Umm definitely never heard of him! But a 200kg overhead yoke walks sounds fucking nasty.
1/16/18 - Bw 222
Front Squat
135x3,3,3
225x3
225x3
275x3
335x3
365x5 using bumpers so this bar was whipping, easily making it harder to keep it stable at the top. I have to let it settle more after each rep.
365x5 wrists are hurting like a motherfucker
365x5 better
365x5
Ab Pulldown
x15
x15
x15
Lying Leg Raise
x15
x15
x15
I was going to do tire flips but I’d have to do it on the grass, plus there’s water in it and after front squatting, I’d be getting nothing out of it. Next week I’ll dust that fat bitch off.
Hey man, just wondering why do you do more reps on one side? Im guessing its your stronger side? Wont it cause annoying further strength/ muscle imbalances or something?
It was just failure for that arm, and yeah, perhaps it contributes marginally to an imbalance, but it’s not something I’m concerned with. 5 reps isn’t gonna cause any havoc.
If I was worried about imbalances I’d have had a more prudent approach to what I did in my free time as a sprouting youth…
Didnt think so. Thanks for your reply man! I wouldn’t personally do it though, i have horribly annoying muscle imbalances already. My right side is annoyingly alot more bigger and stronger then my left.
This is partly due to breaking my left collarbone when i was younger, it kind of fucked my left side so its in a different position/set in place and when i lift the right side gets stimulated even more. If that makes sense. Also it makes my traps uneven which is annoying too. ( an imbalance yes, but also just one is kinda retarded) so it makes thinkgs like back squatting difficult to set the bar.
Iv been to a few doctors and chiropractors and theres nothing they can do. I also have a slight curvature in my spine and my right erector is alot bigger then the left.
its really fucking annoying and even one pec is way bigger then the other. i should probably try isolating the left side more, in my case i would probably be served well by doing something like kroc rows for 25 reps frequently on my left compared to 20 reps on my right side for example.
That’s interesting. My leg length discrepancy is severe enough that my right shoulder is twisted and over rotates and I also have sculiosis and a flat right foot. I also smashed my right quad with a 500lb barbell in 14’, and the VMO has never fully recovered, thus my right quad is significantly smaller than my right.
Certainly, I manage in spite of these things, but it’s certainly not easy! Just takes some time and strengthening of your lifts/general life and you forget about your twisted up body
My problem is structural, so there is no long term fix unless I get a hip replacement. I do spend about 10-15 minutes mobilizing my hips pre-workout and it helps a bit. The biggest thing that has helped is learning what the discrepancy does to my body, and knowing it’s limitations, and etc.
To elaborate, I know that I have to point the toes of my right foot out more laterally to compensate for the imbalance. Also, when I deadlift, I’ll have my right shin/leg about an inch behind my left. Sounds weird, but Dmitry Klokov does the same thing and he’s one of the greatest olympic weightlifters and strength figures of all time honestly. Incredibly strong dude and he has the same problem as us, and he’s bow legged!
All in all I just try to be aware of it from a functional standpoint. Any other scenario, out with friends, at work, or shooting for a PR, it mostly goes out the window. I remember Mike Israetel touching on the fact that imbalances are ubiquitous and all of our bodies are rife with them. Just because they’re there does not mean we must fix them, but learning to cope and manage them is key. Just remember you are strong and you have gotten stronger before you knew about these “ailments” you have. Play around with some things I mentioned if you aren’t already doing them, and just enjoy your body as much as you can while it’s capable.
Oh that’s awesome advice ! I was tinkering with different things and noticing placing things “unevenly” made some things feel better . Like i Point my left foot out more when I squat and my left hand out further on the bar etc but that typically made me feel guilty like I was just enabling the problem or making it worse, but I really like the way you look at it.
You’re right I don’t have to fix it i just have to figure out how to get strong in spite of it.
1/23/18 - Bw 222 I wanted to do some moderately heavy front squats since it’s been a long time. It all went well.
Front Squat
135x5,5,5
225x3
275x3
335x2
belt on
365x2
405x1
425x1 easyyy
425x1
425x1
425x1
425x2 didn’t feel like doing another single so i just doubled them up
Tire Flip (this tire has not been touched in a while and it was filled with water and I did these in the dark on grass, literally the worst tire flips ever performed)
700x1,1,1,1,1 all brutal disgusting singles on a horribly wet and slick tire.
700x5 all i could manage honestly
Sumo Deadlifts (very not acclimated to these and they all felt horrible)
135x5,5,5
225x3,3
315x3
405x3
495x1
585x2 bleh even my thumbs hurt more than usual on hook grip, not peaked for heavy pulls at all
Stone to Shoulder
180x8
180x5
180x5 biceps hurting, calling it for this week
HS curl
x15
x15
x15
x15
Yeesh, today sucked. Started off on the wrong foot. Certainly gonna be more productive with my next sessions to come.
1/27/18 - Bw 223 very good pressing day today. Honestly, exceeded expectations. The trifecta for a big press atm seems to be rotating strict press and push jerks each week and doing skullcrushers. Hope I can follow it through.
Push Jerk (Axle, out of rack)
135x8,5,5
225x3,3
265x8
265x8
265x9 wanted 10 but I was smoked and couldn’t breathe
Power Clean (Axle)
135x5,5,5,5,5
185x3,3,3,5,5
225x5
225x5
225x5
225x10, all powers done with no rest in between each clean, and one strict press at the end. Feeling like an athlete whoa
My plan in April is to power clean every rep of the axle clean and press (250). I think I can manage this. I feel like come contest, my press will be so peaked, that I can indefinitely press the weight if I can clean it. So, I’d be getting TONS of reps in a short amount of time and can rest when I need to and throw some continentals in there if I get too tired. Probably too early to extrapolate atm.
Tire (tire got wet again and tbh the slippage causes excess strain on biceps and my right was feeling it)
700x60’
700x60’
700x60’
700x60’
700x roll up big ass wet hill to put it back in its storing place, actually harder than the flips.
@Koestrizer Dude honestly, I don’t know. They just get nagged a lot lately and I’ve been a biiiiit excessive given the high rep rows, slick ass tire flips and some attempts at stones. I think there’s more too but I can’t remember. Just gonna monitor it.
1/31/18 - Bw 223 SO so tired tonight. Literally didn’t even warm up at all before this. Feeling exhausted.
Farmers Deads (weight per hand)
210x8
210x8
210x8
About 60 seconds of rest between above sets.
Sandbag carry
200x100ft
260x180ft
260x200ft oh god not fun super nauseous
GMs
135x15
135x15
135x20
135x40 constant tension, did this because too lazy to do it in multiple sets or go up in weight (back was bugging me)
Strict Overhead Press
45x8,5,5
135x5,3
185x3
225x3
255x3
255x3
255x3
255x3 I shot the last rep wayyy out front and it technically shouldn’t have counted but I propped my right foot forward and grinded the rep out.
Drop set
225x7
185x8
135x10
95x13
45x20 10 in front and 10 behind head
