Mate the funniest thing is watching someone who doesn’t train try to lift one. One of my neighbours tried to pick up / move my 80kg bag, and it was like it was glued in place. Fkn funny to watch, and of course followed up with the same statement “you are fkn mad”
Yeah even my training partner couldn’t move the 70kg bag haha. He refuses the deadlift . Haven’t been able to convince him in the 18 months or so he been training here. Bench? Sure. Hatfield Squats? No problem. Won’t do regular squats, deadlift or overhead press for fear of “hurting his back that’s been an issue for him his whole life”.
EES Day 14, or week 3, day 4. Whichever you prefer.
Fasted. About an hour after waking and 1.5L of water…
Front Squat:
20x5
60x3
80x5
80x5
Press:
20x5
40x5
50x3
56.5x5
56.5x5
Chinups:
111.5x5
111.5x5
Stiff leg deadlift:
70x5
110x3
145x5
145x5
Suitcase KB Carry:
32kg x 120m non-stop, Changing hands every 20m.
Felt good this morning. My lower back was probably back to 90-95%, but not being 100% I went with the suitcase carries for the loaded carry work. Back was fairly pumped after that set.
Stiff leg deadlift felt good today. Seems I strained my back with that 70kg sandbag work a few days ago now…so need to Not do as much next time I use it, which at this rate will be Wednesday or Thursday next week. Tomorrow with be planks or other ab work, then I travel again for work Monday and Tuesday…so likely will do the farmers walls with the KB at the commy gym again.
Squats were fine. Played with stance on first set and went a little wider…No dice. Back to normal on second set and the difference is Real. Depth is better with my narrower stance and the rack is better too which is weird, but whatever. Press and Chins…eh normal, good. Extra half of a kg because of that copious amount of.water I put away before training lol.
Things moving well…feel like I’m just getting better at moving the things. Especially Press. 5 reps on one breath, easy as. They just bounce now. Chinups too, though not filmed, are feeling great. Creeping the easy day weight up now.
Very good today. Despite having mega Dom’s in the back and sides from the suitcase carries lol. Stiff leg deadlift felt the best it has so far. Very solid. Definitely improving.
Up at 0530. Away for work again so training at local commy gym. To be fair, its a crossfit gym with a commercial money maker attached. The beauty of this is a real weight room I guess.
Temperature was just below freezing before sun up. And the sun wasn’t up. Lol. Grass was frozen, that’s a new one for me. Air was icey…and here I was walking.to the gym in shorts and a simple Tshirt with a regular jumper. Lol. Classic Aussie, no idea what cold is or how to dress for it.
EES day 16.
Front Squat:
20x5
60x3
80x5 felt good.
90x5 PB. Just keep chipping it away. Still easy as per the program.
Press:
20x8
40x5
50x3
57.5x5
57.5x5 yep. Good.
Chinups:
109x5
109x5
Stiff Leg Deadlift:
70x5
120x3
150x5
150x5
KB Farmers walks:
32kg each hand:
1 x 50m
1 x 60m
1 x 70m
1 x 70m
1 x 80m this one hurt good. Feel like I’m carrying invisible suitcases after all that
EES Day 17. I goofed today…was meant to be the 6x1 day, but I’m an idiot and just marched on into a 532. Eh. Probably not a big deal with the 1x10 tonic day tomorrow.
Front squat:
20x5
60x2
80x5
95x3
110x2
Press:
20x8
40x5
57.5x5
63x3
68x2
Chinups:
113x5
124x3 pb.
126.5x2
Stiff Leg deadlift:
70x5
110x3
150x5
170x3
190x2
Plank:
1:41
Decent day. Chins were ok. Squats were great! Had heaps more there. Definitely big improvements happening. Press was also decent, without being tremendous. But they moved well. Deadlifts were also good. Though 190 was probably too heavy, noticed on film that I was bending my.legs just a little too much. A good note for next time.
Not bad. Decided I will Not do the singles session tomorrow that I accidentally missed this week, and will do the 5,3,2 as planned. I don’t think it will matter much. Of course…I could.change my mind in the morning,
Good day. Now onto yard work…gotta lay the new oil on the decks to the rear of the house. Beautiful day today, not cold, therefore perfect for it.
Shit couple days. Sunday I couldn’t train…still tried too, but joint inflammation made it bullshit. Had some kind of virus I think. The kid was crook last week, perhaps got a bit of that…took a bunch of ibuprofen and called in an early night. Monday woke up almost normal…took the dogs out first thing. Still felt… something, so kept the scheduled rest day in place.
Up this morning and feeling 100%. What a weird couple days. I won’t bother making up for Sundays “532” workout and will just carry on with week 5 day 1 later today. Never lost my appetite while Ill, and kept.water intake up. Makes a big difference.