Benanything's Training Log

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[quote]Benanything wrote:
My Thoughts, Reflections, Personal Feedback:
Did this after my first day at internship and boy did it take a toll on me. Was supposed to hit 125kgs and 70kgs for 3 sets of 5 each. Internship taking a huge ass toll on me, basically doing manual labour at a factory. That was not what I signed up for. Falling sick too, coughing blood and shit. Will take a break in training. Who in the right mind would assign an Aeronautical engineering student to doing factory assembly work? God damn breathing in toxic air whilst cleaning aluminium sheets. Fucking hell. Worse part, I’m getting paid less than the other FAR more unqualified interns and I’m doing the same job. Sorry for the rant. Coughing blood does annoy me quite a fair bit.[/quote]

When given opportunities to work, trying seeing them in a positive light. And don’t put yourself on a pedestal only because of differences in education. I work in an aerospace company and have worked with very smart mechanics as well as very dumb engineers. Learning how things are made and getting hands on experience has helped in understanding the life cycle of parts from design to production and making better decisions based on overall impact. The best engineers I know have a strong understanding of impact on users throughout the entire life cycle of parts, including design, analysis, manufacturing, assembly, quality, cost, reliability, etc. If breathing in toxic air is an issue, find out how to improve safety for people doing that job for a living and appreciate them for putting up with that type of work. If your pay is unfair then you can bring that up during performance reviews or with a lead/manager. In the end, if you perform well at everything you do, work hard and always keep an open mind for learning, you’ll end up where you want to be. Hating what you do isn’t very helpful for managing stress either.

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I agree with MarkKO about tightness in your setup for squat and bench. As mentioned in the powerlifting thread, do a lot of wide grip pulling work where you focus on keeping your chest up and pulling your shoulder blades down. When pulling the bar down to set up for your squat, you can get your lats tight but it doesn’t help much if your shoulders aren’t very tight as well.

When improving technique, it can help when people tell you how to do something but sometimes you can’t do it effectively if those muscle groups don’t have enough strength. Remember that technique builds strength and strength builds technique. You currently have a weakness in stabilizing your shoulders and working on that will pay off.

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[quote]lift206 wrote:

[quote]Benanything wrote:
My Thoughts, Reflections, Personal Feedback:
Did this after my first day at internship and boy did it take a toll on me. Was supposed to hit 125kgs and 70kgs for 3 sets of 5 each. Internship taking a huge ass toll on me, basically doing manual labour at a factory. That was not what I signed up for. Falling sick too, coughing blood and shit. Will take a break in training. Who in the right mind would assign an Aeronautical engineering student to doing factory assembly work? God damn breathing in toxic air whilst cleaning aluminium sheets. Fucking hell. Worse part, I’m getting paid less than the other FAR more unqualified interns and I’m doing the same job. Sorry for the rant. Coughing blood does annoy me quite a fair bit.[/quote]

When given opportunities to work, trying seeing them in a positive light. And don’t put yourself on a pedestal only because of differences in education. I work in an aerospace company and have worked with very smart mechanics as well as very dumb engineers. Learning how things are made and getting hands on experience has helped in understanding the life cycle of parts from design to production and making better decisions based on overall impact. The best engineers I know have a strong understanding of impact on users throughout the entire life cycle of parts, including design, analysis, manufacturing, assembly, quality, cost, reliability, etc. If breathing in toxic air is an issue, find out how to improve safety for people doing that job for a living and appreciate them for putting up with that type of work. If your pay is unfair then you can bring that up during performance reviews or with a lead/manager. In the end, if you perform well at everything you do, work hard and always keep an open mind for learning, you’ll end up where you want to be. Hating what you do isn’t very helpful for managing stress either.
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Thanks for the advice man, I’ll keep it in mind.

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[quote]lift206 wrote:
I agree with MarkKO about tightness in your setup for squat and bench. As mentioned in the powerlifting thread, do a lot of wide grip pulling work where you focus on keeping your chest up and pulling your shoulder blades down. When pulling the bar down to set up for your squat, you can get your lats tight but it doesn’t help much if your shoulders aren’t very tight as well.

When improving technique, it can help when people tell you how to do something but sometimes you can’t do it effectively if those muscle groups don’t have enough strength. Remember that technique builds strength and strength builds technique. You currently have a weakness in stabilizing your shoulders and working on that will pay off.[/quote]

If I do something like band pull aparts on a regular basis, will that help to remedy my weaknesses over time?

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[quote]Benanything wrote:

[quote]lift206 wrote:

[quote]Benanything wrote:
My Thoughts, Reflections, Personal Feedback:
Did this after my first day at internship and boy did it take a toll on me. Was supposed to hit 125kgs and 70kgs for 3 sets of 5 each. Internship taking a huge ass toll on me, basically doing manual labour at a factory. That was not what I signed up for. Falling sick too, coughing blood and shit. Will take a break in training. Who in the right mind would assign an Aeronautical engineering student to doing factory assembly work? God damn breathing in toxic air whilst cleaning aluminium sheets. Fucking hell. Worse part, I’m getting paid less than the other FAR more unqualified interns and I’m doing the same job. Sorry for the rant. Coughing blood does annoy me quite a fair bit.[/quote]

When given opportunities to work, trying seeing them in a positive light. And don’t put yourself on a pedestal only because of differences in education. I work in an aerospace company and have worked with very smart mechanics as well as very dumb engineers. Learning how things are made and getting hands on experience has helped in understanding the life cycle of parts from design to production and making better decisions based on overall impact. The best engineers I know have a strong understanding of impact on users throughout the entire life cycle of parts, including design, analysis, manufacturing, assembly, quality, cost, reliability, etc. If breathing in toxic air is an issue, find out how to improve safety for people doing that job for a living and appreciate them for putting up with that type of work. If your pay is unfair then you can bring that up during performance reviews or with a lead/manager. In the end, if you perform well at everything you do, work hard and always keep an open mind for learning, you’ll end up where you want to be. Hating what you do isn’t very helpful for managing stress either.
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Thanks for the advice man, I’ll keep it in mind. [/quote]

Good call. Just take a step back, realise that the internship however shitty it may initially seem is a great learning experience and is more important that your training right now. As you go through life you’ll realise there are more important things than training sometimes. It doesn’t mean you drop the training completely, but for a while you just shift it down your list of priorities. Focus on maintaining your strength and work on technique, don’t worry about putting more on the bar right now. When the internship’s done, THEN load the bar up. You may well find you’re stronger anyway because your technique has improved.

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[quote]Benanything wrote:

[quote]lift206 wrote:
I agree with MarkKO about tightness in your setup for squat and bench. As mentioned in the powerlifting thread, do a lot of wide grip pulling work where you focus on keeping your chest up and pulling your shoulder blades down. When pulling the bar down to set up for your squat, you can get your lats tight but it doesn’t help much if your shoulders aren’t very tight as well.

When improving technique, it can help when people tell you how to do something but sometimes you can’t do it effectively if those muscle groups don’t have enough strength. Remember that technique builds strength and strength builds technique. You currently have a weakness in stabilizing your shoulders and working on that will pay off.[/quote]

If I do something like band pull aparts on a regular basis, will that help to remedy my weaknesses over time?[/quote]

Yes it can help. I do band pull aparts everyday. I keep it light and do it for the pump. Recently I’ve copied T3hPwnisher and just do a single set for AMRAP. I’ve also been doing pullups and/or chinups every training session for the past 6 months and it has made a difference, although it can’t really be quantified. I do those only for volume too. I started off doing 10 sets of 2 and added a set every session (done between all warmup and working sets). I eventually switched to sets of 3’s when it got too easy. Last week I got up to doing about 20 sets of 3 every session. That’s going from 80 pullups per week 6 months ago to 240 pullups last week. I didn’t do pullups for a long time before 6 months ago and started at sets of 2 because I sucked at them. Now I’m better at them and can probably get over 20 reps in a row but still work with small sets because I find the volume work very beneficial. Next cycle I’ll start working on sets of 4’s. I’ve noticed my teres major grow (and lower traps a tad bit) during the process, which are muscle groups that help with getting the shoulders tight.

When doing all these pulls, I’ve used them as an opportunity to build my technique for the major lifts without having to actually do the major lifts. I’ve done every repetition for them with a focus on keeping my chest up and should blades down, creating that upper spine arch, at the end of every repetition. This body position is use for the squat, bench and deadlift (at least for me) and is the reason I’ve gotten so much out of them. IMO, pulling the shoulder blades down is basically bracing them, much like bracing abs.

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14/9/15

Squat 20kgs x2x5
Squat 45kgs x5
Squat 60kgs x3
Squat 80kgs x2
Squat 100kgs x3x5
Paused Bench 20kgs x2x5
Paused Bench 40kgs x5
Paused Bench 50kgs x5
Paused Bench 60kgs x5
Paused Bench 70kgs x3x5
Deadlift 60kgs x5
Deadlift 100kgs x2
Deadlift 140kgs x3
Sumo Deadlift 140kgs x1

My Thoughts, Reflections, Personal Feedback:
Internship taking a toll on me but I’m surviving. 100kgs squats moved… Moved as if they were a working set. Bench was semi decent. Deadlifts, I went heavier than I should’ve.

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Well fuck, I quit my internship so I guess I can actually train now. And nope, I didn’t quit my internship just so I can train, it isn’t even remotely near the top of the list of reasons why I left. Might as well make the most out of it and get my training in order. At least I learnt how to quit, so there’s that. Now that I’m pretty much free till the 19th of October, I can pretty much train everyday.

So here’s just a thought I have. What if I started going to the gym everyday for around 30-45mins. I was thinking along the lines of, the basis of quite a few programs is, start way too light. Looking at yesterday’s training, I benched 70kgs, 3 sets of 5. What if, I started off on say, the 21st of this month.

I enter the gym and I start off with
Squat 100kgs 3x3
Bench 60kgs 3x3
Deadlift 100kgs 1x3
Press 40kgs 3x3
Power Clean 45kgs 3x3

They’re all pretty much warm up weight. And I’ll come back the next day, adding 0.5kgs/1kgs(depending on how they feel, I plan to start by adding 1kgs everyday and gradually working down to 0.5kgs) to the numbers. How long can I keep this up for? Assuming I can carry this out for 30 days. I’ll no doubt see some progress. What’s more, I’m doing far more volume as a result of the increased frequency.

Let’s just assume I bench 60kgs 3x3 for a full week, not including the 1kgs/0.5kgs jumps.

60kgs x 3 x 3 x 7 = 3780kgs moved

Now, if I did my normal programming, I’ll bench 1-2 times a week, lets be generous, assume I bench 3x a week.

70kgs x 3 x 3 x 3 = 1890kgs moved

Further more, I get tons of practice on my lifts due to the sheer amount of frequency I’ll be training them. I can see why some people might think this is stupid, it won’t work forever, well duh. But I’m young, I’m stupid and I’m adventurous, I’ll try it and get back to all of y’all.

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[quote]Benanything wrote:
Well fuck, I quit my internship so I guess I can actually train now. And nope, I didn’t quit my internship just so I can train, it isn’t even remotely near the top of the list of reasons why I left. Might as well make the most out of it and get my training in order. At least I learnt how to quit, so there’s that. Now that I’m pretty much free till the 19th of October, I can pretty much train everyday.

So here’s just a thought I have. What if I started going to the gym everyday for around 30-45mins. I was thinking along the lines of, the basis of quite a few programs is, start way too light. Looking at yesterday’s training, I benched 70kgs, 3 sets of 5. What if, I started off on say, the 21st of this month.

I enter the gym and I start off with
Squat 100kgs 3x3
Bench 60kgs 3x3
Deadlift 100kgs 1x3
Press 40kgs 3x3
Power Clean 45kgs 3x3

They’re all pretty much warm up weight. And I’ll come back the next day, adding 0.5kgs/1kgs(depending on how they feel, I plan to start by adding 1kgs everyday and gradually working down to 0.5kgs) to the numbers. How long can I keep this up for? Assuming I can carry this out for 30 days. I’ll no doubt see some progress. What’s more, I’m doing far more volume as a result of the increased frequency.

Let’s just assume I bench 60kgs 3x3 for a full week, not including the 1kgs/0.5kgs jumps.

60kgs x 3 x 3 x 7 = 3780kgs moved

Now, if I did my normal programming, I’ll bench 1-2 times a week, lets be generous, assume I bench 3x a week.

70kgs x 3 x 3 x 3 = 1890kgs moved

Further more, I get tons of practice on my lifts due to the sheer amount of frequency I’ll be training them. I can see why some people might think this is stupid, it won’t work forever, well duh. But I’m young, I’m stupid and I’m adventurous, I’ll try it and get back to all of y’all.[/quote]

Honestly, IMO that’s an approach that might look good on screen/paper but will quite probably be a trainwreck in practice.

What you need to ask yourself before changing anything is whether or not what you’re currently doing is working. If it is, don’t change a damn thing. If it isn’t working, you need to determine why that is and then focus on fixing the problem or problems.

Just based on your log, it really looks to me like you’re pushing yourself hard based on goals that might not be particularly realistic.

Look, the majority of the most successful powerlifting or strength programs have you training three to four times a week. There’s a reason for that: recovery. Yes, there are some very high frequency programs out there. There are also some very high volume programs out there. Some are both high volume and high frequency. They also tend to have massive attrition rates.

I’d really recommend that you take a long, hard look at what your long term goals are and whether your program is helping you achieve them. Remember, it takes many years to get strong. It takes patience and consistency.

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[quote]MarkKO wrote:

[quote]Benanything wrote:
Well fuck, I quit my internship so I guess I can actually train now. And nope, I didn’t quit my internship just so I can train, it isn’t even remotely near the top of the list of reasons why I left. Might as well make the most out of it and get my training in order. At least I learnt how to quit, so there’s that. Now that I’m pretty much free till the 19th of October, I can pretty much train everyday.

So here’s just a thought I have. What if I started going to the gym everyday for around 30-45mins. I was thinking along the lines of, the basis of quite a few programs is, start way too light. Looking at yesterday’s training, I benched 70kgs, 3 sets of 5. What if, I started off on say, the 21st of this month.

I enter the gym and I start off with
Squat 100kgs 3x3
Bench 60kgs 3x3
Deadlift 100kgs 1x3
Press 40kgs 3x3
Power Clean 45kgs 3x3

They’re all pretty much warm up weight. And I’ll come back the next day, adding 0.5kgs/1kgs(depending on how they feel, I plan to start by adding 1kgs everyday and gradually working down to 0.5kgs) to the numbers. How long can I keep this up for? Assuming I can carry this out for 30 days. I’ll no doubt see some progress. What’s more, I’m doing far more volume as a result of the increased frequency.

Let’s just assume I bench 60kgs 3x3 for a full week, not including the 1kgs/0.5kgs jumps.

60kgs x 3 x 3 x 7 = 3780kgs moved

Now, if I did my normal programming, I’ll bench 1-2 times a week, lets be generous, assume I bench 3x a week.

70kgs x 3 x 3 x 3 = 1890kgs moved

Further more, I get tons of practice on my lifts due to the sheer amount of frequency I’ll be training them. I can see why some people might think this is stupid, it won’t work forever, well duh. But I’m young, I’m stupid and I’m adventurous, I’ll try it and get back to all of y’all.[/quote]

Honestly, IMO that’s an approach that might look good on screen/paper but will quite probably be a trainwreck in practice.

What you need to ask yourself before changing anything is whether or not what you’re currently doing is working. If it is, don’t change a damn thing. If it isn’t working, you need to determine why that is and then focus on fixing the problem or problems.

Just based on your log, it really looks to me like you’re pushing yourself hard based on goals that might not be particularly realistic.

Look, the majority of the most successful powerlifting or strength programs have you training three to four times a week. There’s a reason for that: recovery. Yes, there are some very high frequency programs out there. There are also some very high volume programs out there. Some are both high volume and high frequency. They also tend to have massive attrition rates.

I’d really recommend that you take a long, hard look at what your long term goals are and whether your program is helping you achieve them. Remember, it takes many years to get strong. It takes patience and consistency. [/quote]

Now that I think about it, you do make a valid point. Maybe I’ll stick to my current programming but add in some lightweight volume work on the off days.

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[quote]Benanything wrote:

[quote]MarkKO wrote:

[quote]Benanything wrote:
Well fuck, I quit my internship so I guess I can actually train now. And nope, I didn’t quit my internship just so I can train, it isn’t even remotely near the top of the list of reasons why I left. Might as well make the most out of it and get my training in order. At least I learnt how to quit, so there’s that. Now that I’m pretty much free till the 19th of October, I can pretty much train everyday.

So here’s just a thought I have. What if I started going to the gym everyday for around 30-45mins. I was thinking along the lines of, the basis of quite a few programs is, start way too light. Looking at yesterday’s training, I benched 70kgs, 3 sets of 5. What if, I started off on say, the 21st of this month.

I enter the gym and I start off with
Squat 100kgs 3x3
Bench 60kgs 3x3
Deadlift 100kgs 1x3
Press 40kgs 3x3
Power Clean 45kgs 3x3

They’re all pretty much warm up weight. And I’ll come back the next day, adding 0.5kgs/1kgs(depending on how they feel, I plan to start by adding 1kgs everyday and gradually working down to 0.5kgs) to the numbers. How long can I keep this up for? Assuming I can carry this out for 30 days. I’ll no doubt see some progress. What’s more, I’m doing far more volume as a result of the increased frequency.

Let’s just assume I bench 60kgs 3x3 for a full week, not including the 1kgs/0.5kgs jumps.

60kgs x 3 x 3 x 7 = 3780kgs moved

Now, if I did my normal programming, I’ll bench 1-2 times a week, lets be generous, assume I bench 3x a week.

70kgs x 3 x 3 x 3 = 1890kgs moved

Further more, I get tons of practice on my lifts due to the sheer amount of frequency I’ll be training them. I can see why some people might think this is stupid, it won’t work forever, well duh. But I’m young, I’m stupid and I’m adventurous, I’ll try it and get back to all of y’all.[/quote]

Honestly, IMO that’s an approach that might look good on screen/paper but will quite probably be a trainwreck in practice.

What you need to ask yourself before changing anything is whether or not what you’re currently doing is working. If it is, don’t change a damn thing. If it isn’t working, you need to determine why that is and then focus on fixing the problem or problems.

Just based on your log, it really looks to me like you’re pushing yourself hard based on goals that might not be particularly realistic.

Look, the majority of the most successful powerlifting or strength programs have you training three to four times a week. There’s a reason for that: recovery. Yes, there are some very high frequency programs out there. There are also some very high volume programs out there. Some are both high volume and high frequency. They also tend to have massive attrition rates.

I’d really recommend that you take a long, hard look at what your long term goals are and whether your program is helping you achieve them. Remember, it takes many years to get strong. It takes patience and consistency. [/quote]

Now that I think about it, you do make a valid point. Maybe I’ll stick to my current programming but add in some lightweight volume work on the off days.

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Now that sounds like a plan! You can go by feel so if you’re feeling great on an off day you can train (IMO they’d be great days for technique work) but if you’re feeling flat you keep the off day without worrying that you’re missing your ‘base’ scheduled training.

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16/9/15

Squat 20kgs x2x5
Squat 45kgs x5
Squat 60kgs x3
Squat 80kgs x2
Squat 105kgs x3x5
Paused Bench 20kgs x2x5
Paused Bench 30kgs x5
Paused Bench 45kgs x3
Paused Bench 55kgs x2
Paused Bench 65kgs x3x5
Deadlift 60kgs x5
Deadlift 70kgs x3
Deadlift 100kgs x2
Deadlift 120kgs x3
Incline Dumbbell Press (30 degrees) 16kgs x3x10
Incline Dumbbell Press (15 degrees) 16kgs x3x10
Pec Deck x some for a few
Curls x some for a few

My Thoughts, Reflections, Personal Feedback:
Was supposed to get 120kgs x 5 for the deadlifts but I’m still kinda worn out from Monday’s deadlifts. Did some assistance work for some upper body hypertrophy.

I feel like I’m going through some sort of training mid life crisis or whatever. It’s like, I want to do my 3x a week full body workouts yet I want to get more upper body hypertrophy in. I wanna look better in a shirt, vanity, I know… At the same time, I want to get better at the 3 lifts. Oh, it gets better. I want to be “leaner” yet I want to be bigger at the same time. I completely lack training focus right now. Somehow, I got totally thrown off after pretty much 1 week of internship.

Right now, I think I’ll just bulk up since I’m actually pretty ok with the idea of “getting fat”, so long as I get strong. I can always strip off the fat later, take advantage of my youth while I still have it. So maybe. Get big. More upper body hypertrophy focused. Sounds about right.

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I hope everything goes well with personal issues.

I don’t see why you can’t get better on the 3 big lifts and focus on upper body hypertrophy. The upper body hypertrophy work doesn’t have to be very taxing from an intensity standpoint. Just go for the pump. Increase your volume over time as you adapt to more of it. It’s sounds like you’ll enjoy it.

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[quote]Benanything wrote:
Right now, I think I’ll just bulk up since I’m actually pretty ok with the idea of “getting fat”, so long as I get strong. I can always strip off the fat later, take advantage of my youth while I still have it. So maybe. Get big. More upper body hypertrophy focused. Sounds about right.[/quote]

That’s a good call IMO. If you train well - which you do - you’ll be pushed to get properly fat even while eating more. The hypertrophy will also likely help your bench.

Just keep lifting and don’t think too much.

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18/9/15

Went to the gym to pretty much just some work done and get a feel for my next 4 weeks of programming.
Worked up to a heavy single, was considering another one but changed my mind. It was done wearing chucks, not my usual adipowers and it certainly felt different. Not sure if its better or worse. Just different.

140kgs x 1

Benched a bit, played around with my form and grip distances and I think I’ve found one that works for me. For now at least.

110lbs seated cable rows x 5 x 12
Skullcrusher to pullover w/ mini football bar + 5 kgs a side, this totally kicked my ass.

Can’t exactly remember everything else I’ve done.

looking forward to running my modified program with more upper body hypertrophy emphasis.

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I reckon that squat looked pretty good, possibly better than in your Oly shoes.

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20/9/15

Competition Bench 20kgs x5
Competition Bench 40kgs x5
Competition Bench 50kgs x5
Competition Bench 60kgs 3x7
Competition Squat 60kgs x5
Competition Squat 100kgs x3
Competition Squat 120kgs x2x5
Military Press 35kgs x12,12,8
Seated Cable Row 120lbs 5x12
God damnit, I forgot my dumbbell incline presses.
Bicep Curl 8kgs dumbbell x 3x12
Skullcrushers 5kgs x12,8,10

My Thoughts, Reflections, Personal Feedback:
Didn’t realize I forgot my dumbbell incline bench until now. Skullcrushers done using some mini football bar with 5kgs per side. Still not loving the pump. Squats felt heavy. To be fair, I barely warmed up.

Walked for 25 mins-ish, twice around the apartment complex near my area with a 20kgs weighted vest. Traps looked really awesome. Its been a while since I last did some conditioning. Going to keep doing them.

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21/9/15

Joined my school’s strongman club training and did a bunch of tyre flips and some farmer walks. Having trouble typing this as we speak, forearms cramping up from the farmers. Well, fuck me. Change of plans. There’s a strongman competition for freshman coming up on the 17th of October. I’ll probably have to readjust my programming in preparation for the competition.

The 3 events are:
180kgs Tyre Flips for 15 metres. Roughly 12-16 flips.
60kgs per hand Farmers Walk for 20 metres.
100kgs Deadlift AMRAP in 60 seconds

I’ll be competing under the 85kgs category.

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[quote]Benanything wrote:
21/9/15

Joined my school’s strongman club training and did a bunch of tyre flips and some farmer walks. Having trouble typing this as we speak, forearms cramping up from the farmers. Well, fuck me. Change of plans. There’s a strongman competition for freshman coming up on the 17th of October. I’ll probably have to readjust my programming in preparation for the competition.

The 3 events are:
180kgs Tyre Flips for 15 metres. Roughly 12-16 flips.
60kgs per hand Farmers Walk for 20 metres.
100kgs Deadlift AMRAP in 60 seconds

I’ll be competing under the 85kgs category.[/quote]

You might want to hit up Punisher as I think he is strongman competitor.

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[quote]MarkKO wrote:

[quote]Benanything wrote:
21/9/15

Joined my school’s strongman club training and did a bunch of tyre flips and some farmer walks. Having trouble typing this as we speak, forearms cramping up from the farmers. Well, fuck me. Change of plans. There’s a strongman competition for freshman coming up on the 17th of October. I’ll probably have to readjust my programming in preparation for the competition.

The 3 events are:
180kgs Tyre Flips for 15 metres. Roughly 12-16 flips.
60kgs per hand Farmers Walk for 20 metres.
100kgs Deadlift AMRAP in 60 seconds

I’ll be competing under the 85kgs category.[/quote]

You might want to hit up Punisher as I think he is strongman competitor. [/quote]

Exactly what I was thinking of actually. Slight(actually it’s quite a big deal) change of plans again though, the competition has been moved to December. I guess I’ve more time to train. I’ll probably drop him a message later on.