Solid work
I’m a fan of the kilt. Super jelly of your styles.
thanks guys!
It is fun too wear a kilt and be cool with instagram brah haha
little bit more of a write up and more pics here
I just can’t wait to deadlift tonight! week 4 is the make or break week I’ve found in this program
deadlifts? damn near killed me
This was Thursday. Good ole week 4 of coan/philipi deadlift routine when you want too increase your deadlift by another 40lbs. Is fucking tough, it sucks it makes you feel like dog shit for a week and that is if you actually get the reps in…
BW 182
Deadlift
135x5
135x3
225x3
315x3
365x2
425x2
485x2
545x2
455 3x3
stiff legs
365 3x3
25lb medcine ball slams
50 in 83 seconds (pr lol)
I missed 545 the first time and got my head right i decided to pull till i die and it went up… very exhausting and taxing workout. So exhausting it took me 3 days to write it down
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012
Birthday events in the heat
Saturday… Wake up my whole body hurts my head feels cloudy and a bit disconnected from my body. Between winning my highland games which made my upper back hurt down to the bone the deadlifts on Thursday made the rest of my body feel the same way. Yup I must be 5 weeks out from a contest feels about right.
Big breakfast 4 cups of coffee 2 scoops of Max Force and lets go
It got up to almost 100* at my house it was rough but hey i got to work on my much needed tan!
Axle press
tried cleaning it but it just jacked my wrist up so i went out of the rack again and mummified my wrists like I have been doing.
123x5
173x3
203x3 felt heavy… great
223x9 got a decent rhythm still felt a little off missed the 10th which would have been a 10lb pr over last week which felt EASY i feel beat up and as my upper back tired my rack got lower so thats why i missed the 10th. Happy it went as well as it did
Yoke 60ft
330x1
470x2 this felt shitty
660x about 10ft knew i didn’t have it in me today. I did 600 no belt 2 weeks ago so yoke is better just need to train it smarter
Keg carry
WA strongest Apple has a keg carry and load 4 kegs 180,200,220,250 staggered from 10-25ft away and loaded onto a 50" platform. All i have right now is a 250 keg so I
went carry it
25ft mock load
20ft mock load
16ft mock load
12ft mock load
felt pretty easy
waited awhile
carried it 100 ft back to the garage. damn near sprinted with it. I remember last time I was in the 175s a 250 keg i had to waddle with now it feels like play weight
I also swung on monkey bars cause its my damn birthday and I am feeling old.
I am much better now then I was as a kid
Went out for my birthday and had a lot of fun! Met a lot of new people. When your short it happens every time when people have heard about me or seen pictures they always think I am going to be bigger than I am lol. Nope I am 5’6 on tall days and just over 180lbs. I’m built like an action figure just actual size .
I think I’ve done more celebrating for this birthday than any other going out to dinner at my favorite restaurant tonight then I am back on the grind. this cycle of training will be amazing I’ve gotten lean for me now it is time to get shredded brah and stronger than ever…
My next contest
5th Annual Washington?s Strongest Apple
Des Moines, WA
June 2nd
660 yoke 80ft
425 deadlift for reps
130lb circus db for reps
240 farmers walk 160ft turn at 80
Keg carry
[quote]Kalle wrote:
thanks guys!
It is fun too wear a kilt and be cool with instagram brah haha
little bit more of a write up and more pics here
You look thick as hell in that picture , man. You own that ‘power’ look , for sure. I’m totally jealous!
[quote]krazykoukides wrote:
[quote]Kalle wrote:
thanks guys!
It is fun too wear a kilt and be cool with instagram brah haha
little bit more of a write up and more pics here
You look thick as hell in that picture , man. You own that ‘power’ look , for sure. I’m totally jealous![/quote]
Thanks man, I train for power so I guess it works out! Been working at this for 6 years now and still got a long way to go. Funny I’m the lightest I’ve been since I started strongman lol
MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012
3 sets of 20 on squats is never a good idea
Sleep would have probably been more beneficial than squats but these knees ain’t gonna disappear by themselves
Front squat
135x5
225x3
285x3
315x3
335x1 felt hard… I can hit this for an easy 5
decided to punish myself for feeling weak.
body weight on bar back squats (185)
hanging leg raise
2x12
3x20 it wasn’t hard but i literally feel down walking up my stairs to go to the shower. I want to do a set of 100 one day when I really hate myself. Work is going to be wonderful today with 2.5 hours of sleep and SORE legs but it’s all worth it. Celebrating done! 26 was by far my favorite year yet but 27 has been just amazing so far. I got big goals this year and I will make them all happen
I attempted to train shoulders Tuesday but damn I am over trained! i hit 215x4 log strict which is actually pretty good but I felt so awful i stopped. been trying to get as much sleep as possible. I got a show in a few weeks and I won’t be beat! I will probably just rest till Saturday
THURSDAY, APRIL 26 2012
Deadlifts cause I have too
Planned on taking the whole week off but Wednesday I got 10 hours of sleep and felt good.
Deadlifts
Just a belt no stappys
135x5
135x5
225x5
315x3
365x3
425 3 sets of 5
Felt odd to pull mixed grip again felt SLOW but strong,
Stiff leg deadlifts
315 3x3
1 arm db row
70lb kettlebell 2x8
155lb db 20 reps with right arm 10 with left
70lb kettlebell 20 reps with left arm
pull ups
70lb kettle bell swings 75 swings
SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2012
WA Strongest Apple training 5 weeks out
Decided to keep it light on moving events with how beat up I have been. I got to work on mainly my foot speed anyway.
Yoke walk 60’ turn go back 120’ total
330x1
470x1
540x1 both were about 11 seconds… need to get faster
Strong shit
I hear ya on the getting faster at the yoke. I need to work on that myself. Guess it comes with time? Oh and I’m sure a boatload of core work.
Thanks Spar
Wiggles yeah lots of core work, i mean I got short little legs they can only move so fast but I am working on it lol
MONDAY, APRIL 30TH, 2012
squats squats squats
Front Squat no belt
135x5
185x3
225x3
275x3
315x3 PR
335x1 PR
Practice kb snatches
yeah i don’t know how to do these…
Back squat
225 3 sets of 20
This was tough, I feel better this morning than I thought I would this morning. Sure tomorrow will be worse. Walking back to the squat rack was the worst part
Ab pulldowns
3x15
Back is looking pretty thick IMO, I really need to start doing more upper body ACC work again my shoulders/triceps/etc are lagging again
TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2012
Learning to jerk it with wobbly legs
Surprisngly not very sore today after squats yesterday. That is unless I have to bend down or walk up stairs… Also blew out another pair of jeans today.
Axle Press
123x5
173x3
193x3
213x3
240x5 PR
not very explosive, basically push pressed
Close grip sling shot bench
135x5
225x3
275 3x3
3x8 circuit of
db lateral raises
incline db flies
incline db reverse flies
hammer curls
My upper body is weak right now, overhead is still ok since I get good leg drive but lockouts feel soft. With my wrist injury it was preventing me from doing much upperbody work the last month or so and it shows. Time to build back up!