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Jonathan		...	28-11-2006 @ 21:09
the Ergbreaker Member 19, 862 posts SQ 190, BP 140, DL 260 590.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq	Two sessions to post: Sunday: Push press with thick bar: 8x35kg - some of these were split jerks 5x56kg - these were all split jerks 5x76kg - first 2 were split jerks and the other 3 push presses 3x2x96kg - 1st set off balance, second set very good, third set hard. 1x96kg, no second rep 6x76kg, pump set 15x30kg with the 8inch log. Back sore at this point. The doubles at 96kg were pbs - I have never pressed more than 90kg on the thick bar. It is considerably harder than a normal oly bar on account of it not flexing at all, and being far harder on the wrists. Right, I am going to have to take some time off push pressing. Infact, any kind of standing press is really f**king sore. So for at least the next 6 weeks I will stick to seated shoulder press. This is annoying for me, but that vertabrae is damn sore. It just hurts when my back is in hyperextention. Today's session: Start of a new routine. I shall post the routine later this evening, or tomorrow morning. It is similar to 5x5 but with 6's instead of 5's. It is my way of paying homage to both the principle of 5x5 and the Templehall method. It is much higher in volume than previous routines, but I think that this is good, as my volume has been on the low side for some time, and more lifting usually stimulates my appetite Paused squats (a proper 2sec pause, not a Sugden pause ): 5x50kg 3x80kg 5x3x100kg - niiiice - easy and it felt good to control it and sit around at the bottom for a while. Much easier than last time I tried these (6-8months ago). Seated shoulder press: 6x40kg 6x55kg 4x6x65kg - easy 18 inch deadlift. Now I had not planned to do this, but I was sorely tempted as Brian was doing them. No pain this time (as I had last time) and it felt good! 4x100kg 2x140kg 2x160kg 4x2x180kg - easy fast pulls Tubby bas***d chins 4x4xbodyweight Thick handle dumbell static holds 30kg x 10sec each hand. 50kg - left - 12sec, 15sec, 10sec. Right - 20sec, 15sec, 10sec. Strange back rehab thing This is basically me lying on the floor with my feet up on a bench, and then lifting my ass (no mean feat!) off the ground until my body is straight. 3x20xbodyweight - might add weight next week. Planks 2x1min - bit painful on dodgy vertabrae - won't do them again. All the above was just over 2hours - pretty speedy really! Jonathan
Rob		...	28-11-2006 @ 21:14
Does f*ck all for SugdenBarbell.co.uk Member 1, 7173 posts SQ 182.5, BP 110, DL 205 497.5 kgs @ 107kgs UnEq Administrator	Nice thick bar pressing mate. Unsure what that back rehab thing you're describing is - sounds a bit like a hamstring bridge?
Jonathan		...	28-11-2006 @ 23:01
the Ergbreaker Member 19, 862 posts SQ 190, BP 140, DL 260 590.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq	Thanks Rob - thick bar presses are brutal! Regarding the back rehab thing, I have no idea what it is, but it feels nice Jonathan
littlegirlbunny		...	29-11-2006 @ 11:06
MIA Member 7, 621 posts SQ 80, BP 45, DL 125 250.0 kgs @ 55kgs UnEq	With regards to the planks - have you tried sideways ones (if the normal ones give your back trouble?)
Jonathan		...	29-11-2006 @ 12:07
the Ergbreaker Member 19, 862 posts SQ 190, BP 140, DL 260 590.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq	I haven't actually - I might give them a go! This is the new routine that I am going to be following for the next 6 weeks. It is more of a volume routine than any I have done before, but I still hope to make some new maxes at the end of it. Tuesday: Paused squat: 5x3x100kg, 5x3x105kg, 5x3x110kg. 5x3x115kg, 5x3x120kg, 5x3x125kg Seated shoulder press: 4x6x65kg, 4x6x67.5kg, 4x6x70kg, 3x6x72.5kg, 3x6x75kg, 2x6x77.5kg 18 inch Deadlift: 4x2x180kg, 4x2x185kg, 4x2x190kg, 3x2x195kg, 3x2x200kg, 3x2x205kg Then followed by random chins, grip work and core work too. Friday: Squat: 5x6x115kg, 5x6x120kg, 5x6x125kg, 4x6x130kg, 4x6x135kg, 4x6x140kg Bench: 4x6x107.5kg, 4x6x110kg, 4x6x112.5kg, 3x6x115kg, 3x6x117.5kg, 3x6x120kg Dumbell Rows: 4x8x65kg for the first three weeks then 4x8x70kg for the second three weeks. Sunday: Medium narrow grip bench 4x6x85kg, 4x6x90kg, 4x6x95kg, 3x6x100kg, 3x6x105kg, 3x6x110kg Bent over barbell rows: 4x10x90kg first three weeks and 4x10x100kg second three weeks. Diesel side bends: 3x8x each side with 20kg bar Glute bridge for back rehab 3x20xbw Crunchs Just bodyweight stuff on flat bench. Grip work Pinch gripping, thick handle dumbell work and finger/wrist curls. I am really looking forward to the routine Jonathan
Jonathan		...	30-11-2006 @ 20:03
the Ergbreaker Member 19, 862 posts SQ 190, BP 140, DL 260 590.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq	I think that I forgot to post Tuesday's workout, but it all went to plan. Had to train today on account of working tomorrow night. Ah it was a hard session today. Not the weights, but just a general off-feeling. Felt sluggish and lacking in energy. Later in the session I felt a bit sick, but a trip to the bathroom soon cleared that Squat: 6x20kg 6x60kg 6x90kg 5x6x115kg - not hard, but nasty Bench: 6x60kg 6x90kg 4x6x107.5kg - again, slow, fairly tough and sluggish Dumbell bent over row: 6x35kg 4x8x65kg - a bit too light really. I'll step it up to 70kg next week. Totally fried now! Jonathan _________________
Cuddles		...	10-01-2007 @ 15:10
Eat.Cycle.Sleep.Win Member 2, 12511 posts SQ 190, BP 150, DL 280 620.0 kgs @ 99kgs UnEq Administrator	Training gone secret has it? Or are you just being a lazy f**ker with the log??
mishima		...	10-01-2007 @ 16:15
pink french superstar beard Member 26, 4030 posts SQ 190, BP 0, DL 205 395.0 kgs @ 75kgs UnEq	hey mate! I see you squat a lot and seem to have light and heavy days with a rather low tonnage, am i right? I also remember you said it was your week point. Is it still that week to you? How would you judge your form and its progression if asked to? There was that day when you power snatched some good weights, top stuff btw; was it a first time? How did you feel, form and cardio wise? Anyway, good stuff overall, well impressed. cheers Oh by the way, thats some classy name your parents gave you
Jonathan		...	10-01-2007 @ 23:54
the Ergbreaker Member 19, 862 posts SQ 190, BP 140, DL 260 590.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq	Olly - just a lazy f**ker - I just post it on veganfitness these days! Mishma - the last log entry was the first of a new routine so the weights were low. I am on my max out week this week, and last week squatted 2x6x140kg and bench 6x120kg. I got a 250kg 18 inch deadlift day before yesterday too Jonathan
Jonathan		Time flies!	05-08-2020 @ 16:53
the Ergbreaker Member 19, 862 posts SQ 190, BP 140, DL 260 590.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq	Over 13 years since I last posted, Christ! Quick update/introduction: I used to lift a fair bit as a youngster, but gained a lot of weight and didn't train very sensibly and didn't do my digestive system or back any good. I got to 131kg at 6ft 8", with a 590kg total (190/140/260) and 115kg overhead. I stopped lifting in about 2008/2009 after losing loads of weight with digestive issues. I settled at about 100-105kg for most of that time, and had various back issues, mostly around the right side of my lower back and right leg. I started a sawmilling business, did a lot of forestry work but didn't lift again until 2017, when I started in about November at a local health club. Started at just over 100kg bw, progressed onto a local council gym and trained for about 6-7 months in total before really hurting the tendons in my elbows. At that point I got to 150/115/200 (on a trap bar) and 118kg bw. So another 1.5 years go by, we moved to Devon (my wife and two daughters, now 6 and nearly 3) and I start a forestry harvesting company. This results in me doing a lot more machine operation and this really, really f*cked my back. I had days in March where I was struggling to walk. During lockdown, I started to train again a bit with my brother, easing into it really gently. I've probably been training properly for 16 weeks now, and my focus has been on volume and being bloody careful with my back and tendons. I'm very tall and I break easily, and I know this. If I can train with this in mind, I can stay injury free. Weight gain has been easy and clean - I've got from 105kg to 119kg in 16 weeks with no increase in body fat percentage. Strength has increased hugely. My focus over the past 6-7 weeks has been squat and overhead. So I have been squatting 2 sets of 20 reps every other day for 7 weeks. I started at 55kg (sweet FA, I know, but keep in context the lack of being able to walk some days 9 weeks before) and added 1.25kg every session. Once I got to 80kg, I dropped the second set and upped it by 2.5kg every session. Last nights training: Squat: 8xbw, 8x20kg, 8x40kg, 5x60kg, 3x80kg, 20x92.5kg The working set was tough, but there is a bit more in there. Bench: 8x20kg, 8x40kg, 8x60kg, 3x80kg, 1x100kg, 2x110kg, 8x95kg , 17x70kg The two working sets were very tough (the double more so) but pleased to make them Various lat pulldown sets Rolling thunder work up to singles at 75kg on the right and 70kg on the left, holds with less weight and light grippers to finish. Tonight is heavy push press/jerk (or whatever the hell it is that I do to get the weight overhead. It's prettier than a standard push press, but a very sloppy jerk) and horizontal back work.
WILLSAN		...	05-08-2020 @ 17:01
Trump will get another four years Member 126, 16708 posts SQ 160, BP 110, DL 225 495.0 kgs @ 75kgs UnEq	that has got to be a sugden record hiatus. welcome back man!
Jonathan		...	05-08-2020 @ 17:16
the Ergbreaker Member 19, 862 posts SQ 190, BP 140, DL 260 590.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq	WILLSAN said:that has got to be a sugden record hiatus. welcome back man! Thanks Will Haha! Probably is, yes! I checked, and I was the 18th member to join 'The Original Home of Bulls**t'. It's good to train again. Feel better in myself, healthier and more confident. There is nothing worse than being stupidly tall and quite skinny too. I am lucky that I have a really well-stocked home gym so I don't have many limits on what I can do if I want to do it. No machines, but a couple of cages, loads of bars/logs/plates/grip toys etc. Even the missus has started training again, and somehow she even likes 20 reps squats.
Jonathan		...	05-08-2020 @ 20:42
the Ergbreaker Member 19, 862 posts SQ 190, BP 140, DL 260 590.0 kgs @ 128kgs UnEq	Post Edited: 05.08.2020 @ 20:46 PM by Jonathan Good session this evening. Push press: 10x20kg, 6x40kg, 5x60kg, 1x70kg, 1x80kg, 1x90kg 1x100kg, 1x100kg 5kg pb on the push press (for this period of training - last time I had 100kg over my head was 2008). I held the lockout for a few seconds on the first single, but wasn't happy with it as my head wasn't through properly, so I did another single. Seated BB shoulder press: 3x15x40kg - just to pump the blood Lateral raises Rear delt band flyes Shrugs with 70kg on barbell Tricep pushdown and banded tricep extension Some disco curling 5-6 minutes sat in the (above ground 12ft diameter, basically a paddling) pool for recovery. Water temp 17.5c. I think that the reason I got injured so extensively in my younger days was a lack of assistance work. I'm not saying it's right for everyone, but I have to limit the amount of time I spend doing high RPE compound work, and spend a fair chunk of time pumping away with little weights. I'm 4 months into this now and I have no niggles or specific aches, which is the first time in over 10 years. I didn't do back work today, but I'll catch up on that tomorrow.
jt		...	05-08-2020 @ 20:50
old age traveller Member 332, 7919 posts	6'8'' you say........ever been on a concept2 rowing machine?
Sparrow		...	05-08-2020 @ 21:05
always lookIng for the extra UT2 work. Member 9, 18279 posts SQ 210, BP 167.5, DL 260 637.5 kgs @ 103kgs UnEq	Good to have you back mate. Nice to see you doing some lifting - I’ll definitely be following. Now we need to get Brian and Joni back too!

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