2 rounds in. I never realized how much of an asshole I am when I compete but that explains why I never liked team sports. Music is getting heavier and angrier but we are going to make it
Round 3:
Sprained my foot in the 3rd one so I had to power walk
1 more to go!
It’s over. I got the trophy. Ran first 3 walked last 3. This was fucking stupid and I hated every minute of it
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Lessons learned from today (now that I’m home):
- @T3hPwnisher was spot on about the strongman shorts and compression shorts
- I might have made myself sterile because of the outside heat with that combo
- I’m 90% sure I was in zone 2 for like 6 hours
- I can do more than I think
- I hit a new mile time in the first mile (8:45)
- I don’t like the running crowd. Not my people. Now the people we talked to after at a restaurant were cool because they weren’t pretentious
- Sometimes I think I’m not mentally tough. I think testing it with shit like this is way more worth it than trying to do shit to “build mental toughness”. I’m kinda proud because i deadass took my shoes off after limping back post 3 lap but there was 5 minutes till the 4th lap and just said “fuck it”
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HP W4D4
Strict press: 135x5, 155x5, 165x2
Dips: 65x4, 80x3, 100x2
Chins: 25x9, 7+2
Bench: 175x10, 8
Then a bunch of rehab stuff for lower body
Notes:
- I didn’t feel human until 3 pedialytes yesterday
- I was dragging a little bit today. I feel like the 165 for 5 is there but I was really lightheaded today
- I tried a sample of a whiskey yesterday. I do not like whiskey but if I had a spare $85 to waste on whiskey, I’d buy that bottle
- Everything below my knees is just uncomfortable
- Plyos might be out tomorrow. My feet just hurt
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I’m such a big fan of this entire post. Glad to hear the “not quite briefs” worked
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HP W5D1
10 min of Seated jump: best 9ft
Ssb box squat: 235x5, 255x5, 275x5, 235x3
French press: 65x10, 10
SLDL: 315x4, 345x3
Notes:
- I was wiped out after 345x3. The racing fatigue is still there
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Just catching up, and NICE job sticking it out to the end in that race! You did great! How did your gf and the rest of your crew do?
I hope you had a great Christmas and lots of good food!
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We had one no show. My gf finished with somewhere between 10-15 minute miles. Her friend finished ninth in the womens! I do not remember going to be on Christmas but I definitely woke up with an Irish coffee! I hope your Christmas was good too!
HP W5D2
Time: 55 min
DL: 335x6, 365x5, 405x4
DB press: 75x5, 85x4, 100x3
BTN Press: 115x6,6
BSS: 55’s x 7,8
Notes:
- I’m off one day week wise. Spent time with GF and family. GF got a part time position in a childrens hospital which starts this week so it was worth it to make the time
- I signed up for conjugateXstrong’s (the instagram handle) conditioning program on trainheroic. It’s $10 a month and 2 workouts a week. Doing the first one tomorrow
- Deadlifting in heels helped me pulls so much. I do need to keep my knees more forward in the pull around the knee but it felt really good
- We watched “Wake up daed man” this weekend. I am now going to explore some Agatha Christi books
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HP W5D3
Cleans: work up to 175x2, 205x2,1
Bench: 205x5, 215x5, 235x4, 185x7
Pin squat: 265x4, 285x3, 305x2
Supported Single Leg RDL: 85x3x5
Notes:
- Would have went for another rep on bench with a spotter but I did not have one
- My full cleans are better than my power cleans
- Made the last beer and cigar run for a while. GF and I are giving up alcohol to for the transformation challenge and because we are going to be busy the next 6 months so I had to get some stuff I wanted to try before the new year
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HP W5D4
Warm up:
10 min of arm only assault bike
Main work: 42 min
OHP: 140x5, 150x5, 160x2 (overshot)
Pendlay row: 185x12,11
JM Press: 105x12,12
Weighted situp: 25lb plate (held overhead)x 10,10
Conditioning: 11 minutes
65lb bar with 6 rounds:
- 5 ab wheel rollouts
- 10 Bent over row
- 10 Reverse curls
- 10 OHPs
Notes:
- Complexes suck
- My mom and I started watching true detective season 1. It’s a rewatch for me but I’m still hooked
- Run tomorrow
- RPE is hard on OHP
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Run/walk (zone 2)
Distance: 2.21 miles
Time: 30:09
Average HR: 134bpm
Plyos:
5 sets of 5 consecutive broad jumps
4 sets of broad jump + Bound R + Bound L
6 sets of ~50ft sprints
Notes:
- time to get up transformation pics
- I’m not being harsh about the running. I think more mediocre runs will be better than few good runs. Just plugging away at it
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I am out of likes. Good job, and Happy New Year!
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“Conditioning”
Sped walk my normal 45 min walking route. Stayed in zone 2. Moving training ways around for a lighter day today. My knees hurt so much for some reason but I’ll be back to normal tomorrow. Don’t know if to count this or not because it’s sorta my daily activity but at a faster pace
Edit: I felt like a fatass so I got moving with some of this:
3 rounds:
- 10 reverse Nordic curls
- 5 pull ups
- 10 push ups
2 rounds:
- 10 bw squats
- 5 pull up’s
- 10 push ups
Now for some limber 11
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HP W6D1 (yesterday)
Hip clean: work up to 195x2, 205x2
Bench: 195x5, 215x5, 245x2 (miss grooved the third but probably could have edged out 4)
Front rack pin squat: 235x4, 255x3, 275x1 (supposed to be 2)
Single leg hand assisted RDL: 85x3x5
Notes:
- Was fasted and getting light headed on some of these maximal sets
Conditioning:
30 mins total
10 rounds (25 minutes)
- 20 bamboo bar benches (15lbs per side- 2 rounds, 20lbs per sides- 8 rounds)
- 20 db seated clean and presses (10lbs- 3 rounds, 7.5lbs- 7 rounds)
5 minutes on rower: 1023m
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HP W6D2
10 min of: Hurdle jump- tuck jump-tuck jump
Box squat: 235x5, 255x5, 285x5 (pr)
Db bench: 80x4, 95x3, 110x1 (supposed to be 2)
RDL: 315x4, 335x5, 355x2
Notes
- very candidly my fucking knees hurt during this. They are feeling way better post lift but man they were hurting during the squats
- Conditioning tomorrow is dependent on the knees. Tomorrow trainheroic conditioning is rower + goblet squats so
- Wrapping up this 1st 6 weeks and it’s going well. Very excited for the rest of the program
- We booked a weekend get away to Ocean Springs MS so that might be fun
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Conditioning:
30 min zone on assault bike (average Bpm: 127)
Notes:
- about an hour walk with dogs this morning
- This seemed to work my quads through some pain so hopefully I’ll feel great tomorrow
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HP W3D3
DL: 345x6, 375x4, 425x1
Dips: 75x4, 90x2, 80x2
Notes
- called it there. Missed out on OHP and BSS but that’s not the worst thing. This is the first workout in 6 weeks where I’ve actually preformed badly so that’s definitely a win
- I planned on skipping BSS today anyways because of the knees
- I felt like ass today. Everything felt heavy. Probably a product of sleeping like shit the last 2 days, not eating, working outside all day yesterday
- On the brightside, my knees didn’t hurt!
- I’ve been waking up with headaches recently. I have no idea why but my upper back/neck has been extremely tight recently. I also need to get back to taking my electrolytes
- I do think these lifts have ran their 6 week course but that’s the beauty of this program. Different rep schemes and different lifts for the next 6 weeks! Going to be more oriented for strongman comps on the horizon
- If I wind up going to the gym with gf this weekend, I’ll do some extra arm and shoulder stuff just for fun
- Pictures from the run got posted. Leave it to me to do the reverse strongman. Stop competing to get fat and strong
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