Yer nice pull man, well done
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Doesn’t conventional for 6 months, or do any deadlifting for 8 weeks and pulls 640. " I am such a bad deadlifter" lol no way
Well done man!
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Honestly my conventional blows. It wrecks my low back and SI joint and I can’t hang with the big pullers in my weight class who have me beat by 50-150lbs (some freak pullers out there). I do definitely make up for it with being good at everything else but yeah, I’d rather load a 400lb stone or do a carry and load medley with like the most awful satanic implements than pick up a 650lb barbell.
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11/25/17 - Bw 224, back feels a lot better but still kinda fucked. Definitely also incapacitated due to post chain soreness so as that dies down i’ll feel a good bit better as well.
Seated DB Military
40x8,8
90x8
100x10
100x10
100x8 (neutral grip cause pec was bothering me)
I actually think neutral grip is better and in hindsight I should have just done it instead of normal grip. I do think it has helped my log press in the past.
Strict Log
110x5,5,5 random split jerks here
110x5
160x5
180x5
190x5
200x3
Log Split Jerks (pre-fatigued as fuck on purpose)
200x5
250x3
250x4 lats cramping too much for a 5th, felt like i needed an exorcism from the body contortion
Double Overhand Axle Shrugs (off pins)
225x20
225x20
225x20
Face Pull
x15
x15
x15
x15
Laterals
x15
x15
x15
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Get out of here… far out man you are just an absolute beast #fangirling
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Gotta love the old no deadlifting program giving better results than actual deadlifting.
This has actually made me want to test my deadlift max at some point. Probably once I actually finish my current macrocycle.
11/27/17 - Bw 225
Beltless Pause Front Squat
135x8,5,5
225x3,3
225x8
225x10
225x12 ugh, brutal and weak for me
So, each set got progressively better in terms of power output. I legit felt failure at rep 5 on the first set of 3, and my body became acclimated as I went.
Waiter Walks
x a lot x a lot
Lying Leg Raise
x15
x15
x15
x15
I scheduled an appointment to get my knee looked at. I have some swelling (fluid I believe) building up outside the knee cap and just under the skin. I think it’s due to a cut I got on my knee and then constantly gnashing on it when doing mobility work before my training each day for months.
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So I just wanted to write a little story about something I noticed at nationals.
You know how at every strongman contest you have that one guy that goes way too heavy on warm ups (usually log or some kind of clean and press) and he always does it like borderline strict with the most caveman form?
You also know how at every strongman contest you have that one (thousand) oblivious untrained person walking around with like sunglasses and crocs that isn’t aware of the dangers of heavy implements being used in proximity to them?
Okay good. So for some reason at nationals, there was an uncanny number of actual grandmas walking around the venue. We also had the obligatory warm up area for the log as a 5x5ft zone surrounded by onlookers with their backs turned to the athlete warming up.
Best part is, these grandmas would periodically (literally clockwork) slowly walk by serendipitously as the most overzealous heavyweight strongman was strict pressing 110% of his 1rm with the shakiest form ever. Both parties completely unaware of one another.
Basically, in conclusion, I’d like to say that I get it, grandmas are a thing and I mean I have one too, but for fucks sake put a leash on them or something. I was genuinely concerned as fuck. Any time I warmed up, I’d tell the people around me and ask some guy to stand in the pathway to prevent people from walking by as I did what I did.
Okay bye.
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That’s pretty terrifying.
Having never been to a comp, I guess I just assumed it would be a little more well barricaded than what you’re explaining, especially at a national comp.
Although in high school, some of the track and field events were quite dangerous. There were a couple instances of coaches/student being struck with implements from the throwing events. One gentleman suffered some severe lacerations from being struck with a hammer (fortunately just the cable portion) on his side and arm. If the actual hammer has struck him, he would be dead. You never think that these things will happen, until they do.
Scary stuff.
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11/29/17 - Bw 224, legs are trashed from squats, no deads just accessories
GM’s (super slow and controlled for maximum thicc)
135x20
135x20
135x20
135x20
DB Row
100x25
100x25
100x26
All rows were done without straps and without dropping/letting go of the dumbbell.
The lat and bicep pump was the best pump I’ve ever had. Outdoing every crazy high rep drop set rife bodybuilding workout I used to do. Or…my memory is really shit. Not sure.
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LOL holy fuck.
Knee issue is just pre-patellar bursitis. This is due to banded distractions with not enough matting underneath and just gnashing on the knee cap. Need to be a bit more mindful I guess.
12/1/17- Bw 225, worked the barbell today upon realizing how poor my strict pressing strength has become, especially on a straight bar/axle. I’ll try to train this every other week rotating with some form of log.
Strict Overhead Press (barbell)
45x8,8
135x3,3,3
165x3
205x5
205x5
205x5
205x5
205x8
drop set (all AMRAP)
185x3 lol
155x3 lol
135x7
95x7
45x10-35 dont remember high on lactic acid
Double Overhand Axle Shrugs
135x10
225x10
275x10
315x8 without dropping to pins, 4 more off pins
315x8 same as above
drop set
275x10 without dropping to pins
225x15 without dropping then 5 more
Tremendous grip work.
Lateral raise
x15
x15
x15
x15
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What ARE you? Do you actually get stronger the more sets you do in a session?
That last set with 205 was AMRAP LOL. And yeah, I’m going back to my roots with some of the insane drop set stuff. Gotta build some muskle.
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12/3/17 - Bw 224, really working on front squats as of late. definitely the hardest exercise for me to resume after a break. Still hellbent on a 500 front squat. It’s gonna be much easier to pull 700 on deadlift than to do that.
Beltless Pause FS (60 sec rest on all sets)
135x5,5,5
225x3,3,3
275x5 stop feeling heavy stupid front squat that is almost half of what my goal is and also extremely not good to consider because uhhh that’s not good.
275x5
275x5
275x5
275x5
Slow eccentrics on all the working sets of 5. Gonna try more to do that instead of free falling into the hole.
Peterson Step Up
to two bumpers x a lot
to two bumpers and 45lb plate x a lot
Add one more bumper x a lot, x more, x tons
Ab Pull Down
x20
x20
x20
x20 will enjoy my ab cramps tonight
Waiter walks
40lb DB x100ftish
40lb DB x100ftish
40lb DB x100ftish
40lb DB x100ftish
Sandbag Carry (random)
260x200ft
12/5/17 - Bw 224, knees hurt from step ups which it looks like i’m gonna have to remove from my training or try to adapt to. Doesn’t really matter since no form of step ups have ever actually made my quads sore.
Opted for some slow tempo RDL’s thanks to Martins Licis. It’s one of the facets of deadlifts that I’ve never delved into.
Slow Tempo Pause RDL (3-4 second eccentric and pause at bottom)
135x8
135x8
135x8
185x8
185x8
185x8
225x10
225x8
225x8
225x11
Those were tough.
DB Row
100x25
100x25
100x25
I managed to not put down the dumbbell for every single set except the last one of my left (weak) arm. I had to put it down at 17 because I literally couldn’t perform a row with integrity due to fatigue. Of course finished to 25.
Reverse Hyper (off the tailgate of my truck)
x15
x20
x20 i keep getting strange nerve discomfort on the backside of each leg behind the knee. I think this is a disk issue in my lower back.
x20
x20
I did these because literally everyone and their grandmother swears these cure back pain. I’ll get a gauge on how I feel a bit later.
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Lol…
They do traction your lower back it seems. Or I have a herniated disc that just hasn’t started giving me any pain/nerve related symptoms yet. The first time I did them I felt something in my lower back get pulled on (like when you hang from a pull up bar/inversion bench, especially after heavy spine compressing lifting).