Warm Up: Run 1 Mile
Shots, Shot Defense
Situational Live: Singles, Single Vs Shin Whizzer
Full Live Goes
Fuckin killed it today. I had some size on 2/3 of the people I went live with, but one was a state finalist in HS, and his offense was stupid fast. Lots of quality handfighting, a bearhug, good heavy hips against shots, clean finishes on my singles, and a cradle + two throws from front headlock against the one guy my size. Definitely feel like I’m starting to hit my stride and get back to my style again here. If I have a weakness at this point, it’s my shots.
Warm Up: Jog ~5/8 Mile, Stairs
Shots, Assorted Top/Bottom Moves, More Shots
Russian Toe Technique
Fuckload of Push-Ups & Sit-Ups
Solid day, lots of time spent drilling takedowns in lieu of live. Practice is going to be called off next Monday for Halloween. 108% on my last Calc test.
Damn. That’s an impressive lift. 15 reps is pretty nutty for that weight, and significantly stronger than what I saw you pulling at the start of this log. Quality work
Thanks, guys. Admittedly some of the extra reps are just from continuing the set after I stop the touch-and-go part, but it’s still much better than where I was at pretty recently.
This was the first time I tried actually using my wrist wraps, and honestly they feel weird. Don’t think they hurt or helped much, mostly because my bench top sets are still stupid light (less shameful way of saying my bench sucks)
I got to give an interview yesterday shirtless with some local news people at a protest. Facebook has spent the last day eviscerating me for what I said, but I look pretty jacked lol.
Weighted Dips Work to 100x1 (PR)
Run: 1.41 Miles in 10:00 (7:05 Pace)
Quick session today. Kept the dips easy since I haven’t done them weighted in over a year now, and kept a pretty solid pace on the jog afterwards. Ten minutes is right around the length of a college match with overtime, so maximizing my output across that timeframe should help me later.
Or just pin everyone in the first 0:30. Same difference.
Squat: 5x45/135/185/235/265, 1x300
Leg Press: 3x10 @ 365, Drop Set 15x315, 20x275
Chins: 5x3 @ +57.5
Rest Pause Leg Extensions: 190x12+7+6
Not the top set I wanted, but I wasn’t expecting too much out of today and ultimately didn’t push it. I think I have a cold or something, have felt pretty shit this weekend. Everything after that went much better, and going straight from the leg press drop set to the rest pause extensions remains a killer.
I’m school news, I got a 91% on a chem test with an 82 median, and a 111% on an art history test. I’ve been putting a lot of thought into my plan for college, and at this point I’m leaning towards aiming for law school instead of med school, since my scholarship would actually cover 1/3 of the tuition and get me more-or-less guaranteed admission here, which is great given we have a top-25 in the nation law school. In light of that, I’m going to see an advisor and talk about majors that’ll set me up for that before I choose next semester’s classes. The bright side is that none of my classes this semester were a waste to take, since they’re mostly Gen Ed’s/prerequisites for stuff I’ll have to take regardless.
Happy with everything today. Grinded put a PR on my top set, tossed around 135 for awhile, and absolutely murdered my arms afterwards. I managed to win a set of fat gripz through some competition, and although I know they’re not really a substitute for an axle, I still plan on using them here (and maybe to get some light grip work/conventional reps after my DL top set).
@tlgains
Yeah, definitely. The competition itself was a dead hang for time, so I guess the grip theme makes sense. You bought a set a while back, right? What do you think of them?
I know I’m not the one you asked, but I do feel like I have an underrated hack for fat grips.
Throw them on some ab wheel handles when doing rollouts. Doesn’t do crap to train your grip, but something about the thicker handles makes it feel significantly more solid on the wrists and shoulders, and leads to (in my case anyway) a much easier time targeting the core during the exercise.
Other than that, I have an axle, so I don’t really use them except for the very occasional set of Hammer curls
Solid top set. I’m going to start putting the reps I got in the first touch-and-go chunk in parentheses so that I can track PR’s in that too. My forearms are completely trashed, and hammering my grip beforehand actually made the chins pretty challenging. Started fairly light with the grip work, but I should be able to build that up fairly quickly. Or keep the weight more moderate and focus on long holds. Lots of options.