I have no idea what's going on anymore.

[ThePman]

Pman! Great to see you've started a journal round these ways \:D/

Good luck with this.. Hope the other half is well :grin:

Damn, I was just wondering where you were.

Yeah, we're both well

[ThePman]

Sunday 25-October

Shirted BP (+belt), 3-board: 130x2 @8, 140x2 @8, 150x1 @9, 160xMiss

2-board: 140x2 @8, 145x1 @8, x2 @8, 150x1 @9

full ROM: 140x1 @9, x1 @9.5

Chins (gorilla grips), 4x6

DB rows, 40 / 2x10

Slightly better session today. Working down the boards seemed to do better than working up them. Also started using the belt and playing with cranking the shirt a bit, so that probably helped some too.

Other than that, just working on the upper back. I'm throwing in the DB rows (Kroc style) just to try and help build the grip strength up a little, since 50kg felt way too heavy the other day.

[ThePman]

Also my weight's holding steady in the 89-89.5 range, which I'm glad for. Giving myself Sunday and Monday as free/cheat days is working well so far. The rest of the week I'm staying pretty solid with ~250-300g of protein and a little fruit, veggies, and some fats (mainly a couple of egg yolks, avocado, and fish oil).

I like this not-counting idea. It's enough to recover on and at least hold where I am, if not drop anything.

[rose]

I like this not-counting idea. It's enough to recover on and at least hold where I am

:nod: Good man 8)

[ThePman]

Hell yes.

Monday 26-October

Power Cleans, 60x3, 70x3, 80x3, 90x3

SQ (high-bar, narrow stance) 60x5, 100x5 (regular PL stance) 130x3 + VMO pop

DL (hunchback Konstantinov style) 160x5 @8, 200x5 @9

single-leg leg press, 1P 2x8, 2Px8

I'm pretty upset at this VMO thing and at myself for not wrapping the bastard up, but I didn't think 130 would bug it given that the warmups were completely painless. Oh well, note to self.

The hunchback deadlifts are just freakin' awesome. I tend to pull high-hip anyway, so it's not much of a change but it feels much stronger. Grip's still in need of work, though.

PWO meal is cheeseburgers.

[ThePman]

Weds 28-October

"Speed" 2-boards, 115 5x2 @8

DB rows, 50kg 2x8

Chins, buncha triples and 5s for 40 total reps

pushdowns, 5x8

25' light tempo ride on the bike

finished with the usual foam rolling and mobility stuff

Been on a bit of a carb bender the last few days, weight was back up to almost 91. But I think I needed it.

[ThePman]

Friday 30-October

Box SQ, warmups, 100+greens / 8x2 @7-8

Speed DL, 185 / 8 singles @8

45* back raise, x15, +5x15

weighted crunches, 2 sets

Nothing terribly spectacular here, working up to the heaviest weeks on the DL, and added some green bands to the box squats - which are harder to get set up than the actual squatting.

Hunchbacking is still doing me well, and I'll be interested to see how it works out in a few weeks for my max-testing.

[ThePman]

Haven't updated in a few days cause I've hit a bit of a bad spell.

Sunday 1-November

Shirt BP + 3-board, 140x 150x 155x 160xM

+2-board, 140x2, x1

Monday 2-November

Power Cleans, 60x3, 70x3, 80x3, 90x2, 100xM, x1, 105xM

Squat, 150xNope

And that was the end of that. I had to cancel deadlifts too because, you guessed it, VMO popped on me again despite tight knee wrapping.

What this means is that I'm not going to be able to squat in the meet. Between missing my training sessions the last few weeks and the quad wanting to explode with anything over 100kg, there's just no way to pull it off. At least I'm keeping the streak going, though.

Weds 4-October

2-boards, 110x2, 115x2, 122.5x2

DB rows, couple of sets

25' light tempo on the bike

[SoaringSwine]

Looks like the wife might out total you :pfft:

[ThePman]

Looks like the wife might out total you :pfft:

Pretty much. If things go right she could pull off > 400kg, which is more than my reasonably optimistic push-pull total.

Friday 7-November

tried some box squats, but the VMO tear wasn't having it

DL with a slippery bar, 197.5 6x1

static holds with slippery bar, 2 sets w/ 180

GMs, 60x8, 100x8, 110 2x6, 60x12

high-rep leg extensions for 2 sets

[ThePman]

Sunday 8-November

Nothing spectacular today, just shirted 2-boards. I'm getting this shirt's groove for sure now, since even 150 and 155 felt really easy. I missed two attempts at 160, but that was due to poor setup on one and misgrooving on the second. Still an improvement either way.

[ThePman]

Monday 9-November

Power Cleans, 60x3, 70x3, 80 2x2, 85x2

DL, some warmups, 215x3 @8, 225x1 @9

Meh. One more hard lower body (I guess deadlift, now) workout before the taper into the meet. Will see about a single up in the 230+ range.

225 was probably good for a double or a very (very) hard triple, but I didn't want to push it with the other session on Friday.

PS this has me kinda laughing, too, because of all the people that will jump up and down and tell you that the deadlift will ruin your back or whatever else. It's funny to me that the deadlift is the only one of the big three that hasn't hurt me in some way or another.

[rose]

PS this has me kinda laughing, too, because of all the people that will jump up and down and tell you that the deadlift will ruin your back or whatever else. It's funny to me that the deadlift is the only one of the big three that hasn't hurt me in some way or another.

Verrry interrresting factoid Deadlift King.

[ThePman]

heh I wish I was the deadlift king. I'd have broken 600 lbs by now if that was true. As it is I'm not even as strong as I was in 2006.

[SoaringSwine]

Ditto. Squats and bench have injured me several times each. Never had a deadlift injury...

[ThePman]

Tonight was the last heavy lower-body workout before the meet, which meant deadlifts since my squat is officially out.

Did the usual warmup, bar, 60, 100, 140, 180, 200

added belt, 220x1 @9.5, 232x1 @10, 237x1 @10

grip slipped on 220, again, so I had to use that half-ass powder at Les Mills to try and get some traction. The last two attempts were head-rushes all the way, but they went up and went up smooth, so I'm confident about at least 240 in the meet.

Attempts are looking like 220, 240, then 245? Will have to decide on the day I suppose. Weight is holding at 90kg on the dot in gym clothes + shoes, so I'm still right where I need to be.

Diana however did amazing with a 182kg pull that went up smooth, with easily another 5+ kg in the tank, so between that and her 135 squat the other day she's going to smoke it.

[ThePman]

Right now I'm having me a special Smirnoff post-workout recovery drink.

It helps with recovery 134345% compared to placebo

weeeeeeee :pfft:

[rose]

Right now I'm having me a special Smirnoff post-workout recovery drink.

It helps with recovery 134345% compared to placebo

weeeeeeee :pfft:

водка cures cancer! 8) I read it on the innuhnet so it must be true! "I got good gains on this. I recommend it." :grin:

[runveerun]

Right now I'm having me a special Smirnoff post-workout recovery drink.

It helps with recovery 134345% compared to placebo

weeeeeeee :pfft:

mmmmm vodka =P~ what you mixing it with Mr P?

[rose]

Right now I'm having me a special Smirnoff post-workout recovery drink.

It helps with recovery 134345% compared to placebo

weeeeeeee :pfft:

mmmmm vodka =P~ what you mixing it with Mr P?

Neat I hope! Anything else is a crime and detracts from said recovery :snooty:

[runveerun]

Right now I'm having me a special Smirnoff post-workout recovery drink.

It helps with recovery 134345% compared to placebo

weeeeeeee :pfft:

mmmmm vodka =P~ what you mixing it with Mr P?

Neat I hope! Anything else is a crime and detracts from said recovery :snooty:

aaaahh a vodka martini perhaps? Tis a good excuse to drink the stuff by itself and makes you look sophisticated too

[ThePman]

The vodka went down neat.

The malibu rum that came afterwards had some pineapple flavoring.

Now I'm extra recovered

[runveerun]

The vodka went down neat.

The malibu rum that came afterwards had some pineapple flavoring.

Now I'm extra recovered

Ah all your basic food groups covered then! Vodka is made from potatoes, pineapple is in the fruit section and I'm sure there's protein in rum!

[ThePman]

It's all about the balanced diet.

In fact I think a beer will be good to round it out.

[rose]

and I'm sure there's protein in rum!

I'm disappointed in you Vee, months on no carbs has turned your brain to mush :pfft: You need to drink more booze to feed your braincells!

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 Shot (25.0 g)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 56

Total Fat 0.0g

Total Carbohydrates 0.0g

Protein 0.0g