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