4/30
work
chinups and pushups
home
sled dragging and stone lifting
My left knee has been aching a lot lately. Trying glucosamine and chondroiton. Maybe losing some weight would help as well.
Steve, my joints have been achy as well. There is no doubt that it is weight in my case. My medium frame and all 
Seriously, though, I think losing weight is the biggest thing I can do to help mine. It is also the least pleasant, next to replacement surgery.
Always a pleasure to read your log. Great work, great variety, lots of fun.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
4/27
work
chin ups and push ups
home
1.cleans 135x5,155x3,175x2,195x2,225x1,245x1
2.squats 325x5,375x5,425x5
3a.bench 135x5,225x5,275x5,315x5,365x3
3b.sldl 135x5,225x5,275x5,315x5,365x5
Ate well all day until my wife forced me to buy Chinese food for dinner. Then she forced me to eat it.[/quote]
Forceful woman. Nice cleans.
Skip,medium frame. Thats funny.
Harry,Nice clean forceful woman. Looks better.
Cleans squats bench and SLDL earned you a good feed,your wife was just looking out for you.
I use glucosamine for the joints.I had to be on it for a few weeks to notice the benefit.
Good luck with the knee. And keep up these awesome WO.
Great work as always Steve. Losing weight? Yuck. But I agree with the others that my joints definitely feel a bit better when I’m a few pounds lighter.
james
Bruce,thanks for telling me about your exp with glucosamine. My wife gives me too many good feeds.
James,one of these days I’ll slim down. Not sure when thoguh.
5/2
sled drag
stone carry
I scored another odd object to carry. Its a triangle shaped piece of reinforced concrete. Around 2-2.5 feet tall and around 10 inches thick. Its at least 200 lbs and fun to carry. I can get a much better grip on it then a rounder stone. But it my bruises the heck out of my forearms. Looks like I’ve been beat.
way to stay primitive! your concrete triangle sounds like the steel ‘shield’ they use for strongman. maybe you can get some heavy duty knee sleeves but wear them on your forearms? or duct tape?
[quote]mjnewland wrote:
way to stay primitive! your concrete triangle sounds like the steel ‘shield’ they use for strongman. maybe you can get some heavy duty knee sleeves but wear them on your forearms? or duct tape?
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Are you saying I’m a caveman? Well you’re right. That strongman shield thing is exactly what came to mind when I first saw my new concrete triangle.
5/3
1.cleans 135x3,155x2,175x1,195x1,225x1,255x0
2.hang clean 135x5,5,5
3.bench 135x10,185x5,225x2,275x1,315x1,365x1,405x1,315x3
First time I’ve benched 405 in quite awhile.
I’ve got to do more lighter, higher rep hang cleans. My cleans are weak pulling from waist to shoulders. Its emarassing I deadlift over 500 but can’t clean 255.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
5/3
1.cleans 135x3,155x2,175x1,195x1,225x1,255x0
2.hang clean 135x5,5,5
3.bench 135x10,185x5,225x2,275x1,315x1,365x1,405x1,315x3
First time I’ve benched 405 in quite awhile.
I’ve got to do more lighter, higher rep hang cleans. My cleans are weak pulling from waist to shoulders. Its emarassing I deadlift over 500 but can’t clean 255.[/quote]
Dammit Steve. You make 405# sound so easy. “Yeah I just decided to do 405 today…hadn’t done it in a while.”
Great work!
405 is a big bench. Great work.
i want to add in some loaded carries, but my hips not up to it yet. Don’t want to step backwards on the rehab again.
and yeah, I can’t wait until the first time I bench 405. be another couple years if ever. Great work!
Ohhh, the holy grail of 405!! Nice…
Thanks guys. I haven’t benched 405 in at least a year or two. But for some reason lately (which I can’t figure out) my bench has been going up. Not sure if its all the pushups and pullups at work or the stone carrying. The most I’ve ever benched was 415 at a BW of 280. I’m only 260-265 right now. I’d love to see 425 go up.
Steve, what is your lifetime best 1RM on bench?
lol…I should have updated the page before I posted!
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
lol…I should have updated the page before I posted!
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Skip,any time I can look at your pretty face twice in a row makes for a good day.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
lol…I should have updated the page before I posted!
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Skip,any time I can look at your pretty face twice in a row makes for a good day. [/quote]
I think you’ve been carrying too many stones…lol.
5/5
sled drag 6 trips
stone lifts/carries 3 carries, several lifts
Upped the weight on the sled. A lot of max lifts with the stones. Totally wiped me out.