Deload Overhead Press
Warm Up 65×5, 85×5, 100×3
Main 65×3, 85×3, 100×5
Boring But Big 85x5x10
Super Set DB Front Raise/Lateral Raise 10x3x10
Stable Y 10x3x10
Deload Overhead Press
Warm Up 65×5, 85×5, 100×3
Main 65×3, 85×3, 100×5
Boring But Big 85x5x10
Super Set DB Front Raise/Lateral Raise 10x3x10
Stable Y 10x3x10
Week: 4 Date: Wednesday 7/13/16 Time: 10:45 am Location: Heavy Hammer Gym Training Partner: None Working Sets: Front Squat – 220x2x1/fail, 10/10 reps, 0 rating Block Pull - 400x2x1/fail, 8/8 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise - 2-x3x1/fail, 12/12/12 reps Planks - Bodyweightx2x1/fail, 45/45 sec Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 40x80x3x3/fail, 10/10/10 reps Shrugs w/Straps - 255x3x3/fail - 12/12/12 Daily "Selfie" -This is one of my Jesup Gym T-shirts I got while I was on my #liftingtour on vacation. Jesup Gym in Jesup, IA only costs $1.00 to enter for the day. I was able to workout here after purchasing some new equipment for Heavy Hammer Gym at the Jesup Gym Equipment store next door. Very friendly staff. Basically a mom and pop store that has been in business for a little over 32 years. I will write more about them later. Today's Front Squats weren't awful, but I could only do 10 reps with this weight. (thats ok as long as I am in the 6-10 rep range) Block Pulls felt good as well, even though I only got 8 there. I feel like my deadlift setup is finally clicking. Hopefully I can translate this to pulling from the floor in my next strength cycle. Video Coming Soon!!!
Week: 2 Date: Tuesday 6/28/16 Time: 10:30 am Location: Heavy Hammer Gym Training Partner: Nick Bennigsdorf Working Sets: Front Squat – 210x4x3/fail, 9/9/9/9 reps, 0 rating Block Pull – 385x2x3/fail, 7/10 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise - 20x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps Planks – bodyweightx3x35sec Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 30/80x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Shrugs w/ Straps – 230x3x3/fail (used Pro-Versa Wraps) Daily "Selfie":Mt. Avengers. Mt.Rushmore of Avengers T-Shirt. It has Avengers superheroes instead of the presidents on Mt.Rushmore. I hope you have that clearly now. I am pretty sure I got this shirt at Wal-Mart. Flip-Flops... I watched out for my back on Front squats and especially on Block Pulls. I used a belt on Block Pulls and I only tightened it enough so that I could still fit my hand through it. This allowed me to get into a good position while still giving me enough back protection. (I know that the belt, especially being loose, doesn't help much with actual back support, but is more for intra-abdominal pressure. It is a psychological thing for me.) Here is a link to the video of my training on my YouTube channel: Heavy Hammer Gym - Hypertrophy Mesocycle: Week 2: 6/28/16
Week: 1 Date: Tuesday 6/21/16 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Heavy Hammer Gym Training Partner: Nick Bennigsdorf Working Sets: Front Squat – 200x5x3/fail, 8/8/7/7/7 reps, 0 rating Block Pull – 365x2x3/fail, 7/8 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise – 20x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps Planks – bodyweightx2, 30sec/30sec Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 25/75x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Shrugs w/straps (used new Ludus Magnus straps from www.wenningstrength.com ) – 225x3x3/fail, 12/12/12![]()
Daily "Selfie":
Tough As Nails T-shirt. Flip-Flops... I feel that this new style of full-body hypertrophy training is going to kill me. I have never trained this way before. I hate reps higher than 5 (I am a powerlifter you know). This is going to take some getting used to. That being said, I have been having fun with some new exercises and have actually been hitting most of my reps. I feel that this training will really help with my muscular endurance (not a lot of endurance, but better than what I currently have) and give me some GAINZ in the muscle size department. My quads are sore after two days of front squats, but not as bad as I thought they would be. Maybe they will be worse tomorrow. Here is a link to the video of my training on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu__D3O2-lc