Upperbody workout

Wasn't very excited for tonights workout, I felt like hell and had a cold. But it turned out ok, very happy with how it went. My buddy Randy made it down and hit some nice PRs.

Close grip bench
185 x 5
210 x 5
237 x 10 Very happy about this, plus my bodyweight has been sitting steady at around 223-225 so it really feels good to be benching above my bodyweight for 10 reps.

2.5" thick bar close grip bench
160 x 10
180 x 10
200 x 8
Tris were shot

Swiss bar Extensions
60 x 10
80 x 10
90 x 10
100 x 10

Biceps
3 x 8

Grip work.

Great workout. I guess monday was just one of those days. Next week I will do the same weight on my deads I was did this past week. Plus I will be back to my normal scheadule.

Jesse

barbell an stone complex.

Wanted to get some conditioning in today.

Complex
Bent over row x 5 185lbs
Deadlift x 5 275lbs
Stone load x 5 210lbs
Went through this 3 times and my lungs were smoked and hurting.Probably took me about 10 min tops, as I took 1 min rest in between each set.

Jesse

Birthday workout

Well while it was a fun time, I was in a foul mood and my workout sucked. I should have just enjoyed my birthday today and then waited to workout tommorrow. But 1 bad workout will not ruin everything in the grand scheme.

Deads from the floor
135 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
475 x 1 SUCK!
My good bar has managed to get mangled to shit and is bent terrible. I thought I could strap up and and it wouldn't be bad but even strapped up I was fighting the bar. Oh well it will be replaced. Still pissed me off.

Trap bar deads, thought this would be better.
225 x 3
275 x 3
300 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
Almost puked here. Then I realized I had eaten hardly anything today, what a moroon I can be.

Bent over rows
4 sets

prowler
5 sets

That was it, gonna chalk it up to a bad day. It was nice to have everyone over and get together.

Jesse

Christmas Eve workout

Got off work, didn't eat much, but I knew that I wanted to get a workout in tonight since tommorrow is Christmas and I wasn't gonna workout on that day.

Axle clean and press
170 x 5
190 x 3
210 x 6 these felt easy, ran out of gas at 6 reps. Its progress.

Front raises
5 x 10

DBL overhand axle deadlift
200 x 3
230 x 3
270 x 5

Long strap abs
5 x 25

Not the greatest, but it was good to get something in.

Jesse

Upperbody night

Decent workout tonight, but I took way too much caffeine, I was just wired like crazy.

Close grip bench
205 x 5
230 x 3
257 x 7 I wanted 8 but 7 is still decent.

Dips
bodyweight x 5
+53 x 5
+70 x 5
+96 x 5 PR
bodyweight x 15

Green band extensions
5 x 15

DB hammer curls supersetted with DB curls
3 x 8

Pinch Grip
25#ers x  a bunch.

It was a fun night, and I gotta say I am happy with how things are going.

Jesse

Squat and deadlift workout and some reflections of the past year.

Not a bad workout today, probably would have went better had I not decided to slice my finger open right before my heavy set of deadlifts. But thankfully I have almost learned how to use straps and it worked out ok. I also smashed my hand moving bar to use for deadlifts, so the workout wasn't starting out to great. I had other plans.

Deadlifts
135 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
455 x 9 PR, 10 would have happened but my form was breaking down on 9, not worth pulling a shitty rep.

Back squats
285 x 1 x 10 sets
I probably did these with about 30 minutes rest in between each rep, ok I am exagertating but I wasn't rushing them.

Chest supported rows
5 x 10

Abs
6 sets

I learned a lot this year, and had some let downs. But truthfully I think I expected too much out of myself. Who does not though. I was dissapointed to see that I don't think I hardly got a single one of my goals this year. But life was rather chaotic at moments, and then I realize I got some ever bigger accomplishments that are worth more than any weight I lifted.

1. I got a college degree
2. I spent more time with my family
3. I helped my daughter compete 3 times(She got stronger every meet)
4. I got my wife lifting and getting in health in general.
5. I learned a lot about myself
6. I helped a decent amount of people get healthier and stronger this year.
7. I made more friends this year and have a fantastic group of friends to train with.

While I would have liked to deadlifted more then ever, or clean and pressed 300lbs. I think this things right here mean more. I think 2012 is going to be a better year lifting wise, and life in general. I am getting my weight back down, where I am stronger, healthier, and happier. I may never be a National Champion or a World class athlete, but I know for sure I have helped a few get there.

Jesse

Sunday training, good, bad, and the more good.

I woke up today and felt great, a little sore but overall rested.

Axle clean and press
160 x 3
180 x 3
200 x 8 these felt good, just gotta get used to more than 5 reps. I was out of air at 7 and damn near passed out at 8. But I am happy here, 10 is my best ever even when I could press 280 so not far off.

Strict Press
4 sets x 5 reps

DBL overhand axle deads
250 x 8.
I am gonna work on getting more reps on these again, seems to work the best.

18" Deads
didn't have it today on these worked up to 515 and called it there.

Frame carrys
480lbs x 2 sets of 60 feet.

Prowler hell
10 sets of 60' down high handle 60' low handle. This sucked, won't lie. But it was so nice to be outside.

Spud long strap abs
5 sets x 20 reps

Not a bad day, got the gym cleaned up and organized. It is looking a lot better.

Jesse

Fantastic Upperbody workout

Had my high carb day yesterday, it was blissfull. So I knew I would be ready for a great workout today. Ended up lifting by myself but I really pushed myself to get done quicker.

Close grip bench
185 x 3
215 x 3
243 x 9 Wife was spotting me, might have been able to grind out 10 but why go to failure.

Pullups
5 x 5

DB floor press
50 x 10
60 x 10
70 x 10
80 x 10 x 2 sets Very happy about this.

Rolling Thunder
Worked up to 140lbs which I believe is a PR. Pathetic I know.

Barbell wrist curls supersetted with Barbell curls
3 x 20

Spud long ab strap
25reps x 5 sets

Great workout. Weight is coming off slow, strength is coming back. Life is good.

Jesse

Lower body day, a small PR but a PR none the less

One thing I gotta say about followin the diet plan I am following is I feel very sluggish during the day, but when it comes time to lift I feel awesome. Today was a good day.

Deadlift
135 x 5 x 2
225 x 3
315 x 3, pulled this one handed for a single to screw off.
365 x 3
425 x 11 rep PR and these felt awesome.

Back squats, decided to kind of deload on these today. My legs were jello after the deads, which is good as I typically don't use enough legs in my deads.
225 x 1
275 x 1
295 x 1
315 x 1
335 x 1
These were all easy, wierd way to deload I know, but it works.

Bent over rows
225 x 5 x 5

Spud long ab strap supersetted with 35# medicine ball slams
20 and 10 reps x 3 sets

Great night.

Jesse

Sunday shoulders and some strongman stuff

Didn't know what to expect from today workout. I have some dickhole neighbors who live across the street and the fuck heads were partying all damn night long. I was so tired to even go downstairs and get the phone and call the cops. I got about 3 hours of sleep and almost didn't wake up to workout. I think I might have set a record for the amount of caffeine I took in. Towards the end of my workout I almost puked, oh yeah I didn't get to eat much.

Axle Clean and Press
150 x 5
170 x 5
190 x 9 ran out of gas, haven't done reps in forever

DBL overhand axle deads
200 x 5
255 x 3
270 x 4
My grip was shot today, I think I am gonna reset my numbers and work back up on these.

DB shoulder press
30 x 10
40 x 10
40 x 10
50 x 10
60 x 7

18" Deadlift
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
500 x 1
550 x 5 deadstop each rep.

Sandbag load
250#er
1,1,1,1,2,1
This fucking sucked, but it was a good idea. The damn sandbag tore my arms up though.

Overall it was a great day. I think I am gonna work on staying at the weight I am at and lean up where I am at. Still on the fence.

Jesse

Upperbody, back to what got my strong.

So I followed more of a WSB method for the past month or so to help maintain strength while I was losing weight. It worked somewhat, but now that I am only losing about 3-4 pounds a month strength loss shouldn't be an issue and getting stronger should be on the agenda. So it is back to 531, always works and always gives results for me.

Close grip bench (training max 270, yep starting low.)
135 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 5
230 x 10
Nice to be benching over my bodyweight for 10 reps, but my bench still sucks.

Incline DB press
40 x 10
50 x 10
60 x 10
70 x 10
80 x 10 PR not super strict but I will take it.

Pullups
5 x 5

Dips
4 x 10
was gonna do a 5th set but I almost face planted on the 10th rep on the 4th set, tris were shot.

Curls
3 x 5

What I thought was gonna be a complete crap workout, turned out to be a damn good one. My buddy Randy came over. Randy is sort of a project for me right now, I got him only lifting 2 days a week and he is making tremendous progress. We have set some goals for him and I believe he will be crushing all of these in about 4-5 weeks.

Jesse

Shitty ME deadlift workout

So I am definately figuring out some things that I need to change on my deadlift workout. But I think for the most part today was just a shitty workout. Tommorrow is high carb day and I can't wait.

Sumo Deads
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 1
405 x 1
425 x 1
445 x miss WTF!!! Not box squatting has really changed this lift for me.
475 x 1 conventional this felt like shit, switching from sumo to conventional in a workout is a stupid idea
downset conventional
405 x 8 easy, should have done 10 but my thumbs were killing me

Back Squats no belt
315 x 1 x 10 sets
These felt good, took about 4 sets before I found my groove, but based off how I felt on deads I thought these were gonna suck.

Superset Bent over rows with Long strap ab
5 x 10 and 5 x 20

Overall it was a great night, one of my projects Randy is really making some great gains every week. Very happy with how things are going for him.

I need to decide soon if I wanna keep this goal of going down more weight. I am actually very happy with how I feel right now. I think what I have been doing is at least helping me keep my strength somewhat, but I need to go back to reps on my deadlifts. It is what has always increased my deadlift.

Jesse

Sunday training, some ups some downs.

Sundays are one of my most fun days to train, mostly because I get to be around my friends and get some good laughs in. But they have also become one of the most dissapointing days for me. And the only reason is because my overhead press sucks right now, but I shouldn't let that ruin the rest of the workout.

Axle Clean and Press
220 x 1 x 5 sets, I was gonna do 8-10 singles but this was taking forever. I need to make another axle. I am gonna change something up here and see what happens. Right now my overhead is going nowhere and until I decide on where my bodyweight is gonna be that is gonna happen. Also I haven't continental cleaned in forever and that was really screwing things up on these also.

DBL overhand axle deads
290 x 1 x 4 singles.

Strict press
3 x 10

Front raises
3 x 10

Side raises
3 x 10

Stones
330 x 1 x 2 sets

Blast strap knee ups
3 x 10

So it was actually a decent workout, but I was very drained stayed up way too late last night.

Jesse

ME Upper body

Down to 227, very happy about this. I am definately keeping way more muscle than I have in the past when I lose weight. So for the most part my plan is working, but I have definately lost strength in my upperbody oh well it happens.

ME Upperbody
Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 1
275 x 1
300 x 1
310 x miss
Downset
255 x 5

Flat DB press
60 x 10
70 x 10
80 x 10
100 x 7

Green Band extensions
4 x 15

Straight bar curls
4 x 10

Good workout overall, tommorrow is conditioning 20-30 minutes of hell.

Jesse

Deads, squats, and damn I am tired....

Did post up my Sunday workout, but in all honesty I pretty much stunk the day up. One highlight I did manage to pull 295 x 3 on the axle double overhand deadlift. But that was about the only highlight.

Tuesday-
Warmed up with some snatches

ME deadlift, I could tell warming up that this might not be a great workout. But it wasn't bad.
15" deads off boxes, I really hate this position to pull from.
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 1
475 x 1
515 x 1
565 x 1
605 x miss, miss, I think this would have been a 5# PR probably should have done 585 first.
Downset
480 x 5

Speed deads
385 x 1 x 5 sets

Back squats
295 x 1 x 10 sets
In between every sets of squats, I did a set of 10 on DB rows, I switched sides each set.
100lbs x 10 x 5 sets each arm

Spud long ab strap
3 x 20
This thing is awesome, but I need a heavier stack for this.

Jesse

Upperbody

Decided to move upperbody to today instead of tommorrow. It wasn't a great workout, my upperback was sore and tired so my pressing had very little drive. Better than nothing and I set some small PRs.

4 board bench press
135 x 5 x 2
185 x 5
225 x 1
275 x 1 added boards
295 x 1
315 x 1
335 x 1
355 x miss I hit the uprights and on the 2nd attempt I had nothing left. My back was cramping up terrible.
Downset
285 x 5

Dips
bodyweight x 10
+ 20 x 10
+ 35 x 10 PR
+ 53 x 5
+70 x 5
+ 96 x 4 PR
bodyweight x 11

Straight bar curls
5 x 10
While this a stupid PR, I haven't been able to do straight bar curls for well over a year without pain. I worked up to 85lbs x 10 with very little pain. Good to know my wrist is feeling better.

Jesse

Lower body

First I think I am gonna have to switch to working out 3 days a week or least using the 4th day for just conditioning. It is just too much to try and get that 4th workout while I am working on losing weight, getting a good workout in, and lastly spending time with my daughter. I am gonna go by feel and see what happens. But more than likely I will start doing Tuesday Lower body, Thursday Upperbody, Sunday Overhead/Shoulders and strongman training. Then I will do conditioning work on monday, wednesday, friday. So it would appear that I would be working out 6 days a week, but my conditioning only takes usually 20-30 minutes, sometimes less.

Power Snatch from blocks
115 x 3 x 3
kept it light today, I was working on better form and it was hurting my shoulders.

Repitition day Deadlifts. Decided that about every 4th week I will do a rep day.
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 3 added belt
500 x 4 pathetic, but not terrible.

Back Squats
275 x 1 x 10 sets 20-30 sec rest

DB rows supersetted with Axle Shrugs
8 and 10 x 3 sets

Tabata jump rope and tabata KB snatches which about killed me.

Overall not a bad workout, just wished it went better. But I also realize that I changed my high carb day to thursday so I can enjoy Thanksgiving. So it has been 8 days of only 30 grams of carbs a day, Mondays are usually my high carb day so I think my body was a little pissed at me for not having massive carbs.

Jesse

Strongman day, not really......

My daughter had a powerlifting meet yesterday and we spent 11 hours there. Between helping spotting, loading, and coaching her I was wiped and actually sore. Woke up today and wasn't feeling that bad, but something didn't agree with my stomach was doing the toilet medley in between trying to workout. Not the most productive way to start the day.

Push Press
110 x 5
160 x 3
180 x 1
200 x 1
220 x 1
At this point I said screw it, I was running to the bathroom in between every set.

Double Overhand axle deads
220 x 3
250 x 3
280 x 7 PR stomach was feeling a little better here.

Strict press very light superset with Pull aparts
3 sets of 5 and 10 reps

Stones
230 stone x 5 x 3 sets Actually was getting some nice one motioning going on.

Farmers
200 a hand I think x 4 sets of 60 feet, on the 5th set I caught my foot and then tripped up and managed to pull my groin. It hurts but at least it was at the end of the workout. Overall not a bad day.

Jesse

Some thoughts about The Carb Nite Solution

About a month ago I was looking for something new to try as far as diet goes. In the past I have used Very Low Carb methods, and mostly carb cycling. Results wise carb cycling has always treated me well, but there is a lot of preparation and some days it could be a hassle. One benefit about carb cycling is I always got to have carbs, but I was usually eating 6-7 times a day. Not that I mind eating that much, but somedays at work it was hard to do that.

Earlier this year, I had noticed everybody talking about this Keifer who had researched and developed a better way of losing weight and fat, and you got to eat junk food. WHAT eating junk food and I can lose weight and fat, sign me the hell up! Most of my reading led me to Carb Backloading, which in the future I will definately be doing. Once I actually did some better googling, I find out about the Carb Nite Solution. This definately sounded like what I was interested in doing. So I bought the E-book and did some serious reading. While I was reading the book I started thinking of different things I had done in the past but obviously what I was doing wrong and failing. Almost everything I read made complete sense, and some of it didn't. I think I spent the whole night reading the book and jotting down ideas of what I need to do.

I got my wife on board to do this with me and we both have been on this for 4 weeks. Obviously the first couple weeks I lost weight fast, I think the first week I lost 6-7lbs, 2nd week 3-4lbs, and now about 1.5lbs a week. But the biggest thing I have noticed how much fat I am losing. My initial goal was to try and lose about 30lbs, but now I am realizing that I don't care how much weight I lose but if I can keep losing more fat the scale number doesn't matter to me.

One thing that I truly love is the carb nite, I am still figuring this out but I have had some pretty epic carb up nites. Burgers, fries, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream, pizza, and pie you are my friends. I am actually quite amazed at how much I can eat on these nights also, as typically in the past when I am eating less I cannot eat much on carb up days. But as long as I keep eating enought protein and fats this is not a problem.

So to sum it up, I have to say for what I want to accomplish The Carb Nite Solution is working great. One thing I need to really work on is doing enough interval training, once I get this done I know I will seeing many more results, but I have been lazy. Once Keifer puts out his Carb Backloading book I will definately buy so I can figure out how I will approach that when it is time for that. 

Thanksgiving is my next Carb Nite is gonna be EPIC!!!

Jesse

ME Upperbody Day

I felt very sluggish going into todays workout, but once I got home and took my new preworkout Maxforce NO, from espnutrition.com I was ready to go. I am not sponsored by these guys but I have to say this is the best preworkout I have ever taken and for as much as you get you can't beat it.

Close grip bench + chains
135 x 5
185 x 3
185 x 3 + 1 set 1/2" chains
185 x 3 + 2 sets
185 x 1 + 3 sets
185 x 1 + 4 sets
185 x 1 + 5 sets
185 x 1 + 6 sets
185 x 1 + 7 sets GRINDER
Down Set
185 x 5 + 4 sets of chain

I weighed the 7 sets of chain and they were actually a little heavier than I thought the last set was 180lbs of chain at the top.

Incline DB press
30 x 10
40 x 10
50 x 10
60 x 10
70 x 10

Fatbar Tricep Pressdowns
5 x 10

Biceps
6 sets of 10 reps

I did jump rope in between all my sets for sets of 50. Great workout, strength is starting to come back.

Jesse

Deadlift day

Ok day today, but man I forget how bad max 18" deads beat me up. I will probably only do these once a month, they are just too hard on me and as long as I am making gains on my regular deadlift these tend to go up also for me.

Power Snatches
95 x 3
115 x 3
135 x 1
145 x 1
155 x 1
162 x 1 x 2 sets PR but ugly, time to drop down for a couple weeks.

18" deadlifts off boxes
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 1
515 x 1
605 x 1 these were all hook gripped or double overhand.
655 x 1 strapped up PR, I should have tried to hook this but I will next time.
675 x miss, probably could have got this had I went from 605 to this.
downset
555 x 4 deadstop each rep, could have done more reps but this was killing my back. Still not bad.

Speed pulls
335 x 1 x 8 sets 75lbs of chain added

Chest supported rows
3 x 10

Green band abs
3 x 20

I am wrecked. My abbductors feel like they have been ripped off the bone. But I will be better tommorrow. Great workout. Also last time I pulled close to this weight I weighed 20lbs more.

Jesse

Suckage strongman day

Craptastic workout today. I should have felt great I slept for like 10 hours, but I just felt beat up. Still a fun day.

Strict Log Press
110 x 3
140 x 1
160 x 1
180 x 1
200 x 1
210 x 1
220 x miss, miss so close
Downset
180 x 3

DBL overhand axle deads
200 x 5
220 x 5
260 x 9 PR dead stop each rep

Stones
250 x 2 x 2
330 x 1
360 x not happening
I was drained at this point

Prowler
low handle 60 feet high handle 60 feet
3 plates each peg x 3 sets
4 plates each peg x 1 set
5 plates each peg x 1 set
This was probably the best part of the whole workout, heavy low handle prowler is where it is at, on a scale of 1-10 on the suck scale I will give 5 plates each peg an 11!

Front Raises supersetted with Side Raises
3 x 10

Guess I just need some rest, that is gonna happen today.

Jesse

Quick Lower body

Not a great workout, but not terrible by any means. I had to do a physical for my insurance today, so I fasted all day. Didn't get done with physical until 4:45pm so I ate a handful of almonds and said "Time to lift". I could tell that this wasn't gonna be the best workout. So I just did what I could.

Power Cleans
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 2
225 x 1
Was gonna do mulitple singles, but my back cramped up on the first set and it really hurt, so I said that is enough of that today.

Back Squats
Warmup
250 x 2 x 8 sets

1/2 Front squats
3 x 5
These were a lot harder than I thought they would be.

Green band abs
3 x 20

That was it.

Jesse

ME Upperbody, good workout but.....

So I am keeping some strength as I lose weight but I still wish I wouldn't lose any. But compared to how things have been in the past I can't complain.

ME 3 board press
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 1
255 x 1 added boards
275 x 1
305 x 1
325 x 1
335 x miss
Downset
275 x 6

Slingshot
185 x 10
205 x 10
225 x 10
250 x 10
5th set wasn't happening this was harder than I thought it would be.

Dips
5 x 5
4 sets with 53lbs hanging.

Extensions
5 x 10

Bicep work.

Overall I am happy with tonight.   I am consistently losing about 2lbs a week at the most, and I am maintaining strength and gaining in some areas. But I am probably still 2 years out from a bodybuilding show.

Jesse

Power Snatch PR, Deadlift PR, and then squats about killed me :)

I had a wonderful carb day yesterday, woke up this morning with what I like to call a food hangover. Nice feeling. I had a plan for today, and I accomplished it. Can't complain at all.

Power Snatch
95 x 3
115 x 3
135 x 1
145 x 1
155 x 1
160 x 1 PR kind of ugly but I will take it.

ME Deadlift
warmed up to 425lbs and then starting adding chains each set. Chains weight approx 25lbs a set
425 x 1
425 + 1 set of chains x 1
425 + 2 sets x 1
425 + 3 sets x 1
425 + 4 sets x 1
425 + 5 sets x 1
425 + 6 sets x 1
425 + 7 sets x 1 PR, probably had more in me but I wasn't gonna do anymore.

Back Squats
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 3
295 x 3
Did these beltless and they were done fast.

Bent Over Rows supersetted with Chest Supported Rows
3 x 10 each

That was it, great workout but I am spent.

Jesse

Strongman day

Down to 232lbs, and my strength seems to be holding decently. Chose axle clean and press for me ME overhead exercise today. Went decent.

Axle clean and press
110 x 5
160 x 3
180 x 1
200 x 1
220 x 1
240 x 1
250 x 1 ugly, I gotta work my jerk technique.
Most I have ever clean and pressed is 275lbs and that was at about 15lbs heavier, so I can't complain.
Downset
210 x 5

DBL overhand axle deads
280 x 1
310 x 1 10# PR
270 x 3

Stones
330 x 1 x 5 sets

That was it, then we spent a couple hours cleaning the gym. Looks awesome.

Jesse

Dynamic Lower body day

Good day today, I set myself on the clock for most of my exercises.

Power Cleans
Warmup
215 x 1 x 8 sets 30 sec rest in between

Speed Squats
230 x 2 x 8 sets
45 sec rest.
I am gonna try and stop box squatting for a while, so I did these beltless and with a medium stance. Will try this for about 6 weeks and see what happens.

DB Slds
4 x 10

Green Band Abs
3 x 25

Bunch of jumproping. Then I went and ate Primerib with the family, great postworkout but I can't wait to devour carbs on Monday.

Jesse

Maximum Effort Upperbody

When I got home the power was out around the block, luckily it wasn't too cold out so I opened the door to get some light and went at it. Luckily a old friend came by to workout so I had a spotter.

Swiss bar bench presses
120 x 5
170 x 3
210 x 3
230 x 1
260 x 1
280 x 1
290 x 1 Baseline PR
Down set
240 x 5

I will say I have never benched with the swiss, definately a different animal sense you have to keep it balanced and not let it shift on you.

Dips
5 x 12

Blast strap extensions
3 x 10

I was gonna stop as I couldn't see much anymore, but the power came back on so I did one more exercise.
2.5" thickbar Benches
5 sets of 8. I like this a lot, gonna do these more.

That was it. Did various sets of pull ups throughout the workout.

Jesse

Maximum Effort deadlift day and some squatting.

Power Snatches
95 x 3
115 x 3
135 x 2
155 x 1
157 x 1 PR

Reverse band Deads with green bands, setup where tension is gone at the knees. This sucked and it really showed a weakness for me.
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
455 x 1
505 x 1
555 x 1
575 x 1 stopped here as it was not a max effort pull, but damn close.
Was gonna do a down set, but my knee was feeling better so I figured might as well try some back squatting.

135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5
All of these felt great, as long as I feel good I will be pushing these back up every week.

Superset to finish
Prowler + 300lbs
low handle 50 feet, high hand 50 feet, DB row 115lbs x 8, paloff presses x 10 for 3 sets.

That was it, overall good night.

Jesse

Family training and conditioning, and thoughts about my weight loss.

So I had started the 1st phase of the carb nite solution, it went pretty well I and enjoyed eating carbs saturday night. But my wife has decided to start it also so I am gonna redo my 1st phase so that we can both have our carb nite together. I lost 5lbs last week so a good start and I think we are on the right track. I have been really hammering my conditioning work, and I think I feel the best I have in a long time.

Alison and Gabby's workout.
Bench Press
Alison
worked up to a topset of 60lbs x 10 reps PR
Gabby
Worked up to a top set of 47.5lbs x 9 reps PR

Then Alison got a nice PR on the the Military press doing 45lbs x 5 reps x 3 sets

My conditioning
10 sets of:
Prowler 60' low handles, 60' high handles, 50 jump ropes, 10 sledgehammer swings each arm
I won't lie this was brutal.

Jesse

Sunday overhead pressing and strongman day

The weather turned out to be great today and it was the start of a new journey for me.

Strict press
110 x 5
160 x 1
180 x 1
200 x 1
210 x 1

Downset
180 x 3

Double overhand axle dead
220 x 3
250 x 3
285 x 3 PR

Frame Carry
480 x 50 feet x 2 sets this didn't feel that great, but it was nice to do some stuff outside

Stones
230 x 15 loads

Prowler
16 sets of 80 feet

Overeall it was a great day, very happy with how things felt.

Jesse

Very quick workout

Gabby had a Halloween function at school, in the past I have tried my hardest to get out of these but since I have gotten wiser and know things for my family are more important than my lifting I opted to go and let my daughter have fun.

Got home a little after 7, and was just gonna skip my workout. But I figured I could go out and do whatever I felt like doing in 10-15 min.

Box squats supersetted with Power Cleans
225 x 2 and 205 x 1 for 8 sets

That was it, done in like 8 min.

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Today I started my new plan, it is only 1 day and it is really not much different but I think it will work.

4 board press with a close grip
135 x 5 x 2
185 x 5
225 x 3 added boards
275 x 3
295 x 1
315 x 1
335 x 1
355 x 1
300 x 6

Speed Overhead press with Choked Minis
5 sets of 3 reps

Swiss Bar Floor Presses
3 x 5

Dips
5 x 5 last set was with 70lbs

Fat bar pressdowns
5 x 10

Overall I was happy with tonight. Gotta figure out how I am gonna setup the rest of my workouts, but I think I have a good plan.

Jesse

Getting my motivation back.

Right now I have no meets on the horizon and I am nursing some injuries. So no better time than right now than to get my ass in gear and get my weight back down to where it should be. Since NAHA Nationals I have dropped 15lbs and I really am not sure as to where I will go down to. Ideally getting back down to 200lbs would be nice, I am pretty sure I can make that happen but I am not gonna push the issue and burn myself out.

I am gonna try a new method, it is called carb back loading. So far I like it, I feel a little tired during the day, but my workouts have been going good. And with getting to have a ultra high carb day once a week it at least makes you feel like you have something to work towards(besides losing weight.) I have also been doing a lot of prowler pushes and jump roping, eventually I will starting adding in some walking for 30-60 minutes at a time.

I really don't know if I will ever get to compete again, if I get to great, if not I can at least work on being healthier and trying to set some strength goals at a lighter bodyweight.

Here goes nothing.

Jesse

Deadlift and testing my knee out.

So my knee has been feeling a lot better. So I did what any person would do tested it out. I didn't do much but I could tell it was still too soon. I am pretty sure I will be ok, just gotta give it more time.

Power Snatch
just used as a warmup

Front squats
3 x 3 only used 155. These felt fine but on the 3rd set I felt a decent amount of pain, which is to be expected since I haven't done full range squats in a while.

Deads
225 x 3
315 x 3
425 x 3
475 x 6 had more in me, but I kept shifting to my right side and this would causing my lat to cramp. Better than I thought it would go. And I tore up my thumb really nice from hooking.

Bent Over rows
3 x 8

DB rows
3 x 10

Green band abs
3 x 20
KB twist
3 x 10

Prowler
10 sets of 80 feet
5 low handle, 5 high handle.

8# Sledge Swings
1 set of 30 swings each arm.

So I am working on losing weight, so far so good. I have dropped a few lbs and have a goal I want to be at in 3 weeks. I think I have found the right plan of attack for me right now.

Jesse

Strongman day, finally feeling like one again.

I gotta say today was a really good day. Not anything crazy fantastic today, but stuff is coming back around.

Strict Presses
140 x 5
160 x 5
180 x 7 getting better
Push Presses
200 x 3
220 x 3
240 x 1 knee was really throbbing here so I stopped.

DBL overhand Axle DL
200 x 3
240 x 3
270 x 3 no more, tried 4 but it slipped out above my knees.

18" Deadlift
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 1
475 x 1
525 x 1
600 x 1
Wow been a while on this one.

Stones
250 x 2
330 x 1
360 x 1 This made happy as hell, but it was hard. I still can't squat down to get the stones in my lap, so I have to pull them very high to get them in my lap. This was my goal today, so I can't complain.

Prowler pushes with 200lbs
4 sets of 120' low handles down to 60' high handles 60', this sucked nuts, I really wanted to die or pass out whichever happened first.

Some Biceps and Triceps

Overall it was a great day. Bryan is almost healed up and kicked ass, Corey is getting his mojo back, Josh got a overhead PR, and Troy killed the axle press, 18" DL, and stones.

Jesse

Lower Body somewhat

Woke up very sore today. But I did what I could and it was better than nothing.

Power Cleans
These felt terrible, my triceps were so sore that the catch of the clean was just plain ugly.

135 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 1

SSB Box squats
I lowered the box about 3", wow way harder obviously but felt it in my quads a lot more.
5 x 5

Tried do some DL variation for high reps but it wasn't happening today.

Prowler pushes
9-10 sets some low handle some high handle

16# sledgehammer
3 x 10

Jesse

Upperbody, or lack there of.

I had setup a peaking plan for a powerlifting meet I planned on doing next month. What I didn't take into account was taking 10 days off work and doing many different home improvements projects and how they would wear me down. But I am still on the fence and once I recover maybe things will change. Still once I thought about it, still a decent night.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
265 x 3
300 x 2 missed 3rd
Down set
275 x 3 very hard
3 board press
275 x 5 still hard

Swiss bar floor presses
3,5,5

Swiss bar extensions
3 sets x 10 reps different grip each set

Elevated pushups
5 sets x 10 reps

Wasnt' what I wanted but after looking at it all, it was a good workout. My daughter and wife kicked butt today. Gabby squatted 45lbs x 1 easy and then pulled 103.5 x 5 reps, Alison box squatted 95 x 5 and then did 145 x 8 easy on the deadlift. So proud of both of them.

Jesse

Deadlift and upperback

Not the worst workout, but not one of my better ones either. I have been doing a lot of projects around the house and I think it has worn me out a little bit. No big deal, it is stuff that needs to be done and I can always have a better workout next week.

Snatches
95 x 3
115 x 3
135 x 3
145 x 1
155 x 1 sloppy

Deads from the floor
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
455 x 1
500 x 1 x 2 sets was gonna do reps, but it was not happening today. Something goofy was going on with my knee and my hamstrings would not stop cramping.

Bent over rows close grip
4 sets x 5 reps

Bent over rows snatch grip
5 x 10

AB fallouts
3 x 10

Green band abs
3 x 20

My actual plan called for reps with 475 today, but I was feeling good somewhat on warmups and thought maybe I could pull some nice weight for reps, wasn't happening. Still a fun night.

Jesse

Strongman day, and it actually was.

Great day today, weather had a little bit of a chill in it but I felt good and decided to push things a little bit and see what my knee can handle.

Push Presses, it was a deload for my strict pressing and I wanted to try my new bar. I was happy with how it went but I definately prefer an axle for my pressing.

135 x 3 x 2
155 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 3

DBL overhand axle deads
250 x 10

Frame Carry
Lots of lighter sets for 50 feet
500lbs x 50 feet nice and easy but I didn't want to push it more than this.

Atlast stones
some lighter singles, then did the 310 for 1 load. This was easy but I am gonna be smart and work slowly back into it.

Prowler
6 sets of 60 feet

Bicep work
6 sets

Shoulder work
6 sets

Overall it was a great day. Looking forward to Tuesday deadlift workout. It is the last time we will see Chuck for a while so I think we will have to do something stupid.

Jesse

New olympic bar and some damn good training.

I ordered a new bar on Monday and it arrived today. Gotta say it is impressive, and so far I love it. For those who are curious here is the bar http://www.christiansfitnessfactory.com/index.php/Olympic-Bars/Cap-1200-lb-Olympic-Power-Bar. Did some power cleans to break the new bar in. Wow having a bar with whip and spin really makes a difference.

Power cleans
135 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 1
235 x 1
245 x 1
Wow these felt great, I haven't done cleans in months due to wrist hurting too bad and some other stuff hurting. Using this new bar I can actually catch my clean without pain. Mac did a nice 275 full clean.

SSB box squats
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 1
405 x 1
These suck, but I think they are helping my start on the deadlift.

I supersetted snatch grip deads with my SSB squats
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 3
405 x 1
430 x 1 PR no belt.

Prowler pushes
6 sets of 50 feet

Green band abs
3 x 20

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Went over to Bryan's house to train, not a great workout but not one of my best either.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1 paused
305 x 1 paused
315 x 1 touch and go.
225 x 10
My damn back kept cramping up, really killed my bench today.
Did some reverse band presses afterwords nothing special.

Dips
21,12,10,7- 50 reps the 21 reps is a PR happy about that.

Wrist curls
4 x 15

Not much, but it was a good one still. I really wish my back would have stopped cramping it really kiled my workout.

Deadlifts

Workout went very well today, things are really starting to come back around. Needed this workout.

Deads
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 3
455 x 10 Very happy with this, might have been able to do 1-2 more but I think I would be thumbless if I did.

Bent over rows
3 x 8

Blast strap rows
3 x 10

Prowler pushes
3 sets x 90 feet
Prowler Drags
3 sets x 90 feet

Green band pulldown abs
3 x 20

Landmines
3 x 5

Great night, I was wiped after this.

Jesse

Strict press and other stuff

Went out for Chucks bachelor party last night, had a really fun time but ate way too much. I felt like a bloated whale today. I was sweating just from warming up, and my stomach was in shambles.

Strict press
150 x 5
170 x 3
190 x 1+4
This just felt terrible, but it is progress.

Band pull aparts supersetted with Pulls to the face
3 sets x 15

Swiss bar curls
5 x 10

Cable curls
1 set x 20

Prowler sprints
10 sets of  90 feet.

Not much, but better than nothing. I don't think I am gonna eat a thing today, even the thought of food makes me wanna puke. But it was a good time.

Jesse

Lower body accessory day

I think that is what I am gonna call this day, I really can't squat persay, but I can do stuff similar to it.

SSB high box squats
5 x 5 I think top set was 335, was pretty easy but I could feel my knee starting to ache.

Ultra wide sumos
4 x 5 top set was 315

Prowler pushes
6 sets of 60 feet

Sledgehammer Swings
3 sets of 16# x 5, 12# x 10, 8# 20 each arm for 105 reps each arm.

Overall good night.

Jesse

Upperbody Day

My sister came over as she wanted some help with what she needs to do and how to do it correctly. So I helped her out as I did my own workout.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
205 x 3
245 x 3
270 x 8 not a PR but happy with this.

Swiss bar Floor Presses
I think I did like 3 heavy sets of 5. These are great, definately a keeper.

Swiss bar extensions
3 x 8
I really like how these felt, didn't hurt my elbows.

Dips
3 x 10

Grippers

Very happy with todays workout. I really didn't think I could get 8 with 270 as I haven't been training my bench too much.

Jesse

Sunday and Tuesday

Sunday-
Strict presses
140 x 3
160 x 3
180 x 6 not bad, it is coming back around.
Push Presses
200 x 3
220 x 3
Not hard, just testing my knee.

18" deads
worked up to 600, it was easy but more than enough pressure on my knee.

DBL overhand axle deads
200 x 3
250 x 1
270 x 1
290 x 1
300 x 1 PR happy about this.
310 x miss so close

I think I did some other stuff but I can't remember.

Tuesday. So I had a thought today of testing my deadlift. I was rather worried as I haven't done any really heavy deads in a while. I told myself if I couldn't do 500 today, there was no way I wasn't gonna do the powerlifting meet in Nov.

Deads
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
455 x 1
505 x 1 pretty easy
525 x 1 a little struggle, but not bad at all.
So I was happy after this, gives me a decent starting point to work from.

Swiss bar rows
did about 3 sets, not sure how I like it for bent over rows

Thick DB rows
3 x 5 each arm

Axle shrugs
4 x 8

Some prowler pushes and backwards drags.

Jesse

Lower body and fun night with Gabby.

First off, I have to say working out with my daughter Gabby is one of most fun things I get to do lately. Sometimes I gotta really push her hard to do things, but then once she does it she really gives it 100%. If I never get to do another competition but get to workout and watch her get better I will be a happy father.

Gabby's Workout
Deadlift
50 x 5
70 x 5
80 x 1
95 x 10 with a few breathes in between. She doesn't believe me but she will easily pull 120-125lbs in November.

I was doing some prowler and she wanted to see if she could do 180 on the Prowler.
180lbs x 60 feet with a few stops, just all out intensity, so awesome to watch.
Then she did a set with 90lbs for 60' with 1 stop.

My workout. So I am being smart and making sure I don't mess my knee up more, I think I might be on the right track.

SSB high box squats
5 x 10 top set I think was 245lbs. I am really gonna use this bar for the next 6 weeks, it hammers my core and almost mimmicks my deadlift form. These were all light sets, but felt good.

Prowler push 180lbs x 60 feet x 10 sets

Hip Snatch
3 x 5 sets

Green band abs
20 x 5 sets

Not a bad day, looking forward to Sunday.

Jesse

Upperbody stupidity

I have been rather bored with my training as of late. So I am trying to switch some things up. I don't know if this will help me get to my goals or not ,but it does make me want to be in the gym.

Close grip bench
240 x 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 no way 8 rep set was happening
225 x got 5 and my arms almost gave out dropped down to 205 for last 3.
205 x 9, 10
Wow this was harder than I thought it would have been, but it was fun to do.

Skullcrushers
3 x 8

Band extensions
3 x 15

Lots of grip work.

Doesn't look like much but I was pretty wiped after this.

Jesse

Stupidity for the day, oh and deadlifting.

So my knee is still killing me, but I figured what the hell it feels a little better.

Front squats, I decided to use a light knee wrap to see if it helps.
135 x 3 x 2
185 x 3
Feeling good at this point.
225x holy shit that hurt. Ok lesson learned gonna have to find new ways to squat and let this damn thing heal up.

So I decided to do something really stupid on deads today. It really sucked.
315 x 1-10 55 reps. Now my original plan was to go back down for 100 total reps, but when I went to do my 9 set I did 2 reps and my lower back felt like it was gonna explode. So.....
225 x 9-1 45 reps
I won't lie, this sucked and was way harder than I thought it would be. I have done 315 for multiple sets of 10-20 reps and that was way easier than this. Oh well glad I completed it.

Blast strap rows
5 x 10

So I am gonna be really working on making my knee better and dropping weight. I am actually down about 9lbs in 2 weeks, mostly just from not eating as much and eating better foods. Gabby wants me to do the powerlifting meet with her in November and with any luck I will be able to.

Jesse

A little conditioning

I haven't been able to do any real conditioning for about a week cause of my knee, today I really didn't give a shit I was gonna do something and pay the price no matter what happens.

Prowler sprints 90lbs
10 sets of 80 feet

Jump rope
10 sets of 50 jumps

My knee was killing me at this point, but it felt so good just to be able to do some conditioning. I am gonna probably try something new for squats, not sure what will happen there.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Friday's Workout
Couldn't do squats still, well I maybe could of but I don't think it would be worth the pain it would bring right now. So I just an easy workout.

Straight Legged Deads
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 5
No belt nice and easy, but my hammies have been nice and sore for couple days now.

KB swings
3 x 10

Sledge Swings
3 x 10

Sunday
Not so strongman day.
Strict presses
130 x 5
150 x 5
170 x 6
Looking back I should have waited another week to start these, no biggie rest it for a week now.

Triset
side raise, front raise, bent over raise
4 x 10

Hammer curls
3 x 10

Cable curls
5 x 15

DBL overhand axle deads
5 x 5

green band abs
5 x 20

Nice and easy day.

Jesse

Upperbody

I figured I might as well do some testing on a few lifts to see how bad they have gotten. I tested my strict press and bench press today.

Strict Press
110 x 5
160 x 3
180 x 1
200 x 1
220 x 1
230 x 2 misses
So I have set a goal of getting a bodyweight strict press by December 26th. This is my 35th birthday and gives me 3 months to get it. I was around 242 this morning, so with any luck I can lose a few pounds and keep my strength.

Bench Press
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1 pause
300 x 1 pause
These were easy, but my wife was spotting me and I didn't want to go too heavy and freak her out.

DB Floor Press
80s x 8,8,12
I forgot how great these are and will definately be doing them more often.

Kind of a quick workout, but I will take it. I need to lay out my training for the next couple of months now.

Jesse

Training and some thoughts.....

So I woke up on sunday and I felt great, but after walking around for about an hour my knee locked up and I couldn't even bend it. This had me quite worried, but I also know that I am not a spring chicken anymore and sometimes my body needs a little more rest than I want to give it. Anyway I was feeling a little bit better today so I decided to try some deads.

Deads from the floor
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1,2,3,4, then on the 5th set I felt a twinge.

Bent over rows
135 x 10 x 5 sets

Woodchoppers
3 x 10

Landmines
3 x 5

I really need to figure out what I wanna do this weekend. I want to compete at the MacPherson games but I also know that there is a chance I could hurt myself more and then I might not be able to work, if I can't work then I can't take care of my family. I don't know maybe I am overthinking things, but I think at this point in my life I need to. Then I also realize the amount of money it will cost to do this games, a couple years ago I would have thought twice about this but now I never know if I am gonna make 400$ or 200$ a week and that can't hurt the old pocket book big time. Trying to be more responsible is a bitch, but I am father and good husband so sometimes I just gotta grow up.

Jesse

NAHA Nationals

I competed in the NAHA nationals today. It was a decent day overall, I got some PRs and had a good time with some friends. I decided to go heavyweight to really challenge myself, and challenge myself I did.

1st event Open Stone
I ended up with a best of 31' 8" good enough for 2nd but I have more in me.

2nd event Heavy Hammer
Okay 1st I am still very mad at myself here, as I completely forgot everything I learned on how to do this correctly and it really showed.
I ended up with a best of 60' 9 3/4" 3rd place.

3rd event WOB
I only got 11' missed 12' right at the bar 3 times in a row. Not sure what happened here. 2nd place.

4th event Max Log
My legs were shaky as hell at this point, so I opened light.
1st attempt 220 good
2nd attempt 240 good
3rd passed
2nd place

5th event Farmers Walk 265 each hand 120 feet with a turn
I finished in 38.xx huge PR for me as I have never finished farmers this heavy. Had I got the turn better I think I could have won this event. 2nd place.

6th event 600# tire flip 3 flips carry 270# keg 60'
Finished in 29.xx for a PR and the event win.

Overall it was a good day, we ended up with a 3 way tie for 1st and I took home 3rd on countbacks. So I a sweet trophy, 50$, and some egg whites. Not too shabby for throwing stuff and picking up things.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Last couple of days.

Log press experiment. I decided to try and press in chucks as my olympic shoes have been throwing me off on the log, and the area we are pressing at at the contest is kind of slanted.


240 x 1 x 4 sets

I had 1 rep that was actually a decent rep, the other 3 were basically leg drive to eyes, then strict press out.



Close grip bench

225 x 5 x 3 sets



Pressdowns

5 x 15



Curls

3 x 5






Starting my deload a little earlier, I think it will pay off.



Friday

Front squats

135 x 3

185 x 1

225 x 1

245 x 1

275 x miss fell forward, kind of pulled the bicep decided to not try again.



Sumo Pulls

135 x 3

225 x 3

315 x 3

405 x 1

455 x 1



Just wanted to see how these felt, I think I will pull sumo for the powerlifting meet I do in Nov.



KB snatches

70 x 5 x 2 sets



Prowler pushes

I can't remember, I think I did 5 sets of 80 feet.



Sunday

Went and did some throwing first

Braemer

open stone

heavy hammer

LWFD

WOB





Throwing went ok, some good some bad.



Log press

200 x 3 x 2 sets



Farmers

Not very good, tore up hands on LWFD.



Tire flips

600 x 3 x 3 these went decent



Keg Carry

270 x 60 feet x 2 sets



Prowler Pushes

200lbs x 60 feet x 6 sets



Good day overall, looking forward to resting up this week.



Jesse

Front squats and Deads

Today was actually a pretty good workout, I think I will regret it tommorrow.

Front squats, how I loathe these.
135 x 5 x 2
185 x 1
225 x 1 x 8 sets sort of PR, as I really suck at these. I am gonna stick with doing multiple sets of singles and see what happens.

Deads
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 2 x 2
425 x 2 x 2
455 x 2
475 x 2
Was gonna do 500 as my last set but I realized I was smoked at this point.

Prowler challenge. So Mac and Chuck both just got done pushing 800lbs for 60 feet. I figured what the hell lets make it 850lbs and see what happens.
I went about 20 feet, took off 50lbs and made it another 10 feet before my legs gave out. I think one of the skids needs to be fixed as the prowler was really grabbing on the right side. Oh well still sort of a PR.

Bent over rows
185 x 8 x 5 sets

Ab Fallouts
2 x 10

Good night.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Thursday I deloaded, just did some push presses

110 x 5
160 x 3
200 x 3
220 x 1
240 x 1
250 x 1

Friday
Box squats with choked purples
225 x 2 x 8 sets did in 8 min.
But later on in the my left arm kept going numb, I think all that band tension hit a nerve. Took a couple days but it is better now.

Did some ab work and jump roping.

Sunday
Did some throwing in the morning, it went shitty.

Log press
140 x 3
180 x 3
200 x 1
220 x 1
240 x 1 very hard, and it shouldn't be. I think I will do log on thursday and then on sunday just work on some light stuff this week.

Farmers
230 each hand x 2 trips of 120 both sets no drops happy about this.

Tire flip/keg carry medley
600 tire x 3 flips 60' carry with 270 keg, not bad the carry sucked but I finished in 35 sec.

Prowler Push
200lbs x 50 feet
290lbs x 50 feet
380lbs x 50 feet
470lbs x 50 feet
520lbs x 50 feet

Overall it was a decent day.

Jesse

Brutal workout

Great workout today. Chuck brought over his Belt squat belt and I got humbled more than I have ever in a long time.

Belt squats
100 x 5
200 x 5
300 x 1 holy crap that was hard
200 x 5 x 2 sets
I am buying one of these, my quads were toast after this.

Deads
warmup
335 x1 + short purple bands
335 x 1 + bands and 1 set of 1/2" chain
335 x 1 bands 2 sets of chain
335 x 1 bands 3 sets of chain
335 x 1 bands 4 sets of chain
335 x 1 bands 5 sets of chain
335 x 1 bands 6 sets of chain PR

Medicine ball side tosses 15#er
2 x 10

Prowler supersetted with Blast strap rows
180 feet on prowler with 90lbs then 10 reps on rows x 5 sets
I about passed out after this.

Fun night, been a while since I have really been this humbled by an exercise.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

My past couple of workouts have really sucked, but I am pretty sure I know the problem and I am working on correcting it.

Friday
Started out with WOB 56#er
Just couldn't put it together on these today, I made 11' but couldn't get to 12' to save my life. I can't remember the last time I couldn't get 12'

Box squats with chocked purples
225 x 2 x 8 sets
These were actually nice and fast.

Farmers run
230 each hand x 120 feet turn at 60'
Not bad, actually felt pretty easy

Prowler suicide
45 on each post
low handles down, high handles back
80',60',40',20'
Wow this sucked, can't believe I made it through this.

Hang cleans
just used some light weight and worked on exploding.

Sunday
I got up early and was gonna practice throwing, but it wasn't feeling right. The heavy hammer went OK, but the open stone was terrible.

Strongman training back at home. I could tell my legs were exhausted I had no pop and they were shaky.
Log press
140 x 3
180 x 3
200 x 3
215 x 1
230 x 1 x 2 sets just couldn't get any leg drive I wanted to do reps here but it was not to be today.

Farmers
I wanted to try a heavier set, but my grip sucked on heavier weight today.(Not that my grip is all that good anyway.)
260 each hand x who cares basically I made it to 60' dropped them and then went a little further.
210 x 2 trips of 120 feet these were fast, but they were light so they should have been.

Tire Flips
600ish tire x 3 x 3  Not bad, it had rained earlier so I was tenative to grab the tire and flip it hard.

Keg Carries
250 x 2 trips of 60 feet timed the 2 run 1 was 9 sec and the other mid 8s
220 x 1 trip of 60 feet did this one in 7.xx

Prowler push
450lbs x 60 feet PR
650lbs x 60 feet Huge PR, this was brutal. I think I have a little more in me but that will be saved for another day.

That was it for today. I definately am in need of some extra recovery stuff, maybe a massage tommorrrow.

Jesse

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Upperbody workout
Strict presses
110 x 5
150 x 3
180 x 1
200 x 1
210 x 2
220 x 1
230 x 2 misses, so close

Push presses
230 x 3 x 2 sets these were easy and I should have done more reps but I want to work on getting a little more eplosive.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 6 back was cramping up stopped here, I think 8 would have happened today.

Dips supersetted with prowler pushes
bodyweight on dips, 180 lbs on prowler
18 reps, 80 feet prowler
12 reps, 80 feet
15 reps, 80 feet
10 reps, 80 feet
This sucked, but was fun and challenging.

Wrist curls supersetted with hammer curls
15 reps and 10 reps x 3 sets

Overall it was good day.

Jesse

Squats, deads and upperback

Wasn't sure how today was gonna go. I was very tired at work today, and kind of felt ill. But Chuck was back in town and there was no way I was gonna puss out and miss my workout with him. Plus I had two new guys over Josh and Brandon. Can't look like a bitch in front of the new guys.

Front squats
135 x 5 x 2 sets
225 x 1
These are feeling better, probably gonna switch to doing mulitple singles on these I think.
Back squats
275 x 3
My legs were just toast today, and since I am just using them as a warmup for deads no reason to push it today.

Deads from the floor
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
500 x 1 x 2 sets
Deads felt ok, I haven't pulled from the floor with anything "heavy" in a while so ok start.

DB rows
165 x 5 x 3 sets

Ab work
Paloff presses 3 x 10
Green band abs 3 x 20

It was a fun night, and it was great to have Chuck back in the gym.

Jesse

Strongman day

I probably over did things today, but my back was able to hold up so I pushed it hard. I am sort of regretting it now but this won't be the last time.

Log press
140 x 5
190 x 3
210 x 3
230 x 1
250 x 1 I forgot to record this, but it was an all out grinder. I really need to work on my leg drive as I strict press stuff way too much.
But still I was happy with how this went, as these are probably my planned 1st and 2nd attempts for next month.

Down set
210 x 5

Farmers Walks
210 each hand x 3 trips of 120 feet. Pretty good, grip held out and I was figuring out the turn better.

Tire Flips
3 sets of 5 flips with 600ish tire. These great, had to do one set uphill and it sucked but I still able to one motion my flips.

Keg Carry
250 keg x 3 trips of 60 feet.

Complex
5 pullups, 10 scarescrows, 10 curls x 4 sets

WOB with 44LB implement
went 10ft,11ft,12ft,13ft all nice and easy just went one right after another. Was gonna try 13'6" for a PR or 14' but I was tired as hell at this point.

Overall I am feeling really good about next month. Just gotta not hurt myself and heal the things up that are messed up.

Jesse

Lower body, was supposed to be a deload workout.

Was gonna sort of deload today. Kind of decided in advance that I was gonna some fun stuff. But I managed to get stupid and tweak my back.

Atlas stones
250 x 3
330 x 1
405 x miss almost lapped it and then felt my back pop
So then I tried the 250 again to see just how much pain I was in, turns out a lot.

So like any smart person I decide to keep working out and see how much pain I was in, turns out as long as I put my belt on tight as hell I was ok.....Somewhat.

Super Yoke
250 x 120 feet then jumprope 50 reps
340 x 120 feet jumprope 50 reps
430 x 120 feet jumprope 50 reps
520 x 60 feet jumprope 50 reps

3-4 sets of 50 reps on jump rope

Complex
135 back squat x 5
200 DBL overhand axle dead x 5
Green band abs x 20
Jump rope x 50
Did this 3 times.

Overall it was still a fun day. I am icing my back right now and it is starting to feel better, sitting down that is:)

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Kind of an abbreviated workout, but still some good work. It was my dads 63rd birthday and it stormed just insane. So I did what I could.

Strict presses
110 x 5
150 x 3
180 x 3
200 x 3 x 2 sets

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
223 x 3
275 x 1
295 x 1
315 x 1

That was it. Dissapointed I didn't do more but got the most important stuff done.

Jesse

Kickass workout

So I really wasn't sure what I wanted to do today. So I figured I would take it easy on the back squats today and pull some heavy weight for reps on the 15" deadlift. Plan worked out very well.

Cambered bar box squats close stance
160 x 3
210 x 3
250 x 3
310 x 3 10# PR kind of measly PR but I will take it.

15" deads
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 3
495 x 1
550 x 8 HUGE PR!!!

So I realized I didn't get conditioning done yesterday, and I ate way too much crappy food when we took Gabby to The Amazing Pizza Machine. I still don't really understand what was so amazing about it, but Gabby had fun.

Circuit #1
405 dead x 1
jumprope x 50
16# sledge 10 each arm
Went through this 5 times

Circuit #2
Blast strap rows I added a set of 1/2" chain every set x 10
Green band pulldown abs x 20
Jump rope x 50
16# sledge x 10 each arm
Went through this 5 times.

Really happy with the this workout, need to get my rower out in the garage and starting using it more often.

Jesse

Highlands and Strongman day

The day started out terrible, but ended great. I got up early to go throw with Mike Sissel, this went absolutely terrible. I couldn't get anything to feel right at all. The only decent thing that went good was the LWFD where I managed to throw 47' and change, but everything else was pathetic. If the hammers were mine I would have snapped the stupid things in half.

Went home to do strongman training, now I am not gonna lie I wasn't expecting much to happen today as I felt beat to shit, and I am not suprised as I pushed the limits this week with the weights. But training ended up ok and I can't complain with the results today.

Log Press
200 x 3
220 x 1
240 x 2 these were terrible almost all strict pressed, if I can ever figure out leg drive on the log I will be set.

Incline log
240 x 5, should have done more as dickhole Troy decided to one up me.

Farmers Walks
230 each hand x 120 feet with a turn, finally some progress with my grip. The last ten feet though I was holding the farmers but the last inch of my fingers. I really need to get my right hand looked at, aftter NAHA I will.
260 each hand x 60 feet.

Tire Flip/Keg Carry medley
600ish Tire x 3 flips/250 keg carry 60 feet. This went good finished in around 30 sec, I can do this faster when I have a better setup, in the driveway we run out of room with the tire in the way.

Prowler pushes
270lbs x 3 trips of 60 feet. This is actually a PR for me as I have never been able to use this much weight and 2 of the trips were uphill, we were gonna do more sets but I had to get inside.

Overall a good day, I think this week it is time to go lighter and work back up for 4 weeks. Gonna try and up the conditioning this week as I slacked last week and get some good throwing in Wednesday. Also we had some new guys come over today Dan Bunch and Josh Haggin, both of them put in some great work and set some PRs.

Jesse

Lower Body

Ok workout today, had to work around a nice groin pull but I still managed a decent workout.

WOB with 56#
7 or 8 tosses, started at 10' and worked on technique would have done a few more but I broke my standards. Gotta fix that.

Box squats with loose suit
230 x 2
280 x 2
320 x 2
370 x 1
410 x 1
460 x 3 PR

KB snatches
70lb x 10 each arm was gonna do some more sets but right wrist was hurting.

Backwards sled pulls
400lbs x 8 sets of 60 feet
My legs hated me after this.

Some ab work.

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Ok workout today, I think my body was a little worn out from tuesdays lifting and then throwing yesterday. Still did some good work.

Strict presses with axle
110 x 5
140 x 3
170 x 3
190 x 4 x 2 sets
These felt like crap, I was very sore in my upperback and didn't help my pressing at all.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 3
300 x 3 was happy to even get 3, I wanted 5 no biggie.

Dips
bodyweight x 5
+ 35 x 5
+ 53 x 5 x 3 sets

Palms in DB presses
70s x 10 x 3 sets

Log cheat curls
3 x 5

Wrist curls
60 total reps

Gonna have to stick with hammer curls and log curls my wrist cannot handly regular curls anymore.

Jesse

Squats and Deads

Went over to Casa de Benzel for a workout. It went pretty well.

Snatch grip high pulls
135 x 3 x 3

Front squats
135 x 3
155 x 3
185 x 1
205 x 1
Starting to figure these out
Switch to back squats
225 x 3
275 x 3
325 x 3

Rack pulls from 15-16"
worked up to 525 x 5 for a PR and then 600 x 2 for another PR. I did these dead stop each rep. Both of these sets I had more reps in me. I hate pulling from this position but it is helping a lot with certain weaknesses.

DB rows supersetted with Bent over rows
3 x 10 each

Abs
Blue band pulldown abs supersetted with Leg raises
20 and 10 x 3 sets

Great night.

Jesse

Connecting with your children

I have been fortunate enough that my both my daughters have taken an interest in lifting weights. I have to say that it is one of them most enjoyable things to be able to do with them also. My daughter Gabby has taken a very serious attitude towards working out. In the last year she has competed in 2 powerlifting meets and I have been so proud of how serious she takes her training. She has such a competitive spirit and gets very angry when she misses a lift, she reminds me so much of myself.

Early today when we were lifting together she missed a PR bench press attempt, now she does not get to do max hardly ever so she was very excited. She attempt 55lbs and missed it, she got so upset that she started crying. I understood how she felt as I know that when I go after a PR and I miss it I get very upset, except usually it involves me swearing and then probably throwing or punching something(good thing she hasn't learned that yet.) I tried to explain to her that missing a weight is not a big deal it is gonna happen a lot in life, and not just with the weights.

I never thought that I would be able to connect with my daughter in the gym like I have, but I think it is something that we will have together for a lifetime. She has already told me that wants to throw shotput in junior high, I am very excited for this. One thing I have learned is to have some kind of hobby in common with your children, it doesn't have to be sports but to have something your both enjoy makes for a better relationship.

Come November it will be time for Gabby's 3rd meet, I can't wait for it.

Jesse

Strongman and some throwing

Ok day today, some things went good some things went bad. But I learned from what mistakes I made.

Throwing did some open stone, hammer, and LWFD. I learned that having some gorilla grip left on hand doesn't mix well on the LWFD. This actually was something I forgot about and learned later.

Went home and did strongman training.

Log press
warmup
230 x 3 x 3 this is some sort of PR as I have never done this much volume with 230, hell I think my best rep set is 5 reps. Starting to get a lot of things figured out on the log.

Incline log
230 x 5 stopped here wasn't feeling this today.

Farmers walks
2 sets of 120 feet with a turn with 235 these were utterly complete shit. 1st set I screwed up the turn and didn't have room to fix it so I had to put it down, 2nd set was going good but I dropped them at about 100 feet. I then realized hey dipshit you never washed the gorilla grip off your hands. Gorilla grip and chalk don't mix well. Lessoned learned..

Keg carrys
270 keg x 60 feet x 2 sets

Prowler
10 sets of 60 feet with 180 lbs.

Still a good workout, it was hot towards the end.

Jesse

Lower body day

I felt like shit today, but this workout turned out great. Quite suprising.

Box squats
warmup
300 x 2 x 8 sets these felt great nice and snappy.

Swinging KB snatches
96#er 2 x 5 each arm. These thing feels so easy now, I gotta buy a 106#er.

Tire Flips
600#er x 3 x 5 sets every single flip one motioned, felt so easy.

Abs
3 x 10 paloff presses
3 x 20 Green Band pulldown abs

Great workout.

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Another good workout, definately not regretting letting my bodyweight go up and just letting my body do what it wants.

Strict presses
110 x 5
160 x 5
180 x 5 x 2 sets
200 x 2

Close grip bench
135 x 5 x 2
185 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 1
275 x 7

Blast strap pushups
30 reps total started out with 5 sets of 1/2" chain on back, 5 reps each set

Green band extensions
5 x 15

Cheat curls
3 x 5

Wrist curls
3 x 10

Jesse

Deadlifts and Squats

Not a bad day today, went and lifted at Bryan's house so my workout was a little later than usual. Managed to pull a muscle in my lower back but I am pretty sure it will be fine.

Snatch grip high pulls
135 x 3 x 3

Back Squats
135 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 5 nice and easy
350 x 1 felt good
I am just taking it easy on back squats, using them more as an assitance exercise. So far so good.

DL from the floor
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 2
495 x 1 this felt so good and then when I locked it out, I felt something pull in my lower back. Decided to be smart and not do anymore after this. This was very hard to do as Bryan was on fire tonight and managed to pull 615 for a lifetime PR.

DB rows
4 x 10

Ab wheel
3 x 5

Still a good night, back will be fine.

Jesse

Event day

Today was a hard workout, it was hot and humid and it really kicked my ass. But still got some decent work in.

I got up early and did some throwing, didn't go so well but still practiced it. I really gotta try and get some work in with someone who knows what they are doing. I have a great person to do it with, just gotta see what it will cost.

Log press
220 x 3 x 3 was happy about this, starting to find my groove on the log.

Incline Log
220 x 5
200 x 10

Gonna start doing these again, as they have always helped my log press.

Farmers Walks
210 each hand x 3 sets of 120 feet all with turns at 60'
These went well, good speed and my grip is feeling better.

We were gonna do tire but all of us agreed that we felt like hell and just did keg carries instead.
250 keg x 60 feet x 3 sets
Nice and fast, and grip held out. I might have a chance of actually getting a decent farmers run this year.

Pulls to the face supersetted with pullaparts
3 x 10

Front raises supersetted with side raises
3 x 10

Overall good day, looking forward  to resting up. Will do some conditioning tommorrow.

Jesse

Legs and such

Decided to take it a little easy today. Still a decent workout.

Warmed up with some WOB with the 56#

12' easy
13' probably 6-7 misses 4 hit the bar so close. We decided to measure as Bryan got 15' turns out the top is 2 inches higher. So I was missing at 13' 2". I know for NAHA nats I need to get at 13' if not 13'6" to be competitive. Keep on working at it.

Box squats
320 x 2 x 5 sets these felt decent and fast.

KB snatches
96#er x 3 x 3 each arm

Pulldown abs
3 x 20

50# medicine ball slams
3 x 10

Calf Raises
3 x 10

Jesse

Upperbody day

I think today was about as perfect as you could get weather wise for lifting outside. It was humid but not hot.

I have decided it is time to get shit back on track and so I figured I better see how crappy my strict pressing is, turns out not near as crappy as I thought it would have been.

Strict presses with axle
90 x 5
140 x 3
160 x 1
180 x 1
200 x 1
210 x 1 near max effort, but was very pleased with this. I was so close to a bodyweight strict press last year and I think I can do it this year for sure if I stay on the right track. So I gotta add 25lbs to my strict press and not gain any more weight. Hmmm better go with adding 30-35lbs to my strict press eating has become a second hobby lately LOL!

Bench press
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
305 x 1

Close grip Bench
225 x 10 x 3 sets

I am gonna go back to close grip benching all the time, I have no reason to wide grip bench and it is not helping me really.

Tate Presses
3 x 8

Fatbar wrist curls
5 x 10

Hammer curls
3 x 8

Also I did 500 jumps with the jump rope, was gonna do 1000 but the rope broke.  Overall I am very pleased and it feels good to be motivated again, as I haven't had any in a long time.

Jesse

Deadlift day

Decent workout today. I knew going into this workout that I had a few pulled muscles, but I pushed through it and stopped when I knew my body had enough.

Front squats
135 x 3
185 x 1
205 x 1

Back squats
225 x 5
275 x 5

Squats felt great, no knee pain. Will be bumping these up over the next few weeks. Also I will be squatting twice a week, or as much as my body will allow it.

15" deads
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 1
515 x 1
565 x 1
615 x miss felt a twinge, decided better to abort

Speed pulls
355 x 3 x 5 sets

Bent over rows
5 x 8

Pike up ab crunches with 16# sledge swings
2 x 10 each

That was it, things are feeling great.

Jesse

Some throwing and Strongman

I think todays workout was one of the best ones I have had in a while, not the weights used overall how I felt.

Went and did some Open stone and Hammer before strongman, it went ok I think I am figuring some stuff out. Slowly but I am.

Log press
worked up to 220 for single, not hard just wanted to get an idea of where I am at. Gotta work on my form big time.

180 x 5 x 3 sets

4 board press
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3

Farmers Walks
170 per hand x 120 feet with a turn x 3 trips we did these very fast, just wanna get some work on doing turns and working my grip. Don't know if this plan will work but I have nothing to lose right now.

Tire Flips
600#er x 3 x 5 sets I one motioned about every single rep, had a miss on about 2-3 mostly towards the end as my hands were sweating and slipped off.

Keg Carrys
200#er x 60 feet x 4 trips

Overall great day, I recovered much faster in between sets and felt good. I will start adding in the keg carry after the tire flips probably next week.

Jesse

Lower body workout.

Decided to take it a little bit easy today, my legs were a little worn out from yesterdays sled fest.

KB Cleans
70 x 5 x 2 sets
96 x 5 x 1 set

KB snatches
70 x 5 x 2 sets
96 x 5 x 1 sets

Box squats
230 x 2 x 4 sets
280 x 2 x 4 sets

Abs
6 sets

This workout was just perfect for today, still got some work in and didn't beat myself up.

Jesse

Upperbody day

Overall todays workout was a really good one, it started out a little crappy but ended well.

Wide grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
215 x 5
245 x 3
275 x 5 really wanted 6, but it was not to be today. My upperback has been toast lately from tuesdays and I have very little drive off my chest as my upperback is so sore. Still 5 isn't terrible, but it is a lot less than I am capable of.

I did jump roping in between every set, I was gonna do more jump roping throughout the workout, but Mac reminded me of a challenge I had come up with, so I did that instead a little later.

Dips
bodyweight x 5
+ 35 x 5
+ 53 x 10 alltime PR very happy with this.

Pressdowns with Fatbar
5 x 10

Backwards sled drags
13 sets of 60 feet starting at 100lbs up to 500lbs, my legs were toast at this point. I was gonna do more but my legs were shaking and I really wanted to puke and punch Mac in the nuts, granted I should want to punch myself as I came up with the idea.

So not really a lot but a good workout.

Jesse

Lower body day

Pretty good day today, not as hot as it has been but still on warm side.

Front squats
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 3 still gotta work on keeping upright as the weight is not an issue but my form sucks.

15" deadlift
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 3
500 x 10 easy

Speed pulls
3 x 3

DB rows supersetted with blast strap rows
3 x 10 each

Circuit
jump rope 30 sec, medicine balls slam x 5, sledghammer swing x 5 each arm x 5 wanted more but was ready to die at this point.

Great workout and a fun time.

Jesse

Somewhat strongman day

Today was better than last week and I know more of what I need to work on, but still dissapointing. But gotta take what you can get.

Axle clean and press
110 x 5
160 x 3
200 x 1
220 x 1
240 x 1
250 x just cleans

So this is progress but still rather stalled.

Farmers Walks
280 x drop after drop after drop something is really wrong with my right hand, I have known this for a while and I am gonna have to get something done about it eventually. But I have no grip strength in this hand right now. Very frustrating.

Stones
worked up to the 330 for a single, but had nothing left after that. Still better than how thins have been.

Prowler pushes
Bryan and I did 5 pushes of 90 feet with on the high handles with very little rest in between. 3-4 weeks ago this would have killed me.

I 95% positive I won't be competing this weekend. I want to but it really isn't something I should do, financially there are a lot more important things to spend that money on I am so weak right now that I think it would just frustrate me more to do as bad as I will. But I got some things figured out, and I am implementing them. One thing I have noticed lately is my conditioning is getting better, still got a lot of work to do though.

Jesse

Lower body sort of a deload.

Heat and humidity was brutal today, but I still got a decent workout today. Decided to take it easy a little bit.

56 WOB
few throws at 12' got 2 out of 3 the one I missed I had the height just to in front of it.
Then got a PR of 12'6"
Missed 13' 2 times hit the bar on both.

Wide stance squats raw
140 x 5
230 x 3
280 x 3
320 x 3 had to stop felt a twinge in lower ab area, I always seem to have this happen on wide stance squats as I lean too much. These were so nice and easy and since I was really trying to deload not such a bad thing.

Tire flip/keg carry medley
1st 500# tire 5 flips 150 keg 50'
2nd 500 # tire 5 flips 220 keg 50'

DJ and Bryan did a 3rd set, I told them to F off I wasn't ready to die at this point.

Fallouts supersetted with sledgehammer swings
10 and 10 x 3 sets

Overall it was a great day, I think I am on my way to getting 13' on the WOB.

Jesse

Good upperbody day

Good workout today, didn't have any lifting partners but wife came out and kept me company. It was nice having her out there just to have someone to chat with.

Wide grip bench
135 x 5 x 2
185 x 5
225 x 3
260 x 8 last one was a grinder

Dips
5 x 10

DB bench
80s x 8 x 3 sets

Cheat curls
135 x 3
160 x 3
180 x 5 PR

Hammer curls
3 x 10

In between every set I did 30-45 sec of jump roping, I was really sweating half way through the workout. Got everything done in about 45-50 min.

Jesse

Brutal but great workout

I had a whole different plan when I planned working out today, but honestly I am glad I didn't do it as what I did was a lot more fun and gratifying.

KB cleans
70 x 5 x 3 sets each arm

15" deadlifts
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 3
475 x 3
515 x 1
565 x 1
605 x 1 Pretty sure this a PR
Bryan pulled 625 to beat me, probably could have tied him but then he just would have put more weight on  and I wasn't gonna get into a pissing match about whos stronger. I have deadlifted 600 from the floor and he hasn't yet, so I still have that :) And since I know you will read this Bryan, mine wasn't hitched or with straps HA!

Speed pulls from floor
335 x 5 x 5

Front squats
I started out with a barbell, but I just can't do front squats with a barbell. worked up to 185 with it and then switched to the SSB. and then did 205 and 225. Still gotta work on these on how to hold it.

Then we got stupid thanks to my own accord, I wrote a check my ass couldn't cash.
Bent over rows
245 x 1-9 reps 45 reps total, was supposed to be 1-10 but I wanted to die at this point. Bryan that prick went 1-10 and back down to 1 for 100 reps, strong bastard.

Medicine ball slams with 35#er
3 x 10

Overall though it was a fun and great workout. Bryan and I really pushed each other, although I think he was trying to make me have a heart attack LOL!

Jesse

Events day, in a SAUNA!

Holy christ it was hot today, the weather said it high 80's with a real feel of a 105 degrees. I think they were right cause all of us wanted to pass out.

Axle press
This was terrible, I don't know what it is about heat and overhead pressing for me but I suck really bad at overhead but combine the heat with it and I just can't do it hardly. Basically I sucked at this today, everytime I cleaned the weight I almost passed out.

Close grip bench with slingshot
225 x 3
275 x 3
295 x 3
325 x 3

Farmers walks with Giant farmers
265 per hand x 50 feet x 2 trips, this sucked if we forgot to cover the handles we burned our hands, and your legs would get burned from the sides of the farmers. Still not a bad day on farmers.

Prowler pushes
6 trips of 60 feet with 90lbs

Stupidity medley
load 230 stone 3 times then pull 400lb sled 50 feet x 3 this sucked ass, I really wanna punch the person who came up with this idea(crap it was me)

That was it, the heat was just brutal today I started sweating just walking around the gym. Besides the overhead pressing I was happy overall.

Jesse

Brutal lower body workout....

I think my mojo is starting to come back, plus this heat and humidity can suck my balls. At least it don't take very long to warmup.

Box squats,  I wore a pair of briefs Bryan gave me. They are loose but really helped my hips.
135 x 5
230 x 2
320 x 2
340 x 2 x 5 sets
360 x 1
380 x 1
400 x 1

These all felt great and easy.

KB swing snatches
70 x 3 x 5 sets each arm

Tire flips with 600# tire
5 sets of 2, these got better each set

Prowler
3 sets of 120 feet with 90lbs(my prowler weighs like 120lbs empty)

That was it, I just got done taking a ice cold shower and I am still sweating. Damn it was hot!

Jesse

Upperbody

This workout started out like crap but ended on a high note. Corey was finally able to make it over, plus Bryan came by, and I had Gabby working out.

Gabby's workout
Bench press
13 x 10
23 x 10
28 x 10
33 x 10 PR

Overhead press
23 x 10 x 2 sets

Then she did a bunch of other fun stuff.

My workout

Bench press
135 x 5
185 x 5
215 x 5
245 x 9 craptastic

Dips
bodyweight x 3
+ 35 x 3
+ 53 x 3
+70 x 1
+96 x 1
+ 111 x 2 PR
+ 121 x 1 PR

I thought I cut these short but after watching the vid, I definately was coming down more than far enough.

Incline DB press
50 x 8
60 x 8
70 x 8
80 x 8

Cheat Curl
135 x 3
155 x 1
175 x 1
190 x 1 PR

Pinch Grip
2-25's passed around my back 5 times for 3 sets.

Overall it was a good workout and it was nice to catch up with Corey. I gotta start throwing again if I plan on doing a highland games in a few months.

Jesse

Deadlift day

Well I knew going into todays workout that I was beat to shit, but I wanted to get  a workout in. Luckily I had the best workout partner in the world, my daughter Gabby. Even though I had a shitty workout, she made it fun.

Gabby's workout.
Deadlift
50 x 5
60 x 5
70 x 5
80 x 5 x 2 sets

Medicine ball for reps over about 36"(Hey she is only a little over 4' tall)
25# x 10 reps
50# x 1 PR for her
Load medley 15#, 25#, 35#, 50# she killed this

Situps
2 x 20

She is doing so good and luckily is starting to learn that needs to listen to me and not go heavy.

My workout
Did some cleans,they sucked. I think I am gonna stay away from these for a while. My wrist can't take them and the catch kills my knee. I will just start using the KBs for stuff like this.

Deads
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 2
455 x 1
510 x 1 this sucked and I ripped my thumb open. I think I am either gonna have to start strapping up which I really hate or go over/under which I hate also. I should have done at least 4-5 reps with this but my back was killing me.

KB cleans
70# KB x 5 x 3 sets each arm

Blast strap rows
3 x 10

KB rows 96#er
3 x 10

Abs
6 sets

After the deadlifts I took the 50# medicine ball and threw it over my power rack for 5 minutes, I got 54 tosses and was sweating like a stuck pig. Fun stuff though.

Jesse

Strongman day

I don't know what to say about todays workout, was it bad not really, but was it good not really either. I am really getting to a point that my strongman day just depresses the shit out of me. 

Axle clean and press
110 x 5
160 x 5
200 x 3
230 x 3 these felt good and I should have done more reps, but I wanted to try a heavier single.
250 x misses galore just couldn't get comfortable.

Power Stairs
350 x 9 reps PR

Stones
310 x 1 barely
360 x so many misses I almost punched the stone. I have forgot how to lap a stone.

3 board presses
225 x 5
245 x 5
275 x 5 x 3 sets

Sled drag
600lbs x 50 feet x 1 so I thought that maybe I was just a pussy but Bryan and Joe both about died on this also, the sled was catching or some shit, I don't know but it was really hard today.

Prowler of death(Bryans homemade one)
2 trips of 50 feet

Medley od death
Prowler with 240lbs down 50 feet
then 16# sledgehammer 10 each arm
Prowler same weight up driveway 50 feet
16# sledgehammer 10 each arm
Did this twice and wanted to die, but happy I made it through it.

Biceps
2 exercises supersetted for 3 sets of 8 reps

To finish
95lbs clean and press 30 reps, not even gonna say my time but I won't lie this was fucking hard!!!

Really trying to figure out some stuff in my life as I have some things that aren't making me happy and I need to rectify them.

Jesse

Squats and such

Ok workout today, definately the hottest day we have had so far.

Box squats
325 x 2 x 5 sets This is some sort of PR  as far weight used for mulitple sets with only a belt and no briefs.

Farmers walks
We used the giant farmers we acquired from DJ, they are 245lbs empty at least and 7 feet long.
Empty farmers time 80ish feet
295 per hand x 25-30 feet, my grip blows.

Band leg curls
3 x 15

Green band abs
3 x 20

KB swings
96lber x 5 x 3 sets

HOT, HOT, HOT but fun.

Jesse

Upperbody day

Went over to Bryan's again to bench, I think it kind of threw me off my routine since it was a little later in the day but I will survive.

Wide grip bench
135 x 5 x 2
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5 felt a pec twinge here
Slingshot close grip
315 x 3 stopped here.

DB flat presses
55 x 10
75 x 10
85 x 10
These helped to get blood into my pec.

Dips
3 x 10 these felt good should have done more sets

Pullups
3 x 5

Cheat curls
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 3

Kind of a abbreviated workout, but better than nothing.

Jesse

Deadlift and upperback

I was actually gonna skip todays workout as I was tired as hell and figured what is it gonna hurt. Well after taking about a 45 min nap, I remembered that my buddy Bryan had to work until 7pm and he needed to workout. So I texted Bryan and asked him if wanted to lift at his house, sure enough he did. Man am I glad he did.

Power cleans
these felt shitty today, so I just did some light work.
205 x 2 x 4 sets

Deads
275 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 3
475 x 7 easy but only had enough in my thumbs for 7, last week I got 455 x 7 so things are coming back around. 10 was easily within reach today

Bent over rows
225 x 5
245 x 5
275 x 5
295 x 5
315 x 5 PR

Abs
6 sets

Great night, glad I didn't skip it.

Jesse

Strongman day

The family and I went and hung out with some friends last night and I ate like shit, but enjoyed it. But today I was paying for it, my stomach is in shambles. As it stands right now I have taken 5 huge dumps and know there is more waiting. Plus anytime I put my belt on I wanted to puke. Oh well gotta have fun every now and then. Still was a decent workout.

Axle clean and press
110 x 5
160 x 3
200 x 3
225 x 5 sloppy as shit but I got 5, better then nothing.

Power stairs
300 x 15 reps to box not bad

Farmers
240 a hand x 50 feet x 3 trips speed was good stopped at 3 as knee was getting wierd.

Stones
330 x 1
405 x miss, miss, miss
360 x miss, miss
Well good part I was able to go to the 330 with no warmups with other stones, should have done the 360 next as the 405 took all my energy, I almost had it lapped. Not sure what my problem on stones is but I will figure out soon enough.

Sled drags
500 lbs x 4 sets of 50 feet

Overall not a bad day, just wish some things would come back quicker than others.

Jesse

Squats and such

Box squats
140 x 5
230 x 2
300 x 2 x 8 sets didn't feel bad, decent explosion. Knee held up.

KB snatches
96lb x 5 x 3 sets this kicked my ass

abs
3 x 20

Calf raises
3 x 10

Short and sweet. Hoping to have a great workout on sunday.

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Didn't know what to expect from todays workout. I got a 1 hour massage yesterday, granted it was a from massage chair, but that damn thing worked good. I was sore in different areas today and I should have known this to happen, but I didn't. My upperback felt very worn down, still I had a decent workout.

Wide grip bench
135 x 5 x 2 even this felt crappy
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 1
300 x 1
320 x 1
Been a couple months since I have done this, so it felt nice to get 3 plates again.

Close grip bench
250 x 5 x 3 sets

Dips
bodyweight x 5
+35 x 5 x 3 sets

Extensions
3 x 15

Grip work.

Kind of cut the assistance short, next week time for more reps.

Jesse