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 Topic: TRAINING LOG: Greg PillingPosted: 1/11/14 at 4:08pm |
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Hey Guys -
I just thought I would start a training log on here. I'm sure it won't be the most interesting out there, but I'm going to do it to keep myself accountable, so help me out on that. A little background on myself: I started into the Scottish Games two in 2012 with my brother, John Pilling at the Saline, MI games just after I had moved there. John and I had for years wanted to try out Alma while we were Throwing at Central Michigan University in Mt Pleasant, MI just 20 minutes north of Alma. The opportunity just kept missing, so when I moved to Saline I knew it was fate and we signed up. Thanks to Merl and the Huths we had a great experience and some great encouragement to keep going. So, back to Central Michigan University - I was primarily a discus and hammer thrower while there and had the honor of breaking my school and conference's record in discus throwing 60.09m (197-2) all while being 5-11, 225lbs. I had some pretty good strength levels then and will try to get back to that level through my new training plan. I'm sorry to say that Discus will probably always be my passion, but I have to let go of that pursuit and try to focus on an equally awesome athletic adventure. So here I am. My training plan is borrowed from John Smith of Southern Illinois University and has been adapted to fit this year's schedule. The best part about it is that he only has his throwers in the weight room twice a week and that fits perfectly with my family and life. I will try to spend a good amount of time throwing as I believe that specific strength is key and beyond that technique is king. Stats: Height - 5-11 Weight - 210 (lifetime high: 237) WOB - 13 Sheaf 16lb - 26 (I hit 30 after the comp in Indy last fall) LWFD - 69-0 HWFD - 32-0 Braemar - 33-10 Open Stone - 47-1 Heavy Hammer - 88-7.5 Light Hammer - 107-2 Squat Lifetime - 585 (after I stopped maxing on squat, at end of workout) Squat Recent - 545 Bench Lifetime - 385 Max Rep 225 Bench - 22 Bench Recent - 365 Power Clean Lifetime - 275 (tripled my sophomore year... couldn't get 285 for the next set and never increased it in the coming years) Power Clean Recent - 255 (brutal, right?) Power Snatch Lifetime - 225 Rack Pull Lifetime - 745 Deadlift - No clue, never really pursued them As you can see I have never been strong from the floor so that has been killing my WOB. I'm going to be doing a lot more deadlifts and varying height oly lifts with John Smith's program. Hopefully that will bring up some of these numbers. Enough said, lets get this thing started.
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Posted: 1/11/14 at 4:13pm |
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Great to have you on the board, Greg! If you're anything like John, you too, are a swell man.
Best of luck this season!
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Posted: 1/11/14 at 4:24pm |
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Greg, great to see you on here! I am glad you are going to hit the weights again.
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Posted: 1/11/14 at 4:30pm |
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So here's my pathetic numbers getting started this year. It's been about six months since I have been in the weight room and today was day 2 back in the gym so I'm taking it a little easy on myself right now to ease into things. Next week I'l start to go after it (a little more, you still won't be impressed) I tried to get a good variety of the lifts that are done in the two days for next week so that I'm not starting very much brand new and can have a little better muscle recruitment next week.
Rack Clean (3" above knee) 8 x 135/145/155/165 (easy) Speed Deadlift (30s break between reps) 1 x 225/235/245/255/265/275 Squat 10 x 185/195/205/215 Bench 10 x 185/195/205 (difficult) Hammer Strength Flat Press 8 x 160/140 45 Incline Bench 8 x 115/125/135/140/145 Skull Crushers 8 x 50/60/60/70 (difficult) Front Cable Lat Pull 8 x 120/140/160/165 Cable Decline Rotations (like a push in hammer) 4 x 10 @ 32.5 (each side) Standing (slightly squatting) Plate Twists 15 x 35, 10 x 35/35 I'm worn out, but it feels good to be back at it.
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Posted: 1/11/14 at 4:33pm |
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Thanks John.
Jeff - I can't speak to whether or not I am swell, but I am attempting to swell up a bit if that makes a difference. Hopefully I get a little credit for that. Best of luck to you too!
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Posted: 1/11/14 at 10:19pm |
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Good to see you logging, and don't worry about the impression you leave regarding your weight numbers. I've already set the standard for unimpressive weight movement, so you're good.
Btw, did you move from Saline? |
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Posted: 1/11/14 at 11:57pm |
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Good to see ya logging. I look forward to throwing with you again next year.
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Posted: 1/12/14 at 7:27pm |
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Welcome Greg! Hope all is going well. I look forward to throwing with you this year as well.
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Posted: 1/12/14 at 7:54pm |
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Nate - Ya, I moved to Indianapolis in November. I had an interview with GEICO down here the day before the Indy Games in October and ended up taking the job. Crazy that the interview and games matched up that well. As for weight numbers we will just have to underwhelm with strength and overwhelm with technique!
Sean & Marty - Looking forward to seeing you guys around too. My season might be a little stifled with my current work schedule (right now scheduled for every Saturday) but I'm sure will meet up a few times. Let me know what your schedules are looking like and I will see what I can make (you too Nate).
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Posted: 1/14/14 at 9:02pm |
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1/14/14
First day of the new program. Last workout was a variety of lifts taken from the program just to get the muscles moving. Again, prepare to be underwhelmed: Rack Clean 8 x 155/165/175/185/195 Speed Deadlift (30s rest) 1 x 235/245/255/265/275/285/295/305 Ballistic Bench 10 x 185/190/195, 7 x 200, 10 x 185 Hammer Strength Bench 8 x 130/140, (7+1) x 150, (5+3) x 160 Hammer Strength OH Press 8 x 55/60/65, (7+1) x 70 Cable Low Row 8 x 70/80/90/100 Hammer Strength High Row 8 x 160/140/150/160 (first set a little rough, readjusted seat position) Front Lat Pulls 8 x 120/140, (6+2) x 160, (6+4) x 160 Land Mines 4 x 6 @ 45 I'm not too concerned about the number of reps that I get in a true set. My main goal is to get all of the reps in. As you see, there are a couple of places where I messed the programmed number of reps in the set. When that happens I just take a 5-10 second break and get back on the horse and finish it. I make sure to not it in my log so that I know how I am coming in the progression. If I don't make it through all of the sets as programmed, I stay with the same weight the next week. If I get them, I go up. It's pretty simple, but it's how I keep track of my progression.
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Posted: 1/18/14 at 3:23pm |
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1/16/14
Sprained my finger playing flag football. First game of the season and I actually felt pretty good playing, but felt rough the day after. If only there was a "day after" pill for soreness... Hip flexors and calves took the brunt of the soreness. 1/18/14 Day two of the new program. It's only a two day program so that's week one under my belt. I am supposed to do safety squats day two, but I don't have that option, so front squats it is. Front Squat 10 x 155/175/185/195/205 Step Ups (12in box) 8 x 135/155/175/195/215 Reverse Hyper 8 x 25/25/35/45/45 45 Incline 8 x 135/145/155/165/175 DB Bench 8 x 50/60/70/80, (6+2) x 90 Skull Crushers 8 x 50/60/70, (5+3) x 80 DB Curls 8 x 30/35/35, (5+3) x 35 Discus Flys 8 x 12.5/15/20/25/30 Seated Decline Plate Twist 4x10 @ 45 Hammer Winds (each way, ~80% intensity) 4x10 w/17 Kneeling Plyo Punching Bag Put (each side) 2x10 Today was a little rough. I left for the gym at 9:30 and didn't get back until 12:30. 3 hours isn't going to cut it in the morning before work. Hopefully day 1 doesn't turn out like that next week or I'm going to have to get up earlier. Anybody have any experience getting a gym to sponsor you with a free membership? I have my current membership off of a groupon. 9 months for $144. I'm poor now, so I don't know if I will be able to justify the regular price after. |
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Posted: 1/18/14 at 3:39pm |
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You do more exercises in one workout than I've done in the last 10 years. We probably have very different goals though.
I haven't paid for a gym membership in over 15 years. Just ask them.
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lol. I'm just following a new program. It does seem a little intense, but I guess that's what I get if I can only do two days/week.
Thanks Craig, that's definitely worth a try. I just moved to the area and started at the gym. I guess I have a few months to try to get to know the owner before the request. I haven't met him yet, but know he's around.
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Posted: 1/18/14 at 4:21pm |
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Just thinking about my goals for this year. Here's what I've decided on:
Braemar - 36 Open Stone - 50 Heavy Weight - 36 Light Weight - 74 Heavy Hammer - 95 Light Hammer - 115 16 Sheaf - 32 20 Sheaf - 26 WOB - 15 I think some of them will be easier than others, but it should put me just over 7000 pts in and in the top 20, especially since I know a bunch of the top ams are going pro this year. The biggest issue that I will face with hitting the goals will be getting the opportunities. Right now I'm scheduled to work every Saturday. If I take all of my vacation days myself (or even more than half) , the wife will kill me.
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Posted: 1/18/14 at 5:25pm |
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Me too, it goes - Day 1: Squat/Press; Day 2: Dead/Press.
Yup, the worst they can say is no....and you'd be no worse off.
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Posted: 1/20/14 at 12:06pm |
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I'm liking those numbers. Your day 2 looks terrible. Way to pound out a 3 hour workout!
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Posted: 1/23/14 at 10:29pm |
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Thanks John. It was rough. It didn't seem like it took 3 hours though. It didn't destroy me as bad as Larry's hypertrophy phase, though. Hands down, that was much more difficult to get through. Hang Clean 8 x 165/175/185/205 6 x 225 Rack Pulls 4 x 365/405/455 Chain Bench (40lbs of chain) 10 x 155/175/185, (6+3+3) x 195, (6+4) x 185 30 DB Incline 10 x 60, 8 x 65/70/70 Seated DB OH Press 6 x 55, 8 x 40/40/40 Hammer Strength High Row 8 x 150/160/170/180 Cable Low Row 8 x 80/90/95, (6+3) x 100 Back Lat Pulls 8 x 120/130/140, (5+3) x 150 Landmines 4x6 @ 55 I was supposed to have 4 sets of the rack pulls, but I had a small tweak to my back so I shut it down. I figured for the first time moving over 400 in about 6 months it's probably okay to shut it down there. I'm also fairly sure that the weights listed on the stacks for the low row and lat pulls are totally arbitrary. They have the exact same stacks on the machine, but the numbers are completely different. 1/23/14 Flag football again tonight. I have been icing and taping my finger since last week. I taped the crap out of my finger tonight and had no issues. I did however have my hips tighten up on my because my back is compensating for the tweak from the rack pulls. It's nothing some good stretching won't take care of.
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Posted: 1/25/14 at 1:37pm |
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1/25/14
18 inch Box Squat 8 x 315/335/355/375, (6+2) x 395 (relax hips and glutes at bottom) Barbell Lunges 8 x 130/135/135/135 Good Mornings 8 x 135/145/155/165/175 30 Incline Bench 8 x 135/155/175/195, (6+2) x 215 Hammer Strength Bench 8 x 140/150, (6+2, 7, 7, 4) x 160 Dips 8 x 25/30, (6+3, 4+3) x 35 Curl Bar Curls 8 x 60/70/80 (5+5) x 80 Discus Flys 8 x 20/25/35 (5+4) x 40 (30's were missing) Hammer Winds 4 x 10 with 17lb each way Seated Decline Plate Twists 4 x 10 with 45 Ab Roller 3 x 10 Kneeling Punching Bag Put 2 x 10 each side 57 sets in total. Some of the sets were really just a break in the middle of the set, but it was brutal today. Even if I took out the second half of those sets it would still be more than 50 sets. I retract what I said about day two last week. This was as bad, if not worse than the hypertrophy phase I did before. At the end I was pretty much laying on the floor between sets. I didn't want to move. I even noticed after I did the box squats that it was supposed to be sets of 10, not 8. This took me 3.5 hours in the gym. I left the house today at 8:40 and didn't get home until 12:30. I start working Saturdays next week so I'm going to have to break up this day into two. I will probably do upper on Friday and full/core on Saturday. There is not way that I am willing to get up early enough to do this all in one day before work. I will probably get more out of it by breaking it up into two days anyway.
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1/26/14
Helped coworker move all day. Started at 9:15, wasn't home until 7:30. Brutal. I was taking all of the heavy stuff as you can imagine. 1/28/14 Played pickup basketball for about 45 minutes with some teens in a youth group I help with. Half court was much more my speed. The whole running up and down the court just because somebody scores is a little ridiculous... for a fat kid. lol. 1/29/14 Actual workout Rack Clean 8 x 175/185/195/205/215/225 Speed Deads (30s rest) 1 x 245/265/285/305/315/325/335/345/355/385 Ballistic Bench 10 x 185/195/205/215/225 DB Incline Bench 10 x 30/35, 8 x 70/80 (It was supposed to be sets of 8) Hammer Strength High Row 8 x 160/170/180/190 Cable Low Row 8 x 80/90/100 (6+2) x 110 Hammer Strength OH Press 8 x 60/65/70 (6+2) x 75 Front Lat Pull 8 x 130/150/170/190 Landmines 4x6 @60 I'm pretty happy with the 8 reps at 225 for the rack clean considering my best power clean is 275. I think that I might be able to finally break through that 275 mark after being stuck there for 7 years. Edited by Greg Pilling - 2/04/14 at 1:46pm |
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1/30/14
Flag football. We were dominated pretty handily. The team clearly had played together for a while and had set plays that went off like clockwork. We're just a bunch of hacks to came together. 2/4/14 Front Squat 10 x 185/205/225/245 (6+3) x 265 Step Ups (13 inch box) 8 x 185/205/225/245/265 Reverse Hypers 8 x 35/35/45/45/45 45 Incline Bench 8 x 155/165/175/185 (6+2.5) x 190 DB Bench 8 x 70/75/85 (7.5+2) x 95 Skull Crushers 8 x 60/70/80/90 Curl Bar Curls 8 x 70/80/90 (3.5+2.5+2.5) x 100 Discus Flys 8 x 30/35/40 (6+4) x 40 Hammer Winds 3 x 10 @17lbs, 2 x 10 @27lbs Seated Decline Plate Twists 4 x 10 @ 45 Ab Roller 2 x 8 I switched up the grip for the discus flys. Previously I would hold the DB like a regular fly and go as deep as I could. Now I have the grip perpendicular to the ground at the bottom to more accurately mimic the movement of discus/weight. For the 27lb hammer winds I just dropped a 10lb plate over the handle and had it rest on the hammer head. Easy enough to describe, fairly brutal to do. Talk about a good workout for the core and grip. I don't use tacky for this and haven't used it on my hammer yet, so it's still fairly slick.
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2/8/14
Hang Clean 8 x 185/195/205/215/235 Rack Pulls 4 x 405/455/475/515 Close Grip Bench 8 x 175/185/195/205/215 30 Incline DB Press 8 x 60/65/75/85 Seated DB OH Press 8 x 50/55/55/60 Hammer Strength High Row 8 x 170/180/190/200 Cable Low Row 8 x 90/100/110 (6+3) x 115 Back Lat Pulls 8 x 130/140/150 (6+2) x 160 Landmines 4 x 6 @ 65 This program has been pretty rough on me. I am a little excited about it because it has actually been helping my back to be in much better alignment. I have noticed that my posture is better as well. It's kinda cool to have a program that's actually helping instead of wearing my back down.
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Pretty good workout - new record for longest workout on the books. After squats I was killed and was feeling sick between my sets for the next few exercises. I am pretty excited about the squatting I was doing. The best workout I recall ended with set of 6 at 465. I followed that up with a 495 single that was incredibly easy and a 585 the felt 93-95% effort range. I have never tried to go back to that range since. Box Squat (18 inch, touch & go) 10 x 335/355/375/395/415 Step Ups (15 inch) 8 x 185/205/225 (cut last two sets due to upper right groin feeling a little iffy) Good Mornings 8 x 135/155/175/195 30 Incline Bench 8 x 155/175/195/215 (5+3) x 235 Hammer Strength Bench 8 x 150/160/170 (5+3.5) x 180 Skull Crushers 8 x 70/80/90 (5+3) x 100 Curl Bar Curls 8 x 70/80/90 (6+2) x 100 Discus Flys 8 x 30/35/40 (5+4) x 45 Hammer Winds 10 x 22/24.5/27/29.5 HWFD Turns (each side) 6 x 24 kilo kettlebell Seated Decline Plate Twist 4 x 10 @45 Ab Roller 2 x 10
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Flag football. I feel like an old man now. Every time I step onto the field I get hurt. This time I had some knee on knee action which ended my game. When I got home my knee was pretty swollen. I wrapped it with a lifting knee wrap overnight and took some ibuprofen. It's getting pretty close to being better and I haven't noticed any bruising, but the muscle is still hurt. 2/15/14 This is my down week so I went in with the mindset that if my knee was bothering me I would stop that lift. I got through everything pretty easily, so I was pretty happy about that. Rack Clean 6 x 185/195/205/215/225 Speed Deads (30 sec rest) 1 x 245/265/285/305/325/365/385 Ballistic Bench 8 x 195/205/215/225/235 Hammer Strength Bench 6 x 150/160/170/180 Hammer Strength OH 6 x 60/70/75/80 Hammer Strength High Row 8 x 160/170/180/190 Cable Low Row 8 x 80/90/100/110 Front Lat Pulls 8 x 130/150/170/190 Landmines 4 x 6 x 50
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Ha... so I guess I've missed posting a few workouts. Ooops. Here they are:
2/18/14 Down Week Back Squat 8 x 315/335/355/375 Half Rack Squat 5 x 375/405/455/495/545 Reverse Hypers 4 x 8 x 25 45 Incline Bench 8 x 155/165/175/185/195 DB Bench 8 x 75/80/85/90 Dips 4 x 8 x 25 DB Curls 8 x 30/35/40/35 Discus Flys 8 x 25/30/35/40 Hammer Winds 4 x 10 x 17 Med Ball Puts 4 x 10 x 7kg 2/22/14 Hang Clean 6 x 195/215/225/235/245, 1 x 265, 0 x 285/285 Rack Pulls 3 x 455/485/515/545 Chain Bench 8 x 155/175/195/215/235 (46lb chain) 30 Incline DB Press 6 x 70/80/90/100 DB OH Press 6 x 55/60/65/70 Hammer High Row 8 x 170/180/190/200 Cable Low Row 8 x 170/180/190/200 Back Lat Pulls 6 x 140/150/160/160 Landmines 4 x 6 x 65 2/25/14 Chain Box Squat 8 x 315/345/365/385, 7 x 405, 1 x 425 (46lbs of chain) Step Ups 6 x 135/155/175/195 Good Mornings 8 x 155/175/195/215 30 Incline Bench 8 x 185/205/215/225, 5 x 235, 3 x 245 Hammer Bench 8 x 160/170, (7+1) x 180, (7.5 + 2) x 190 Skull Crushers 8 x 70/80/90 (6+4) x 100 Curl Bar Curls 8 x 70/80/90 (7+1) x 100 Discus Flys 8 x 30/35/40, 6 x 45, 2.5 x 50 Hammer Winds 10 x 19.5/22/24.5/27 Kneeling Punching Bag Puts 2 x 10 each side Power Position Med Ball Puts 10 x 7 kg each side 56lb KB HWFD Turns 6 each side 3/1/14 Rack Clean 8 x 205, 7 x 215, 6 x 235, 5 x 245, 4 x 255, 1 x 275, 0 x 285/285 Speed Deads (30 Sec Rest) 9 x 1 x 315/325/335/345/355/365/375/385/405 Ballistic Bench 10 x 205, 9 x 225, 8 x 245, 7 x 265, (4+2) x 275 Hammer Strength Bench Press 7 x 170, (5+1), 180, 5 x 180, 4 x 190 Hammer Strength OH Press 7 x 70, 6 x 80, 5 x 90, 4 x 110 Hammer Strength High Row 8 x 180/190/200/210 Cable Low Row 8 x 180/190/200/210 (hard) Front Lat Pulls 6 x 160/170/180/190 (hard) Landmines 4 x 6 x 70 I'm really happy with the gains I am making. The rack clean matches my lifetime best for power cleans. My bench is starting to coming along and my back is getting pretty strong. I have had some thoracic tightness since this last workout, but it's been getting better. On to bigger and better things tomorrow morning.
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Still negligent here. Three workouts to post.
3/4/14 Front Squat 8x205/245/265/285, 3x305/325/345 Step Ups 6x185/225/275/315 Reverse Hypers 8x45/50/55/60 45 Incline 10x135, 8x155/175, (5+4+4)x195 DB Bench 8x80, 7x90, 6x100, (4+1)x110 Dips 3x8x45 DB Curls 8x35, 6x40/45/50 Flys 6x35/40/50/60 Hammer Winds 4x10x17 Seated Decline Twists 4x10x45 Shoulder Mobility Exercises 4x10xRed Band 3/8/14 Hang Clean 8x225, 7x235, 6x245, 5x255, 3x265 (attempted 4th, but ripped the callous off my hand when my grip slipped) Rack Pulls 3x475/495/515/545 Narrow Bench 10x195, 9x215, 8x225, 7x235, 6x245 30 Incline DB Bench 7x85, 6x90, 5x95, 7.5x100 DB OH Press 7x65, 6x70, 5x70, 4x70 Hammer High Row 8x180/190/200/210 Cable Low Row 8x180/190/200/210 Back Lat Pull 6x150/160/170/180 Landmines 4x6x70 3/11/14 Back Squat 8x325/345/365/385/405 Half Rack Squat 5x485/515/545/565 Good Morning 8x165/185/205/225 30 Incline Bench 10x195, 9x215, 8x225, 7x235, 5x245, 2x255 Hammer Bench 8x170, 7x180, 6x190, 5x210 Skull Crushers 8x70/80/90/100 Curl Bar Curls 8x70/80/90/10 Flys 6x45/55/65x 1x75 Hanging Knee Raise 2x20 Hanging Leg Raise 2x10 Torso Rotation 10x150/170/190 Ab Roller 3x10xBW I'm excited about a few things: 1. The more my fingers break/lose skin/fall off, the more I realize that athletic (ahem, I mean hockey) tape is a strength training duct tape that makes pain go away at the time and holds the body together when it should otherwise not work 2. Hang/Rack Cleans Keep going up. 3x265 has to close to 285 3. I don't think that I have ever had my flys over 50lbs. 65 for reps is nice 4. I killed the last set of skull crushers at 100lb when I have really struggled in the past 5. Apparently with two fingers taped together I can still count to 5!
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Posted: 3/12/14 at 7:42pm |
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Oh ya, I wanted to post about my schedule for the year. So far this is what I'm looking at:
March-May: random college track meets... show 'em how to throw discus without practicing June: Chicago, Gaylord July: Saline August: Detroit September: Columbus(?) October: Indianapolis As you can see it's a little scarce. I'm up for about 2-3 hours from Indy if anybody has any games that they're looking to fill. It looks like that would take me as far as Cinci, Louisville, Columbus, Fort Wayne, South Bend, Chicago, Bloomington, etc.
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Posted: 3/15/14 at 4:00pm |
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Went outside and did some throwing today.
Braemar 10-15 throws. Elbow was a bit sore when striking hard, so I just focused on hip and should drive. Probably a good idea anyway. That'll make for better technique. LWFD 15-20 throws. I was experimenting a little. Most of my good throws were between 19-21 paces. So for the first day practicing I'll take it. Best throw a little over 21 paces and was up hill a little. I'd say that'll be good for about 66-67 ft. Considering I only had one throw over 66 ft last year I'll take it. Caber 5 picks. It's a pretty rough caber that I've never been able to turn. It's just over 21 ft and about 95 lbs with not much of a taper. It was good to get it out and play with it. I had the kids out as spectators (5 and almost 3). I use the oldest as a counterweight on the small end of the caber so I can stand it up. He just hugs the end and holds on while I stand it up. I also had the kids throwing a small hammer (track and field style). They're pretty good for their age. Watch out. In 10 years they might be something.
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Greg, looks like we'll be crossing paths pretty soon. I'll be going to Chicago and Saline as well. I can't make it to Gaylord this year as its the same day as the Ohio Games (15 min drive vs 6+ hours).
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Hey Sean. I'm looking forward to crossing paths with you again this summer. I can't believe you're passing up 12 hours of driving and staying in an infested motel for a 15 minute drive. Talk about commitment issues... lol.
3/17/14 I'm fairly sure the leprechauns had it out for me yesterday. It was my first day of the new work/lifting schedule where I am lifting after work and I show up to lift and realize I forgot my water bottle (or so the leprechauns would have me believe). Okay not a big deal. I'll just go buy one. Then I look in my bag to get my program... damn leprechauns again. I went to find my wallet to buy a drink to discover I don't have that either. I look all over the place to find the wallet. It's not in my car, it not anywhere the I've been at the gym. I have to make the ddcision of whether I am going to go look for it further or just workout. I decide to hit the weights. I go to pull out my phone so I can pull my program from my email account and what do you know? As soon as I get to my account I see the evidence that the leprechauns were playing on my phone all day while I was at work and the battery dies. I'm left to my memory for my lifts. To be continued... |
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Well, back to delinquency in posting. I only have 7 workouts to post. The good new is that I have made some good gains in this time.
3/17/14 (Down Week) Hang Clean 7 x 185, 6 x 195, 5 x 205, 4 x 215, 3 x 225 Deficit Speed Deads 1 x 275/285/295/305/315/325/335/345/355 Reverse Hyper 4 x 8 x 35 Bench 12 x 225, 6 x 245/265, 2 x 285/305, 1 x 325/345 Hammer Strength OH Press 8 x 140/160/180/200 Bent Rows 4 x 8 x 185 3/19/14 (Down Week) Hang Snatch 3 x 115/135/155/175, (2+1) x 185 Front Squat 10 x 205, 9 x 215, 8 x 185/185/185 Step Ups 5 x 225/245/265/285 45 Incline Bench 8 x 145/255, 7 x 165/185/205 Dips 8 x 25/30, 7 x 35/40 Flys 8 x 45, 5 x 55/60/65 Leg Extension 8 x 200/200, 7 x 200/200 Reverse Hyper 4 x 8 x 25 3/24/14 Hang Clean 8 x 215, 7 x 225, 6 x 235/245, 1 x 255/265/280 << Lifetime PR Deficit Speed Deads 1 x 275/295/305/315/325/335/345/355/365 Deads 1 x 405 Bottom Band Bench (Green Bands) 10 x 185, 9 x 205, 8 x 225, (6+3+3+4) x 235 DB Bench 6 x 80/90/100, (4+2.5) x 110 Pull Ups (w/Band) 8/8/7/7 Hammer OH 8 x 160/180, 7 x 200, (6+1) x 220 DB Curls 6 x 35/40/45/40 Landmines 4 x 8 x 60 3/27/14 Snatch 3 x 155/165/175/185 Back Squat 10 x 325, 9 x 365, 8 x 385/405 1/2 Rack Squat 5 x 475/515/545/565 30 Incline Bench 8 x 215/225, 7 x 235, (5+2) x 245 Dips 8 x 35/40/45/50 Flys 5 x 55/60/65/70 Reverse Hyper 4 x 8 x 45 Leg Extension 8 x 200/210, 7 x 220/230 3/31/14 Rack Cleans 8 x 225/235, 7 x 245, 6 x 255, 1 x 265/275/285 << Lifetime PR, 0 x 295/295/275, 1 x 275 Rack Pulls 4 x 495/515/545/565 Bench 10 x 235, 9 x 245, 8 x 255/275, (5+3) x 285 Rack Bench (6 inches from chest) 5 x 285/295, 4 x 305/315 Hammer Strength High Row 8 x 190/200, 7 x 210/220 Hammer Strength OH Press 8 x 180/200, (6+1, 6+1) x 220 DB Curls 6 x 35/40/45, 5 x 50 Landmines 3 x 8 x 65 4/3/14 Hang Snatch 3 x 135/155/165/175 Box Front Squat 10 x 225, 9 x 265, 8 x 285/305, (5+3) x 325 Step Ups 5 x 225/245/265/285 45 Incline Bench 8 x 165/185, 7 x 205, (5+4+4) x 215 Dips 8 x 35/40/45/50 Flys 5 x 60/65/70/75 << Lifetime PR Leg Extension 8 x 210/220/230/240 4/8/14 Hang Clean 8 x 235, 7 x 245, 6 x 255/265/275 <<Lifetime max used to be 275 a couple weeks ago, 1 x 285, 0 x 295 Speed Deads 1 x 315/325/335/345/355/365/375/385/395/415 Top Band Bench 10 x 315, 9 x 335, 8 x 345, 7 x 355, 5 x 365, 4 x 375 I tested the bands after this lift. At the top it's helping with 45lbs, at the bottom it's helping with 100lbs DB Bench 6 x 85/95/100, (4+2) x 110 Pull Ups (Bands) 8/8/7/7 Hammer Strength OH Press 8 x 190/210, 7 x 230, (5+2) x 250 DB Curls 6 x 35/40/45/45 Landmines 4 x 8 x 65 Overall some pretty nice gains over the last couple of weeks. I haven't done any throwing recently but should be able to with my new work schedule being 3:30-Midnight. Also, I weighed in at 224 yesterday. That's the heaviest I've been since I was training in college and my bodyfat % is definitely lower than it was then. Not bad for twice a week lifting.
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