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I am think I am track to be where I want to be to make weight for the NAHA nationals. I am doing good and having cheated hardly, I think last week I had some marshmallows, if I hit my target this week I might have a pizza on my high carb day, but I will see. I have a goal in mind and would like to accomplish it. Did some conditioning work today.
Tabata KB swings 35# KB
Tabata Jumping Jacks
Prowler Pushes x 6 trips of 60 feet
Sled drag with 100#s for 2000 feet.
If I can keep this up I will be fine, don't wanna lose too much too fast, but I do wanna get to where I need to be for an easier cut.
Jesse
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Past couple of workouts
Friday
Box squats
230 x 5
260 x 5
300 x 10
Power Cleans
165 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 7
Abs
3 x 30
Sunday
Strict presses
110 x 5 x 2 sets
130 x 3
150 x 4
Push Presses
170 x 10
Tire Flips
5, 5, 10
Keg carry and Load from 20 feet away
200, 220, 250 x 2 sets
Sledgehammer Swings 12# sledge
2 tabata sets
Overall I am feeling good. Gonna start adding in some steady state cardio 3-4 times a week, just 30-45 minutes. I think I am on pace to be where I need to be to make weight in a month.
Jesse
Box squats
230 x 5
260 x 5
300 x 10
Power Cleans
165 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 7
Abs
3 x 30
Sunday
Strict presses
110 x 5 x 2 sets
130 x 3
150 x 4
Push Presses
170 x 10
Tire Flips
5, 5, 10
Keg carry and Load from 20 feet away
200, 220, 250 x 2 sets
Sledgehammer Swings 12# sledge
2 tabata sets
Overall I am feeling good. Gonna start adding in some steady state cardio 3-4 times a week, just 30-45 minutes. I think I am on pace to be where I need to be to make weight in a month.
Jesse
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Upperbody day
Not a bad day today. My bodyweight is down to 220, so that is a plus. Figured might as well test out things.
Axle clean and press
160 x 3
200 x 3
220 x 3
These felt good and are not a bad starting point.
Staley Hell
180 x 2 x 10 sets finished in 8 mins.
Went and practiced some throwing, nothing special.
Close grip bench
225 x 5 x 3 sets
Dips
did a ladder of 1-10 total of 55 reps, gonna be sore tommorrow.
Axle wrist curls
3 x 15
COC trainer
Feeling good, as long as I hit my target bodyweight in 1 1/2 weeks I am gonna have a cheat meal. Gonna have a pizza YUM!!!
Jesse
Axle clean and press
160 x 3
200 x 3
220 x 3
These felt good and are not a bad starting point.
Staley Hell
180 x 2 x 10 sets finished in 8 mins.
Went and practiced some throwing, nothing special.
Close grip bench
225 x 5 x 3 sets
Dips
did a ladder of 1-10 total of 55 reps, gonna be sore tommorrow.
Axle wrist curls
3 x 15
COC trainer
Feeling good, as long as I hit my target bodyweight in 1 1/2 weeks I am gonna have a cheat meal. Gonna have a pizza YUM!!!
Jesse
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Tuesday lower body day
To start out, today sucked ass!!! It was so fucking hot, you would think that the gym was sitting 3 feet above satans bedroom. But alas we dealt with it, but I brought in 2 fans, I know we are pussies but it was fucking hot.
Deadlifts everything felt heavy
225 x 3
315 x 3 x 2 sets
405 x 3 x 4 sets
Barbell complex
trapbar 245 x 5
Axle clean and press 110lbs x 5
Bent over rows x 5
Snatches x 5
Shrugs x 5
Went through this 3 times, I don't know who thought of this idea, but they are a son of a bitch. Shit it was me!!!
DB rows supersetted with Blast strap rows x 3 sets
Green band pulldown abs x 20 x 2
Overall good day, but gotta get stronger.
Jesse
Deadlifts everything felt heavy
225 x 3
315 x 3 x 2 sets
405 x 3 x 4 sets
Barbell complex
trapbar 245 x 5
Axle clean and press 110lbs x 5
Bent over rows x 5
Snatches x 5
Shrugs x 5
Went through this 3 times, I don't know who thought of this idea, but they are a son of a bitch. Shit it was me!!!
DB rows supersetted with Blast strap rows x 3 sets
Green band pulldown abs x 20 x 2
Overall good day, but gotta get stronger.
Jesse
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Past couple of workouts and diet update.
Tuesday Corey and I did some light stuff, we both felt beat to shit still so we took it really easy.
Power snatches
8 sets of 2 with 130lbs
Trab bar deadlifts
335 x 5 x 3 sets
Blast strap rows
5 x 5
Thursday Chuck and I did some upperbody. I still took it easy.
Axle clean and press
160 x 5
180 x 5
200 x 5
220 x 2
Reverse band presses
275 x 5
295 x 5
315 x 5
335 x 3
365 x 1
Dips
5 sets of 8
2 sets of 20 sec with 250lbs on the axle for an double overhand hold
Did 15 sets of 3 reps on chinups throughout the workout.
Friday Lower Body
My knee was killing me so I just did what I could.
Box squats
225 x 2 x 5
275 x 2 x 5
Power Cleans
155 x 5
175 x 5
195 x 10
did 120 reps of ab work.
Tried to do some prowler, but my knee hurt doing it.
So overall an ok deload week. I am worried about my knee, as I think I might have torn some cartlidge in it. But if I did nothing I can do right now, don't have the money nor can I afford the time off from work. Pain sucks but I can deal with it.
Carb loading has gone good the first week. I am doing 4 lows, 2 moderate, and 1 high day. Today my high day was supposed to be 500 grams of carbs, I don't think I will reach. Eating 500 grams of clean carbs is not as easy as I thought it would be. I am actually looking forward to my low day tommorrow and Monday. With any luck once I start cardio Monday, weight will start coming off quickly to start. If I can be 215 by the middle of July I will cut down to 200lbs for NAHA nationals. Time for some rest and relaxing.
Jesse
Power snatches
8 sets of 2 with 130lbs
Trab bar deadlifts
335 x 5 x 3 sets
Blast strap rows
5 x 5
Thursday Chuck and I did some upperbody. I still took it easy.
Axle clean and press
160 x 5
180 x 5
200 x 5
220 x 2
Reverse band presses
275 x 5
295 x 5
315 x 5
335 x 3
365 x 1
Dips
5 sets of 8
2 sets of 20 sec with 250lbs on the axle for an double overhand hold
Did 15 sets of 3 reps on chinups throughout the workout.
Friday Lower Body
My knee was killing me so I just did what I could.
Box squats
225 x 2 x 5
275 x 2 x 5
Power Cleans
155 x 5
175 x 5
195 x 10
did 120 reps of ab work.
Tried to do some prowler, but my knee hurt doing it.
So overall an ok deload week. I am worried about my knee, as I think I might have torn some cartlidge in it. But if I did nothing I can do right now, don't have the money nor can I afford the time off from work. Pain sucks but I can deal with it.
Carb loading has gone good the first week. I am doing 4 lows, 2 moderate, and 1 high day. Today my high day was supposed to be 500 grams of carbs, I don't think I will reach. Eating 500 grams of clean carbs is not as easy as I thought it would be. I am actually looking forward to my low day tommorrow and Monday. With any luck once I start cardio Monday, weight will start coming off quickly to start. If I can be 215 by the middle of July I will cut down to 200lbs for NAHA nationals. Time for some rest and relaxing.
Jesse
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
New plan of attack
At the beginning of the year I had a plan of getting myself back to where I needed to be, which was being a lightweight. For some reason, I went away from this plan. After the competition I did this past weekend, I realize that I need to get back down. So it is back to the grind of losing weight. Will it suck, your damn skippy it will. Do I have a good plan, yes I do. I am going to use the carb cycling method. I find this method of dieting the most effective to use for alot of reasons. First I am much easier person to deal with when I carb cycle, second having good carbs I think makes it easier to get through my workouts. I know I will be losing some strength in some movements, but that is the sacrifice I have to make to get to where I want to be. Hopefully in a couple weeks I will be down a decent amount of weight and will be feeling strong.
Jesse
Jesse
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Gus Lohman writeup
It took me a day to reflect on how this contest went for me. Needless to say, I am still not happy with how it went. I didn't perform up to my potential and that irritates me. I didn't push myself hard enough on some events and gave up too early on others. But that happens sometimes and now I will rethink things and hopefully come back stronger.
Now on to some good things about this weekend. My training partners Mac Capello and Chuck Kasson both had outstanding performances. Mac took 3rd place missing 2nd by .5 points in a very tough class. Chuck took 2nd place by .5 points to Justin Wheeler in another tough class. I was happy to see Chuck and Mac do well.
Here is how the meet went.
1st event Circus DB 125lbs clean and press each rep
I got 3 reps and that is about what I expected to get, I wasn't dissapointed, but I wasn't exactly all that happy. My pressing ability is just starting to come back, had I not made some dumb decisions earlier this year I think getting 7-8 reps would have been a definate possibility.
2nd event Farmers Walks 80 feet 280lbs each hand
I ended up not being able to finish, dropped the damn things like 4 times and I not even sure how far I went. This is where the meet went south for me, I was extremely dissapointed after this as I had been working my farmers very hard and hadn't been dropping them in a long time. Plus I needed the points and this was an event I could have won had I not dropped them.
3rd event Conans Wheel 500-600lbs
I ended up getting a little over 3 revolutions and honestly I just didn't want to push myself here, had I just got about 10 more feet I would have beat Mac on this, but I could have pushed myself to go another revolution I could have maybe won this event. But I did get some much needed points. This did lift my spirits a little though.
4th event Bus Pull
I got going really good but I guess slowed down towards the end and finished in 32.xx sec, again got some points, but I felt alot faster than my time.
5th event Monster Keg Load 225-380lbs
My favorite event I had some bobbles though as the kegs were wet and they were slipping on me. I ended up loading through the 325lb keg getting 3rd place on these and getting some more points.
In the end I ended up 5th out of 9 guys, not very good in my mind but I can't do much about it now. I know that I could have been in the top 3, I just didn't push myself enough on the events I needed to. And I have to figure what is up with my damn grip, some days it is there and other days I can't hold on to the TV remote.
I would like to thank my family for supporting me and dealing with my training time cutting into their time, my training partners for helping push me, my sponsor Staley Training Systems for having confidence in me to be my best, and to Eric Todd and Conan Wass for putting this meet on.
Jesse
Now on to some good things about this weekend. My training partners Mac Capello and Chuck Kasson both had outstanding performances. Mac took 3rd place missing 2nd by .5 points in a very tough class. Chuck took 2nd place by .5 points to Justin Wheeler in another tough class. I was happy to see Chuck and Mac do well.
Here is how the meet went.
1st event Circus DB 125lbs clean and press each rep
I got 3 reps and that is about what I expected to get, I wasn't dissapointed, but I wasn't exactly all that happy. My pressing ability is just starting to come back, had I not made some dumb decisions earlier this year I think getting 7-8 reps would have been a definate possibility.
2nd event Farmers Walks 80 feet 280lbs each hand
I ended up not being able to finish, dropped the damn things like 4 times and I not even sure how far I went. This is where the meet went south for me, I was extremely dissapointed after this as I had been working my farmers very hard and hadn't been dropping them in a long time. Plus I needed the points and this was an event I could have won had I not dropped them.
3rd event Conans Wheel 500-600lbs
I ended up getting a little over 3 revolutions and honestly I just didn't want to push myself here, had I just got about 10 more feet I would have beat Mac on this, but I could have pushed myself to go another revolution I could have maybe won this event. But I did get some much needed points. This did lift my spirits a little though.
4th event Bus Pull
I got going really good but I guess slowed down towards the end and finished in 32.xx sec, again got some points, but I felt alot faster than my time.
5th event Monster Keg Load 225-380lbs
My favorite event I had some bobbles though as the kegs were wet and they were slipping on me. I ended up loading through the 325lb keg getting 3rd place on these and getting some more points.
In the end I ended up 5th out of 9 guys, not very good in my mind but I can't do much about it now. I know that I could have been in the top 3, I just didn't push myself enough on the events I needed to. And I have to figure what is up with my damn grip, some days it is there and other days I can't hold on to the TV remote.
I would like to thank my family for supporting me and dealing with my training time cutting into their time, my training partners for helping push me, my sponsor Staley Training Systems for having confidence in me to be my best, and to Eric Todd and Conan Wass for putting this meet on.
Jesse
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Last workout before the Gus
Did a light full body workout tonight. Gonna rest up the rest of the week, but will still do some walking and stretching throughout the week.
Squats
135 x 5 x 2 sets
185 x 5
225 x 5
Snatches with axle
90 x 3
110 x 3
130 x 2 x 2
Circus DB
77 x 5 eacharm
Close grip bench
135 x 5 x 2 sets
Chinups
5 sets of 3
200# keg x 5 loads
Blast strap rows
3 x 10
Rope swinging hell. Don't know what else to call this, basically we took the 1.5" manilla rope and did various swinging motions with it. Really kicks your ass.
Feeling good now that I know I have the time off from work, so mentally I am more prepared now. Can't do much more physically than show up prepared.
Jesse
Squats
135 x 5 x 2 sets
185 x 5
225 x 5
Snatches with axle
90 x 3
110 x 3
130 x 2 x 2
Circus DB
77 x 5 eacharm
Close grip bench
135 x 5 x 2 sets
Chinups
5 sets of 3
200# keg x 5 loads
Blast strap rows
3 x 10
Rope swinging hell. Don't know what else to call this, basically we took the 1.5" manilla rope and did various swinging motions with it. Really kicks your ass.
Feeling good now that I know I have the time off from work, so mentally I am more prepared now. Can't do much more physically than show up prepared.
Jesse
Monday, June 7, 2010
Some general thoughts......
I have to say anymore that people have really begun to make me wonder what is wrong with the world anymore. There are just way too many stupid and uniformed people anymore. Don't get me wrong there have always been plenty of stupid people. But it seems anymore there are more and more.
One thing I know I am sick of hearing is political views. The other day I heard the dumbest comment I have ever heard. Two guys at my job were discussing the oil spill. Moron one says to moron two "Obama isn't gonna do nothing about the oil, hes black and so is oil, he wants more of it to cover the earth." What a stuid idiotic statement. As if he has the power to make the oil just stop gushing. Now I will agree I don't think the government has done near as of a job as it could have with this but there is only so much they can do. Another I constantly hear is how the the president needs to do this, he needs to do that. The president can come up wtih as many ideas as he wants, as many bills as he wants, but unless congress passes them, they don't mean shit. People should be more mad at congress. Congress is like a bunch of whiny kindergarten kids, we won't pass this bill cause last time the democrats didn't pass ours and then the democrats do the same damn thing to the republicans. The only thing the morons will agree on is them getting more money. The biggest thing that I think is stupid for people to say is how they want to see the president fail, if the president fails the country fails. While I don't agree with everything the president, I still have hope that things can get better and I hope that he can succeed. But because he is black, everything little thing he does is constantly paid closer attention to.
I know I am not perfect, I have said many of racial slurs. But it just seems there are way too many people with hate in there lives anymore. Granted we are in rough times, people have lost too many jobs and they can't find work. And alot that is due to illegals stealing jobs in certain areas, and quite I have to say I agree with what they are doing in Arizona, but it is not gonna be an easy thing to do.
Well that is my rambling for now.
Jesse
One thing I know I am sick of hearing is political views. The other day I heard the dumbest comment I have ever heard. Two guys at my job were discussing the oil spill. Moron one says to moron two "Obama isn't gonna do nothing about the oil, hes black and so is oil, he wants more of it to cover the earth." What a stuid idiotic statement. As if he has the power to make the oil just stop gushing. Now I will agree I don't think the government has done near as of a job as it could have with this but there is only so much they can do. Another I constantly hear is how the the president needs to do this, he needs to do that. The president can come up wtih as many ideas as he wants, as many bills as he wants, but unless congress passes them, they don't mean shit. People should be more mad at congress. Congress is like a bunch of whiny kindergarten kids, we won't pass this bill cause last time the democrats didn't pass ours and then the democrats do the same damn thing to the republicans. The only thing the morons will agree on is them getting more money. The biggest thing that I think is stupid for people to say is how they want to see the president fail, if the president fails the country fails. While I don't agree with everything the president, I still have hope that things can get better and I hope that he can succeed. But because he is black, everything little thing he does is constantly paid closer attention to.
I know I am not perfect, I have said many of racial slurs. But it just seems there are way too many people with hate in there lives anymore. Granted we are in rough times, people have lost too many jobs and they can't find work. And alot that is due to illegals stealing jobs in certain areas, and quite I have to say I agree with what they are doing in Arizona, but it is not gonna be an easy thing to do.
Well that is my rambling for now.
Jesse
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Event day training
Last day of training before the Gus Lohman Missouri's Strongest Man Contest.
Strict presses
worked up to 180 x 1 which was way too hard, so I stopped here.
Conans Carry with super yoke
410lbs x 120 feet
This felt decent, didn't want to push it too hard.
Truck Pull simulation with sled
800lbs x 50ish feet
Tried 1000lbs, but it was too much for me. Moved it about 10 feet and I was spent.
Backwards sled drags
600lbs x 60 feet x 2 sets
Low handle prowler pushes
3 trips of 60-80 feet
Sledghammer swings
3 sets of 10 each arm
Woodchoppers
2 sets of 10 each side.
Feeling good. I don't know if I am 100% prepared, but are you ever really that ready. I am still waiting to see if I have the day off from work. I don't know if I will do as well as I would like, but I do know that I want to go to compete regardless of the outcome. With any luck next week I will be typing another blog post about my performance, and hopefully it will be a good one.
Jesse
Strict presses
worked up to 180 x 1 which was way too hard, so I stopped here.
Conans Carry with super yoke
410lbs x 120 feet
This felt decent, didn't want to push it too hard.
Truck Pull simulation with sled
800lbs x 50ish feet
Tried 1000lbs, but it was too much for me. Moved it about 10 feet and I was spent.
Backwards sled drags
600lbs x 60 feet x 2 sets
Low handle prowler pushes
3 trips of 60-80 feet
Sledghammer swings
3 sets of 10 each arm
Woodchoppers
2 sets of 10 each side.
Feeling good. I don't know if I am 100% prepared, but are you ever really that ready. I am still waiting to see if I have the day off from work. I don't know if I will do as well as I would like, but I do know that I want to go to compete regardless of the outcome. With any luck next week I will be typing another blog post about my performance, and hopefully it will be a good one.
Jesse
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Past couple of workouts
Thursday Upperbody day
Took it kind of easy today as I felt beat to shit.
Circus DB
77 x few
97 x 3
117 x 1
127 x 1
Axle press from rack
160x3
200x3
Close grip bench
185x3
225x3
275x3
Dips
bodyweight x 10
+25lbs x 5
+45lbs x 5 PR
Blast strap curls
3 x 10
Bunch of grip work
Friday
Another day where I took it easy for the most part.
Snatches
95 x 3
115 x 3
135 x 3
140 x 1
145 x 1
150 x 1
155 x 1
Close stance squats
225 x 3
275 x 3
320 x 3
Power cleans
165 x 3
205 x 3
Prowler +100 lbs x 70 feet x 3 sets after each set do 5 two handed KB swings with the 96lber.
Reverse Hypers
3 x 10
Jesse
Took it kind of easy today as I felt beat to shit.
Circus DB
77 x few
97 x 3
117 x 1
127 x 1
Axle press from rack
160x3
200x3
Close grip bench
185x3
225x3
275x3
Dips
bodyweight x 10
+25lbs x 5
+45lbs x 5 PR
Blast strap curls
3 x 10
Bunch of grip work
Friday
Another day where I took it easy for the most part.
Snatches
95 x 3
115 x 3
135 x 3
140 x 1
145 x 1
150 x 1
155 x 1
Close stance squats
225 x 3
275 x 3
320 x 3
Power cleans
165 x 3
205 x 3
Prowler +100 lbs x 70 feet x 3 sets after each set do 5 two handed KB swings with the 96lber.
Reverse Hypers
3 x 10
Jesse
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Deadlift day
Ok workout today, I should have been smart and deloaded, but ad usual I don't heed my own advice.
Deadlift from the floor
225x3
315x3
405x1 added belt decided I wanted to pull with a belt and see how things felt
475x1
525x1 really hard feeling.
Well I wanted to go for some kind of PR today, but it was not in the cards. Good thing is I was able to hook grip the 525 with ease, so using straps didn't hurt my grip. But it felt heavy as hell.
Keg loads
200, 220, 250, 270, 290 x 4
Better than last week, but still not the greatest.
Squats
230 x 5
300 x 3
Just wanted to do some squats, once I realized that they felt way too heavy for as light as the weight was I stopped.
Green band pulldown abs
5 x 20
Leg ups
3 x 10
Chest supported rows
5 x 10
Overall I am feeling beat down. Working 6 days a week has taking a slight mental toll on me and I am looking forward to some much needed rest next week.
Jesse
Deadlift from the floor
225x3
315x3
405x1 added belt decided I wanted to pull with a belt and see how things felt
475x1
525x1 really hard feeling.
Well I wanted to go for some kind of PR today, but it was not in the cards. Good thing is I was able to hook grip the 525 with ease, so using straps didn't hurt my grip. But it felt heavy as hell.
Keg loads
200, 220, 250, 270, 290 x 4
Better than last week, but still not the greatest.
Squats
230 x 5
300 x 3
Just wanted to do some squats, once I realized that they felt way too heavy for as light as the weight was I stopped.
Green band pulldown abs
5 x 20
Leg ups
3 x 10
Chest supported rows
5 x 10
Overall I am feeling beat down. Working 6 days a week has taking a slight mental toll on me and I am looking forward to some much needed rest next week.
Jesse
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