Looks like an incredible trip, well done for getting through the issues and enjoying the scenery, nature and time alone. How was the monastery?
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Oh it was very nice although I didn’t explore too much of the grounds. I drank beer and chatted to a catholic choire group from the UK who were there the whole week to perform at a church festival on the weekend. Spent the evening mostly with an 18 year old who now is a choral scholar and tours Europe singing in gospel choires. Quite fascinating that that is still such a big scene over there.
Other than that the room was okay, it’s just a bit awkward having Jesus stare down from a crucifix directly onto you when you’re in bed, haha
26.08.
1 front squat
2 x 5 @ 100 kg
2 push press (2 sec. pause at lockout)
3 x 6 @ 100 kg
3 bulgarian split squat (2 sec pause)
1 x 12 @ 25 kg dumbbells
4a supinated lat pull down
3 x 12 @ 55 kg
4b hamstring curls
4 x 8 @ 70 kg
5 neutral grip curls
3 x 10-12 @ 36 kg
Pain level for the curls was 2-3/10. Which is an imorovement for the concentric and it was a very high RPE.
All easy peazy lemon squeezy.
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Careful mate @Cyrrex will get excited.
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Zero pain the next day after those curls, that were done at 2-3/10 pain level. The biceps tendon is definitely on the mend! 
Not that it kept me from doing anything important, still good to see improvement. Been 4 months so far (which is totally normal).
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27.08.
1 power clean into strict press
Singles
60 kg
80 kg
90 kg
95 kg
100 kg
105 kg
2 bunch of jump performance tests with high tech equipment
- a physio friend of mine needed data/ practice with a really sophistocated force plate and I love these kind od toys
- so a bunch maximal jumls
Back to number 1
80 kg
100 kg
105 kg
100 kg
102,5 kg
3 farmer’s walk challenge
50 kg farmer’s (per hand) around the stadium track (400m). Everytime you put them down do 10 push ups. Record total time.
9:57 minutes. Could have gone faster as I didn’t push myself too much but this was quite hard.
I know you would probably love those kind of things @T3hPwnisher
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28.08.
1 btn split jerk
1 x 5 @ 120 kg
2 11" deadlift
4 x 5 @ 172,5 kg
3 seated broad jumps
6 x 2
4 incline db row
4 x 8 @ 30 kg
5 ghd back extension
4 x 15 @ 20 kg (barbell btn)
All good and easy.
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29.08.
1 paused oh squat (snatch for first rep)
3 x 6 @ 70 kg
2 front squat (3 sec ecc., 2 sec pause at parallel)
3 x 5 @ 102,5 kg
3 seated btn press (no back support)
3 x 10 @ 50 kg
4a hip thrust machine
3 x 12 @ 118 kg
4b hollow hold
3 x 35 sec.
The front squats were really hard today, rest was fine. Really excited to start the new training block next week!
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01.09.
1 btn split jerk
6 x 1 @ 140 kg
2 deadlift
5 x 3 @ 200 kg
3a vertical reboubd jumps
5 x 3
3b L-sit iso hold
4 x 15 sec
4 paused ring rows
4 x 12
- btn jerks were mostly good. Some excellent reps
- deadlifts were god awful. My hamstrings have been the most sore I can remember over the weekend and are still sore today so I think that’s the explanation.
- sadly my vacation time is over now.
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I know are mostly jerking these days but you seem to have a pretty good handle on getting the most out of the leg drive for overhead. Any tips or videos to watch on push press for Axle. I wont have time to learn a split jerk but need to get the bar moving faster.
Hey hey, I do still push press, haha. Sure thing: Do you have a recent video?
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Last week
2 weeks ago
3 weeks ago
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You are doing a lot more right than wrong, my friend.
Some things that I see:
- love the style of the shoes but I am not sure it’s the right foot wear (vs. heels). You shift your weight onto your forefoot on the descent, robbing you of a lot of power from your legs when the time comes to reverse and explode up because you already have the weight on your toes (which is to be saved for the triple extension).
- if you have the mobility for it, your elbows could point slightly more forward in the rack position. Wrist wraps could help with that.
- You have like the picture perfect form of immediately sticking your head through, once the bar passes your temple. The thing is, I am not that big of an advocate of that one for the push press (for strongman) unless you get a ton of drive from the legs. If you have the bar above your head, eyes forward and then start to struggle, it’s pretty much all triceps at that point. If you waited a little longer to stick your head through, you’d have more of a lean back and get some bigger muscles involved. To achieve that, prepping the t-spine extension could help. I need to film a video for a client tomorrow anyway to show the same exercise. Will post it here or in your log.
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02.09.
1 hang snatch
4 x 3 @ 60 kg
2 clean (full) and push press
5 x 3 @ 90 kg
3 front squat
3 x 5 @ 115 kg
4a lat pull down (supinated)
3 x 12 @ 60 kg
4b leg curl
4 x 10 @ 70 kg - way too light.
Notes:
- back to weightlifting and it is fun! Although 3 full cleans is entirely too many reps, haha.
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ha ha, you see in the latest video i was wearing my oly lifting shoes. I will wear these for axle going forward.
I deff get what you are saying about my elbows being very down, I see that too. Not sure if it is mostly mobility or more just something to be aware of. I’ll focus on it and see if it improves.
The bit I feel like I struggle with is the speed of the dip and drive. It sometimes feels like I may as well just strict press it. Would really like more speed in the bar as I press it.
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I have a similar issue. I usually have my arms near parallel on a normal barbell push press but they are way more angled down on axle for some reason
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Try to get them just slightly in front of the bar. That will be enough for a sufficient push press. In doubt: Go slower on the dip!
I will die on that hill, that’s how often I have given that advice, haha: but the best exercise you can do to improve all of this (figuring out the descent, weight on feet, rack position [preventing early arm drop]) will be the paused press with leg drive!
Descent - solid pause at turning point - drive up!
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03.09
1 run (yes, you read that right)
400 m in 2:30 minutes
2 assault bike
8 x 10 sec. EMOM all out sprints
3 bike ergometer
20 minutes - 8 km
I don’t have running shoes, so I just used my normal strongman shoes. That was not hard at all for my lungs but is about the limit my shins can take atm.
Bike ergometer felt slightly silly when I use my bike to get to and from the gym but it is the least impactful on my body and stuff accumulates.
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04.09.
1 btn split jerk
3 x 5 @ 120 kg
2 jerk recoveries
8 x 1 @ 140 kg
3 11" deadlift
4 x 5 @ 177,5 kg
4 seated broad jump
6 x 2
5 incline db row
3 x 10 @ 30 kg
Slept terribly last nightGood session. Jerks were pretty crisp.
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