Thursday night pressing at Daves

Trained with Joel, Dave and Ben. My back was pretty beat up from Wed's PRs but the more log I did the more it loosened up.

Log Clean and Press (kilos)
100 1 clean 3 presses
100x2
110x2
120x1
130x1
137x1 - PR
141x1 - PR
125x4
100x5 - tech work, didn't move my feet, clean and press was 1 movement, I was tired after

Incline Bench
135x5
225 2x5
295 3x3

By this point I was getting pretty tired but Dave got a new wrist roller that is 2.5 in thick has knurling and can slide on the power rack saftey bars so we rolled it forward and reverse and timed ourselves

95# in 35 seconds
140# in 45 seconds
then we went 185 just forward and joel finished it reverse.
I have never had a forearm pump like that!

Here is a video of my Log pressing:

Wed, Thursday

Deadlift Wednesday

Pulling from the floor with a York Power bar
135x5
225x3
315x3
405x3
Added Soft Belt
495x2
Added Belt
585x1
700x.99999 This was a grind, it took me 2 seconds to pull it above my knee and then struggled for 14 seconds to try to lock it out, long story short..I didn't lock it out

Rack pulls from just above the knee
225x3
405x2
585x1
675x1
765x1
820 2x1

Pull Ups 2x10

Called it a day, that long pull took a lot out of me

Thursday night at Dave's

Bench
135x8
225x5
275x3
Added 4 board
315x5
365x5
405x5
455x5

Seated log press
140x5
160x5
180x5

Standing strict Axle OH press
135x8
185x6
205x6

punched the clock, really tired Thursday due to wed.'s lift and the lack of heat in our house causing the repair man to come over at 12:30am Thursday morning....oh boy

Monday

13" Log (kilos)
80x5
100x3
100x3
110x2
120x2
130x1
130x.5
125x1

Dead Start OH Strict Press
135x5
185x5
205 2x3

Close Grip Bench Press
225x5
275x3
295x3
315x3

Night workout in my basement :)
Olympic Squats
135x5
225x4
315x3
405 5x2
315x1 - no hands

Pull ups
3x5

Good stuff today, finishing out a download getting ready for a big deadlift day on Wed.

OH Press and Front Squats

Log Press
86x2 clean + 5 press
176x3
200x2
240x1
262x1
286x1 - real easy
300 2x0 - So close, but so far away

Front Squats (kilos)
20x5
60x5
100x3
120x2
140x2
160x2
170x1
175x0

Close Grip Cambered Bar BP
140x5
230x5
280x3
330x3

Shut it down after the BP to get out early and try to avoid some traffic from the Vikes game. I will start to do some front squatting because I figured it would help me get out of the hole with a stone.

Download week and Monday

Sorry I haven't updated laitly, we just bought a house so I've been crazy busy with that, not to mention my training in Mankato all last week. Anyway, here is last Wed. deadlift day which turned into just a kinda download...

Deadlifts at MSU-Mankato with J Dircks.

135x5
225x5
315x4
405x3
495x2
Added Soft Belt
585x1
Added hard belt
635x1
Much smoother than my first time doing this, it felt really good

Lat Pull Down
4 plates 2x8

Farmer's Hold
Around 325ish x 27 seconds, this just keeps getting longer

That was it, I took the rest of the week off. My hip felt good the whole time so that + taking the time off hopefully has healed whatever hurt.

Monday, back at it
Trained at work today b/c we are painting
Also, I forgot all my training stuff at home so I didn't have my normal wrist wraps, my elbow sleeves and all the other gear I use that makes me feel good inside

Log Clean and Press
133x5
220x5
240x2
262 2x1
272x1

Close grip bench
135x5
225x5
275x3
315x1
365x1
385x1
405x.99999

I'll upload the video soon

Cambered Bar strict OH Press
135x5
185x3
225 2x1

Good stuff

Thursday OH Pressing

Accessory OH Pressing night at Dave's house with Dave and Joel.

Incline Bench
135x5
225x5-felt real heavy
275x3 - still felt heavy
315x1
275x3
295x3
315x3

Log Clean and Press
262x1,2,3,1
I have gotten a lot better with the clean portion, but my legs were still pretty tired from Wed. so it was hard to get some leg drive on the press portion, still happy with my performance I just need to get stronger

Neutral grip BO Row (kilos)
65x6
105x6
135x6
155x6

Blast Strap Push ups
3x12

That was it for today, decent workout, everything felt really heavy but Wed really floored me. In fact as soon as I got into work on Thursday I had my boss put my SI Joint back in place, it was pretty far out, that felt wonderful!

Log Saturday

Another saturday training session with the Log



175 x 3
219x3
239x2
263 2x1

131x3 (1 clean 3 presses each)
175x3
219x2
239x2
263x3

That was it for today, had to skate some of the hockey guys so training got cut short

Bench, Log Press + Acc Pressing

2 work outs today, they both went well....

1st Work Out
Bench Press
135x8
225x5
275x3
315x1
365x1 - killed it
405x0 - crushed :(
355 1+1 x 4
Paired With
3 way neck 75# x 12
I am done doing the forward neck part of 4 way neck, it hurts and it's not fun, if you can think of a better reason for me to do it then let me know, until then I won't do it.

Cable Cross over
4x15


2nd Work Out at Dave O's place with Joel D.
Log Press
220x1 clean 2 press
241x2
262x1, sloppy
Lots of technique tips
262x1 killed it
286x1 new PR,
I credit the technique, I was letting my arms extend out of the hole when the log was on my lap, I kept it in and the roll up my belly/chest turned to be real easy, that means more energy for the press
262 x 2

Inverted row with the fat bar
3x8

Strict Press with cowboy bar
185 x 8
205x6

Tate Press (found out how to do these right)
35 x 12
45 2x12

Band Pull apart + Band Tri Push Down + Hammer curls w/65#
4x20
- hammer curls were by 8 not 20

While trying to educate one of the interns today about how to finally get over 200# another intern questioned my knowledge by telling me that he searched for what I was talking about in the U of M research articles archives and he didn't find anything. That's bull shit. Just because there hasn't been a research article written on it doesn't mean it doesn't work and it's not right. The strongest humans in the world do a lot of things there isn't a lot of research on, especially in the west. There are countless little things that the Chinese weightlifting team does that isn't researched, but if they continue to rule the world of Olympic Weightlifting I will continue to try and learn as much about them as I can.

Sometimes you need to put all the science down and move heavy weight!