Today is Press day! Can’t wait to get in the gym.
Life news: Got accepted into college and last night I scheduled my classes. Going to be a physical therapist assistant! Just gotta take care of financial aid and I’m good to go!
Also, no-shave-November is going pretty well. The beard gives a good carryover to pressing so we’ll see how it goes.
Good job on gettin’ into school!!! Are you starting in January ?
Yes ma’am I am.
Ok gym went well. Felt pretty good despite Monty Python’s circus of what the fuck is that?!?
Some people were doing the goofiest shit I’ve seen in awhile, anyway…
Press-
65x5
75x5
85x5 3 with leg drive
65x10
bent over raise/lateral raise superset
15#'s 3 sets of 10 each
DB rows 3 sets of 12
3 sets of 6 pull ups.
Then I did some db overhead pressing and worked up to 60 pound one arm press. New PR.
Finished off with 3 sets of sit ups and went home. Good night.
Worked a roofing job yesterday. Had to get up at 4 and rive a couple hours back home, then worked til 4:30 hung out at the house for awhile before heading back to college town. Got here at like 10:30 long ass day but I made $100 cash!
Bench press later today.
Last night did embarrassingly light bench and pull ups. Did 36 pullups in total.
Squat today.
December 8th there is a meet in my hometown… GAME ON!
[quote]Drake37 wrote:
December 8th there is a meet in my hometown… GAME ON![/quote]
Niiice! Bring it home!
[quote]coyotegal wrote:
[quote]Drake37 wrote:
December 8th there is a meet in my hometown… GAME ON![/quote]
Niiice! Bring it home![/quote]
Will do! Looking to go 330, 374, then have that last attempt on how I feel. 170 kg is mine!
OHP
70x3
80x3
90x7 strict 3 jerks
70x11 strict
dumbell lateral raises
2 sets of 10 with 10
1 awful set with 20lbs
I can keep strcit form with 15 and 20 kicks my ass. Odd.
3 sets of 10 chin ups
Curls
1 set of 8 with 10
2 sets of 10 wit 20
1 set of 10 with 30
That’s all folks!
Happy thanksgiving everyone!
Deadlift
135x5
135x5
185x5
225x3
260x3
292x7
Front squat
45x5
65x5
95x5
115x7
Good mornings
45x5
65x5
95x12
Good lifts all around. Felt good. Had a big dinner with the family. Good night!
Just going by feel programming the front squats and good mornings?
Yeah man. I’ve never really done front squats and turns out I love them.
Pretty much going to use the Dorian Yates approach to assistance work. 2 warm up sets and one really tough work set. Doing a lot of volume kicks my ass. Maybe less is more for me?
If it feels good, then keep doing it that way. If you feel a little beat up from doing both after deadlifts, then you could always move good mornings to squat day.
Deadlift day
Foam roller
1 mile on exercise bike
Barbell complexes
135x5
135x5
205x1
265x1
285x1
305x1
265x1
205x1
I did a 135 front squat. Certainly not ground breaking, but its nice to have that flexibility and mobility back in my hip. Woo hoo!
It takes a half hour to warm up, but I feel better and am making progress.
Tonight I sign up for the meet on the 8th. Going to compete at 132. Deadlift only 330, 374, 385
After the meet I am doing a russian squat program to give my elbows a break. I feel all ate up and feels worse every week. Time to unwind and stretch for a bit. Need some holiday R
Enjoy your unwind time! Glad your listening to your body.
I often underestimate what a warm up can do for strong lifts. An hour eh? I have been wondering if I could use more…maybe I should amp them up a bit.
Front squats rock!!! I like em better then back.
Take care 
Thanks! Yeah I have to take about a solid half hour to warm up, but I find it totally worth it.
I am psyched for my meet the 8th! Decided I am going for 385 on my 3rd pull.
After the meet I am going to focus on squats and clean and jerk 3x a week with a lot of pull ups, dips, and ab work. Cardio will be farmer’s walks and biking/swimming.
It’ll be hard to swallow my ego and not deadlift, but I need to do this and get my shit straight.
I agree front squats kick ass!
Tonight at 1 am is my 1 year anniversary being home from 5 months in FLW MO. My own special hell.
Being home is your own special hell?
Hope it turned out to be an ok night for you!
Haha no Fort Leonard Wood was my hell. 8 weeks of training, broken leg in 3 places, 4 months of labor with no contact to the outside world. No mail, calls, nothing. I had 1 friend that whole time. Good shit.
Yeah I had a good night. I had to cancel my meet because of work, then they cancelled my shift…
Pretty furious.
So I decided to max out squat and bench. Squatted 247 and benched 165. Then I had a good night with my cousin and his gf. Watched The Dark Knight Rises again.
Tonight I am going to lay out my plans for training. 4 blocks.
My plan is:
Should work.