I still have a lingering cough, in which training hard every day has worn me down, but still going…
Saturday 4/13/24
GYM, BW 200# and not as fat!
Seated 2" axle presses BTN-
75# bar x10
95 x10
105 x10
125 x6
135 x3
The next time I do these, I’m going to do the BTN, then load up more weight and do a press off the rack. This way I get the most work and load in as possible.
EZ curl bar upright rows w/ fat gripz-
50+bar x10
60+bar x10
70+bar x8
ate a fig bar
70+bar x10
Walking lunges with hammer bars-
44+bars entire yard plus a an extra step.
The floor presses I tried something new, I figured since these high rep light sets pump me up so well, I might as well hit low rep heavier weights after, I think it worked. I was beyond warmed up, my last heavy day I was not feeling very warmed up and I failed to hit 245# or even get past 1 rep on 235.
I’m not a believer in “overdoing a warmup” like all the experts will tell you. IMO if you overdo a warmup weight, it means YOU NEED MORE of THAT CONDITIONING!!! Just my OP, so don’t get offended.
Conventional Halt Dead Lift to knees, hookgrip-
220 xfew
270 xfew
320 x5
370 x2
400 x2
420 x1
440 x1 mid-thigh
Still not wearing a belt yet, most likely will be soon.
Close grip barbell curls-
67 x10
78 x10
94 x13
Squats-
119.5 x52
Kept the squats to 50reps due to the lingering cough, actually going away now!
after 11:30pm-
pushups partial TUT prison style, with full bookbag of books-
wide grip x30, shoulder wide gripping bells for stretch x30, close grip gripping bells x25, x5
1 can of Tuna.
Good volume, this took about 1.5hours. I’m also dealing with tendinitis, which is also slowing me down. When I turn my right wrist and turn my arm, the top of my bicep is in pain right where it connects to the shoulder. Feels like it’s in the shoulder, but it’s not the shoulder it’s the wrist It has been ongoing and these last skull crushers rocked it.
I may not even need skull crushers weekly with these high rep floor presses, as they totally balloon up my arms.
Been busy cleaning the house for this party. Wife is obsessed.
Tuesday I could only sneak in voluminous shoulder pump stuff. No reason to complain as this is the stuff that truly makes muscle pop out of shirt.
If that’s the goal it’s better to sneak in that pump stuff than a dead lift.
Hit a snag on behind the back deadlifts today. It looks like this heat, 90degrees today created dryness and the bar was sticking to my calves, I’m pretty sure the solution here is to apply some baby oil to the bar.
Anyway, compared what I do, this looks bad on paper but the struggle of fighting the bar past my legs actually made for a brutal session, I’m smoked!!!
Behind the back deads, hookgrip-
220 xfew
270 xfew
320 x3
370 x2
400 x1 hard
420 x1 hard
440 failed several times, budged them and the bar was stuck to my skin.
400 x2 hard
370 x4 straps because my thumbs were destroyed. Still hard as hell.
2inch one arm dumbbell curls-
26 +handle 10s x 4-sets.
Sore as hell today, that struggle worked the muscles harder than ever.
One arm barbell presses, palm facing side-
45# x10ea.
55# x10ea.
60# x9right, x8left
60# x10right, x9left
Heavy plate RDLs
Only doing singles, lets see how this feels…
100 xfew
150 xfew
200 x1
250 x1
275 x1
300 x1
325 x1
340 x1 (PR weight)
Very very happy I did this while sore as hell. This takes an absolute effort when not sore. I probably didn’t lift it as high as usual, but I’ll take it under the circumstances, I wasn’t going to risk it, pushing for higher ROM.
Friday-
High rep shoulder rotations, got in 100reps with 5#+handles, shoulders were popping!
Saturday-
GYM BW 200 on the nose.
Wide grip chins and some leg raises
Seated 2”axle presses BTN-
Remember, this is a 75# solid steel bar, not quite the same as the hollow bars-
75 x10
85 x10
105 x10
125 x6
Immediate reaaggravation of my tendinitis. Watch in the vid, my right arm just drooped down when walking back to camera, major pain for about 24 hours.
Last Tuesday after pushing the behind the back deads were the bar was attached to my lower legs and not sliding up, as I continued training that week I slowly developed a cough (I was sick last month and just got over the cough), well I kept on training and now I’m full fledged sick.
