[quote]pure_country wrote:
i ended up in 3rd place overall, i was 1/2 point away from 2nd place, i was in the top 2-4 on every event besides the moving events so I know where I need to improve, It all came down to stones 1st-4th place and the guy in 2nd got 11, guess how many i got? 11…so I have to settle with 3rd place, mosley got 1st and kicked ass, owens did well but did not finish bc of back injury, im very proud of all of us, Ill post videos as soon as possible, thanks to everyone following![/quote]
Congrats on getting third, Brando! Are you going to keep logging your training on here? I would be interested to keep following along. Have you guys decided on your next comp? I’m planning to do the one in Richmond, VA on 4/20.
Hey Scuba,
I think we will still be keeping our log on here but, we probably wont be posting as many videos for a while lol. I’m not sure if we’ve really decided much on one but, we had looked at a couple different ones around May. There’s Beast of the Bluegrass which is pretty close to home and ran by one of our friends and there’s also the Kumite 8 in PA that we have considered. I doubt I’ll be ready for either at this rate lol. Again, it was very nice to meet you and best of luck with training! Keep in touch
[quote]ScubaSteve-o wrote:
[quote]pure_country wrote:
i ended up in 3rd place overall, i was 1/2 point away from 2nd place, i was in the top 2-4 on every event besides the moving events so I know where I need to improve, It all came down to stones 1st-4th place and the guy in 2nd got 11, guess how many i got? 11…so I have to settle with 3rd place, mosley got 1st and kicked ass, owens did well but did not finish bc of back injury, im very proud of all of us, Ill post videos as soon as possible, thanks to everyone following![/quote]
Congrats on getting third, Brando! Are you going to keep logging your training on here? I would be interested to keep following along. Have you guys decided on your next comp? I’m planning to do the one in Richmond, VA on 4/20.[/quote]
Scuba-Ty for following along here and so very nice to meet you in person! I wish you the best of luck in everything you do!!! As for keeping the log yes I will begin to get my ass back in gear and keep a log, videos are gone for a while, takes up too much time and I feel we need more focus on improving instead of hitting numbers for videos///videos will come when big PR’s come///plz do follow along, ill try to keep up better than I did last week!
Last week—did bench for first time in forever/hit 275x8, not too shabby I suppose since I suck at bench! Started hitting close stance Olympic squats ATG again, worked up to 375x5 with belt and VERY loose wraps, mostly for knee stability/ did 18" DL last week, hit 500x5, 585x5, 625x3, 650x2 belt and straps only, those were the highlights of last week/went to the Arnold classic and met up with some cool guys had a blast! Hope all is well!
3-5-2013, Olympic ATG squats
275x3 no belt or wraps
315x3 no belt or wraps
355x8 belt and VERY loose wraps
220x10 no b/wraps
220x10
220x10
Leg ext/curls with ankle weights
Glute extensions? Idk something I do with ankle weights for glutes lol
Overall I feel ok about this, gotta work my ass off on bringing up close stance squats and conventional pulls! Hope all is well with everyone!
3-6-2013
Upper accessories
Bench paused each rep 2in from chest
Worked up to 270x7
Standing strict press w axle
Hit reps with 135
Bicep curls
Push-ups on the log
Really smoked my entire upper body, triceps were done so I didn’t have to hit them directly, good day of BB style upper
I have really slacked on this log since the contest lol.
I’ll post up full details of my times and reps when i get some more time but, I placed 1st in the Novice HW 232+ class. I’m very pleased with how the contest went.
My hip is giving me lots of issues right now so, no squatting, deadlifting, or training events for me for a while.
I benched on 3/7 which was the first time since we switched to strongman
i dont know what to call the movement but, I paused the bar for a 1-2 second count about 2 inches off my chest then pressed
I worked up to 300x8 on this movement (I believe)
Then i wanted to take something a little heavier to chest
i believe i did 330 for 5 or so?
Then i moved on to some strict overhead press
worked up to maybe 155x8 or so?
Then i finished with some bicep work
Not too disappointed with this since I hadnt benched in months
Hope all is well with you T-Nation peeps
sorry for slacking here/////
3-8-2013
18" DL worked up to 545x10
then did reps with light DL and upper back
3-10-2013
events
axle clean and press last set was 190, got 7 reps hit myself in the chin and dropped bar, cleaned back up for 3 more, did light farmers for distance 170 per hand then 190 per hand for 2 trips, used 185 stone and practiced shouldering
3-12-2013
close stance oly style squats
hit 375x8 with belt and wraps
did pause squats and band leg curls for acc
3-13-2013
bench paused 2" from touching chest, worked up to 275x5
did light reps, then axle strict press with 100lbs for reps, bicep curls and pushups
will try to keep this more up to date, my bodyweight has climbed up with my hard work and busting ass eating and force feeding constantly im sitting around 235-240 right now 
pics coming!
235-240lbs fluctuating but getting there
Still putting in some solid work guys.
Pure_country you’re looking thick man. Definitely rocking the ‘full house’ look a lot of people on this website ‘claim’ they are going for. I’m extremely jealous of your delts and arms especially.
Is there a reason for less videos and updates? Just less time? Or are ya’ll posting somewhere else now?
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
Still putting in some solid work guys.
Pure_country you’re looking thick man. Definitely rocking the ‘full house’ look a lot of people on this website ‘claim’ they are going for. I’m extremely jealous of your delts and arms especially.
Is there a reason for less videos and updates? Just less time? Or are ya’ll posting somewhere else now?[/quote]
Thanks a lot brother!!! The reason I’m not posting much is just bc I’ve gotten lazy to be honest/// as far as videos I’ve stopped taking them bc I feel the gym should be a place to train and less phones/videos etc, there’s also some ppl that I do not get along with who are subscribing to my YouTube account to watch our videos and talk trash etc a lot of drama///is there any way to just put videos here without uploading to YouTube? As always thx for checking in on us and thx for all of your support brother!!! Hope all is well !!!
3-15-2013
18" deadlifts no belt or straps
455x5 hook grip
515x3
575x8 straps (8th rep knees were locked but couldn’t pull chest up, body was erect but slouching)
From ground/2" deficit pulls
275x8
275x8
275x8
Pulldown and shrugs, neck machine/
Good day, still force feeding hard, gotta GHR from elitefts coming and an ironmind sand bag oh yeah
[quote]pure_country wrote:
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
Still putting in some solid work guys.
Pure_country you’re looking thick man. Definitely rocking the ‘full house’ look a lot of people on this website ‘claim’ they are going for. I’m extremely jealous of your delts and arms especially.
Is there a reason for less videos and updates? Just less time? Or are ya’ll posting somewhere else now?[/quote]
Thanks a lot brother!!! The reason I’m not posting much is just bc I’ve gotten lazy to be honest/// as far as videos I’ve stopped taking them bc I feel the gym should be a place to train and less phones/videos etc, there’s also some ppl that I do not get along with who are subscribing to my YouTube account to watch our videos and talk trash etc a lot of drama///is there any way to just put videos here without uploading to YouTube? As always thx for checking in on us and thx for all of your support brother!!! Hope all is well !!! [/quote]
Well you can directly upload the videos to TNation on your profile and such, but they usually come out kind of crappy.
I would just upload them on Youtube, but put them as ‘unlisted’, so they are only available to places you paste the link too. Or just disable comments. Don’t let a few bad people ruin it for the rest of us, man. lol
3-17-2013
axle clean and press, clean once then press
worked up to 200x3 strict press then hit 4 more push press
next we did carries with the atlas stones, first the broken stone that weighs around 135, then with the 185 stone, just went for as far as we could go, after this my body was SMOKED so we called it a day, I got my GHR from elitefts today and man that thing is sick, its hard as HELL compared to other ghr’s so i expect to really hit this thing hard, also got my ironmind sand bag in so its time to fucking play
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
[quote]pure_country wrote:
[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
Still putting in some solid work guys.
Pure_country you’re looking thick man. Definitely rocking the ‘full house’ look a lot of people on this website ‘claim’ they are going for. I’m extremely jealous of your delts and arms especially.
Is there a reason for less videos and updates? Just less time? Or are ya’ll posting somewhere else now?[/quote]
Thanks a lot brother!!! The reason I’m not posting much is just bc I’ve gotten lazy to be honest/// as far as videos I’ve stopped taking them bc I feel the gym should be a place to train and less phones/videos etc, there’s also some ppl that I do not get along with who are subscribing to my YouTube account to watch our videos and talk trash etc a lot of drama///is there any way to just put videos here without uploading to YouTube? As always thx for checking in on us and thx for all of your support brother!!! Hope all is well !!! [/quote]
Well you can directly upload the videos to TNation on your profile and such, but they usually come out kind of crappy.
I would just upload them on Youtube, but put them as ‘unlisted’, so they are only available to places you paste the link too. Or just disable comments. Don’t let a few bad people ruin it for the rest of us, man. lol
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Spidey I guess you are right man, I really liked the videos anyways, I’ll see what everyone says about it and we are deloading this week, maybe next week we will start back with some SHITTTTTTTTTTTT!!! Thank you so much for following brother/// oh and an update my weight is hanging around 242 right now so looking to smash that 250 barrier soon!!!
i think you can tell im thickening up here, forearms are around 15-15.5" no pump now, neck is around 18.5-19"
