You just keep at it, big guy. lol
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Friday 20 June - week 2.
Squat
Bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 2
120 x 8 x 3 sets - (264 lbs) - no belt
Hard work. Nothing else to say.
Axle push press
Bar x 15
40 x 3
60 x 3
75 x 4 x 4 sets (165 lbs)
75 x 7 - wobbling all over the place on these.
Overhead still feels like hard work to me.
Bent over row
95 x 12 x 3 sets
These were tough on the grip. Big back pump too.
Lat pull downs
86 x 12 x 3 sets - (190 lbs)
This was heavy.
Rolling tricep ext
15 x 3 sets -
15, 15, 12
Pump pump pump
Good session to round out the week.
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I see you are making a lot of gains on the strongman front! 
Got a show lined up?
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Yes mate next comp is in August.
It has 1. squat for reps, 2 keg overhead medley 3 deadlift medley and 4 sandbag carry and shoulder laps for time.
Should be a fun day. I am competing in
Masters under 105KG class, so will be giving up 10āyears and 10kg to others.
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Nice one, mate! That sounds like it will be a great event. Awesome to see you explore strongman more
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Excited to see that mate
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@dagill2 @Koestrizer thanks boys. It should be a fun day. It is going to be in the City at one of the big exhibition buildings. There will be power lifting and arm wrestling happening too.
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Monday 23 June - week 3
Squat
Bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 2
120 x 2
140 x 1
145 x 6 x 5 sets - RPE 8, 8, 9, 9.5, 9.5
Hard, horrible, brilliant, terrible, so good, what am I doing. All thoughts during this squat session. This is a big volume PR at the weight. Even with a dodgy hip, this is good good stuff.
Bulgarians
32.5 x 8 x 3 sets -
Lungs, hips and everything hurts, pretty close to vomiting on these.
Dumbell bench
32.5 x 5 - warm up
45 x 4 sets (99 lbs) -
7, 7, 7, 7 (last rep was slooooow)
Getting close to big boy weights.
These were solid.
Dips + 12.5KG
Max x 3 sets
12, 12, 10
Nice pump in the upper body.
Dumbell row
52.5 x 8 x 3 sets
Rotator cuff work - 5 mins
This was a long workout, the squats took so much out of me, I was basically out of breath for the rest of it. 2 hours of heavy breathing. Sounds like a good date night in my 20ās. This has to be one of the hardest squat sessions I have done period. Happy
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Absolutely Wild.
This is why you are jacked.
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I think this was unattainable for me even in my 20ās
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Will you bring us a video, like @T3hPwnisher did, where we can hear your family holding their breath so we can hold OUR breath in solidarity (days later)? Because Iād like that.
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Didnāt you ever play football with the boys on a Tuesday night 
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I wouldnāt hold your breath on my family coming to watch. Pretty sure I have more chance of @T3hPwnisher coming along. Best I can do is my son but he is usually pretty silent when he is recording.
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That was a ton of reps at 145. 
. You ok man?!? 
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Mentally I am not a well man
physically my left hip is still tight as heck and that is causing a lot of quad and knee pain but It doesnāt seem to stop em squatting if I just ignore the pain.
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Tuesday night strongman conditioning
Decided to use the 60KG (132 lbs) sandbag and do a kind of Grace workout. 30 reps clean n press for time.
Decided I would just do 1 rep EMOM rather than go fast and blow up after 10 reps.
This was still a tough session, heart rate was 120-140 for most of it and elbows were pretty achy by the end
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Wednesday 25 June - week 3
Deadlift
Bar x 10
60 x 5
100 x 3
140 x 2 - doh
160 x 1
180 x 6 x 3 sets no belt (396 lbs) - RPE 8, 8, 9,
Add belt
180 x 5 - RPE 9
180 x 5
Tough tough tough session. 28 Tortola reps is a Rep volume PR. That was a lot of pulls with 4 plates.
Good morning machine
50 x 10
50 x 10
50 x 10
Good pump. Glutes, hamstrings and lower back all lit up.
Hammer row
40 x 5 warm up
70 x 8 x 3 sets -
Aggressive pulls with a fair bit of body movement. Still hard work. Sometimes it doesnāt have to look pretty.
Pull ups . Wide grip on the thic bar
4 sets - 8, 8, 8, 8
These were a bit a struggle. Good stuff
Dumbell curls
15KG x 12 x 3 sets
Nice bicep pump. Arms were already cooked from all the pulling. This was just a finisher.
Rotator cuff work - 5 mins
Proper good old bloody hard work.
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The level of excitement going into this session was off the chart. I was thinking about @Dani_Shugart thinking about me thinking about Berry de Mey being excited. I donāt think I would have got through all those pulls without Dani and Berry cheering on.
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Iām loving this idea! On the next leg day, Iām going to drive to the gym thinking about you thinking about me thinking about you thinking about Berry, who is stoked for leg day.
HA!
Maybe itās kind of like seeing the best in something because a friend saw the best in that thing. Or maybe itās more like a mental reframing: āMy friendās friend says itās fun, and I trust my friend who trusts his friend, so it must be!ā
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Thank you for literally making me laugh inanely out loud. After reading this I know i am going to have a good day 
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