No promises but I'll give this a go!

I've got a few injuries due to a 'careless prick' fall down some stairs (on Thursday) so I just did some deadlifting today.

warmups then...

205kg X 8

This was quite painful, especially as my body is a bit 'jarred' from the aforementioned fall. At least I didn't hitch any reps. Along with no hitching, my other (self-imposed) rule is that any 'set' can't involve my hands leaving the bar. I stuck to that 'rule' too.

Only just seen this - welcome back mate!

Cheers, Ben.

15/01/13

Deadlifts

warmups then...
210kg X 6 (in hindsight, I could have probably completed eight good reps but - as my 'pre-set' target was 6 - left it there. It would have simply changed the set from 'challenging' to 'hard as f**k'. So, eight, next time. )


Push Press

bar X 5 - 3 sets
60kg X 3 - 3 sets (OK, it was a VERY light weight but I was going for very snappy lifts. Mission accomplished!)
70kg X 2 - still very snappy
80kg X 2 - slowing down but part of the buildup to 'semi-respectable' weights
90kg X 1
95kg X 3, f4
95kg X 3

I'm aiming for 100kg X 5 by the end of February



Yeah, I STILL need to squat. Give me time!

Looks like the deadlifting is coming along nicely. What were your numbers when you were lifting more regularly and what comps have you done?
Cheers and good luck with your journey to a 300kg deadlift.

Cheers, I'm fairly pleased with it - so far.




My static numbers have never been anything worth boasting about. I was better at moving events (farmers, loading, truck pulling).

I've not competed since 2009 but I did a few u105kg comps around that time and a few 'bits and bobs' (a few years) before that.



Thanks, Pete!

To the few that follow this journal, I thought that I'd explain why it seems like I've (already) 'fallen off the wagon'.

My 'right' AC joint is agony at the moment. I've been unable to train since Tuesday - which is pissing me off as I thought that I was doing 'OK'. I'll give it a few more days otherwise I'll have to resign myself to leg pressing for a while as the nature of the pain would affect pressing, deadlifting, squatting, rows, 'everything' (lying in bed is painful enough).

Seriously pissed off!

25/01/13


The injury is feeling quite a bit better but it's still too uncomfortable for pressing so I just did some deadlifts and then some 'conditioning' work with some of the gym's Powerbag-type bags.

Deadlift

Warmups then...
210kg X 8 - the first 7 reps were quick (they probably took a total of 20-25 seconds even though, of course, each one started from a dead stop). The eighth rep was completed after a 'rest' (whilst still holding the bar) of about 4-5 seconds.



Conditioning

Nothing that was particularly noteworthy.

29/01/13

My shoulder is still causing me grief but, whether it makes me or breaks me, I must - at least to some extent - battle through it.


Deadlift

warmups then...
220kg X 5


Push Press

warmups then...
speed/power work with low weights then...
95kg X 4
95kg X 4

The shoulder is now 'agony' but...

Good numbers Pete!

X2 pretty strong already Pete!

I've only just seen this. Cheers fellas.

Training for the first time since last Tuesday - not good enough.

I've done ridiculous amounts of rehab on my shoulder and it's feeling much better - without being perfect.

I went with the same boring 'routine' but, due to tonight's plateau/regression, it looks like I might now need to be a bit more creative.

I started with lots of rehab/prehab for both shoulders.

Deadlift

warmups then...
220kg X 5 (same as last week)

Push Press

warmups then...
95kg X 2, f3, f3 - it was a really strange set as the first rep felt like pressing an empty bar, the 2nd one drifted too far forward and my two attempts at the third rep should both have been finished - but weren't .
95kg X 2, f3 - s**t

My commitment to training has been a joke for a few weeks now. I've been busy at work but that's no excuse.

12th Feb


Clean and Push Press

Warmups then...
90kg x 5
90kg x5
90kg x 5
95kg x 4

That's it!

come on pete, pull your finger out!