what are you doing saturday night?

i was jacked tonight. don't know why but i could not wait to get out of work and get to the gym.
yes...the gym on a saturday night. most people want to go out and party. me...i want to become a beast!

zerchers from hip height
135x5 225x3 315x1 405x5 singles

barbell row
225x5 315x5 5sets

rope pulldown
70x10 10sets

low row
100x40

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and here is a song appropriate enough....

walking funny...

partly because i got 100% capsacin horse liniment on my junk and the other part is i did legs....

oly style front squats
 225x2 7sets

leg press
1leg 540x5 6sets
2leg 540x30,20

wide lunge on smith
 115x5 each leg 5sets

calf rasie on leg press
 90x50, 40

seated calf raise
90x50

treadmill
interval 20 minutes


this will be painful later. i cut my rest time because i want to build up my endurance. breathing heavy the whole time.

oh and here is the song of the day....

a good gym.

abs, forearms, and cardio....

you know you have a good gym when they have a tire out back.
overhead squats 115 5x5
ab pulldowns/side bends/leg raises 180/150/bdywt 10reps 5sets

underhand/overhand wrist curls 185 5x5

twist you wrist 40x5 4sets

herc hold 200 each hand 1minute, 30seconds, 30seconds

tire flip bout 300lber 10flips 2sets

treadmill 20minutes


happy with today. winded but in a good way. just need to keep this up till september. 

when all is good and right in the world...

the universe takes a gigantic crap on you. what a morning! tried to beat a nasty storm this morning. not happening, but i didn't get wet. what i did get was broken windshield wipers. passenger side locked up and caught the driver side. unhooked the mand at least had the driver side working....for a few minutes.
not something i needed right now. seems i have no luck with cars whatsoever. well at least it can't get worse today, or can it?

last night i hopped on the elliptical. 30 minutes was more than enough! i debated about going in tonight but my body needs the rest. wednesday will be cardio, abs, and grip work.

sunday in the gym

despite yesterdays brutality i still went to the gym. ate well this morning....turkey bacon is tasty.
went to the gym for some tricep hammering. started off with close grip presses. 295 was easy so i added pink and purple bands. 5 singles. thinking next time i need to add 10-20lbs and the bands.
grabbed 70lb dumbbells and did tate presses. 5sets of 5 reps. really hit the middle of my triceps. light pushdowns were next, 40lbs 20 reps 8 sets. not done yet! one more set on the dip machine, 90 lbs for 50 reps...
now i am done.

brutal saturday....

went out for event training yesterday. started out with my training partner at his place.  we did log press and stones. log went 140,170,185,200, 220.
felt it in my forearms doing the clean portion. something i need to watch for.
if i make a slight adjustment to my top position then i feel no pressure or pain. so there is promise.  next we did stones. the tacky was not cooperating in the heat and humidity. i did put the 250lber on a 54" platform. then i  put up the 270 and 300 back to back. very happy with that!


headed out to train with some other strongmen. it was brutally hot and humid and no shade to be found. it was also fun...yes fun. bunch of new faces and some strong dudes. got to train with a pro too, The Wolverine Brad Dunn.  did yoke and zercher carries. worked up to 610 on the yoke. when i stood up with it i felt like i had a ton on my back. think i went 40 feet with it. the zercher were brutal and my arms have the bruises to prove it...
worked them to 400 lbs and walked 50 feet.

i paid the price for this training. sore, bruised, sunburned and tired.

don't wanna type...

oh boy it is tough to type when your shoulders, arms, and hands ache. but here goes...

did my normal payday/day off work routine. stocked up on groceries and paid bills. woohoo....sarcasm intended. never go shopping when you are hungry. foe some reason i ended up buying 3 reeses dark chocolate peanut butter cups.  got my daily does of education listening to SuperHuman radio. i suggest everyone check it out.

hit the gym for some power work. dreading what it would look like because my legs were aching from yesterday...did my power cleans at 60%. 155 for 5 singles. one thing that bothered me about these were my arms. the bicep tendon aches when i do power cleans. made it through the pain and moved on to hi-pulls. this gets me alot of looks because it looks like i am really cheating bad on upright rows. but that is the way they should be done. i am not the average gym rat. there is purpose to this movement. 255lbs 3 reps 8sets. next up was cardio...oh dreaded cardio....30 minutes of sweat and aching legs!! yes i felt every fiber of my sore thighs.

think tomorrow might be an off day or a swim in the pool. want to conserve the energy for saturday's brutal event training.