Wanted to do keg clean & press, light car deadlifts and stone simulator today …
1 keg clean and press
2 x 3 @ 77 kg
1 x 2 @ 77 kg
Shut down my training here. I have no power, feel exhausted and back is over taxed. No chance but to take a deload and use the weekend for recovery.
It fits the schedule really bad but I think there is more to lose by being stubborn here than there is to gain.
Drove to the gym to use the Sauna.
I can’t help but feel a little frustrated. I reduced my training by one day and with the exeption of last weekend, nothing was particularely heavy except for deadlifts. Why the fuck am I breaking down so hard?! I suppose it doesn’t matter much… Still I feel like I am not putting that much work into this prep at all and I am still breaking down
I know the feeling man, and I feel with you.
I know I would (I actually am right now) try to push through and even though I know it won’t help me, I can’t help myself.
I would however advise you to deload for a week. You could still train but with a bit lower weight, focus on technique.
Either way I hope you’ll be ready for the meet.
I am definitely starting to feel a lot better. I have taken a walk pretty much everyday the last days and my lower back and hips are finally recovered plus I feel normal again. I haven’t trained for 6 days tomorrow so I think I should be good
1 deadlift
Up to
1 @ 180 kg
2 @ 200 kg - PR
1 @ 200 kg - second came off the ground but I didn’t fight for it
2 banded deadlifts
2 x 3 @ 100 kg + band tension
5 @ 100 kg + band tension
3a smith machine hip thrusts
3 x 10 @ 171 kg
3b chest supported
3 x 10 @ 30 kg
Notes:
Haven’t lifted for 6 days. Feeling a lot better
changed the approach as stated before. I swapped out the elevated deadlifts for banded pulls. I’ve gotten a lot out of the elevated pulls but I am cutting back on them to not go any further into a recovery deficit. I opted for banded pulls because they involve much less weight and also they teach me to do a better lockout and accelerate through the whole movement.
my mate told me he would prefer me staying at 200 and go for 3 or even 4 reps in the remaining prep sessions, rather than going up in weight.
Wayne (my Aussie training partner from a while back) and Jordan are back in town for 4 days. Happy to see those cunts again. Had a humongous meal of sushi last night (40+ plates to be more precise) with them and a few other fellas we used to hang out with. I think that gave me some extra power today.
1 Push press
Last warm up was a beltless 100 kg. Effortless.
110 kg x 2 - ties PR
120 kg x 1 - PR!!! This one meant a lot guys…
110 kg x 2
110 kg x 3 - PR! More in the tank.
2a close grip paused board press (Hicks Press)
4 x 3 @ 105 kg
8 @ 105 kg - PR. Left some in the tank
2b lat pull down
5 x 8
3a tricep extensions
3 x 10
3b face pulls
3 x 15
Notes:
this is efficient training: Train for so long that the target weight will be something you are sure to get without any special circumstances. On just another day… after heavy deadlifts.
this was a goal of mine for a long time. A milestone that means a lot. But as always: Just another step.
met with Wayne and his gf after at the Fruehlungswiesen (like a small version of Oktoberfest) for a few beers.
Aight mate, packing up me shit and going over to kangaroo land. See you cunts soon.
Would fucking love to go there in all honesty. I know a lot of people who did “work and travel” down under after school (which is a big stereotype here nowadays). My parents didn’t have that kind of money though, haha. My sister has been there on holiday and liked it a lot. Maybe one day I’ll have enough money to come see some kangaroo people.
1 log lift (wanted to familiarize myself again with the technique as I haven’t done the log in some time)
up to
2 @ 76 kg
1 @ 86 kg
1 @ 91 kg
1 @ 96 kg
1 @ 101 kg - PR
2 keg clean and press
made the keg heavier with some water today. Don’t know if that was the best thing as technique training is now not an option anymore
only managed 2 x 1 @ ca. 86 kg and a bazillion failed cleans. Fuck the keg sucked today!
3 car deadlift simulator
went up in doubles and singles to
1 @ 235 kg
1 @ 265 kg
1 @ 285 kg - this was quite the grinder. Still need to find my foot position. Didn’t intend to go so heavy but it was after a long training day (training strongman alone in the yard sucks because most of the training day is spent putting stuff from a to b and back) and without any hype up.
Notes:
after all not a bad training. Very happy with how log felt
keg was a mess! Need to improve my clean technique fast… If anyone has any insight whatsoever, shoot away.
Video (damn my choice of cloth makes me look extra fat ) :
I registered for another comp only two weeks after the next one. It makes prepping quite a challenge because the events differ completely. It is a shame because this one’s events suit me a lot better but I won’t really be prepared… not sure how to go about training at all. Events at the 15th of June will be:
I am actually starting to enjoy the cardio training a bit more
I am super exhausted. I was out every single night and both weekend nights were very very long. A lot of beer and poor food choices all week. It was definitely fun though and I enjoyed myself.
Thanks a lot mate, I appreciate you following along! Good point and I really enjoy the progression right now, even if I end up doing poorly in the next comp, I will have made some very substantial gains
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