Week: 4 Date:Friday 7/15/16 Time: - Location: Heavy Hammer Gym Training Partner: - Working Sets: Block Pull – 400x3x1/fail, 8/8/8 reps, 0 rating Low Bar Good Morning - 100x2x1/fail, 12/12 reps, 0 rating Barbell Upright Row - 100x3x1/fail, 12/12/12 reps Crunches - Bodyweightx2x1/fail, 34/34 Accessories: Hammer Curl/Tricep Ext. superset – 40/70x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Daily "Selfie" - None My video editing software wasn't working so there will be no videos for a couple weeks...Sorry.
Posts Tagged ‘Low Bar’
Hypertrophy Mesocycle: 7/15/16
Posted: July 30, 2016 in Training JournalTags: Abdominals, ABs, Back, Barbell, BB, Biceps, Block Pulls, Crunch, Deadlift, Deadlift Blocks, Deltoids, Friday, Good Morning, Hammer, Hammer Curl, Hamstrings, Heavy Hammer Gym, Hypertrophy, Hypertrophy Block, Hypertrophy Mesocycle, Low Bar, Mesocycle, No Daily "Selfie", No Video, Renaissance Hypertrophy, Traps, Triceps, Upright Rows
Hypertrophy Mesocycle: Week 3: Vacation Training
Posted: July 13, 2016 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: 1 Arm DB, 22BB, 22nd Street Barbell, Arms, Back, Barbell, Bench, Bench Press, Biceps, Block Pulls, Bulldog, Calves, Curl, Curls, Cut-off, Daily "Selfie", DB, DB Lateral Raise, Deadlift, Deadlift Blocks, Deltoids, Delts, Des Moines IA, EZ Bar, French Press, Friday, Front Squat, Gainz, Hammer Curl, High Bar, Hips, Hypertrophy, Hypertrophy Block, Hypertrophy Mesocycle, Jesup Gym Equipment, Jesup IA, Lifting Straps, Low Bar, Monday, Overhead Press, Preacher, Renaissance Hypertrophy, Row, Rows, Saturday, Selfie, Shoulders, Shrugs, Squat, Straps, Tank, Thursday, Traps, Triceps, Tuesday, Underhand EZ Bar Row, Upright Rows, Vacation, Volume, Wednesday, Week 2, Week 3, Wide Grip, Wrist Curl
Sorry it has been a little over a week since I have posted. My wife and I took our daughter on a little vacation. We went to Des Moines, IA (Polk City) and stayed with my in-laws. While we were there we went to an Iowa Cubs game and visited the Blank Park Zoo and Living History Farms while spending a lot of time with my wife's family. It was a fun 10 day vacation. The best part about it was not missing a day of training. The owner of 22nd Street Barbell in Des Moines was kind enough to let me train at their gym while I was on vacation. It was a great place and I will do a post about their gym later. On to my Training Journal: Week: 2 Date: Friday 7/2/16 Time: 9:00 am Location: Jesup Gym Equipment, Jesup, IA Training Partner: None Working Sets: High Bar Squat – 375x3x3/fail, 6/6/6 reps, -1 rating Wide Grip Bench Press – 185x2x6, 6/6 reps, +1 rating One Arm DB Row - 80x2x3/fail, 12/12 reps Barbell Upright Row - 95x2x3/fail, 12/12 Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 30/80x3x3/fail, 10/12/12 reps Barbell Wrist Curl/Ext. - 50x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Calf Press - 300x3x3/fail - 30/30/30 reps Daily "Selfie" -This is a picture of me in my Jesup Gym Cut-off, however, I took this one day while training at 22nd Street Barbell, hence the 22BB hat.
Week: 3 Date: Monday 7/4/16 Time: 5:00 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: None Working Sets: Wide Grip Bench Press – 210x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps, +1 rating Underhand EZ Bar Row - 135x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: Hammer Curl/Tricep Ext. superset – 35x70x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Barbell Wrist Curl/Ext. - 60x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Calf Raise - 315x3x3/fail - 20/20/20 reps
Week: 3 Date: Wednesday 7/6/16 Time: 3:00 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: None Working Sets: Front Squat – 215x3x2/fail, 9/10/10 reps, 0 rating Block Pull – 390x2x2/fail, 8/10 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise - 20x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 35/85x3x3/fail, 12/12/10 reps Shrugs w/Straps - 245x3x3/fail - 12/12/12 reps
Week: 3 Date: Thursday 7/7/16 Time: 6:45 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: Tank the Bulldog Working Sets: Overhead Press – 155x7x2/fail, 10,10,9,8,8,8,8 reps, 0 rating Underhand EZ Bar Row – 335x2x2/fail, 12/12 reps, 0 rating DB Lateral Raise - 20x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: EZ Bar Curl/Overhead Machine Ext. superset – 85/65x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Barbell Wrist Curl/Ext. - 60x3x3/fail - 12/12/12 reps Calf Raise - 315x3x3/fail - 20/20/20 reps![]()
Week: 3 Date: Friday 7/8/16 Time: 5:30 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: None Working Sets: Block Pull – 390x3x2/fail, 8/8/8 reps, 0 rating Low Bar Good Morning - 95x2x2/fail - 12/12 reps Barbell Upright Row - 95x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: Hammer Curl/Tricep Ext. superset – 35/65x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps Shrugs w/Straps - 245x3x3/fail - 12/12/12 reps
Week: 3 Date: Saturday 7/9/16 Time: 6:30 pm Location: 22nd Street Barbell, Des Moines, IA Training Partner: None Working Sets: High Bar Squat – 380x3x2/fail, 6/6/6 reps, -1 rating Wide Grip Bench Press - 190x2x6 - 6/6 reps, +1 rating One Arm DB Row – 80x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps, 0 rating Barbell Upright Row - 95x3x2/fail, 12/12/12 reps Accessories: Preacher Curl/French Press superset – 35/85x3x3/fail, 12/12/12 reps This week of training seemed to go pretty well. I am finding that the volume I have been doing for quads is too much. The program is giving me less and less Front Squats to try to recover better. I don't mind the extra rest. I really think it does help me. I just have never really training with this much volume before. It is interesting to note that the volume for my shoulders/chest has been going up. Apparently my upper body is fine with more volume, but my lower body isn't. At least I am learning to ready my body better. My hips were very sore this week. I had to stretch them out in between every set. My back didn't bother me too much. My biceps started hurting a bit due to the fact that I have never really trained my biceps much. Now I am doing them 5 days a week. I have noticed huge gains in size in just 3 weeks or so. Oh those Noob Gainz. No videos this week...sorry.
Back-logged Training 2/1/16-2/13/16
Posted: February 14, 2016 in Announcements, Training JournalTags: AM Cardio, B.I.G, Bench Press, BIG, Big Iron Gym, Close Grip, Comet Strength Club, DB, Deadlift, Dumbbells, Flys, Heavy Hammer Gym, High Bar, Incline BP, Kaz, Lat Day, Lats, Lewis and Clark Jazz Fest, Low Bar, Overhead Press, Push Press, Row, Rows, Shawn Frankl, Shrugs, Slingshot, Snow Shovel, Sorry, Squat, Strength Block, Sumo, Training, Training Journal, Triceps, Upright Rows, WITCC
Sorry it has been so long since I have posted. Getting ready for our annual Jazz Festival has been a lot of work and very time consuming. I haven’t missed any training days, but I haven’t had any time to post. Instead of bombarding you with a bunch of posts, I am going to include all of those workouts in this post. So…here it goes:
2/1/16 – Monday – Heavy Bench Day
Bench Press – 245x3x10, 270x1x2, 295x1x1 (a little different from what I would normally do. Shawn Frankl has been giving me a few pointers to try to get me to bench 360 or 365 at my next meet)
Incline Bench Press – 195x3x10
Dumbbell Bench Press – 60x3x12
Cable Flys – #2x2x15 (not sure what the plates weigh on this machine)
2/2/16 – Tuesday – Heavy SNOW SHOVELING DAY!!!
2/3/16 – Wednesday – Overhead Press Day
Overhead Press – 145x3x10, 165x1x2, 175x1x1
Upright Rows – 95x3x10
Kaz Shrugs – 135x3x30
2/4/16 – Thursday – Deadlift Day
AM Cardio – 6.1 mi / 15 min.
Deadlift – 290x3x6, 315x3x5
Seated Row – 135x3x10
Lat Pulldown – #10x3x10 (again, don’t know what the weights are on this machine)
2/5/16 – Friday – Light Bench Day
Bench Press – 175x3x10
Slingshot Bench Press – 225x1x10
Close Grip Bench Press – 135x3x10
2/7/16 – Sunday – Heavy Squat Day
High(er) Bar Squats – 400x6x2
Low Bar Squats – 225x2x3 (trying to get back into a power squat form)
2/8/16 – Monday – Heavy Bench Day
Bench Press – 250x3x10, 275x1x2, 300x1x1
Dumbbell Bench Press – 60x3x12
Cable Flys – 25x3x12
Tricep Extensions – 40x3x12
2/9/16 – Tuesday – Light Squat Day
Squat 135x1x3 (pulled my hamstring on rep 3 of my warm-up set. not sure what happened, but I couldn’t hardly walk for the next 2 days. maybe overworked it last Sunday)
2/10/16 – Wednesday – Overhead Press Day
Overhead Press – 150x3x10, 170x1x2, 180x1x1
Push Press – 225x3x1
Behind-the-Back Shrugs – 140x3x20
2/11/16 – Thursday – Deadlift Day
Sumo Deadlift – 340x6x4
Seated Rows – 75x3x10
2/12/16 – Friday – Light Bench Day
Bench Press – 135x3x10
Tricep Extensions – 50x3x12
Training Journal: 8/4/15
Posted: August 6, 2015 in Training JournalTags: Good Morning, Heavy Hammer Gym, Light Day, Low Bar, Lower Body, No Cardio, Row, Squat, Strength
Day #2
Tuesday
6:00-7:00pm
Cardio Workout – Nothing
Strength Phase Training – Lower Body Focus (Hamstrings, Quads, Glutes, Lats)
Squat (Low Bar) Warmups – 145×5, 195×3
Squat (Low Bar)) Working Sets – 205×3, 250×3
Squat (Low Bar) Cool Downs – 195x3x2
Good Mornings – 55×8, 65×8
Bent Over Rows – 95×10, 115×10
Comments: Light Day: 70% intensity and volume. Cant seem to find the right form on the Good Mornings. Any suggestions from my followers??? Done at Heavy Hammer Gym.
Training Journal: 7/28/15 (My 30th Birthday!!!)
Posted: July 29, 2015 in Training JournalTags: B.I.G, Cardio, Lat Day, Light Day, Low Bar, Squat, Training, Training Journal
Day #2
Tuesday
2:30-3:00pm
Cardio Workout – 10 min walking at 3.5pace on treadmill at a 2% incline. Heart rate at an easy 120. Burned about 75-125 cal.
Strength Phase Training – Lower Body Focus (Quads,Hamstrings, Glutes)
Squat (Low Bar) Warmups – 135×5, 185×3
Squat (Low Bar) Working Sets – 200×3, 245×3
Squat (Low Bar) Cool Downs – 185x3x2
Bent Over Rows – 45x10x2
Seated Machine Rows – 120×10, 150x10x2
Comments: Light Day – 70% volume and 70% intensity. Shoulder hurt on bent over rows. It feels like my clavicle is hurting specifically. Not sure if it is a muscle insertion point that is hurting or the bone itself. Done at Shawn Frankl’s Big Iron Gym