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