Deathlifts, well with the heat, but really it is just a deadlift.

Tough but great workout tonight. Hottest one of the year so far. I was very motivated for tonight, as I wasn't sure if I was going to get to do the Gus as they scheaduled an event that weekend. But it seems my new boss is gonna try her hardest to let me have it off. So my spirits were high.

Deads
135 x 3 x 2
225 x 3
315 x 2
405 x 2
455 x 1
505 x 6 touch and go, had a few more in me for a possible PR but my thumb was shot from pinch grip work on sunday. Damn't I wanted that, but I know it is there.

Hip Lift
900lbs x 5
1100lbs x 10 PR
1500lbs x 1

Chuck V rows
5 x 15

Meadows rows
5 x 10

Green Band shrugs
5 x 10

45 degree hypers
5 x 10

Prowler Pushes
90lbs x 5 trips of 120 feet

Abs
Some grip work

Nice night.

Jesse

Strongman day

Good day overall. Have to work overtime tonight so I was hoping not to push it too hard, still debating if I did or not.

Log Jerks
200lbs x 2 x 8 sets
Not bad, but I am horrible on leg drive with the log.

Farmers
300lbs x 40ft made a mistake and didn't clean off the excess chalk
300lbs x 65ft wanted to go further but my grip was shot, still progress and cleaning off the chalk helped a ton.

Car Deadlift simulator
650lbs x 10 reps PR
Should have kept going as these felt so good, but 10 was a huge PR.

Dead stop overhead presses from eye level
135 x 3
155 x 3
175 x 3
205 x 1
Wow hard position to press from.

2 hands pinch weights on both sides
145 x 5 singles
125 x 5 reps
way harder than front loading.

Saxon bar pinch 4" side
85lbs x 5
95lbs x 5

Some other grip stuff

Not a bad day.

Jesse

Lower body rep day

So going into this workout, I felt like shit. Super tired, depressed, just generally pissed off. But I had a goal in mind and I was going to get that damn goal.

Back Squats
135 x 3 x 2
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 2
Poop break
295 x 1
315 x 9
Was planning on doing 8 and that is what I thought I did but I miscounted during my set. Pretty happy about this.

Band Leg Curls
3 x 20

Battling ropes

Prowler Pushes
60' high handles 60' low handles x 5 sets

Standing abs
3 x 20

That's it, but I was happy.

Jesse

Dynamic deadlift day, and how about I try to make myself puke.

So I was sitting at work and I kept thinking what can I do tonight that will just be absolutely horrible. I think I found the right combination.

Circuit of
Dynamic deads 315 x 2
Prowler Push + 90lbs x 50 ft
150# keg carry x 50 ft
Did this 8 times took me about 11 min.

Had to sit down for a little while.

DB rows
160lbs x 8 reps x 3 sets

Standing rows with bands
5 x 15

Chuck V rows
5 x 15

SSB low box squats
5 sets x 3 reps
These killed my core and upperback

Prowler Pushes + 90lbs
5 sets of 120 feet

Sledghammer swings
16#er x 10 x 5 sets

Chest Supported rows
10,12,15

Jesse         

Strongman Sunday

This workout started like shit, I was sore as hell and tired but once I got past my first lift things went better.

Push Presses
160 x 3
190 x 3
210 x 6 just awful, this should have been at least 8 reps if not 9 or 10. Bad days happen, I get over it.

Farmers Walks
265 per hand x 3 sets of 80 feet, was gonna do 4 sets but I dropped the farmers on the 3rd set and figured I would take it as a sign to quit.

Car DL simulator
550lbs x 15 reps PR, should have went for more reps but a PR is a PR.

Keg Carry medley
250 and 200 keg x 80' each x 2 sets of wanting to die.

Keg Load
250 keg x 10 reps alternating with Troy.

Grip work.

Overall it was a good day, and I feel right on track. But there is a possibility that I might not get to compete, if that happens so be it, it will piss me off but its life.

Jesse

Upperbody night

One thing I can take away from today, is I was at least in a happy mood. So that is something I can take away. I went off my plan today and wanted a PR, I didn't get it but came close.

Lets just say that doing One motion log presses while you are worried about shitting yourself.

Log One motion presses
140 x 3
170 x 3
200 x 1
230 x 3, one good thing I can take away is I did these faster than last time.

230 x 1, and 1

Flat DB presses
60's x 15 x 3 sets

Blast Strap Pushups feet elevated on bench
5 x 10
3 sets with chains

Band Pushdowns
100 reps

Saxon Bar deads
3 x 3

Plate Hub Pinches
bunches, managed to clean and press one.

Not bad, but fuck I wanted that PR.

Jesse

Deadlift and upperback workout

Deadlifts
135 x 3 x 2 sets
245 x 3
305 x 3
375 x 1
425 x 1
475 x 1
525 x 2 Hell yeah, most I have pulled in a long time. Very happy about this.

Bent Over rows
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5
295 x 5
320 x 5 PR

DB rows
80s x 10,12,15

Chuck V pulldowns
5 x 15

Eagle Loop pulldowns
5 x 10

Eagle Loop Shrugs
3 x 5

Low Bar Prowler pushes
200lbs x 5 sets of 60'

Fallouts
2 x 10

Jesse

Great night, feels good to getting my strength back.

Past couple of workouts

Friday I decided it was time for a deload day, really needed it my knees were killing me. I got a new barbell and wanted to break it in.

1 handed deadlifts
235 x 1 both
285 x 1 both
300 x 1 both
345 x 1 both
385 x 1 just LH
400 x miss

Prowler Pushes
200lbs x 8 sets of

45 degree hypers
3 x 10

Ab work
3 x 10

Sunday
I totally went off plan today and I really wish I wouldn't have. It happens though.

Strict Presses/Push Jerk combo
75 x 2 and 2
95 x 2 and 2
115 x 2 and 2
135 x 2 and 2
155 x 2 and 2
175 x 2 and 2
195 x 2 and 2
215 x 2 and 2
235 x 2 only push jerk

Farmers Walks
bunch of picks to warmup
320 per hand x maybe 8 feet, my grip was gone, total body shutdown

Keg Load over 48" bar
220 keg x 10 reps

Keg Carry at hip
290# keg x 80'

Shoulder accessory work

That was it, mowed yard, worked on some projects and then took a 2 hour nap.

Jesse

Log Pressing and upperbody

Was a little later than usual doing my workout as I had got lucky and got a really good deal on some old York 100# plates. Went and picked them up and it took me 1.5 hours to get it all done.

My gym is really coming around and I can't wait to spend some time getting it more organized.

Log Press viper style.

140 x 3
160 x 3
180 x 3
202.5 x 10 PR
This fucking sucked balls, but I wanted to get 10.

Close grip bench
215 x 3
245 x 3
275 x 3
My bench sucks right now, but who cares.

Rolling DB extensions
5 x 10

Pullups
10 x 3

Jump Roping
500 jumps

Band Extensions
10 x 10

2" Vbar
Lots of volume, my forearms were killing me.

Grippers.

Good night overall. Can't complain.

Jesse

Deadlifts

Tonight called for a deadlifts for a sets of 8 - 10 reps. I have been doing all my deadlifts dead stop each rep, this makes me a lot harder and I hope will carry over to a bigger deadlift this year.

Deadlifts
135 x 5 x 2
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1 almost had this dbl overhand no hook, pathetic.
425 x 8 felt good, left hammy was a little tight but I pushed through.

Bent Over rows
3 x 5

Chest Supported rows
5 x 10

Seated rows
9 x 10

Band Rows
5 x 10

Shrugs
5 x 10

Weighted abs
3 x 10

1" Vbar
204 x 3 RH 224 x 2 LH both PRs.

Overall not a bad night.

Jesse

Strongman Sunday

Slept great the night before but I took forever to wake up, there wasn't enough caffeine to get me going. But once I got warmed up things started clicking.

Strict Press
95 x 3
125 x 3
145 x 3
165 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 3
Push Press
230 x 4 should have had 5 so close
250 x 1
262 x million misses that were really close, I should had this but I just kept fucking up every attempt.

Farmers Walks
280 each hand x 2 sets of 80'
Not bad, but I could have moved faster.

Stones
330 x 1
Took me a couple attempts to remember how to pick it up, once I did I didn't want to touch the damn thing again.

Keg Carry at hip
220 keg x 2 sets of 160'
Holy shit this sucked

Abs
grip work

Overall I am pleased with today, things seem to be on the right track.

Jesse

Good lower body day

Wasn't sure how today's workout was gonna go, I got a lot of sleep and ate a lot of food hoping to speed up some recovery. Decided just to do a nice 3 reps on the squat. Decided on around 90ish percent of what I did last month.

Back Squats
135 x 5 x 2 sets
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 3 added belt
315 x 1
345 x 3 easy and super deep. Decided to stop here, these felt good and I wanted to end my squats on a good note.

Leg Extensions
can't remember

Box jumps to 30"
3 x 5

Abs
4 sets

Nice quick workout, plus Gabby lifted with me which made it that much better.

Jesse

Shit tastic upperbody night.

Been a rough week, sleep has been horrible, and work has been busy. I don't have a hard job, but it does wear me down when I am working open to closes. Money has been good though, so that I appreciate.

I felt good for todays workout but that was just a feeling I guess.

Log press
Lets just say these sucked and leave it at that. Needed a deload on them anyway.

Close grip bench
195 x 5
225 x 5
255 x 5
These felt crappy also, no drive.

Ring extensions
5 x 10

Ring pushups
50 reps

Band pushdowns
100 reps

Grip.

That was it, supposed to do a heavier squat tomorrow, but if I still feel tired, I will skip it, better to let my body rest for sunday.

Jesse

Dynamic deadlift workout, pretty much a deload day.

Lifted with my ladies today. They both had great nights.

Dynamic deads
295 x 2 x 8 sets
All sets felt good, took tell about 4 sets before I felt explosive.

Chest supported rows
5 x 10

Fat bar DB rows
5 x 10

Sledgehammer swings supersetted with Jump Roping
10 each arm on sledge 100 on jump ropes x 3 sets

Alison set a volume PR on bench getting 85lbs x 5 x 5, she is still recovering from being sick so we took it easy on her deadlift workout and other stuff.

Gabby set 3 PRs
bench 55lbs x 6 reps
deadlift 134lbs x 3 reps and then 150lbs x 1 for an all time PR.

Great night.

Jesse

Thoughts on my training, what I plan on doing this year, and my goals.

So far this year my training seems spot on. I am using a combination of the Cube method and 5/3/1. I like the cube for my squat and deadlift but I know how to make my overhead work better with 5/3/1. So far I think its working, I have got some log PRs as of late and that is always good. My deadlift and squat are coming back and I hope to be getting the numbers I was hitting last year within the next couple of months.

I keep fighting the urge to want to lose weight, in reality this is fucking stupid. Some days I let what normal people think get in my head. Fuck them, I can be strong and still be in good cardio shape. Granted I could be eating healthier, but I am enjoying myself.

Right now I am pretty sure I know most of my strengths and weaknesses. I still have good loading ability, good foot speed on moving events. But my weaknesses are my legs, they need lots of work and they are what is giving out on me in the car deadlift, keg medley, and loading events for reps. But my squats are moving up, and I am hitting PRs weekly on the car DL, so things are on the right track.

Here are what meets I hope to do this year :
1. Gus Lohman Memorial
2. MacPherson Highland Games
3. Omaha Open Powerlifting meet

Goals for each meet :
Gus:
Top 3 in my weight class
Only real goal here.

Mac Games:
Top 3 in my class
again same goal

Omaha Open:
400+ shirted bench
600+ deadlift

Of these 3 the Omaha Open will be the hardest as I don't really train my bench and I will have to learn the shirt again.


Other Goals I have for this year.
1.Load my bitch of a 400# stone to 48"
2.300# press, this is something I have been chasing for a long time and there is no reason I shouldn't have gotten by now.
3.Bench 350 close grip, this will actually require me to bench more often.
4. Strict Press my bodyweight, I have come close, so close to this.
5. Deadlift over 600#s, I don't care if it is 601 lbs I will be happy with anything over 600 lbs.
6. Squat 400 lbs for reps, again something I should have been doing a long time ago.
I will probably add more things throughout the year, but for right now these are things I want to concentrate on.

Jesse

Strongman Sunday.

Strict Press
95 x 3
125 x 3
155 x 3
185 x 3
215 x 1
Push Press
217.5 x 6

Strict Press downset
135 x 10 x 2 sets

Farmers Walks
245 each hand x 80' x 4 sets
Good speed on all sets, but these wore me out for the rest of the workout.

Car Deadlift
13 reps PR

Keg Medley
270 and 220 keg x 80' each not as fast as I would have liked.
220 keg x 80'

Grip work

Paloff Presses
2 x 10 each side

Overall today was a good day, I think I am on the right track with my training. My pickup on the farmers felt light, which is good as this is a weak spot for me, hopefully this will carryover to the car DL. Definitely got to work on my leg strength and my conditioning though.

Jesse

Upperbody night and log pressing PR

Overall I felt shitty today, was very sore from Tuesday, but I had a number in mind today and I wanted to get it.

Log Press viper style
log x 5
140 x 2
180 x 2
210 x 2
240 x 2 PR I kept telling myself to get 2 reps, that is all I wanted, they felt really good also, but I gotta learn to push myself when I have more in me. I went for a 3rd rep but mentally I was drained.

The rest of my workout went kind of shitty.

Tried to do some incline log but I had no energy.

Incline DB presses
60s x 10 x 5 sets

Dips
I screwed up my wrist somehow only did 2 sets of 10 reps before I said fuck this.

Fat bar pushdowns
5 x 20

Tons of grip work

Bunch of jump roping.

Overall I think my training is on the right track. But I have to get my diet and cardio in order, been lazy with those 2 things and it is not helping me.

Jesse

Deadlifts and upperback

Got home and was really lacking motivation to train, so I said "Fuck this I am gonna go over and train at Omaha Barbell." This turned out to be a smart move.

Deadlifts
135 x 3 x 2 sets
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 3
475 x 3 all dead stop and felt good, this was my actual plan for today but I wanted more, decided to do a touch and go set.
505 x 5 most I have done in a long long long time. Big ego booster.

Chest supported row
10,10,10,10,15

DB rows
3 x 8

Lat Pulldowns
3 x 15

Decided to do some super yoke, short runs but it was still nice to do.
350 x 36 feet
530 x 36 feet
620 x 36 feet
710 x 36 feet called it here, this felt good and I have no reason to push it.

Inverted glute ham torture machine
2 sets of 10 reps, I really like this machine, kills my glutes and hamstrings.

Overall it was a great night and it really helped boost my confidence. But I am really gonna regret working my dbl shift tomorrow.

Jesse

Holy shit I am sore and tired, but it was a good day overall.

Strongman Sunday, overall my favorite day of the week. I was really fucking sore from my Friday workout, but I still managed a good day overall.

Push Presses, doing these with sore quads sucks nuts.
165 x 3
185 x 3
205 x 9 DAMMIT why does 10 reps always seem to allude me, oh well my leg drive was horrible so it is a good thing I can muscle them up.

Farmers Walks
260 each hand x 80 feet x 2 sets
These were good, slow pickup but fast feet, pretty normal for me.

Car DL simulator
600lbs x 9 reps PR but I still suck at this.

Keg Load over bar
250 keg x 7 reps decided to stop my lower back was not happy and I wasn't gonna fuck it up again.

Keg Carry medley
250/200 keg
80' each of them x 1 and then I was dead

Jump Roping
500 jumps

It was really a good day, everything seems to feel on track, just got to rest up this week.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts, some good, some bad, some stupid ideas.

Tuesday

I was really pumped up todays workout, but I knew on Sunday I had felt something pull in my lower back. Turns out I did.

Deads from the floor
135 x 3 x 2
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
475 x 1 stopped here I had hardly any pull out of the bottom and I don't wanna screw myself up more.

Decided to just do a bunch of lighter stuff

Bodyweight rows
5 x 10

Situps
5 x 15

45 degree hypers
4 x 10

Chest supported rows
4 x 10

That was it, went and saw a movie with the family. Heal up to fight another day.

Thursday
Pretty decent workout overall today. My wife had food poisoning the past couple days so I did not get much sleep. So I skipper yesterdays workout and rested up.

Log One Motion Presses
140 x 3
170 x 3
190 x 2
215 x 5 PR
Pretty happy overall about this, but I know I could have done more just didn't have the air, plus I had my belt on super tight to help with my back hurting. But can't complain about a PR

Close grip bench
225 x 3
250 x 2
280 x 4

Back Squat dynamic
235 x 3 x 8 sets

So then Mac had this grand ole stupid idea that we should do prowler, but do a suicide medley, I really hated him for this idea after I did it.

Prowler + 90lbs
suicide pushes 80ft low and high, 60 ft low and high, 40 ft low and high, 20 feet low and high for a grand total of 400 feet

Dips supersetted with fat bar pullups
5 on dips and 3 on pullups then do 50 jump ropes in between

Weighted abs
3 x 10
Plus more jump roping.

Not bad night, things seem to be on the right track.

Jesse

Not such a happy easter workout

Today was not a total loss, but I was bound to have a shitty workout, and I would classify today as a shitty workout.  I have been sleeping fucking horrible and it just really caught up with me today.

Push Presses, my plan was to work up to a 1 rep new PR, that didn't happen
95 x 2
135 x 2
165 x 2
195 x 2
215 x 1
235 x 1
Stopped here these felt immensely heavy

Log Strict Press
180 x 3 x 3
These felt like shit also.

Keg Carry at hip
270 keg x 80 feet x 2 sets
Holy shit that sucked but probably the best part of my workout.

Keg Load over bar
200# keg x 10 reps

Pulls to face 3 x 10
Band pullaparts 3 x 10
Standing abs 3 x 20

Gripper 3 x 20 each hand

Not the worst workout, but I wanted more, I will push the prowler to punish myself tomorrow.

Jesse

Upperbody night

Going into tonights workout I was quite worried that today was just gonna suck. So I got home and relaxed for a couple hours instead of just going right into the gym. Turns out it was the right idea.

Log Viper Presses
165 x 2
185 x 2
205 x 7 Big PR

Close grip bench
205 x 3
235 x 3
265 x 6 no spotter didn't want to push it

Band Pressdowns
4 x 25

Some neck lift

Some grip work

That was it for today, I was getting really tired so I figured stop while it was still good.

Jesse

Deadlift night, and proud husband and father

Worked out with Josh, and my daughter and my wife. It was really a great night of lifting, I think having some nice weather lifted up my spirits.

Deadlifts
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 8 deadstop each rep and all hook gripped. These were pretty easy, only problem I had was my damn belt kept slipping in the back, so I probably wasn't pushing my abs out as hard as I should.

Farmers Walks
220 each hand x 80 feet x 4 runs
Not too bad, not as fast as I would like, but the weights felt super light and my grip never felt weak.

DB rows supersetted with bodyweight rows
100lbs on rows x 10 and x 10 on bodyweight rows x 3 sets

Seated rows
5 x 10

Abs
2 x 20

Prowler Medley
Low handle x 60' high handle 60' x 3 sets

That was it, hating myself right now but looking forward to getting strong again.

My wife did great tonight deadlift 225 x 3 super easy and doing them double overhand, not to brag but she definitely has an above average grip, not elite but way above average. My daughter did great tonight setting a 5 rep PR on the bench with 54lbs and a 5 rep PR on the hack lift with 115lbs.

Jesse

Event training and such

It snowed yet again, granted now it is all melted but it wasn't earlier so we couldn't really do much outside without risking falling on our asses.

I started out doing push jerks but they hurt my knees too much, so I switched to push presses
165 x 1
195 x 1
225 x 1,2,3,4,4.9 came so close to getting the 5th one, this is some kind of PR, it has to be a rep PR and volume wise I was happy to do this many reps.

Strict Press with log
170 x 9 wanted 10 but I couldn't get it.

Single arm DB press
55lbs x 5 reps each arm x 2 sets

Car Deadlift simulator
550lbs x 10 reps in like 25 sec, my plan was to do 10 as fast as I could, this felt really good, and I am sure I could have done 20 in 60. But I will save that for another day.

Keg Squats
250 keg x 5 x 3 sets

Bunch of grip work

Leg Raises
3 x 10

Jesse

Feeling good, I might do some moving events tomorrow if the ground is dry.

Squats and such

Decided to go to a local what I would call "hardcore gym" When I use the term hardcore I mean people actually come to this place to train and get stronger, not fucking dick around. It is nice every now and then to get out of my gym and see other places, tonight didn't disappoint.

Back Squats
135 x 3 x 2
185 x 2
225 x 1
275 x 1 added belt
315 x 1
345 x 1
370 x 1 not too shabby, left me wanting more, but save that for 3-4 weeks.

Leg Extensions
5 x 10
downset
1 x 25

45 degree Hypers
5 x 5 agains't mini band

Sumo Pulls
3 x 3 using axle

Yoke push/Yoke run medley
just 350lbs x 5 sets of 35 feet each so 70 feet total, this really smoked my legs on the push

Hyper abs
5 x 20

Great night.

Jesse

Upperbody workout

Was rushed going into tonights workout, its not like it was a bad workout but I just wasn't happy with the result. But after looking at things, it is progress.

Log Clean and Press
Clean each rep, then one motion press style or viper style whatever the fuck you wanna say.

log x 3
140 x 3
170 x 3
190 x 7, I did these in 60 sec, I should have kept going until I got 10. Remember this for workouts later on.

Incline Log
190 x 5
210 x 5
220 x 5

Dips
5 x 10

Pullups
I believe I did 7 sets of 5 reps

Prowler Push
10 sets of 80 feet


Jesse

Dynamic Deadlifts

Today was supposed to be dynamic deads day, but really it was more a deload, fine with me I felt like hell anyway.

1 arm snatches to warmup

Power Cleans
195 x 1 x 10 sets

Speed Pulls with axle
255 x 2 x 10 sets
Probably 30 sec rest in between

Neck Lift
290lbs x 5 x 3 sets

SLDs
5 x 8

That was it, should have done some core and upperback work but I was tired.

Jesse

Strongman day

Decided to do a test day for the events for the Gus Lohman. Overall I am happy with how things went, some good some bad, but I know what I need to work on.

Log Press
worked up to a very hard 240lbs x 1 this was supposed to be clean and press each rep for 60 sec which I was hoping to get 3 or 4. Oh well I think I am gonna just concentrate all my pressing on the log over the next 12 weeks.

Farmers Walks
280 each hand x  80' 15.xx
Once I got it picked up I moved pretty fast, so that is good. Good to know all my grip work is helping.

Car Deadlift Simulator
500lbs x 20 reps in a minute, this has got to be a PR, I hate the Car Deadlift and I really suck at it, this really took all the fortitude I have to finish this. I would like to push this up to 30 reps in a minute by contest time.

Keg Load over a 48" bar
270 keg x 6
I would have easily gotten 2-3 more but the damn keg kept bouncing everywhere making it hard to get it back to me fast.

Keg Carry medley
270 and 290 keg x 60'
Got the 270 but midway through with the 290 I just hit a wall and couldn't finish.

Overall I am happy with this day. Some things don't need much work, others need a lot but with 12 weeks to train I am confident that I can really do well.

Jesse

Lower Body

My whole body was aching today, wasn't sure what I would be able to do. But I pushed through and ended up having a decent day.

Back Squats
135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
285 x 8

Box Jumps
24" x 5 x 4 sets
30" x 5 x 1 set

Supersetted with
Standing abs
5 x 20

Banded leg curls
3 x 10

Supersetted with
DB RDLs
3 x 10

More ab work

Prowler Pushes
200lbs x 10 sets of 60'

Jesse

Upperbody day

Was still very sore from Tuesday, and extremely worn out. It showed today but I still had a great workout.

Push Presses with axle
215 x 4.999
215 x 5
I just  can't seem to get past 5 reps on these oh well. Next time I will use my good Olympic bar, the axle is nice but I need the whip of my Olympic bar, better for the elbows.

Push Jerks
185 x 2 x 6 sets
Working these back in with lighter weights, gotta learn how to explode.

Log 1 motion presses
180 x 5 x 2 sets
Should have done just 1 all out set and aimed for 10.

Close grip bench
185 x 5
225 x 5
250 x 6
Tris were shot by these point.

Called it a night, was getting tired and worn out. Hoping I get some energy for squats tomorrow.

Jesse

Deadlift night, finally got a monkey off my back.

1 arm barbell snatches
95 x 1 x 2 sets
115 x 1 x 5 sets

Power Cleans
185 x 5 x 3 sets

Deadlifts
245 x 3
295 x 3
335 x 2
385 x 1
425 x 1
475 x 1
505 x 1 Most I have pulled in about 10 weeks. Memo to self slipping on ice is bad, stay the fuck off of it.

Bent Over rows
245 x 3
275 x 3
305 x 3
325 x 3 x 2 sets

1 arm barbell rows using loading area, taxing on grip
15,15,12,10,10

45 degree hypers supersetted with Mball slams
holding 25# plate on hypers x 10 35# Mball x 10 x 3 sets

Overall good night of lifting.

Jesse

Fridays squatting and Sundays Events

Friday, I felt very tired on this day and worn out took it kind of easy.

Squats
225 x 3 x 8 sets

Snatch grip RDLs
225 x 3 x 5 sets

fallouts
3 x 10

Surprisingly I was very sore from this for a couple days.

Sunday-strongman day
Axle clean and press
125 x 3
175 x 3
205 x 1
235 x 1
255 x 1 was happy to do this, haven't cleaned this much in a while
276 x miss, miss came close
Tried to continental 305, almost had it.

Strict Press
170 x 8

Hip Lift
1000 x 5 x 3 sets
1200 x 5 PR

Neck Lift
worked up to 610lbs for a PR

Keg load
250 x 3 x 3

Abs
6 sets

Saxon bar deadlift
did a bunch of work with 125lbs which was hard.

Jesse

Upperbody night

I was planning on doing push presses but Bryan wanted to do the log and I figured why the hell not.

Log Presses all one motion clean and pressing each rep
log x 3
140 x 3
170 x 3
200 x 3
230 x 3 PR
Downset
210 x 3 tris were shot

Floor Press
225 x 5,5,8

Band Extensions
3 x 25

Side raises supersetted with front raises
3 x 10

Band pullaparts
3 x 20

Grip work.

Jesse

deadlifting and such

Not a bad night, at first after I got done I was rather disappointed, but after I actually looked at everything I did it was a great night.

1 arm snatches
just a bunch of triples with not much weight, I suck at these

Power Cleans
worked up to 215 x 1, I suck at cleans, so shitty

Axle ciavattone grip
200 x 1
250 x 1
290 x 1
310 x miss
should have done more reps my grip was not warmed up enough

Deads all reps deadstop each rep
225 x 3
315 x 3
365 x 10 this sucked massive donkey nuts, not really hard but not really easy.

Car Dead simulator
200 x 5
400 x 5
600 x 2 should have strapped up here but I didn't and after 2 reps my grip was slipping.
400 x 20 holy shit I wanted to die after this.

45 degree hyperextensions
4 x 10 with mini band

Chest supported rows
3 x 10

Paloff Presses
3 x 10

Feeling quite tired right now.

Jesse

Strongman day

Wow what a great day of training. Granted I was not very fast and I felt tired as hell, but I was very happy with how everything went today.

Log Strict Presses
90 x 3
120 x 3
140 x 3
170 x 3
200 x 3
225 x 1 PR
180 x 6

95 x 10 x 3 sets

Farmers Walks
240 each hand x 80 ish feet x 2 sets

Keg Carry Medley
200 and 250 keg x 2 sets 60' feet each keg

Keg Loads over bar x 60 sec
11 reps, just gassed out.

2 handed pinch grip
worked up to a PR of 170lbs x 5 reps.

I am just trashed right now, gonna eat a lot of food, and then rest up.

Jesse

Upperbody beatdown

Wasn't really sure what to expect with tonight session, I felt beat to hell and tired, but I knew I would be more mad at myself if I hadn't lifted. Luckily my daughter and wife were on fire so that gave me motivation.

I decided I am going to use the swiss bar for a little while for my secondary pressing day.  It is hard to press with and almost mimics the log. I unstable the whole, which is always how I feel with the log.

Swiss bar push presses
160 x 5
180 x 5
200 x 5 x 3 sets

Log One motion presses
all sets clean and press each rep
160 x 5
180 x 5
200 x 5 hard set, but I am getting more and more confident on my goal.

Close grip bench
225 x 5
245 x 3
275 x 4

Band Pushdowns
100 reps

DB hammer curls
3 x 8

Grip work.

Such a good workout.

Jesse

Deadlift night

Normally I don't train on Mondays but I have a dinner tomorrow for work so I decided to get my workout in tonight.

DBL overhand Axle deadlifts
110 x 5
200 x 5
270 x 5 PR
300 x 2 PR almost had 3
320 x miss no grip left

Jefferson deadlifts
225 x 3
315 x 3
405 x 1
435 x 1 PR

Speed Pulls
315 x 1 x 8 sets

Car deadlift simulator
400lbs x 10 x 2 sets

Meadows rows
5 x 10

Shrugs
3 x 8

That was it. Pretty decent night overall.

Jesse

Events day

Was very excited to train today, had some goals in mind but things didn't go as planned, but overall it was a good day.

Log Press all one motion
140 x 2
170 x 2
200 x 2
220 x 1
240 x miss
downset one clean
180 x 9

Strict Press
135 x 3
165 x 3
205 x 1
215 x 1
225 x not today, wasn't disappointed here.
135 x 5 x 3 sets

Pulls to the  face
5 x 10

Band Pullaparts
5 x 15

Farmers Picks
210 each hand x 1
260 each hand x 1
300 x miss my plan was to do a run with this, just didn't have it today.

Keg loads over bar
250 x 5 x 3 sets

Bunch of grip work.

I think that was it. Overall it was a great day. Just gotta get my training all structured right and I think some good things will be on the way.

Squatting and things

Was actually excited to squat tonight, haven't been able to do them with any kind of real weight in about 5 weeks.

Back Squats
135 x 3
185 x 3
225 x 3
275 x 3 x 4 sets I was planning on doing 5 sets of 3 but they felt so good that I decided to add weight.
305 x 5
Its a start.

Hip Lift
500lbs x 10 x 5 sets

DB SLDs
2 x 10

DB RDLs
2 x 10

Abs
3 x 20

Decent night, feeling stronger.

Jesse

Upperbody

Had a snow day today, felt good to not have to work, but I felt lazy.

Anyway Corey made it over so I decided to lift with him. It went alright.
Axle Press out of rack
110 x 5
160 x 3
190 x 3
210 x 3
235 x 4 meh, not what I wanted but whatever.

Log One Motion Presses
All reps clean and press each rep
140 x 5 x 2 sets
160 x 5
Just starting light

Close grip bench
135 x 3
195 x 3
225 x 3
255 x 8

Extensions
3 x 20

That was it. Not a bad workout, did make tired when I had to take care of the snow.

Jesse

Deads and upperback day

Decided to work up to something heavier, at least let me know where I am at.

DBL overhand axle deads to start
110 x 3
200 x 1
250 x 1
290 x 1

Regular Deads
315 x 3
365 x 3
405 x 1
455 x 1
This felt about perfect and was probably 90% effort right now

Jefferson deads
315 x 3 x 2 sets

Bent Over rows
135 x 5
185 x 5
235 x 5

DB rows
80s x 15 x 3 sets

Abs and grip work.

Jesse

Feeling better and stronger everyday.

An actual strongman day.

Back is probably 95% or better. The only thing that really bothers it is picking up the damn log, but the pain wasn't that bad so I dealt with it.

Log Press
I have a shitload of work to do here.
140 x 3
180 x 3
210 x 3
230 x 2 almost passed out
230 x 1
I need to do a lot of work here. My leg drive is horrible on the log.

Strict Presses
185 x 3 x 5 sets

Farmers Walks
230 each hand x 180 feet with turns at 60'
HUGE PR by 40-50', Very Happy about this.

Keg Carrys at hip
200#er x 80 feet  x 4 trips decently fast

Eagle Loop Deadlifts
135 x 1
225 x 1
315 x 1
405 x 1
These were with my fingertips and hurt like hell
Move up on 1st knuckle
455 x 1
505 x 1
600 x 1
655 x 1
700 x miss

Great day, I needed this.

Jesse

Overhead and upperbody.

Pretty good night tonight, as I looked over it I really had nothing to be disspointed about.

Axle Press out of rack.
110 x 3
160 x 3
200 x 3
225 x 7 I wanted 8 or 9 but I think this might be a gym PR for reps for me. Still these felt good and I had good pop from my legs.

Incline Bench
135 x 5
165 x 3
195 x 3
225 x 3
My pec was still a little tender so I decided to stop here.

Dips with slingshot.
10,12,15,20,25
Holy shit my tris were pumped from this.

Band Extensions
100 reps

Some grip stuff.

Jesse

Deadlifting and such

Back is feeling a lot better, next week I will test some things out and push it a little more.

DBL overhand axle deadlifts
110 x 5
200 x 5
250 x 5
280 x 2
300 x miss

Rack Pulls just above knee
245 x 2
335 x 2
425 x 2
I between each set of these I did
200 x 10 dbl overhand on the axle
515 x 2
605 x 2
Lower back to knee cap
605 x 2

These made me happy

Triset
45% hyperextensions, chest supported rows, lat pulldowns
10, 12, 15 x 5 sets

 Plus I did 50 jumps in between every set and ended up with 1000 jumps by the time everything was said and done.

Tired, happy, and content.

Jesse

An actual strongman day

Hardly got any sleep last night so I didn't know what to expect. Decided to just see what the day brings.

5 board press
135 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 2 felt a horrible twinge in my left pec, so I stopped here.

Try something different
Overhead lockouts, just above head
135 x 5
185 x 3
205 x 3
225 x 3
250 x 2

Farmers Walks
190 each hand x 280 feet 2 turns
I will call this a PR, pretty happy to do this. Probably try to do a little heavier next week and get some distance in.

Pinch Grip
worked up to 170lbs x 2, widening my stance and it helped me not feel pain in my back.

Keg Carrys at hip
200lbs x 50 feet x 4 sets
10-15 sec rest in between.

abs

Jesse

Overhead and upperbody

Felt like absolute hell today, wasn't really motivated but luckily I had some friends to help get over my I'm a little bitch syndrome.

Axle out of rack.
warmup
160 x 3
200 x 3
210 x 10
I was just going to take it easy but I was guilted here, glad it happened.us.

Strict Press
180 x 5


Close grip bench
240 x 8

Band Pushdowns
100 reps

Band pullaparts supersetted with pulls to the face
5 x 15 each

grip work.

Jesse

Deads and upperback

Woke up today feeling the best I have in weeks, but I knew I couldn't be stupid and push anything.

DBL overhand axle deads
200 x 5
220 x 5
240 x 5

Rack pulls above knee.
245 x 3
335 x 3
425 x 3
500 x 5 easy, just want to do something remotely heavy.

Vbar Pulldowns supersetted with 45% hypers
12 and 10 x 5 sets

Standing band rows
5 x 15

Hip Lift
700lbs x 5,6,7,8,20
The 20 rep set was hard and I almost passed out plus my legs were quivering.

Prowler Push
5 sets of 50 feet high handles
5 sets of 50 feet low handles
Would have went further but my driveway had some ice on it.

COC trainer
10 x 10 each hand.

Jesse

Sunday training

I was definitely in a down and out mood yesterday, did my best to joke around and attempt to have fun today. For the most part I did, had some good laughs and after looking back over my training I actually got some decent work in.

Pullups
20 sets of 3 reps

Tire Sled drags
7 sets of 60ish feet
This burned the shit out of my quads and lungs.

5 board presses all sets with purple short bands
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 5
205 x 5
225 x 5
245 x 5
275 x 3

Grippers
lots of reps but got 4 singles with the #2 with my right hand.

Overall it was a fun day, witnessed some amazing feats of strength today.

Jesse

What leg work I can do.

For one of the 1st times in a long time, I am scared. My back is getting better but I honestly don't know what is wrong. I need to see a specialist soon. Things were so on track and then this happened. I fucking hate it. Don't get me wrong I am still able to do things, but some days I don't know if what I am doing is a good idea or not. I just feel like I am in a dark place and can't see the light to get out. It is depressing as hell, and it makes it hard for me to be around anyone. I am doing my best to do the right things to let myself heal, but its not easy. Anyway here is what I did yesterday.

Belt Squats
5 x 10 last set was 250lbs and was fucking hard.

Hip lifts
500lbs x 25 x 2 sets

Leg Curls
3 x 15

Abs
6 sets

Tomorrow is strongman sunday and I am gonna try my best not to be a downer to everyone else. I will try to do lots of sled dragging, prowler pushes, something overhead, and grip stuff. Who knows, I just know I gotta be smart.

Jesse

Tuesday and Thursday 1 day of suckage and 1 day of decent lifting.

Tuesday was an easy day decided to be smart and not fuck my back up more.

DBL overhand axle deads.
5 x 5 super light.

Bodyweight rows
5 x 10

Lat Pulldowns
5 x 15

abs
6 sets

Thursday Upperbody

Axle Press out of rack
lots of warming up it was a steaming hot -10 today.
200 x 3
225 x 3
250 x 2 wanted 3 but this is progress.

Strict Press
160 x 4 x 4

Close grip bench
195 x 10 x 2 sets

Incline DBs
10, 15, 15

Band Pushdowns
3 x 15

Overall tonight made me happy, trying to be smart and rest up.

Jesse

Not much of a strongman

Todays workout was a whole steaming pile of horseshit! Granted it is my own fault, I figured hey I am feeling a lot better on Friday might as well squat for some decent reps. Turns out this wasn't a good idea at all, as I fucking hurt today.
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Log Press all reps strict
I shouldn't have done this at all, picking up the log hurt so bad.

140 x 3
180 x 3
220 x 1
180 x 5

Tried the super yoke, it was just the empty yoke which weighs 250lbs 1 run of 60' and I was ready to be in tears. Stopped doing this.

Farmers Walks
1 set of 120lbs each hand x 400 feet.

At this point I realized, I am a fucking idiot and just sat around being pissed off. Not much I can do but wait it out and try to be smart. I know I sound like a big whiny bitch, but I am being one. I fucking hate being hurt, and I was just starting to make some really good gains. It is the nature of the game.

Supposed to deadlift Tuesday. I really really really shouldn't, so I will try my best not to fuck things up more.

Jesse

Squatting

After some talking with my training partners it is obvious that my squat needs a lot of work and it is something that I really need to work and hammer down on. I am going back to 531 for a while and will go from there and see where it takes me.

Back Squats
215 x 5
245 x 5
280 x 11 Pretty happy about this, wasn't too bad

Snatch Grip RDLs
3 x 5

Glute Bridges
3 x 5

Reverse hypers
5 x 10

Standing abs
3 x 20

Calf work.

Pretty good workout. My knee is a little fucked up but I was able to push through. I know that if I can squat more consistently I will see some serious gains all around. Reps are what got me really strong a couple years ago, time to go back to them. It will suck, but in a good way.

Jesse

Upperbody day

I had a plan for today, but one of them was not nailing my kneecap on a tile floor and making it hard to use leg drive. But I did what I could and it turned out ok.

Axle press out of the rack
110 x 3
130 x 3
160 x 3
180 x 3
210 x 3
235 x 2 these went up good but I had no leg drive for the 3rd one.

Strict Press
150 x 5 x 3 sets

Dips
5 x 10

Flat DB press
5 x 10

Band Pressdowns
2 x 25

1 set of curls

Overall ok night. Hopefully I can get a nice night of squatting in tomorrow.

Jesse

Deadlifts......If you really want to call them that.

So I did some deadlift on sunday, and I can tell I am healing. So I decided just to push things a little harder today. Wore a tighter belt and it made it hard to get in position but it really helped keep pressure on my lower back and have no pain( well a lot less).

135 x 5 x 2 sets
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 3
455 x 1
505 x miss I had no drive here.

DB rows
115 x 10,12,15

Hip Lift
700lbs x 10 x 3 sets

Bent Over rows
135 x 10 x 5 sets

Fallouts
3 x 10

Now that I look back over things, it was still a decent workout. I just want my deadlift back. Gonna take some time. I just lack patience, got to learn to have some.

Jesse

Past couple of workouts, and some retrospect

So my back was still fucked up and I did my best to be smart and not hurt it more.

Tuesday
I can't really remember what all I did, I know I was pissed off and mad that I couldn't do what I wanted.

Thursday
Bench
warmup
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 3
255 x 1
285 x 1
315 x 1
I wasn't very happy with how this went but in retrospect its the most I have done with a wide grip in a while.

Downset
255 x 5 x 3 sets

Floor Press with swiss bar
175 x 10 x 4 sets

Pullups and some other stuff

Friday
Back Squats
135 x 5
185 x 5
225 x 5
275 x 5
I stopped here, I could feel some pain and knew it would be better to fight another day.

Belt Squats
2 x 10

Hip Lift
500lbs x 20 x 3 sets
These actually helped traction my back, really like these and I need to get a heavy lift  bar so I can go heavier.

Prowler
5 sets of 60' high handles 60' low handles, I almost died here.

Can't remember what else.

Sunday
Axle press out of rack
110 x 5
140 x 3
170 x 1
200 x 1
These were strict
220 x 1 leg drive
240 x 1
265 x miss my head was not into it here.
220 x 5 these felt good and I think I could have dbl this but I wanted to pass out.

Farmers Walks. Always a good idea to do these out in the frigid cold when you sick.
210 each hand x 100 feet with a turn x 3
I was actually happy about these, plus it seems pulling from the sides at a elevated height doesn't bother my back.

Deads, figured might as well see how fucked I still am.
135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
385 x 1
425 x 1
475 x better not.
I basically have hardly any pull out of the bottom.

Snatch grip RDLs
5 sets x 3 reps up to 315.

Keg Loads
200 x 10 reps

Abs
3 x 20

I think I am on the right track to getting to be STRONG again. I have been chasing my good years, and I really miss them. I wish I could figure what the hell I am doing different, but I haven't. Gotta do some research this week over my logs to see what is missing.

Jesse

Pressing, some dragging, and some biceps

My back was still fucked up, fucking hurts to even bend and pick up a pen I drop. So I did what I could do.

Strict Press
In hindsight this didn't go bad but I think my triceps were worn out from Thursday.
Warmup
170 x 8, I really wanted 10 here but I just didn't have it.
170 x 2 just to get that total 10 reps.

Front Raises supersetted with Side raises
5 x 8

Tire sled drags
6 sets of 60 feet

Bicep curls
4 x 15

Hammer Curls
4 x 10

That was it, kind of pathetic.

jesse

Past couple of workouts

Tuesday was kind of rushed I had some family stuff to do.

Push Jerks
75 x  2
115 x 2
145 x 2
175 x 2
205 x 2
235 x 1 pulled a muscle here stopped.

Pulls to the face supersetted with Band Pullaparts
3 x 15 each

Deadlifts
I felt horrible here but as each set went on I felt better but each set sucked nuts.
400 x 3 x 7 sets
400 x 10 on 8th set

Hyper deads
4 sets x 5 reps

That was it this day.

Thursday Upperbody
Bench press with slingshot
135 x 5 x 2 sets
185 x 3 added slingshot
215 x 3
245 x 3
275 x 3
305 x 3
325 x 3

Floor Presses
225 x 2
255 x 2
285 x 2

Dips on rings
3 x 5

Incline DB presses
12,12,12,15,20

Band Pushdowns
100 reps

Battling Ropes
10 sets of 30 sec

Tired, but happy.

Jesse

Strongman day

Really good day today. I am glad I did what I did as I was really starting to wonder if I even have what it takes to do strongman anymore. I didn't do anything amazing but I showed myself I still have something left in the tank.

Strict Presses
warmup
152.5 x 3 x 7 sets
152.5 x 10 reps on 8th set

Super Yoke
450lbs x 60 feet
700lbs x 60 feet no drops

Most I have done on the yoke in a long time, probably well over a year. But super slow.

Giant Farmers Walks
245 each hand x 60 feet
265 each hand x 60 feet

Zercher deads with spud strap
235 x 3 x 3 these really hit my core.

That was it, then I went and broke up ice left on the driveway.

Jesse

Squats

Surprised this workout went as decent as it did. I was exhausted. But I know I needed it.

Back Squats 12" stance
warmup
330 x 1 x 10 sets
Worked on dipping in the bottom, when I did it right these were night and day.

18" deadlifts
245 x 1
335 x 1
425 x 1
515 x 1
565 x 1
615 x miss
Called it here, just wanted to see how they felt.

Standing abs
3 x 10

KB swings
3 x 5

That was it, decent night.

Jesse

Upperbody night

Going back to wider grip benching for a while, see how it goes.

Warmup
275 x 1 x 9 sets
275 x 5 on 10th set

Floor press
225 x 5
245 x 5
275 x 4

Pressdowns
3 x 20

close grip pullups
5 x 5

Pinch Gripping

500 jumps of jump roping.

Jesse

Pressing and deadlifting

I did strict presses on sunday, but felt like a PR could happen today on push presses. Turns out I was right.

Push Presses
95 x 3
135 x 3
165 x 3
195 x 1
225 x 1
245 x 1
260 x miss, miss, 1 PR
If I can ever figure out how to Jerk I know I would be over 300lbs on it, but I guess we all have things that we suck at. Very happy to get this PR. Pressing PRs are always the best for me.

Deadlifts
warmup
355 x 5 x 8 sets no rep out on the last set, way too tired today.

DB rows
110 x 10
130 x 10
160 x 10 wow been a while since I have done this kind of weight on these.

Pullups
3 x 8

Standing abs
3 x 15

Jump roping.

Jesse

Good way to start the year out. Hopefully I can keep this streak going.