Weird, usually appetite is low on hot days
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I am fricking starving the last few days. I am blaming on astrological bullshitā¦
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@Koestrizer that would make sense for you, not for me, Iāve barely been training. Havenāt even been doing the basic stuff I donāt log.
@anna_5588 itās not been sunny for a few days here.
@ChickenLittle probably them damn stars, yeah. Must be that. Thatās why Iām losing my hair too, I bet.
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I fkn hate those stars
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Work for today:
Deadlifts:
4 x 5 @ 127.5kg
Thatās all she wrote.
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Why not 130 4x5, you know @Cyrrex doesnāt like those odd numbers?
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He likes them even less than I do. But that said, some are more offensive than others, obviously.
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Nah round up to 140 because three plates
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I was debating doing it at 130, but I was feeling lazy so the bare minimum will do. Saving myself for (hopefully) a good pressing session today.
Probably wouldnāt even have noticed the difference. My laziness in a similar situation would have been to avoid the work of having to load the oddball plates, but to each his own.
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In a commercial gym, thatās what Iād have done because I canāt be arsed to hunt for the plates. At home, my plates are stacked right next to where I deadlift, donāt even need to move my feet.
Work for today:
Bench:
5 x 60kg
5 x 70kg
5 x 80kg
Push press:
5 x 60kg
1 x 70kg
5 x 1 @ 75kg
Press:
5 x 10 @ 40kg
T-bar row:
5 x 12 @ SW
Cable lateral raises:
2 x 12 @ SW
Notes:
- Far too much time today taken up with wild goose chase errands, didnāt get the killer session in I was hoping. Still got some quality, and useful work in.
- Only found all the fun toys after Iād run out of time and smoked my shoulders, so will have to plan them for another day.
- Got a decent feel for my current bench max and my current push press max, which will be useful programming this day going forward. Turns out, I probably relied on the automatic spotter arms at my previous gym a bit too much, itās much harder to unrack without them. Puts bench even further down my list of ālifts I care about doingā.
- Pretty excited to have a play with some of the more fun toys too.
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So guessing from the above, that is a bit over 75 since you were able to do it multiple times? With the usual caveats (everyone different, blah blah), you should be looking to have it minimum 20 kilo over your strict. Not like overnight or anything, just something to keep in mind.
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With one of those toys being the t-bar row, something Iād do in this situation is to make that final set a dropset. T-bar rows are fantastic for that. And if youāre SUPER short on time, you can make that the only set of rows that you do and still feel absolutely nuked.
In fact, this reminded me that it might just be a good idea to do that my next deadlift workout, so thanks!
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I would imagine early to mid 80s, based on how easy those push presses where. I wasnāt prepared to push it too near max in the set up I was using. Didnāt want to be the douchebag bending bars on their first day in the gym. Lines up fairly well with your 20kg theory. Although the 60kg was actually a pretty comfortable strict press, so maybe I have more in me than I thought.
Not a bad idea at all. I was considering a 350 set, but I guess this allows for some heavier work initially.
While youāre here, I noticed a decent sized strongman log hidden away. Any tips for getting started with it?
Biggest x-factor is going to be how heavy it is empty. Doesnāt mean you need to go weigh it, but some logs are just stupidly heavy empty and could be beyond your ability to clean and/or press, which will mean just having to get a feel for it. If itās manageable though, it can be pretty easy to mongo clean. I am, yet again, NOT the technique guy, but the few little bits that are helpful areā¦
Deadlift the log: donāt row it into position. Stand up with it, pull it into your hip crease/on top of your legs, squat down, and then clean it.
Really try to not curl the log into position. That can hurt. Youāre instead trying to stand up explosively with it and use the power of some manner of triple extension to roll it into place. What can be helpful here is to have the handles pointing very far away from you at the bottom of the clean: it gives you more room to roll the log up your body. If the handles are close to you, you have little room to roll. Kegs operate off a similar principle.
ROM will be shorter, and on lighter weights, the log will feel easier to press compared to an equal weight straight bar (talking strict press here). Once you get heavy, THEN the log shows itself, because youāll really need to call in your upper back to keep it stable.
Youāre pretty much going to have to lean back when it comes to pressing large diameter logs. Just part of the game.
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Please also video your first attempts and post them here for all to enjoy.
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This has to be the quote of the day. You sir are the winner.
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@T3hPwnisher thatās an awesome run down, thank you. The log looks like a 40kg one (actually it looks like 100kg, but the internet tells me its probably 40kg), so the odds of me not being able to deal with it empty are not small. Should be a fun experience, no idea if itās something that will regularly make the rotation.
@Cyrrex I absolutely plan to, yes. Thereās nothing the internet needs more right now than videos of me man handling a 12inch log. Letās just hope I can get it up.
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Log is definitely worth keeping in the rotation in my experience. Even when I step away from strongman, Iāll keep log in the rotation. Fantastic lift, especially factoring in the clean element to it.
EDIT: In fact, regarding my more recent post on āchasing the pressā, I think the log is probably THE ideal press to build goals around BECAUSE of that clean. The axle is dandy, donāt get me wrong, but if you decide you want to press 280lbs, youāre gonna have to get jacked enough to press AND CLEAN the sumbitch. Itāll get you jacked head to toe, back to front.
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