What is it?
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Biscuits and gravy (with ground beef)
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ME Lower
Giant Cambered Bar GM: 185x3x3
SSB GM: 125x3x6
Bulgarian FFE: 40x3x8
RH: 90x4x20
GHD Situp: 4x10
Notes:
- Cut down on SSB GM because GM was main work.
- Good day. I ended up getting a 84.67% in physics. Fuck yeah
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(Yes I know this is old, Iāve been at sea and am catching up lol)
FWIW, my fiancƩe is 5 months older than me, and I have been calling her a cougar since day one. Loudly. Often. Particularly in front of friends and family. It never gets old. (For me anyway)
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Iāve had the exact same response lately. Great movements
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We are no longer friends
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Ha cougar! Much nicer than my āIām surprised you didnāt say I was mature for my ageā jokes to her!
Same here
Good I canāt associate with biscuit eaters! But honestly, anything from Louisiana would make my list before biscuits and gravy
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RE Upper
Hammer strength chest: 115 per side: 3x8
DB Bench: 60x3x8, 40x7
1 arm row: 105x3x8
Lat pulldown: 150x8,8,7,7
Hammer curl: 35x6, 30x2x10
Lu raise: 12x3x12
Push down: 100x3x12
Notes:
- Had to change it up. Felt like shit and shoulder wouldnāt stop feeling off. I think itās because I under ate and under drank yesterday. Spent 4 hours in the garage setting up a chest freezer and reorganizing it. It was a hot ass day too
- I actually liked this. If I had my DE work, it would have been a great session
- Iām still interested in trying out unity by John Meadows. The only hang up I have is not being able to do strongman events while running it since itās intensive. I know @TrainForPain ran it in the past, so if you have any input or ideas about the program as a whole, Iād love to know
- Took a picture of my goal list at the gym. Will post in another post so itās easier to find
- Also, @QuadQueen I messed up meal prepping and packaged everything up to only realize my rice is undercooked. Do you have any ideas on how to salvage it?
- Lastly, dog picture because heās awesome
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Iām actually running it again right now! It includes a block with some Zercher carries, but thatās really all that would even approach strongman a little bit in it. I donāt think you could realistically add anything to it. Depending what you mean by strongman (like how specific you need to be), you could make some adjustments that might help:
- Use OHP for your DE upper work instead of Bench
- Use axles or thick handles or whatever crazy stuff you guys use for all the assistance work
- Use frames or whatever for any of the speed pulling
- Obviously adjust the ME work to whatever movements you want to hit
- Change the rowing to things that would be friendlier (probably no fixed barbell path stuff)
Overall the program is hard. Itās a 9-week cycle, broken into 3-week blocks, thatās really focused on size and strength, and the sessions are really long; itās not just the volume of work thatās hard to recover from, itās how long youāre spending in the gym. I wouldnāt even really add hard conditioning to it; this is a time to just walk or do the bike.
The main reason Iām doing it again is mental - I felt like I was starting to only do what I wanted to do, and I donāt want to do any of this, so it forced me out of that. Iāll go do DE upper later this evening and post it up, and then my recent log posts will be the first week and a half if you want to check it out.
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Thanks for the response!
Realistically Iām not competing again until November so I donāt need to be too specific. Thereās only a couple floating goals Iām chasing (like sandbag to shoulder and stone) but more size and strength would only help those
I like these!
Thatās really not that long of a block and Iām still in summer for school, so I have the extra time
Hell that might have sold me! I know thatās not what I initially wanted to do of a 8 week base block but nowās the time for a long hard program! Iām going to check out your log but Iām pretty convinced I want to run it and would probably start next week
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Nice! Please do tag me again if you do! I love Johnās stuff and I am really happy to see so many of the awesome lifters on these forums trying it out.
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honestly some of his stuff is my go to āI want to train but canāt do my normal stuff for whatever reasonā sessions!
After much thought (not really), Iām running it. Perfect time because the last 2 weeks are when school kicks into full gear but the first 2 weeks of school are always slow
This should be fun. Iāll probably need lots of food and surge workout fuel
Think tomorrow will be some box squatting to feel out the movement and some stone work
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Solid plan. Itās definitely its own movement. His YouTube channel has a āpower buildingā playlist with Dave Tate where they talk through some cues, if itās helpful. Thereās a billion flavors on this stuff, as you know, so you can at least see his intent within the context of this program.
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Awesome log! Strongman training has always fascinated me. If I could go back in time to when I was a dumb wrestler I would force myself to read this article: The Two-Factor Model of Sports Performance.
If I were in your shoes, I would train the basic barbell lifts on a linear Progression on Monday and Thursday, and then practice the strongman events on Tuesday and Friday. As I got considerably stronger I would slowly transition into a conjugate program.
Just unsolicited advice from a washed up meathead. Best of luck to you with your training!
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Thanks, I appreciate the thoughts! Iāll keep it in my toolbox for another time!
When you heat it up - add some moisture (water or broth) to your dish and after itās warmed up, let it sit for 5-10 minutes before eating and it should absorb some of that liquid and soften. You can rewarm it after it sits too!
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DE lower
Box squat (12ā): 155+reds: 5x2 (little too heavy)
Stone: work up to 260x1 (huge PR)
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Plan for Unity:
Days lifting
- Sat- ME lower
- Sunday- Back
- Monday- ME Upper
- Tues- off
- Wednesday- DE Lower
- Thursday- off
- Friday- DE upper
Adjustments:
- Not too much here. Triples for ME work scheduled back down sets. I am going to leave my options open on ME lifts (at least on strongman Saturday probably no deadlifts though)
- Iāll allow myself to go off plan for strongman lifts (like stones etc) once every 2 weeks. So if I go off tomorrow, the next ME Lower would be on program. I know itās going to happen
- I am going to do OHP for DE Upper. Just because I compete with pressing not benching
- Iām use to the ME stuff being earlier in the week. Also ME pans itself to be better for when everyones around (hence the reason I put it in the beginning of the week). DE is easy enough for me to hide in the corner and bang out the sets
@TrainForPain please let me know if any of these changes are problematic! Thanks!
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Looks good! The only change I might consider is making it so your off days come after ME days (so Monday would be ME lower and Wednesday ME upper), but itās not going to matter a ton.
Good luck!
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