You’re right, of course. It’s just that I sometimes peruse other people’s logs and am so impressed by what’s being accomplished and the witty prose that accompanies it. I’m just like: “I did 5 rounds of this. Felt pretty good. Umm, that’s it.”
2 Likes
3/17/2022
7:15 am
OHP, Krypteia-style
5 min airdyne
(jumps, throws)
5’s PRO OHP w/ trap bar: 60, 70, 80, 90, 105, 115 lbs
BBB: 5x10 with 90 lbs, still using TB
S/S with: 5x10 KB FSQ (36 kg bell) and 5x10 SLDL w/shrugs (pair of 22 kg bells)
5 min Airdyne
Notes: This was my first time racking a trap bar and doing OHP with one. It felt great! I kept it light (just used my 5’s week numbers). Also, work’s been crazy busy and stressful and I don’t feel the need to get in a soul-sucking workout.
4 Likes
Don’t compare yourself to me mate, you’re doing fine.
It feels totally different doesn’t it? I should do this more.
2 Likes
This is one of the main reasons I keep toying with getting a trap bar. Edit: @antiquity How much did you pay for it if you don’t mind me asking?
1 Like
We’re in the same metaphorical boat here — to the extent that your boat is a motor-yacht with multiple jet-powered inboard engines, and mine’s a leaky, faded rubber dinghy with multiple patches that’s missing both oars and is listing heavily to one side . . . 
1 Like
I can’t help but be impressed when you’re waxing poetic about the incline bench press. I can almost feel the knurling of the bar as your elegant prose transports me to your sweaty garage.
It does. If you’re like me, you sometimes choose your workout that day based on how the bars and rings are already arranged. So it does take the extra motivation to spend 11 seconds lifting the trap bar from the floor to the rack.
1 Like
So, I had a cheap TB from Amazon. Something like this, which a bought for about $120:
It was fine, but I wanted something better and started looking at this Rogue TB-2 trap bar:
It is $375 plus shipping on the website, which comes to a total of over $500 for shipping/tax to my house. I found one on Facebook Marketplace used, but in great shape, for $325. This also came with special $60(!) weight clips (OSO red axle collars). The bar is a behemoth, but can be racked and can hold much more weight. It seems like a great investment that will last a lifetime.
2 Likes
I design whole programs around having to rearrange my gym as little as possible. Why do i do TBDL instead of straight bar? I could cook up some reason about needing less warm up at 5am, but the real reason is that i have 1 straight bar and that’s already in the stands to press with.
I’m always impressed by people like yourselves ability to keep the goal the goal and make workouts up on the fly to fit that.
3/18/2022
7 am
Weight vest walk / Farmer’s walk
2 miles total
0.5 miles carrying 22 kg KBs
Notes: I have a park nearby with a 0.5 mile perimeter, which makes this easy. The Farmer’s walks are done 200 meters at a time. The first one I was able to do in one shot, the others required a “set 'em down and shake it out” midway through.
4 Likes
8:30 am
Strength work, using “eternal warrior” template
2 mile airdyne
5 rounds of 5 reps each, done circuit-style:
Low handle TB: 260 lbs
Weighted ring dips: + 28 kg
Weighted pull ups: +22 kg
1 mile Airdyne
Assistance:
3x10 DB curls (45 lb DBs)
3x8 TB shrugs (240 lbs)
3x20 pull apart so
3x20s all-out airdyne sprints
Notes: Great workout. Took pretty long, though. Maybe 75 minutes total counting warm up rounds, airdyne, etc…. I’m traveling tomorrow, so don’t mind the longer session.
4 Likes
3/21/2022
Hotel gym workout before the conference
7 am
Mobility and 5 minutes on rower
5x5e DB snatches, 50 lb DB
5x5 strict pull ups
3x20 dips
3x10 inverted rows
3x15 rope curls
3x15 sit ups
3x15 rope tricep push downs
3x15 face pulls
That’s it. Nothing too taxing or creative. I knew this was coming, so planned a deload or recovery week.
5 Likes
This seems like a really good deal to me.
1 Like
3/22/2022
Hotel gym workout before the conference
7 am
Warm ups, mobility
5 min on rower
DB OHP: 6x8x50 lb DBs
Strict pull ups: 6x8
3 min rower
3x10 leg extension
3x10 leg curl
3x15 decline sit ups
3x10 face pulls
Notes: Not the greatest workout of all time, but got some work in before starting my conference schedule. It’s funny how weights just feel heavier when on a vacation/work trip. I also never use leg curs/extensions machines, but they were here. It sure is comfier to sit on a plush seat and bend my knees compared to doing deep back squats.
4 Likes
3/23/2022
Another 7 am, hotel workout.
I gotta be honest: it’s tough for me to get down there and put in hard work while at an all day conference. Sleeping patterns differ, eating, a bit of constant stress about presentations, etc… But, I did account for it by planning this as a recovery week.
10 minutes mobility, prying goblet squats, kb halos, etc…
5 min rower
3x10 dips
3x10 goblet squats
3x5 pull ups
That was it. Nothing else. I felt lazy doing just this much, but had a talk to give in the morning and felt the need to go adjust slides. Also, I’m averaging over 7 miles a day of walking so there’s that.
Can’t wait to get back at it next Monday.
5 Likes
3/26/2022
Back in my garage. Caught up on sleep, and ready to get going again.
9 am (late start)
5 rounds of:
(with 30# vest)
1 mile Airdyne
20 push ups
10 inverted ring rows
30 squats
10 ring dips
10 pull ups
10 TB DL (185 lbs)
Notes: Took about 45 minutes. Felt good to get back into it. I am a crappy traveler, and don’t sleep as well and don’t feel as good eating out for every meal. It always takes me a couple days to acclimate back and get my motivation up to hit the gym again.
4 Likes
3/27/2022
Skipped soccer today due to timing, and did a TB2 workout instead.
10 am in garage:
10 minutes of:
3 pull ups
5 burpees
10 push ups
(got in 10 rounds)
Biked to track:
10x100y sprints
Notes: Nothing too brutal or dramatic today, but wanted some “hard” conditioning. Classes start back up tomorrow, so gotta go prep for my class now but hope to get in a hike or long walk later.
4 Likes
3/28/2022
7:30 am
(put on 30# vest and wore the entire workout)
2 miles Airdyne
5 rounds:
5 reps TBDL (280 lbs)
5 pull ups
10 KB presses (22 kg bells)
5 pull ups
1 mile Airdyne
3 rounds:
30 push ups
12 inverted ring rows
30 squats
1 mile Airdyne
Notes: This time did a lopsided WALRUS-style workout, with the first 5 rounds heavier and lower reps, and the final 3 rounds pushing up the reps with easier moves.
3 Likes
3/29/2022
Walrus-style training
(30# vest)
Circuit A
20 push ups
5 pull ups
30 squats
5 pull ups
Circuit B
20 push ups
10 inverted rows
1 Farmer’s Walk
The workout:
1 mile Airdyne
2 rounds Circuit A
1 mile Airdyne
2 rounds Circuit B
1 mile Airdyne
2 rounds Circuit A
1 mile Airdyne
2 rounds Circuit B
1 mile Airdyne
2 rounds Circuit A
Notes: Just mixing it up a bit here.
Totals:
200 push ups
180 squats
60 pull ups
40 inverted rows
4 Farmer’s Walks
5 miles on Airdyne
4 Likes
Still killing it brother. Respect 
1 Like
Thanks, brother. Glad to see you right back at it after your COVID battle.