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Page89Icon...16-01-2013 @ 08:21 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
Good barbell session this morning

Quick warm up followed by

3 x 95kg

4 x 95kg

4 x 95kg

6 x 95kg

5 x 95kg

5 x 95kg

Moves onto lockouts with a Swiss bar on a mid grip

4 x 75kg

4 x 75kg

5 x 75kg

5 x 75kg

5 x 75kg

That was all for today but move onto some speed style
deadlifts! Should be interesting
Page89Icon...17-01-2013 @ 10:54 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
Started with banded dead lifts!
3 reps at 120kg for 6 sets

Moved onto Glute ham raise
Did 4 sets of 6 reps at BW

Then was some banded pull through
4 sets of 12 reps

More deadlift training tomorrow
Page89Icon...18-01-2013 @ 11:35 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
So dead lifts went a little like

3 x 220kg
2 x 230kg
1 x 240kg
3 x 225kg
2 x 235kg
0 x 245kg tried but couldn't get it past the knee
So was a nice heavy session for me

Moved onto reverse hyper extension
All at body weight 4 sets of 8 with a 4 second
Pause at the top!

Only took 2 hours to get home thanks to the kind snow
And people who can't drive it it!!

Got mst tomorrow which is always fun!
Page89IconMST19-01-2013 @ 11:13 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
Good session today
Hit new pb on push press of 130kg

Moved onto farmers walk
Got up to 105 on each hand!

Then it was a sled pull with people on that was fun!

Then some good old tyre flips!
shortandmightyIcon...19-01-2013 @ 12:09 
Aiming for a 250 squat by the end of 2012
Member 1989, 3168 posts
SQ 240, BP 140, DL 270
650.0 kgs @ 90kgs UnEq
Lots of good work going on here. You're making really good progress.
Page89Icon...19-01-2013 @ 13:05 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
shortandmighty said:Lots of good work going on here. You're making really good progress.


Cheers man it's really nice to hear
Page89Icon...21-01-2013 @ 07:47 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
Post Edited: 21.01.2013 @ 21:51 PM by Page89
Heavy squats today
The aim was 10 sets of 3 reps at 200kg
Went a bit like
3,3,3,3,2,3,2,2,2,2

So not too bad!

In between each set I had lying led curl
Again 10 sets of 3 reps but at 71.3kg
All reps and sets done on that
Page89Icon...22-01-2013 @ 08:14 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
So log press

Weight was 115kg after warm up was 6 set aim 2-3 reps
Went a bit like 2,2,1,2,1,1

Then a static log press 82.5kg
Aim was 6 sets 2-3 reps
Was 3,3,2,3,2,3

Not a great session but oh well just push myself the rest of the week
Page89Icon...23-01-2013 @ 08:09 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
Started with barbell over head push press
Aim: 5 sets of 3-5 reps at 100kg
Went like 5,5,5,4,4
So not bad at all was happy with that

Moved onto lock outs
Aim: 5 sets of 3-5 reps at 80kg
Got 2 on the 2 set and moved down to 75kg
Then was 5,5,3,3 for the last 4 sets

Deadlift tomorrow so should be a good one
Page89Icon...24-01-2013 @ 09:05 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
Good old deadlift today

Aim: 6 set of 3 reps at 125kg with green thick bands
All sets done all reps done

Moved onto glut ham raises
Aim: 4 sets of 4-6 reps with 5kg DB
Did all sets at 6 reps

Onto banded pull through with thick green band
Aim: 3 sets of 10-12 reps
All sets done with 12 reps in each one

Got some heavy deadlifts tomorrow morning so
Looking forward to that then we have the fun of te events
Day at winning health solutions in southampton
Page89Icon...25-01-2013 @ 09:12 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
Nice heavy deadlifts for me this morning
Aim: 6 sets in 3,2,1,3,2,1 on reps
So went like
225kg x 3
235kg x 2
245kg x 1
230kg x 3
240kg x 2
250kg x 1
Was a bit of a fight but managed all of it this week

Moved onto reverse hyper extensions
Aim: 3 sets of 6-8 with 5kg on and a 4 seconds pause at the top
Went 8,6,6
So all sets and reps done

Tomorrow we got events day so should be some big numbers
Hopefully a few pb's as well
Page89IconEvents day26-01-2013 @ 18:31 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
So we had our events day today
started off with 1RM log press
Got a new PB of 130kg so was happy with that
hit target for march

the it was 100kg log press for reps AMRAP in a min
i got 4...

the onto the 16inch deadlift
again 1RM
and managed a new PB of 300kg
well happy about that

then a awful medley that went
120kg sand bag
105kg keg
90kg sand bag
85kg keg
90kg sand bag
75kg keg
that was a killer

then some stones to finish off so was a awesome day!!
WILLSANIcon...26-01-2013 @ 23:09 
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SQ 160, BP 110, DL 225
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130 is a great log press mate, well done!
Page89Icon...27-01-2013 @ 21:44 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
WILLSAN said:130 is a great log press mate, well done!


cheers bud
it felt good having some rest for a few days then its 1RM for the rest of the week
Page89Icon...30-01-2013 @ 11:03 
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Hi im Aaron
Member 3906, 438 posts
SQ 310, BP 190, DL 340
840.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq
So as I'm on rest days thought I would give you
A little look at a part of my next programme
My trainer Tom Hibbert from winning health solutions
Said this will be apart of your AM squat programme for 12 weeks
So should be fun!
Here is the link so you can have a read let me know what you think

http://winninghealthsolutions.com/featured/modified-5-3-1-stre...

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