Belt squat 150lbs using 25lb plates w/no lockout
2x18
1x16
STRIPSET (no rest between sets)
16x150
Repsx125
Painx100
Agonyx75
Sufferingx50
Numbenessx25
Reverse hyper 360
4x13
Standing ab wheel 20
EVENING
1hr 15min of axe throwing
Notes: That squat workout was the first one in a LONG time that felt like āthe old daysā, to include the exertion headache at the end. Those belt squats without lockout are legit. Iām gonna stick with the 25s vs bumpers while standing on a platform: easier set-up and execution, and it meant I got to really blow my bains out on that stripset. Most painful itās been in a long time. Axe throwing as a blast again. That burger and onion rings hit the spot. The worst part of the burger, funny enough, was the meat: overcooked and dry, but it had enough other stuff on it that it made it delicious.
Have you written up your approach somewhere? Iām currently straddling strength and endurance training, so itās a bit much for me rn, but Iām curious to see. Should I just trawl your blog?
@sammymcloughlin The question got asked a little bit ago and this is what I was able to drum up at that moment
Thereās honestly not much fixed about it, and just training on instinct these days.
@boilerman It was NUTS. I gotta get it on video next time. And no sweat on the burger: it had enough stuff on it that it was delicious, especially since I had it with the bun. My poor wife just got a plain burger (she acidentally ordered a double cheeseburger too, haha), and was rather non-plussed. Weāre giving the leftovers to the dogs, haha.
I was going to say the same thing
You know itās bad when a person who counts the 111 reps of a max deadlift set writes āpainā, āagonyā, āsuffering ā, ānumbness ā
Itās more a question of trying to remember specific numbers on a dropset I did 24 hours ago. I am just going until failure, so reps donāt matter much.
How do you prevent yourself from mentally clocking out before reaching actual failure?
Itās a problem I tend to have when trying to use intensity techniques
I feel like thatās the mentality with a lot of restaurantsā¦ burgers are just vehicles for condiments. Every once and a while Iāll get a burger and the meat outshines all the crap they put on it.
Notes: These workouts are feeling better. I definitely needed to bring the axle strict press back into the supplemental work. Iām just plain old feeling stronger with it. That grip on chins is a new angle for me: itās awkward and should be good for developing some interesting strength.
Forgot to set the timer for Fran, but it still had me breathing hard, so good enough.
Really like that weighted dip stripset. Iām starting my dips from the bottom, which definitely ups the challenge, and should carry over to just being stronger in general.
Ran an unintentional experiment on sleep the past 2 nights. Skipped my high fat meal before bed on my date night, since I had a high fat dinner and I ended up waking frequently through the night. Last night, brought that meal back, slept very well. Easy lesson learned. The meal Iāve settled on is 2 pieces of keto friendly bread slathered with a healthy serving of natural peanut butter and then 4 pieces of celery topped with Nuts n More almond butter (cinnamon raisin flavor).
@alex_uk In this instance itās more a pull up than a chin up, but if I were to approach it backwards itād be a great angled chin up as well. Itās a solid angle no matter what.
AM WORKOUT (0400 wake up via dog)
65 min fasted weighted vest walk
50 chins
50 pull aparts
25 pushdowns
Breakfast
High handle trap bar pulls 135
1x212
20 wide grip pull ups
Notes: My lower body is still pretty beat to hell from my Saturday squat workout and the run yesterday, and a 30 min EMOM front squat/SSB workout just didnāt sound like it was going to fly, so came up with the idea on my walk to just go for broke on the trap bar and see what I could do. 212 was just about there. My upper body seemed to be the limiter: was just not happy having the weight there for so long. I like the idea of using this 5th day of training as a grab bag day: may let it get even more flexible in the future.
