10/13/2103 & 10/15/2013

Sunday events with Rich Incline log presses 160x8 180x6 210x6 230x6 250x6 Viking Presses lots of warm up sets to 250x14 helped rich with yoke squats, knee thanking me today for not doing them, lol Frame dl, 18" pick for max weight, first time using suit on frame 463x1 533x1 581x1 663x1, pr on frame 763x0...too big of a jump, thanks rich 713x1, pr on frame, tweaked low back, nice sharp pain above left hip, shut it down after that 10/15/13 Low back feeling better, still sore though, decided more reps workout today, just get things moving, hopefully hips feeling better by thursday. flat bb bench 225, 5x5 BW dips ss with db bicep curls 20, 20, 20 on dips, 35lb dumbells, 15, 15, 15

10/10/2013

Back bb squats 135x10 225x10 315x8 385x1 Plate loaded hack squat machine (have no idea how much it weighs empty) 90lbs...go past parallel on these suckers, 10, 15, and 20 reps last set. Legs and more importantly knees felt great especially during the bb back squats, which i haven't been able to do for a while, but since the yoke squats the other week at torque didn't feel that back, i figured why not. The 385 for a single was the most i've attempted in squats for a long time. Pretty much have my training split figured out...

10/8/2013

Incline bb presses
135x10
185x5
225x10,3,2 rp

Flat bb press with sligh shot
245x5
295x5
335x4

WG chins
5 sets to 50 reps

Oct. 7th, 2013 training

18" Rack Deadlifts (with suit) 245x5 335x3 445x3 535x3 625x4 (straps up) bw GHR's 3 sets of 10 bb shrugs 245x15 335x15 Everything felt good today. Got some work in with the dl suit. Straps down on all lifts, till final set. 625 for 4 reps...a new pr at this bodyweight...holding steady at 255lbs.

Oct 3rd, shoulders

Z presses
135 x 5, 3 sets

Arnold presses
35x12 3 sets

Db raises, front, back and side
10lbs x 15, 3 sets each

Tried to stick to some lighter weight, higher volume today. Hit chest Tuesday,  nothing major. Incline bb presses, dips, and db flys. Overall joints feel good this week. In theory,  lighter weights, higher reps and volume during week, heqvy events on weekend. We will see how this experiment goes...

September 30, 2013

Axle deadlifts, from floor, just belt, no straps 245x5 335x3 425x1 475x1 500x1 510x1 Box Squats 135x10 225x10 Leg press 250x30 Knees didn't hurt, mission accomplished. Still playing around with exercises to see what feels good on the ol' knees and what doesn't. Also how much volume I will be able to handle. Did some of the yoke squats on Saturday at Torque strongman demo day we had and legs/knees felt good Sunday and today, so hopefully that continues.

Sept 24 training

My own personal training hasn't been on point lately, but teambix contests sure have! Just wrapped up DE Strongest 5 and Teen Nationals at Baywood Greens in Long Neck, DE. What a great day we had with 2 amazing contests running at the same time! Now that i have some time to get back to training, here's what i did today to get back into things. My game plan is to at least get lower/upper body split going tues/thurs with events on the weekend. Today: Trap bar deadlifts: 245x12 335x12 445x20 Leg press 250x10 450x20 Back Squats (haven't done squats in a while, just glad no pain in knees doing these) 225x20 For whatever reason 20 seemed like a good number today. Everything felt good and knees didn't hurt, which is the game plan from now on.