Smith Machine Weighted Planks
BW+104x30 seconds
BW+104x30 seconds
Side Plank
BWx60/60 seconds
Stretching
Comments:
Still tired. Own fault not getting to sleep timely. Upper body pretty
tight. Haven’t gone for a walk on my off days this week due to family
functions. Lower back still a little achy. Warmed up on the AMT. Heart
rate peaked at 157bpm again. Getting close to single digits in
temperature right now. Again, pretty packed when I got there but
clearing out pretty quick. Calf raise work after that. Felt good, not
nearly as tight as it has been. Some pressure on my hand. Box touches,
box squats and box touches again. These felt good today. Band rows were
easy. Push ups after those and feeling ok. Continuing to improve as far
as hand pressure. Hip airplanes were needed again. Little tougher on the
right side as far as balance but still sturdy. Hamstrings were tight.
Then on to the workout. Same but more from last time this workout popped
up. Box squats had the same setup as last time but an added set of
five. Still basing off percentages. I was a little worried that not
doing recovery walks and having maybe six hours sleep would negatively
effect this to an extreme. It certainly felt like that when 340lbs felt
stupidly heavy. It made me doubt that I could get the next set of five
with 420lbs for even a double with how it felt. But I think it had more
to do with belt position and things clicked. I feel I could’ve done
maybe another two reps as an all out effort for this weight. Then it was
time to do set of eight. I had the option of doing 5-10lbs more than
last time. I went with five as last time it was pretty tough and I was
already feeling the previous sets. I kind of regretted going for just
5lbs more as it went up pretty easy. Probably easier than the previous
sessions set of eight. Lower back was pretty pumped from all this. Then
on to axle rack pulls. Doubles up to a top set of eight like last time. I
had an idea of what I could hit for 8rm so I made plate jumps.
Alternating grip up to the top set and then bringing out the straps for
the set of eight. 50lbs more on the bar from last time for both the set
before and the working set. Good as the grip felt better this time. I
felt a slight “sting” in my right upper side of my glute insert on that
first rep of the last double. Definitely caught my attention. Legs were
slightly pumped and I was little concerned going for the rep set. I had
doubts, I was feeling queasy as I knew this was going to be hard. But it
went up. The controlled lowering for these reps is so tough, especially
not resetting each rep to get the good leg drive. The eighth rep was
too much and I felt my form break so I had to stop. I took a breather
before I went for the rep again to finish the set. I then took my time
putting stuff away before moving on to the abdominal work. I had a brain
fart on how to setup the smith machine planks I did last time. Took me a
bit to figure out what I did last time. I swore it was self-explanatory
but I guess not haha. You’d think this would be easier this time but
nope. I swear it felt harder this time. I was glad to be done with those
and getting to do the bodyweight side planks. Still harder to the right
side versus left side. Home to stretch and eat. Plan to catch up on the
sleep for early event work on Saturday.
I’m a little taller than 6′6″ and I really like to lift weights. I’m a competitor in amateur strongman contests. My hope is to become a competitive professional strongman. Currently I'm training for Northeast Regionals in Monaca, PA on 6/1/2024. I’m not a major competitor yet and I have a long way to go but I’m having fun.
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