IronHyde's Journal?

[nate225]

Bro,

You and Ants should do the Oz Strongman Dead-Log Comp on Sat 12 Sept?

Flick me a PM if you want to know more (or train for it!).

Nate

[Optimass]

Also thought i would take a back pic. Please go easy on me, first pic i have ever taken like this and it is on the piss (timer & trying to stand in the right place etc) hence why symmetry looks slightly off but meh. You will also notice i need to strip a bit of fat, you can see it on my hips.

Also i wear size 36 jeans and have wide hips so the v taper is rather subtle (atleast that's what i think??). I also think my biceps are lagging, this is due to not being able to train them because of problems in my forearms

[attachment=0]DSCF0690.JPG[/attachment]Peace!

Good set up IH -- think you're being hard on yourself. Have had some issues in the past with forearms also - used to get my arms massaged every now and then as part of deep tissue for my back (couple of years ago now) -

Girl would focus on my tricep/forearms and hands (old injury in right hand) - lots of knots found deep in my triceps/ but used to help significantly with recovery from heavy pulling movements like chins / seated rows / shrugs etc. Massage heats it up works the area out - and as Nate says ... hot and cold wraps.

[IronHyde]

September 2nd - Shoulders

Ab workout for warmup

Shoulder press BB - 10@60kg, 10@80kg, 6@90kg (New PB)

Front BB raises - 10@20kg, 10@26kg, 10@34kg

Shoulder press DB (the ones where you bring the weights down and rotate them 180 degrees in front of you?) - 10@18kg, 10@20kg, 10@22kg

Shoulder press DB (also another new excercise, will confirm name later) - 10@18kg, 10@20kg, 10@18kg

Bent cable extensions? (works read delts) - 10@20kg, 10@30kg, 10@40kg

Shrugs - 10@60kg, 10@100kg, 10@140kg, 10@180kg, 5@200kg (New PB allthough movement at 200kg is a lot less than 180kg)

Sorry for lack of correct names, will confirm them when i look in my encyclopedia at home

I also had my body fat measured and apparently in the last year i have gone from 19%BF to 30%BF :oops: :shock: I personally don't trust in the method as i have deffinatley gained a lot of muscle mass and i am only 2 or 3kg heavier than when it was last done. And my clothes, belts etc all fit the same! This was measured using a BF scale and a hand piece. I have been told that you should go on an empy stomch etc also so i will try it again in a couple weeks.

Thankyou for the info Optimass. They are starting to get better but i have really been making an effort to stop any further damage. A deep tissue massage sounds great, i need to book in for one.

Nate: You got mail.

[nzmusclemonster]

Starting to put a bit of weight on them shoulder presses!!

You do them seated or standing?

[IronHyde]

Starting to put a bit of weight on them shoulder presses!!

You do them seated or standing?

We mix it up. The BB are seated, the 180 degree spin ones are seated and the the others are standing. Yeah i have started getting the weight up, mainly it's my mate pushing me to lift heavy which is great.

[steak]

Yeah reckn...a bit of steel gettin moved around there :clap:

[rose]

Check out this article on why tradition RICE approach sucks and why you should actively rehab it: http://www.elitefts.com/documents/evolu ... _rehab.htm

"RICE has evolved to MICE (movement, ice, circulation, and elevation)…survival of the fittest!"

Meat is always > grain :pfft:

10@180kg, 5@200kg (New PB)... 19%BF to 30%BF

Great back/arms. Great shrugs. Don't trust those scales. I once jumped on two different sets, one after the other. One set told me I was 19% the other said 30%. The cheaper sets must cause many people to die of shock. Strange that your readings are the same as mine. Maybe there are only two possible readings, 19 and 30% :shock:

[IronHyde]

That's interesting to know Rose. I think i will have to get the calipers done for a true reading as those BF scales can vary depending on what you have eaten and all sorts.

Training back tonight, bring on the bent rows!

[rose]

Nice truck pull btw.

[IronHyde]

September 3rd - Back

Deadlifts - 10@60kg, 10@100kg, 10@140kg, 2@180kg (first time on deadlifts)

Bent-over BB rows - 10@60kg, 10@80kg, 10@90kg

Cleans - 2 sets of 7 @60kg, 1 set of 10 @60kg

Horozontal pull-ups? (heels up on bench laying horizontal doing pull-ups?) 10@bodyweight, 10@bodyweight+20kg weight

Chin ups - 3 sets of 10

Lat pulldowns - 10@160kg, 10@180kg, 10@210kg

Not a bad train i guess. Should have done one or two more excercises. Triceps tommorow i guess. Maybe some calf work.

And thanks Rose.

[nate225]

Back work looking solid bro!

We get the full noise ISAK anthropometry done, throw those scale measurements out the door! :nod:

Training at 2.30 if you're keen, just doing Steel Log, Stones, Suitcase Holds & maybe tyres if it's dry enough?

Nate

[IronHyde]

September 4th - Triceps

Can't remember exactly what we did now but it was a bloody good session!!!

Hey Nate, sorry i didn't get back to you. Haven't been on since work on Friday. :oops: And yeah i can still feel my lower back after those deadlifts, i want to get to 200kg, a couple more back sessions and i should be there i think.

Not sure if i will enter the strong man comp but keen to come and support. I will start lifting keeping comps in mind so in the future i might be competitive. And where do you get the ISAK anthropometry stuff done, and what kind of cost?

[nate225]

September 4th - Triceps

Can't remember exactly what we did now but it was a bloody good session!!!

Hey Nate, sorry i didn't get back to you. Haven't been on since work on Friday. :oops: And yeah i can still feel my lower back after those deadlifts, i want to get to 200kg, a couple more back sessions and i should be there i think.

Not sure if i will enter the strong man comp but keen to come and support. I will start lifting keeping comps in mind so in the future i might be competitive. And where do you get the ISAK anthropometry stuff done, and what kind of cost?

All good bro.

My wife does the Magpies' Anthro so I get her to do ours when the guys come out for training.

Probably cost you $40-50 I'd imagine if you can find someone locally?

The guys get theirs free, but it costs me an hour or two doing stuff around the house to convince her to do it! :grin: Might be able to tee something up for you?

[IronHyde]

Yeah bro if you could tee something up sometime then i would be keen and don't mind paying. Let me know.

For max deadlift in the under 105kg AM class, what weight is considered competitive?

[IronHyde]

September 7th - Chest

Flat BB bench - 10@100kg, 5@130kg, 2@150kg, 2@150kg, 10@60kg

Incline BB bench - 10@60kg, 10@90kg, 10@100kg

Decline BB bench - 10@60kg, 10@100kg, 5@120kg, 20@60kg

Incline DB flys - 10@22kg, 10@24kg, 10@26kg

Flat DB flys - 10@22kg, 10@24kg, 6@26kg

The 150kg wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. The first rep of each set was solo, needed a little help for the second rep on both sets. When i got to the flys my chest was getting rather sore, it felt fantastic!

I also did a few sets of hammer curls and a full ab workout (swiss ball crunches etc)

[Peachy]

Anymore pics?? :pfft:

[IronHyde]

Anymore pics?? :pfft:

Nope, nothing as good as your pics peachy! You will just have to be patient. Good things take time.

[Peachy]

Anymore pics?? :pfft:

Nope, nothing as good as your pics peachy! You will just have to be patient. Good things take time.

*sigh*

ok then....... its just that I have a lot of research I'm doing at the moment...

:shifty:

[IronHyde]

Anymore pics?? :pfft:

Nope, nothing as good as your pics peachy! You will just have to be patient. Good things take time.

*sigh*

ok then....... its just that I have a lot of research I'm doing at the moment...

:shifty:

Ahh is that so. And what is the topic of this current "research"? Perhaps i could have some direct input, what do you wanna see? lol

[nzmusclemonster]

September 7th - Chest

Flat BB bench - 10@100kg, 5@130kg, 2@150kg, 2@150kg, 10@60kg

Incline BB bench - 10@60kg, 10@90kg, 10@100kg

Decline BB bench - 10@60kg, 10@100kg, 5@120kg, 20@60kg

Incline DB flys - 10@22kg, 10@24kg, 10@26kg

Flat DB flys - 10@22kg, 10@24kg, 6@26kg

The 150kg wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. The first rep of each set was solo, needed a little help for the second rep on both sets. When i got to the flys my chest was getting rather sore, it felt fantastic!

I also did a few sets of hammer curls and a full ab workout (swiss ball crunches etc)

Very nice :clap:

Although recording it as 2 reps when the spotter had to help on the 2nd rep. hmmmmm :naughty: :pfft:

[nate225]

Yeah bro if you could tee something up sometime then i would be keen and don't mind paying. Let me know.

For max deadlift in the under 105kg AM class, what weight is considered competitive?

Will sort something for ya; catch up on Sat.

For Max DL all that matters is that YOU break YOUR PRs! :nod:

Unsure what competitive will be across Oz / NZ, many wont get much more than the rep weight, some may not even get that. My friend, an ex-PLer in the Masters 40+, will likely pull over 300 in the U90s & do 20+ reps with the rep weight (180 for U90s). However due to injury he wont be able to press a max log or a rep log. Nickoli is probably going to try for the alltime NZ DL record of 367.5 (in the Pro class), but again is unlikely to press much (whereas Jono may go 160+ in the log with a token DL).

In short give it a go, whatever you get is all good. I'm hoping to go 270+ in the DL & do 8-10+ reps at 200? Bit of a guess really? Steve, my training partner, is after a single at 200+ (his best is 200 a long time ago), and Sam has no idea as he's just started DLing! :grin: He may hit 260-280? but will be aiming for 150+ on the Log!

[nate225]

September 7th - Chest

Flat BB bench - 10@100kg, 5@130kg, 2@150kg, 2@150kg, 10@60kg

Incline BB bench - 10@60kg, 10@90kg, 10@100kg

Decline BB bench - 10@60kg, 10@100kg, 5@120kg, 20@60kg

Incline DB flys - 10@22kg, 10@24kg, 10@26kg

Flat DB flys - 10@22kg, 10@24kg, 6@26kg

The 150kg wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. The first rep of each set was solo, needed a little help for the second rep on both sets. When i got to the flys my chest was getting rather sore, it felt fantastic!

I also did a few sets of hammer curls and a full ab workout (swiss ball crunches etc)

Very nice :clap:

Although recording it as 2 reps when the spotter had to help on the 2nd rep. hmmmmm :naughty: :pfft:

I noticed, as did Ironhyde, that you never responded with a challenge?

Are you going to do the Powerhouse / Bledisbro Comp (you mentioned talks with OB)?

Luckily I'll be competing at NZ's Strongest Man on that day so I'll have to wait for another day for you to beat me on!

Nate

[nzmusclemonster]

I noticed, as did Ironhyde, that you never responded with a challenge?

Are you going to do the Powerhouse / Bledisbro Comp (you mentioned talks with OB)?

Luckily I'll be competing at NZ's Strongest Man on that day so I'll have to wait for another day for you to beat me on!

Nate

I'm washing my hair that day :pfft:

Just had to see how my training was going. Lost a bit of weight but still doing reps with 140. Is it just bench or 3 lifts?

[nate225]

I noticed, as did Ironhyde, that you never responded with a challenge?

Are you going to do the Powerhouse / Bledisbro Comp (you mentioned talks with OB)?

Luckily I'll be competing at NZ's Strongest Man on that day so I'll have to wait for another day for you to beat me on!

Nate

I'm washing my hair that day :pfft:

Just had to see how my training was going. Lost a bit of weight but still doing reps with 140. Is it just bench or 3 lifts?

3 Lift but you can token squat & DL one attempt in each.

[IronHyde]

September 10th - Legs, arms and abs

Squats - 10@60kg, 10@100kg, 10@140kg, 10@100kg, 10@60kg, 10@60kg, 10@60kg

Hack squats - 3 sets of 10@80kg (and the machine has a lot of resistance!)

Leg extensions - 3 sets of 10 (can't remember weight)

Standing calve raises - 3 sets of 10

Seated calve raises - 3 sets of 10

Arms, first time training arms with no pain in a long time. I did about 10 sets of hammer curls at 6kg, 10kg, 12kg, 16kg, 18kg and 20kg. Also did a few sets of 30 reps. I wasn't really counting sets and reps etc, i was just training hard and varying the weight and reps to mix it up. Also did some concentration curls and reverse grip BB curls. Did my ab workout too, i do it every training session and mix it up with seated twists, swiss ball crunches, decline sit-ups etc etc.