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[brute_fury]

Today 11
fs 45x10, 135x20, 165x12, 190x6

smith machine stuff:
1 1/2 back squats wt’s added 0 x10. 50x10, 70x10, 85x10, 105x10 x 3 sets, 110x10

full rom squats x 10, 1/2 rep x 5, 1/4 rep x 3 with 110# x 4 sets <–rough!

lunges x 4 one leg/4 other/4 first leg/4 second then 8 back squats wt’s added to bar 0, 30, 50 x 2 sets

rdls 45x10, 90x10, 145 x slow reps of 10 ss cable pull thrus x 33 x 3 sets

low cable high pulls x 15-20 ss seated rows using the rope attachment slow reps x 20 x 3 sets

tricep extensions x 20 ss slow csr x 20 x 3 sets

smith machine high pulls x 12, wt added 0, 5 x 2 sets
Malibu walk!

COOL! Man , you know? I really like that smith machine!!! The level of burn on the 1/4 squats is serious! No wonder I had big ol legs when I first started lifting wt’s. It was my ROM. I only 1/4 squatted - everyday sure, but not full rom, no full lockout, but pop and pop- tension tension tension. I feel FABULOUS!

Its so refreshing to change the pace. I really am enjoying this new training style I got going. It actually feels good! I know I still have the one rep max monster on my back that pushes me to do heavier and heavier, more and more–but I’ll tell you what this different type of training actually feels so good it very well could be enough to change that monsters hold.

Knowing ( allowing myself that) I don’t face ( even though it has always been self imposed ) CNS draining, taxing , aim for the energy drain, wear myself out workouts ahead of me has been a surprising gift I have given to myself. It kinda has ended up that way too on its own. Its part of the sea change I’ve experienced in myself this last 2 ish years.

I think my body is appreciating it as well! I feel good…and I think I look better too. :D! I’ve always lifted for myself, and I still do. Now I have a different compass guiding me. I feel good!

:D!!!

[brute_fury]

I love my log! It works great!

Yesterday it came and getting it out of the box I was afraid it was too heavy . I could barely push press it! However, it also was 30 mins before my bedtime and low and behold I just wasn’t primed properly to lift.

I worked an over night shift last night, came home , walked my Beautiful Girl, napped, showered, had a coffee with sugar free peppermint mocha creamer, popped on a Martin’s Licis YouTube vid and I was good to go!

October 19, 2019

I think my home log work will work out just fine! I also slurged on $17 bands from China that you can stick in the door to do all kinds of stuff! They work great!!!

My lil workout today
Pull ups x 4
Log clean once strict press reps empty (75#) x5 ss standing band rows x15 or so x4 sets

Log clean and strict press each rep empty (75#) x4 ss band rows x 20 x5 sets

3 rounds of 15 back extensions ,33 band face pulls, 4 chin ups

While I lifted at home I supersetted the 20 min it took for the lil session with activating my sunblock for a nother Malibu Gorgeous Super Smelly Walk ( she sniffs the whole time and LOVES it! Around 2 ish miles)

Scored a bunch of candy today too from my job! It’s National Vet Tech Week! Hug your nearest tech! We’re pretty badass

[ChickenLittle]

Yay! Happy log day!
That thing looks huge.

@brute_fury

I was afraid it was too heavy

I think this would be a problem for me. I don’t think I could press it empty at this point. But it looks way cool, and you make it look easy.

Congrats on the candy too! Happy belated Vet Tech day

[brute_fury]

They have a 8 inch one, that is 53#! For $127 ish bucks. Titan fitness! I think you could do that just seeing your barbell lifts!

I nearly got that one, since all logs are pretty different with spacing on the handles, the diameter etc…and I was afraid the one I got (75#) would be too hard even though it technically is a wt I’d pressed before a different log is a different lift.

I couldn’t do a strict press with the log I started with myself either, when I tried logging for the first time. I had to use leg drive. Eventually I could do it without the leg drive.

For sure the push press/leg drive
reps helped me get stronger overhead- and now I prefer strict press oh stuff since its much easier on the knees and lower back!

I think you’d rock a log! Whether you make it yourself or score a lady log/smaller log to start!

[ChickenLittle]

@brute_fury

hey have a 8 inch one, that is 53#! For $127 ish bucks

Hmmmm. Well now I will have to go check it out! I could probably do 53.

I promised myself I would run 5/3/1 HG till the end of the year so I could put some muscle back on. It’s all I can do not to test my 1 RM I am trying to stay strong (like will power wise) and stay focused. I feel that I am making decent progress and my strength levels are almost back to where they were. But after the first of the year I am want to go back to more fun lifting.

A log sounds pretty damn fun to me!

[brute_fury]

It is fun! I hope you can find one for you! Also…in my opinion 5/3/1 is effective – for men. Us ladies- I think at least- need more reps! More reps, more everything for progress!

[ChickenLittle]

I definitely get impatient with speed at which it progresses, I run that one because it’s a no brainer. So I won’t overthink it. I always want to do everything all at once. Basically it saves me from myself. Hope thay makes sense.

The strongman stuff has always seemed appealing because it looks like fun! And that’s why I am doing this right? Because it makes me happy!

I am thinking by the end of the year Santa will bring me a new toy. It just may be a log.

[brute_fury]

I agree 1,000%!! I sure hope he pulls up with a log!

[brute_fury]

Today
pull ups x10
log clean once strict press reps 67x5, 77x2, 87x5 x5 sets
fs 45x10, 135x2, 170x2, 190, 205, 220, 230, 170x10 x 3 sets, 135 x 10
pull ups x 10

4 rounds of:

• t bar carry 197# x 500 feet, next trip 300 feet, 250 feet for 3rd and 4th
• rogue rows x 18
• heavier iso rows x 6 next set 7, next set 8, last set 6
• face pulls x 15
• rear delts x 15

pull ups x 8
3 rounds of:

• triceps x 15
• oh triceps x 15
• face pulls x 15
• prowler low handle push one way /high handle other way x 50 feet 50# added to prowler

a set of 4 or so neutral grip pull ups in there somewhere

Yesterday I heard a ton of work gossip. I had no idea and don’t really care about any of it . It does blow my mind however how anyone could think hooking up with a coworker is EVER a good idea! EVER! In one conversation , let me count now, 5 people all co mingling hook ups, cheating on each other for the other!

Total 90210 mix and match hook ups. UGH!!! SO GROSS!!!

[brute_fury]

Today
dead lifts 45x10, 135x2, 185x2, 225x2, 265x2, 285x2, 285 x 9 x 3 sets, 225 x 15 x 2 sets, 225 x 10
rdls 145x10, 175x10, 195x10
stepmill x 20 mins

cable pull thrus x 33 ss csr x 20

3 rounds of:

• low cable pulls
• smith machine high pull
• db rear delts

3 rounds of:

• face pulls x 15
• triceps x 15
• oh triceps x 15

mid height cable rows x 15 x 3 sets

Not feeling it today, not hurt or anything just low motivation. Got this done so that’s cool.

[brute_fury]

Today
pull ups x 10
fs 45x10, 135x8, 155x2, 175x2, 190x4 x 5 sets, 200x 2 x 5 sets
pull ups x 10

t bar oh press from safeties empty x 10, plus 10# x 10 x 3 sets
pull ups x 8
t bar oh press from safeties plus 20# x5 ss 7 pull ups, same wt x 5 ss 6 pull ups, then 2 sets of 3 tbar oh press bar plus 25#

4 rounds of:

• t bar carry unknown wt ( 155-165 is my guess) x 6 trips unknown distance, estimated 100 feet or so, next round 4 trips, last 2 rounds 3 trips

• rogue row x 18

• smith machine upright row x 15 adding wt each set

• face pulls x 18

• rear delts x 15-20

smith machine 1 1/2 squats wt on bar 20# x 10, 50x10, 70x10, 90x10, 110x10, 130 x 5

mid height cable rows ss low cable upright rows with a handle- most trappy! x 20 x 4 sets

push the tank moderate pace not very heavy x 5 mins
triceps extensions on machine x 5 ish mins

That’s that! I woke up WAY early! Its my day off but I was way awake at 12:45 am so why not! I have one more extra over night shift this week so I am rolling with whatever schedule my body seems to want for sleep. I have a long weekend next week and will need extra recovery time for other things I finally have decided to do that I am dreading like grim death. No clue if I’ll be doing any more overnights next month.

Its snowing a lot today so nap in a bit then head out in the snow with my girl once the sun comes up! Big, sloppy, not so cold out snow is fine by me! I got boots!

[brute_fury]

Today
smith machine back squats wt added 0x20, 50x10, 70x5, 90x25 x 4 sets
smith machine back squats 10 full rom, 5 1/2 rom, 5 1/4 rom 90# x 10/5/5 x 3 sets
smith machine close stance feet forward back squats wt added 50# x 15, 70# x 15, 90# x 15
lunges 4 rep each leg then 4 reps the other leg then 8 back squats 50- 70# added x 3 total sets

rdls 45x10, 95#x15, 145x15 ss cable pull thrus x 33

pull the tank harness arond hips one way, push it back the other x a bit
power row the tank, reverse drag the tnak x a bit also

traps felt activated so I did some kb shrugs too, hold up top
Malibu Walk!

The World Ultimate Strongman is going on! Looks like Brian Shaw is still not himself, or is faced with a ton of competition again for this show. I don’t want to jinx who I personally want to win since he is one of my favorites. My top five are in no order Novikov, Mateusz, JF Caron, Prichet, maybe Brian too.

There are so many cool lifters! I like Shivlyakov as well- he s one of my favorites too!

[brute_fury]

He won! Mateusz!!! :D!!! He is my true favorite I also like the Stotlman brothers too! :D!!!

[brute_fury]

Last night, last ON shift for a while. Above is a security cam selfie of me waiting to go home!

After work 7:30a crispy, COLD Malibu Walk!
Nap x3 hours
Martins’s YouTube vid + Sugar Free Peppermint Mocha creamer coffee

Home loggin it!

pull ups x 10
log clean and strict press reps 75# ( empty) x 8, 80# x 8 x 4 sets
pull ups x 8
log clean and strict press each rep 75# x 6 x 4 sets
pull ups x 6

Chinese cheapo mail order band stuff!
face pulls x 25 ss 4 chin ups x 4 sets
mid height/low band rows x 25 x 2
y’s on back extension x 10 x 2 sets

Another Malibu Walk! Getting it all in before the snow blast we are scedueld to get in the netx few days. I LOVE MY LOG!!! :D!!!

No more overnights for a while, I’m glad I did them- but that’s enough! I would not have bought my own log if I didn’t have that extra cash, and Holy Cow do I love it!

Today has been another one of those fantastic fall days where I walk around with a silly grin with my girl filled with gratitude for all that I have!

SO COOL!!!

[brute_fury]

Today
pull ups x 10
fs 45x10, 135x2, 170, 180x10 x 3 sets
pull ups x9

smith machine 1 1/2 back squats wt on bar 0# x 10, 50# x 10, 80# x 10, 90# x 10 x 3 sets ss t bar oh press form safeties empty x 10 x 4 sets

4 rounds of:

• t bar carry unknown wt, my guess 205-215, x 2 trips first go added 20# did 2 trips the next 3 rounds, last round had to regrip but dd 2 trips
• rogue rows x 15
• smith machine high rows x 12

stepmill x 20 mins
face pulls x 15 ss triceps x 15 x 3 sets
low cable handle rows( trappy) x 10-20 ss oh triceps x 15 x 3 sets

that’s that! COLD! SNOW! I need some chalk! I picked up some liquid chalk and my review is it sucks. It takes forever to dry, and feels like it doesn’t help much for grip at all, its very strange!

I had some real chalk in my gym bag and I ran out, so this was my big experiment. The result is liquid chalk is LAME!!!

[ChickenLittle]

Thanks for the review! I am out of chalk and was trying to decide if I wanted to the liquid. Now I know!

[brute_fury]

Yeah! Not even worth it!!!

[brute_fury]

No gym today…but a BADASS TWIN SISTER to log! My car battery is dead and she is on the way at 2am to jump it! There’s another storm on the way today with a lot of snow so now clue if I’ll be able to get out much in the next two days except work and whatever walks I can get for my girl.

Now THAT is the type of person you want in your life! How do you repay something like that?

That’s something I do struggle with- truly. Asking for help is hard for me, not because I think I can do it all because I know I can’t - but being a burden to anyone is my absolute WORST nightmare. I take all my personal responsibilities very seriously…I’ll do my best to try and do it on my own before asking for help, because I don’t want to be a bother.

Trying to figure out a way to pay back people for the wonderful things they do for me. I do wonder if I have the same effect in their life that they do in mine… I think the best I can do- a lot of times- is make sure they know how much I appreciate it! She’s got a 12 pk of mountain dew and some maple oreos and a huge hug!

The same twin who went searching for my stolen car for weeks, who helped me get a piece of septum jewelry out of my nose that was stuck for 8 years, that’s just 2 of millions of things she’s helped me with-who’s just done so much for me. She doesn’t ask for anything back, just is happy to help!

I like helping people too. Its a gift to give another person to let them help you. I had a relationship with someone who wouldn’t let me or even allow me to help them at all-- and that hurt a lot. Might not hurt every type of person, but it hurt me as someone who likes to help. Turns out his reasons for doing that were even more hurtful and awful then the act of being shut out. And that’s why he’s no longer in my life.

Have people in your life who want the best for you, who respect you enough to tell you when you are messing up, who have your back! Who will come and help you!

Back stabbers get the door! The contrast between my sister who comes to help me, and the past relationship are striking.

I’m too old for feeling sorry for anyone who hurts me and asks me to be ok with it. Or people who deny that they hurt you like they are in charge of your feelings, the men who try and manipulate me some way for me to feel sorry for them for hurting me.

Or the man who tells you family doesn’t count. In case you haven’t picked up by now that relationship burned a big ol scar in me to remind me to wise up and dump the bozos, their on the surface seemingly slight sarcastic and stupid words really do a ton of damage. They do it that way so they can always back out of their own words like the cowards they are. I intend to keep that scar to keep me in check in the future.

Twins who come to your house at 2am to jump start your car–that type of person you cherish!

[brute_fury]

Today
Dead lifts 45x10, 135x2, 195x2 225x15x4 sets
Snatch grip rdls 45x15, 95x15, 135x15
Normal rdls 135x15, 155x15x2 sets

Landmine squats using the car rig empty, 25#x10 as wide stance squats with no way x 10, same thing with 55# x2 sets

Pull thrus x50 x2 sets ss wide no wt on Smith machine back squats x25

4 rounds of:

-low cable pulls x15

• face pulls x15
• rear delts x 15

Mid height cable rows x15 ss car x10

3 rounds of:

• triceps x20
  -oh triceps x20
• face pulls x15

Pulled , power rowed, pushed the low sled and the big sled x a bit

That’s it! Managed to get out in the snow! It’s a bit less hairy when it’s only you on the road. I got called in early to ask me to go into work at 4a and the phone call really threw me off. I thought it was morning time already but I had only been asleep am hour.

I haven’t woken up that confused in a long time. I got up out of bed and everything, walked Malibu, grabbed my wake up Walmart energy mix drink and took one sip…and saw that it was 6:45pm.
Anywho! Made it in ok!

[brute_fury]

Today
pull ups x 10
log clean once strict press reps 67x5, 77, 87x10, 92x5, 97x3
90x8, 95x4, 100x2
92x6, 97x3, 102x 1
pull ups x 10

log clean and strict press each rep ss ssb front squats x 15
wt of log 70#3 ss ssb plus 20#
log 75x8 ss ssb plus 40
log 80x6 ss ssb plus 60
log 85x5 ss ssb plus 80
log 90x3 ss ssb plus 100# x only 8 reps the last set
pull ups x 8

ssb wt is 61#- just looked it up on titan’s website

sand bag carry to warm up 75# x 200 feet
sand bag load 75# x 3
stone loads 107 x 15, 140 x 15 * see note below!
sand bag carry 75# x 900 feet

4 rounds of:

• t bar carry 187# first trip 400 feet, second, 300 feet, 3rd 200 feet, last 100 feet
• rogue rows x 33
• upright row with a barbell- hard! x 8-5 reps
• face pulls x 15
• rear delts x 15

4 rounds of:

• low cable upright rows x 15
• face pulls x 15
• triceps x 15
• push the prowler x 100 feet 70# added on cement ( easier)

2 sets of trappy low cable rows x 10-15, using a handle

That’s that! The stones. Someone decided to write numbers on them that I think are lies. The 107# suddenly has both 107# and 160 on it, then the 140 stone has 150 on it and 140 crossed out. Now THAT’s a metaphor for life! HA HA!

A good last turbo gym session. Maybe I’ll go back in a few months if I totally loose it and miss all the toys. Either way its a good break for me and my body with the cns demand strongman fun is! It is defiantly BOTH!! It also will just make reuniting with all the strongman toys that much more special if it happens!