[quote]daddyzombie wrote:
Woke up to a cool cloudy morning. Built a fire in the fireplace and went out to the yard to play.
10 sets of cinderblock farmers
3x10 cinder block rig shrugs
8 sets of 80lb stone carries
That felt great…plenty of time to eat and settle in to watch the Bears and the pitiful Lions play.[/quote]
Nice job! Love the odd-object stuff! Good times!
Cappy
[quote]Capacity wrote:
daddyzombie wrote:
Woke up to a cool cloudy morning. Built a fire in the fireplace and went out to the yard to play.
10 sets of cinderblock farmers
3x10 cinder block rig shrugs
8 sets of 80lb stone carries
That felt great…plenty of time to eat and settle in to watch the Bears and the pitiful Lions play.
Nice job! Love the odd-object stuff! Good times!
Cappy
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Thanks Cappy…I love working out outdoors.
Took Monday off, and didn’t get done voting soon enough to hit the gym yesterday.
Bench
1x15xbar
1x10x95
1x8x135
1x6x185
1x6x205
2x4x225
1x6x205
CG Incline
1x10x95
1x8x135
2x5x155
Pull Throughs
1x10x160
1x10x200
2x8x240
Rope Pulldowns
3x12x120
Conventional Deadlifts
1x8x135
1x6x225
1x4x275
1x4x315
1x1x355
1x1x375
1x5x315
1x8x275
Seated Military Press
2x8x90
1x4x90
Incline Crunches
1x30
1x20
DZ, do you notice a lot of carryover with the strongman stuff?
I am trying to convince a group of old school powerlifters at our gym that we should try a day now and again where we just lift and carry “weird stuff”. There excuse is that it won’t help them with the big three lifts.
[quote]mday wrote:
DZ, do you notice a lot of carryover with the strongman stuff?
I am trying to convince a group of old school powerlifters at our gym that we should try a day now and again where we just lift and carry “weird stuff”. There excuse is that it won’t help them with the big three lifts.
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I’d say my new cinderblock rigs will really improve my shoulders and arms. I’m pretty tired and sore there after wards. But I made them primarily for GPP, same for the tire, a well known method of improving GPP for power lifters.
I’ll be honest though mday, the big three aren’t the be all end all to my lifting. But I will say that I really enjoy lifting the heavy weird stuff, especially the stones because they’re really difficult, and I feel it helps train that intensity it takes to lift really really heavy shit in the gym.
Also the stones are a wicked workout for the lower back. That’s usually the first thing to give out carrying heavy objects. Bottom line is, I’d say there is a fair amount of carry over doing these types of things for powerlifters.
[quote]daddyzombie wrote:
mday wrote:
DZ, do you notice a lot of carryover with the strongman stuff?
I am trying to convince a group of old school powerlifters at our gym that we should try a day now and again where we just lift and carry “weird stuff”. There excuse is that it won’t help them with the big three lifts.
I’d say my new cinderblock rigs will really improve my shoulders and arms. I’m pretty tired and sore there after wards. But I made them primarily for GPP, same for the tire, a well known method of improving GPP for power lifters.
I’ll be honest though mday, the big three aren’t the be all end all to my lifting. But I will say that I really enjoy lifting the heavy weird stuff, especially the stones because they’re really difficult, and I feel it helps train that intensity it takes to lift really really heavy shit in the gym.
Also the stones are a wicked workout for the lower back. That’s usually the first thing to give out carrying heavy objects. Bottom line is, I’d say there is a fair amount of carry over doing these types of things for powerlifters.
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Thanks for the feedback and thoughts on your lifting approach.
Maybe I need to get some cinderblocks.
Even if the strong man stuff doesn’t carry over its just so much fun. It exhausts you differently then lifting.
it seems that lifting and carrying heavy stuff would have great carryover, especially for deads. Mixing a difficult to balance heavy thing while walking is going to give your lower back more depth than just deadlifts. The focus, as well as the tolerance for discomfort will also help in all your lifts. I think.
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Kind of a short session this morning, I’ve got a lot to do, and the place closes early.
Squats
1x10xbar
1x8x135
1x8x185
1x6x225
1x6x275
1x3x315
1x1x335
1x1x355
Nice job on the squats DZ. Sometimes short and intense is the best workout of all.
[quote]skidmark wrote:
Nice job on the squats DZ. Sometimes short and intense is the best workout of all.[/quote]
Thanks Skid, I would have liked to get in more work than that though. They’ve changed the Saturday hours and close at noon. I have a hard time getting in there before 11 or 11:30 being a second shifter. It’s nasty outside today, so no outdoors stuff.
Thanks for the response on the strongman stuff DZ. I will have to get out in the neighborhood and try and “pick-up” a few more stones for my workouts. This might be hard since we are going to be getting a few inches of snow over the next few days. Here comes winter…
Short & sweet is better than nothing at all, right? Nice back-to-back workouts over the last several posts DZ; keep it up!
My new Gateway computer from Best Buy stopped working Sunday. Nothing serious took it back and got it fixed right away. Not going to try to detail this weeks workouts, because honestly I didn’t expect to have the "puter back up and running so quickly so, I didn’t write things down.
Tuesday - Shoulders and arms
Wednesday- GMs, Bent over rows, and some more rows.
Thursday - HIIT, and several more sets with my new cinder block toys.
Squats
1x10xbar
1x10x135
1x6x185
1x15x225
1x10x275
1x8x225
1x12x185
1x12x135
Leg Curls
3x12x120
Hanging Leg Raises
2x10
Time to try something different.
Weight up to 212, don’t think I’m getting fat, but I’ll get in more GPP and cardio to make sure.
Music - Testament
Rear Delt Raises
2x12x25
Bench
1x15xbar
1x10x95
1x20x135
10x3x135(20sec rest)
25 minutes CV cycle on eliptical machine
Incline Crunches
4x20
More cardio today
30 minutes total on three different machines,just wanted to try some new stuff again.
Stair Climber
Eliptical Machine
Rowing Machine(that sucker was tougher than I expected)
6 sets around the yard with Cinder block farmers
[quote]daddyzombie wrote:
More cardio today
30 minutes total on three different machines,just wanted to try some new stuff again.
Stair Climber
Eliptical Machine
Rowing Machine(that sucker was tougher than I expected)
6 sets around the yard with Cinder block farmers[/quote]
You should call that “The Cindy Walk,” a la Crossfit Workout of the Day
DZ, don’t be afraid to change things up or try new things etc. By now, you have a pretty good idea what works for you, BUT every once in awhile you have to test the waters to see if other things work as well or better or not at all. It all gets filed away in the end & more than likely you’ll be back doing the things you like and are successful with. Keep up the good work!
Art