My 'attempt at Strongman' log

Congrats man

Congratulations mate.

Cheers gents.

In-laws round tonight, so managed to nip out for a quick session>

Seated BD press 3 sets
lat raises 2 sets
pulley lat raise 1 set
Reverse flys 1 set
Tri pull downs 2 set
Skull crushers 2 set
seated tri ext 2 set

Usual jazz, happy with my progress, still on the up.

Training has been a bit haphazard this week>

Thursday (at home):
DB pull overs 3 sets
CG pull ups 2 sets
Fat man pull ups 2 sets
DB row 2 sets

This morning:
Decline Bench 3 sets
Incline DB 2 sets
Flies 2 sets
Concentration curls 2 sets
EZ curls 1 set
Deadlift up to a pain free 220kg, which is good news. (put 230 on the bar but thought better of it) I can't 'rip' the bar off the floor, so have to pull pretty slowly. Relatively easy though.

Here's the 220 dead form earlier, had to go slow, which made it harder then I'd have liked- but it didn't hurt.

Quality pulling mate, good to see you able to deadlift again.

Cheers Neil, still a bit wary about puting in to much effort into deads just now, so won't be maxing out any time soon.

Solid pull dude and most importantly it didn't hurt

Good to see you able to deadlift again. Much easier to watch than the last deadlift video.
How's the little one.

Cheers fellas, feeling quite strong, just a bit para about heavy stuff. Plenty time though.

Every one is doing well Dave- the wee one is pretty good sleep wise, though there's plenty of time for that to go tits up!

Tonight>
Leg ext x 2 sets
Leg press x 3 sets
Hack Squat x 3 sets
Stiff leg deads x 2 sets
Calf press x 3 sets
Calf raise x 2 sets

Legs are bigger and stronger than ever! Few more weeks and i'll maybe try out squatting again, which will be nice, as I do like a good squat

Fasted morning Sesh today>

Seated BD press 3 sets
lat raises 2 sets
pulley lat raise 1 set
Reverse flys 1 set
Tri pull downs 2 set
Skull crushers 2 set
seated tri ext 2 set

All going to plan.

Same old stuff this morning (fasted)>

DB pull overs 3 sets
Lat pulldowns 2 sets
wide cable rows 2 sets
DB row 2 sets
Deads 2 sets

Deads were harder than i'd have liked.

Early fasted session again>

Decline Bench 3 sets
Incline DB 2 sets
Flies 2 sets
Concentration curls 2 sets
EZ curls 1 set

Getting stronger and bigger still- 1 more week and then a bit of a rest.

Up at 0545 this morning so I've got more time during the day/evening with the wife and kids. Quite enjoy being the early bird, back from the gym before any one's woken up! (caffeine plays a large part though....)

Quick mess about with squats today as I've not done them for 2 months or so>

Bunch of stretches
High bar squat (paused)
10x bar
10x 60kg
5x 100kg
1x 140kg
1x 150kg
1x 160kg
1x 170kg
vid of the 150,160 &170
That was all.
Felt alright, as long as I keep TIGHT as a drum doesn't hurt either. My ass came out on the 170 (see in the vid) and it hurt- didn't stay tight enough I guess? Amazing what a wee pause at the bottom can do to make things harder!

Well after watching it I must say there's f**k all I would change if it was me. No excessive forwards lean, back looks tight, look like very tidy squats to me.

If it was me, and I wanted to squat properly vertical, I would do front squats. On back squats though, I just want to move as much weight as I can in the safest manner, which means limiting my forwards lean to the point where I can still keep a tight flat/arched back. You're doing this though, so I wouldn't worry.