Prospective Strongman Training:I lift things up and put things down

Good session today considering I was tired.
deadlift
120kg 5
180kg 5
200kg 5
210kg 2
180kg 5
180kg 6
speed deadlits
150kg 3
150kg 3
150kg 3
 
bent over row
70kg 5
110kg 5
140kg 1
130kg 4
130kg 4
120kg 5
110kg 5
 
ez bar curl
55kg 5
90kg 1
80kg 5
70kg 6
55kg 10
 then ab work and rotator cuff exercises.

Great session mate, even better considering you were tired....&
 
a 80 / 90kg Curl is unbelievable, that is some weight

On The Flop


Great session mate, even better considering you were tired....&

a 80 / 90kg Curl is unbelievable, that is some weight

Cheers man. I'm really pushing my biceps for the first time in a while and they are responding well. I doubt i they will be able to handle anything more than 90 anytime soon.

Sweet session dude and insane curling strength!

Ox


Sweet session dude and insane curling strength!

Thanks bud! Hopefully I'll have some of my pressing strength back tomorrow. 

Ok session. My left elbow was giving me alot of trouble so i had to go easy on pressing. First time flat benching in a few weeks and first time benching in the university gym in months due to the fact that i keep slipping on the bench because it sucks.
bench press
bar 20
60kg 20
100kg 5
110kg 5
120kg 5
elbow hurt like hell so i wrapped up
120kg f elbow too sore and i brought the bar down at a very odd angle so couldnt press it at all
120kg went again straight away tried to set up properly and again brought the bar down wrong due to my elbow and couldnt press it which was embarrassing
105kg 10
105kg 10 
the lighter weight didnt really hurt so it was easy to press
decided not to shoulder press due to my elbow 
machine flyes
100kf 5
150kg 5
150kg 5
150kg 4
 
lateral raise
20s12
20s 12
20s 10
12s 20
 
reverse grip cable pressdowns
30kg 15
40kg 12
40kg 12
40kg 12
40kg 12
 
rope pressdowns
30kg 12
30kg 12
 
I'm dreading squatting tomorrow  with how sore my elbow was. On the plus side my arms look to be much bigger than before.
 

Decided to skip today's session for now to give my elbow a chance to heal up. I'll probably do it tomorrow. I'm feeling tired anyway.

Rough weekend due to a family bereavement. I decided to hit the gym last night to work off some stress. Dropped a significant amount of size through a combo of stress and not eating much. That should come back pretty quickly though.
deadlift
190kg 3. Was only supposed to do two but the weight felt very light
speed deadlift
150kg 3
150kg 3
150kg 3
150kg 3
150kg 3
150kg 3
150kg 3
150kg 3
bent over row
100kg 8
110kg 8
120kg 5
 
ez bar curl
75kg 5
55kg 20

Alright session all things considered. I wrapped my elbows early on to hopefully circumvent the pain from tendonitis in my left elbow. I'm going to book physio tomorrow to have my rotator cuff issue looked at as well. No pain at all but i can feel them twitching often throughout the day and my balance is off on overhead work. 
bench press
bar 20
60kg 20
100kg 10
110kg 6
125kg 3 poor but with my elbow in bad form not so bad
The trainer in the gym pointed out that my grip is very wide for benching so i tried going a bit closer as per instructions. Huge difference
105kg 13 very easy, felt light right until the last rep when my left tris just felt burned out. 
 seated db press
40s 14
40s 12
40s 12
 
Then I did some triceps pressdowns which were slightly painful but not that bad. 
lateral raise
20s 10
20s 10
12.5s partial range 15 ( flexed my lats and used this as the starting point, then up to parallel then stopping on my lats again.)
That was it for tonight, my elbow is better than it was,no real pain, but it feels less stable and less powerful. Hopefully it will clear up soon and I can start improving my pressing again.
 
 

Few good sessions mate, is that a hint of a phillipi deadlift routine i see there?!

All looking good in here dude!!, & sorry to hear about your berevement :(

Ox


Few good sessions mate, is that a hint of a phillipi deadlift routine i see there?!

 
Cheers bud! It is indeed. I'm using the routine but without the added assistance circuits. I'm doing normal assistance work on different days.

On The Flop


All looking good in here dude!!, & sorry to hear about your berevement :(

Thanks very much man.

Short session tonight after physio. It seems my shoulder issues are from tight traps and lats. As well as the fact that i use my lats to do most rotator cuff exercises.
 
squat ( felt more difficult than usual, i need to work on my flexibility I think)
60kg 10
100kg 5
140kg 5
150kg 5
155kg 5 ( these felt very hard until the last rep when I told myself to cop the **** on, the last rep was then piss easy which was weird)
 
I followed these with speed squats pausing for a couple of seconds in the hole then exploding up, or trying to anyway, some reps were stupidly slow.
 
100kg 3
100kg 3
100kg 3
100kg 3
100kg 3
That was it for today. I'm taking a break til Saturday I think. Then a short session before being off until Tuesday. My weight is still down despite eating quite a bit. Complete lack of creatine may be making a difference. 

Plenty of iron still being thrown around in here I see! Good work.
 
P.S. Sad news. RIP.

mrbeige


Plenty of iron still being thrown around in here I see! Good work.

P.S. Sad news. RIP.

Thanks very much man. When my various little injuries clear up I hope to smash all my goals for the year in a very short time. Last weekend was a bit of a shock but things are slowly getting back to normal.

Nice squatting bud!
 
Have  a good weekend mate!

Ox


Nice squatting bud!

Have  a good weekend mate!

Cheers Ox!

Great session today. My elbow and my shoulders feel much better. My shoulders are still not 100 percent but much better than before. They are still quite inflexible though.
 
seated barbell press ( I cant press standing for a while yet because it causes rc spasms)
bar 20
60kg 10
90kg 5
100kg ( Shoulder felt good decided to make hay) 4 reps
90kg 10
 
Cable pressdowns with the lat pulldown
25kg 20
50kg 12
50kg 12
 
My elbow felt good  and was quite warmed up so tried skullcrushers
55kg 20
70kg 12
70kg 12
 
chin up
bw 10
bw plus 25kg 5
bw plus 50kg 2 ( delighted! Reached one of my goals for the year, was on a high after this)
bw plus 25kg 6
bw plus 25 5
 
weighted wg pull up
15kg 6
15kg 6
 
power shrug
120kg 5
160kg 5
180kg 5
180kg 5
180kg 5
120kg 15
120kg 15
 
double overhand barbell holds
180kg for about 10 seconds
180kg 5 seconds
120kg 20 seconds
 
lateral raise
20s 12
20s 12
20s 12
 
hammer curls
35s 15
I did a few different ab exercises for 2 sets each to finish off.
Overall feeling the best I have in a while. I think the gym scales is broken because my weight was back to normal today, which means i put back about 5 kg in 2 days and that's without creatine.  

Cracking session bud! 100kg seated presses are not to be sniffed at! Nice work!
Wouldn't hurt to try a few singles and doubles when feeling good for it mate, push the strength up even more.
Great work mate!