Condolences mate that sounds like a fully shite day.
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Thanks man.
Try farmers walk figure eights. I like them because they REALLY train the turn aspect and it kills you more just because of the movement orientation. It’ll make walking in a straight line so easy.
You basically just make an actual 8 with your movement path and minimize the straight line distance. So you could do this over like a 10-12 meter distance and literally always be preparing for a turn since the figure eight will be so short. Makes for hard training and can be done after squat workouts.
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Thanks a lot for the suggestion!
Damn, this sounds awful. Going to have to give this a go. I dread the turn every time I play with my farmers walk handles. Pick and run is easy, 90% of my energy goes into the turn and trying to control it afterwards.
Sorry to hear about the bad stuff going on man. Hope things take a better turn for you
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29.03
Event day. There is nothing programmed die this day. So I went with my new yoke and Farmer’s walks
1Yoke Walk
2 x 25 Meter @ 125 kg
6 x 25 Meter @ 185 kg - atleast 4 of them around 12 seconds. Getting better. Goal is under 10 seconds
2 Farmer’s walks (no chalk). Had to turn on the spot because there was no space.
65 kg per hand x 75 meter
65 kg per hand x 20 meter
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Sorry it took me a while to get to this. I’ve only done max distance farmer’s once. What killed me was the turns. The implements are going to go all crazy, and you’re going to lose a lot of grip strength fighting for it. I ended up dropping early because my heel kicked the back of the implement while it was swinging. I think if you spend time perfecting the turn, you might be able to best people with better grips.
EDIT: I see @strongmanvinny2 already had a killer suggestion for this.
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Damn that’s some rough stuff. There isn’t much to say, but you have my condolences man.
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No worries, thanks for responding.
I am definitely going to implement what @strongmanvinny2 has suggested.
I have one advantage here: I have used the actual farmer’s handles once. They are short and stubby. Kind of like a suitcase. This makes carrying them harder because you occasionally hit them with your legs but it makes the turn a lot easier!
31.03.
Did some active recovery and sauna yesterday. That stuff was really helpful.
1 ssb box squats (in briefs)
5 x 5 @ 142 kg
2 hang cleans
5 x 3 @ 70 kg
3 strict press
5 x 5 @ 65 kg
4 pendlay row (t&g + rest pause)
3 x 10 @ 90 kg
5 lat pull down
3 x 8-10
Notes:
- did a way better job at weight selection here
- kind of funny that I think I had definitely some left in the tank when I did the 182 kg squat but 142 kg felt very difficult today nonetheless. I guess this is just a movement that is hard to do for reps
-in general I think I am going to see where I am at once I have finished this program because it doesn’t allow for a lot of recovery
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Video of some squat and clean sets: ( full disclaimer: I don’t know shit about cleans, but I still do enjoy doing them)
Nice work man 
Thanks mate
They look good. Have a play around and see if you can sit back further so your shins are vertical or even knees a little behind them. The briefs will support you, and may even guide you if you really push into them.
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Thanks man. I noticed that as well. I’ll try to sit back more next time.
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02.04.
Push wasn’t as snappy probably because legs haven’t really recovered.
1 Log lift
80 kg x 5 - terrible set. Bad clean; unstable
80 kg x 5 - Much much better, good set
80 kg x 5 - okay
80 kg x 5 - OK. Lost balance on first but recovered
80 kg x 5
2 Sumo deadlift (t&g)
155 kg x 5
155 kg x 5
155 kg x 5
155 kg x 5
155 kg x 5
3 conditioning (4 rounds with 1,5 min rest)
300 m rower, fast pace
5 jumps from kneeling to squat
10 Push ups
- I feel like touch and go deadlifts are a whole new kind of evil. I can use more weight but at the same time it feels was more difficult. Hard to explain. I try to control the descent, that sucks really bad.
- I am not sure why… Maybe because of where this day is placed in the program… But this remains the hardest day for me. I was ready to throw in the towel after deads. Conditioning was the overkill then.
- left knee felt a little strange on the inside after deadlifts. Upon viewing the videos I noticed I couldn’t open up my hips like I am supposed to
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04.04.
I am beat up. Looking forward to the end of this training cycle. Will probably leave it at one and go on with another training approach. I like full body but it isn’t the best choice for static strength and I currently feel like I am getting beat up faster than I am getting better. We will see though, maybe I’ll change my mind come time.
1 front squats
5 x 5 @ 80 kg - still figuring this out but made an important discovery.
2 bench press
5 @ 90 kg
4 x 5 @ 95 kg
3 conv. deadlifts against bands
3 x 3 @ 100 kg + band tension
4 swiss bar incline bench press
50 kg x 8
70 kg x 5
50 kg x 8
5 chest supported t-bar row
50 kg x 8
55 kg x 8
60 kg x 8
Notes:
- might take an extra day off before event training or an extra after event training.
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What was the discovery? ! ?
Full body is crazy effective at beating the shit out of you haha. I feel like when I switch back to a cycle of upper/lower or lift specific days (with lighter full body assistance) is when I see the benefits of the full body stuff.
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