[fat_wilhelm]

Sweet pick! That 210 C&P each rep is manly, too. How'd it feel from a cardio standpoint?

[niagareven]

Why is sherdog shitty now and you can't read the last post if it's the first post on a new page?

[niagareven]

Originally Posted by fat_wilhelm

Sweet pick! That 210 C&P each rep is manly, too. How'd it feel from a cardio standpoint?

Thank you.

The 210 I did today was just with 1 clean, but I've been doing a lot of clean each rep lately and I like it a lot. Cleaning each rep really used to beat the shit out of me (with the axle or the log.) It used to take as much out of me as like the tire does. I think doing so much cleaning each rep when I do overhead has helped my conditioning out a lot.

[fennway4414]

That's a sick workout dude, good shit. I got my log the other day, but not my farmer's handles for some reason. You guys have to come out some time to train here.

[niagareven]

Yea dude, we gotta get a workout together again. Did you decide on if you're doing Hudson Valley or not?



Tuesday 6/24

I didn't mention this on saturday because it didn't bother me then, but on that 365 farmer pickup set I felt the same pop in my neck/trap that happened on the car deadlift at hudson valley last year (except on the opposite side) It wasn't even close to as bad though and didn't hurt me at first, but it started to bother me a bit at night and has been nagging me the last couple of days. It bothered me the whole workout but I am pushing through it because it just feels like a slight pull in my neck and nothing else is hurting unlike last time. It def effected me on squats though.

Warm up

Deadlifts (standing on two bumper plates. screw belts)
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
365 x 1 (could have gone heavier with DOH)
straps for the rest
405 x 1
425 x 1
365 x 5
-all extremely easy which I was happy about since I have become extremely weak off the floor lately. To quote dunk "you're gonna pull some PR's soon."

Squats
225 x 5
275 x 5
325 x 3
375 x 1...missed second? Belt on this set and I could name a few things on why I think I missed, but I don't feel like making excuses. I was expecting 3-4 though.
285 x 10... stopped because I'm a bitch
245 x 15... stopped because I'm a bitch

Medley--all for 30 feet
285 duckwalk, 285 duckwalk, 200 keg

Then just did a few sets of keg carries and called it.

In a couple hours I'm gonna go swim a little (but not much) and hit up the hot tub again.

[fennway4414]

I don't think I'm doing Hudson Valley. The deadline is a few days and I wouldn't be able to train for it like I would need to, I have a lot of shit coming up. I would have loved to have gotten another competition in before school starts, but hopefully I can get one during school.

I got those bumpers all but made, and my dad's friend is giving me 2 100lb bumper plates tomorrow. I'm pumped, but I can't really use that on the log, maybe on the axle, but only for max lifts. Still will be bad ass to have though in case I get that strong some day

[niagareven]

Wednesday 6/25

warm up

pull ups / suspended pushups
5 / 10
5 / 10

Close grip bench
95 x 10
145 x 5
add reverse light bands
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 3
305 x 0!
275 x 3
305 x 0 again!
265 x 5... last one was hard?
-Terrible. I was expecting to come in and hit 315 for a single. Ugh

Incline dumbbell
75s x 8
85s x 4.....arg
85s x 2! screw this

Strict press with axle (cuz andy was doing it)
140 x 5
140 x 5
-Both were a lot harder than they should have been.......?

Dumbbell rows
135 x 10 per arm
155 x 10 per arm
175 x 8 right arm, 7 left arm (ugly)
115 x 10 per arm (smaller plates for bigger ROM and strict)
115 x 10 per arm (smaller plates for bigger ROM and strict)

Reverse flies / side lateral raises / front raises / band face pulls
couple sets


Terrible workout.


On a lighter note... they made a comic about me on anotherrandomday.com

[niagareven]

Saturday 6/20

Neck's still bothering me but it's not terrible (for the most part)

Warm up

axle (clean each rep)
70 x 5
120 x 5
170 x 3
190 x 3
210 x 2
240 x 1... JUST missed a second (belt)
200 x 5 in under 60 seconds (belt) Cleaned a 6th but didn't attempt to press it because after the first rep the clips slid and the weights were sliding down the bar. It definitely messed me up a lot because I felt it on each rep. Probably would have been good for 7 in under 60 seconds if that didn't happen.
180 x 8 in under 60 seconds
-Up till the 240 set I was trying a new technique where I don't rest in the rack position and I think it'll help me a lot, I just gotta work on it more.

Yoke (used yoke #2 today)
300 x 50 feet... felt it in my neck a bit on this set only
500 x 50 feet
add belt
600 x 50 feet (easy)
650 x 50 feet! PR and felt awesome. I would have finished it with no drops but it slid off my back around 35 feet and I had to repick it up. YES. Beltless yoke is the way to go.

Farmer holds
135 per hand x ? (hurt a bit... should have stopped)
225 per hand and put down after the pickup. This killed my neck really bad. Shit

Shrugs (double overhand for grip work)
225 x 30
275 x 15
325 x 8
415 x 10 (straps just to go heavier. This set hurt my neck so I backed down again)
275 x 15, might have done this again.

We came to the conclusion that my grip is decently strong I just really need to work on grip endurance so I'm gonna keep the high rep strapless shrugs in and when I can, lighter farmer holds for long holds.

Disappointed about my neck but the only thing it seems to hurt on is farmers, so I'm just not going to do them next week or the following and then hopefully I won't aggravate it and then with the week off before the contest it'll be ok to go on the frame.

[fennway4414]

Sweet yoke dude. What is Hudson Valley for middleweight, 630 right? You should crush that. I may try a heavy yoke tomorrow to see where I'm at, I don't think I could even pick up the 690 at the contest.

[niagareven]

For middleweight (200 - 231) it's 690. For lightweight (under 200) it's 630. I hope all this yoke I've been doing pays off because my knee's are killing me.


Tuesday 7/1

Feeling beat up. My back is still tired/sore from saturday. My forearms and wrists are killing me and my knee's have been aching. Decided to keep today (and probably tomorrow) reasonably easy and try a couple different things.

Extra long warm up

Axle power cleans
120 x 5
160 x 3
180 x 3
Add wrist wraps because my wrists/forearms were killing me
200 x 2 PR
200 x 3 PR
180 x 6

5" deficit deadlift (DOH, no straps) / front squats
1 warm up set
315 x 5 / 235 x 5
315 x 5 / 235 x 5
315 x 5 / 235 x 5
-The plan was to do squats / deadlifts / front squats for 3 reps each (and to go heavier than I did) but on the warmup set the back squat started to bother my neck so I decided to scrap them and stay a bit lighter.

5" deficit deadlifts (added straps)
385 x 3 - hips shifted on the 3rd rep so I stopped. They were easy though
365 x 5

Couple sets of side bends with 80lbs kettlebell. Stopped because I felt uncomfortable.

Was gonna do some grip work but my forearms were throbbing at this point. Called it there. Workout took less than an hour.