Iron Mind

[bar-belle]

good to see you back into it mate....HBSM :shock: you changing codes on us Big J?

[Big john]

good to see you back into it mate....HBSM :shock: you changing codes on us Big J?

cheers BB.......nah not changing codes, i like to dabble 8) . i say give everything a shot atleast once. and there will be afew lifters from Power house comming to so dif good to catch up with them

[red machine]

good to see you back into it mate....HBSM :shock: you changing codes on us Big J?

cheers BB.......nah not changing codes, i like to dabble 8) . i say give everything a shot atleast once. and there will be afew lifters from Power house comming to so dif good to catch up with them

good stuff bro, b fun 4 a dabble alright keep things fresh!!

[Old Bull]

He Bro,

Been pretty busy over the last couple of weeks so just catching up with some of my fav logs.

Great Video, and Impressive lifting Big Guy, technique has changed big time from the Cambridge Novice all that hard work you are putting in is paying off.

Spatan will fall Bro

[steak]

Report please J. Roundbacker. T :poked: We want to hear about lifting heavy things at the show grounds :nod:

[Big john]

good to see you back into it mate....HBSM :shock: you changing codes on us Big J?

cheers BB.......nah not changing codes, i like to dabble 8) . i say give everything a shot atleast once. and there will be afew lifters from Power house comming to so dif good to catch up with them

good stuff bro, b fun 4 a dabble alright keep things fresh!!

chuur brother was a mint day fo-so!

He Bro,

Been pretty busy over the last couple of weeks so just catching up with some of my fav logs.

Great Video, and Impressive lifting Big Guy, technique has changed big time from the Cambridge Novice all that hard work you are putting in is paying off.

Spatan will fall Bro

cheers OB just trying to refine the smaller things hopefuly they will eventualy lead to bigger lifts in the future :pray: :pray:

Report please J. Roundbacker. T :poked: We want to hear about lifting heavy things at the show grounds :nod:

SIR! :salute:

Hawkes bay strongest man

Finally back in auckland tonight after a pretty epic easter weekend in sunny hawkes bay and a weeks training in the mount after the comp

i wont go into too much detail as far as the events etc went. as i think nate and Drizz did an awsome write up. but placed 7-8th overall and placed 3rd in the super heavies.

Very pleased with my results as it was my 1st time competing in a strongman comp. the only thing i really got stapled on was the overhead medley. Apollon bar got the better of me :evil: (unfortunately sheiko doesnt put much emphasis on shoulder work :grin: ) but none the less awsome day!! meet some of the boys from PH, trapfat/tutua/sarge/drizz and afew others and catching up with nate and wookie again

Huge ups to nate/steve/phil for a smooth run comp and to nate for putting us up in his meke beach house (Jenga by candle light! and kava that tasted like sterilized teatowel!) :pfft: :pfft: and to lisa for the detour road trip! chur chur! :pfft: cheers mate!

also another mention. jess(MG) who had a blinder of a day with the highland games even did better than some of the lads imo :grin: placeing 1st

then a long drive back in the mount with training resuming the following wednesday

usuall 20 stretches

Box squats (1st go at wide stance)

barx10

60x10

80x6

100x5

110x5

120x6(b)

hacksquats

60x10

100x10

120x9

140x8

assist

SLDL

5x10 superset with GMs

treadmill 20mins

Thursday

bench

barx10

60x10

80x8

90x6

100x3

100x3

incline dumbell presses

20x10

20x10

20x10

32.5x10

assist

DB flies

10x10

10x10

10x10

10x10

close grip bench

40x10

40x10

60x8

80x4

rope pulldowns

35x12

45x12

55x12

60x12

1st and last time doing combat class :shock: ...i only took the class because i let a flip of a coin decide my fate! :grin: 45mins

saturday

usuall stretches 20mins

DB rows

20x10

38x8

40x8

50x6

55x5(pb)

55x5 ss with 17.5x20

t bar rows

20x10

40x10

80x8

90x6

110x5

face pulls

10x10

35x8

50x10

65x10

65x10

assist biceps various

200 reps

[steak]

[Big john]

cardio 25 mins..BOOM!

[startinfromscratch]

cardio 25 mins..BOOM!

you telling porkies brah?

your other journal says 20 mins.... or did you push some bush between posts?

[Big john]

cardio 25 mins..BOOM!

you telling porkies brah?

your other journal says 20 mins.... or did you push some bush between posts?

back on the stationary bike in the garage dungeon.

[Big john]

squats and bench

week 1 day 1

20 mins stretching, glute/hip activation, disslocations, shoulder savers etc

20 min time frame

Bench (hands inside rings)

20x10

60x10

80x5

90x3

95x3

105x3

105x3

105x3

20min time frame (lapsed 5 mins)

Wide stance hi-box squats

20x15

60x10

80x5

110x3

120x3

130x3

130x3

130x3

assist work

seated dumbell shoulder press

30x5

30x5

30x5 (right shoulder tight!)

chins 3,3

Pulldowns (wide grip) in lbs

105x8

131x8

170x8

184x6

DB side bends

30x10

30x10

30x10

30x10

Hyper extenstions (pause at top)

10,10,10

niggles in my left wrist and right shoulder

sweat pouring out this arvo in the cage, like how im working to the clock with these self imposed time limits!

Ive decided to give wide stance squats a shot and try and hope to gain some decent strength in my hip/glute area. Ive also brought back in the box i figured its time to get back to squatting basics and work the groove again.

My set up was alittle off with the squats today, seem to get better in the top sets thou

[Optimass]

1st and last time doing combat class ...i only took the class because i let a flip of a coin decide my fate! 45mins

I hate it when that happens :pfft:

[bar-belle]

squats and bench

Ive also brought back in the box i figured its time to get back to squatting basics and work the groove again.

Basics....always a good place to start.

Nice work at the SM day Big J....looks like you had a blast :grin:

[Big john]

squats and bench

Ive also brought back in the box i figured its time to get back to squatting basics and work the groove again.

Basics....always a good place to start.

Nice work at the SM day Big J....looks like you had a blast :grin:

cheers BB, i figured with the hip as it is, its time to go back to the roots where it all began...the box 8)

re HBSM hell yea i loved it! sm will have another son...one day :grin: , for now its all about the Platform :twisted:

20 mins stretching and foam rolling hips/hammys/glutes/low,mid,upper back/lats/traps

deadlifts conv

120x3

160x3

180x3

180x3

200x3

200x3

200x3(b)

210x3

210x3

done within 20min time frame

Strict BB rows

60x5

60x5

80x5

80x5

80x5

assist

Seated Goodmornings

40x5

60x5

60x5

60x5

60x5

Face pulls

24x8

30x8

30x8

36x8

36x8

Hyper extentions

20,20

abs with bosou ball

4x8

good sweat on tonight...good to be deading again, chalk and talc flying everywhere. goodtimes

rows i found abit hard..just keeping them "strict" no body language "barberian styles' :pfft: no disrespect VP!" hence why there not heavy.

seated GMs were money dunno why i ditched them in some of the templates. stronger PC here we come!

[Big john]

went down to the Auckland champs to support the girls and boys competing suffice to say there were some awsome lifts, theres alot of raw lifting talent comming through, and by far the best was watching Mingming who is blind just owning the tin,with flawless technique. simply motivating :clap: could only stay thru the 2 morning flights as i had iron to shift myself

week 1 day 3

20 mins stretching

Squats/bench

Box Squats20min time limit

barx8

60x5

80x3

100x3

120x2(b)

130x2

140x2

140x2

150x2

Bench

barx10

60x5

80x2

90x2

100x2

110x1

called is there

assist

Hang clean and press

60x3

60x2 wrist issues

60x3

60x3

chins

bwx3

bwx3

bwx3

pulldowns (Lbs)

87x8

125x8

137x8

137x8

decline weight crunches with 20kg plate

3x8

wrists still giving me abit of trouble when it somes to benching. will focus stretching them good before hand, topped with bugger all sleep this week i felt weak as hell. hope this changes :pray:

[Big john]

30mins cardio followed by mob/flex drills

[Big john]

week 2 day one

Head phones on full bore, Tunnel vision, and a bad attidtude to smash tin :twisted:

15min stretch

Deadlifts

Deadlifts conv(20 min time limit)

100x2

130x2

180x2

180x2

220x2(b)

220x2

220x2

235x2

235x2

235miss outta time

DB rows

30x3

40x3

50x3

50x3

50x3

50x3

Asisst work

Face pulls

30x8

30x8

36x8

36x8

DB side bends

27.5x10

27.5x10

27.5x10

27.5x10

Seated GMs

20x8

60x5

60x5

60x5

Deads felt piss light tonight. i was snapping them up with a crisp lockout was feeling real good, until the last set. when i got interrupted by one of the trainers at my gym to "please bring the weights down slowly" i was acutally speechless..almost felt like say well mate if u want me to do that...pull 235x2 and put the weight down gently and ill follow suite.. :evil:

other than that the traingin session was intense and feel great afterwards yet hammerd :grin:

[HarryB]

I could hear that shit over here mate.. made me slip off my swiss ball!!!

[ThePman]

This strategy looks to be agreeing with you. :wink:

[steak]

strong pulls freak

[Big john]

This strategy looks to be agreeing with you. :wink:

yea bro...love playing to the clock, gives the body a sence of urgancy and a welcomed shock to the body

strong pulls freak

gonna have to be for the following months if i wanna be up with the big boys :twisted:

[bar-belle]

Deads felt piss light tonight. i was snapping them up with a crisp lockout was feeling real good, until the last set. when i got interrupted by one of the trainers at my gym to "please bring the weights down slowly"

:-s that's madness.

You might have to go join Dales new gym...I'm sure you'd be able to ditch weights, use chalk and grunt too if you want :grin: And I think it's 24/7.

[Big john]

Deads felt piss light tonight. i was snapping them up with a crisp lockout was feeling real good, until the last set. when i got interrupted by one of the trainers at my gym to "please bring the weights down slowly"

:-s that's madness.

You might have to go join Dales new gym...I'm sure you'd be able to ditch weights, use chalk and grunt too if you want :grin: And I think it's 24/7.

ruthless madness...dont worry ill be keeping my eyes peeled 8)

cardio and flex/mob work

40mins Stationary Bike

Piriformis Work with tennis ball (really shunted it into the tight areas esp my right glute)

catdog 3x10

fire hydrants 3x10

Supine Bridge 3x10

knee Hugs 30secs

Vsits 3x10

Mountain Climbers 3x10

leg swings 3x10 each leg

[startinfromscratch]

knee Hugs 30secs

did they feel better? :pfft:

[Big john]

knee Hugs 30secs

did they feel better? :pfft:

yes they did sir...find it hard to hold up the big Rimus up once my hands get all sweaty :pfft: