2 Minute Treadmill Backwards Pushes
Mobility Prep
Axle Clean and Push Presses
60x1
80x1
100x1
120x1
140x1
160x1
180x1
200x1
220x1
240x1
260x1
Mobility Prep
Axle Clean and Push Presses
60x1
80x1
100x1
120x1
140x1
160x1
180x1
200x1
220x1
240x1
260x1
Axle Half Clean and Push Presses
260x1
260x1
260x1
260x1
260x1
Rack Chins (yoke, straps)
bwx10
bwx30 PR+3 reps
260x1
260x1
260x1
260x1
260x1
Rack Chins (yoke, straps)
bwx10
bwx30 PR+3 reps
12” Log Incline Bench Presses
87x5
112x3
142x3
162x3
182x3
202x3
222x17 PR+5lbs & 1 rep
87x5
112x3
142x3
162x3
182x3
202x3
222x17 PR+5lbs & 1 rep
Paused Floor Band Trap 3 Raises (2 count, cross style)
µbx12
Active Bar Hang (thick bar)
bw for 25 seconds
µbx12
Active Bar Hang (thick bar)
bw for 25 seconds
Stretching
Comments: A tad annoyed with how things are. I mean I’m ok. But really not sure what is going on with strongman as a sport or what I should be doing. USS Nats is June but it COVID stuff seems to be an ongoing issue and may not be resolved for some time. I was worried the e-mail I got Monday was saying it was going to be moved. Do I want to set goals based off numbers, or compete, or aim for the pro level still? It’s all very confusing and uncertain. Right knee has been a pain since last training session. Doesn’t seem to bad once warmed up considerably and I guess it feeling better each day is something. Soft tissue work and icing. Also taking 4 Advil before bed so that I sleep ok. Really didn’t help matters that big bunch of snow coming. Depending on the weather, I would either need to move my workout days for this week or alter the training. Came down to if I could make my patio safe for overhead work or not. A lot of snow. I ended up having to shovel three times in less than 24hrs. It stopped briefly during lunch the day before so that was the first time. I wore a knee brace to protect my knee. Second time was right after work. Final time was during morning break today. I went out during my lunch and afternoon break to sweep the patio of moisture to keep the stuff from melting from refreezing as it got colder. I managed to keep things good that it was safe enough for use. Warm-ups fine for the most part. Right hamstring is getting tight again. May be from the increased deadlift frequency. Shoulder drill felt good. Right knee sucked. It took me a bit to get used to it as not all articulations bothered things so I kind of had to play around with it. I didn’t want to put on a brace for overhead training if I could manage it. Cold and windy. Slightly above freezing but the windchill was bad. Axle outside and taking 20lbs jumps. Plan being 10lbs more than last time. I had to redo the very first lift as I was to hesitant with my knee and I was having to double pop it with just 60lbs. I dropped it after shouldering it to do it again with vigor. I was having some issues with the one hand with grip. Not so much in holding on but in responding to what I was thinking or not thinking (like what I’ve drilled in). I wasn’t letting go with my thumb on the right hand on the catch on some reps. Also trying out new thick rubber plates. Seeing if they keep the matts from getting too beat up and spread the weight out. 260lbs went up ok. Not awesome but not terrible. I think I was hesitant for going for an adjustment after the clean to keep the number of knee rebends to a minimum. After that, it was time for the harder stuff. EMOM on the half clean and presses with the weight I just did. This would be interesting. First rep felt a little rough as far as getting it to the shoulder. I seemed a bit better this time with my timing of when to reapply wraps. On the third rep, the small plates on the left side fell off into the snow. Oh shit. So that was a rush to get them back on and wipe my hands clean. Like a second or two off from getting back under the weight from the timer going off. Rushed the wrap job as the right wrist came undone. Last lift I think was my best. Weights fell off again at the end. I had hoped that the thicker plates would keep the bouncing around to a minimum but nope. Actually made it more likely for stuff to come off. I will need to see about securing them next time. These cleans are a good bit tougher than from the floor and my hope is that they make me hit that sweet spot to do them will mean I can do heavier weights on full style. I was so glad to be done with the axle stuff outside as now I could go inside briefly to do rack chins. Same idea of work as last time. I wore thick gloves until my hands felt good again. I figured that I’d see how I felt on the first set to judge how things were. Again, really hard to judge how I’ll do based off that first set. I took my time hanging there at the beginning to stretch my back and then did the reps not fast to get the motion down. Honestly, I felt I could’ve done the option of just 3x10 with how those felt haha. But I figured that I just needed to be serious. Turns out I was right as I did 30 reps. I had thought my reps last time was 28 so I figured 2 more was good to get nice round 30. But it was actually 27. So I wonder if I’ll be given an option to add weight to these. Back outside for incline log bench press. I didn’t get as cold because I could take time between sets inside to get more weights. Same as last time, try 5lbs more and either do a few reps or do all the reps. This was actually the trickier of the exercises to do outside today. See, I got some snow on the patio from the weights falling in the snow and on the pads so that was there. I had to sweep the snow to keep the bench from slipping or my feet from slipping. Meant for a bigger jump that first lift but messed up my math. I was able to correct things and get back on track. These have been feeling good as of late. I felt like I could get another rep from the 16 I’ve been hitting. I just didn’t think it would be so hard with how the 16th rep had gone up. And it was the triceps that were slow to lock it. About the toughest I’d want a rep to be on these for the time being. But it is nice to be doing over 100kgs for this many reps. Shoulder health stuff to finish things up. I was tempted to try adding another micro band to the raises but that tension was way too much haha. So I just did what I was supposed to and just move little bit further back. These are feeling good. Could feel my back want to cramp on the bag hang after all the reps before on stuff. Finished up with pot roast and stretching. Hopefully the right knee continues to get better.
Comments: A tad annoyed with how things are. I mean I’m ok. But really not sure what is going on with strongman as a sport or what I should be doing. USS Nats is June but it COVID stuff seems to be an ongoing issue and may not be resolved for some time. I was worried the e-mail I got Monday was saying it was going to be moved. Do I want to set goals based off numbers, or compete, or aim for the pro level still? It’s all very confusing and uncertain. Right knee has been a pain since last training session. Doesn’t seem to bad once warmed up considerably and I guess it feeling better each day is something. Soft tissue work and icing. Also taking 4 Advil before bed so that I sleep ok. Really didn’t help matters that big bunch of snow coming. Depending on the weather, I would either need to move my workout days for this week or alter the training. Came down to if I could make my patio safe for overhead work or not. A lot of snow. I ended up having to shovel three times in less than 24hrs. It stopped briefly during lunch the day before so that was the first time. I wore a knee brace to protect my knee. Second time was right after work. Final time was during morning break today. I went out during my lunch and afternoon break to sweep the patio of moisture to keep the stuff from melting from refreezing as it got colder. I managed to keep things good that it was safe enough for use. Warm-ups fine for the most part. Right hamstring is getting tight again. May be from the increased deadlift frequency. Shoulder drill felt good. Right knee sucked. It took me a bit to get used to it as not all articulations bothered things so I kind of had to play around with it. I didn’t want to put on a brace for overhead training if I could manage it. Cold and windy. Slightly above freezing but the windchill was bad. Axle outside and taking 20lbs jumps. Plan being 10lbs more than last time. I had to redo the very first lift as I was to hesitant with my knee and I was having to double pop it with just 60lbs. I dropped it after shouldering it to do it again with vigor. I was having some issues with the one hand with grip. Not so much in holding on but in responding to what I was thinking or not thinking (like what I’ve drilled in). I wasn’t letting go with my thumb on the right hand on the catch on some reps. Also trying out new thick rubber plates. Seeing if they keep the matts from getting too beat up and spread the weight out. 260lbs went up ok. Not awesome but not terrible. I think I was hesitant for going for an adjustment after the clean to keep the number of knee rebends to a minimum. After that, it was time for the harder stuff. EMOM on the half clean and presses with the weight I just did. This would be interesting. First rep felt a little rough as far as getting it to the shoulder. I seemed a bit better this time with my timing of when to reapply wraps. On the third rep, the small plates on the left side fell off into the snow. Oh shit. So that was a rush to get them back on and wipe my hands clean. Like a second or two off from getting back under the weight from the timer going off. Rushed the wrap job as the right wrist came undone. Last lift I think was my best. Weights fell off again at the end. I had hoped that the thicker plates would keep the bouncing around to a minimum but nope. Actually made it more likely for stuff to come off. I will need to see about securing them next time. These cleans are a good bit tougher than from the floor and my hope is that they make me hit that sweet spot to do them will mean I can do heavier weights on full style. I was so glad to be done with the axle stuff outside as now I could go inside briefly to do rack chins. Same idea of work as last time. I wore thick gloves until my hands felt good again. I figured that I’d see how I felt on the first set to judge how things were. Again, really hard to judge how I’ll do based off that first set. I took my time hanging there at the beginning to stretch my back and then did the reps not fast to get the motion down. Honestly, I felt I could’ve done the option of just 3x10 with how those felt haha. But I figured that I just needed to be serious. Turns out I was right as I did 30 reps. I had thought my reps last time was 28 so I figured 2 more was good to get nice round 30. But it was actually 27. So I wonder if I’ll be given an option to add weight to these. Back outside for incline log bench press. I didn’t get as cold because I could take time between sets inside to get more weights. Same as last time, try 5lbs more and either do a few reps or do all the reps. This was actually the trickier of the exercises to do outside today. See, I got some snow on the patio from the weights falling in the snow and on the pads so that was there. I had to sweep the snow to keep the bench from slipping or my feet from slipping. Meant for a bigger jump that first lift but messed up my math. I was able to correct things and get back on track. These have been feeling good as of late. I felt like I could get another rep from the 16 I’ve been hitting. I just didn’t think it would be so hard with how the 16th rep had gone up. And it was the triceps that were slow to lock it. About the toughest I’d want a rep to be on these for the time being. But it is nice to be doing over 100kgs for this many reps. Shoulder health stuff to finish things up. I was tempted to try adding another micro band to the raises but that tension was way too much haha. So I just did what I was supposed to and just move little bit further back. These are feeling good. Could feel my back want to cramp on the bag hang after all the reps before on stuff. Finished up with pot roast and stretching. Hopefully the right knee continues to get better.
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