9-2-12 OHP day
Clean and Press. No belt/whatever
105
125x5
145x5
195x5
235x0 couldn’t even clean the damn thing. My technique is awful.
125x12 strict press
125x10 strict press
One arm, clean and press w/ 30lb DB.
~20 reps each
Banded, lateral, delt raises
Held the tire bar for time using fat grips. I think my best was 31.7. This will get better as my mind get stronger.
Bicep curls-left bicep is killing me. Idk how to fix this little tweek.
Minimal gripper work.
Felt awful honestly. My back feels awful. My left bicep feels awful. Whatever though, I still came and did what I could. Back feels rough right now and we have deads in an hour…hope I can get it to limber up :(. I’m going to see if the chiropractor can start treating my back a little more aggressively. I’m tired of not being able to push squats and deads as hard as I want to lol. Came to a sad realization today. I squatted 463, benched 309, and pulled 535 at my very first meet at 18 years old. I’m almost 22 now and my squat is probably worse, bench is slightly better, and I doubt I could pull 535. Fuck. OH WELL! I’LL BE BACK, BITCHES!
monday-september-3-2012
raw reverse band deadlift, monster mini micro mini No straps, no belt, set up in the rack like last time
135
245
335x5
425x5
515x5
545x1 ALL DOUBLE OVERHAND
sandbag work, carries, loads, etc (bag weighs 130 now)
banded lats
neck
Killed out today, dont have much time, hope everyone’s doing well, really sick and beat up, shoulder is bothering me, strongman is really wearing on my endurance hopefully it goes up, my weight is fluctuating between 214-220, so its getting there, lets ROLL
heres a vid from tonight, hope it works…
9-3-2012 Reverse Monster Mini and Micro Mini Deathlifts
No wraps, no straps, no belt, no cares
135
245
335x5
425x5
515x5
545x1 Felt good. All double over hand. Grip feels strong again.
Lots of sandbag work (130lb)
Loads, walks, et cetera
Good day in my books. Back still feels bad but, it didn’t bother me during my sets or during any part of lifting. I really look forward to strongman training even though I’m having back issues and issues with my left bicep.
Wednesday-september-5-2012
Reverse Purple Band Bench (about 80 off at bottom)
135x10
225x10
275x5
315x5
365x3
400x3
420x1
435x1
Drop set with no bands
315x3-225x9-135x10 (strict feet up on bench) HARD
1 arm over head press (seated) with FAT GRIPS
60x12 (both arms)
30x20 (both arms)
Band pushdwons
we all choked a band from the rack, picked a song, and did pushdowns for as many reps as possible, rest pause style, until the song went off, pretty brutal
Pretty damn good day, went in feeling terrible, came out feeling better, everyone looked great!!! Lets keep kicking ass, not a lot of time to type much except im glad nxt week is deload, hope everyones killing it!!!
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS…CRANK FUCKING DIO!!!
getting struuuung in here
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
getting struuuung in here[/quote]
HAHAH thanks bro!!! Im trying my damnedest!!! Do you or anyone you know do strongman??? Im looking to move away from powerlifing and into strongman, My main goal is to look like those fucking freaks (poundstone, mariusz etc.) and be brutally strong, so i said, “why not train like a strongman?” Just needing some advice on programming and implements, thanks for following bro! Hope your training is going well!
[quote]pure_country wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
getting struuuung in here[/quote]
HAHAH thanks bro!!! Im trying my damnedest!!! Do you or anyone you know do strongman??? Im looking to move away from powerlifing and into strongman, My main goal is to look like those fucking freaks (poundstone, mariusz etc.) and be brutally strong, so i said, “why not train like a strongman?” Just needing some advice on programming and implements, thanks for following bro! Hope your training is going well![/quote]
I haven’t even started myself. Check out the strongman forum.
friday-september-7-2012
raw, walked out, reverse monster mini band, olympic ATG squats, no belt, no wraps, hamstrings to calves every set took of 40lbs at most in the hole
145x5
235x3
285x1
325x1
355x1
400x1
440x1—pumped bout this!!!
no bands
225x12
lunges holding a 45lb plate in each hand, walking up and down the concrete ramp outside the garage, great great great for hams, quads, grip, traps, back, basically everything!!!
supersetted some calf raises and neck machine
all in all a good fucking day, owens hit a nasty fucking squat tonight!!! Prayers going out to mosley he lost his granny, seems we have all lost someone special these last few months, really hope he and his family comfort and love, dont really have a lot to say today except im ready to Deload! Gonna try to order some strongman implements next week, prob a stone and some farmers handles, weight is sitting around 217-220 depending on how i eat etc, gotta get over the 220 mark and climb towards 230-240 pretty happy with how this week has went and how this 3 week wave has went, missed mosley and godfather tonight, hope everyone’s killing it out there!
Friday Sept 7th
Its always a struggle to accurately describe our lifts, so ill just copy PC description. raw, walked out, reverse monster mini band, olympic ATG squats, no belt, no wraps, hamstrings to calves every set took of 40lbs at most in the hole
145 x 3
235 x 3
285 x 3
325 x 1
355 x 1
365 x 1
No bands
225 x 10
Lunges with 45lb in each hand, walked down, then back up ramp to garage.
sunday-september-9-2012
overhead strict press with texas power bar, no sleeves no wraps, clean up then press
bar
95x10
115x6
135x5
went outside with tire bar (170lbs) put on wrist wraps, little pain creeping back in
170x5
200x5, missed 6th couldnt lock out pissed!!
200x6!!! got the push press/jerk a little better here more explosive fucking stuck it!!!
behind the neck strict press, cleaned up with texas power bar
95x14
farmers walk up and down concrete ramp in front of garage BRUTAL hands are fucked and grip was weak
100lb plate per hand as many trips as i could stand 3 sets
dumbell curls with fat grips
dumbell holds with fat grips 30lbs each hand, harder than it sounds!!! did shurgs during these so it wouldnt be so boring
My fucking forearms were SMOKED, my grip sucked balls because i blasted the gripper all night last night fucking heavy grips 200 i was like ahhh it wont affect me tomorrow,bullshit!!! trained solo today, really fucking blows loading unloading dragging shit outside back inside and picking up etc alone!!! it was good gpp and my grip was fucked after packing shit all day, also worked quicker than normal so heart rate was BLASTING!!! felt good about the over head press today, kinda wanted to redeem myself, now its time to deload!!! keep killing it!!! forearms were really pumped so measured them, around 15.5"-16" haha not bad for a forearm that is 9.5" long on a 5’7" guy hahaha ive always had decent sized forearms i suspect theyll be coming up with all this grip work!!! I WANT TRAPZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!
“ON FIRE…LIKE A CANDLE IS…”
Wednesday-september-5-2012
Reverse Purple Band Bench (about 80 off at bottom)
135x10
225x10
275x5
315x5
365x12 Had some bicep pain. Didn’t think I would be able to handle anything heavier so, I did some reps.
Drop set w/o bands
315x7(missed 8th), 225x3-4, 135xmaybe 5 good reps lol then just did some half reps. Owens had to help me get it in the rack lol.
Seated 1 arm over head press with the Fat Grips
60x5 left arm (bicep pain) 60x12 right arm
30x20 (both arms)
Had some fun w/ band pushdowns as PC described.
All in all, I was happy with this bench day. Bicep hurt like hell so, I was disappointed I couldn’t work up any heavier. Oh well. Everyone did really well. Props to Owens for the 345 grinder lol there’s no way in this world I could grind a lift out like that! If it isn’t smooth from the bottom, you might as well forget me benching it. Looking forward to getting back in the gym after this deload. It is much needed. As PC had said, I lost my granny (great grandmother). She was a very special woman and lived through some very hard times. She was a very resilient woman. She was tough, strong, and kind. She is loved by many. Went back and counted the signatures on her guest book, over 420 people signed it. Amazing considering the very low population we have in our area and there were tons of people that didn’t sign. She will be greatly missed but, not many 21 year olds (almost 22) can say they have had both great grandparents for this long. My granny was 90 years old, 1922-2012. She married my Poppy(great grandfather) in 1945…they were married for nearly 67 years! AMAZING! They don’t make women like her anymore and she was the last of a very strong group of women. She will be greatly missed. RIP Granny 
september-17-2012 monday
raw dl from ground no belt no straps double overhand
bar
135
225
315
405x3
455x3 (straps)
500x2 (straps) tweaked back
sumo pulls
225x10
back was hurting so shut it down on pulls
did some one arm tbar rows
shrugs
speed sumo pulls with 275 just like 2 pulls bc it was on the bar, testing my back
neck
good day really focusing on pulling with good form, everything was moving fast, grip felt weak and then i realized OH YEAH YOU DIDNT USE CHALK TODAY DUMBASS!!! hurt my back a bit, hope its ok, i felt strong today though ,my weight was 221 naked today after work this is really cool considering im getting closer to 230 which is a big goal, everything is feeling good! everyones looking great! Keep killing it! 600 raw DL …SOMEDAY
9/17/2012
Raw Deathlifts from the floor
Raw, no belt
bar
135
225
315
405x3
455x3 used straps. Grip was weird today for some reason
500x3 straps. Felt okay actually. Felt super slow though.
Sumo Pulls
225x10
One arm T-bar rows
Good mornings with just the camber bar (72lbs)
Neck harness
Pretty good day. Proud of everyone for coming and giving it hell. I just want to pull 600 right now lol. Damn. Soon enough though. Recently started trying intermittent fasting as recommended by PC. Haven’t even really been trying or sticking to it but, my weight is down 8 lbs from where it was (weighed myself the week Granny passed and I was whopping 395…weighed a little over 386). Oh well. Progress is progress.
Wednesday-September-19-2012
Raw bench to chest
bar
135
225
225
275
315x6 (had tiny bit of help on 6th i think)
335x1 paused (decent speed)
350x1 (decent speed)
225x12 (paused every rep and pressed to full lock out)
standing strict press
100lbs, 10 behind the neck, 10 to front
100lbs, 6 behind the neck, 6 to front
100lbs, 5 behind the neck, 5 to front (prob 15 seconds rest between sets)
100lbs, practiced “jerk”
picked out a clutch song around 4minutes long and did band press downs rest pause style til the song went off
good day, feeling like my bench is doing ok, not happy but feel ok about it, dont have a lot of time to write much except my weight is hanging around 220, hoping to hit 230, starting to get comments at work like “youre looking thick” or “bigger” so it feels good, feeling strong, just need to heal my back up, mosley is really killing his pressing right now, looking great, owens and godfather really need to work speed and both are showing lots of improvements, we just gotta keep on killing it! Going to be purchasing some strongman implements very soon so ill make sure to throw up a video of the new stuff that we have!!! Hope everyone is doing well, oh and im low dosing right now as well, test around 125mg, deca at 450mg, dbol 50mg (ED), slin ramping up on workout days, did 12iu today, will ramp up to 13iu friday before squats, gonna prob stop at 15iu on workout days pre workout, love the pumps and helps me look really full.
STAY UPPPPPPP TRAIN HARD!!!