Becoming Canis dirus - SvenG's Training Log

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d4

Wednesday - 25 February 2026
Workout: Bench + squat, 1315-1415 (60 minutes)

Jumps/“throws”

Begin: 1521; End: 1404; Duration: 43 minutes
Squat - 240 lbs - 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Bench - 180x3, 205x3, 230x3, 205x3, 230x3, 255x8 (rep PR)
Ab wheel - ramp (14) - 10, 10, 10
Wendler row - 125 lbs - 10, 10, 10
Arnold press - 2x35 lbs - 10, 10, 10
Neck flexion - 30 lbs - 10, 10
Chin-up - BW - 10, 10
OH triceps extension - 69 lbs - 10, 10

Assault bike - 5 minutes

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

Main work in 23 minutes, supplemental in 14 minutes, assistance superset throughout.

With that work behind me, there’s just one more lifting workout left to go in God Sven is a Beast!

Everything felt strong today: The last set of squats was just perfect, and all the bench work was dialed-in!

I did 250x8 in April 2022 and 265x6 a few weeks later in May 2022, so technically I only needed 7 to slot right in between there, but I wanted 8 and I got 8. The last rep was maybe a bit slow, but solid: Definitely not a grinder!

Not much else to say, really, so we’ll leave it there for now!

Onward and upward!

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Nice PR!

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@Friedrich - Thank you! One more to go… Fingers crossed. (Haha!)

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d4

Wednesday - 25 February 2026
Workout: Easy conditioning, 1950-2010 (20 minutes)

Assault bike - 15 minutes

Done!

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Dj Khaled GIF (GIF Image)

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@aholding88 - Awesome! And here we go again…

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d5

Thursday - 26 February 2026
Workout: Deadlift + press, 0815-0930 (75 minutes)

Jumps/“throws”

Begin: 0829; End: 0917; Duration: 48 minutes
Deadlift - 250x3, 285x3, 320x3, 285x3, 320x3, 355x9 (rep PR)
Press - 115 lbs - 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Deficit reverse lunge - L/R - 2x45 lbs - 10, 10, 10
CS DB row - 2x60 lbs - 10, 10, 10
Incline DB press - 2x75 lbs - 10, 10, 10
Ab mat crunch - 10 lbs - 10, 10
EZ curl - 55 lbs - 10, 10
Rope pushdown - 40 lbs - 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 18 minutes, assistance superset throughout.

That top set means I went 4 for 4 this week!

Needed 8, wanted 9, got 9. There might’ve been a 10th in there, too, but I could feel it getting pretty hard around rep 7 or 8, and I didn’t want to let it get ugly for the sake of greed: They were all super-solid reps. I pulled 350x8 back in December 2022, so today is a +5 lbs and +1 rep increase over that. (Oh, and straps on for the tops set, but only the top set.)

And I could see a vein in my left trap popping—trap veins: That’s always something special, haha!

Rest of it was solid, too—in fact, I realized that the supplemental work this week, though the heaviest of this cycle, was almost an afterthought after all these PR sets—but there’s no doubt I’m straight up tired here on the other side of it.

Onward and upward!

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Awesome work in here with the PRs lately, love seeing the payoff come at the end of a long program.

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Nice benching Sven. 255 for 8 is strong man. :flexed_biceps:

Congrats on that PR on those deads too.

Heck of a good training week so far.

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Good work brother

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Another PR :partying_face: Congrats!

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You are on a PR roll!

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This is starting to read like @Cyrrex training log. Oh I am tired - PR, oh I didn’t have a great session - next session double PR.. LOL Quality

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@BrandonCrawford, @shaneinga, @wardog2k, @ChickenLittle, @Friedrich, @simo74 - Thank you all! It’s been a good week, no doubt about that.

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d5

Thursday - 26 February 2026
Workout: Easy conditioning, 1915-1935 (20 minutes)

Assault bike - 15 minutes

Maybe should’ve stopped the coffee a bit earlier this afternoon: I managed 11+ calories/minute tonight, and I was really only pushing the last 60-65 seconds, once I realized it was within reach.

(I’ll probably regret it tomorrow when I’m in the middle of that EMOM, though—haha!)

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d6

Friday - 27 February 2026
Workout: Conditioning + calves, 0755-0830 (35 minutes)

Standing calf raise - BW - 3 minutes
Reps: 132

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

EMOM - 15 minutes
Cluster - 115 lbs - 3

Actually feeling pretty good today—just need to manage my activity v. recovery carefully over the next few days: If I let up too much, I’ll crash, and I definitely can’t afford that as I head into the next few weeks. (Not that there’s ever a “good” time to crash…)

As it is, I’m happy to be done with that one!

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God Sven is a Beast - Anchor - 2026.c7w3d6

Friday - 27 February 2026
Workout: Easy conditioning, 2055-2115 (20 minutes)

Assault bike - 15 minutes

That’s it—finally!

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God Sven is a Beast - 2026.c7w3d7

Saturday - 28 February 2026
Workout: Easy conditioning, 1135-1200 (25 minutes)

3 rounds of:
Pull-up (strict, various grips) - BW - 5
Push-up - 10
Air squat - 15

Assault bike - 15 minutes

That’s done, and so is God Sven is a Beast—it was awesome!

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2.5K(-ish) Swing Challenge - Day 1 of 5

Sunday - 01 March 2026
Workout: Swing & press, 1120-1210 (50 minutes)

5 rounds of:
a) 10 swing, 1 press
b) 15 swing, 2 press
c) 25 swing, 3 press
d) 50 swing
Time: 43:43

Swings: 500/2500(-ish)

Wow—that sucked!

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I believe you!

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