TRAINING LOG: JVG

last nites pressing stuff

How about a paddle instead of a 2x4 to make you a better
rower? Just sayin'

 170lb stone load to 42" in 60secs
5 then 7, then 8

tires
700 x1
325x14 in 60 secs
400x5 in 60 secs

sledge to tire, 20 each side

humid in the gym, strength/endurance zapper

tomorrow......kayaking.

hahaha hell no!!

squat
45,95,135,185,270,288x5        306x10   10 rep pr  its been awhile since I've had a gym pr, felt good, nice and deep on all of 'em

2" Axle Overhead  95, 155, 205, 225 x1
Cleaned 250 x1

I know I can get 250, I've pressed it from a rack, I think trying it towards the beginning of my session will prove beneficial

360 farmers to 375 tire, each for 60' x2

Pretty happy with all of this. I've been trying to get some newer folks to train with. Not that I dont love the staples that I started with, but some new energy helps a bunch.

Had Alvaro Mendoza in on Tuesday. Dude is a blast to to have around and we've been throwing together quite a bit. Hoping his hammer technique rubs off on me.

box squat 45,135,225x5, 315x3x3

overhead 135,155,175 x3   225x1x3
snatch 95,115,135,155x3
squat clean 95,115,135,155x3

felt like the tin man, flexibility fail, need more oil, although lite...was all quick

Squat
59,149,199,288,306x3, 324x9 (9 rep pr)

having a little in house PL meet next Friday, shooting for 400 raw. Bryzcki says I got it. I'm defo not a PL guy, but its in my home gym the same nite I usually train anyway. I figure if anything its a good half year gauge.

Log Press
86x5,128,148x3, 201x2

Speed DL with mini and medium bands around feet
185x5, 235x5x3

random tires from 275 to 700

bench 135, 185x3, 225x3x3 with signals (see above comment)

box jumps
seated 18 to 30
I know 30 inches isnt a big deal, but I dont run up and its not about hip flexibility for me, i didnt high jump 6'4" as a kid due to being stretchy, it was cause i didnt cheat my plyo work.

one handed snatch
95x2x3 (fun)

thrusters
185,205,225x1

i've never done these, but there's a xfit comp thing going on and I just needed to make sure those guys werent stronger than me.

best session i've had in a long time. 2 new guys in the gym, both d1 football guys, helps a lot with keeping the energy high.

front squats
45,95,133,183x5  221,261,301x3 pretty pumped to be tripling over 300, hopefully that'll equate to a 300# stone this Sunday

mini band pull aparts

log press work on hip drive, jerk and catch

did a strongman show yesterday, it was kinda humbling. I didnt realize until I got there that almost everyone in my class had cut weight and weighed in the day before. Me.....I was 6lbs under. Also, it was the first time I felt older in my field. 

Despite that, I still tried to put in a decent first showing for an NAS event. Nothing felt too heavy, I was comfy with everything, but most competitors were able to move the implements faster, which ultimately sucked for me. Didnt stick around to see where I finished, probably somewhere in the middle.

To be really competitive I'd probably have to gain some weight and give up my throwing time to work with those implements. I like throwing way too much for that, so....Imma gunna stick to it.

Ultimately I got out of it what I needed, some motivation to keep moving towards stronger and faster. That was worth the drive itself.

Nice work Jasen!!  was that the same show Johnny Duncan was at?  The videos of the press medely looked the same.  I think he wuld have been in the <175's if they had that class. 

Squat
59,99,147,197,235,276x5, 306x3, 342x6

when I squat this song comes into my head, instead of "in the years", I hear numbers that I want to hit



Push Press
45,95,135,160x5,175x3,190x5

Squat Clean
95,115,135,160x5, 185x3

mini band pull aparts 10x3

43# kettlebell swings 20x3

^^^^^that stuff works for me. Gonna hit a goals this summer thanks to Craigors wizardry.

bs session tonite, so pumped going and ready to do work, body told my brain to go eff itself.

DL 95,135,185x5
DL off a board with a mini and med band wrapped foot to foot, pulling fast
225x5x3

went

BN 185x5x3 (speedy)
Snatch 95,105,115,125,135,145,155x1 
Shouldering Stone 162x3x3
Front Squats 145x5x3 after squat clean
Shoulder Horn 20x5x3

got a new fork in the mail today thanks to J.Clev, gonna give that a rip Sunday morning, not training again until Weds, probably a good thing, been throwing a bunch lately and probably need some rest.

website of the day

would love to, but I've got a wedding.
I'll make that one next year.
Loose schedule goes NoHo>Quechee>Capital Region>Pipes>Scotland, CT>OBX

I'd like to get a full strongman in there somewhere to redeem myself now that I'd be comfortable with it. The fella that owns my gym ok'd me to throw an event there, and its large enough to do 100' FW or Tires.....so we're thinking something small over holiday time.
Plus I'd also like to do an old school weightlifting competition. Like a full PL and OLY meet, plus all those old movements that dont any attention anymore, there's a great thread in here somewhere about it.......I'll try to find it.

knew I couldnt get to the regular gym tonite, so I went back to my high school hi jump practice. Dunkin'.
Spent about a half an hour trying to get the springs back I had half my life ago.
real fun, my buddy that used to play at those courts 15 years ago joined me. nothing like guys in their mid 30's thinking they're 16.

video here

snatch
100x1x20
squat clean
95x5x3
overhead squat
95x3x5
chins 5x5
shoulder horn 26x5x5

I've decided that my OLY form is laughable, so I'm starting over. It sucks, but I'm positive will pay dividends in the long run. I can only fake it by muscling shit up so long. Plus the flexibility thing.

Better get used to lighter stuff faster as well, Power Factor starts next Tuesday, right after Glasgowlands.

Training with these PL guys that live and die by the singles, doubles and triples is going to be kinda tough, but I'm sure I'll find some new goals to shoot for soon enough.

I also just came home to garbage everywhere, my dog is a f**king dickhead.