AM WORKOUT
Standing ab wheel
4x8
Texas deadlift bar touch and go deadlifts
5x135
5x205
5x275
65x308 in 11 minutes
Notes: Did this as the 20k challenge that was posted. Solid effort, good for a deload week. Original goal was 40 in one go, but I realized I could get 40 in one go OR 65 total reps but not both. Good amount of fatigue when it was over.
Woke up at 196.6. Cheat meal yesterday of 3 items and fried rice at Panda. Shoveled snow for an hour that day too.
Madness!!
So how many did you go for on the first set? Nevermind, now see the vidā¦duh
Your upper back is going to be sore!!!
Wowā¦Iām in awe dude. Nice grind
You need more Panda man. You burn so many cals.
@IronOne Thanks man. Upperback and glutes are a little more sore than usual, and Panda is definitely the secret to a good deadlift workout, haha.
@losthog Thanks dude! Appreciate having you read the log.
What the hell is wrong with you hahaha
I figure, as long as the weight is down, itās a deload right? Haha. If nothing else, it sends a signal to my body that it better heal up quick!
Got the day off work, so you know what that means; 2 a days!
AM WORKOUT
Shoveling snow while wearing a 45lb vest for 40 minutes
PM WORKOUT
As many rounds as possible in 15 minutes of the following
Stone of steel over (20) bar w/50lbs loaded
250+sandbag pick up and carry across garage
225lb powerstair doubles
182lb keg carry across garage
Managed 5 rounds with 2 seconds left
Notes: The SoS was a disaster. I think the -20 degree days have dried out my skin and made the stone slick. I have a tacky towel but want to avoid using it in training. Took a few rounds to get a feel for it again. Everything else was pretty heavy and rough. I donāt have a degree in doctorology, but I guess those 65 deadlifts may have played a factor.
Woke up at 198.6. Feeling like I might have a touch of whatever is going around these days, but more an annoyance than anything else.
Whatās going on in here?
Just pushing a boulder up a hill and letting it roll back down a buncha times.
Not often we get better February weather in New England than Cali!
I am in Montana actually. Been here 2 years now.
Well, that certainly changes things haha.
This is a miserable medley. I like it.
It was a solid idea. If the stone played nicer, it woulda been even better, but I at least have the idea for next time.
Grip work
CoC #2 for 55 second hold per hand
#2 for 13 reps per hand
#1 for 36 reps per hand
Grip is starting to peak out a little, but it means Iām getting back to top form.
@T3hPwnisher are coc grippers worth investing in?
i was thinking of buying some but wanted to ask someone with experience with them.
I usually leave the coc gripping to my old lady.
After showing extreme restraint in not buying any new fitness toys in six months since buying the home gym, I have decided to invest in an IronMind sandbag, and have bought 200 pounds of sand to get me started once it arrives.
Any particular tips or thoughts on sandbag training? Best exercises, worst exercises, things to try, things to avoid, unexpected things to look out for? I can Google ideas, of course, and part of the allure is the simplicity (pick it up, carry it around, put it down somewhere or on something) but Iām curious what your experience with it has been.
@duketheslaya Depends on your goals. At one point, I was super obsessed with closing the 3 and bought/was gifted a good amount of grippers, but eventually realized I was sacrificing the rest of my training to build my grip, and it became kinda silly. I only ever break them out now when I have a competition coming up with some sort of grip component to them. You can build a strong grip without ever touching grippers, but theyāre convenient to use and travel well.
If you got $20 burning a hole in your pocket, there are worse things to spend it on.
@ActivitiesGuy Biggest thought is make sure you get bag liners, contractor bags, zip ties and gorilla tape to keep sand from spilling out. After that, realize that, with just 1 sandbag, youāll have to establish identity right away. If you want it for pressing, itās going to be on the lighter side, and if you want it for carries, you arenāt going to press it.
Also, donāt drag it on the floor. Thatās how I ripped the seam on mine. Get a furniture dolly (one of those kind with the 4 wheels like a short skateboard) and use that to move it around/store when you arenāt training.
I REALLY dig the tabata pick up and carry thing Iāve done with it. Gets your heart going something fierce. EMOM pick and carries are good too. Carries for distance with time PRs go well, along with medleys. A sandbag is hard to pick-up and easy to carry, while a keg is hard to carry but easy to pick up, so itās why I tend to like having to pick up the sandbag a bunch of times in a workout.
You must be pretty close to the COC #3 right now. 13 reps on a 2 is pretty good.
Iāve gotten close-ish plenty of times, but thatās the exact moment where I have to decide what is more important; my grip, or the rest of my training. I can hold around this baseline for a while, but once I really start pushing into the read my forearms and elbows start hurting, my grip outside of gripwork fails, my hands get beat up, etc.
I have a 2.5 and can hit that for a few reps, but the 3 still eludes me.