31.07.
1 split jerk
5 x 5 @ 105 kg
2 11" block pull
5 x 5 @ 160 kg
Speeed
3 seated broad jumps
6 x 2
4a chest supported db row
3 x 10 @ 27, 5 kg
4b ghd back extension
4 x 12 @ 20 kg (barbell btn)
5 cardio
1 hour bike ergometer @ 130 watts, ca. 65 rpm
Easy work today
02.08.
1 paused oh squat (snatch to start)
3 x 8 @ 60 kg
2 paused front squat (3 sec ecct. 2 sec pause at parallel and then back up)
4 x 5 @ 95 kg
This is pure chatic evil
3a seated btn press (no back support)
3 x 10 @ 45 kg
5 hollow body hold
4 x 30 sec.
04.08.
1 btn split jerk
3 @ 110 kg
3 @ 120 kg
3 @ 130 kg
2 @ 140 kg
1 @ 150 kg - couldn’t rerack it, also sketchy lockout
2 @ 150 kg - PR
Couldn’t rerack the 2nd because I was at risk of walking the bar into the rack. But up is up so I am counting this for a training PR.
2 deadlift
5 x 3 @ 207,5 kg
3 vertical rebound jumps
5 x 3
4a paused ring pull ups
3 x 10
4b L-sit iso hold
4 x 12 sec.
Turbulent day before this session. It wasn’t perfect but still pretty good!
looks like all that jerking is finally paying off
05.08.
Incredibly tired the whole day, super exhausted after work.
1 front squats
4 x 5 @ 115kg
Forgot my sleeves.
2 push press (2 sec. pause at lockout)
3 x 6 @ 95 kg
3 paused bulgarian split squat
3 x 10 @ 25 kg
This was hell today. FML! This took a lot of grunting and muffled screaming and cursing to get through.
4a lat pull down
3 x 12 @ 60 kg
4b leg curl
4 x 8 @ 90 kg
06.08.
Bycicle ergometer
60 mins @ 130 watts, 65-70 rpm
Same as last two weeks.
Good god did I not want to do this today.
But you did!
07.08.
1 split jerk
5 x 5 @ 110 kg
This is feeling better and easier each week! Despite some small issues with my left shoulder.
2 11" block pull
5 x 5 @ 167,5 kg
Very easy and fast.
3a seated broad jump
6 x 2
3b chest supported db row
4 x 12 @ 30 kg
4 ghd back extension
3 x 15 @ 20 kg (barbell btn)
09.08.
1 front squat (3 sec. eccentric, 2 sec. Pause at parallel - don’t go into full bottom position)
3 x 5 @ 100 kg
2 paused oh squat (snatch to start)
3 x 6 @ 65 kg
3a seated btn press (no back support)
3 x 10 @ 47,5 kg
3b hollow hold
3 x 35 sec.
4 hip thrust (nautilus machine)
3 x 12 @ 113 kg
Fast paced, tired and sore but everything moved very well.
11.08.
1 front squat
3 x 5 @ 120 kg
2 push press (2 sec. pause oh)
3 x 6 @ 100 kg
3 bulgarian split squat (paused)
1 x 12 @ 25 kg dumbbells
4 lat pull down (almost supinated)
3 x 12 @ 60 kg
5 hamstring curls
4 x 8 @ 70 kg
Easy stuff today.
What is up with the spacing?
13.08
1 btn jerk
3 x 3 @ 120 kg
2 11” deadlift
1 x 5 @ 170 kg
3 seated broad jump
6 x 2
4 chest supported db row
1 x 8 @ 30 kg
5 ghd back extension (barbell btn)
1 x 10 @ 22,5 kg
Savibg myself and keeping fatigue down.
15.08.
1 btn jerk
3 @ 70 kg
3 @ 90 kg
2 @ 110 kg
1 @ 120 kg
1 @ 130 kg
1 @ 140 kg
1 @ 147,5 kg
0 @ 155 kg
1 @ 155 kg
0 @ 160 kg
0 @ 160 kg
0 @ 160 kg
0 @ 160 kg
Not today…
2 11" deadlift
4 x 3 @ 215 kg
Today was not the day. That is okay overall. It was early to try this but I kind of forced Paul’s hand there because I am going on a long hike (7 days) next week and he thought it is early but worth a shot. I actually came very close on some of these! I will get it though. I know I will. I am absolutely ready to put my full focus on this for the rest of the year and dedicate my training effort solely to this goal! This is my lifetime overhead goal and it would be (will be) absolutely insane to get this.
18.08.
First tour done.
25,7 km (+2 km to get food) 
Already hurting. Damn I am unfit.
A lot to go. So will have to grind a bit tomorrow. Now for some meat and beer to recover.
Edit: That amounts to over 35.000 steps according to my phone
19.08.
25,7 km
642 m up, 756 m down
Despite my hiking ‘experience’ I am ready to admit that I underestimated this a lot. Komoot listed these hikes as hard to very hard, requiring excellent conditioning and I kinda ignored that thinking ‘ah come on they are adressing the average guy here’(as the 122 kg strength athlete with the 20 kg backpack…). On day one I got a big blister which is bad luck because I usually never get these. To that came some other pains (mainly feet) and today every step hurt in some capacity.
37,5 k steps
20.08.
26,9 km
606 m uphill
719 m downhill
38,5 k steps.
I don’t know if I can or want to keep going tbh. Although I don’t really know if there are alternatives. Feet in shreds and I am very deeply exhausted.
21.08.
23,4 km
799 meter uphill
982 m downhill
36,5 k steps
Today’s track was really beautiful! Much nicer than the other days. My feet hurt less overall (body has probably concluded it’s better to dull this out.
So I am currently debating if I want to do one more tour or return back to start. I would really like to do the final tour of this long distance hike but would have to skip a bit inbetween and public transport is a nightmare so it might also just not be possible. Plus I would save money cutting it short a bit. At the same time that feels a bit like quitting early which does not bode well with my stubborness. I will have to consult the internet a bit more if it is reasonable at all to continue or not.
Interesting fun fact: I am sleeping in a monastry tonight. Let’s all hope I am not struck by lightning or something (sorry @alex_uk 
).
Result:
In 4 days:
103,7 km
2584 m 
3001 m 
147.500 steps
It was logistically too much of a hassle to continue because it would have been 7 km to get to a bus and then I would only be able to start the actual tour in the early afternoon and would arrive way too late. So I begrudgingly called it hear, took the busses to get to the start point, I left my mum’s car. Turns out that was a really lucky call because (without any signs a few days prior) they used the parking lot I left the car for some kind of event that weekend and wanted to tow my car! So turned out for the best.
Also I got abresions so bad from the friction of the bagpack, the sweat and everything that I actually bled onto the bed spread. So that is annoying as hell. Inner thighs were fine because I used the vaseline preemptively there but inner arms were painful and the blood came from back and hips.
So all in all the tour was beautiful! I would like to do similar things again in the future but I also learnt a bunch of valuable lesseions here;
26.08.
1 btn split jerk
4 x 2 @ 130 kg
2 deadlift
5 x 3 @ 190 kg
3 vertical rebound jump
5 x 3
4a paused ring rows
3 x 12
4b L-sit iso hold
3 x 15 sec.
Good to be back. We are starting easy into the week, especially ok everything legs because of the hiking and today I realized that is a very smart idea, haha. I did feel it still. So next week the new training block will officially start.
Beautiful photos. I have never quite picked up where you live, and it is not my business, but if these photos are an indication, the area is amazing.
I live in the south of lower saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. The photos were taken in the Vulkaneifel region.
