2017 log

[I Declare War]

Great debriefing.

 

All the pieces will come together soon and I'm sure you'll finally get that big total you're aiming to get.

 

Stick at it!

[Skeletor]

Keep the head up bro. You know you have the strength it was just one of those days.  Only saw your first squat which looked smooth as hell and just unfortunate to have a setback make your day not what you wanted.   You're a world class lifter and will bounce back from it even better.  Hope the back is sweet. 

[trainlikeafreak]

Awesome post bro, disappointing result but hey I guess that's we set ourselves up for in the weight training game and on a side note you're still my favourite power lifter lol.

 

to be honest reading that post about mindset reminds me of myself in many ways. I guess in some ways it's bad but in other ways it's good because it means we are always pushing. If you had lesser standards would you be as good as you are now? Maybe you would maybe you wouldn't. Anyway bro I'm sure you're sick of hearing people talk about your comp but I'm sure you'll come back and prove a big point soon enough. #huhuhu

[Realtalk]

Cheers all. Will come back fresh, pick another comp, do all the build up again, fix the problems, make a plan, and have another crack at it. When i decide what I am doing next I'll let you guys know and log it all again. Till then, Peace out.

 

 

[maccaz]

GPC Australia early 2017 

Tomsammce vs Maccaz in 100kg 

i got home town advantage

you got 180+kg total difference advantage

 

in 

 

[Wookie]

So I was unclear and asked.

 

The back tweaked in the warm up. Tom still chose to do 290 opener and it went up fine and he "barely felt it", probably due to the adrenaline.
Then on the 310 the pain was there the whole time and it threw him off. So after the 290, no reason was seen to drop his planned 2nd attempt. That makes sense. A 300 would probably have been smarter given the issues.

 

Adrenaline had worn off by the time bench rolled round and the pain was there the whole time.

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

dont give yourself too much shit bro, you got the eye of the tiger thats a good thing. trying to prove anything to random haters is pointless though, glad you identified that in yourself and letting it go. have already proven that whatever you set your mind to, you can do it.

[Realtalk]

On 29 August 2016 at 10:09 AM, maccaz said:

GPC Australia early 2017 

Tomsammce vs Maccaz in 100kg 

i got home town advantage

you got 180+kg total difference advantage

 

in 

 

 

Lol. I still think 100kg is my class for sure but I really need to get below 105. Ideally 103 the week of comp. I don't enjoy the big cuts even though they are doable, it really takes it out of me mentally. The week of should really be about chilling out and the two times iv done it has just been stressful. Which is entirely my fault - I eat too much and don't do any fucking cardio even though I know I should to make it easier. Too big of a cut for my liking. I have probably done it the opposite of what is ideal. Being that ideally you would want to do smaller cuts for your first ones and gradually increase the amount you are cutting. I have done the opposite and started with a really big one. I was 105.4 3 weeks ago but that blew up to 107-108 in the last few weeks from some water retention. I should have thought about that in advance and planned for it in hindsight. Dunno if I'll go to Aus next year to compete it will get expensive flying over twice and getting accom and all that shit. X2 because have to qualify. Having made up my mind yet about my next meet, will get back into training and see how I feel. But there is no upanz 3 lifts the rest of the year and that's the only fed I can compete in (and want to compete in) so looks like it'll be next year. But at this stage id rather save that Aussie money and do another comp in the USA around August next year cause I'm going over there then for my brothers final home NCAA soccer game and the senior night. So I'll google what's happening around that area and time in the powerlifting scene closer to the time.

 

for now though just gotta get back to basics and build some muscle and train hard.

[Realtalk]

30/8

 

high bar close stance squats 

140x4x12

 

High bar low box squats 

140x4x12

 

leg press

4x15

 

leg extension

4x15

 

Done in 45min. Blew the cobwebs out of the lungs, fark!

 

 

[Realtalk]

31/8

 

incline bench press

100x4x12

 

floor press

80x4x12

 

incline DB press (palms in)

30x3x15

 

HS machine press

3x15

 

flyes

3x20

 

tricep push down

3x20

 

first time ever doing floor press so I Will up the weight next time now that I'm familiar with the feel 

[Bigken1985]

20 hours ago, Realtalk said:

31/8

 

incline bench press

100x4x12

 

floor press

80x4x12

 

incline DB press (palms in)

30x3x15

 

HS machine press

3x15

 

flyes

3x20

 

tricep push down

3x20

 

first time ever doing floor press so I Will up the weight next time now that I'm familiar with the feel 

How did you like the floor press? I find them pretty tough as these little or no leg drive

[Realtalk]

5 minutes ago, Bigken1985 said:

How did you like the floor press? I find them pretty tough as these little or no leg drive

 

Was only 80kg but pretty good, I'll cycle them in and out of this block and see how worthwhile they are. Not that I'll probably be able to tell specifically but they will be a nice addition to it all.

[Realtalk]

2/9

 

deficit deadlift

180x4x10

 

sumo sldl

140x4x10

 

hamstring curl

4x15

 

 

Last set of deficits above. Will chuck up a couple of vids a week of my lifting to keep the journal interesting.

[Realtalk]

3/9

 

lat pulldown

4x12

 

bent over barbell row

100x10x12

 

HS pull down machine

4x12

 

seated row

4x12

 

barbell shrugs 

3x20

 

Off to Queenstown tommorow for a few days. So no training till I'm back. Peace out.

[Realtalk]

8/9

 

high bar squats

160x4x12

 

high bar box squats 

180x4x5

 

hack squat 

3x20

 

leg extension 

3x15

 

Hard session today got up at 2.30am for work. Made myself train. Had a good break away. 4th set of high bar below for a look at what am doing..

 

 

 

 

[Realtalk]

9/9

 

incline bench press

110x4x10

 

floor press

120x4x12

 

incline DB press

35x3x15

 

machine flye

3x20

 

tricep x6 sets

 

felt bit Flat today, but got it all done.

[Realtalk]

10/9

 

deficit deadlift

200x4x8

 

sumo sldl

140x4x12

 

hamstring curl

3x15

 

2 rounds of these compound variations  of squat, bench, dead enough. Will change up the type of lifts I do every 2 rounds. Keep things interesting and fun.

[Realtalk]

11/9

 

Shoulders and biceps today. Boring shit.

[Realtalk]

Thought I'll update you all. Bodyweight 94kg first thing in the morning now. Havnt decided on comps  or weight class next year just going to the gym everyday and not thinking about much else regarding that. But will definitely compete internationally next year. Training is pretty boring at the moment which is why im not logging, but it is all ticking along nicely.

 

yesterdays workout

 

bench press

140x5x5

 

floor press

140x3x10

 

incline DB press

40x15, 42.5x15, 45x15

 

flyes s/s hammer strength press

3x15/3x8

 

[Realtalk]

Update.

 

training going well. Have upped the weights abit and doing more back off sets to get the overall volume up still. Gaining some i muscle I feel like which is positive for where I'm currently at with things.

 

I'm Over in Australia on the Gold Coast at the moment since last week until mid February and the weather is sick! so I'll just continue with this style of training till then. I joined up to world gym while I'm over here. It's an awesome gym and got everything I need and more. Very cool gym. Being in there just makes you want to train hard AF such a good atmosphere. Some gyms just give you that fire to kill it, this is one of those gyms. Everything is genuine hammer strength gear not copy shit and man it feel real nice to use.

 

 

[Chaosinflesh]

Wow this was an epic read. Looking forward to following next year =D

[Realtalk]

9 hours ago, Chaosinflesh said:

Wow this was an epic read. Looking forward to following next year =D

 

Cheers bro! Resume it in February. 

[Realtalk]

1/1

 

Have decided to compete a bench press comp on the 11th of feb in Rotorua. It's 6 weeks away so gonna log my bench trainings leading up to it in here. By the time that's done I will have started my training for next 3 lift powerlifting meet I'm going to do which I'll log in here too and continue on. So today was the first bench training for feb 11th...

 

Bench press (comp grip)

140x2x8

 

incline db press

45x3x12

 

db pull over 

40x3x10

 

hammer strength press

3x10

 

flye machine 

3x15

 

Looking forward to doing another comp.

 

[GyzzBrah]

Very similar to what I did today lol. Are you still training with Wookie?

 

Good to see the pec all healed up that you are doing a Bench Comp. Any idea yet what you are going to attempt?

[Realtalk]

1 hour ago, GyzzBrah said:

Very similar to what I did today lol. Are you still training with Wookie?

 

Good to see the shoulders all healed up that you are doing a Bench Comp. Any idea yet what you are going to attempt?

 

Yeah. I have never had an issue with my shoulders. arms are fine now and I tore my pec, benched 190 easily in August. Strained the same pec in Australia in December on a 160 bench. This was my first session back benching in 3 weeks. Just gotta warm it up really well and take care of it continuously. No idea at this point, see how I go next 6 weeks. Back to Aussie for a month end of this week so see how much training I can do over there.