Evolv's Training Log

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862

Week 5, Day 3

INCLINE BENCH PRESS
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5
175 x 5

DB ROW
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10

CURLS
100 total reps

PUSHDOWNS (boomerang bar)
100 total reps

30 minutes on the bicycle

863

Week 5, Day 4

DEADLIFT
405 x 5

AB WHEEL
3 sets x 25 reps

PROWLER
6 x 100m sprints

2 100m sprints

Closed the CoC #1.5 gripper with ease last night. Working to close the #2 now.

Week 5, Day 5

OH PRESS
95 x 5
115 x 3
135 x 3
155 x 1
165 x 1
175 x 1
175 x 1
165 x 1
ā€¦withā€¦
PULL-UPS
x12
x12
x12
x12
x10
x10
x10

SINGLE ARM DB SHOULDER PRESS
35 x 10
45 x 10
55 x 10

FACEPULL
50 total reps

Bodyweight was 184 pounds today.

864

Week 6, Day 1

OH PRESS
100 x 5
110 x 5
115 x 5
125 x 5
135 x 5
ā€¦withā€¦
CHINS
+60 x 5
+60 x 5
+60 x 5
+60 x 5
+60 x 5

DIPS
175 total reps

FACEPULL, low position
100 total reps

865

Week 6, Day 2

SAFETY SQUAT BAR, 2 SECOND PAUSES
245 x 5
245 x 5
245 x 5
245 x 5
245 x 5

SS BAR REVERSE LUNGES
155 x 10
155 x 10

HACK SQUAT
3 sets x 20 reps

GHD
4 sets x 15 reps
ā€¦withā€¦
LEG RAISES
3 sets x 10 reps

866

Week 6 Day 3

INCLINE BENCH PRESS
145 x 5
170 x 5
190 x 5
190 x 5
190 x 5
190 x 5
190 x 5

DB ROW
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 10

CURLS
100 total reps

PUSHDOWNS
100 total reps

867

Looking strong man! I like the exercise selection, seems very similar to the exercises that I like the best as well. I just bought a dip bar attachment (which I then left at my in-laws ~4hrs away), but once I get that back Iā€™m going to start doing them more religiously.

868

Thank you! I appreciate the comments pal. Get that dip bar attachment back! :wink:

Week 6, Day 4

FRONT SQUAT, 2 second pause
225 x 3
245 x 3
265 x 3

DEADLIFT
275 x 5
320 x 5
365 x 10

PROWLER
8 x 50 yard sprints

3 x 100 yard sprints

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869

Good work brother. Ready to see you start climbing toward some PRs. Any thought about peaking anytime soon to see where youā€™re at? Youā€™ve got a lot of work in, I bet you got some big numbers ready to show.

Iā€™m currently looking to put on my calendar a 2017 meet. Iā€™ve always wanted to compete, and have finally decided to do so. Have you ever done a PL comp? I can see you getting a lot from it seeing how dedicated you are.

870

I may at some point perhaps. I try to just make smooth steady progress, instead of working through the loss of strength that is associated with post-peaking, I despise those highs and lows! Especially since I donā€™t compete.

I have never been very inspired by powerlifting, it has not really ever been my thing. I use training as a way to stay physically strong, keep my body worked, stay healthy, and to keep my mind from getting to far out of control. I train alone and have never really had the desire to compete against other people, it is just not why I do it.

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871

Thatā€™s some good sound reasoning.

I get a lot from training without the competition too. Iā€™m such a competitive person, that all I need is myself LOL. Sounds like youā€™re in a similar scenario.

All that matters is that the fire stays stoked, which sounds like youā€™re good to go there.

Any intermediate or long term goals youā€™re working on?

872

Yeah, one has been getting less fat, I was 200 lbs and Iā€™ve cut down to 183 lbs, my goal was to get to 180 lbs. So, really just slowly getting down to that by eating more healthy. Earlier this year I was eating like a madman trying to get strong, and it really didnā€™t work like I though it would LOL.

In any case, my strength goals have been:

  1. Standing overhead press my bodyweight
  2. Close the #2 Captains of Crush gripper
  3. 405 lbs front squat (I have gotten 385, so I am close)
  4. Build more lean mass
873

Iā€™m the same way man! I donā€™t have a need to compete because I feel like Iā€™m just competing with myself. I know Iā€™m not going to the Olympics or breaking world records anytime soon. But if I can hit the goals Iā€™ve set out for myself, Iā€™ll be a happy camper!

874

Yeah, it is nice to hear more people are like this. I guess the internet has certainly fueled the whole powerlifting epidemic over the last 6 years or so. I appreciate powerlifting, because it was my first introduction into a form of strength training back in college. I always associated weight training with bodybuilders, and I always thought the sport of bodybuilding was very odd and I was never attracted to that either. Powerlifting was the first thing I read about where I was like, ā€œOh man, I can go to a gym and just get really strong? Duh!?ā€ After that discovery with powerlifting, I started to read a lot of stuff by Brooks Kubik, Pavel Tsatsouline, old russian and eastern european coaching from the 70s and 80s, some of the old timey strongman stuff from way back and so onā€¦ I thought it was just really cool. Even though I am not a big dude and have horrible genetics for moving a barbell, I thought it was so cool on how much I could potentially change myself-- and that alone has always been an incredible interest of mine and I hope I can do it to some degree till I die.

Much like you, Iā€™m a happy camper as long as I can keep getting in there and working.

875

I know this has been quoted to death lately but this is my exact reasoning for lifting over the past couple of years. At one point I thought about competing but like you, I donā€™t really need to see the need to compete against other people when my brain and body is all the competition I need when it comes to lifting.

And yes, I have lurked on your log for a long time and really like how you set your training up!

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876

Week 7, Day 1

OH PRESS
110 x 5
115 x 5
125 x 5
135 x 5
145 x 5
ā€¦withā€¦
CHINS
+65 x 5
+65 x 5
+65 x 5
+65 x 5
+65 x 5

DIPS
200 total reps! Kapowie!

FACEPULL
100 total reps

877

200 dips is a lot of dips :slightly_smiling_face:

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878

Week 7, Day 2

SS BAR SQUAT
285 x 5
285 x 5
285 x 5
285 x 5
285 x 5
285 x 5
285 x 5
285 x 5

GHD
4 sets x 20 reps

LEG RAISE
4 sets x 20 reps

879

Week 7, Day 3

INCLINE BENCH PRESS
135 x 5
160 x 5
180 x 5
180 x 5
180 x 5
180 x 5
180 x 5

DB ROW
105 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 8
105 x 8
105 x 8

CURLS
100 total reps

PUSHDOWNS
100 total reps

880

Week 7, Day 4

FRONT SQUAT
275 x 2
275 x 2
275 x 2
275 x 2
275 x 2
275 x 2

DEADLIFT
315 x 3
345 x 3
385 x 8

881

Week 7, Day 5

OH PRESS
95 x 5
115 x 3
135 x 3
155 x 2
170 x 1
170 x 1
ā€¦withā€¦
PULL-UPS
x10
x10
x10
x10
x10
x10
x10

SINGLE DB SHOULDER PRESS
45 x 10
55 x 10
65 x 6
55 x 10

FACEPULL
50 total reps