[quote]Ass Banana wrote:
Gettin dem curls for the men… I mean ladies… I mean nice session.[/quote]
You like that? 
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Foam Rolling/Stretching
Heavy Bag
1 min/1 min restx10 rounds
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
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What the actual fuck.
[quote]Ass Banana wrote:
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
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What the actual fuck.[/quote]
that is correct
Deadlift
225x5
315x5
405x5
495x5
545x5
565x5
455x5
455x5
455x5
Romanian Deadlift…ss…Barbell Shrugs
315x8-315x8
315x8-315x8
315x8-315x8
I felt a little weak today but I got my 565x5 pull in so I guess it wasn’t too bad. I was fasted which is probably why. I realized that I d9n’t use my glutes at all when i pull so I did some romanian deads with light weight to really focus on utilizing my glutes. Hopefully this will carry over to my deadlift from the floor.
My son will be training with me leading up to our meet on December 6th so I’ll log his training in here too. He is 13 years old, 5’0’’ tall and 125lbs.
Me:
Bench Press: (short pause)
45x60
135x20
225x3
275x3
315x3
345x3
360x3 (first two were paused, last was touch and go)
285x6
285x5
285x7
OHP…ss…DB Row
185x5-130x15
185x5-130x12
185x5-130x10
Band Tricep Pushdowns…ss…Barbell Curls
x20-65x20
x20-65x20
Blaine:
Bench Press: (Short Pause)
45x5
95x5
105x5
115x3
125x3
135x3
105x7
105x6
105x5
OHP…ss…DB Row
75x5-40x15
75x5-40x12
75x5-40x10
Band Tricep Pushdowns…ss…Barbell Curls
x20ish-45x10ish
x20ish-45x10ish
It was nice training with Blaine on the same schedule. He hasn’t made progress on a novice program in quite a while so I think the move to weekly periodization will be good for him.
Me:
Speed Deadlift:
225 Chainsx5
315 Chainsx2
405 Chainsx2
445 Chainsx2 (fast but not super explosive so I went back to 405)
405 Chainsx2
405 Chainsx2
405 Chainsx2
405 Chainsx2
Barbell Row…ss…Barbell Shrug
305x10-305x20
305x10-305x20
305x5-305x10
Heavy Bag
1 min/1 min restx10 minutes
Blaine didn’t train tonight because his football game was rescheduled.
Speed Bench
45 chainsx20
135 chainsx10
225 chainsx2
245 chainsx2
245 chainsx2
245 chainsx2
245 chainsx2
245 chainsx2
245 chainsx2
Incline Bench Press
225x8
255x8
275x8
Pull Ups
X4
x4
x4
X4
Blaine:
Deadlift
135x5
185x5
185+chainsx5
205+chainsx5
225+chainsx4
Pull ups
X8
X8
X8
I felt beat up and weak so I didn’t do too much. Blaine didn’t have a lot of spunk either but he hit a pretty heavy set.
Has to be an awesome feeling training with your son like that. It also looks like he is a strong boy as well for his age and size. Mine is 2 years old right now but he loves going to try and pick up my 80lb Kettlebell which is hilarious. He will grunt and groan going for the greater than 2 x bodyweight deadlift and when he’s tired of trying to pick it up he will “Daddy the ball is too heavy!” and move on to something else. Gives me something to hopefully look forward to in the future if he is interested.
[quote]jblues85 wrote:
Has to be an awesome feeling training with your son like that. It also looks like he is a strong boy as well for his age and size. Mine is 2 years old right now but he loves going to try and pick up my 80lb Kettlebell which is hilarious. He will grunt and groan going for the greater than 2 x bodyweight deadlift and when he’s tired of trying to pick it up he will “Daddy the ball is too heavy!” and move on to something else. Gives me something to hopefully look forward to in the future if he is interested.
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Boys are always interested in the stuff their dads do. Just plant that seed and watch it grow 
One thing I learned is that most kids aren’t mature enough to start lifting seriously until they’re about 13 so don’t push him into it too early. I think martial arts is a great base sport for kids because they gain some strength, conditioning and a lot of coordination that they can apply to other sports when they get older. Good luck with your son!
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
[quote]jblues85 wrote:
Has to be an awesome feeling training with your son like that. It also looks like he is a strong boy as well for his age and size. Mine is 2 years old right now but he loves going to try and pick up my 80lb Kettlebell which is hilarious. He will grunt and groan going for the greater than 2 x bodyweight deadlift and when he’s tired of trying to pick it up he will “Daddy the ball is too heavy!” and move on to something else. Gives me something to hopefully look forward to in the future if he is interested.
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Boys are always interested in the stuff their dads do. Just plant that seed and watch it grow
One thing I learned is that most kids aren’t mature enough to start lifting seriously until they’re about 13 so don’t push him into it too early. I think martial arts is a great base sport for kids because they gain some strength, conditioning and a lot of coordination that they can apply to other sports when they get older. Good luck with your son!
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That is hilarious jblues!
We might have talked about this before Loftearmen, but it has always seemed to me like a large percentage of the most successful strength athletes all started when they were 13 or 14. I don’t even know if boys have the hormones before that to really get rolling. Although before that, what they do a lot of the time in places like Russia is actually put them all into gymnastics at a really young age. That provides as good of a strength base as they can get at that age and teaches a general awareness of the body and how it functions, not to mention keeping them flexible. Then in their early teens they usually start focusing more on strength and end up insanely strong. Man I wish I had started a lot sooner lol.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
[quote]jblues85 wrote:
Has to be an awesome feeling training with your son like that. It also looks like he is a strong boy as well for his age and size. Mine is 2 years old right now but he loves going to try and pick up my 80lb Kettlebell which is hilarious. He will grunt and groan going for the greater than 2 x bodyweight deadlift and when he’s tired of trying to pick it up he will “Daddy the ball is too heavy!” and move on to something else. Gives me something to hopefully look forward to in the future if he is interested.
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Boys are always interested in the stuff their dads do. Just plant that seed and watch it grow
One thing I learned is that most kids aren’t mature enough to start lifting seriously until they’re about 13 so don’t push him into it too early. I think martial arts is a great base sport for kids because they gain some strength, conditioning and a lot of coordination that they can apply to other sports when they get older. Good luck with your son!
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That is hilarious jblues!
We might have talked about this before Loftearmen, but it has always seemed to me like a large percentage of the most successful strength athletes all started when they were 13 or 14. I don’t even know if boys have the hormones before that to really get rolling. Although before that, what they do a lot of the time in places like Russia is actually put them all into gymnastics at a really young age. That provides as good of a strength base as they can get at that age and teaches a general awareness of the body and how it functions, not to mention keeping them flexible. Then in their early teens they usually start focusing more on strength and end up insanely strong. Man I wish I had started a lot sooner lol.[/quote]
I wish I’d started a lot sooner as well. My dad introduced me to “lifting weights” when I was 12 but it wasn’t anything like the strength training I do now. I’d fuck around with some dumbbells and then do some machines after my karate class. I guess it was better than nothing but my dad was a kickboxer, not a weightlifter, so what he showed me wasn’t all that great.
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
[quote]jblues85 wrote:
Has to be an awesome feeling training with your son like that. It also looks like he is a strong boy as well for his age and size. Mine is 2 years old right now but he loves going to try and pick up my 80lb Kettlebell which is hilarious. He will grunt and groan going for the greater than 2 x bodyweight deadlift and when he’s tired of trying to pick it up he will “Daddy the ball is too heavy!” and move on to something else. Gives me something to hopefully look forward to in the future if he is interested.
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Boys are always interested in the stuff their dads do. Just plant that seed and watch it grow
One thing I learned is that most kids aren’t mature enough to start lifting seriously until they’re about 13 so don’t push him into it too early. I think martial arts is a great base sport for kids because they gain some strength, conditioning and a lot of coordination that they can apply to other sports when they get older. Good luck with your son!
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That is hilarious jblues!
We might have talked about this before Loftearmen, but it has always seemed to me like a large percentage of the most successful strength athletes all started when they were 13 or 14. I don’t even know if boys have the hormones before that to really get rolling. Although before that, what they do a lot of the time in places like Russia is actually put them all into gymnastics at a really young age. That provides as good of a strength base as they can get at that age and teaches a general awareness of the body and how it functions, not to mention keeping them flexible. Then in their early teens they usually start focusing more on strength and end up insanely strong. Man I wish I had started a lot sooner lol.[/quote]
I wish I’d started a lot sooner as well. My dad introduced me to “lifting weights” when I was 12 but it wasn’t anything like the strength training I do now. I’d fuck around with some dumbbells and then do some machines after my karate class. I guess it was better than nothing but my dad was a kickboxer, not a weightlifter, so what he showed me wasn’t all that great.
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My dad was the same way with dumbbells. He would do countless curls and walk around the 2 acre yard pumping the dumbbells as he walked along for about an hour. Didn’t really get much from him on the strength training end (of course I was a late bloomer and started when I was 26). He was a naturally strong man who would pick up and move very heavy objects around the house like it was nothing. He knew enough about all sports to help us when we got interested in basketball, football or baseball. My dad is about 6’1" and around 205 but he always just seemed so much bigger than everyone in a room. He has a very tough mind and persona about him (still to this day at 64) to other people but to me he was Daddy.
Prelogged:
Deadlift
225x5
315x3
405x3
495x3
565x3
605x3
EMOM
495x10x1
Sandbag Lifts…Ab Wheel
250x5-x15
250x5-x15
Blaine:
Squat
45x10
95x5
135x5
185x5
205x5
Front Squat
135x5
115x5
115x5
Ab Wheel
x15
x15
x15
I stopped to adjust my belt after my first rep and my son turned the camera off because he thought I was done. Blaine was pussing out a little bit so I had to try to motivate him a bit before he took his big set. He just didn’t have his head in the game tonight.
Bench Press
45x40
135x20
225x5
275x2
315x2
345x2
375x2 (I’m getting really close to a PR)
EMOM
300x10x1
OHP…ss…DB Rows
195x5-130x10
195x5-130x10
195x5-130x10
Dumbbell Curls…ss…Dumbbell Tricep Extensions
40sx15-40’sx15
50sx12-50sx12
60sx8-60sx8
I thohght Blaine was at his friend’s house so I trained without him. Then I realized he was in his room playing video games the whole time lol. So I just had him spot me. He’ll lift with me tomorrow.
Squat
45x10
135x5
225x5
315x1
405x1
455x1
495x1
545x1
Yates Row…ss…Band Ab Pulldowns
275x8-x25
275x8-x25
275x8-x25
I got my squat! I could feel my hip flexor a bit but not too bad.
Blaine
Clean and Press
45x5
55x5
65x5
75x5
85x5
75x5
65x5
Meadows Rows
10x10
15x10
20x10
25x10
30x10
35x10
Stretching/Foam Rolling
1 million minutes
Heavy Bag
1 min/1 min restx11 rounds
Speed Bench (Band Pull Aparts Between Sets)
45 Bandsx20
135 Bandsx10
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
205 Bandsx2
Incline Bench
245x8
265x8
285x8
Pull Ups
25 Reps Total
Chin Ups.ss.Delt Raises.ss.EZ Bar Chain Curls.ss.Band Tri Pushdowns
BWx5-40’sx12-85x12-x15
BWx5-40’sx12-85x12-x15
BWx5-40’sx12-85x12-x15
Killer session. My benches were moving fast, I hit a PR on incline and I got an insane pump from my accessories all while jamming some Pantera it was the perfect end to a shitty day.
First day back to squatting so you go for a heavish single lol.