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