Sounds like a great time for all.
I’m hungry just reading your last log Barry.
Mike, I hate it when you have a spat with the wife/girlfriend and it ruins the entire day. Hope all is ok now. Personally I would have had Jim Beam and diet coke…
I don’t know which i liked the sound of more…the meals or the training???
Barry,
Glad you had a good time; obviously a lot of chemistry bet. you the the TEXAS crew!
01/17/10 - Sunday
Deadlift - 135x8; 225x5; 315x2; 365x1; 405x1; 425x1; 455x1; 455x2; 460x2
My training partner was doing Rack Pulls from just below the knee - 515 was on the bar; I thought I might have a shot at it - it did not budge!
01/18/10 - Monday MLK B’day
Bench Press - 45x12x2
CG Bench Press with Pink Band Doubled around Back(+50lbs @ lockout)
45x8; 95x6; 135x4; 185x2; 225x1; 235x3; 235x2; 235x3; 235x3; 235x2
All the sets “felt” heavy; the band kicked my & my Triceps’ ass!
Boring deload this week. Still a little tore up, shoulder whining after the pullovers. Light weight and lots of reps. Art it’s coming back. If you are doing 460X2, 515 will be no problem. Jimmy T had a slight concussion and was laying low for the weekend, bumped his cranium at work. Been watching lots of DL video trying to get it. It fucking haunghts me. So what I’ll still try and pick it up. See ya all.
hi all,
yesterday-
deadlift 250kgx1(easy, felt like i might get a few reps with it, but i left well enough alone.
190kgx5 RAW, 150kgx5 RAW
power shrugs 1x15x150kg
leg press 2x15 x 10 plates
abds 2 sets
today, back and legs felt good, so i pulled again today.
deadlift, 100% raw, 200kgx5
shrugs 140kgx20
leg press, 6 plates x 100 reps. ugh.
abds 2 sets 15 reps
done!
Looking strong Mike. How are the elbows doing these days? And your inner thigh was giving you trouble too, right??
Thought I’d stop by and see what the big boys are doing. Impressive as always!
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
Looking strong Mike. How are the elbows doing these days? And your inner thigh was giving you trouble too, right??[/quote]
oh dont get me started. i will go on like a senior citizen listing all his medical ailments… haha.
back was tweaked, butmuch better now.
elbow is never good, since surgery in 2007, on a good day my left triceps is about 25% of my right, on a bad day, i cannot do any elbow extension against resistance at all.
what is bugging me now is i have torn meniscus in my left knee, that i am not prepared to get surgerized at this time, so i am just dealing. and i have a nagging injury to both my lat insertions to my upper arms. that is i have a pain/tearing feeling on heavy deadlifts and any sort of direct lat work(pulling) that feels like something is about to rip off on the inside of my upper arms. bizarre, i know.
Hey Gang!
Mike,
You’re not ready to be put out to pasture! Though there is rumor circulating that you’re goin’ be studded???
The torn meniscus, is it medial or lateral???
2 bench Workouts only this week as I was absorbed in the new puppy!
01/18/10 - Monday
Bench Press
45x12x2
CG Bench Press with Pink Band Doubled Around Back(+50@lockout)
45x8; 95x6; 135x4; 185x2; 225x1; 235x3; 235x2; 235x3; 235x3; 235x2
01/23/10 - Saturday
Bench Press
45x12x2
CG Bench Press with 2 Doubled Mini Bands and 1 Pink Band Doubled Around Back(+100@lockout)
45x8; 95x5; 135x3; 185x3; 195x3; 205x3; 215x2; 225x1
New Puppy, “Chance” with Mazey lazing on the forbidden sofa!
thanks art, and good work as always. love all the pics of the pups, btw.
lateral pretty sure. dont know if i want an mri or just have my orthopod just go ahead and scope it.
he is almost 100% it is a lateral tear and lots of rough edges that need to be smoothed out.
upper body rep day-
a. incline dumbbell press, 30x25, 40x15, 50x10, 60x10, 70x10, 80x10, 90x4, 65x15
b1. fat man chins with feet elevated on box, 50 reps
b2. close hand position pushups 50 reps
c. barbell curls, 65x20, 95x10, 10
tabata on airdyne bike.
pump city!!!
Mike,
I guess it’s your call as to what and/or when the next step(s) are. With the scope, your down time shouldn’t be that bad…in fact you may just have to wait for the sutures to come out and then be back at it, with modification, of course! Your upper body workouts shouldn’t really suffer much at all. By the way, I liked the back-to-back DL workouts…how did the second workout feel? How did you feel after both were done? Would you do this again, and why/whynot???
01/25/10 - Monday
Wanted to get in a good squat workout as I haven’t squatted in over a week…I jinxed myself, once again!!!
Squat
45x8x2; 135x5; 185x3; 225x1; Looking for sets of 3’s - 275x1; 280x1; 285x1; 290x1; 295x1; 300x1; 305x1; 310x1; 315x1…My low back glutes were hurting real bad with shooting pain down my hamstrings before during and after the actual squat. Today, the walkouts were ok, but my R foot was completely numb by workouts’ end, as well as my last 2 fingers of my R hand. At first not only was I in pain, but the weight felt heavy on my back; after the 3rd single the weight felt light on my back for the remaining singles. Just a shitty friggin’ workout!!!
01/28/10 - Thursday
AM
Press Behind the Neck
45x10x2; 70x8; 95x5; 120x3; 135x8; 135x6; 135x4
PM
Deadlift
135x8; 245x5; 335x2; 425x3; 445x3
art, good work on the deads, question: you using a belt on any of these sets?
as toyou question, well, i just went on feel. my elbow felt really really bad, and my hips and low back felt good, so why would i do an upper body press day when i was not recovered, and why not do a deadlift day if i did feel recovered?
yester day…
dadlift 230kg x 5 with belt. i wanted 10 or more, back and hips said yes…my lat insertions to my left upper arm said no. this nagging injury is NOT getting better, it is getting WORSE. it is starting to affect me outside of the gym, doing every day things, even something as trivial as pulling myself up into my truck.
shrugs 150kgx15 again, i wanted 20 or more, but the injury noted above would not let me.
one leg squats, 50 reps each leg.
back raises 2x30
abd wheel 1x10
Mike,
If it’s not one thing it’s another with us, huh? I can so empathize with what you go through on a daily basis! I hope you can find a happy medium between training around your injuries and letting them have a chance at healing, if that’s possible. I can only imagine the thoughts that must cross your mind while dealing with this shit! I haven’t used a belt in training or competition for the DL in over 8 years. If I get it tight enough to do some good, I can’t breathe in the bottom and sometimes balnk out at the top, so I figure it does nothing to wear it loose so I don’t wear at all…do you think I should, and if so, what are your reasons???
02/01/10 - Monday
Interesting workout from a standpoint of my performance hitting a wall!!!
Bench Press
45x10x2
CG Bench Press with Pink Band Doubled Around Back(+50 @ lockout)
45x8; 95x6; 135x4; 185x2; 225x1(Started to “feel heavy!”) wanted 3’s rest of workout - 250x1("Felt impossibly heavy!) Went to no band…
250x3EASY; Added Mini Band Doubled Around Back(+20@lockout)250x3ok…No Band 250x3; Mini Band 250x3; no band 250x3 so ened up with 5 sets x 3’s - 3 with no band and 2 with doubled mini band around back.
The 250 bar weight + the 50lbs @ lockout was too much for me to do more than a single, so I pussied out, as usual!!! Comments please
Mike,
If it’s not one thing it’s another with us, huh? I can so empathize with what you go through on a daily basis! I hope you can find a happy medium between training around your injuries and letting them have a chance at healing, if that’s possible. I can only imagine the thoughts that must cross your mind while dealing with this shit! I haven’t used a belt in training or competition for the DL in over 8 years. If I get it tight enough to do some good, I can’t breathe in the bottom and sometimes balnk out at the top, so I figure it does nothing to wear it loose so I don’t wear at all…do you think I should, and if so, what are your reasons???
02/01/10 - Monday
Interesting workout from a standpoint of my performance hitting a wall!!!
Bench Press
45x10x2
CG Bench Press with Pink Band Doubled Around Back(+50 @ lockout)
45x8; 95x6; 135x4; 185x2; 225x1(Started to “feel heavy!”) wanted 3’s rest of workout - 250x1("Felt impossibly heavy!) Went to no band…
250x3EASY; Added Mini Band Doubled Around Back(+20@lockout)250x3ok…No Band 250x3; Mini Band 250x3; no band 250x3 so ened up with 5 sets x 3’s - 3 with no band and 2 with doubled mini band around back.
The 250 bar weight + the 50lbs @ lockout was too much for me to do more than a single, so I pussied out, as usual!!! Comments please
02/02/10 - Tuesday
Squat
45x8x2
Squat with 2 Blue Bands(+120 @ Lockout)
45x5; 95x3; 135x3; 185x3; 225x2; 250x1; 275x1(wanted 3) added old worn out wraps 275x3
took off bands 300x3x5
I was not explosive enough when the bar weight was heavy to overcome the increasing resitance of the bands! I was pushing as hard as I could but didn’t have enough “momentum” or bar speed as the bands really tightened up at the top. When I added the wraps, I got the reps, but barely; there was no way I was going to get 5 sets, so I took the bands off, added a little weight & kept the wraps…the 300x3x5 weren’t “easy” but they weren’t impossible either. I took 3 mins between sets and each succeeding set was harder on all 3 reps. The last set of 3(5th set) I made the 3rd rep by screaming, I think, lol!
This thread always inspires.
solid work, multiple injuries,
and always great training methods.
Good work.
last few workouts
monday 1-1 flat dumbbell presses 85x6, 60x26(yes 26 reps, not a typo)
chins 5x7
hammer iso shoulder press, 3 plates each side x6, 2 plates x20
barbell curl 1x10x65, 2x6x115, 1x22x65
shoulder circuit 2 rounds(db cleansx10/front raisesx10/side raisesx10/shrugsx10)
machine overhead extensions x20
wed 1-3 power clean 3x5x100kg
power squat machine 2 plates x 10, 4 x10, 6x10, 8x10, 5x5
back raises x 100
standing cable abds 2x15
tabata on airdyne
friday 1-5 incline dumbbell press 85x10 100x3, 60x20
seated cable row 5x10
standing cable curls 3x10/rope pushdowns 3x33
db clean and press 3x12x50lbs
pushups x failure(26)
today 1-8 barbell push ups: bwx10, bw plus one band x10, 2 bands x 10 2 bands plus 15kg plate x 10, 2 bands plus 20kg plate x10
dumbbell row 65 x 20, 110 x 15-5-3 rest-pause
EZ bar standing curls 75x10, 95x10, 115x10, 135x3, 75x10/push ups with both hands on med ball 4x12
standing db curls 30lbx10/40x10/50x5(both arms at same time, no rest)
band triceps extensions 3x33
shoulder circuit 1 round.
what i am trying to do is to hit one “press” movement and one big back movement and a ton of volume for my arms 2x week, and get a decent DL/leg day in the middle. i am unable to press heavy anymore due to my elbow, so i want size for my upper body, and i have always responded well (upper body) in the past to high volume and high frequency. i want to still pull big, and my deadlift has always responded to heavy but infrequent pulling.
we will see how it goes.
weighed 230lb even today.