Becoming Canis dirus - SvenG's Training Log

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d1

Sunday - 22 February 2026
Workout: Squat + bench, 1400-1510 (70 minutes)

Jumps/“throws”

Begin: 1410; End: 1450; Duration: 40 minutes
Squat - 225x3, 260x3, 290x3, 260x3, 290x3, 320x7 (rep PR)
Bench - 195 lbs - 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
HLR - 10, 10, 10
V-grip lat pulldown - 130 lbs - 10, 10, 10
DB shoulder press - 2x52.5 lbs - 10, 10, 10
Neck extension - 30 lbs - 10, 10
BB curl - 70 lbs - 10, 10
Dip - 45 lbs - 10, 10

Assault bike - 5 minutes

Assistance totals:
Push - 50 reps
Pull - 50 reps
Single-leg/core - 50 reps

Main work in 21 minutes, supplemental in 18 minutes, assistance superset throughout.

It’s been awhile since I got to bold a set and make that note in parentheses—looks like it was all the way back to 305x15 during Super Squats in January 2024.

Knew I had it during that second set at 260, too, because I had been waiting for 290 to bury me, but it didn’t.

In any case, I’m pretty happy because it’s been a long time, because I needed 6 and got 7, and because they were pretty clean reps: I was working hard, but it wasn’t an eye-popper. In fact, I probably could have had 8, but I paused for about 6 deep breaths after the 6th rep, just to make sure I didn’t miss out of haste: I think I actually wasted a lot of energy there, because everything felt pretty awesome until that 7th rep, which felt just terrible. Oh well—I’ll get 8+ next time.

All the rest of it was solid, too—definitely a good day and a great way to start the last week of God Sven is a Beast!

Onward and upward!

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The beast training cycles paying off here mate, congrats on the PR!

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@raven78 - Thanks, mate! That one felt good—right up until that last rep, haha.

@Friedrich - Just realized I missed a reply here: I’m of the opinion that tabata workouts will have their own special place in hell when all this is said and done.

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d1

Sunday - 22 February 2026
Workout: Easy conditioning, 1845-1905 (20 minutes)

Assault bike - 15 minutes

I know it’s only a few hours later, but my legs are talking back already—and that’s good, because sometimes I wonder if I work hard enough, but every now and then my body reminds me: We’re right on track!

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I first learned about them by doing them at the end of every workout. I did a push/pull split at the time and every day ended with 8 rounds of tabata squats. The goal was about 15 reps per round and if you hit that on the final set, you got to add weight the next workout. These justified the 12 person ice bath they had in the training room at the Olympic Training Center. We were all in it at the end of the day.

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Nice squat PR Sven!

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PR Party! :partying_face:

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@shaneinga, @ChickenLittle - Thank you! What say we do it again?

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d2

Monday - 23 February 2026
Workout: Press + deadlift, 0905-1015 (70 minutes)

Jumps/“throws”

Begin: 0915; End: 1002; Duration: 47 minutes
Deadlift - 275 lbs - 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Press - 105x3, 120x3, 135x3, 120x3, 135x3, 150x7 (rep PR)
Bulgarian split squat - L/R - 2x45 lbs - 10, 10, 10
Decline DB press - 2x75 lbs - 10, 10, 10
Wide-grip cable row - 140 lbs - 10, 10, 10
Russian twist - L/R - 20 lbs - 10, 10
Skull crusher - 2x35 lbs - 10, 10
Pull-up - BW - 10, 10

Assault bike - 5 minutes

Assistance totals:
Push - 50 reps
Pull - 50 reps
Single-leg/core - 50 reps

Main work in 25 minutes, supplemental in 16 minutes, assistance superset throughout.

I’m in!

That was a tough set: My left shoulder started barking after the second set at 135, and it’s really not happy with me now after the fact, but I needed 7 and I got 7—PR party indeed!

I’ve taken 160 for as many as 5 way back in February 2023, and 165x1 at two different points in 2022 and 2023, but 140x7 in April 2022 and 150x6 in December 2022 were the best sets in this rep range.

The last two reps were definitely a struggle, and I might’ve been leaning back a touch, but I was working hard to make sure my legs didn’t enter the equation. In the end, it was a solid effort, and I’m happy—PRs are hard to come by these days, and even more so for the press.

The rest of it was once again solid, but I am totally exhausted here on the other side of it.

Onward and upward!

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Heck yeah, another PR. Nice job Sven!

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WhooHoo! Another PR Party :partying_face:

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Gotta love a PR! Woot!!!

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Still working hard and still hitting PR’s. Quality

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@shaneinga, @ChickenLittle, @BethB, @simo74 - Thanks, my friends! PRs are awesome—and part of what this anchor is all about—but I can’t celebrate too long: Just gotta keep cranking!

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d2

Monday - 23 February 2026
Workout: Easy conditioning, 1915-1925 (20 minutes)

Assault bike - 15 minutes

Done!

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d3

Tuesday - 24 February 2026
Workout: Conditioning + calves, 1405-1440 (35 minutes)

Standing calf raise - BW - 3 minutes
Reps: 109

Tabata burpee - 8x(20 on/10 off)
Reps: 8x5 (40 total)

EMOM - 15 minutes
Cluster - 115 lbs - 3

No pop today—feeling like I’m made of lead. Not sure if I’m under-recovered or what: I’ve been eating and sleeping well, but I woke up feeling a bit leaner this morning… Maybe I’m NOT actually taking in enough calories to compensate for these PR sets?

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d3

Tuesday - 24 February 2026
Workout: Easy conditioning, 2045-2105 (20 minutes)

Assault bike - 15 minutes

I was both pleased and disgusted to find that tomorrow is bench + squat, and not deadlift + press… Either way, that’s it for today—done!

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:rofl::rofl: I feel ya on that. Lol.

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Maybe I’m NOT actually taking in enough calories to compensate for these PR sets?

It honestly may not be a calorie thing, and simply the cost of doing business. We have punch the clock workouts where it’s a 1:1 ratio of fatigue and recovery, and then we have PR workouts where the fatigue surpasses recovery, so the follow on workout is a dud so that we generate less fatigue in order to refill the recovery pool.

I’ve learned to read the tea leaves in my training that way. Good training days are awesome, but it means I’m due for a dud in the near future. It’s kinda like midwest weather. You know that, if it’s 20 degrees today, and it’s going to be 70 degrees in 2 days, it means tomorrow is going to be a windstorm from hell to blow that weather in.

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@T3hPwnisher - You raise a good point, thanks for commenting!

Upon reflection—and in light of today’s workout, which I’ll post momentarily—I’m leaning toward this:

I may have been able to dig deeper to feel like I was going at a “normal” pace in Tuesday’s workout, but I may have been subconsciously holding back just a touch, knowing I was facing two more PR workouts yet this week.

And really, if I can be objective about it—which I’m not sure I can, haha!—there’s a good chance a timer and a video would’ve been able to show the work really wasn’t any different at all, only my perception of the work.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:

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