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