Looks awesome and terrifying at the same time. Great pics.
Love the repetitions you do.
How many reps of the flip to a set?
BWAHAAHA!
ONE is ENOUGH for a LONG, LONG time
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
8/14/08 - Thurs - Squats
A: Squats: 135x15, 225x10, 275x5
B: Front Squats: 185x5, 225x4*, 255x1**
C: Heavy Walkouts***: 405 x 10 sec down, 405 up, 455 x 5 sec, 455 down, 455 up
D: SMith Machine Standing Calf Raise (2 boards under feet): 180x15, 270x15, 320x13
- Rep PR
** PR PR!
*** Shouldered weight walked out, held, back in, racked one notch lower, about 6". Next rep, same but re-racked 6" higher. Alternated. Call it 1/8 squats
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Just saw this: nice squatting, SteelyD, with PRs to boot.
Thanks 1G!
I’ve been remiss on my logging duties… Sorry!
Here goes:
8/18/08 - Mon - Back/Bi
A1: Lat P/D Mach: 160x12, 180x10, 190x9, 200x7
A2: Standing PW Curl: 40x8+3, 45x8, x8, 50x8+1
B1: Facepull: 120x10, 130x10, 150x10
B2: DB Row: 90x12, 90x13, 100x12
B3: Standing DB Curl: 35x6(8L), 35x5, 30x10
C1: Farmer Walk: 100x240’, “”
D1: EZ Bar Upright Row: 50x8, 70x8, 70x8
E1: Smith Mach. Shrug (1Arm): 160x8, 180x5, 160x5
E2: Conc. Curl: 35x7, 40x6, 40x3, x5
8/19/08 - Tue - DB Press
DB Press: 75x7, 80x7, 85x6, x7, 90x5
Short and sweet. Busy work schedule today.
8/20/08 - Wed - Squats
Squat: 135x12, 225x7, 275x4
Fr. Squat: 185x8, 225x3 (Back tweaky)
Z-Squat: 135x8, 185x4
Didn’t want to push it. Plus, had to catch a plane.
8/21/08 - 8/24/08 - OFF!
Business trip. Managed to land a new job for a ~50% salary increase! — That’s a financial PR
8/25/08 - Mon - Push
AM: 30 min Rec. Bike
A1: Smith Machine Inc. Press: 140x8, 160x5, 180x1.5, 160x4, 160x6*, x5*
- Lowered incline to about 30 deg. Had a fairly steep incline
OHP = Over Head Partial
B1: Standing Military Press: 95x8 + 5 OHP, 105x6 + 3 OHP, x8 + 3 OHP, 115x6+2
8/26/08 - Tue - Deads
A1: DL (Sumo): 135x5, x5, 225x5, x5, 315x3, x3, x3, 335x2
A2: PW Curl: 30x12, 50x8, 55x8, 60x6
8/27/08 - Wed - Press
DB Press: 25x15, 50x12, 70x8, 85x8, 95x4, 100x3*, x2, x1, 90x4, 95x4, x2
- PR. I’ve never pressed a 100# dumbell before today
8/28/08 - Th. - Pull
AM: Rec. Bike, 30 min
A1: Lat P/D Mach: 160x12, 180x12, 200x6, 190x6, 1 real pullup
A2: DB Row: 85x6, 85x12, 100x10, 100x9, x11
B1: BB Shrug (straps, snatch grip, long holds): 135x10, 225x10, 275x3 + 7 power shrugs, 245x10
B2: PW Curl: 50x10, 55x8, 50x8
8/29/08 - FRI - OFF
Gym closed.
Measured 16.5" flexed arm today. That’s a gain of 2.25" since the start of this project.
See todays post in “T-Alpha: Summer of Size”
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
8/21/08 - 8/24/08 - OFF!
Business trip. Managed to land a new job for a ~50% salary increase! — That’s a financial PR ;)[/quote]
WooHoo! That kind of PR doesn’t happen often at all. Are you goning to need to move the family?
Holy smokes - 50% increase! How’d you swing that?
soldog-- yeah, eventually. I negotiated where I can work out of my current home while I try to sell the house so the kids can finish out their school year. They put a 10 month time frame in there (good faith).
I’ll have to move from Maine to near Philly (S.Jersey), but that’s OK, I grew up there so family is there. Maine is “home”, but I can always come back if I have to.
Skid-- Turns out ‘specialization’ in my field for the past 15 years paid off. I have exactly what they need and am willing to take ‘The Northeast’ region to do it. Right now, they have to fly folks from GA or CO to do work in PA, NJ, DE and New England.
Right place, right time…
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
soldog-- yeah, eventually. I negotiated where I can work out of my current home while I try to sell the house so the kids can finish out their school year. They put a 10 month time frame in there (good faith).
I’ll have to move from Maine to near Philly (S.Jersey), but that’s OK, I grew up there so family is there. Maine is “home”, but I can always come back if I have to.
Skid-- Turns out ‘specialization’ in my field for the past 15 years paid off. I have exactly what they need and am willing to take ‘The Northeast’ region to do it. Right now, they have to fly folks from GA or CO to do work in PA, NJ, DE and New England.
Right place, right time… ;)[/quote]
Sounds like a good deal all around. I bet they would be willing to buy the house or pay realtor fee for you if you were willing to move earlier or the house has problems selling in this market.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
8/29/08 - FRI - OFF
Gym closed.
Measured 16.5" flexed arm today. That’s a gain of 2.25" since the start of this project.
See todays post in “T-Alpha: Summer of Size”
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SteelyD, your progress has been astounding to me. It is also giving me some inspiration for my fall and winter training. I’m not so interested in size but in strength and the size that comes with strength.
I’m also a bit more shy of gaining fat as compared with you (10 more years on the odometer will do that to a person). I need to figure out a plan for a “winter of strength” with appropriate goals and benchmarks.
Keep on plugging away and posting your efforts. I think these logs have more value than we might think here in our little group.
Soldog -
Thank you for the kind words. I’m humbled that anyone even reads my log, let alone gets some inspiration or anything useful out of it.
It certainly has been a fun and interesting journey this summer.
We all just keep grinding through it day by day by week.
I agree that the logs, especially those in this forum have tremendous value. I’m continually impressed, influenced, and inspired by the folks in this Old Farts forum
Keep on goin’ dog!
