Haha lol
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You are getting strong quite quickly young Duke. It’s good to see. Just remember to listen to your body once in awhile to avoid silly injuries that may hamper your progress in the future.
A lot of accomplished people on this thread with a wealth of knowledge. You are certainly getting better at not necessarily heading their advice but just listening to it and thinking about it. Just keep in mind that at your level, it is much more beneficial to you to listen more than talk (questions not included).
I really like the direction you are heading in though. A lot of focus in the right areas. Many of us watching your journey would kill to have an opportunity to go back and do what you are doing. Keep it up mate 
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Thanks man! A long way to go though
Yeah i have some things i have to be careful of. If a set feels off i cut it there! I would be devastated if i was to get seriously injured. I know one day it’s a possibility because well who doesn’t get injured in strongman lol, or by doing something dumb, or it could be completely random.
Im quite stubborn so it’s a hard pill to swallow most of the time but i agree, alot of experienced people who know alot more than me so listening to them is essential. Without T-Nation i would be stuffed, so much stuff i have learned from here
Thanks irish! A lot of trial and error but I’m really glad to be training at this age.
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God damn, that was good!
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Thinking about doing some sort of stuff for recovery on off days like swimming, shit if i go early in the am and then the pm and do light swimming that should boost recovery. Im a big fan of cold baths but the bath is too small. Thoughts?
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I like the sauna. It is not for everybody but I find it enjoyable and relaxing. I also notice a difference in my recovery if I go regularely.
If the weather is nice, I also enjoy long walks through the forest.
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There’s literally a pool centre right next to my house (300 metre) with a bunch of pools, sauna and spa.
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today’s training deep water week 3 day 1
3×10 light touch and go deads 80kg
10×10 ssb squat
65kg. 3 minutes rest. Yuck… final set was the worst. I just didn’t want to get under the bar. I can see what I’m in for when i have to do 2 minutes rest in two weeks time. Incorporated a knew cue “spread the floor.” Which was very helpful. Good stuff
3×10 barbell lunges. Barbell getting easy but i’ll keep it the same. For the intermediate I’ll add 10kg but thats it. It’s done wonders for my knee. My left knee is doing really well. I think it needed a break from heavy squatting.
20 situps superset 10 reverse hyper 3 rounds no rest. Its supposed to be 20 reverse hypers but after ten reps i start losing form and it turns into a cardio exercise.
5kg situps and 10kg on the hyper. Being conservative and it was the right choice. By the end of the advanced id like to be doing 20kg on the situps and 40-60kg on the reverse hypers.
Good session
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It’s not in the intermediate program. I missed them, but the box jumps are a good new addition.
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Oh i see
That will be good. Yesterday i was using a plyo box to sit on between sets and had the urge to do jumps.
Todays training Deep water week 3 day 2
10×10 axle push press 3 minute rest 35kg
3×10 lateral raises
5kg situp 20 reps superset 1 min plank 3 rounds no rest. Stupid planks defeated me every time! Had to rest a few seconds mid set. Grrr
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Arms
Mate haven’t seen in ages joined my gym thanks to my recommendation. Trained arms lol. Left gym after my push press session then ate, waited and went back for arms.
10×10 hammer curls superset rope pushdowns and band pull parts
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Take the weight off the sit up and see if that helps.
Has happened every time without the weight 
. Is it my mind being weak?
Makes sense. Upping the weight on the sit ups won’t help there, and in fact will negatively impact the planks even more. Master the planks first, then add resistance to the workout.
Bodyweight situps aren’t really hard, i used to do hundreds every day back when i was 13 lol. I don’t get how i can do 100 reps of squats but bitch out after 30 seconds on planks. It’s all in my mind
Have you tried bracing alpha style? Like you’re doing a squat with hundreds of pounds?
Yeah im familiar with that plank variation. Its not recommended to do those for sets of 1 minute though.
Correct, but they do impact your plank’s recovery. Adding more weight will mean more impact on recovery. If nothing else, think of the sit-ups as active resting between planks.
And try to really focus on the ab contraction on the sit-up. I can do hundreds of sit-ups where I use momentum and my hips and throw my torso, but on the program, when I’m focusing on contracting the abs to make the movement happen, paired with the planks, it’s a pretty solid burn.
For planks, I find it helpful to set a countdown timer and then not look at it. Planks take forever if I’m watching a clock. If I set a timer and read something while I wait, it goes by fast.
Yeah, I’ve been contracting the abs like you mentioned the other day. I was doing them wrong and it irritated my hip flexors.
That’s a good idea, i keep looking at my phone timer and it does make it mentally harder.
Yeah. I’m adding weight to the situps to hypertrophy the abs. By the end of the advanced program I’d like to be doing situps with 20kg for the sets of 20. @Frank_C told me about weighted situps. I want to hypertrophy my abs so my belt will fit better