The BEAst_in_i: CRØWN of ICE

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1007

Strength Games Prep

Overall really good session. I had the idea of doing 305 for 5 as soon as I was coherent from last weeks workout. Knew it should be doable. Might have had one sick grinder left in me, but the 5th rep was definitely sufficiently hard enough. Doing the the heavy stepups was a spur of the moment decision but I am glad I did though.

Leg Curl (Drop set of death)
x 12 + 10 + 10 + 10
4 sec iso hold on the last rep of each drop set

Front Squat
245 x 5

High Bar Back Squat
305 x 5

Front Squat (SS) Back Squat
2 x 2 @ 245 (SS) 2 x 2 @ 245

Stepups
225 x 8
245 x 6
275 x 5
300 x 4

Pause Deadlift (Off the floor)
365 x 1
365 x 1
385 x 1 (Double Pause)
385 x 1
315 x 2

Calf Press (SS) Tibia Raise
6 x 12 (SS) 6 x 12 @ +50

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3FoJhfgCkq/

1008

Strength Games Prep

Close Grip Bench Press (SS) Rear Delt Flyes
x 6 @ 195

Long Pause Close Grip Bench (SS) Cable Rows
6 x 1 @ 195

Pause Push Press
x 3 @ 150

Pause Push Press (SS) Overhead Shrug
x 1 @ 135 (SS) x 16 @ 135
2 x 1 @ 95 (SS) 2 x 20 @ 95

Preacher Curl (Drop set of Death)
x 12 + 10 + 8 + 2 + 10

French Press
x 40, x 30, x 22, x 8

Chest Fly
x 12 + 10 + 10 + 10

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ICZa1AKJR/

1009

Strength Games Prep

Came down with some stomach issues. Didn’t get any quality sleep. Woke up feeling like a semi ran me over. MIssed class, felt miserable at work, just wanted to get some work in tonight.

Close Grip Decline
205 x 1 @ RPE 3.14
215 x 0
155 x 2 x 12

Unracked 215 and my upperback started cramping so I called it.

Slight Incline JM Press Smith Machine
2 x 10 @ g

SA Lat pulldown
x 8
x 15

Laterals 2 x 25
Curls x 35, x 35, x 35
OH Tricep Ext 2 x 25
DB Incline 3 x 10 (Super light)

Its a good thing my heaviest work of the prep is already out of the way. So even if I still feel garbage tomorrow I just need to hit some moderate weight and nothing will be lost and the deload should take care of me.

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Got a comparatively great night of sleep, most of the sudden fatigue seems to have dissipated overnight. Tonight’s training should go fine.

1011

Strength Games Prep

I felt mediocre all day, still was dealing with the stomach issues for 95% of the day. Luckily all the huge wave of fatigue that I dealt with yesterday was mostly gone too. Probably just cause I got some ok sleep. Still woke up after only sleeping 3 hours and then was able to sleep until right before my alarm went off. Everything felt 100% shortly before I got to the gym. Overall decent session. Didn’t quite hit my goal of 8 reps but thats ok, 7 is still good enough.

Ravaged the sled drag work. Adding 15 pounds to what I could do while not really training sled drags all that much recently. Although this specific modality is more about lactic acid/pain tolerance than brute strength.

Deficit Deadlift
365 x 7
275 x 7

Pause Descent Front Squat
245 x 2
245 x 2
245 x 2

Sled Drag Suicides
1 round @ 185
1 round @ 200
1 round @ 90

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Qyo4_AIGU/

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1012

Strength Games Prep - Deload

Yay another crappy night. I didn’t get to sleep til 730am. Stomach problems came back fiercely. Ended up going to the hospital. They didn’t actually do much besides take some tests and prescribe me some meds. Left the hospital and vomited in the parking lot. Which cleared up about half the abdominal pain. Downed some extra vitamins and water, and the pain dulled enough to fall asleep. Skipped class again so I could sleep some more. Woke up with minimal pain, but feeling drained AF.

Strict Press
65 x 5
75 x 5
80 x 5

CG Bench Press
140 x 5
140 x 5
140 x 5

BB Rows
45 x 11
45 x 11
45 x 11

Band Pullaparts
x 8
x 8
x 8

1013

Strength Games Prep - Deload

Stomach problems are lingering but have become much more manageable. Decided to do a full deload this time instead of a partial just to make sure all of my accumulated fatigue goes away.

Front Squat
185 x 5

HB Back Squat
225 x 5

RDL
135 x 5, 5 ,5

10 minute walk on very low incline and some foam rolling my upperback, hips and hamstrings.

1014

Strength Games Prep - Deload

Last of any kind of training before competition day. Now to just relax, and eat. Getting a stir crazy and itching to train hard again which is a good feeling.

Close Grip Bench Press (Long Pause)
155 x 2
155 x 2
155 x 2

Pause Push Press
95 x 3
105 x 3
95 x 3

Band Lat pulldowns
x 8, x 8

Band Pullaparts
x 12, 12

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Kill it brah

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1016

Strength Games @ The Bar Meet Report

Pretty cool to meet, chat up and compete against @T3hPwnisher. Good luck with your half marathon man .

Weighed in at 206lbs. Woke up feeling phenomenal.

Events:
Axle Overhead for Reps @ 240
Deadlift (Floor) @ 455
Farmers/Sandbag Medley @ 245/hand/220
Conans Wheel @ 630
Atlas Stone @ 275

Axle Overhead for Reps
Zero’d this event, knew I would, it was heavy. Tried one time to get it up knew it wasn’t worth the fight so I stopped.

Deadlift for Reps
Was expecting anywhere from 1-3 reps. For some reason I thought this was an axle pull. Either way I got a big fat zero. Really really quite disappointed. Going to work really hard on bringing up my weaknesses to hopefully not zero the deadlift medley at Winter Siege.

Farmer’s Walk/Sandbag Medley 2 pts
So I moved the Farmer’s about 8-11ft not exactly sure and the score sheet doesn’t show that for some reason. Pretty happy considering it was pretty heavy and wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to move it. Grip again didn’t seem to be the issue, but posterior chain was. I mean I knew this before from the previous 5 last place finishes, but it keeps getting reinforced. I think I get it now and am going to work hard on it.

Conan’s Wheel 4 pts.
As silly as this sounds this is the highlight of my strongman career so far. I beat 3 people at an event. I really wanted to get one full revolution but got just under half way. IT felt heavy and awful but I honestly thought I would have gotten further. My friend who was there spectating who is much more knowledgeable and experienced in strongman gave me some tips. Probably the only reason I got as far as I did.

There was a lot of time wasting fuckery going on with people warming up with no weight for this event. So I went inside and did Zercher Pin Squats with a pro mini band for shits and giggles. Worked up into the high 200s or low 300s by the time the actual event was getting started.

Atlas Stones 0 Points
At this point I was 1 point behind 2 people. In my head I was repeating “Just fucking get 1” Didn’t get any reps. sealing my last place position. Both of the guys 1 point ahead of me zero’d the stones, so I really just needed that one and I would have jumped 2 places and got my first not last place.

I have Winter Siege in 5 weeks in Dubuque, IA. Depending on how that goes I am going to take a break from competing. I really just need to focus on getting stronger. Competing and meeting people is really fun, but it also is bearing on me mentally right now that I have 6 last places. Even with some progress and nipping at people’s heels. I don’t expect to win but damn.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ihbGAgnFC/

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1017

You tried your best man! Keep grinding and youl slowly climb the ladder until you take #1st place.

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1018

Deadlifts strange didn’t you hit 440 for reps in prep? To be fair axle is quite different to DL bar.

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Great meeting you dude! This show was heavy as hell, and each event would just keep beating you up where the previous event left off. I’d never felt so hammered from a comp before, haha. With how many folks withdrew, just making it to the end was a victoruy.
Hope Winter Siege goes well.

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@duketheslaya

Thanks Duke.

@guineapig

I hit 450 for 3 in May, I knew I wasn’t quite back there yet but one rep should have been there. Most I hit in prep was 425 for 3.

@T3hPwnisher

Yeah it was absolutely brutal. Several people bowing out. Maybe its something for the promoter to think about in the future since he said he was planning on doing this again next year.

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1021

Winter Siege Prep

Had a very strong itch to train today. Not wanting to destroy myself, just limited it to conditioning and abs. No barbells or dumbbells allowed today.

Hanging Leg Raises
3 x 10

Sled Drag Suicides
1 round @ 225
1 round @ 230
6 rounds @ 45 (Continous)

The last round was 6 continous rounds. Which came out to 11.5 minutes of straight dragging and pushing the sled back and forth. I originally was just going to do 5 rounds but the timer was at about 9 minutes 20 seconds and I wanted to keep going and hit 10 minutes but I wasn’t doing a partial round just to hit 10 minutes.

Hanging Leg Raises
2 x 10

1022

Another comp already? When this?

1023

Yeah I signed up for at the same time as Strength Games. Its in 5 weeks. November 17th.

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1025

But what is off season though

1026

Something I will be starting when the season is over. lol. Will be moving back to a more off season style approach after Winter Siege is done and dusted.