I am the opposite. I can take crazy tricep extensions (you’ve seen my log), but cleans of all things are jacking up my elbows. I am not even pulling with my arms or catching the bar with my wrists. I think it might just be me skimping on my warm ups/scheduling clean workouts back to back.
11/23/16
Front Squat
135x3,x3
185x3
225x3
275x2
315x2
365x6
365x6
365x6
365x6
Volume PR on fronts. Pleased with how strong these felt. 365 is always the weight that tends to give me anxiety, so to do this was a mental barrier surpassed.
Pull ups
x10
x10
x10 biceps kinda hurting
Front Plank/Burpees/KB Swing Circuit (90 sec rest between rounds)
x60s/x15/x20 weird clicking in moy right bicep during some of these reps, weird.
x60s/x15/x20
x45s/x15/x20
11/25/16 - Feeling tired, depleted, legs are trashed. And then deadlifts…
Burpees to Pull Ups (the sluggishness on these was hilarious. just comparatively slow as hell)
x10/x10
x10/x10
x10/x10
Axle Deadlifts
worked up to 500 on the axle for 3 but it just felt really…foreign. I have horrible back pain today and my left trap is acting up bad.
Just did more conditioning stuff and called it. I’m feeling destroyed.
11/27/16
Burpees to Pull Ups Circuit
x10/x10
x10/x10…my right lat does not feel very nice from these.
x10/x10 felt better
Seated DB Military Press
100x12 feeling okay
100x12
100x10
100x9 sort of a volume PR but I rested about 5 minutes before this last set instead of like 2-3.
Strict Overhead (barbell)
135x20
135x20 wow this was harder than last weeks sets of 20 with 150.
135x15
Side Lateral/Face Pull SS
x15/x15
x15/x15
x15/x15
x15/x15
Omitted upright rows as my biceps are feeling strained.
11/29/16 - BW 230. Literally ate an entire pizza by accident last night. So…
Burpees to Pull Ups Circuit
x10/x10
x10/x10
x10/x10
Pause FS to Box
45x8
135x8
225x3
275x3
EMOM for 10 minutes: Pause FS to Box 330 for 2. (no belt)
This was hard. It wasn’t an issue to squat the weight at all, but repeatedly putting that bar on the neck with only 30 seconds of rest between each set is just…not fun. Feeling pretty spent.
Zercher Thoracic Extensions
135x15
135x15
135x15
135x20 almost kind of feeling these in my abs, wtf?
Front Plank/One Arm DB Walk SS
x60s/80lbs x 60s
x60s/100lbs x 60s
x45s/100lbs x 60s
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Hi, any chance you could put up a video of those thoracic extensions? I’m curious to see what they look like.
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Jesus. Going from a whole pizza to GPP and EMOM work. I am not sure if that would help, or hurt. Depends how many times you threw up during that workout.
“look honey, I slipped on the wet floor and fell face first into the pizza… you should really warn me the next time you mop at night”
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@caesium32 I definitely will next time I do them next session.
@Destrength I feel like I’m at a point where I just consider the pizza a deficit variable to my training and it just boosts my conditioning to lift with a dough baby inside of me.
@TX_iron Yeah actually I think I’ll write that down and use it for the next time I can’t come up with a justifiable excuse for my disturbing eating escapades.
12/1/16
Conditioning work went as followed: 3 rounds of all exercises done in succession. 90 second rest between rounds.
Sumo Deadlift to High Pull (hit myself in the chin on these, ouch)
135x6
Burpees
x15
Pull Ups
x10
Sled Drag
280x40’ drop and regrip x 40’
320x40’ drop and regrip x 40’
420x10’…can’t hold on. The pain in the hand is unbearable gripping with a chain and trying to pull this much weight. It’s not even hard, it’s just insufferable on the hands. Fucking sucks. Also a bug flew in my mouth toward the end of the drag attempt. Nice!
Worth mentioning something in my right knee felt amiss during the intial breaking of inertia during the latter set.
Log Clean and Press
110x3,3
160x3
210x3 meh
230x4 one motions! didn’t expect this. first three were so easy too, last rep was harder because of a technical issue.
230x5 one motions again. Fucking Wow. Very happy with how strong these feel.
230x4 one motions, but didn’t have a 5th.
Loading Medley: Carry 180lb keg 25’, run back, carry 180lb atlas stone 20’, run back, carry 200lb sandbag 15’, repick bag and runback 15’. 3 rounds, 90 sec rest. Exhausted.
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also my bodyweight is 226? I don’t know what’s happening.
Okay so the scale at this gym is calibrated to near perfection and I weighed 226 with food in my stomach. I’m guessing I’m like 224 in the morning more accurately? Wow, had no idea I was this light.
@strongmanvinny2 I can relate with accidental entire pizza consumption. Just did it today at work.
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Awesome log man! Sets of 20 of OHP @ 135 is no joke! Beasting!
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Bought a new scale. 218lbs morning weight, is this real life?
I was 218 when I weighed myself last night! Although, shoes, track pants and sweatshirt on…I was cold
Just a little guy now!
I’m 192 in jeans, boots, ear and eye protection, and a hoodie. I don’t want to hear anything about little people.
Maybe the lack of a budding baby pizza?
@brady888 @littlesleeper @strongmanvinny2
y’all have no idea what it’s like being a 165lber.
@Benanything I was 170 about 3 months ago. A pie pre-workout before my higher volume days fixed that pretty quickly.
Dang, I guess I’m all outta excuses now haha.
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