Thursday, Friday and Sunday

Fell behind on my log.

Thursday 12-27-12
Bench night
Decided to see how a wide grip bench would feel. Felt disappointed.

135 x 5 x 2
185 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 2
285 x 1
305 x 1
320 x I came like 2" from lockout on this and couldn't finish to save my life.
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Flat DB presses
100 x 8,7,7

Band Pressdowns
4 x 25

Lat Pulldowns
4 x 10

Some pullup  and other things.

Friday 12-28-12

12" base squats
All sets with 75lbs of chains
bar x 3
95 x 3
135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
280 x 3 I think this is a PR

Front Squats
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 5

Snatch grip RDLs
3 x 5

abs
5 x 20

1000 jumps with jump rope

Sunday 12-30-12
Strict Press
135 x 5 x 7 sets
135 x 10 on 8th set

Dinnie Lift
worked up to 550lbs x 3

Front Raises with axle
5 x 10

Pulls to the face
5 x 15

Anderson squat
500 x 2

Hackenschmidt floor press
275 x 3 x 3

Squats Against bands bar set at Anderson squat height
choked blue x 3
blue + dbled monster mini x 3 x 2 sets
blue + dbled purpled band x 3

That was it.

Jesse

Past couple

Took it easy last week after deads, body needed a break. Glad I did it.

Sunday 12-23-12
USAWA Postal Events.
Really glad Bryan and Troy goaded me into doing these, I really had no motivation this day and I needed the kick in the ass.

Reverse grip clean and press
200lbs and stopped, the clean kills me on this.

12" base Squat
1st 335 good
2nd 365 good
3rd passed
365 was a PR so I can't complain.

2 DBs deadlift
1st 450lbs
2nd 490lbs no good
3rd passed out of gas.

Overall not too shabby.

Hackenshmidt floor press
225 x 3
275 x 3
305 x 1
330 x a couple misses
275 x 4

Anderson squat(slightly higher than where it should be for me.)
470 x 1
560 x 1
650 x 1
730 x 1
800 x miss, x 1 PR

Some grip and ab work.

Tuesday 12-25-12
Could tell I was a little worn out from sunday. Took it easy for the most part.
Deads
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3

Bent Over rows
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 1
295 x 1
315 x 3 x 3

Paloff Presses
3 or 4 sets x 10

Push Presses
95 x 5
135 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 3

Overall it was a decent day. Resting up for Thursday.

Jesse

Deadlifts

Today called for AMAP with 400lbs. For some reason I felt very worried about this workout, not really sure why, I just did.

135 x 5 x 2 sets
225 x 5
315 x 3
400 x 1
400 x 15 seemed like a good number, I probably could have done 20 but I would have had to hitch them.

Laid down for about 20 minutes. Apple pie quest bars are delicious but not so much when they want to come back up.

Bent Over rows
295 x 3 x 3

45 degree hypers against monster mini bands
3 x 8

Situps on hyper bench cambered squat bar in arms
3 x 10

Overall decent night.

Jesse

Shoulders and grip

Strict Press
Bunch Of warmups
155 x 11 not as many as I wanted, but not horrible.

Push Presses
155 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 3

Grenade front raises with chains
4 x 10

Band Pullaparts
4 x 20

2" Vbar
3 sets of 5 reps each hand.

2 handed pinch grip
5 sets of 2.

Overall great workout. I was an idiot and didn't sleep enough this weekend and catched up with me yesterday. I think between naps and sleep last night I got around 12-14 hours of sleep. Gotta get my old man sleep.

Jesse

Past Couple of workouts

Tuesday  Dec. 11th
Deadlifts
275 x 5
315 x 5
355 x 3 x 9 sets
355 x 15 on 10th set

Bent Over rows
225 x 10 x 2

Glute Ham Raises
2 x 10

Leg Raises
5 x 10

Bodyweight rows
4 x 10

Thursday Dec. 13th
Close grip bench
225 x 5
255 x 3
285 x 4

Hackenschmidt Floor press
225 x 3
275 x 3
295 x 3
315 x 1
325 x 1

Grenade chain extensions
2 chains x 10
3 chains x 10 x 2 sets
2 chains x 15

Grip work.

Friday Dec. 14th
12" base squat
135 x 5 x 2
225 x 3
275 x 1
315 x 1
355 x 1 PR
275 x 5

Standing abs
3 x 15

Leg Extensions
3 x 10

Jesse

Pressing day

I could tell yesterdays training really wore me out. My legs were like jello.

Strict Press
warmup
140 x 3 x 9 sets
140 x 11 10th set

I have to say this routine is very interesting. I am using the inverted method instead of the regular method on Juggernaut. Honestly right now I think doing 3 sets of 10 would have been easier, but I do like the challenge of getting through all the sets. It is the not the weight that is an issue it is just continually going back and doing another set.

Pulls to the face
10,12,15,20

Front Raises
4 x 8

barbell curls
3 x 8

Some pullups, grip stuff, blah, blah.

Jesse

Strongman day

Very tired today. Took me forever to get motivated. Still ended up having a solid day.

2 DBs deadlift
worked up to 410lbs, not bad, not hard, not easy.

Super Yoke
450lbs x 3 sets of 90 feet
450lbs x 1 set of 200 feet. This sucked.

Keg Loads
200 x 5
250 x 5
Did these lap and load each set.

Axle Deadlift ciavottone grip
worked up to 300lbs.

Some rolling thunder.

I think that was it.

Jesse

Squats, I suck.

Haven't been able to squat for 2 weeks, it showed big time today.

Squats
bar x 10
95 x 3
135 x 3
175 x 3
215 x 3
255 x 3
300 x 4 not hard but kept falling forward.
12" base squats
300 x 1 x 6 sets

Snatch grip RDLs
185 x 5
235 x 5
285 x 5 this smoked the glutes.

Jump roping supersetted with Hyperextension situps
100 reps and 20 reps x 5 sets.

Jesse

Benching and stuff

So I decided to stick with high volume 531 for my bench, not ready to change this yet. That and I am not ready for my pecs to be so sore that I can't sleep. Went back to benching with my feet kicked back, figured out if I wear a belt it stops my back from hurting.

Close grip bench
225 x 3
245 x 3
270 x 3,3,5

Dips
bodyweight x 3
+35 x 3
+53 x 3 x 2 sets

Extensions with cannonballs
10 x 10

Great grip and tricep workout.

Pullups
5 or 6 sets of 3 on the fat bar
5 or 6 sets of 3 on the swiss bar.

That was it, overall pretty happy with the workout tonight.

Jesse

Deadlift day

So I sat down last night and got my training all planned out. I won't lie I look at the routine and think YUCK! But at the same time I realize this could be a great thing for me. My body has needed a break and this is definitely a change. Sometime you need to step back and look at the big picture, I don't always do this and end up hurting myself. I did my strict press yesterday for the 1st week and my shoulders were sore as hell today. Haven't had that kind of deep muscle soreness in a long time.

Deadlifts
135 x 5 x 2 sets
225 x 5
315 x 5 x 10 sets on the 10th set I did 15 reps, easily thought about going to 20 but my glutes were on fire.

It took a good 30 minutes for my back to stop being pumped.

Hyper deadlifts
3 x 5 sucked but I like them.

Reverse Hypers supersetted with Chest Supported rows
4 x 10 each

Neck lift
3 x 8

Fat man rows
3 x 10

Standing abs
3 x 8

This is gonna be interesting, hope I can stick it out.

Jesse

Thoughts on training for the next couple months.

So the year is almost over and I really I didn't accomplish much of anything this year. I did manage to compete a few times, but I didn't really live up to what I am capable of. I tried some new things this year some were smart, some not so much. Here is what I am thinking of doing for a couple months.

I am gonna attempt to try the juggernaut training system. I will be using the inverted method as I like this setup much better and I think it will help me achieve my goals better.  But I will not be using it for my squat. I know how my legs react to things and this would kill me. Call me a pussy but I am a whiny bitch enough of the time, don't need to do something that makes it even worse. For my squat I will go back to 5-3-1 or high volume 5-3-1. This has always worked well for me. Now I will also add some of my own ideas and tweaks also. Here is what I will be hoping to do.

Monday-Shoulders and some biceps
I will use Juggernaut for my Strict Press but I will first do push presses or push jerks. If I strict press constantly I forget how to use my leg drive.
So I will work up to singles or triples on push pressing or push jerking and then do strict presses. This will probably suck, so might as well give it a shot.
Then I will finish with whatever assistance and such.

Tuesday-Deadlifts and upperback
Juggernaut for my deads
Heavy bent over rows or DB rows
some type of bodyweight row
core

Thursday-Bench and triceps
I haven't decided if I wanna use juggernaut or 5-3-1 for sure here yet. Still on the fence.
Rotation of dips, floor presses, db presses
Rotation of extensions, pressdowns
Pullups or Pulldowns

Friday-Squats. I might squat on Thursday after I bench but if I don't Fridays will be squat day.
5-3-1 for squats either regular 5-3-1 or high volume style.
Goodmornings or 45 degree hyperextensions
core

Sunday-Strongman day
Whatever I feel like doing.

I am gonna set my working maxes at:
Strict Press-205lbs
Bench Press-300lbs
Squat-330lbs
Deadlift-500lbs

Now with any luck I can stick to the routine. Also I gotta be smart and do the de load weeks, these are hard for me to do as I just wanna go ahead and lift.

Really I just wanna do this as it seems like it will be hard, and I need a new challenge.

Jesse

Shoulders

Shouldn't have worked out today. I benched yesterday and I knew my triceps would be worn out. But I am a dumbass so I did anyway.

Strict Press
95 x 3
135 x 3
165 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 2 the plan was to do 5 sets of 3 reps here, that didn't happen.

Push Presses
235 x 1 x 2 sets the plan here was to do 5 singles, that didn't happen.

Strict Press
125 x 5 x 10 sets
Holy crap this sucked. I was sweating at the end and my shoulders were on fire. Best idea of the workout.

That was it. Had no energy.

Jesse

Sunday funday

Didn't get to train much this week, pissed me off but some weeks that happens.

Decided to break in the new rack by benching in it.

Close grip bench
255 x 5 x 2 x sets
275 x 5 mislead was supposed to be a 3rd set of 255 oh well.

Dinnie lift
I believe I worked up to 550ish, not sure weird lift.

Stones
330 x 1 x 2 sets

Prowler push/sledgehammer swing combo.
Push prowler for 2 sets of 80ish feet then swing sledge x 10 each arm x 5 sets

That was it, not much but better than nothing.

Jesse

Deadlifts

Warmups

Power Cleans
195 x 1 x 10 sets, basically 1 rep every 30 sec.

Deads
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 3
405 x 3
455 x 8

Bent Over rows
275 x 5 x 3 sets

45% hyperextensions against min bands
3 x 8

Some core work.


Jesse

Sunday training

Things got a little thrown off this week with the holidays and such. Managed to get a decent workout in today.
Decided to press today, shouldn't have felt horrible.

95 x 3
135 x 2
165 x 2
195 x 1
215 x 1 hard
Push Presses
230 x 1 x 5 sets
250 x 1
260 x miss would have been a 5# PR

Strict Press work sets
95 x 10 x 4 sets

Anderson Squats
135 x 2
225 x 2
315 x 2
405 x 2
495 x 2

Prowler Pushes
200lbs x 4 trips of 80 feet
400lbs x 2 trips of 80 feet
700lbs x 1 trip of 50 feet PR

That was it.

Jesse

Deadlifts

Power Cleans to warmup, been a while since I have done my form atrocious.

135 x 2
155 x 2
175 x 2
195 x 2
215 x 1

Deadlifts
135 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 5
365 x 5
425 x 10

Axle shrugs
110 x 8
200 x 8
250 x 8 x 2 sets

Vbar pulldowns
5 x 8

Standing abs
4 x 8

Jesse

Shoulders and Biceps

Decided to start pressing on Mondays, I am out in the gym anyway so I might as well.

Deload strict Press
135 x 5 x 5

Push Jerks
185 x 2
205 x 2
225 x 2
245 x 2 but crappy lockout
225 x 5

I am gonna alternate between push presses or push jerks every week after strict presses.

Straight bar curls
5 x 5

Face Pulls
5 x 15

Band Pull aparts
5 x 10

Jesse

Past couple

Thursday
Deload for my bench and squats, good thing I felt horrible.

Close grip bench
dbled mini bands on all sets.
bar x couple
95 x 3
135 x 5
200 x 5 x 2 sets way too hard
185 x 5 x 3 sets still hard.

Front Squats
95 x 3
135 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 1
235 x 1
245 x 1
12" base squat high bar
245 x 5

That was it had some family stuff to do.

Sunday strongman day
Circus DB 100# made with propane tanks
My elbow was killing me couldn't hold it how I wanted to.
bunch of singles
1 set of 5 clean and press each rep

Super Yoke
450lbs x 50 feet x 2 sets
650lbs x 50 feet heavy
450lbs x 60 feet x 2 sets

Giant Farmers Walk 245lbs each hand 220# keg carry
50 feet each x 2

Keg load
250 x 3 loads
I was shot at this point and decided to call it a day.

It felt good to get some moving events in.

Jesse

Deadlifts

Got a couple new bars in today, so I had to break them in right.

Deadlifts
135 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1 add belt
495 x 1 This felt the best any heavier weight has felt in a long time.
540 x  miss, I decided to strap up which was stupid and I let this get in my head as I haven't pulled heavy in a while.
500 x 3 This felt really good most I have tripled in a while.

Bent Over Rows
225 x 5
245 x 5
265 x 5
285 x 5
305 x 5

Abs
4 x 8

A little jump roping.

Jesse

Overall not a bad night.

Upperbody training

Sunday

I ended up coming down with some kind of allergy bullshit and I felt like hell. Did some pathetic log pressing and that was about it.

Monday-got some allergy medicine and it helped. So I decided to do some pressing.

Strict Press
warmup
215 x 1 x 5 sets
235 x miss this was so close, I will get this before the end of the year.
Push Press
235 x 1 x 4 sets
255 x 1 PR

I decided on my 10 sets of 1 week I will do 5 strict and 5 push presses, Normally I wouldn't go for a PR but I could feel it was there today. Once I get my damn leg drive figured out I will be getting some way better numbers.

Band Pullaparts
5 x 20

Front Raises
5 x 10

That was it. Tomorrow is deadlifting hopefully I won't pass out.

Jesse

Thursday benching and squatting

Close grip bench
295 x 1 x 10 sets

Back Squats
330 x 1 x 10 sets

Snatch grip RDLs
4 x 5

Incline DB presses
4 x 8

Probably one of the better workouts I have had in a while.

Jesse

Strict Press and deadlifts

So so workout, my back and knees felt like shit. The farmers walks on Sunday beat me up pretty good.

Strict Press
95 x 3
135 x 3
165 x 3
195 x 3 x 5 sets These got better as each set went on.

DB clean and press
1,2,3 x 2 sets
1,2,3,4,5 x 1 set

Deadlifts
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
495 x at this point I realized my knee was killing me and going heavy today was just a dumb idea.

315 x 5
335 x 5
365 x 5
Did these beltless and dead stop each rep.

DB rows
3 x 10

Reverse hypers
3 x 10

Gotta get the old body healthy again.

Jesse

Somewhat strongman day

Slept like shit last night, but Sunday is a day to train so I did what I could.

Push Jerks
95 x 2
135 x 2
165 x 2
195 x 2
225 x 2
These felt horrible

Farmers Walks using giant farmers
245 per hand x 50 feet
245 per hand x 80ish feet
265 per hand x 80ish feet
295 x 20 feet maybe

Keg carry hussafel style
220 keg x 120 feet horrible

That was it, I was exhausted.

Jesse

11-1 workout

Felt very rundown, work has had me a little stressed out but I will get through it.

Close grip bench with 75lbs of chains
bar x 3
95 x 3
135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
255 x 1 way heavier than expected
Take off chains
255 x 5,5,4

Floor Presses
80s x 4 x 8 reps

Dips
4 x 10

That was it.

Jesse

10-30 Workout

This day was so so, shoulders went great but I was worn out for the rest of it.

Strict Press
45 x 10
75 x 2
105 x 2
135 x 2
165 x 1
195 x 1
225 x 1 Hell Yeah, we will call it a PR at this bodyweight.
Push Press
225 x 3 these felt good, I really gotta start working some more push press after I strict press.

Side Raises
4 x 10

Band Pull aparts
4 x 10

Deadlifts
Just worked up to 425 x  1 and stopped.

Lat Pulldowns
15,12,10,10

Shrugs
4 x 8

Conditioning hell
Prowler push low handle 40 ft, high handle 40ft 400lbs, Sledge swings x 10 each arm, KB snatches x 5 each arm. x 3

Overall it was a fun night.

Jesse

Quad Cities Strongman writeup

Going into this contest I was very nervous, been a long time since I had competed. Ended up making weight no problem actually weighed in 3.5lbs under the limit(Dammit could have been eating.) The morning of the contest I was a nervous mess, thought I was gonna puke, but the worst was my legs were like jello.

1st event Axle clean and press 220lbs
Ended up getting 6 reps, just couldn't get stable and had terrible leg drive. Still not terrible and good for 2nd place.

2nd Event Car Hold(the one that bit me in the ass)
So I made a horrible mistake and taped my fingers and thumb so I could hook grip the handles and not worry about tearing my thumb in half. Well this was just fucking stupid on my part the minute I picked up the car the tape started slipping and I was fighting the tape not the handles. 9.xx last place.

3rd event 12" height deadlift 455lbs for reps, up and down call
Ended up getting 11 reps for a nice PR, was really happy about this event.

4th Event Arm Over Arm truck pull 80'
This event turned more into a who knew how to do it better than about strength, I wish I would have realized how light it was as I would have just used my arms instead of my whole body which slowed me down and caused a bunch of slack. Oh well 34.xx 3rd place.

5th Event 270 stone over 48" bar
Got going and nailed out 9 reps 1st place.

Ended up finishing in 3rd, screwing up the car DL cost me, live and learn. It felt good to get out there again and I really hope next year I can do about 3-4 competitions.

Jesse

Monday and Tuesday

Monday-squats and biceps

Back Squats
135x3x2 sets
225x1
275x1
315x1
365x1
I was happy about this, probably had 20-30lbs left in me.

bicep work
chin ups 5x5

straight bar curls
4x6

db curls
4x15

hammer curls
4x5

prowler pushes
90lbs x 4 sets of 80ft high handles 80ft low handles
1 set of 90lbs of 160ft,120ft,80ft,40ft.

Tuesday.
close grip bench
warmup
325x1
10lbs up from last month.

Sumo pulls
warmup
525x1

inverted rows
4x10

standing abs
4x10

thats it.

Past couple of workouts and some thoughts.

Thursday Close grip bench and squatting.

Close grip bench all sets with dbl minis
warmup
190 x 5 x 5

Flat DB presses
115s x 4 had to use my loadable DB way too unstable.
100 x 5 x 4 sets

Back Squats all sets with choked purples
warmup
205 x 5 x 5

DB Slds
2 x 10

Kind of a short workout, I promised the family dinner so had to get out.

Sunday strongman day.
Axle press out of rack
200 x 1
230 x 1 x 5 sets
250 x 1
270 x 2 misses

Farmers Holds
300 each hand x maybe 6 sec, I hate this event. But on a good note it has been a long time since I picked up 300lbs in each hand.

Arm over arm truck pull
Bryan Truck x 1 set of 60 feet, not bad but not perfect.

Stones
330 stone x 3 over 48" bar PR

So today at least told me some things are working and I am getting stronger. With any luck I can achieve some goals I have set by the end of the year.

Jesse

Pressing and Deadlifting

Changed my plans up a little bit today. Was supposed to be a sort of deload, but I figured I might try for a strict press single but as I was getting going I realized that my shoulders and upperback was way too sore for this.

Strict Press
after stupidity of trying heavier weights
160 x 5 x 3 sets

DB clean and press each reps
50 x 10 x 3 sets

Deadlifts 12" starting height.
455lbs x 10 reps in 60 sec

I was very happy about this, needed this as a confidence booster.

Bent Over rows
275 x 6 x 2 sets was supposed to do 3 sets but I was shot.

Overall great workout. Looking forward to an easy week next week.

Jesse

Benching and Squatting

Very hard workout today, I was tired, sore, and just generally feeling beat up.

But I manned up and said "Lets do this SHIT!!!"

Close grip bench
285 x 1 x 10 sets
This took a while. I was training my daughter, good friend, and my wife.

Weighted dips
53lbs x 5 x 5

Push Downs
4 x 10

Back Squats
315 x 1 x 10 sets
This were hard, only because my knee was swollen and hurt like hell. But I pushed through and got them done.

Snatch grip romanian DLs
3 x 8

That was it. Overall great workout. Very happy I was able to squat, not very often than I can squat every week.

Jesse

Strict presses and deadlifts

Todays workout was just plain hard as hell. It took everything I had to get through it. I almost pussed out, but Josh called me out and I wasn't about to let him do that. Good thing I had someone there to remind how I would have bitched anyone else out.

Strict Presses
warmup
200 x 1 x 10
These went great actually, very happy with these.

Side raises
5 x 10

Band pullaparts
5 x 20

Sumo Deads
warmup
485 x 1 x 10
These were hard, I had to really tell myself not to stop after 5 reps.

Bent over rows
135 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 5
265 x 5
285 x 5

Shrugs
3 x 20

Hard fucking workout, very happy to get through it.

Jesse

Event training day

Great training day, kicked my ass, but a great day.

Axle press out of rack.
240 x 1 x 7 sets
downset
200 x 10

Car DL hold
Couldn't pick it up strapless, did a couple with straps.
Stupid fucking event.

12" Deadlift
405 x 10 deadstop each rep. While this is lightweight I was very happy to get 10 reps here.

Stones
230 x 5 fast, but I was shot at this point.

Jesse

Benching and squatting, what a good workout.

Really great night of training, exactly what I needed to get me in a better mood.

Went over to Bryan's place and trained with him, Troy, and Zach.

Close grip bench all sets with 80lbs of chain.
bar x 5
95 x 3
135 x 3
165 x 3
195 x 3
225 x 3
245 x 2
I don't know if it is Bryan's chain set up or what but this felt a helluva a lot heavier than 325 at the top
Take off chains downset
245 x 8,5,4

DB floor presses
100s x 5 x 4 sets

Rolling DB extensions
35s x 8 x 4 sets

Back Squats all sets with 80lbs of chain
135 x 3
185 x 3
215 x 3
245 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 1 wow that was heavier than expected.
Was supposed to do a downset, but I was wiped out.

Hyperextensions
3 x 8

Great night, felt so good to put some hard work in.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Events day
This day went decent, but I was worn out halfway through it.

Axle press out of the rack
warmup
230 x 1,1,1,1,1,5

Downset
185 x 10 working on recatch

Arm over arm
Toyota Tundra x 2 sets of 60 feet

12" deadlift
475 x 2 back was shot

That was it, was kind of disspointed but overall I shouldn't complain.

Monday Biceps and sled drags
Thick bar curls 8,10,12,10,8
Blast strap curls 5 x 10
Thick bar hammer curls 5 x 8

Backwards sled drags 4 sets of 80 feet.

Tuesday
Strict Presses
warmup
190 x 3 x 5 sets

Rear delt raises
4 x 10

Pulls to the face
15,20,20,21

Deadlifts all sets with 150lbs of chain
295 x 3
335 x 3
385 x 3
425 x 1 was supposed to be 3, wasn't gonna happen
Take chains off
425 x 5 had nothing left was supposed to do 3 sets

Cambered bar high box squats
3 x 5

Bent over rows
12,10,8,6,4

Shrugs
3 x 8

Abs
3 x 8

Worn out, looking forward to resting for a day.

Jesse

Overhead Pressing and Deadlifts

Felt like shit all day today, had an upset stomach and just felt shitty overall, but I was ready to train hell or high water.

Strict Presses
110 x 5
140 x 3
170 x 1
200 x 1
220 x 1 This felt good, didn't have much left for more though.

Sumo Deads
225 x 5
315 x 3
365 x 1
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1
535 x 1 nice and solid
555 x miss lats starting cramping aborted.

forward sled drags
400lbs x 6 x 80 feet

Abs
3 x 10

Overall great day, feeling good and hoping things will peak right in 4 weeks.

Jesse

Strongman day

Overall today was a great day of training. I trainined everything at around 90% today, enough to let me know where I am at, but not enough to burn me out.

Axle Clean and press for reps
220 x 5
These felt good, but my legs were wobbly, way off my best. No biggie.

Arm over arm truck pull with GMC Jimmy up a slight grade
1 set x 60 feet, felt good, nice and consistent pulls.

12" starting height DL
455 lbs x 6 reps, up and down command. I hook gripped these and it fucking hurt. I think I could have done 2 more but my thumbs were killing me.

230-250 stone over 48" bar
10 reps, did 7 in under a minute kept going to get 10.


Prowler push
5 trips of 80 feet.

Great day of training. I know now where I am at strength wise and what to work on. Feeling excited again.

Jesse

Benching, squatting, and upperbody work.

Feeling very motivated, found a contest to train for and I forgot that feeling of motivation to have something to train for. Plus I got my time off approved, so it is go time.

Close grip bench
205 x 5
235 x 5
270 x 5 x 3 sets.

Dips
3 x 15

12" base squats using axle
200 x 3 x 2 sets
220 x 3
240 x 3
260 x 3
stopped here, my hammie is a little pulled so I gotta take it slow.

Vbar pulldowns
10,10,15

50# medicine ball slams
3 x 10

Jesse

Sunday training

I woke up on this day feeling like hell, very tired, and very unmotivated. While I didn't do anything great, it turned out to be a halfway decent day.

Did some Circus DB to start
It sucked massively, don't wanna talk about it.

Axle clean and press, usually I do this on tuesday, but I figured why not.
160 x 3
190 x 3
215 x 1
240 x 3 Not a PR, but most I have pressed in a long time.

Farmers Walk/Sled Drag medley
210 farmers/400lb backwards sled drag.
2 sets of the medley
1 set of 210 farmers to get them back up to the gym.

1" Vbar
worked up to 219lbs each hand.

Stone shouldering
210lbs stone x 5

Core work
4 sets

Feeling a little down, no real reason just am. I am starting to wonder if I will ever get as strong as I was, or stronger. Some days I don't really care if I do, and then other days I really want it. I think a lot of it is I just miss competing, if I could get a competition under my belt and do halfway decent, I would probably be out of my funk.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Missed posting the past couple of workouts. Some good some bad.

Thursday 9-6-12

Close grip bench
warmups
240 x 5
270 x 3
300 x 3
Plan was 295, but I haven't done 300 in a long time. This was good to get again.

Lat pulldowns
5 x 8

DB rows
165 x 10 x 2 sets

Sledge Swings
3 x 15 each arm

Prowler Pushes

9-9-12 Events Day
Cyr Press
worked up to 132lbs x 1 which I believe is a PR, I hate this lift.

Backwards sled drags
5 sets of 80 feet

Ciavottone grip axle dead
270 x 1
300 x a couple

Did a few other things, but not much worth mentioning.

Tuesday 9-11-12 craptastic workout
Axle press out of rack
160 x 3
180 x 1
200 x 1
220 x 1
240 x 1
260 x 1 after a couple misses, and I blacked out, fucking awesome.

Deads
135 x 5
185 x 1
225 x 1
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1 easy as hell but knee was really aching
535 x couldn't finish it, no stability in my knee.

at this point I called it a day, I was fuming mad from not having a decent workout and was getting madder by each missed lift.

Jesse

Little bit of overhead, crappy front squats, and some deads.

Decided to deload my axle press and just strict press.

Strict Presses
45 x 10
95 x 2
135 x 2
175 x 2
195 x 2
217 x 2 Pretty sure this is a PR

Front Squats
45 x 5
95 x 2
125 x 2
155 x 2
185 x 2
215 x 2
250 x 1 bicep cramped up really bad on the 2nd rep, it stayed this way the whole workout.

Deads
335 x 2
385 x 2
425 x 2
475 x 2
515 x 1

Prowler Pushes
6 sets adding weight each set

That was it.

Strongman day, celebrating Troy's 26th Bday.

We trained later in the day today, I had my brother in town and I wanted to spend as much time as possible with him.  It was a great day of training.

Cyr Press
bunch of warmups
122lbs x 4 reps clean and press each rep PR, came so close to 5 reps.

Anderson Squat
135 x 3
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1
550 x 1 PR I believe
600 x stapled

Atlas Stones
210lb stone x 26 reps
Damn near puked, I have no clue how long this took.

Great night of training, fun night with the guys.

Jesse

Quick Upperbody workout

Had to get a quick upperbody workout, my older brother was coming into town and I wanted to get my workout in before he got here.

Close grip bench
warmup
230 x 5
250 x 3
280 x 3,3,5

Pullups
5 x 5

Bent over rows
235 x 20

Dips
1 set x 20 reps

That was it, feeling strong, hoping next week brings some PRs.

Jesse

Past couple some good, some not so much

Sunday

DB clean and press loadable DB
warmup
110 x 2
130 x miss,miss,
110 x 2 x 2
Gotta find a comfortable position for this.

Frame Carry
some picks
540lbs x 60'
Was  happy to do this, been a while

Stones over 54" bar
250 x 3 x 3

That was it.

Tuesday

Axle Clean and Press
110 x 5 x 2 sets
180 x 5
210 x 3
235 x 4, 4 more reps than I thought was gonna happen today.

Strict Press
50 x 3
80 x 3
110 x 3
140 x 3
170 x 3
200 x 3

16" deads
135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 3
405 x 3
455 x 3
495 x 3
545 x 3 might be a PR all reps deadstop

Needed to do a squat movement, but had way too much shit to do.

Jesse

Old Time Strongman Meet

October 14th I plan on competing down in Kirksville, MO at the Old Time Strongman Meet.

This is not like a regular strongman competition that I am used to as there are not farmers walk,stones, or moving events. But it will still be challenging.

The events are:
Appollons Lift
Cyr Press
18" Deadlift
Anderson Squat

Here are my goals I would like to get on each lift for this meet.
Appollons lift-280lbs this might be a stretch but my training is feeling spot on
Cyr Press-150lbs this really is a stretch as this lift is hit or completely miss for me
18" Deadlift-625lbs I think this is low but it would be a strapless PR
Anderson Squat-575lbs honestly I don't know what to expect here, this is a very tough spot for me.

Now I just gotta keep on training and hope for the best.

Jesse

Upperbody

Decided to not push it tonight, I was still pretty sore from tuesday and I felt rundown.

Close grip bench
200 x 5
230 x 5
265 x 5 x 3 sets
Pretty happy about this, these were not terribly challenging but I had to push to get through them. I think I got probably 1-2 cycles of this routine before I have to adjust my weights.

Lat Pulldowns
10,10,15

1" Vbar
204lbs x 1 x 4 sets each hand
229lbs x 1 Right Hand PR

That was it.

Overhead, Squatting, and 18" deads. Feeling good.

Good night of training, I think maybe one of the best I have had in years. That and I feel the strongest overall than I ever have.

Axle clean and press
175 x 3
200 x 3
225 x 3,3,5 might have more but I lost my air.

Strict Press, going into these I felt horrible, I had a goal set but I was very skeptical if I would get it.
50 x 1
80 x 1
110 x 1
140 x 1
170 x1
200 x 1
220 x 1 Hell Yeah!!! Had some back bend, but it still counts.

12" base squats
bar x 10
140 x 1
170 x 1
200 x 1
230 x 1
260 x 1
290 x 1
320 x 1 5# PR
340 x 1 25# PR should have went 350.

18" Deads
245 x 2
335 x 1
425 x 1
495 x 1
550 x 5

Fallouts
3 x 10

Great night.

Jesse

Upperbody training

This week has probably been some of the best training I have had in a long time. Very happy with how things are coming along. Today was one of the make or break workouts. My bench press has just been in the shitter lately, and if I didn't have a good session today, I was seriously considering giving up on it.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
230 x 5
260 x 3
290 x 4 Call it a comeback PR

Pullups
10 sets of 5 reps, last couple of sets were hard.

Dips
bodyweight x 3
+ 35 x 3
+ 53 x 3
+ 70 x 3
+ 96 x 3
Stopper there, I wanna get up to 135 x 3 for a short term goal right now.

Bent Over rows
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 20 crap, need to video these next time to make sure I am not standing too upright.

My next lifting meet is October 14th, I am feeling very excited  about, but I really got some things I have to work on. Especially the Cyr Press.

Jesse

Crazy day of training

Eventually I am gonna be completely changing my workouts around, but really I was quite happy with how today went. I am adding in some of Mike Westerling's ideas for my lower body but upperbody I am gonna stick with what I have been doing, as I am seeing some great gains and PRs.

Axle Clean and Press
Warmup
215 x 5,5,8 Very happy about the last set 10 might have been possible if I wanted to go to failure.

Strict Press
55 x 2
75 x 2
95 x 2
115 x 2
135 x 2
155 x 2
175 x 2
205 x 2

Probably gonna go back to 531 on these not sure yet. I have had a goal of getting a bodyweight strict press for a long time, and I always manage to fuck it up and not get it. Need to stick it out and get this goal.

Sumo Pulls
135 x 2
210 x 2
240 x 2
270 x 2
290 x 2
320 x 2
340 x 2
360 x 2
380 x 2
400 x 2
420 x 2
455 x 2
475 x 2
505 x 1 went up smooth but I was shot for another rep.

Axle high bar squats
110 x 5
200 x 5
250 x 10 PR by default
These felt really good, I could have done more but I was by myself and at this point pushing myself anymore was not in the cards.

Overall I was very happy with today, it was rough but I can see wear some of this stuff will really pay off in the end.

Jesse

Last workout before Team Championships

I was very pleased with todays workout, I am gradually introducing some different ideas into my training. Decided to do a little bit of everything tonight.

Strict Press
45 x 3
75 x 3
105 x 3
135 x 3
165 x 3
195 x 3
215 x 1
The 195 was easy, I was really hoping that I would have got at least 2 if not 3. I was out of gas.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 3
215 x 3
245 x 3
275 x 3,3,5

Front squats
45 x 3
75 x 3
105 x 3
135 x 3
165 x 3
195 x 3

Lat Pulldowns
5,5,5,12

Jesse

Now it is time to rest, heal up, and hope Mac and I can do well this weekend.

Great day of training

Today was great 84 degrees and I was pumped up to lift.

Since I am gonna be deloading for most of the week, I decided to go ahead and do my overhead pressing, I was supposed to be a deload week but I wanted to see how near max weights felt.

Axle Press out of rack
110 x 2
135 x 2
155 x 2
175 x 2
200 x 2
220 x 2
240 x 2
250 x 1 this felt good but I was getting light headed.

Farmers Walks
210 each hand x 120 feet with a turn
260 each hand x 50 feet, so I didn't know what the hell was going on here, this slipped out of my hand way too early. So I got a great idea, and now that I think back over the years on farmers walks I did shitty on it makes sense. The was a crap load of chalk on the handles, so I wiped it off. Wallah!!!
260 each hand x 90 feet grip felt great.
So many meets I have been the last person to go and all that damn chalk is on there, and since I don't have the greatest grip anyways this makes a lot sense, must remember for the future.

Stones
330 x 1 x 2 sets
These were shitty.

Sled drag/arm over arm combo
300lbs x 3 sets of 60 feet each

Keg Carry at hip
200# x 3 sets of 100 feet

Fallouts
3 x 10

Smoked.

Great day.

Jesse

Bench Pressing and Team Lifting practice

Decided to try some Wider grip bench pressing tonight. Still on the fence about it.

Bench press with wide grip
135 x 5
185 x 5
235 x 5
260 x 5 wide grip
260 x 5 mid grip
260 x 5 close grip tris were shot at this point.

Mac and I practiced the 2 man bent over row and 2 1 arm clean and jerk. Went ok, gotta get our timing down.

DB floor press
70s x 10,12,15,20
I am really regretting the high rep stuff right now, I can barely reach across myself without my pecs cramping.

Lat Pulldowns
5 x 10

I also did around 30-40 pullups.

Overall ok night, gonna probably only train up until Tue and then take the rest of the week off.

Jesse

Past couple of days, 1 of them great!!

Sunday I woke up feeling like shit, I should have just stayed in bed. But I tried to do what I could. Wasn't much.

Power Cleans
135 x 2
155 x 2
175 x 2
195 x 2
215 x 1
I really gotta work on these or just go back to muscling them up.

Farmers walks
210 each hand x 25 feet
240 each hand x 25 feet
280 each hand x 25 feet I was warming up with shorter distances hoping I would have more grip left turns out it didn't matter.

Keg loads
200# keg x 6 x 3 sets

Prowler Pushes
5 high handle x 90 feet
5 low handle x 90 feet

I wanted to die.

Tuesday I feel better but I knew I better not push it. So I just did overhead work and no squatting or lower body.

Axle Clean and Press
110 x couple
160 x 5
190 x 5
210 x 3
230 x 5 left a few in the tank, to say I was happy with this is an understatement. My overhead press has been in the shitter for close to year. But now that I have let my weight stay constant for a couple months it seems things are turning around. I am setting my goal for a 1 rep PR for october.

Strict Press
150 x 5
170 x 3
190 x 3 enough.

Front Raises supersetted with Side raises
15#ers with fat grips x 10 x 4 sets

Bunch of grip work

Standing abs
3 x 20

Sledgehammer swings
30 reps each arm.

Jesse

Deadlifts and lower assistance

Very tired, very sore, and just in general rundown. But I still managed a half way decent workout.

Deadlifts
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 5
455 x 5 x 3 sets

Tried to do some bent over rows but my hammies were too tired and sore.

12" base squats
225 x 2 x 5 sets

So Ian was doing stones and I figured why not do a few.
230 x couple
310 x 1
I was gonna do much but I knew if I did the 310 it would fire Ian up enough to hopefully load up the damn thing, and it did.

Chest supported rows
5 sets x 6 reps

Nothing special, better than nothing.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Tuesday was axle clean and press and squatting. This workout kicked my ass and I am still sore from it.

Axle clean and press
180 x 3
200 x 3
220 x 3,3,5 all felt good, probably had 2-3 more in me on the last set

Strict Press
140 x 3
160 x 3
180 x 3,3,3

Box Squats
warmup
290 x 3 x 8 sets

Triset
Leg curls x 20, standing abs x 15, paloff presses x 10 x 3 sets

Thursday was just upperbody
I went off plan on bench today, this was stupid.
Feet in the air bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 1
300 x miss
feet on ground
300x 1

Wide Grip Bench
135 x 10
175 x 10
205 x 10

Dips + 35lbs
5 x 5

Straight bar extensions
5 x 10

Nothing great, hopefully tomorrow I feel better so I can deadlift ok.

Jesse

Deadlifting and team lifts.

Deadlifts
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 3
285 x 3
335 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
455 x 1
485 x 1
505 x 3
525 x 1

Normally I wouldn't do so many warmups, but I didn't have a clue what I would even be able to do today.

12" base squat
135 x 5
185 x 2
235 x 1
285 x 1 PR
305 x 1 PR
No need to push it, stopped here.

Mac and I practiced some team lifts
worked up to 255 x 1 on the 1 arm clean and jerk and 600 x 1 on the ciavattone grip axle DL, could have done more but my thumbs were raw from hooking.

DB rows
155 x 8 x 3 sets

Standing abs
3 x 20

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Hot and humid and I was sick, but I still managed a decent workout.

Close grip bench

135 x 5

225 x 5

255 x 3

285 x 1 x 5 sets

Close grip bench with chains

175 + 4 sets of chain x 8 

175 + 3 sets of chain x 8

175 + 2 sets of chain x 8

175 + 1 set of chain x 8

Really liking this exercise for assistance. I used to do them all the time, like an idiot I stopped for some reason.

Pushdowns

5 x 15 

A bunch of grip work.

Jesse 

Press and squats

Axle Clean and press warmup 210 x 5 x 3 sets Very suprised I got all 3 sets Strict Press 110 x 5 130 x 5 150 x 5 170 x 5 Box Squats 265 x 3 x 10 sets Band Leg Curls 3 x 10 Pulls to face 3 x 10 Standing abs 3 x 20 Sledge swings 3 x 10 Not a bad night, squats were brutal, my head felt like it was gonna explode. Jesse

Past week

Sunday
I can't remember for the life of me what I did this day. 


Tuesday
Strict Press
110 x 5
155 x 5
165 x 3
185 x 5 


Axle clean and press
160 x 3
180 x 3
205 x 1
225 x 1
245 x 1


Shoulder accessory


Box squats
225 x 5
315 x 3
365 x 1
405 x 1
425 x 1
445 x 1
465 x miss

Can't remember what else I did.

Thursday
Had to go to my dads to see some family, screwed up my plans. But it was good to see my uncle and other people.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
205 x 3
245 x 3
270 x 3 x 3

Close grip bench with chains
135 + 100lbs of chain x 8
135 + 75lbs of chain x 8
135 + 50lbs of chain x 8
135 + 25lbs of chain x 8
135 x 8

Next time I know that I can use more chain.

Green band extensions
5 x 15

Things are going good, just gotta get certain parts back on track.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Tuesday Press and squatting

Push Jerk
135 x 3
185 x 1
205 x 1
235 x 1 x 5 sets

Strict Press
135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 3 x 2 sets

Box squats
225 x 5
315 x 5
380 x 5

Abs
I did some other stuff but I can't remember

Thursday Benching and Deadlifting

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 5 x 3 sets

Close grip incline
135 x 5
135 x 3 + 40lbs of chain
135 x 3 "                      "
155 x 1 + 80lbs of chain
135 x 3 x 2 sets + 80lbs of chain

Deadlifts
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
475 x 5 easy, was gonna do 3 sets but my knee was acting up.

Bent Over rows
225 x 5
275 x 5 again was gonna do 3 sets but couldn't stand on my knee

DB rows
100s x 10,12,15

Leg raises
5 x 10

Came home and trained the wife and daughter
Did a bunch of 2" and 1" Vbar and jump roping, was sweating my balls off after this.

Fun night of lifting, Gabby got a 20# PR on the 1" Vbar,

Jesse

Sundays training

Well today was one of those days that I figured I am gonna go through hell, it is time to get back to strongman training. It went ok, about as much I can expect for not doing stuff for a while.

Cyr Press
light stuff
100 x 3 x 3 sets right arm only, my left is incapable.

18" deads
495 x 1
515 x 1
these were actually easy, but I wasn't using straps and I should have as the bar I used tore my hands up, which didn't help the next lift.

Farmers walks
210 each hand x 120 feet with a turn
280 each hand x maybe 10 feet my hands were tore up.

Super Yoke
300lbs x 50 feet
400lbs x 50 feet
500lbs x 50 feet
600lbs x 20 feet I was dead at this point.

Then I just finished up with some ab work. I was tired as hell and went inside and slept for 3-4 hours.

Jesse

Benching and Deadlifting

Today was probably one of the hardest workouts I have done in a while, it was hot, humid, and I was still sore as hell from Tuesday.

Close grip bench sort of deload
225 x 5 x 2 sets
255 x 5

Dips
5 x 10

Deads
455 x 5 x 3 sets
I was sweating so bad at this point I could barely hold onto the bar hook gripping it

Bent Over rows
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 5 x 2 sets was gonna do 3 sets but I was shot.

Paloff Presses
3 x 10 each side.

Great workout, deads are coming along but I have long ways to go before I am happy.

Jesse

Overhead and Squatting

Todays workout was brutal, but good. I am gonna be a hurting until tomorrow.

Push Presses
135 x 3
165 x 3
195 x 1
220 x 1 x 5 sets

Strict Presses
165 x 5 x 2 sets
,
Front raises
3 x 8

Box squats
225 x 5
315 x 5
360 x 5 x 3 sets

Seated Box jumps
5 @ 27"
5 @ 31"
5 @ 35"

Ab wheel
2 sets

This was probably one of the best workouts I have had in a while. Looking forward to deadlifts on Thursday.

Jesse

Sunday training

Fucking hot as hell out, today kind of sucked but it is what it is.

We all did the events for the USAWA Middle Antlantic Postal meet

2 DBs clean and push press

ended up with 160lbs or 80 each hand, couldn't clean more than this.

Hang Snatch

Got 155lbs which was a PR, almost had 160lbs

2 DBs Cheat Curl

ended up with 160lbs which was dissapointing

Bryan kicked our asses, only way to describe it.

Did a few other things

Log one motion presses

140 x 5

160 x 3

180 x 3

200 x 3

215 x 1

stopped here

Did 1 load with the 310 stone to 52" I was sweaty as hell and this was slipping like crazy.

Jesse 

Benching and Deadlifting

My upperbody workout sucked donkey nuts today. I think I pinched a nerve in my shoulder and it is not helping things.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 3
285 x I fucked up I was repping away and then realized it was only 265
285 x 2 x 2 I was mindfucked at this point, just simply pissed that I misloaded. In hindsight I should have just  kept repping away with the 265 and not worried about it.

Flat DB presses
100s x 8,6,6

Deadlifts
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
375 x 5
425 x 5 x 3 sets
I am gonna try not to one all out set and just do multiple sets, I personally find this harder and it will give me more volume. Plus I don't tear my thumb nail off when I hook grip for lower reps.

DB rows
3 x 10

Paloff Presses
3 x 10

Still a good workout, just didn't completely satisfy me. But I see good things on the horizon.

Jesse

Tuesday Strict press and Squatting

Decided to take it easy on my pressing, so I figured strict presses would be a good idea. Haven't done them in forever so I was happy with how they went.

Strict Press
95 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 3
175 x 1
195 x 1
215 x 1 hard but happy about this.

Downset
155 x 5 x 3 sets

Box squats
225 x 5
275 x 5
340 x 5 x 3 sets not bad

Backwards sled drags
3 sets of 60 feet

Ab fallouts
3 x 10

Not a bad night, luckily it had cooled down a little so I was sweating 5 gallons instead of 10.

Jesse

Sunday training

I wasn't sure how Sunday would go, I woke after having some great sleep but was very tired when I woke up.

Axle clean and press
160 x 3
200 x 1
220 x 1
240 x my legs were just jello, not sure what was going on here decided to quit and live to press another day.

Did a bunch of DB work of different exercises.

Finally about noon, I started to wake up and decided to do some events.

Farmers Walks
210 each hand x 100 feet with a turn
210 each hand x 120 feet with a turn
260 each hand x 90 feet straight run

Super Yoke
620 x 60 feet not very fast but no setdowns, I haven't done yoke in forever so I couldn't complain

Stones to 48"
250 x couple
310 x 2 singles

ab work

Overall not a bad day, good to know some of my strongman events haven't gone to complete crap.

Jesse

Upperbody and back work

Not the greatest workout but not the worst I have ever had either. Being on vacation and sleeping ALOT equals great workouts, being back to work and not sleeping as much equals ok workouts. Take what you can get.

Close grip bench
205 x 3
240 x 3
270 x 5
These felt horrible

DB flat press
80 x 15,12,12

Deadlifts sort of deload
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
475 x 1

Bent Over rows
225 x 3
275 x 1
325 x 1 PR

Bent Over rows
135 x 10 x 3 sets

Standing abs
3 x 20

My wife and daughter were on fire today with PRs. I think they stole all the mojo from the gym, its cool they deserve it.

Jesse

Shoulders and Squats.

Good day today, except for squatting but it still wasn't terrible.

Push Jerk, well as good as I can do it.
135 x 3
185 x 1
205 x 1
225 x 1
250 x 1 PR this was an actual jerk
260 x 1 has a slight pressout but I was happy to still get this as my press has been in the crapper for a while. My best press out of the rack ever is 280 so I am not far off, hopefully within in the next weeks I will be close to it.

Strict press
135 x 5 x 3 sets should have done this for sets of 8-10

Squats
plan called for 300 x 1 x 6 sets I was a dumbass and didn't follow it.
135 x 3
225 x 3
300 x 1
335 x 1
365 x 1 and tweaked my groin, stopped.
Gonna go back to wearing a loose pair of briefs on heavier squats. I like squatting raw, but I hate hurting myself.

Box jumps to 24" box
3 x 5

Sled pulls
3 sets of 400lbs x 60'
1 set of 650lbs x 60'

And I think that was it.

Jesse

Sunday training

Rough day today, very good workout but I am wiped.

Axle Clean and Press
warmup
228 x 1 x 5 sets
These were perfect, all nice and easy.

Cyr Press
65lbs x 1 each arm
85lbs x 1 each arm
105lbs x 1 each afm
117lbs x 1 right only
I am working on holding the DB differently, and I know it is gonna help me press more weight on this, but it sucks right now.

Hang Snatch
95 x 1
135 x 1 x 3 sets
145 x 1
152 x miss
I really suck at these

2 DBs cheat curl
70 x 3 x 2 sets
80 x 3 x 2 sets
100 x misses

Farmers Walks
210 each hand x 80ish feet x 2 sets
These felt nice for not touching farmers in forever

Ciavattone grip axle deads
230 x 15 reps deadstop each rep

Standing abs
3 x 20

Paloff presses
3 x 10

I think that was it. Good day overall.

Jesse

Upper body and Deadlifts great night.

Corey invited me to go do a training session at his gym. It is nice to get out of my element every now and then and I had a great time.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 10 Very happy about this. Very unexpected.

Flat DB press
80 x 8
90 x 8
100 x 8

Deadlifts
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
so I was planning to do 450 for reps but things were actually feeling good.
500 x 3 Probably had 2-3 more in me but this was my goal. Pretty happy about this, wasn't sure my deadlift was moving along or not. Seems I am on the right track.

Bent Over rows
225 x 5
245 x 3
275 x 10 good pause on about 6 of them. Still a nice PR

Went outside and messed around with their biggest tire. Did a couple sets of 2 pretty easy tire for the most part, just had a hard grip on it.

Standing abs
3 x 20

Superset
seated rows
3 x 15
Battling ropes
3 x 20 sec

Fun night glad I went.

Jesse

Back at it.

Ok day of training today. Kind of jumped back into things today, but I think all the driving and sleeping in a shitty bed all week didn't help things. Still ok day now that I look back on it.

Axle clean and press
the plan was to do 10 singles, but 5 only happened.
215 x 1 x 5 sets these felt good but I needed to take too long of rest in between, mostly because I spent the whole week eating massive amounts of food and I hate the heat right now.

Practice some Cyr Press with lighter weights, gotta find the best way to hold the DB and I hate it.

Bent Over rows
185 x 3
235 x 3
260 x 10 PR

DBL overhand axle deads
270 x 1 x 5-6 sets

Practiced some team lifts with Dan
Ciavattone grip axle 580 x 1

Axle deadlift
850 x 1

Tire Flips
600ish tire
3,5,5 last set I 1 motioned all of them.

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

Jesse        

Upperbody workout. Turns out my bench was not lost.

Great workout today. Figured I would see how my bench is coming, turned out it coming along nicely.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 2
285 x 1
305 x 1
315 x 1
330 x 1 5# PR

DB floor presses
5 x 10

Bent Over rows
135 x 5
185 x 5
215 x 5
245 x 10 all paused at top, PR

Ab fallouts
2 x 10

1" Vbar
180 x 1 L & R
189 x 1 L & R
199 x 1 L & R
209 x 1 L & R
219 x 1 R PR
229 x miss

Good night.

Jesse

USAWA records day and Pressing and Squatting

I hosted and competed in a USAWA records day. Overall I set or broke 40 records, some good some bad some I am very proud of.
, not
Felt pretty good today so it was time for some pressing and squatting.

Push Jerks
135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 3
205 x 2
225 x 2
245 x 2
Finally starting to figure out how to do these.

Blast strap face pulls supersetted with scarecrows
3 x 10 each

Back Squats
135 x 3
225 x 3
265 x 3 x 8 sets
These felt great not sure how they will feel over the next couple days though.

Prowler Push
5 sets of 120 feet

Abs
3 x 20

Jesse

Just some upperbody, deloading the lower body

Decided since I am gonna get just stupid on the coming Sunday that I would rest my legs up. Probably should have squatted but a little too late now.

Push Press
warmup
225 x 1 x 5 sets

Strict Press
3 x 5

Band pullaparts
3 x 15

Standing abs
3 x 20

Prowler Pushes
4 x 100 feet

Jesse

A little bit of fun stuff and some conditioning

I wasn't gonna do anything today but Mac came by and I figured why not.

Hang Snatch
bar x  a lot
95 x couple
115 x 1
135 x 1
140 x 1
145 x 1
150 x 1 PR Ugly though

Snatch on knees
65 x 1
75 x 1
85 x 1
95 x 1
105 x 1
110 x 1
115 x 1 pressout

A little bit of jump roping probably 250 jumps

Prowler 5 pushes of 60-80 feet increasing the weight each push, last set was 430lbs.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Tuesday workout Overhead and squatting.

Strict Press
110 x 5
140 x 3
170 x 1
190 x 1
205 x 1 this was way too hard, I was gonna do 5-10 singles but that wasn't happening today.

Back Squats
warmup
245 x 3 x 10 sets
This was hard, a lot of volume and I was more sore than I get from box squats. It has been 2 days and my legs are still killing me.

Shoulder accessory work
3 sets of 2 exercises supersetted.

Abs
4 x 20

Thursday Bench Press and Deadlifting
Close grip bench
285 x 1 x 5 sets
This was way heavier than it should have been. But it is better than nothing.

Deadlifts
225 x 5
315 x 3
365 x 3
425 x 10 I was suprised by this, my legs were killing me and I was dead tired. I was pleased with this.

Paloff presses
3 x 10 each side

1" Vbar
104 x 1
149 x 1
174 x 1
184 x 1
194 x 1
210 x 1 all sets each hand PR

I guess it wasn't much but it kicked my ass.

Jesse

Benching and back work

Gonna be changing some things around. I am not recovering enough from sundays to deadlift on tuesdays. So I will deadlift on thursdays and squat on tuesday.

Close grip bench
275 x 1 x 5 sets
280 x 1
285 x 1
290 x 1
295 x 1
300 x 1

That sucked, but I was happy to get through it.

Bent Over rows
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5
315 x 5 slight pause each rep

Deads
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 10

Sledgehammer death
25# x 5, 16# x 10, 12# x 15 each arm x 2 sets. This sucked, I was dead ass tired after this.

Jesse

Good overhead, shitty deadlift

I was still very sore today, in hindsight I should have skipped deadlifting, but I am a dumbass.

Push Press
135 x 5
185 x 1
215 x 1 x 5 sets
225 x 1
235 x 1
245 x 1 PR
225 x 1 x 2 sets

I guess soon I need to go for a max where I haven't done a bunch of singles beforehand.

Deadlifts
275 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 2
415 x 2
475 x holy christ this was hard
525 x what is my damn problem.

Prowler Pushes
6 trips low handle
6 trips high handle

Paloff Presses
3 x 10 each side

Standing abs
3 x 10

Front raises supersetted with side raises
3 x 10 each

Jesse

BCC April challenge and some decent training

Fun day today. Had it not been raining outside I would have done more but gotta take what you can get.

First we did the BCC challenge for the month.

1st event
2 DBs clean and press
Ended up with 160lbs, I should have used the loadable DBs I think they would have worked better.

2nd event
Reeves Deadlift
I ended up with 250lbs which is a PR

3rd event
Piper Squat
I ended up with 165lbs which I was happy with.

Stones
230 x couple
310 x 1
405 x miss miss I got it lapped which was good, but I had nothing left to load it.

Prowler
5 sets x 120 feet heavy weight

Abs
5 x 20

DB cheat curls
4 x 5 reps

Jesse

Upperbody and lower body deload

Very sore today and worn out. Still a decent workout.

Close grip bench
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 3
265 x 2
280 x 1
240 x 4 x 2 sets
Was supposed to do a down set but the weights felt way too heavy.

I tried to do some light squats, but my knee couldn't take it.

Bent over rows
205 x 5 all paused at top
235 x 5 pause
265 x 5 pause
295 x 5 touch and go

Vbar pulldowns
5 x 10

Prowler Pushes
10 sets x 90 feet

I think I did about 12 sets of 3 on pullups.

Overall it was an ok day.

Jesse

Tuesday overhead and deadlift

Very hard workout today. I decided I was just gonna do my main movements and do no assistance. Sunday kicked my ass.

Strict Press
warmup
200 x 1 x 5 sets
160 x 5 x 2 sets

Deadlift with axle
200 x 3
290 x 3
380 x 2
430 x 2
480 x 1

Speed reps DBL overhand
250 x 1 x 10 sets

Sledgehammer swings
16#er x 10 x 5 sets each arm.

That was it.

Jesse

Sunday Fun

Took me forever to get going this morning. Very tired and very worn out. But once I got going it turned into a good workout.

Clean and Press with an alternate grip
95 x 1
115 x 1
135 x 1
155 x 1
175 x 1
Very wierd way to do this, but fun.

1 Legged Deadlift
155 x 1 both legs
175 x 1 left
200 x 1 left
Hard as to keep my balance.

Reverse curl
135 x 5
155 x 3 x 2 sets

Hang Snatch
115 x 1 x 7 sets
125 x 1
135 x 1

Keg Carry and Load over 48" crossbar
220 and 250 keg x 40 feet each
1st set sucked, 2nd set way better

Stones
310 x 1 x 4 sets over 48" crossbar
330 x 1

Car Deadlift
I did around 15 reps total with 1 set being 8 reps, I despise this.

Overall it turned into a fun day and I am happy with how the results came about.

Jesse

Bench and squatting

Not the greatest training today, but it was better than nothing.

Bench Press
warmup
245 x 4
255 x 3
265 x 2
280 x 1
230 x 6
230 x 10

Dips
3 x 10

Box squats
135 x 5
225 x 2
315 x 1
365 x 1
405 x 1
Called it here, heavy weights were not gonna happen today.

Walked into the house after this, better to walk away, than limp away.

Jesse

Overhed and some deadlifting.

Brutal workout today. But a good one.

Push Press
Warmup
215 x 1 x 5 sets
225 x 1 x 2 sets
235 x 1 PR
240 x 1 PR

Sumo Deads
245 x 3
335 x 2
405 x 1
460 x 2
Speed pulls
375 x 3 x 5 sets

Pulls to the face/band pullaparts/Bent over rows
15/15/8 x 3 sets

Palloff Presses
3 x 10

Twas a good workout.

Jesse

Sunday training

Ok day today. I mostly messed around, but I got some good training in.

Rectangular fix
Worked up to 85lbs for a single.

1 legged deadlift
pulled 175 on my left leg, my right leg is retarded right now on this.

Reverse grip clean and press
worked up to 175lbs not a max effort at all, but a wierd grip to use.

Then I messed around with DB clean and Jerk, DB cheat curl, and then I couldn't remember what else.

Backwards sled pulls
6 sets of 80 feet.

Not a bad day, couldn't complain.

Bench and Squatting

Not a bad day today, I think I am little rundown. I also think a cold is coming upon me. But I got through the day.

Close grip bench
Warmup
250 x 3
260 x 2
275 x 1
225 x 6 x 2 sets
225 x 10

DB floor press
70 x 10
70 x 15

Box squats
warmup
350 x 3 x 3

Calf raises
3 x 10

Good Mornings
3 x 5

Not a bad day. My knee was giving my fits all week, so I was happy just to be able to squat. My daughter despite whining a lot had a great day front squatting a PR of 65lbs, really proud of her.

Jesse

Overhead pressing and deadlifting.

Decent workout today. I think that stone attempt on sunday killed my knee. I was gonna do push presses today but I couldn't even do a dip with an empty bar. So I did strict presses instead.




Strict Presses

180 x 1 x 6 sets

190 x 1 x 2 sets

200 x 1 x 2 sets

Not bad, better than I thought it would go.



Sumo pulls

430 x 2

Speed pulls

335 x 3 x 5 sets was supposed to be 8 sets but I was hurting at this point.



DB rows

3 x 8



Front raises supersetted with Side raises

3 x 10 each



Blast strap rows

3 x 10



Abs

6 sets x 10 reps.



Not bad, I will take it on a gimp knee.



Jesse

SUnday fun.

Fun day today. Very happy with how things went.




Did a bunch of single arm lifts to start the day

1 arm barbell snatch

1 arm C and J

1 arm fulton DB DL

1 arm DB swing



Stones

250 x couple

310 x 2 very easy

360 x 1 most I have done in a while

405 x lapped I was happy to get this but didn't have the juice to load it today. I will get this before April is over.



Axle snatches

Can't remember, not much though.



I hate Bryan Benzel Medley

Thick Handle farmers 200#s x 60 feet, Prowler Push x 60 feet, 200# sandbag carry x 60 feet x 3 times.



Then I went and had dinner with my family.



Training is starting to get better. Looking forward to what this year can bring.



Jesse

Upper and lower body workouts

Been kind of slacker this past week. But what little of lifting I did was productive.

Thursday all I had time to do was bench as the family and I were going to be a baseball game.

Close grip bench
235 x 5
245 x 4
250 x 3
215 x 8
215 x 9
I really suck at these rep sets, I am good for about 10 reps and that is it.

Friday Lower body day

Box squats
330 x 5 x 3 sets

Anderson squats
505 x 1 x 5 sets

Standing abs
3 x 20

Sunday is hopefully just gonna be a fun day. We will see how stupid I get.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

March 30th Friday lower body

Snatches 5 sets of 2
Power Cleans 5 sets of 2

Box squats
140 x 5
230 x 5
300 x 5 x 3 sets

Abs
3 x 20

Sunday 4-1-12
Not much to say I felt wrecked.

Tuesday 4-3-12 Press and Deadlift
Snatches to warmup
Push Press
135 x 5
165 x 3
185 x 1
205 x 1 x 10 sets

Sumo Pulls
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
475 x 1
525 x 1

Not bad wanted to find a starting point for these.

Bent over rows
135 x 8
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5 all paused

Front raises supersetted with Side raises
3 x 10

Abs
3 x 20

Jesse

Upperbody and Lower body workouts.

The week has been kind of rough as I jumped into training too soon and have felt like hell all week.

Upperbody Thursday 3-29-12
Bench Press
warmup
225 x 5
235 x 4
245 x 3
210 x 8
210 x 10 I suck at reps

Elevated pushups
3 x 10

That was it I was exhausted and tired.

Lower Body 3-30-12

Box squats
135 x 5
225 x 5
265 x 5
305 x 5 x 3 sets

Power Snatches
5 sets x 2 reps

Power Cleans
5 sets x 2 reps

2 Dumbbells Deadlift
210lbs x 1
310lbs x 1
390lbs x 1
450lbs x 1 PR

Abs
3 x 20

Jesse

Easy lower body workout

Was still very stiff and sore today. Did a bunch of odd lifts, just wanted to have some fun.




Power cleans

3 x 3



Anderson squats(these suck)

275 x 3

365 x 1

455 x 1

505 x 1

I can tell I am not gonna like these at all.



One arm Hack lift

135 x 1

185 x 1

225 x 1

245 x 1 I think can't remember



DBL overhand axle DL

220 x 1

250 x 1

270 x 1

300 x 1



Hack Lift

245 x 1

315 x 1

365 x 1

405 x 1 PR and goal for the year



Jefferson lift

405 x 1



Abs

3 x 15



Looking forward to ramping things up and getting ready for some big contest this year.



Jesse

Old Time Strongman Competition

I competed down ETs house of Iron and Stone in the USAWA Old Time Strongman Competition.

1st Event Axle Clean and Press
1st attempt 220lbs good
2nd attempt 250lbs good
3rd passed. I was happy to get 250, most I have done in a while.

2nd Event Goerner Stroll
1st attempt 410lbs good
2nd attempt 470lbs good
3rd attempt 510lbs fail, got it picked up but couldn't balance it.

3rd Event Crucifix hold
1st 50lbs
2nd 70lbs fail
3rd 70lbs good
Brutal event, very humbling

4th Event 18" Deadlift
1st attempt 585lbs good
2nd attempt 625lbs fail
3rd attempt 625lbs fail
I was out of gas at this point. Dissapointing not to get this, but I had nothing left.

I ended up winning the middleweights, but took 2nd in the overall. I was halfway close to winning, just needed to get those lfts I missed.

Jesse

Upperbody

Decided to take it easier today. We are gonna do the Postal Meet events on sunday and I figured I am not gonna get any stronger this close to ETs meet so just messed around.




1 arm clean and jerk

45 x 1 L & r

65 x 1 L & R

75 x 1 L & R

85 x 1 L & R

95 x 1 R

105 x 1 R

115 x 1 R



Axle clean and press

160 x 3

200 x 1

220 x 1 opener



Warmed up with some 1 arm bench

Hands together bench

135 x 3

185 x 1

205 x 1

225 x 1 PR



Feet in the air bench

225 x 1

250 x 1



Prowler

10 sets of 90 feet



Feeling better.



Jesse

Sunday and Tuesday shitty ass workouts

Sunday I attempted to do what most people call train, but in reality all I did was lift like a dumbass. So I will leave it at that.

Tuesday Supposed deadlift day.

Power Snatches and Hang snatches
Who knows

Deadlifts
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 2
495 x 1
550 x miss about a million times. I don't what the hell happended here, I just couldn't get it to go. I am starting to wonder how I feel about pulling with a deadlift bar. I gotta learn how to pull the slack out of the bar.

Front squat
135 x 3
185 x 1
205 x 1
225 x 1
235 x 1
I used the clean grip on these, gotta get used to it. I like how it feels but it hurt so much on my wrist.

DB rows
2 x 15

Prowler sprints
10 sets of 90 feet

Abs
3 x 20

So I wanted to have something go good for the damn night, so I picked on of my goals for the year.

2 handed pinch grip
175 x 1 at least something went good, son of a bitch !!!! 180 is the new goal.

Jesse

Deload lower body

Kind of a deload workout. I was quite happy with how it went.




Hang snatches

95 x 3 singles

115 x 3 singles

125 x 3 singles



I attempted some miller clean and jerks with 95lbs but they just turned into cleans, SOB that hurts like hell!!!



Then I tried some 1 arm clean and jerks, my elbow hurts way too bad and I suck at jerking.



Continental to the belt

225 x 1

315 x 1

385 x 1

410 x 1 PR

420 x 1 PR

435 x miss miss so close



Prowler Pushes

90lbs x downhill and uphill

180lbs x downhill and uphill

270lbs x downhill and uphill

360lbs x downhill and uphill, if I would have timed the uphill set I think it might have required a calendar, I just kept pushing and almost fell over at the end.



Standing abs

3 x 20



Good day.



Jesse

Quick Upperbody workout

Ok training today. I was feeling quite tired and Gabby wanted to do her lifts for the Eastern Postal meet. She ended up with 50# on the Feet in the air bench, 55# front squat, and 65# Continental to the belt.




After I helped her.

I got a Pendlay Nexgen bar today, excellent bar and perfect for what I want.



Strict press

I started out with a wider grip, didn't care for it.



135 x 3

155 x 1

175 x 1

back to closer grip

185 x 1

190 x 1

200 x 1

Eh not great my upperback was so sore.



1 arm bench

65 x 3 each arm

85 x 3 each arm

105 x 1 each arm 5# PR left

120 x 1 right arm 5# PR



Close grip bench

285 x 1 x 5 sets



Did some Bent over row

235 x 3

255 x 3

275 x 1

295 x 1 x 2 sets I did a pause on the last rep on each set, on the 295 I paused both, but on the 1st one I think I was to upright. This is a 10# PR

325 x 1 no pause. I think I can get this fresh. I want my record back.



That was it. I think I will take it easy tomorrow and just do conditioning and some light oly stuff.



Jesse

Lower body workout

Ok day today, didn't really think it would go as well as it had.

Hang snatch x a bunch, getting better at these but I was using light weights.

DBL overhand axle deads
200 x 3
250 x 2
280 x 1
300 x 1
320 x miss

Deadlifts
335 x 2
425 x 2
475 x 1
535 x 1 happy about this, next week is 550 it should go well.

Speed pulls, actually they were slow as hell
385 x 3 x 2 sets

Front squats
135 x 3
185 x 1
225 x 1
Tried knee wraps, but I am still a big pussy on front squats. I missed 275.

18" deadlifts
425 x 1
515 x 1
605 x 1
655 x 1 I think this is a raw PR
705 x miss, almost got it to break from the boxes I would have got it had that happended.

Some core work then I went and stuffed myself with wings.

Jesse

Lower body

Box squats


300 x 2 x 5 sets



Steinborn lift

got a PR of 235lbs, I gotta work on better technique to get this bastard on my shoulders, They should call this the manmaker.



Sumo pulls, not sure why I did these just had the urge.

245 x 3

335 x 1

405 x 1

455 x 1

505 x 1 that was enough.



Abs

3 x 15



Jesse

Upperbody night

Strict Press
135 x 5
150 x 3
170 x 5

Push Press
205 x 1 x 5 sets
230 x 1 PR for a true push press

Bench Press
275 x 1 x 5 sets
Feet in the air bench
245 x 3 x 2 sets

Tate Presses
4 x 8

Pullups
3 sets x 5 reps

Conditioning
rower and jump rope 24 rounds 20 sec on 10 sec off.

Good night.

Jesse

Lower body hell

Honestly after assessing todays craziness I am not sure how I made it throught it. Definately feeling a wee bit worn down. But overall it was a good night. Just me and the weights tonight, which was probably a good thing  as I was a little irritable and probably would have punched somebody.

DBL overhand axle deads
110 x 3
200 x 3
250 x 3
270 x 1
290 x 1

regular deads
315 x 2
405 x 2
475 x 1
525 x 1 was supposed to be 2 but I forgot how to deadlift on this set, it was terrible. Decided to call it good here instead of doing another set.

Speed Pulls
385 x 3 x 2 sets

18" deads
425 x 1
515 x 1
585 x 1
625 x 1 Nice PR for no straps

Front squats
215 x 1 x 4-5 sets can't remember

Bent Over Rows
245 x 5 x 3 sets
265 x 5
285 x 5

Circuit
Standing abs x 10, 50# medicine ball slams x 5, 100 jump ropes x 3 sets

That as it. It about killed me.

Jesse

Strongman day

Not a bad day, very nice weather, and I had a decent day.

Axle clean and press
110 x 3
160 x 3
200 x 3
230 x 1
230 x 3 feeling better

Crucifix hold
30s x a couple
40 x a couple
50s x not a chance in hell
Did some static holds with bands, I think this is how I am gonna try and train this as it doesn't kill my shoulders too bad.

Goerner stroll
190 each hand x 1 or 2
230 each hand x 1
250 each hand x not today

Front raises
3 x 10

Pulls to the face
3 x 15

Standing abs
3 x 20

Some rowing on the rower. Then went and did stuff with the family.

Jesse

Quick squats and stuff.

Hang snatch
Few sets, I suck at these.

Box squats
135 x 2
230 x 2
280 x 2 x 5 sets
300 x 2
320 x 2
340 x 2
360 x 2
380 x 2

Tried the steinborn lift
140 x 1
190 x 1
Christ this should be called the Devil lift, I might be able to get 275-300 but that would be a big might.

Abs
3 x 20

Nice and fast.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts

Sunday


Axle clean and press

180 x 5

200 x 5

220 x 5 best my press has felt in a while.



Then we had our monthly challenge at the gym, well it is into its 2nd month.

1st event 2 DBs anyhow

Got 90 each hand, couldn't clean the 105s, so ended up with 180lbs total.



2nd event Reverse curl

Got a PR of 170lbs



3rd event Index fingers DL

155lbs, this is Fing hard.



Corey won the challenge and is the Big %%$% of the month.



I think I did a little bit more but I can't remember.



Tuesday Deads and stuff.



Axle Cleans

110 x 3

160 x 3

200 x 1

210 x 1

220 x 1

230 x miss

210 x 1 x 3 sets



Deadlifts

135 x 3

225 x 3

315 x 3

405 x 1

455 x 1

512 x 2 Happy about this, most I have pulled in a while and it felt really solid.



18" Deads

worked up to 605 x 1, most I have pulled over/under I believe. Depending on what kind of bar ET is using next month I might just hook grip everything. This bar is 32mm and I can hook it but it hurts like hell.



Front squats

205 x 1 x 8 sets



That was all I had time and energy for. I wanted to do some upperback work and core work but I will save it for another day.

Thursday upperbody day
1 arm bench press
bunch of warmups each arm.
did 115lbs with my right arm for a 5# PR.

Strict Press
125 x 3
140 x 3
160 x 8

Push Press/Push Jerk combo
195 x 1 and 1
205 x 1 and 1
215 x 1 and 1
225 x 1 and I suck at jerking gotta really work on it.

Feet in the air bench
225 x 5 x 2 sets
225 x 5 feet on ground

Reverse curls
3 x 5

Hammer curls
3 x 8

Conditioning
30 sec jump rope, 30 sec rower, 30 sec rest 11 rounds. This was fun, Corey about died while me and Bryan were ready for another 10 rounds.

Jesse

Lower body

Felt pretty good going into this workout, it didn't go terrible but my damn knee starting acting up at the ends of squats.

Back squats
135 x 3 x 2
225 x 3
275 x 1
295 x 1
275 x 2 x 5 sets

Was gonna do some High bar olympic squats but my knee was killing me.

Hack lift
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 1
385 x 1

Two-handed pinch grip
worked up to 172.5 for an alltime PR, might have had 180 in me but I will save it for another day.

Spud long ab strap abs
3 x 20

Overall I am happy with how things went, I think I am gonna back to box squatting on fridays and then do front squats after I deadlift on tuesday. This has worked well for me in the past, so might as well go back to it.

Jesse

Upperbody craziness......

Felt a lot better today, still sore but I knew tonight wouldn't be as bad.

Strict Press
115 x 5
130 x 5
150 x 10 This was my goal, I need to get my strict press back. I think it is the missing factor right now.

Push Press superset with Push Jerk
185 x 1 and 1
195 x 1 and 1
205 x 1 and 1
215 x 1 and 1
225 x 1 and 1
While these are very unimpressive weights, I felt good to get the groove right each time. I forgot how to push press correctly and last week at the meet it showed and that pissed me off. If I can get both of these back in the groove I will be pressing heavier again in strongman lifts.

Feet in the air bench
135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
245 x 1
275 x 1 Wow this was hard, but I will take it.
Add Slingshot
275 x 5 tris were shot.

Pullups
5 x 5

Reverse curls
135 x 5 x 3 sets

Hammer curls
3 x 10

Vbar pulldowns
3 x 10

Very good night, really happy with how things went. I was very sore at the end thought, my traps hate me.

Jesse

2-14 workout, damn I am still sore.

Really I wasnt' sure what I would do today, I was still very sore and worn out from Sunday. But it turned out ok.

James Lift, Bryan did this this weekend and I had to try it very very very hard.
bar x 1
65lbs x 1
95lbs x 1 x 2 sets
1st you clean it, then you front squat, then while in the bottom position you press it, bring it back down then squat back up.
Bryan was not pleased with how much he did on Sunday and managed to do an amazing 210lbs HOLY SHIT!!!

Deads
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 2
475 x 2 Not very easy, not very hard.

Skipped speed pulls I was way too sore and tired.

Front squats
175 x 1 x 10 sets
These felt great, can't wait to get actually strong on these.

DB rows
3 x 10

I think that was it, pretty decent day considering how tired and sore I was.

Jesse

Records day at the Dino Gym.

The family and Bryan, Cassie, Corey, and Troy went down to the Dino to particepate in the USAWA records day. It was an amazing day, and my daughter Gabby competed. I was so proud of her, but really I was proud of everyone.

Gabby's day
Strict press with axle(Maxey Press)
She got a PR of 38lbs

Push Press with barbell
45lbs that counted
She got 51lbs for a PR, but moved her foot.

Hack lift(behind the back deadlift)
PR of 115lbs

Jefferson deadlift(between the legs Deadlift)
PR of 115lbs

Regular deadlift
115lbs that counted
she got 123lbs for a lifetime PR, but moved her leg.

I was so proud of her, she did amazing.

My lifts, now I made a huge mistake and didn't have a plan of attack to properly do them in order and not where myself out.

Maxey Press
193lbs

Push Press 205lbs, I basically have forgot how to push press, need to work on my form again.

Cyr Press(Dumbell clean and press)
Got 125lbs, almost had 135lbs

Curl Reverse Grip
154lbs, first time trying this, I know I more in me but I was happy to get this.

Bent over row with Pause
286lbs, very happy with this one.

Continental to belt
407lbs, I had more my but I pinched the hell out uf my gut. Chad Ullom who did 480lbs for the highest continental ever show me to use a towel between the belt and my stomach so this wont happen. Next time.

Pinch Grip
Right Hand 63lbs
Left Hand 70lbs Huge PR

One Arm Bench press
Left arm 100lbs
Right arm 110lbs
Very happy about both of these, I know I had more in me but I was getting tired.

Jefferson lift fulton bar
385lbs PR, this is hard enough with a regular bar using the axle makes it 10 times harder.

Fulton bar deadlift
451lbs, I made a jump to 506lbs but I was so tired at this point that I had nothing left.

Rectangular fix
80lbs, this is a weight I have done for reps my forearms were so tired I could barely do this.

Saxon Snatch
85lbs again light weight buy my grip was shot.

Overall it was a great day, I am looking forward to the next one. I wanna break some more records.

Jesse

Deadlift PRs, and getting ready to lift heavy this weekend.

The plan was to deload today, I sort of did, I think if anything it was a mental deload.

I had Gabby practice some lifts she is gonna attempt records on Sunday.

Maxey Press(Strict Press with Axle)
she worked up to a PR of 35lbs

Push Press from Rack
She got a PR of 50lbs

Deadlifts
She got a PR dbl overhand of 85lbs
Then pulled 105lbs on the hack lift and Jefferson lift.

Great night for Gabby very proud of her.

Then I lifted
Axle deadlifts
200lbs x 3 regular dead, hack lift, jefferson lift
290 x 3 same deal
380 x 1 just regular dead and jefferson deadlift
430 x 2 just regular deadlift
470 x 1
505 x 1 PR on axle deads and I had more in me, save that for another day.

Speed Pulls
380 x 3 x 3

I haven't pulled heavy with the axle in forever, it really made me happy to pull a PR on it tonight.

Front squats
135 x 3
155 x 3
185 x 1
225 x 1

Bent over rows with hold at top
135 x 5
185 x 5
205 x 3
225 x 3
245 x 1
265 x 1
285 x 1 PR

35# medicine ball slams
3 x 10

It was a great night, Corey made it over and I helped him with his squat.

Jesse

Sunday Fun

I felt like complete hell today. But I had decided to attempt an easier workout.

Axle clean and press strict
110 x 3
130 x 3
150 x 1
180 x 1
Push press
200 x 3 x 3

My elbow was killing me today, since we are going to the Dino Gym next week I figured no reason to push it.

2 Man Strict press
Corey and I worked up to 315, pretty easy but decided to call it here.

2 man Ciavattone axle deadlift
worked up to 575 for a PR.

Axle deadlift
pulled 450lbs, this was way harder than it should be.

Practiced a few other lifts, did some core work. Overall it was a fun day and we had a blast. Bryan and Dan pulled 625lbs on the 2 man ciavattone axle deadlift. Corey and I are gonna attempt a few 2 man records next weekend.

Jesse

Squats

Went over to Bryans and trained. It wasn't a great workout, but it was better than nothing.

Back squats
As I get ready to warmup I realize that I forgot my shoes, so I squatted in my olympic shoes. I love pressing in these and front squatting, but I don't care for back squatting in them anymore.

Back squats
135 x 2
185 x 2
225 x 1
275 x 1
315 x 1
365 x 1 the rep was easy but I said screw it, I was tired and my groin was killing me. Better to live to fight another day.

Hack lift
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 1
405 x couldn't get into the right position.

Bryan pulled an impressive 505lbs this way.

Leg raises
5 x 10

Jesse

Decent upperbody night

Wasn't sure how tonight was gonna go, I felt like hell but sometimes the days I feel the worst turn out the best.

Close grip bench
215 x 5
245 x 3
275 x 5 Not great, but not terrible.

DB floor press
60 x 10
70 x 10
80 x 10
100 x 8 Happy about this.

Pullups
5 x 5

Cable extensions
5 x 10

Hammer Curls
3 x 10

Wrist curls
4 x 15

Lat pulldowns
4 x 15

Overall I was happy with how this workout went, my buddy Randy came over and is making awesome progress. Can't wait to see in about 6 weeks where he will be as the first 6 weeks have been amazing.

Jesse

Deads and upperback

My bar I had to have replaced arrived today, it was nice to have back.

Warmed up with some cleans on it.

Cleans
135 x 5 x 2
185 x 3
205 x 3
My clean form sucks. No biggie gotta work on it.

Deads
245 x 3
295 x 3
335 x 2
385 x 1
425 x 1
500 x 2 this felt good, it was nice to pull 500 again.

Skipped speed pulls today.

18" deads
600 x 1 x 2 sets
These felt good.

Chest supported rows
4 x 15

Bent Over rows
4 x 10

Front squats
3 sets

Ab work
3 sets

Damn good night.

Jesse

Sunday Training

Today started out like crap, I was very tired and very sore. Deloaded on some things then finally got some energy with the nice weather to do some strongman stuff.

Axle clean and press
just worked up to 205 for 2 sets of 3. I haven't really deloaded my press in about 5-6 weeks so this was needed.

Tried to do some continentals to the belt but I was burned out.

Rectangular Fix
75lbs x 3 sets of 5 reps.

Worked on some holdouts from the bottom and top. This lift is hard, very hard and humbling.

Then Corey and I were dicking around doing a 2 man Ciavattone grip on the axle. We worked up to 520lbs and missed 550lbs it was close. I think had we taken a little more rest we would have got it. I was pleased with this.

So Bryan wanted to do Super Yoke, so I figured why not. But wow when you haven't done the yoke in a while it hurts.
450lbs x 50 feet
540lbs x 50 feet
630lbs x 50 feet
Wow I almost forget how to do yoke, but nothing got hurt so that was good. My neck is killing me though. But it was nice to do again.

Keg loads over 48" bar, we had it initially set at 54" but that was too high for everyone to be able to use.
I think we did about 15-16 loads with the 250lbs keg.

Prowler with 90lbs x 90 feet then 25# sledgehammer x 5 each arm x 5 sets

Overall it turned out to be an ok day. Time for a nap.

Jesse