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June 21
Week 2 Wave 1 Day 1
Conditioning (Light) 30 on/30 off X 10
OHP (Heavy)

OHP - Worked up to 230 X 1 (104 kg)

Giant Sets
A. Pull Ups
a1. BW X 9
a2. BW X 9
a3. BW X 8

B. OHP
b1. 220 X 4 (99.5 kg) - All time Rep PR ,definitely haven’t lost any strength
b2. 205 X 5 (93 kg)
b3. 195 X 7 (88 kg)

C. Ab Wheel Rollouts
3 X 10
D. Speed Bag
3 X 60 seconds
90 seconds rest between rounds.

Assistance
A. Behind the Neck Press
a1. 115 X 20 (52 kg)
a2. 115 X 10

B. Tricep Pushdowns
b1 50 X 14 (22.5 kg)
b2 50 X 10
60 seconds between sets

Not to bad today, heart and lungs are starting to get with the program, and my stomach didn’t feel like it was on the verge of exploding which may have help as well. :slight_smile:

I’ve been trying a few things the last two weeks. I like keeping the same main mover for the first part of the superset and rotating the second the best.
After this week I am going to move my days around since the bench and row day are almost identical. Going to go Bench, OHP, Row.

And America’s Strongest may be postponed again. I should know something definite on Tuesday/Wednesday. I’m starting my house in August if the contest is pushed to around then, I may be skipping this year. :frowning:

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June 23
Wave 1 Week 3 Day 2
Row (Medium)
Conditioning 3 on/1 off X 3

Seal Row - Worked up to 255 X 4 (115.5 kg)

A. Incline Guillotine Press
a1. 225 X 8 (102 kg)
a2. 225 X 8
a3. 225 x 6

B. Seal Rows
b1.240 X 6 (108.5 kg)
b2. 225 X 7 (102 kg)
b3. 210 X 9 (95 kg)

C. Leg raises
3 X 15
D. Sledge Hammer Swings
3 X 22 dropped the time part, going to increase by 2 each time going as fast as i can.
90 seconds between Giant Sets

Assistance
A. Dumbbell Row
a1. 80X 10 (36 kg)
a2. 80 X 9

B. Hammer Curls
B1. 40 X 12 (18 kg)
b2. 40 X 8
60 sec rest between super sets

My elbow sleeves have been a pain to get on here lately, and the fabric tape measure was just laying there…

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Now where all the chicks at? :smiley:

My twelve year old self would be pretty proud also probably my twenty year old self, but right now me thought I’d look a whole lot bigger at 18" Maybe at 19…The quest continues.

I’ve started having people pull the genetics card thinking I’ve always been a stronger guy so here is a picture of me in the hospital ~ 8 days after my back surgery, and weighing ~140# (63.5 kg) @ 6’-1".

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June 25
Wave 1 Week 3 Day 3
BP (Light)

Conditioning 2000 meter Row
Beat my all time record by 1 second - 10:27.0
In your face 70-79 year old women. Now on to the 60-69 year olds then I can really buckle down and beat the 85-89 year old men. :smiley:

Bench Press - worked up to 295 X 5 (133.5 kg)

A. Seal Row
a1. 225 X 8 (102 kg)
a2. 225 X 7
a3. 225 X 6

B. Bench Press
b1. 275 X 8 (124.5kg) - this is 10# higher than my first powerlifting meet best 1RM I found that amusing.
b2. 255 X 9 (115.5 kg)
b3. 240 X 11 (108.5 kg)

C. Rollouts
3 X 10

D. Battle Ropes
3 X 30 seconds
90 seconds rest between circuts

Assistance
A. Close Grip Pin Press
a1. 295 X 5 (133.5 kg)
a2. 295 X 0+0+0 Wasn’t happening

B. Push Ups, (From knees)
b1. BW X 15
b2. BW X 15
60 sec rest between supersets

Getting back in my chair was a chore.

America’s Strongest Crapple is official moved to Sunday August 2nd. I start my house the next Monday. August is going to be a little hectic for me but should be interesting at least.

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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June 28
Wave 2 Week 1(4) Day 1

Bench Press (Medium) Moving my days around this week to see how it goes.

Conditioning Rower 3 minute on/ 1 off

BP - worked up to 330 X 1

A. Seal Row
a1. 225 X 8
a2. 225 X 8
a3. 225 X 7

B. Bench Press
b1. 310 X 4
b2. 295 X 5
b3. 275 X 8

C. Plank
3 X 60 seconds

D. Battle Ropes
3 X 30 seconds
90 sec rest between Giant Sets

Assistance

A. Pin Press
a1. 275 X 7
a2. 275 X 3

B. Dips
b1. BW X 19
b2. BW X 20

Signed the contract for my house Friday. Time to watch my bank account drain away. :slight_smile:

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June 30
Wave 2 Week 1 (4) Day 2
OHP - Light

I’ve lost a few pounds semi-intentionally. Back down at 189 - 190.
I float between wanting to get bigger and stronger, and being terrified of getting fat. I’ll get very close to 200# then out of the blue I’ll decide I need to fast for a day or something else stupid/ counterproductive, like when I woke up at 3:30 every morning to row, for two months straight, and then I’ll drop back down to the 190 range.

I had the same issue at 165 about 5 years ago. At the very least it seems my set point for weight is now 25# heavier, while still fitting in the same pants from my 165 days.

Conditioning - 2000 meter row - this absolutely killed me today ~ 30 seconds over my last time.

OHP - worked up to 210 X 5 (95 kg)
Had another one in me at least, and seeing how the rest of the session went I’m a little angry at myself for holding back.

A. Pull Ups
a1. BW X 9
a2. BW X 9
a3. BW X 9

B. OHP
b1. 200 X 6 (90.5 kg)
b2. 185 X 8 (83.5 kg)
b3. 175 X 9 (79 kg)

C. Rollouts
3 X 10
That last set was at least 80% bullshit micro reps, but I’m counting it because it sucked to do.

D. Speed Bag
3 X 60 seconds
Last set felt like I was drunk, couldn’t get more than three or so hits in without screwing it up. ended up just rolling my fists since its the hardest to screw up…

90 seconds between Giant sets. Death seemed like it would be a sweet release on that third one. :slight_smile:

My skin was super flushed after I finished, even my palms looked like they had spent way too long in the sun. My motivation meter dropped down to zero and I called it a day.

I don’t know if it was the heat, or the dust or what, but today was terrible. I’ll have to comeback and hit it hard next time.

I’m entering the slow part of the year for my industry, so I have a ton of free time at Job #1 now. Decided to try and write a story and keep myself from going crazy(er).

I’ve never managed to make it through one before. I probably have a dozen or more half to three quarter finished ones scattered around my computer. Trying to see this one through will give me something else to think about instead of training/competing which is probably a good thing.

If I am ever happy with it I might post a link or something up here, knock my ego down a few notches if nothing else. :smile:

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Would love to have the link.
Fiction? Non- fiction? Mystery? Self help? Let’s have it.
I have several partials myself and a couple of finished short stories.

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Fiction.

Nonfiction has always been to rigid for me. All those pesky facts getting in the way, and self help is not my wheel house. I’m a very pull yourself up by your bootstraps guy, and a “I made it through why can’t you?” I’ve become more understanding here the last few years. (Probably getting old and sentimental) maybe one day.

This story I’m working on right now would be classed as historical fiction I suppose. 1912-14 set in Nova Scotia & artic circle area H.p. lovecraftish with slightly less racism. :slightly_smiling_face:

I rewrote a lot of norse myths for giggles one week.

Most of what I have written ended up being a bunch of Conan/ Tarzan clones set in different imes. Also with slightly less racism than Robert Howard/ Edgar Rice Burroughs. :slightly_smiling_face:

The one I made it the most into was actually a Dark Souls fan fiction oddly enough.
I was looking for something to sate my curiosity and found a Dark Souls / My little
Poney cross over which made me both violently angry and nauseous so I had to write something to try and cleanse my mind.

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Sounds interesting, hope you get it finished!

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July 3
Wave 2 Week 1 (4) Day 3
Row (Heavy)
Conditioning 30 on/30 off X 10

Seal Row - Worked up to 285 X 2

A. Incline Press
a1. 225 X 8
a2. 225 X 8
a3. 225 X 8

B. Seal row
b1. 275 X 3
b2. 255 X 4
b3. 245 X 5

C. Leg raises
3 X 15

D. Sledge Hammer Swings
3 X 25
90 sec rest between Giant sets

Assistance
A DB Rows
a1. 90 X 10
a2. 90 X 7

B. Preacher Curl
b1. 120 X 5
b2. 120 X 3
60 sec between super sets

Felt much better than I did Tuesday.
Four weeks out from America’s. Seeing how I am pretty much the only one able to train consistently, if I can manage not to sabotage myself I’ll be in good shape.

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July 5
Wave 2 Week 2 (5) Day 1
Bench Press (Light)

Conditioning - 2000 meters has become soul sucking so I did 5 x 500 instead. Which is further and I can “sprint” more so its harder, but was a nice change.

Bench Press - Worked up to 315 X 5 (142.5 kg) I’m 95% sure that is an All time Rep PR. I will post the video of it later.

A. Seal Row
a1. 225 X 8 (102 kg)
a2. 225 X 8
a\3. 225 X 8

B. Bench Press
b1. 295 X 5 (133.5 kg)
b2. 275 X 7 (124.5 kg)
b3. 255 X 10 (115.5 kg)

C. Rollouts
3X10

D. Battle Ropes
3 X 30 seconds. It rained this morning so the ropes were very heavy

Assistance
A. Close Grip Pin Press
a1. 295 X 4 (133.5 kg)
a2. 295 X 3

B. French Press - Spur of the moment and didn’t set it up properly.
b1. Bar X 20
b2. Bar X 25

Removed the roof off of my garage this weekend as well. Slowly tearing everything down so I can start building the house in August/September

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Bench Press Video from yesterday 315 X 5. Weighed in at 189.0 yesterday morning

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The first couple moved pretty good, but that last one looked like iffy… lol

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July 7
Wave 2 Week 2 (5) Day 2
OHP (Heavy)

Conditioning - 30 on/ 30 off

OHP - Worked up to
230 X 2 - (104 kg) - that felt super light so I went for…
240 X 1 - (108.5 kg) yay! 1 1/4 times my body weight. Program is definitely working

A. Pull Ups
a1. BW X 10
a2. BW X 10
a3. BW X 9

B. OHP
b1. 225 X 3 (102 kg)
b2. 215 X 4 (97.5 kg)
b3. 200 X 7 (90.5 kg)

C. Planks
3 X 60 seconds

D. Speed Bag
3 X 60 seconds
90 seconds between giant sets

Assistance

A. Behind the Neck Press
a1. 120 X 17 (54 kg)
a2. 120 X 7

B. Tricep Pushdowns
b1. 50 X 20 (22.5 kg) way too light
b2. 50 X 20
60 seconds between super sets

Much better than last week. I think it was the heat last Tuesday that broke me down. It was 7 or 8 degrees cooler in my house this time around and I didn’t feel like I was going to die the entire time. Guess I’m not as heat tolerant as I thought. Something else to work on. :slight_smile:

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It may be time to turn the a/c on tight ass! Heat index heat yesterday was 109

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NEVER!!! Some Discomfort < Tiny Electric Bill :smiley:

See if you can tell when I started living alone again.

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You do realize that’s crazy, right? Do you think this could be effecting your recovery?

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I do strongman in a wheelchair. I never had a whole lot of marbles to begin with.

I’m sleeping pretty good, especially now that I’m off that stupid soft mattress, and my lifting numbers keep going up so I doubt it’s messing with me too much recovery wise.

I think it was the combination of the 2000 meters & heat that beat me down last Tuesday.

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July 9
Wave 2 Week 2(5) Day 3

Conditioning - Rower 3 minutes on / 1 Minute Off X 3

Seal Row
Worked up to 270 X 3 (122.5 kg)

A. Incline Guillotine Press
a1. 225 X 9 - (102 kg)
a2. 225 X 8
a3. 225 X 8

B. Seal Row
b1. 255 X 5 (115.5 kg)
b2. 240 X 5 (108.5 kg)
b3. 225 X 8 (102 kg)

C. Leg Raises
3 X 15

D. Sledge Hammer Swings
3 X 25
90 seconds between Giant Sets

Assistance
A. Db Row
a1. 90 X 10 (40.5 kg)
a2. 90 X 8

B. Hammer Curl
b1. 40 X 12 (18 kg)
b2. 40 X 12
60 seconds between super sets

Taking off the roof of my garage and leaving everything where it was, ended up being a terrible idea. The Sledge hammer and my pull up bar were both stupidly hot, ended up with a tiny blister in the middle of my hand, luckily I don’t use them for much. :smiley:

I forgot about it until today, but the 7th was my 9 year anniversary of being lit on fire.Looks like I’m due for another semi-major accident / injury sometime soon. Fingers crossed its the result of a fist fight with a tiger… Or a polar bear sized goose.

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I did something to my left shoulder yesterday, July 11th, not sure exactly what. I was sitting at my mom’s house after moving most of my sister’s crap into a storage unit. I moved my arm across my body from left to right and my shoulder hurt 2/10 or so. I ignored it for a while and went back to my house a few hours later. Going up my ramp it really hurt 5/10 and felt like it needed to pop, but wouldn’t. I couldn’t lift my arm up past parallel to the floor with out a massive amount of pain.

Another hour or so later I transferred into my shower where it continued to hurt 6-7/10 constantly. I gave up the tough guy routine and took an ibuprofen after I finished. I transferred to the ground which hurt the worst so far 8/10 while bearing weight thru my arm, with a dull ache the rest of the time.

Half hour or so later I was doing my leg stretches, I reached over to my leg left leg with the injured arm and my shoulder popped very loudly, It was much much louder than the noise my Ac joint thing made a couple months back, but it felt better; it still hurt but it wasn’t worth taking notice of.

It is super sore today but no bruising or weakness, as you are about to read. Don’t have a clue what happened. Any ideas?

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