Thanks man, I think I am very close to my goal of 120 kg. I don’t think that I’ll peak for it right now
I think you are right. Maybe spend some more time at that weight working on leg drive and lockout speed and 120 will deff come.
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Yup. It will happen, when it happens. Right now my deadlift and then obviously contest prep are more important
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26.04.
Only sauna today.
I skipped my leg day (lol, typical gym bro!!! Not hardcore! #dedication) in favor of an additional recovery day. I am going to hit events tomorrow. I originally planned to meet up with the strongman group but it seems like my ex is going to show up and I am not going to risk seeing her. Not worth the trouble. So I am going to train in the yard.
That means only 3 days of lifting this week. That’s okay though. I squatted heavy last week. Until next contest I’ll probably just stick to rather light front squats.
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You are such a bro man. What events are you training tomorrow.
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27.04.
Ended up meeting the crew after all.
Today’s training took forever. I left home at 12.30 pm and returned at 10.20 pm. First we met up to do truck pull training. Herbert invited a local crossfit group. It was a really cool experience and a good group. But took over 2 hours. then our strongman group went on to train at Herbert’s place (our club’s hq).
Edit: It is a 1,5 hours drive both ways for me.
1 truck pull with a 12,3 (metric) ton truck
- one run without a rope - I was the only one out of the group to be able to do this without help (admittedly the real monsters didn’t begin to play here. I have to admit I was still kinda proud)
- one run with a rope (much much easier)
2 keg clean press
1 @ 90 kg - PR
2 @ 90 kg - PR
2 @ 90 kg - failed third clean
2 @ 90 kg - failed third press
3 car deadlift
played around a lot and it was miserable. I missed the weight twice that most guys could do very easily. Did a few reps with the car down one step down on the “ladder”. Did a few reps with a quad on the frame
Notes:
- the truck pulls were hard but cool
- on one of the sets of keg clean and presses the keg bumped from the rubber mat up and landed on my foot. There is a bit of bruising already. It hurt…
- the car deadlift was frustrating because the weight I missed is what I should expect at the contest, if not more. It felt like an immovable object.
- I need to improve my keg clean! Or all my cleans for that matter. I just have zero explosiveness from the hips
Video of today’s cool stuff:
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Also this was the most cliche strongman training ever (after the truck pull). Herbert’s wife prepared a plate of coffee and we had an actual coffee break between sets. Next she brought out a tray of strawberry cake. When Hans (6’3" 150 kg/ 330 lbs) saw that he dropped the log and yelled “get out of my way” sprinting towards the cake. 
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Awesome session Mate. Good thing you went after all.
I read this picturing me Hans yelling in this cliche english with german accent, and had a great laugh.
Have a good day my friend.
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Thanks mate, you too!
28.04.
1 cardio
15 min on the crosstrainer
15 min on the stationary bike
Some fascial repease work on my calves (right calf feels a bit jacked up from the truck pulling) and on my back.
Then relaxing in the sauna.
Good recovery day.
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Thanks for that reminder!
I suddenly have a pretty bad tendonitis/ inflammation on the back of left forearms. It feels very hot to touch and typing with my left hand isn’t exactly pleasent.
I hope this won’t affect training too much. For work I will see. I’ll probably start taking Ibuprofen to help with the inflammation.
Ice it, 15 mins on 15 off.
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1 Push press
5 x 3 @ 107,5 kg - Volume PR
2 Paused close grip board press (Hicks Press)
4 x 3 @ 105 kg
1 x 5 @ 105 kg - PR by default
3 lat pull down
4 x 10
4a tricep extensions
4 x 10
4b face pulls
4 x 15
Notes:
- we had a little party and I stayed up until 4 am (today is a national holiday). So I was slightly lethargic and not too eager to get to the gym today.
- Session went great. Nothing felt too heavy and went smooth.
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Keep riding this wave to success mate.
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02.05.
Soreness is crippling! Especially in my back muscles. Joint are all holding up fine but I am starting to feel beat up.
1 slight incline treadmill walking
15 min
2 stationary bike
15 min
3 fascial release
back and glutes
4 sauna
I am just very tired.
This was origianally planned to just fill a time gap between work and an appoiment near work. The appointment was cancelled without my knowledge but I am glad I did this session anyway because I feel heaps better afterwards.
Time for a deload my friend.
Remember the past.
Do a week of crisp work and no volume.
I have been dabbling with this exact idea in my head. On the other hand it is only 2,5-3 weeks of training left until competition.
My lower back isn’t recovering enough anymore. My muscles there feel super tight.
Talked it over with one of my strongman buddys who is a beast when it comes to deadlifts and who has helped me out with deadlifts for this prep.
We agreed that I should see how I feel tuesday. If deadlifts are an option I shall skip block pulls as they are over taxing my back and just pull from the floor thus reducing over all volume and load.
If I don’t feel like I can deadlift then obviously skip squats and deads altogether for the week.
He thinks my last deadlifts should be done the 21st, 9 days out. That leaves me with 3 sessions till comp
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03.05.
Took an hour to stretch and do some fascial release work… Wow I should stop being so lazy and do more of that. Feels amazing.
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