This sounds really exciting. Massive gainz to be had if it is the right group with a good vibe.
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Yeah thatās my hope. Itās on the pricey side for āa gym membershipā but pretty cheap for a pretty small (3 students, 1 trainer) coaching thing.
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Thursday, 8 August
Up to 235.8 today for some bizarre reason.
Went to a new gym today that has a decent amount of strongman kit, but weirdly shit farmerās handles. One set has a pick height of literally around five inches and a rolling handle and the other has grenade-style handles. Only occurred to me after that I could have strapped up the grenade ones but I wound up skipping farmerās because I want to train farmerās walks, not grip.
That said, the second exercise in BBM was a farmerās hold so I just went straight to that.
BBM W1W1D3
Farmerās Hold
35kg (80lbs) approx each hand w/fat handles for ~35s
Sandbag Load
Pick & extend:
1x 30kg (70lbs)
1x 40kg (90lbs)
1x 50kg (110lbs)
1x 60kg (135lbs)
1x 70kg (160lbs)
Load onto ~5ft platform:
9x60kg (135lbs)
Wanted 10 but the eighth nearly killed me and the ninth was sloppy as hell.
Keg Carry
Two rounds: 25kg (55lbs) for ~150m (500ft)
Heaviest keg they had without messing about and pouring sand.
Viking Press
Not in todayās programming but Iāve never got to play with one before and I want to try as many strongmanny things as I can when Iāve the opportunity.
Did 8x strict reps up to a plate each side then push pressed a few more sets. No idea what actual weight that translates to.
How tall are you ?
6ā3" or 189cm depending on your metricitude. Actually have no idea what you use for heights in Aus.
We use both mate. Kids tend to use CM but Iām older and from UK anyway so good old feet works for me.
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Wednesday, 14 August
Bit of a nightmare week since the last entry here. Car died, internet failed to arrive in the new gaff (work from home so not ideal) and various other disasters.
All in hand though and bright side is I got to go to that little gym run by the strongman lad. We didnāt do a ton, just some light drills of basic movements - though he did destroy me with lunges and battle ropes. Going to speak to him about making it regular and hopefully he can show me the figurative ropes on log and stones and general training. Fingers crossed.
Today I was at the future in-lawsā after buying a new car. Ate very little but slept really well and decided I was going to hit some PRs. So I did.
Training
Deadlift
8x60kg (135lbs)
5x100kg (225lbs)
3x120kg (275lbs)
2x140kg (315lbs) (I think this is a DOH beltless PR)
1x155kg (340lbs) (belt and straps on)
1x170kg (375lbs)
1x180kg (405lbs)
1x190kg (430lbs) (PR)
3x6x140kg (315lbs)
Press
8x20kg (45lbs)
5x40kg (90lbs)
3x50kg (110lbs)
3x55kg (120lbs)
2x60kg (135lbs) (PR double)
1x65kg (145lbs) (PR)
3x8x40kg (90lbs)
Superset these backoff sets with chinup triples, which Iām finding pretty fucking hard at 105kg/232lb I must say.
Lat Pulldown
3x12 at some weight or another
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IN for the PRās
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nice work on the PRās
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Great work! 
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@cdmac24 cheers, Iāll try to hit some more to keep you interested haha
@simo74 thanks mate. Think Iām well knocking on the door of 200kg if 190kg is coming up at RPE9ish on an underfed day.
@Koestrizer vielen dank. Where is your strict press/push press at these days? I know youāve a fairly mighty push press on you, just wondering how much you get out of leg drive vs strict.
I get a huge amount out of my leg drive.
My best push press to date is 2 sets of 3 reps with 120 kg. Havenāt maxed out in a while or done a anything lower volume.
I donāt train the strict press tbh, so I canāt give you an accurate number. I doubt that is higher than 80-85 kg.
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Friday, 16 August
Unpacked the scale last night but forgot to weigh in today. Feel about as fat as always though.
Woke up at like 3am today which was pretty annoying, but I was asleep before 10pm so I wasnāt as sleep-starved as it sounds. Sugar-free Monster sorted me out.
Workout
Front Squat
10x20kg (45lbs)
5x40kg (90lbs)
5x50kg (110lbs)
3x60kg (135lbs)
3x70kg (160lbs) (belt on)
1x80kg (180lbs)
1x92.5kg (205lbs) (PR)
1x100kg (225lbs) (PR again, just for you @duketheslaya)
3x4x80kg (180lbs) (hard as balls)
Push Press
8x20kg (45lbs)
5x40kg (90lbs)
3x50kg (110lbs)
3x60kg (135lbs)
1x70kg (160lbs)
1x75kg (170lbs) (gym PR)
1x80kg (180lbs) (only ever hit this in comp, which is pretty awesome)
3x5x65kg (145lbs)
Assistance
3x10 incline DB bench @ 20kg (45lbs)
25x Kroc Rows each arm @ 32.5kg (75lbs) (bit dizzy after these)
3x15 tricep pushdowns
15/10/10 rest-paused incline DB curls
3x12 lying leg curls
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Yay! Well done
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wtf? No love for me over here. j/k great job man.
You might wanna see a Dr. about that 
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The push press was yours, I just forgot to mention it!
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Monday, 19 August
Went in today for the first actual training. One of the lads was doing log and we were all throwing in on farmers walks. Chatting too much to get tons done but should get more volume in once social obligations are done in the first session or two.
Will go for at least a few weeks but given itās a 30m trip each way in the middle of a working day it might prove impractical to go daily when thereās an adequate commercial gym literally a five minute walk from home.
Training
Warmup
30-odd bodyweight lunges
Roughly 100m (300ft) farmerās walk with 2x25kg (55lb) dumbbells
Farmerās Walk
10 rounds as fast as possible. No chalk or belt.
60kg (135lbs) over 20ish metres (60ft) with drop and turn
Axle Deadlift
Double overhand, no chalk or belt.
2x8x60kg (135lbs)
2x8x80kg (180lbs)
5x5x100kg (135lbs) (mixed grip here)
Then three more rounds of the farmerās walks.
Hammer Curls
Poundstone style for 100 total reps. Arms smoked after.
Tuesday, 20 August
Had an interview at group training time so decided to check out the gym around the corner from my house. I figured at the least theyād have some DBs and machines and I could just get a little pump on.
Thereās two types of gyms, right? If you see a gym called āYour Fitnessā or āToning 4 Uā and their logo is a petite woman squatting with a 10kg fixed barbell or doing boxercise with pink 1kg DBs you figure itās not the sort of place youāre going to find world record deadlifters training.
On the other hand if thereās a gym called āPrimal Barbellā and the logo is a gorilla beating a child to death with an Atlas Stone then you figure itās probably a good place to get stronger.
This gym is the former, and itās on top of a shopping centre no less, so I figured itāll be a good place for AM cardio or whatnot. Anyway it turns out they have multiple racks, a deadlift platform, dumbbells up to 75kg (165lbs) and even a fucking prowler.
Never again shall I judge a gym by its cover. This is a very cool result to find a place like this a five-minute walk away.
Training
Strict Barbell Press
10x20kg (45lbs)
8x30kg (70lbs)
5x40kg (90lbs)
5x45kg (100lbs)
5x50kg (110lbs)
5x55kg (120lbs) (PR I think; certainly a new 5RM)
3x5x50kg (110lbs)
T-Bar Row
8xbar
8xbar + 10kg (25lbs)
8xbar + 20kg
8xbar + 30kg
8xbar + 40kg
Close-Grip Bench
2x12, 1x10 @ 50kg (110lbs)
Lat Pulldown
3x12 at what the machine says is 45kg (100lbs)
Hammer Curl
3x10 @ 10kg (25lbs)
Tricep Pushdown
3x20 @ some weight (probably like 25kg/55lbs max)
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Loved this description, for some reason it made me smile
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@simo74 that is alarming, buddy 
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