Hedlesky's Post-Bombing Log

Training Logs
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To say nationals did not go the way I wanted it to would be an understatement. I half assed a lot of my training and it showed. Big time. I could make a million excuses about a handful of things that went wrong but, none of that should have mattered. I was exectly as strong as I showed on the platform. Not very. Took a couple days off training to think about some things (and mostly to recover, what I think, is a torn hamstring) but I still want to do raw nationals. So, here is a short meet write up:

2012- Men’s Nationals:

Woke up and felt like a smashed bag of assholes. Weighed in a hair above anorexic (257).

Squats:

630 opener felt like 50 billion pounds. 3 white lights. 670 felt the same as 630 but I blew it up out of the hole. Too bad the whol was about 6 inches too high and my right knee didn’t lock out (this is where my hamstring exploded, I think). Tried it again and it sucked even worse

Bench:

My 501 opener would have been easier if I remembered to stay tight and push hard. I forgot both of those things and I got buried under it. Took it again on my second, still sucked. Adjusted my shirt, smoked it on my third but got tunred down 2 to 1 for a failure to touch my chest. More like a successful touch to my belt.

Deadlift:

Left the meet, went to the hotel bar, and proceeded to drink my face off in the hopes of it killing the pain in my leg.

Like I said, no excuses. I was weak and did not work hard and it showed. Lots of things to get done between now and raw nats. So:

Thursday-6-28-12- ME Lower

Tractioned hip into ext. rotation, did some high hammy flossing (this hurt a lot).
Jump rope x 200

Front squats- bar x3x10, 95x5, 135x5, 185x5, 225x5, 275x5, 315x5<~~~ wasnt hard but this one started to hurt so I shut it down

B. Split Squats- +50 extra pounds x4x10
SLDLs- 95lbsx50

1 leg hip liftsx2x20

Gonna stretch more and do some ab work later. Leg is killing me still. Today was the first day since sunday that I could bend and stragihten it. The bruising is still from the back of my knee to the bottom of my ass. Just gotta keep it moving.

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sorry to hear about the competition, dont let it get ya down to much, aint nobody perfect and as long as ya learn shit, wasnt a waste. Looking forward to the new log. Also the log title mught get kinda sad in a couple months…just constantly seeing ‘post bomb out’ message haha.

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Hey man this is my first time posting on here. I,ve been reading the articles and lurking since Jan 2000. Been lifting since 89, just to give ya a little backround I have always been a 1 bodypart a week dude but decided to get into pl about 5mo ago. I want to tell you that your log has been very informative and very educational. For that I thank you. I’m sorry meet man. Thank you again

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It looks like the title of this log should keep you motivated to not half-ass it this time around. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed following your other log, you’re helping a lot of us weaker ones get stronger. Good luck with your recovery and keep looking forward!

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You crazy foo! You do work hard. Even someone doing 25% of the shit you do would make any normal/sane person want to curl up into a ball and cry/vomit etc…

Maybe you were just too hyped up for it or something and it wore you out. I DUNNO. Sometimes I get so excited to max out on DL I use up all of my engery and then I finally get to lift and I end up sucking…

OR MAYBE you were tired from Splash mountian, ha.

K I have done my womenly duty of consoling you even though it was probably annoying, LOl.

K YA BYE

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[quote]bignate wrote:
sorry to hear about the competition, dont let it get ya down to much, aint nobody perfect and as long as ya learn shit, wasnt a waste. Looking forward to the new log. Also the log title mught get kinda sad in a couple months…just constantly seeing ‘post bomb out’ message haha.[/quote]

I didn’t learn anything. I already knew not working hard would completely fuck me when I got on the platform and it did. I just really need to get my shit together for the next one. Yes, this log title will probably make me depressed everytime I read it. haha.

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[quote]crs235 wrote:
Hey man this is my first time posting on here. I,ve been reading the articles and lurking since Jan 2000. Been lifting since 89, just to give ya a little backround I have always been a 1 bodypart a week dude but decided to get into pl about 5mo ago. I want to tell you that your log has been very informative and very educational. For that I thank you. I’m sorry meet man. Thank you again[/quote]

Glad to help, man. Let me know if you have any specific questions about anything. Hopefully, I can help keep you from bombing out of a meet.

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[quote]TylerPK4L wrote:
It looks like the title of this log should keep you motivated to not half-ass it this time around. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed following your other log, you’re helping a lot of us weaker ones get stronger. Good luck with your recovery and keep looking forward![/quote]

Thanks man.

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[quote]Spock81 wrote:
You crazy foo! You do work hard. Even someone doing 25% of the shit you do would make any normal/sane person want to curl up into a ball and cry/vomit etc…

Maybe you were just too hyped up for it or something and it wore you out. I DUNNO. Sometimes I get so excited to max out on DL I use up all of my engery and then I finally get to lift and I end up sucking…

OR MAYBE you were tired from Splash mountian, ha.

K I have done my womenly duty of consoling you even though it was probably annoying, LOl.

K YA BYE [/quote]

I have no idea. Honestly, I had no desire to even be there when I got there. I need to get my shit together!!!

Thanks for the non-annoying consolation.

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Thursday-6-28-12-

Tabata distance row- max resistance- 985 meters

PR on having to sit down for a really long time after doing an exercise.

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[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:

[quote]bignate wrote:
sorry to hear about the competition, dont let it get ya down to much, aint nobody perfect and as long as ya learn shit, wasnt a waste. Looking forward to the new log. Also the log title mught get kinda sad in a couple months…just constantly seeing ‘post bomb out’ message haha.[/quote]

I didn’t learn anything. I already knew not working hard would completely fuck me when I got on the platform and it did. I just really need to get my shit together for the next one. Yes, this log title will probably make me depressed everytime I read it. haha.[/quote]

if i recall correctly, youve been developing techniques and training leading up to this meet, idk how far away your next meet is, but being able to be even smarter for this entire training cycle until then and apply everything you can, and give it 110% because of the last meet, then id say thats learning something.

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Funny log title :slight_smile:

It looks like you have a good outlook (blaming yourself and the things you can control instead of judging, missing your peak, different bar, etc).

Way to not take yourself too seriously. I am sure you will do well at raw nats. Good luck.

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[quote]bignate wrote:

[quote]StormTheBeach wrote:

[quote]bignate wrote:
sorry to hear about the competition, dont let it get ya down to much, aint nobody perfect and as long as ya learn shit, wasnt a waste. Looking forward to the new log. Also the log title mught get kinda sad in a couple months…just constantly seeing ‘post bomb out’ message haha.[/quote]

I didn’t learn anything. I already knew not working hard would completely fuck me when I got on the platform and it did. I just really need to get my shit together for the next one. Yes, this log title will probably make me depressed everytime I read it. haha.[/quote]

if i recall correctly, youve been developing techniques and training leading up to this meet, idk how far away your next meet is, but being able to be even smarter for this entire training cycle until then and apply everything you can, and give it 110% because of the last meet, then id say thats learning something.[/quote]

I definitely deviated from my training plan the las month and a half from the meet. Stress, time, a bunch of other things that didn’t matter got in my head and slowed me down. I took real life more seriously than I normall do and it royally fucked me. I won’t make that mistake again.

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[quote]ajweins wrote:
Funny log title :slight_smile:

It looks like you have a good outlook (blaming yourself and the things you can control instead of judging, missing your peak, different bar, etc).

Way to not take yourself too seriously. I am sure you will do well at raw nats. Good luck.[/quote]

Thanks man. I only have one goal:

Weigh 50 more pounds than I did at men’s nats.

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Friday… I think?- 6-29-12- DE Upper- Accumulation Sucks.

Only had about and hour between clients today:

Tri Opener (short and long leverage)
Lots of pull aparts and dislocations
Bunch of face pulls
Jump Rope x 200. Tried some double unders, got pissed, and threw my jump rope.

Bench- Bar x 50 with a couple different grips
95x10
135x10
185x5
Close Grip
215x20x3 in 6:45

Incline DB Press
65sx57

Bradfords/1 Arm OH Tricep Extenstions
115x5x10/light bandx5x12

Kroc Rows-
60x10
110x10
180x2x15

M.Mini Pull-Apartsx4x25

Had to stop here because I ran out of time. I work/pretend to work for the rest of today so I will get up early to finish tomorrow. It’s been so long since I’ve done it that I forgot how awesome higher volumes feel. I might run my Accumulation Block a little longer than usual mostly because all of the intense strength work left me feeling as useful as a sore dick at the meet.

More tomorrow.

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Watched the nats…that was some shit, that is all I have to say about that.

300 or bust…get after it!

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Glad to see that you’re coming up with a new plan of attack. How awesome was your post-meet backload?

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For the weight gain you still doing backloading type diet? Just adding in more cals? If so where you adding them? Early part of the day or carbs in the backload?

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[quote]pbclax1 wrote:
Watched the nats…that was some shit, that is all I have to say about that.

300 or bust…get after it![/quote]

Working on it. When I was up at Westside, Louie told me I should be around 315-330 if I want to reach my potential. I want to be there in a year. I am completely done pussying around with my weight and worrying about where I will be most competitive. Strong is competitive. So I need to work on getting stronger.

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[quote]IronAbrams wrote:
Glad to see that you’re coming up with a new plan of attack. How awesome was your post-meet backload?[/quote]

I ate three very large plates of nachos and my girlfriend and I racked up a $300 bar tab on bourbon and tequila. It was pretty awesome.