curls

Was going to do either shrugs or stones, but my back felt beat up again so I skipped them. I may make an appointment with the ART doctor again sometime next week. I haven't really been in any pain lately like I was, but my back has been randomly getting stiff and tired lately, even just moving some boxes at work.

I'm gonna say that later tonight I'm gonna do abs + burpees again. Hopefully this time I won't be lazy. I'm also going to say that I'm finally gonna fill those two empty kegs I have on sunday, and hope I won't be lazy with that either.

[fennway4414]

Nice workout man. By the way I just got the tacky in the mail, thanks for the suggestion of Jackal's.

So tomorrow, how do they run this, do the HW/LW/open/novice all go at the same time? I wouldn't mind watching Dunk while I was waiting around.

[niagareven]

Most contests run two people at a time. It'll probably be something like masters/heavies on one side, and novice/lightweights on the other.

[fennway4414]

Dunk is in the open LW right?

[niagareven]

yeah

[fennway4414]

They never posted the competitor's list, either. It would have been on the anvil message board right?

[niagareven]

Not everyone posts competitors lists. I don't think the promoter of this contest even posts on the anvil. Originally I thought Keller (the NJ state chair) was running this event, or helping out with it and he normally posts the list a few days before, but now I don't think he's involved in it.

[niagareven]

round 2

stretching, pvc, traction

1 legged sit ups
2 sets of 10 per leg
-I hooked one leg under my couch and had the other leg above the couch (not touching it.) I felt these in my abs a lot more than doing it on a decline bench and only hooking 1 leg

Couple sets of planks and side planks

100 burpees in 6:25 (23 second PR)