A hairy, slightly ginger mans attempt at strongman
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| Daws87 |  | ... | 01-07-2012 @ 13:27 |
 ⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 01.07.2012 @ 13:30 PM by Daws87 Heres a very poorly edited video from my competition at the weekend. | ||
| Daws87 | | ... | 02-07-2012 @ 19:22 |
⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 02.07.2012 @ 19:26 PM by Daws87 Back training properly after a week of rest and light sessions following my comp the Sunday before. As I've only got 5 weeks till my next comp meaning only 4 weeks of heavy training I have decided to do a cycle of Wendlers 531 as it is the only routine that I could find to fit in the timescale I have and have done a couple of cycles before, with overhead on a Monday, deadlifts Tuesday, squats Thursday, bench/deadlifts or overhead again on Fridays and throw in an events with ALWEBB72 in there somewhere. Anyway, tonight's session was overhead press with an Olympic bar as unfortunately my usual gym does not own a log (or much other equipment to be honest). My sets were as follows: Warm-up: 5x50 kg 5x60 kg Working Sets: 5x75 kg 5x80 kg 9x85 kg (which is a new reps PB) Upright row: 8x40 kg 6x50 kg 5x60 kg then moved on to some close grip bench my sets were: 8x85 kg 6x105 kg 4x125 kg 3x135 kg after was straight bar pushdowns which I did 3 sets of 8 reps on the stack which i'm not quite sure of the weight followed by some core work which was: side bends: 3x15 with 40 kg dumbbell (heaviest dumbbell they have) Cable woodchoppers: 3 x 15 with about 15-20 kgs Sit-ups: 3 x 15 Overall I was happy with the overhead reps PB but not so much with the assistance work. My close grip bench wasn't as good as usual and struggled a little more than I would have liked. Also i'm not sure if I am doing enough in a session? any suggestions? | ||
| ALWEBB72 | | ... | 02-07-2012 @ 19:48 |
 Is wasting away !!! will be down to 30 stone soon Member 1649, 2160 posts SQ 290, BP 235, DL 325850.0 kgs @ 110kgs UnEq | nice video see you friday: | ||
| TravisFandango | | ... | 02-07-2012 @ 20:01 |
Member 1093, 5446 posts SQ 160, BP 105, DL 225490.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | f**k me! That truck was shifting some while you were doing the chain drag. Must have been some fast, strong, powerful, attractive yet flabby whilst also dashing, middle aged bald bas***d pulling that!!! What are you 2 big strong Ginger beers doing Friday and where's my f**king invite? Xxx | ||
| Daws87 | | ... | 02-07-2012 @ 21:20 |
⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | TravisFandango said:f**k me! That truck was shifting some while you were doing the chain drag. Must have been some fast, strong, powerful, attractive yet flabby whilst also dashing, middle aged bald bas***d pulling that!!! What are you 2 big strong Ginger beers doing Friday and where's my f**king invite? Xxx You shouldn't be so modest Travis  I did notice that you was pulling at the same time and it did indeed look pretty fast as you left me and my chain in your dust! We are going to have a bit of an all in training session at the gym in Ipswich where the comp was if you are interested? | ||
| TravisFandango | | ... | 02-07-2012 @ 21:29 |
Member 1093, 5446 posts SQ 160, BP 105, DL 225490.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq | Daws87 said: You shouldn't be so modest Travis I did notice that you was pulling at the same time and it did indeed look pretty fast as you left me and my chain in your dust! We are going to have a bit of an all in training session at the gym in Ipswich where the comp was if you are interested?Hehe! Ipswich has left me mentally scarred and scared, Mr Al took me to all the best places. Plus might be a tad far and expensive for a Friday after work. Let me know next time Colchester's on though. Had splendid fun last time. | ||
| Daws87 | | ... | 02-07-2012 @ 21:37 |
⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | TravisFandango said: Hehe! Ipswich has left me mentally scarred and scared, Mr Al took me to all the best places. Plus might be a tad far and expensive for a Friday after work. Let me know next time Colchester's on though. Had splendid fun last time. Will do mate. It was indeed a very enjoyable and ground breaking session. | ||
| Daws87 | | ... | 03-07-2012 @ 18:32 |
⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | On tonight's agenda was deadlifts which is my personal favourite session of the week. As mentioned i am doing 531 for all of my lifts so deadlifting went as follows. warm up: 10x100kg 8x140kg working sets: 5x165kg 5x175kg 6x185kg (was not happy with this number at all!) After my dismal attempt at deadlifting I moved on to assistance work starting with barbell rows. 8x60kg 8x80kg 5x90kg 5x100kg Close grip lat pulldowns- 3x8x80kg Hammer Curls: 8x20kg 2x8x25kg 2x5x30kg So all in all a disappointing session but suppose something is better than nothing. | ||
| ALWEBB72 | | ... | 03-07-2012 @ 21:06 |
Is wasting away !!! will be down to 30 stone soon Member 1649, 2160 posts SQ 290, BP 235, DL 325850.0 kgs @ 110kgs UnEq | its all progress mate | ||
| Daws87 | | ... | 04-07-2012 @ 08:26 |
⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | ALWEBB72 said:its all progress mate Yea I suppose mate but after getting 10 reps of 200kg at the comp I thought i'd smash 185kg but didn't have the energy. | ||
| Daws87 | | ... | 04-07-2012 @ 19:45 |
⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | Had limited time to train tonight so was only a quick session. Bench was on tonight's menu and this is how it went: Warm up: 10x60kg 10x80kg Working sets: 5x102.5kg 5x110kg 9x115kg Nothing ground-breaking or spectacular but was happy as I haven't benched in a month or more, technique was a bit shaky but felt comfortable enough. Bench was followed by some incline barbell press which went: 10x60kg 8x80kg 4x100kg followed by some core work: weighted decline sit ups: 15x5kg 10x20kg 10x20kg then 3 sets of planks for 30 seconds each. | ||
| ALWEBB72 | | ... | 04-07-2012 @ 20:40 |
Is wasting away !!! will be down to 30 stone soon Member 1649, 2160 posts SQ 290, BP 235, DL 325850.0 kgs @ 110kgs UnEq | nothing wrong with that session mate | ||
| Daws87 | | ... | 04-07-2012 @ 21:35 |
⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | ALWEBB72 said:nothing wrong with that session mate Yea I was happy with it and it went better than expected as I haven't benched in awhile but its something I would like to get better at. | ||
| Daws87 | | ... | 06-07-2012 @ 22:08 |
⚽ Member 3634, 2381 posts SQ 227.5, BP 175, DL 250652.5 kgs @ 143kgs UnEq | Went to train with ALWEBB72 at Extreme Muscle gym in Ipswich. As always was a good and productive session. We started with bench which I managed: 1x120kg 1x130kg 1x150kg 160kg Fail! We then moved on to push press: 1x80kg 1x90kg 1x110kg -FAIL 1x115kg which would have been a new PB but was failed in an epic and very loud way! No collars plus a lop sided lock attempt and the rest explains itself haha. Finally squat which went: 1x100kg 1x120kg 1x140kg 1x170kg which was a new, very comfortable PB 1x200kg - FAIL!! Very annoying felt good in the descent but bottled it in the hole after getting it in my head 200kg was too big of a jump! This will now bug me on a daily basis till I manage to get it! Overall a good session and got to be happy with a new PB. | ||
| ALWEBB72 | | ... | 07-07-2012 @ 12:32 |
Is wasting away !!! will be down to 30 stone soon Member 1649, 2160 posts SQ 290, BP 235, DL 325850.0 kgs @ 110kgs UnEq | mate 200 squat next week without fail for you | ||
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