The Road To Scotland's Strongest Man Victory!

Nice days training today, second week of the Coan/ Phillipi Routine:

26/11/07

Deads- 70/5, 120/5, 180/5, 210/1, 232.5/2, 187.5/3/3/3/3/3/3/3/3

Then the 4 exercise circuit:

Stiff Legged Deads- 120/8/8/8
Bent Over Rows- 70/8/8/8
Underhand Pulldowns- lv.12/8/8/8
Good Mornings- 90/8/8/8

BRUTAL!!

f**kin hell. Thats some volume. Good stuff.

Yeah its fairly hard going volume sort of eases soon so hopefully wont feel as f**ked after it

Alright session today, bit pissed off with the push presses and clean. Plenty of time till the Scottish Qualifier so just going to incease the weight slowly. Will post up a routine for the cleans after I write up my session:

28/11/07

Push Press (from rack)- 70/3/3, 90/3, 110/3/1

Behind The Neck Jerks- 70/3/3, 90/3

Cleans- 70/3, 90/3, 110/f, 100/3

Seated DB Press- 30/8, 35/6

Lat Raise- 15/8/10

Shrugs- 150/10, 160/25

Right, got 8 more pressing sessions until the SSM Qualifiers. Heres what Im thinking:

Week 1- Clean and Press- 70/3/5, 105/8/8
Week 2- Rack Push Press- 70/3/5, 105/8 Cleans- 70/3/5, 100/8

Week 3- Clean and Press- 70/5, 80/3, 110/6/6
Week 4- Rack Push Press- 80/3/3, 110/6 Cleans- 80/3/3, 110/6

Week 5- Clean and Press- 80/5, 90/3, 115/4/4
Week 6- Rack Push Press- 80/3, 90/3, 115/4 Cleans- 80/3, 90/3, 115/4

Week 7- Clean and Press- 80/5, 90/3, 120/3/3
Week 8- Rack Push Press- 80/3, 90/3, 120/3 Cleans- 80/3, 90/3, 120/3


What does everyone think of the above?

looks ok try some tricep work too

Yeah, I do tris on Fridays after squats. Hows your prep for the qualifier Neil?

if you go on to my journal i have posted my cycle for the build up to it. but the deadlifts for reps is my main concern, just because i have chnaged my technique but for the better. other than that i feel that i should be ok for the quallifier. fingers crossed i'll get the the final but it will be very very hard.

try doing triceps on your pressing night also and on your squat nite too.

Yeah, my main concern is the deads too, should hoefully get two or three. Pressing should be alright and then evenything else will be sound.

Really want to make it through, jst need to see what happens.

what other pressing work do you do in an average week? Any strict pressing?

cant really comment about the numbers mate, but the idea of alternating c&press and rack push press and cleans alone is a good one, but personally i would do both sessions every week, one light focusing on speed and form, one heavy as you have written there. Two pressing days per week should surely be ok?

I usually do either seated DB or barbell press and sometimes standing barbell aswell.

I could try to do two sessions a week, but a little reluctant to do this because Im already doing the Coan/ Phillipi routine and then with heavy pressing and squatting too I feel there may be a case of overtraining just waiting to happen.

After the deads, Im usually too knackered even to do some hammer curls, same after legs and tris.

Will see how it goes at the start and then maybe up it a little.

Fridays Training:

30/11/07

Squats- 60/5/5, 100/5, 140/8, 180/3, 220/1/1 Second set of 220 was really easy and fast

Karlsen Squats- 60/8, 100/8, 180/6, 220/6

Leg Press- 100/10, 180/10, {260/4, 220/4, 180/6, 140/10 DROP SET}

Leg Ext- lv.6/10, 10second rest, lv.6/10

Seated Calfs- 40/20, 60/10

Skullcrushers- 30/8, 60/6, 50/8/12

DB OH Ext- 30/10, 45/6

Pushdowns- 47.5/8/6

Tricep Circuit- {10 bench dips; 10 70kg bar pushdowns; 10 50kg rope pushdowns} Done Twice, No Rest

And Todays Event Session:

2/12/07

Log- 60/5, 95/3, 103/3, 115/1/f Tris still seemed fried from Friday so alright considering that

Yoke- 210/20m

Yoke Chain Medley- 210 yoke/20m, 260 chain/20m

Tyre- 430 flipped once

Stones- 80,117 run/1; 129,135 run/1; 160/4 fails 160 Just kept slipping and then once I did get it up on the last attempt couldnt get it over the lip. All stones to 56"

Good beasting sessions Ken.

If you train tri's on a Friday, won't they always be sore on a Saturday (therefore affecting your log ptessing)?