Can’t quite visualise what 120kg looks like when ur that height.
I am not sure if I can or should share a picture of him here, although it is publicly accessible online.
If you care enough you can look through the “German Federation of Strength Athletes -GFSA” facebook albums. He won in Walldürn for example.
You might also find some pictures of my handsome self there.
Can’t be arsed. I’ll just look in a mirror when I get too 120kg
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Good approach. 3 to 6 months time?
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Bulk lyf ez
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Today was bad. Really bad. Will probably skip a few days at work. Not sure yet.
Trained with my favorite coworker today who had a really long drive up and wanted to try some strongman stuff. If it wasn’t for the fact that she had such a long drive and that we made that appointment two weeks ago, I would have canceled.
1 deadlift
3 x 3 @ 187,5 kg
2 box jumps
5 x 3
3 incline bench
3 @ 95 kg - nope.
The pain wasn’t that bad at all, just annoying but have a close look at the video: I felt (and saw) the weight shift over to my left arm, away from the hurt part. That was a no go.
Messaged coach and he said to replace it with 3 x 10 light and easy db incline press. Used 22 kg
4 leg curls
4 x 8
5 pull ups (banded)
3 x 7
6 incline db row
3 x 12
Notes:
- my friend did well with the yoke and farmer’s. She also tried my car deadlift setup. She has a huge potential for athletic stuff. I wrote her current training plan where she focuses a bit more on strength than she did before. I’m curious to see how her lifts will develop. She did a 135 kg yoke and 125 kg car deadlift. Pretty good for a first try.
- I discussed with my coach that the primary focus remains to make me allround stronger instead of focusing really specifically for this next comp. So for now the only difference is exchanging strict press for log strict press on day 3.
- definitely buzzing with deadlifts! Although that’s hard to say, I would estimate I had about 7 reps in me at this weight today. Exciting stuff.
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@guineapig saw the toes raise on set 3, rep 2? Figured out what that is. If I lay back to agressively and don’t finish by properly locking put the glutes, I fall back on my feet. Corrected that on the next rep.
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Technicianbrah
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I just got tested for the coronavirus. I am showing some mild symptoms today, that could just as well be linked to allergies or whatever but since I see so many people at work and social distancing is not really happening, I felt like it was the responsible thing to do.
I need to wait for the test results, so I obv. didn’t go to work, which suited me well anyway after yesterday.
I will most likely skip training today even though I wouldn’t be in contact with anyone, just to be sure.
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Good luck mate, hope you’re ok.
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Corona test was negative. But I might have Asthma or something. I will try a spray for a week and check lung function again.
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Good news, I think?
Well yes and no… since my lung function test wasn’t good. Not sure what to make of that. It could just be an allergic reaction, causing the bronchi to tighten as a measure of protection, the doc explained. We will check again next week. So all fine for now.
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Sounds like an excuse to skip cardio to me
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No excuse needed on the bulk train, just skip away my friend.
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Need to avoid skipping that’s mega cardio!
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1 push jerk
3 x 3 @ 122,5 kg
2 front squats
3 x 3 @ 122,5 kg - PR, lol.
3 reverse lunges
3 x 5 @ 60 kg (per leg. Alternating)
4 Pendlay rows
3 x 10 @ 85 kg
5 seated db press
3 x 12 @ 25 kg - pussied out here but went with elbows close to the body and max. rom so still got a good workout out of the lighter weights.
6 hollow holds
4 x 35 sec.
Notes:
- shoulder didn’t mind the jerks much luckily. I mean I felt it between sets and all but after a thorough warm up, it was all very manageable. Coach reckons it’s a minor strain that’s on the mend.
- luckily my physio of trust agreed to see me before his regular hours tomorrow. Can’t praise the man enough! Figured it might help to let him have a look.
- thank fuck I was allowed a cross grip. Front squats can still eat a dick but this helps massively. Good speed for a volume PR on all sets. Still lol because my overhead PR is higher. But hopefully both will even out at 140 kg in the near future.
- schedule is pretty fucked this week. As beneficial as that rest day might have been yesterday, it screwed up the rest of the week. I can’t train Saturday, Thursday would be really late and Friday early. So either Th+ Fr. or Th. + Su and then continue Tuesday or well something like that. I’ll figure it out.
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Did a bit of searching around and it appears that my best volume sessions for overhead were 6 x 1 @ 130 kg, 6 x 2 @ 125 kg and the best single set is 3 reps at 125 kg. I thought it was 4 reps but can’t find that in here. Best single still 135 of course.
I am mentioning that because I was a bit on the fence if I am happy with how today went. But now comparing those numbers and looking at today’s video and especially the speed and “easyness”, I realize I should probably be more excited!
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Love the little fist pump on front squats. Nice job.
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