Can’t watch the video right now, but great work, man.
Now I can. Solid.
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Now I can. Solid.[/quote]
Thanks! By the way, that fucking Vince Mcmahon gif is the greatest shitz I’ve ever seen holy fuck LOL. BAHAHAAHA.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
[quote]spar4tee wrote:
Now I can. Solid.[/quote]
Thanks! By the way, that fucking Vince Mcmahon gif is the greatest shitz I’ve ever seen holy fuck LOL. BAHAHAAHA. [/quote]
lol
That is the fuckin coolest overhead vid I’ve ever seen.
Decided I will take the remainder of the week off to prevent any injury. Saturday was an arduous session, and it really mimicked an entire competitions worth of volume/intensity. Today took loads of caffeine and apeshit amounts of intensity just to hit a reasonable strict press number. Going to start fresh next week and peak slowly with my event training.
Also purchased some stone molds for my home. I can’t train with the stones at my old gym for a plethora of reasons. One of the reasons being they’re extremely dirty and have to stay outside (as stated by the gym owner). Every time I tacky up, I’m COVERED with caked-on dirt and it takes an hour just to get the shit off me and out of my finger nails. I’m making a 175-180, 240-250, and a 305-310. I’ll probably add in some more later on but I legit cannot fit anymore and I kind of have to share this fucking garage so whoopie!
11/20/13
FS (lol feeling these out)
45x8
95x8
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x3
315x6 called it here, was feeling gassed, knew i wouldn’t have anything today.
One arm BB snatch
135x1
145x1
155x0 snatch, 1 press, 0
In that mood where I’m boiling over with rage of my deadlift and how boyish it is. Feeling like I’m losing my intensity with the lift and going blank. Had decided to stop training it because of my contest and prioritizing that, but I just can’t lol. I HAVE to deadlift and I HAVE to progress because I know if I postpone it any longer, I’m gonna lose my fucking mind.
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHYEAAAAH.
LOL amazing
11/23/13
Deadlifts no belt
135x5
225x5
315x4
405x0 dunno what happened here, pulled it and it moved nowhere
425x7 3 reps off a PR.
GM’s with axle (doing assistance for deads again because I’m mad as fuck)
85x10
85x10 paused the reps at the bottom and did a bunch of really hard forced glute/ham contractions at the bottom of the lift with a maybe 6 inch ROM before doing full ROM of the lift.
85x10 same thing as previous set
85x12
85x12
85x15-18
Nordic HS negs half con
bw x 8
bw x 5
bw x 8 super hard
bw x 5 shitty hamstrings are decimated
Bent Over Rows
135x8
185x8
185x8
225x6
275x8
drop set
225x5
135x15
always a struggle to not lose my head over my deadlift workouts. going to force my deadlift to grow through arduously volumous workouts.
Damn dude, those overhead vids are great!
brb hardening the fuck up, lol
I took about 3 hours of my time to construct a 12 week program of training and contest prep for the show on the 15th of feb. It incorporates rigorous amounts of volume, tons of peaking and maxing, aswell as a shit load of deloading. I didn’t do it alone…so I can trust it, just gotta be confident in putting in the amount of work through training and diet/recovery. Starts tomorrow!
P.S. HAMSTRINGS AND GLUTES ARE GONE. They’re just decimated. It’s going to take the entirety of this week to heal up so squatting during the week is going to be questionable but we shall see.
11/25/13
BW @230, first time weighing in quite some time.
First day of the training cycle. Had to dig in deep today, albeit not a intensively heavy workout, the volume was THERE. Log form is out of key, but it’s all good. My posterior chain is still mad sore and I really hit the wall today as far as being hydrated and eating ample amounts of food. Work hit me HARD as a mother fucker. Essentially, this week we come in doing a buttload of misc shit because our boss hardly has anything planned for a holiday week. I probably broke my wrist and tore a glute from the excessive labor, but I won’t feel it until tomorrow.
YAYYYYYYYYYYY.
Log (7x5, out of rack)
80x10
180x5
220x5
220x5
220x5
220x5 trembled on 4th rep
220x5
220x5
220x5
Seated DB military
40x8
60x10
80x8
70x5
60x5,5
Inverted Rows
bw x15,15,15
Sets were tough, but nothing too demanding really. The pace will pick up, and change will come soon, friends.
I have the stiffest fucking neck ever. I must have been doing acrobatics in my sleep. HELP.
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
I have the stiffest fucking neck ever. I must have been doing acrobatics in my sleep. HELP.[/quote]
You need one of these ghost pals to keep you immobilized while you sleep.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
I have the stiffest fucking neck ever. I must have been doing acrobatics in my sleep. HELP.[/quote]
You need one of these ghost pals to keep you immobilized while you sleep.[/quote]
Word. Thanks, brother. I’ll be sure to get on it!!
11/26/13
BW@228
FS (285@7x5)
135x8
225x5
275x3
285x5 fell forward a bit on this set, but expected for a first working set i guess
285x5
285x5
285x5
285x5
285x5
285x5 best set of them all, I found that as the session progressed, the sets fired me up more and the reps felt easier as far as moving the weight, in spite of the brutal pain they elicit.
Reverse Woodchops
20x10
50x8,8,8,8
Weighted Front Planks
45x15s
90x15s,15s,15s
11/27/13
Upper back bicep
Pull ups
bw x 8,8,8
One arm DB rows
80x10
90x10
100x10
120x10,10,10 man these sucked ass
HS low row
45x15
90x10
115x10,10
drop set
90x10
45x15
Alt DB bi curls
40x10
50x8
70x8
70x5
Face pulls pyramid (all sets done directly after another)
100x15
80x15
60x15
50x15
40x15
30x15
20x15
10x15
Maybe there’s no place for this here, but I’m absolutely devastated to hear about Mike Jenkins passing. The last thought I had about the guy was like a month ago about his log pressing ability; just a little thinking session about a not only freakish overhead presser, but a one of a kind ambassador of the sport of strongman. I’m shocked not only of this, but at how hard this is hitting me. Such a gentle giant, and one of the all time greats. This one will stay close to me, real close. 
RIP Mike
[quote]strongmanvinny wrote:
Maybe there’s no place for this here, but I’m absolutely devastated to hear about Mike Jenkins passing. The last thought I had about the guy was like a month ago about his log pressing ability; just a little thinking session about a not only freakish overhead presser, but a one of a kind ambassador of the sport of strongman. I’m shocked not only of this, but at how hard this is hitting me. Such a gentle giant, and one of the all time greats. This one will stay close to me, real close.
RIP Mike [/quote]
Yeah it surprised the hell out of me.