Event training day

Crappy workout today, I won't lie I wasn't extremely motivated as it was to begin with. But they can't all be great workouts.

Thick DB clean once then press.
105x10 7 right 3 left

18" deadlift
worked up to 560x1 and decided to stop.

Stones
230x5
270x5
310x1

sledgehammer, woodchoppers, and decline situps.

Probably needed the break anyway, but it is time to boost the intensity of my workouts KSM is 8 weeks away I need to get it in gear.

Jesse

Deadlift night

Had a really good workout tonight. Got a PR and that made the night worth all the pain.

Deadlift from the floor all sets hook gripped
365x3
425x3
475x6 PR left 2 reps or so in the tank.

Strict presses
135x5
155x5
175x4 wow lost alot of strength on these, gotta get to doing these again.

Triset
Neutral grip pullups x 5, DB side raises x 10, Shoulder horn x 15 x 3 sets

Chest supported rows
3x10

Russian twist
3x10

Great night, feeling good. March 20th I am gonna get a big deadlift PR.

Jesse Jobe

Upperbody day

Very good workout today, Corey and I tested out our axle clean and press, and Chuck got a deadlift PR. Great day of lifting.

Axle clean and press
110x5
180x3
200x3
220x1
240x1
250x1 stopped here, gives me a good starting point for changing my numbers around.

Then decided to try something different.
200 x 2 x 14 sets in 14 min. Damn is all I gotta say, wow this kicked my ass but I liked it.

Close grip bench
225x5x3 sets
Kept these light tris were tired.

Green band extensions
3x15

Hammer curls
3x10

COC trainer x 10 x 2 sets.

Jesse

Events day

Overall today was a productive day. Could have went a little better, but gotta take what you can get.

2" thick DB clean and press
100#s x 2 sets of 5 reps each arm
120#s x 3 right arm, x 1 left arm
This is getting better, so I will take whatever progress I am making.

Axle Power Cleans
200x1x5 sets
210x1x2 sets
220x1 PR

20" rack pulls
555x1x4 sets
585x1x2 sets
Ok day on these, felt a little rundown so I decided to stop a few sets shy of what I initially planned on doing.

Stones
310x2x2 sets
Gotta work my quads again, as I felt weak on stones today and that is due to not working my quads enough.

1 handed sledgehammer swings
2 x 10

Woodchoppers
2 x 10

Jesse

Deadlift day

Went into this workout very sore and tired. Ended up mostly having a good main lift session with my assistance not having much energy left.

Deadlift from the floor all sets hooked gripped
245x5
335x3
405x3
455x7 and grip gave out had strength for more reps but thumbs were gone. Might have to strap up and see if I can rep out 12-15 reps with this one of these days.

Pull ups
3 sets of 5 reps

Green band Rows
3 x 15

DB shrugs
3 x 15

Front squats
3 x 3

Strict presses
3 x 5

Overall good workout.

Jesse

Upperbody and Lowerbody days

Yesterday I did some upperbody work, it wasn't the best workout but it was effecient and worthhwhile. Today was lowerbody and it was a tremendous workout.

Yesterday
Axle clean and press
165x3
190x3
215x6 just ran out of gas.

Close grip bench with chains
main sets
185 + 5 sets of 1/2" chain x 3
185 + 6 sets of 1/2" chain x 3
185 + 7 sets of 1/2" chain x 1
Not bad but my best is 225 x 1 + 7 sets of chain, so I have alot of work to do to get my triceps back up to par.

Hammer Curls
3x8

Cut the workout short is was Corey's birthday and we had plans to go out.

Todays workout
Power Cleans
main sets
205 x 3 x 5 sets these felt nice and explosive, but for some reason my power cleans are quite weak right now and 205 will feel like a feather then I go to 225 and it feels terrible. But I also think alot this comes from my lack of flexibility in my wrist and makes it harder for me to catch the weight.

Box squats
no belt, loose suit bottoms
330 x 2 x 8 sets
The first couple of sets were terrible but by set 4 I was feeling my groove and the weight was feeling lighter. This is a PR of sorts as I have never handled this weight with no belt and for this many sets.

Dumbell snatch medley
50 x 3 then 60 x 3 then 70 x 3 then 80 x 3 did each DB with each hand before moving on to the next one. This winded the hell out of me, so I only did 1 medley.

Triset
Green band pulldown abs x 20, calf raises x 20, DB SLDs x 10 x 3 sets

Overall happy with how things are feeling. Looking forward to next month.

Jesse

Fun day today

Had a great workout today, Corey and I both looked good on everything.

Thick DB presses
110x9 just ran out of gas on these, but I really wish my left arm would press better.
130x2 right arm only, left arm went on vacation.

Beltless DL for speed
425x1x5 sets these felt great

Stones
230x5 to 54"
310x1 to 54"
270x5 to 48"
Just wanted to take it easy and work on exploding.

DB rows
100# 10 x 3 sets

16# Sledgehammer swings
4 x 20

Medicine ball toe touches
12# x 20 x 3 sets

Great day today. Corey looked good on everything but I did beat him on the 130# DB press which never happens. So either hell has froze over or he was having an off day. This is alot of snow and ice outside, maybe hell has froze over.

Jesse

Had a good workout tonight, I managed a pr on something so that always makes it worth it.

Started out with some Press medley
150# keg x a bunch
200 log, 220 axle, 150# keg x 1
220x axle x 1
230 log x 1
keg x a bunch

Pressing is going ok, it is coming back so that is all I can ask.

18" pulls
245x5
335x3
425x1
500x1
550x1
605# x 1 pr
This lift is coming around really nice, I am so weak at the top of deadlifts it is ridiculous. But now that this is getting stronger a 600# pull from the ground is just around the corner.

Band pullaparts supersetted with pulls to the face
3x15

Jesse

Lower body workout

Todays was workout was kind of BLAH!!! I kept carbs low today and ran out of gas on some things. But at least I know what I need to change up.

Power snatches
95x3
115x3
135x1
140x1
145x1
150x1
These were ok, but not all that great

Power Cleans
worked up to 205x5 it felt good actually, decided to take a jump and it felt like crap. So I stopped.

Box squats
300x2x8 sets done in 6 min.

Circuit done non-stop until 3 sets were done
Band abs x 20
Woodchoppers x 10
Russian twist x 20
Calf raises x 10
DB SLDs x 10

Overall not a bad day, just a little frustrated on the cleans. But if having a crappy power clean right now is my biggest worry lifting wise, then I am doing quite well.

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Today was ok, my strength is coming back. But it really frustrates me that I ever let myself get weaker in something that I worked very hard at getting stronger. But persistance pays off and I fully expect that I will be repping my old overhead pr by May or June.

Axle Clean and Press
160x5
180x5
200x8

Close grip bench
185x5
225x5
275x4

Dumbell Flys
3x12

Alternate DB curls x 10 supersetted with DB hammer curls x 8 for 3 sets

Shoulder horn
3x20

Wrist curls
5x10
supersetted
heavy grip 100 x 10-15 each hand

Jesse

Some strongman stuff

Today myself, Corey, and Mac drove down to ET's House of Iron and Stone. Today showed me a few things first I have gained some strength in some things and lost some in others.

Log pressing
logx10
130x5
170x3
200x3
220x1
250x1 matches my best ever

Farmers Walks
230x50 feet
270xpickup
310#s each hand x 50 feet ALL TIME PR!!!!

Stones
230x1
300x1
340x1
425xmiss couldn't get a good pull on this big bad mofo
404xmiss same thing
322x1 to 54"

Sandbag from hell carry 240#s
50 feet
2nd time 150 feet

Overall it was a great day and all of us had hit some nice numbers. Gotta take the stones as a bad day. I am stewing about not getting that 425# stone, but it won't happen next time.

Jesse

Nothing special night

Took it easy tonight, as I plan on lifting very heavy this weekend. Plus I was do for a light day.

Power snatches superet with back squats
95x5 then 225x2
95x5 then 225x2
105x3 then 225x2
115x2 then 225x2
125x2 then 225x2
did this in about 5 min, and damn I was winded.
then power cleans superset with back squats
185x3 then 250x2
185x3 then 250x2
185x3 then 250x2
only got 3 sets and I was really winded did this in about 3 min.

Standing abs superset with decline situps
20 reps x 3 sets

Nothing special done in about 15 min. My youngest daughter Gabby worked out and with me and had a goodnight.
She did
3 sets of mountain climbers for 20 reps, then jumping jacks x20, then bodyweight squats x 10
then did strict presses with 20#s for a pr of 13 reps.

I don't have her do alot, but it is fun seeing her get stronger.

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Todays workout was good and dissapointing. I didn't do as much as I normally would but things are coming back around. That is all I can ask for.

Axle clean and press
160x5
190x3
210x7 not bad, this is about what I expected as I haven't been working on my press as of late so I will take what I have put into it.

Speed Sets
160x5x3 sets felt good to do these again, when my press was at its best I always did these.

Close grip Benching with 1/2" chains
205x3 + 3 chains
205x3 + 4 chains
205x2 + 5 chains
Very dissapointing as I have done 225 x 1 + 7 sets of chains so I have alot of work to do.

Strict curls have never done these but some friends of mine Glenn got 150lbs and Vince 160lbs so I wanted to see what I could do, turns out not very much.
70x5
90x3
100x1
110x1
120x1
Wow these suck, I hate curls.

DB hammer curls
3x8

Tricep Extensions with purple band
3 x 25

Heavy Grip 150 x 20 x 3 sets

Jesse

Time for a change

It is a new year and strongman contest for me are going to start happening soon. Currently I am training for a powerlifting meet, but I need to change some things. In order to be better at my strongman meets, I need to get my overhead press back up. Well unfornately I cannot be good at overhead pressing and bench pressing. It just does not work for me, but I can be good at overhead pressing and get my close grip bench better.

So I am going to go back to training my bench with only a close grip style. When I compete at the powerlifting meet in March I will just use a close grip. Will this maybe make my bench press number go down, maybe but I could end up getting a nice PR out of it also. I am past the point of competing for a trophy(Although I will admit when it comes strongman competitions I have not gotten the trophy bug out of my system yet.) But I have done enough powerlifting meets to know that I just wanna go out there and try to put up a big lift. In all reality my whole goal for this meet is to get as close or get a 600# deadlift. If I can get 315#s on a close grip bench I will be happy with this, although I know I will be capable of more.

Now the journey to getting my overhead press back up ready for the following year is on its first step. Hopefully big numbers will be on the horizon, and good workouts will follow. A 300# overhead press is gonna happen this year, and now I know what I need to do to achieve this.

Jesse