On The Road To World's Strongest Man 2015!

ORIGINAL: PureGym!

nice strong lifting mate

keep it up

Thanks Mate!

Physio tonight so we'll see what the lad says about it!

Pretty good session todaqy, although I missed 285k dead twice.

16/4/08

Deadlifts- 60/8, 100/6, 140/3, 180/3, 220/2, 260/1, 285/f/f

3" Platform Deads- 180/3/3, 220/1, 240/1 First time doing these so think thats pretty good?

BB Rows- 60/10, 80/8, 100/8

Pulldowns- 60/8, 70/8/8

Hammer Curls- 20/8, 30/8, 40/5

Pretty good session yesterday, squat form was a little out since Ive been using smith machine the past couple of weeks, but wasnt too bad!

18/4/08

Squats- 60/5, 100/5, 140/3, 180/3, 220/2, 240/1, 250/f Wraps on for 240 & 250.

Karlsen Squats- 60/5, 140/5, 220/5, 260/5, 300/3

Leg Ext- lv.6/10 reps, 10 seconds/10 reps, 10 seconds/10 reps

400k Tyre- 3 sets of 3 flips Very easy!

Pretty good session today, from the 5 events we did I can definatly see the SSM Final being a very hard day!

20/4/08

Log Press- worked upto 75k with thin 8" log, IFSA spec: 90/3, 105/1, 120/1 Think a goal of 4 reps on the day is achievable

Medley- washing machine, 120k farmer, 100k sandbag, 85k keg, 2 40k kettlebells All carried 12m and loaded to 42" wall

Tyre Flip- set with 5 guys, 2 runs of 5 flips each Think the weight was 350k

Farmers Hold- 70k pick, 120k/ 10s, 140/22s

Stones- 100,110,120,130,140,150 Failed the 150 on both sets, not enough tacky and tired too

Alright session today, wasnt really all that motivated cause I was doing an assignment for tomorrow from 3.30 to 5pm in a hot room. Was agitated afterwards from the heat and didnt feel like doing anything. Went to the gym and pressing was ok, even after pressing yesterday and then since other guys were doing squats I jumped in with them.

21/4/08

Behind the neck jerks- 70/3, 100/1

Front jerks- 100/3

Cleans- 70/5, 100/2

Seated DB Press- 30/8, 35/6

Squats- 60/5, 100/5, 150/3, 200/2, 220/3, 230/1 Only belt from the 200 set.

Jesus bro, some nice lifts for a 19yo.

Can't wait to see what you'll be lifting at 21

Cheers Bud!

Awesome last gym session today! Plan was to go for 250k squat single with wraps and then down to 180k wrapped for 10. Turned out differently though! :D

23/4/08

Squats- 60/8, 100/5, 140/5, 180/3, 220/2, 240/1, 250/1 PB, 260/1 PB, 270/1 PB, 160/8 Wraps on for the 220 to 270k sets! Even though I've done 250k raw it was a wrapped PB!

3" Platform Deadlift- 100/5, 140/5, 180/3, 210/2

Trained yesterday since I didnt think I did that much on Saturday.

27/4/08

Trying to Simulated Brick Deadlift- 150/1, 200/1, 220/1, 230/1, 240/1, 250/1, 260/f

Axel Deads- 155/6, 195/5, 215/5, 235/4, 250/1 Straps on all sets.

First session in the gym after SSM on Saturday. Decided to see what deadlifting in my z-suit felt like and was ok, only problem is the breathing when down at the bar.

7/5/08

Deads- 60/8, 100/6, 150/5, 200/3, 240/1, 260/1, 275/1, 285/f Suit was on from the 240k set.

Pulldowns- lv.10/8, lv.12/8, lv.13/8

Skullcrushers- 30/8, 50/8

OH DB Ext.- 40/8/8, 50/8/6

Tricep Circuit- {10 dips; 10 75k straight bar PDs; 10 50k rope PDs} DONE 3 TIMES, NO REST (last set only 8reps per exercise)

Just back from one of the if not the best gym day of my life. Went to Dumbarton in the afternoon to do some pressing with Andy since his quad was still sore from SSM, therefore no squats this week. Then on the way back on the train decided that I need to squat so went into the uni gym and had a killer session!

9/5/08

DAWC

8" Log Press- 70/5/5, 100/3, 110/3, 120/1 70k sets were strict, all one clean

Seated Smith Press- 50/6, 70/4, 90/1 assisted, 80/2

Seated DB Press- 32/8/8

Pushdowns- multiple heavy sets of 8reps, last set medium weight for 18reps

Tricep Circuit- 20 dips, 20 70k straight bar PDs, 20 50k rope PDs; 20 dips, 20 50k straight bar PDs, 20 40k rope PDs


UNI GYM

Squats- 60/5, 100/5, 140/5, 180/3, 220/1/1, 240/1/1, 270/1, 280/1 PB Powerpants, belt and wraps on from 220, Z-suit on from second 240k set. Belt kept slipping with only powerpants so I was pretty much doing them beltless

Not much of a session yesterday as we were just getting a feel of the equipment for the team comp.

Did some tyre and got a couple of then Karlsen style [one movement] and then did stones without tacky [only got tacky from handling the stones], went upto 150k loaded and then got the 180k stone around 3 or 4" off the floor.

Looks like your training is going EXCELLENT !! I'm ready to get back on some good sessions myself

Yeah its going really well!

Pretty good session tonight, just trying to increase my pressing endurance whilst the weight goes up.

12/5/08

Pressing- Plan was to have a bar on the outside of the power rack for jerks and then on the lowest catches inside another bar for cleans. I did a clean then went and did a jerk, clean, jerk, clean, jerk. The clean weight was always 90k and then the jerk set weights were as follows:

105, 120, 135 for the first three sets and then for the last set 105, 120, 130

During the first set I got the 105 and 120, then the second and third only the 105 and then the last set the 105 and 120 again. Just missed the 135/130 on the first and last sets.

Bench- 80/8, 100/6, 110/6, 80/16

Front Squats- 60/5, 100/5, 140/5, 160/1

Awesome dead session today, very happy with the weights and the reps!

14/5/08

Deads- 70/10/10, 120/6, 170/5, 220/3, 250/3, 270/2, 280/1 Z-suit on from the 220k set

Shrugs- 170/12/12, 210/12

SLDL- 120/8, 150/8

Pulldowns- lv.10/8, lv.12/8/8

OH DB Ext.- 30/10, 40/10, 50/9

Tricep Circuit- {10 dips; 10 75k straight bar PDs; 10 50k rope PDs} DONE TWICE, NO REST. {15 dips; 10 50k straight bar PDs; 10 30k rope PDs}

Ok session today.

19/5/08

Axel Press- 60/5, 90/3, 110/1, 125/f/f 125 from rack/f/f Just an off day, reckon that I havent used the axel for press in about 6 months didnt help either.

Bench Press- 60/8, 80/6, 100/3, 110/2, 120/1, 127.5/f

Seated Barbell Press- 60/8, 70/6, 80/4, 60/15

Upright Rows- 50/8, 60/8, 70/8

Lat Raises- 15/12/12/12

Front Squats- 60/5, 100/5, 140/3, 160/1

Going to rethink the pressing routine and plan a basic progression routine for clean and presses to get it back upto scratch.

Ok session tonight, was hoping to hit a 300k in my Inzer Max DL, but as per usual my lockout let me down before I got to that mark. Decided instead of using the coan/ phillipi routine again over summer Im going to just work my lockout really hard for the three months Im at home over summer and then since Ive got around 5 months after getting back to Uni until my first comp I'll use the deadlift routine there, to either take me to 300 or 310k depending on how it goes over summer.

Video to follow:

21/5/08

Suited Deadlifts- 70/5, 120/5, 170/3 (straps down); straps up from here: 220/2, 260/1, 290/f/f Spped off the floor was pretty good and was closer to lockout on the 2nd attempt. Im still hopeful for 300k raw by the end of 2008.

Rack Pulls, below knee- 160/3, 240/5, 270/3 Straps used for 240 and 270k sets as hand was ripped after the 290k sets.

Deadlift Medley- Practicing for the team comp; Run 10m upto Axel, get good lift and then place down, run 10m away and 10m back to Barbell, get good lift and then place down. 210k axel, 230k barbell; 230k axel, 250k barbell

Finished off with some tricep work.

Heres the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOn9W4P_cBo

Also, forgot to say that both those deadlift medleys were done in sub 10 seconds.

You getting close to the 300kg...I need to get in high gear to get there first

Pretty good session today, Andy was through at my uni gym since Dumbarton was closed due to a bank holiday. He broke the gyms all time squat record and upped it to 300k.

23/5/08

Z-suited Squats- 60/5, 100/5, 140/5, 180/2, 220/3, 240/1, 260/1 Straps up and knee wraps on from 220k set.

Andy Cairney squatting 300k: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FYeastQn4