I’ll log my workout in a bit, but I took a short video of my first time pulling on my new DL bar, it felt great. I was also using the deadlift belt from Cerberus, which I’ll need more time with to know if I like it or not. It wasn’t the most comfortable, but I’ll put it through its break-in period and see how it feels. Regardless if I use it for deadlift, I think it will be good for stones and/or log as it lacks the large front buckle.
Set 2/3 of 455lbs x 5:
I also picked up this bad boy today off of Kijiji. The guy said he literally has never used it, and I believe him. Not a mark on it, not even on the bottom of the little skis.
I pushed it about 50m through the yard unweighted and it sucked. I can only imagine the misery this will cause me once I begin adding weight to this sucker.
@T3hPwnisher - It has been a busy few days for the delivery person around here!
@Frank_C - Yes, it does appear to be slightly longer than my other barbell. I really like the knurling, much more aggressive than my current bar but not uncomfortable.
04/24/2021 5/3/1 BtM W2D2
SUPERSET Deadlift
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
345 x 5
405 x 5
455 x 5
455 x 5
455 x 5
Bench
135 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 5
275 x 5
275 x 5
275 x 5
275 x 5
275 x 5
DB Row
80 x 15
80 x 15
80 x 15
80 x 15
80 x 15
Axle Curls - 25lbs
100
This workout dragged on as the little man did not want to stay down for his nap, so it was a lot of up and down the stairs to try and settle him before returning for my next set. I got the work in, but with no real urgency here. Still congested in my nose and chest from this cold/flu that just won’t go away.
4x40m Prowler Pushes on Grass (3 of which had the little man sitting on top of the sled for a ride)
My traps were on fire from my weighted vest walk and my quads were screaming during those prowler pushes. Over the 40m in my yard there are a few ups and downs and thicker/thinner sections of grass making the difficulty of pushing change quite significantly from one second to another.
Some extra flex, a slightly smaller diameter (easier for hook grip) and nicer knurling are the main advantages for me. My sumo stance isn’t that close too the sleeves on the standard barbell, so the extra room doesn’t add a lot of benefit for my stance, but it is there if needed!
I’d say the extra room between the plates and the toes has a peace of mind kind of benefit. But then again, you set the bar down so softly that if you were going to smash your toes then you’d just stop the bar and adjust.
04/24/2021 5/3/1 BtM W2D3
SUPERSET Squat
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
365 x 5
415 x 5
270 x 25
Axle Press - clean first rep
95 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
115 x 5
The squats were fairly easy until the widowmaker set. I made it to 20 reps without hating myself, so I pushed the extra 5 reps out which felt like the “money” reps. This set was still a long way from wading out into “Deep Water”, but I think I at least had to put out the “Slippery When Wet” sign. Ok, enough with the awful wordplay.
The press felt way too light for me to really take much away from those sets other than some recovery by just going through the motions. I thought about cleaning every rep but didn’t want to be winded for my widowmaker set, and then after the widowmaker set, I didn’t have enough wind left to clean every rep.
Chinups - on hanging ‘D’ handles
45lb plate x 5
45lb plate x 5
45lb plate x 5
45lb plate x 5
45lb plate x 5
Facepull - red mini
100
Shrug - on chest supported row machine
45lbs x 35
45lbs x 35
45lbs x 30
Completed the workout in 55mins. Overall, this was a fairly easy workout with one difficult set.
You would be surprised. Candito made a video stating how lighter work is really good for strength. I am a firm believer in perfect reps are great for heavy reps.
04/30/2021 5/3/1 BtM W3D1
SUPERSET Squat
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
370 x 5
415 x 5
465 x 5
465 x 5
465 x 5
465 x 5
465 x 5
Axle Press Clean first rep
75 x 5
115 x 5
135 x 5
170 x 5
190 x 5
215 x 5
145 x 19 ← this was a misload. Should have been 170 but when I glanced at the sheet, I saw last weeks AMRAP weight and loaded it. Oops. I hit 22 last week, but it wasn’t mid 465lb squats.
These squats were extremely difficult. 4th rep of the 5th set I almost lost it forward. I’ll try to throw a video up tomorrow.
05/03/2021 5/3/1 BtM W3D2 Deadlift
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 5
455 x 5
505 x 5
505 x 5
505 x 5
Bench Press
135 x 5
185 x5
225 x 5
275 x 5
305 x 5
305 x 5
305 x 5
305 x 5
305 x 5
Axle Curls
35lbs x 100
Chest Supported Rows
90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12
90 x 12
A long workout here. This one took around 1hr20mins total. Those deadlift and bench sets were killer. Bench was RPE 10 on a few of those sets. Threw the 5lb plates on the axle for the curls this week. I managed 50reps without stopping, then 5 sets of 10 without putting the bar down to get me to 100.
Diet has been slacking over the last couple of weeks. A casual beer or two in the evenings, and I’m finding myself snacking a bit more on some less than ideal calories (Read: Cheetos and Goldfish crackers). One month left until the end of our T-ransformation Challenge, so 4 weeks to bring this together. I’m looking and feeling a lot stronger than when we started, but I can be better.
