This x 2! Hope you had a goodun?
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Happy late birthday!!
Also for triceps strength I love close-grip bench & reverse grip bench
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What about Overhead triceps for Overhead strength?
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@trimtabber79 @alex_uk @george220
Thanks for the birthday wishes, I had a great day spent with the family.
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Monday 26 August - week 4
Frame - trap bar deadlift (33kg bar)
Bar x 10
73 x 5.
113 x 3
Add straps
153 x 3
173 x 3
193 x 5 x 3 sets (425 lbs) - RPE 9, 9,
193 x 1. One very slow grind.
Lower Back was tight and pumped so stopped there.
Press from rack
Bar x 10
40 x 5
60 x 3
70 x 2
72.5 x 5 ( 160 lbs) - hard set
72.5 x 4
72.5 x 4 - big bring on the last rep
72.5 x 3 - last one was a griiiind.
Quite a few wobbly reps towards the end. Lower back pump was crazy. Pretty happy thought.
Db incline bench - high incline
30 x 5 - warm up
37.5 x 7 - really really struggled to get the dumbells up to start. Dropped back to 30 to hit some more reps.
30 x 10. Smooth good pump
30 x 10 more pump
Sitting back with the dumbells is painful: used so much energy getting the first rep. Need to work out a better way to do this.
Chin ups BW + 20kg
3 sets of 3
Super set
Ab wheel roll outs (from knees)
3 sets of 10
Good bicep stretch and pump. Horrible ab pump.
Overall a solid solid session. I have to travel for work next week so I decided to add another week to this block and take the deload next week. Really felt the fatigue on the deadlifts but still pretty happy overall.
Deadlift
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Back on the green stuff. Got to keep @QuadQueen happy 
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Yeah, this is the biggest trick to DB pressingā¦how to get these giant, clumsy things in the start position and moving the first rep. Spotter makes a huge difference here and it is probably the only time I ever actually WANT the spotter to interfere.
But whatever mate, 37.5 is some serious iron and rubber.
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@simo74 Iām unreasonably late to your log(s), mostly because I canāt be bothered to keep up with logs that have 20 some replies every day (lol).
I read that your goal is to not be a fat dad, and to be a Father who Can. Iām on board with anything that anything that involves making dads scarier.
TBH, Iām struggling to follow along with the training methods. Mostly because I donāt understand strongman training at all, outside of some Westside Conjugate style stuff that seems to align pretty well.
I saw youāre trying to correct an overhead pressing deficiencyā¦ is that because you want bigger shoulders or is this more performance-based?
Standing Overhead Pressing, or any kind of overhead pressing? Asking because my seated DB OHP is pretty good, as is my Incline DB Bench, but my Standing OHP is hot garbage.
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Thanks for the message mate and glad to hear you support making dads more capable and scary. I think it is something that is missing from a lot of men these days.
With regards to my training it is really just simple block periodisation. I have competed in both powerlifting and strongman at a very novice level.
The training is mostly based around 3 gym days a week, so a squat, bench and deadlift day. But the sessions end up being more like full body sessions as I have lower body accessories on bench day and upper body accessories on squat and deadlift day.
The training blocks are usually 3 or 4 weeks with % based progression and then a Deload week, and repeat.
The year is split into periods of hypertrophy, strength or peaking depending on when the next comp is.
The strongman training and competition is fairly new for me. I use strongman movement like sandbag and farmers for conditioning and do some other event practice like log on Saturdays.
The recent focus on overhead is mostly because strongman has more overhead movements and no real bench.
I am happy to get bigger shoulders but the ultimate aim is to put the biggest weight overhead possible. This ultimately will need to be a clean and press as this is what strongman generally has.
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Luckily strongman OHP stuff is pretty loose with the form from what Iāve seen.
I donāt have much advice in the performance category other than Westside seeming like a good fit for both styles of training, and Viking Press being a fairly shoulder-friendly heavy pressing exercise.
*Ive used the standing calf raise machine for this in the past, as none of the gyms near me are cool enough for a real viking press.
Oh, and most pressing strength coming from strong lats and triceps, according to every crazy strong dude i know (a few 500lb benchers and one lone 600lb bencher). They all trained this lift multiple times a week to get there. Low reps, higher volume, high frequency, not to failure.
For shoulder-friendly size, id say you could probably throw in some Meadows Side Lateral Partials either daily or alternating them with the same style of chest-supported rear delt flye. Full ROM is fine but i definitely notice more connection in the right places with long partials.
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This is a good idea, we have a good sorinex Machine at the gym which is awesome for pressing.
Seems like hammering triceps frequently is something lots of big pressers seem to do.
I can deff do a little more of this.
Those partials for lat raises sound interesting. Iāll give them a look and cycle them into the next block. After all who doesnāt want bigger shoulders.
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You are my favorite. That is all. 
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Wednesday 28 Aug - week 4
Axle squat
Bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
Sleeves
100 x 2
Belt
120 x 2
140 x 5 - RPE 7
140 x 5 RPE 7
140 x 6 RPE 8. Had a couple more but wanted to save my upper back.
Good solid squats . Lower back was pretty damn sore from deadlift. This was just the right amount of work. Sets of 5 at 3 plates is a good measure for how I am feeling. Today felt good.
Hack squat
40 x 3 sets - 15, 15, 15
Went into the gym with a headache and these didnāt really help. Good leg pump.
Bench
Bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
100 x 3. This felt too heavy
102.5 x 3 RPE 8. Solid
102.5 x 3 RPE 8
102.5 x3 RPE 8
102.5 x 4 RPE 9 - best set
Dropped the reps a little and went for more quality. Solid pressing.
Pendlay row
120 x 3 x 3 sets (264 lbs )
They were HEAVY. Form was a little loose but still trying to be explosive.
Cable row
160 x 15 x 3 sets
Hot damn
Abs - hanging knee raises
These give a great lat stretch.
That was a pretty solid session. Squats in a good place, press was a good and the rest was pump city.
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Was trying to watch your latest video to look at your TBDF but it doesnāt work on my phone. So gone to check on my computer and it doesnāt work either. T nation videos on the forum no longer work for me. Just wanted to see your form lol
Isnāt that where you live?
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Do you have the YT app on your phone or are you on instagram. You should be able to just search the video.
My YT link is in my IG profile.
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Thank you, that link worked.
So when i have been TBDLing i have been replicating the squat movement and it feels like a squat, here you are full deadlift āhingeā form. Just interested really as iām new to using the trap bar.
Cheers
I find that if I click the title to videos they take me to YouTube directly and that works, but the embedded videos no longer work for me either.
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Yes some people do get their hips lower and squat these up. I am using more quads here that I would with a straight bar but I am still keeping the hips high and using some hinge.
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Friday 30 Aug - week 4
Push press from rack
Bar x 5
40 x 3 paused -
40 x 3 paused -
60 x 3
70 x 1
80 x 2
85 x 2 (187 lbs) - these were ok
85 x 2
85 x 2
85 x 2 shakey reps.
Still not timing the dip and let drive well enoughā¦
Db shoulder press
32.5 x 3 sets - 7, 7, 7
This was proper hard work: Last set was close to max effort.
RDL (used figure 8 straps)
140 x 10 x 3 sets (308 lbs)
Lateral raises
12.5kg x 3 sets
Lying tricep ext
45 x 3 sets - 10, 10,
Solid session. Press was ok, Dumbell overhead was proper hard and the rest was the filling. Happy.
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