Never Strong Enough.............

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501

@kouba, i don’t puke either i just get really queasy. I’ve yet to have a nosebleed from lifting and i feel like i’m missing out damnit.

Bench day:

Bench:bar10,1355,1355,1853,2053,2356,235*6(have a vid of my last set, was supposed to do 8, but frankly i was so focused on staying as tight as possible and etc that i forgot to count, pretty sure i did pretty close the same on the first set too. Whoops)

Close grip bench:13510,1858,2058,2058 I paid more attention to how many reps i was doing and made i got them all from here on out.

Incline bench:13510,1658,1958,1958

Bunch of various band pushdowns

Done

502

Deadlift training: FUUUUUUUU Snow. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. My warmup delayed me about 20 minutes at least to clear the damn snow off my car.

Deads:1605,1603,2703,3803,4301,4702(hopefully youtube will work soon waitingbear.jpeg, might have to sign up for multiple accounts and forget about the old one with all my videos as well.

Speed deads:3803,3803,3803,3803,3803,3803

Underhand pulldowns:1458,1908,235*8

Barbell rows:1358,2258,275*8

Romanion deads:2758,2758,325*6

Makeshift reverse hypers:bw103sets

Done, ripped off a couple of calluses and my left knee was scraped up pretty good and bleeding a little. First time i had to clean the bar off because of that. Going to take a short week and switch deads to sunday for the switch to school schedule, so ima do my best to recover for sunday. Back is feeling much better compared to the first day i started.

I like this stuff, totally awesome.

503

Light bench and accessories:

Bench:13510,13510,18510,18510 Tried out my belt for bench for the first time. It seemed to help me stay tighter. I will have to look at the rules and give this a go for my next regular bench session

Side db laterals:2010,2510,35*8

Rear db laterals:4010,508,70*8

Hammer curls:408,508,60*8

Some band pullaparts

Done, alaska can have the snow back i’ve had enough. Seriously it’s pretty much been snowing just about nonstop for 2 days now. I had to spend another 15-20minutes clearing snow off my car again. But now i really can’t go anywhere outside the main roads and even then the turnoffs are full of snow and my damn car spins out in that stuff. On the bright side i’m getting extra gpp with the shoveling and sweeping the snow off and around my car. I barely made it to the gym which is in one of the busiest parts of town at that. I should’ve gotten a damn truck instead of the car. Oh well it was bound to snow here sooner or later.

504

Sorry to hear the snow has been messing with your game! You can blame me if you like, I’ve been hoping for it for awhile now. Only problem is mother nature’s geography skills are slacking.

Solid benching. I’ve been wondering if belt makes a difference on that.

505

I love terminator 2. I came in here just to look at your avatar and to read the first post of your log. I liked it, and I feel the same way often.

I will be creepin’/lurkin’ in here from now on :slight_smile:

506

Dude, I was driving all over the western state in that shit. Was a blast. Should get a truck. lol But, you guys did get a shitload. I nailed a couple of the 5’ piles on the side of the road for fun in Missoula.

507

@lula haha, well if you must know i’ve rolled my car in this type of weather and it was not fun. Sooo, i get antsy when there’s alot of snow and the roads aren’t plowed well. Roads were good today, atleast the main ones were until it rained and we now a fair amount of black ice.

@ spock terminator is awesome. Yeah it’s one of those things that you constantly battle and is sortof hard to explain. I’ll admit i’ve been lurking your log as well. Are we like the lurk twins or something? :slight_smile:

@kouba, you know if i had a truck i would be doing the same thing as you. When i borrowed my families chevy in highschool i loved drifts and blasting through them. It’s just that when my car can easily get stuck in 3-5inches of snow, that takes all the fun out of it.

508

Deadlift training:

Deads:1555,1553,2653,3752,4451,4950(vid, finally found a workaround for youtube) had the first one pretty close to locked out, I lost it because when i smacked my face my sweat caused my r hand to slip), i think i took too long resetting and just didn’t have enough left to get the second.

495 deads, attempts at 1:20 and 2:00

and the last weeks peak set for comparison, skip to approx 1:00

“speed” deads:4153,4153,4153,4153,415*3 These were tough, not much else to say.

Underhand pulldowns:1608,2058,235*8

Barbell rows:1358,2258,225*8

Romanion deads:2258,3158,365*8

Makeshift reverse hypers:3*10

Done, though i didn’t get the peak set today, i am going to absolutely kill the bitch in a few weeks when i have this weight again. Having less than a full week to recover had an impact whether i’d like to admit it or not.

509

Bench training:

Bench:bar10,1355,1355,1855,2255,2456,245*6(vid, lost count again, damnit was supposed to get 8)

Close grip bench:13510,18510,2158,2158(made damn certain to count properly on these to make sure i did the reps)

Incline bench:1358,1858,2058,2058

Overhead db extension drop set:1055,7510,52.515, single arm 27.55

Done, well damn lost count again dangit. I think i need to practice counting as apparently i have a hard time counting above 5. lol

510

Good stuff happening in here.

[quote]Heracles_rocks wrote:
Done, well damn lost count again dangit. I think i need to practice counting as apparently i have a hard time counting above 5. lol[/quote]

I lose count of sets all the time, lol, it’s hard to concentrate. Sometimes I put my pencil in the holes in the power rack to help count down.

511

HAHA I ALWAYS Efff up my counting too! I guess we just get so into the moment we’re more focused on lifting rather then stupid counting. Ah well.

Awesome video’s too! WHY WHY WHY DAMMIT can’t real lifters workout at my gym!

512

[quote]Spock81 wrote:
Awesome video’s too! WHY WHY WHY DAMMIT can’t real lifters workout at my gym! [/quote]

I saw one at my gym for the first time ever last night. He was easily doing squats with 315 and good form. It was like seeing a unicorn!

Sorry for the Hijack Herc, I’m just following Spock around.

513

[quote]Patch2 wrote:

[quote]Spock81 wrote:
Awesome video’s too! WHY WHY WHY DAMMIT can’t real lifters workout at my gym! [/quote]

I saw one at my gym for the first time ever last night. He was easily doing squats with 315 and good form. It was like seeing a unicorn!

Sorry for the Hijack Herc, I’m just following Spock around.
[/quote]

Weird, I’m following you around! LOl.

That is totally NOT FAIR!! I saw a guy squatting 2 plates the other day, but his form was totally shitty soI was sad. I guess he was better than the creepy old men runner dudes that squat 65 pounds in their weird flowy shorts. HA

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[quote]Spock81 wrote:

[quote]Patch2 wrote:

[quote]Spock81 wrote:
Awesome video’s too! WHY WHY WHY DAMMIT can’t real lifters workout at my gym! [/quote]

I saw one at my gym for the first time ever last night. He was easily doing squats with 315 and good form. It was like seeing a unicorn!

Sorry for the Hijack Herc, I’m just following Spock around.
[/quote]

Weird, I’m following you around! LOl.

That is totally NOT FAIR!! I saw a guy squatting 2 plates the other day, but his form was totally shitty so I was sad. I guess he was better than the creepy old men runner dudes that squat 65 pounds in their weird flowy shorts though. HA[/quote]

Lol :slight_smile:

Oh, it’s the only time I’ve EVER seen anyone actually lifting. He had wraps and everything. I couldn’t figure out a way to not obviously watch though, so I only got snippets of his workout. Hopefully this means my gym is evolving! 99% of the time it’s old guys in shorts that are way too short and loose.

515

Haha, well i have to resort to the internet most of the time for my own inspiration because most of the gyms i lift at are just like what you two describe. Although a few exceptions at the golds gym i train at. I once had an old army sergeant tell me off because i was making too much noise while deadlifting. He was dressed exactly as you both describe. lol

516

Squat deload:

Squats against long mini bands:1353,1353,2253,2253,3153,3153

Front squat holds:13530secs,22515secs,225*15secs

Prowler:270lbs*4trips, did planks for 20secs inbetween each set for a total of 4 sets. Did this nonstop till done.

Done, had a damn headache for training today. It sucks to squat any weight at all with a headache. Felt like puking after the prowler runs with the headache combo. Also i realized after reading through my log that i haven’t done much core work lately so gotta get on that again.

517

[quote] A few words about discipline and sacrifice

Tonight was one of those nights where I absolutely did not feel like a doing a damn thing when I returned home from work. Work was hectic right until the last minute and I just felt burned out mentally and physically by the time I pulled into my driveway at 9pm. The last thing I felt like doing was dragging myself down into the basement to train. To make things worse Lauren was sitting on the couch watching “Big Bang Theory” and wanted me to come snuggle with her (which admittedly is not an easy offer to turn down).

I actually considered it for half a second and thought that maybe I could just get up early and train in the morning before work but then I immediately realized what I already knew I needed to do. No matter how crappy I feel or what I have going on I know that the only way I am going to achieve my goals is to give it everything I have every single day and obviously lying on the couch is not part of that equation. So I did drag myself downstairs to my dungeon of a gym and put in the effort that was required of me tonight. After that I got to work preparing my last scheduled meal of the day even though I really just wanted to crawl into bed next to my beautiful wife. Of course these are but small sacrifices but ones that I must confront on a daily basis to remain on the path that leads to my goals.

So now it?s close to 1am and I’m choking down the last of my required food for the day (I started my pre-contest diet this week) as I sit here and type this out. I push in a mouthful of food and chase it with water to make swallowing it easier. The food is bland and dry and I’m not far enough into my diet to where my appetite has become ravenous yet. Again I do this because I know this is what my goals require of me.

People that aren?t like me often ask how I get by on so little sleep and how I eat the things I do day in and day out. They really don’t understand and the explanations I offer up don’t really seem to bring them any closer to seeing things from my point of view. Just as frequently they state that they could never do that but always offer excuses as to why right along with it. When I talk about things like training through major injuries, training myself to endure pain and some of the really crazy stuff I have done and continue to do I see a bewildered look in people’s faces and right then it really hits me just how different I am from most of the people in this world. I often feel like I’m speaking a foreign language and it’s just not possible to communicate what goes on in my mind.

I realize that a majority of the people in the world (or at least in this country) suffer from weakness and the inability to force themselves to do the things that are necessary to achieve the things that they would really like to in life. For me the pain of failing to achieve what I have set out to do is much greater than the pain I endure to do what is required of me to achieve those goals. I can think of nothing worse or more painful than to give up and never move closer to the things I really desire. It is this fear of failure that often drives me and far outweighs the pain of discipline and sacrifice.

My attitude is not at all unique though. This same level of discipline and sacrifice is displayed universally throughout the world and not only in athletics, but in academics, business and any other pursuits that people are passionate about. If you look at anyone that is extremely successful in their chosen passion you will find not only a very similar level of discipline but also a very similar degree of sacrifice. Simply put it is what is required to separate yourself from the masses, for if you wish to achieve more than most you must be willing to suffer more than most. This is an ideology I willingly embrace and if you are among that minority that desires to be more than average in life so should you. quoted from Matt Kroc’s training log. [/quote]

Reading this reminded me how much more i have in me when i’m tired. It also reminds me of all those times where i held back a little when tired as well. Damn if it doesn’t light a bit of a fire under me.

518

Thanks for posting that ^ I just gave my class a mini lecture on putting your head down and just getting through the grind. This time of year kids lose a lot of drive.

The post was a nice reinforcement. Sometimes my best workouts are after a 12 hour day when I just want sleep. weird how that works.

Have you tried Paloff presses for ab work? I really like them, and so it makes me actually do some ab work.

519

Hey herc, that post by Kroc actually made me feel like a bitch after skipping my training the other night, haha.

And yeah, I feel you on training with a headache, especially squatting. Instead head explosion, is how that feels.

LWI

520

doesn’t matter the weight. after squats, I get the great squat headache… I think I’m destined to die while squatting. lol. that post by Kroc made me happy. always good to see a legend of a man write something like that. helped me out of my slump.