Thanks guys… I feel good, and feel the passion building once again…
SEPT 27TH
MONTH 1 WEEK 3 5/3/1
MILITARY PRESS
warmup a bunch…
165x5
185x3
210x5-- then 225x3
then did some accessory incline bench, barbell shrugs, tricep pushdowns
SEPTEMBER 29TH
DEADLIFT
warmed up- worked up to weights…
370x5
415x3
465x4-- then did 500x2 and then 550x1
then did some accessory standing ham curls, hack squats and some ab work
OCTOBER 1ST
BENCHPRESS
warmed up, shoulder stuff…
210x5
240x3
265x5-- then 225x10 and then 135x to failure
then did some accessory dips, wide grip lat pulldowns and supersetted cable skull crushers, reverse grip tricep extensions and pushups.
My theory is… if my shoulder is screwed… gotta make everyting else around it stronger (ie. triceps etc.) so we will see what happens.
Family getting together tomorrow on the other side of the lake for my Grandma’s 90th birthday. She is still sharp as a tack and walks about 2-3 miles everyday, as well as volunteers at a bunch of charities, churches and seniors groups. She is an inspiration to all of us.
Seems like all the women in our family got the longevity genes… most of the men in our family croak aroun 50-55…
[quote]Big Bencher wrote:
Bunny I hope you show up at Andy’s meet. I need someone bigger than Ouro to smack me around. Good to see you back and training.
BB[/quote]
Hey now. You know I swing a mean hoof. If that doesn’t work I’ll give you a sternly worded note.
I’ll second BB’s desire to see you at the meet though. You can give him a whack on principle.
**all in all, I am happy with the way things are progressing, I am acually having fun again. The shoulder is alright, strangely enough, it hurts more when I am doing overhead pulling movements like lat pulldowns… or attempting to do chins. I want to incorporate chins into my training, but I think I will have to progress slowly, last thing i need right now is to get injured.
Thanks for the words of encouragement… feels good to be back in the gym again.
Strength seems to be coming bck pretty quickly too :)))
OCT 20
BENCH DAY
warm up
135x10
210x3
240x3
270x5-- then 225x12
then did a 5 sets of dips for 56 reps, 5 sets of wide grip pulldowns and some tricep work
OCT 23
STRONG MAN TRAINING
sled pushes and drags working up to 800-1000 pounds, flipping tires, atlas stone carries and squats, heavy rope work, band runs, farmer carries… almost tacked a couple of times.
Then, I actually went and did a “Yoga Flow” class with the wife, more as a dare than anyhting else, immediately after the squat workout… all I can say is “wow”. I think it may help with some hip flexibility for the squats though… that is my story and I am sticking to it
Brings to mind Arnold and Franco at the beginning of pumping iron doing ballet. That strong man training looks like it requires you to be in pretty good shape endurance wise as well as strength wise.
