Wed Mar 7
[b]
warmup
shoulders, low back, neck
bench
bar
135x10
185x12x3
inc db’s
75’sx8 (nerve was acting up, stopped)
serial killers
bluesx20
bluesx15
weight vest walking
medium vest x20min HR@135-145
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Monday Mar 12
[b]
warmup
shoulders, low back, neck, leg kicks/swings
full sq beltless
bar
135x5
185x5
225x5
265x3
295x3
325x5
speed free sq choked lights
225x5 (forgot to put my belt on and tweaked my lower back, dummy)
225x5
245x5
275x3
stone load chalk only
191x1x2
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Guy in the rack next to me was 2009 America’s Strongest Man for those keeping score at home.
Seriously,Id kill to have a gym like yours close to me.
I couldn’t help noticing how low your friend got in his squat.
Bulldog, bear in mind Texas gets a tad warm in the summer, like 105 in the shade . . .
Matt did you really break your finger picking up my tire?
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
Seriously,Id kill to have a gym like yours close to me.[/quote]
Where do you live? You may, and not even know it. I know quite a few big time lifters and can find out if there is anything around where you’re at.
[quote]cavalier wrote:
I couldn’t help noticing how low your friend got in his squat.
Bulldog, bear in mind Texas gets a tad warm in the summer, like 105 in the shade . . .[/quote]
Andy is a pretty good olympic style weightlifter too. He was oly style squatting.
Summer really isn’t that bad. The gym has big bay doors so it stays pretty cool.
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
Matt did you really break your finger picking up my tire?[/quote]
lol, yeah I really did!! Well Zach thinks I tore the ligaments in it, but the way it hurts I think I cracked it.
Only me… ;-D
Tue Mar 13
[b]
warmup
shoulders, low back, neck
bench
bar
135x8
185x5x2
add 3bd, paused 8’s@6
225x8
235x8x2
245x8
inc db’s
75’sx8
80’sx8
serial killers
bluesx20x2
battle ropes tabata
walking 20min HR@150-160
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[quote] Matt wrote:
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
Seriously,Id kill to have a gym like yours close to me.[/quote]
Where do you live? You may, and not even know it. I know quite a few big time lifters and can find out if there is anything around where you’re at.
[/quote]
To be honest I do know the locations of several harder core gyms here in Indiana. But none really close enough for me to justify the travel time and expense. It might be different if I wasn’t married with kids and a full time job.
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
[quote] Matt wrote:
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
Seriously,Id kill to have a gym like yours close to me.[/quote]
Where do you live? You may, and not even know it. I know quite a few big time lifters and can find out if there is anything around where you’re at.
[/quote]
To be honest I do know the locations of several harder core gyms here in Indiana. But none really close enough for me to justify the travel time and expense. It might be different if I wasn’t married with kids and a full time job.[/quote]
That is understandable, I’m married with kids also. Our gym was based out of my garage for about 5 years till I met the owner of the gym now. I am heavily involved with it as about half the equipment is mine, and thus its only 5 minutes from my house. If it was far, with work and family responsibilities, I’d still be garaging it.
That said, build your own. Then you can get the younger lifters without all the tie downs to drive and lift with you.
Here is the progression of mine over the past 8 years…
the original
[photo]36316[/photo]
getting better
[photo]36314[/photo]
1st warehouse
[photo]36315[/photo]
most current pic I have
[photo]27593[/photo]
Wed Mar 15
[b]
A1) Face Pull w/ext rotation
27.5x10x4
A2) chinups
bwx10x4
A3) one arm db rows
140x10/10, 10/re-aggravated lower back tweak from the other day. Stopped
A4) curls
35’sx10x4
Inversion table
30sec x 3 sets
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The evolution pictures give me hope for a nice warehouse gym. There is one kind of close to me but it’s pretty exclusive as I understand, competitive PL’ers only.
Nice Matt. Now im even more jealous. Ive got my own set up in my garage. The big thing with me isn’t so much the notion of actual equipment issues. It would just be damn nice to train around others with the type of mind set I have regarding lifting.
Damn, Matt, that is really spacious. Not like the places I’ve been where everything’s crammed together.
[quote]dday wrote:
The evolution pictures give me hope for a nice warehouse gym. There is one kind of close to me but it’s pretty exclusive as I understand, competitive PL’ers only.
[/quote]
I would ask if you haven’t. We run into that misconception ALL the time. New people will come in and say, “We’ve been checking out the gym for months, but thought it was only for comp powerlifters and strongmen.” We let anyone train and actually need all the people we can get to keep the bills paid and the doors open.
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
Nice Matt. Now im even more jealous. Ive got my own set up in my garage. The big thing with me isn’t so much the notion of actual equipment issues. It would just be damn nice to train around others with the type of mind set I have regarding lifting.[/quote]
Ask around like crazy. Took me 5 years in the garage to get 5 good solid training partners. They’ve all moved away now and I miss the hell out of them. NOTHING better than having a good group of lifters. It is awesome.
[quote]cavalier wrote:
Damn, Matt, that is really spacious. Not like the places I’ve been where everything’s crammed together.[/quote]
Thanks man. I love being there more than anywhere. In fact I was just there for 3 1/2 hours this morning lol.
Sat Mar 17
[b]
warmup
low back, neck, leg kicks/swings
A1) wide-stance strict reverse hypers
2plx10x5
A2) 6 way neck
10x20/20/20/20/20/20
log press
logx20
75x20x2
85x20
glute hams
+25x8
+25x7
+25x8
leg press against dbl lights
495x10
585x10x2
weight vest walking
medium 21min HR@125-135
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Real beat up from the other night. Aggravated my lower back and tweaked my neck pretty good. Just doing some recovery type stuff today. Hopefully we be back in bidness by Monday.
A real man cave has a squat rack in it! Awesome stuff!
[quote]greystoke wrote:
A real man cave has a squat rack in it! Awesome stuff![/quote]
X2
[quote]greystoke wrote:
A real man cave has a squat rack in it! Awesome stuff![/quote]
word
Monday Mar 19
[b]
warmup
shoulders, lower back
bench
bar
135x10
185x12x3
3 sec paused bench
183x3
195x3
serial killers
bluesx20x2
lat pulls
100x15x3
weight vest walking
medium x 20min HR@140-150
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Tweaked the crap out of my back putting on a pair of shorts yesterday of all things. Cranked my soft belt for the whole workout, sucked.
getting old is dumb
Hey, where do you live? Interested in buying an econo prowler and a couple 45 lb plates? I’m in Utah, but I think I could figure out a way to get it to TX