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Sunday – Quads/Back/Calves
Front Squat – 195x4x8
Straight Arm Pulldown – 60x4x8
Dumbbell Shrug – 50x4x20
Standing Calf Raise – 405x4x8
Daily “Selfie” – This is another one of my Wal-mart Bro-tanks. It is a giant Eagle. The good thing about this shirt is that it was very very small on me when I bought it. Now it is just kinda small. Proving that I AM losing weight. The bad thing about this shirt is that the eagle’s eyes are right in line with my pecs (man boobs). Kinda makes him look bug-eyed.
Friday – Chest/Arms
Dumbbell Bench Press – 50x4x8
Spot0 Press – 175x4x8
Preacher Curl Machine – 100x4x8
French Presses – 85x4x8
Wrist Roller – 45×4 (each set includes rolling the wrist roller forward until completed, rolling it back down, rolling it back up the opposite way as previously, and then rolling it back down.)
Daily “Selfie” – Here is one of my new Bro-tanks. It is a bit small around the belly (like everything is), but it fit worse when I bought it 6 months ago. I got it at Walmart in the summer because they had a HUGE Bro-tank sale going on..lol. Apparently a lot of bros shop at wally world. Again, due to chest day, I am wearing my awesome SBD elbow sleeves and my old Inzer Z wrist wraps. Maybe someday I can be a bro and actually show off some guns.
Thursday – Hamstrings/Back
Sumo Deadlift – 300x4x8
Stiff Leg Deadlift – 175x4x8
Seated Row – 75x4x8
Barbell Shrug – 175x4x8
MAS Wrestling – did a little MAS Wrestling at school with the Comet Strength Club I started. Worked on some grip and technique.
Daily “Selfie” – This is in support of my favorite team of all time…the Notre Dame Fighting Irish! Probably one of the best and most storied football teams and schools in American history. To all all the “haters” out there, (you know who you are *cough, cough ISU sucks cough, cough*) just stop being jealous and get over it.
Wednesday – Shoulders/Arms
Overhead Press – 135x2x10
Seated Dumbbell Press – 30x2x10
Hammer Curls – 20x2x10
Dips – Bodyweight (234)x2x10 – First time doing dips in, probably, a year or more. My shoulders have always hurt. This time they were a little tender, but I was able to do them with “relative” ease. I will keep including them in my training.
My daily “selfie.” Yes! That is “almost” Hulk Hogan on my shirt! This picture also features my SBD Elbow Sleeves and Stiff Wrist Wraps. I will be doing a product review on them soon(ish).
Tuesday – Quads, Back, Calves
Front Squat – (first time really trying these) 45×10, 65×5, 95×5, 135×5 – My mobility in wrists, elbows, and shoulders is fairly poor. I had trouble using the OLY style grip. I ended up using the crossed arms style. It worked for now, but as it gets heavier I don’t know if that will work. I will keep working my mobility so I can use the proper grip.
Bent Over Rows – 135x2x10
Dumbbell Shrugs – 50x2x10 (heaviest dumbbell I have right now)
Standing Calf Raises – 225x2x10
Here is my daily training “selfie”. Here I am wearing my Shaw Strength T-shirt that I got from Brian Shaw himself at the Quad City Strength and Fitness Expo this year. I got to talk to him privately for almost half and hour. It was great picking his brain on training, competing, and recovering from injury.
Monday – Bench Press – 255x3sx4r
Close Grip Bench Press – 135x2sx4r
Bent Over Rows – 135x3sx10r
Tricep Extensions – 50x2sx10r
Tuesday – High Bar Squat – 365x3sx6r
Wednesday – Overhead Press – 145x3sx5r
Upright Rows – 65x2s10r, 95x1sx10r
Shrugs – 135x3sx10r
Thursday- Deadlift – 315x3sx6r
Rack Pull Deadlift – 225x3sx6r
Friday – Bench Press – 290x3sx4r (last set only got 2 reps)
Slingshot Bench Press – 330x1sx3r
Close Grip Bench Press – 225x2sx4r
Bent Over Rows – 135x3sx10r
Sunday – Instead of Squats I helped move a very, very heavy piano.
This is my last Strength Block workout until Mid-January. I feel like I have hit a plateau in my training and I am going to switch it up. I have roughly planned out the next 24 weeks of training with an APF meet in Omaha at the finish. Starting on Monday 11/16/15 I will start Hypertrophy Block training. This will last for about 10 weeks. I will then go back to a Strength Block for roughly 8 weeks. Lastly, I will finish up this cycle with a 4-5 week Peaking Block. This will be the first time I have tried all of the Phases of training in a Macrocycle. After my poor performance at the NASA meet I want to come back better than ever, I was going to do a meet in Chamberlain, SD in February, but I am going to skip it to focus on getting stronger. I will try to update the blog more often. I am going to set up a schedule for posting dietary and training journal material as well as some product reviews that I haven’t had the chance to do yet. Stay tuned for a lot of material to be coming your way.
Here is my training for the week:
10/12/15 – Bench Press – 275x3x4
– Close Grip BP – 205x2x4
– Bent Over Rows – 185x3x10
10/13/15 – High Bar Squat – 345x3x5
– Pause Below Parallel Squat – 225x3x5
10/14/15 – Overhead Press – 155x3x5
– Shrugs – 95x3x20
– Shoulder Complex – 10x3x10
10/15/15 – Deadlift – 425x1x3 – Needed to do 3 sets, but back wouldn’t let me.
10/16/15 – BP – 275x2x5, 315x1x3
– Bent Over Rows – 135x3x10
– Tricep Extensions (cable machine) – 50x2x10
10/18/15 – Low Bar Squat – 300x3x6
– Pause Above SQ – 315×5, 405×3, 475×1, 495×1
(Training inspired by Principles of Strength Training by Israetel, Hoffmann, and Smith)
Sorry it has been a while. The beginning of this school year has been busy. Don’t worry though, I haven’t skipped a workout and I have still been working on my diet. Here is my journal entry for yesterday.
Strength Phase – Week 2, Day 3, am and pm workout, Upper body focus
Overhead Press WUp- 95×5, 105×5, 125×3 – rpe 2
Overhead Press – 150×5, 165x2sx5r – rpe 5
Upright Row – 95x3sx10r – rpe 6 (shoulders hurt a bit)
Kaz Shrugs – 95x3sx30r – rpe 8 (switching hand position is new to me)
No Cardio today, but body weight down to 238 lbs!
Week #4
Day #5
Friday
5:30-7:00am (did 2 workouts)
Cardio Workout – Nothing
Strength Phase Training – Lower Body Focus (Hamstrings, Quads, Glutes, Lats) and Upper Body Focus (Chest, Tris, and Lats)
Deadlift Warmups – 210×5, 260×5, 315×5
Deadlift Working Sets – 380×3 (missed 2 reps and the 2nd set, just couldn’t get it, will try this workout again)
Deadlift (2″ Deficit) Cool Downs – 325x2sx5r
Bench Press Warmups – 135x2sx5r
Bench Press Working Sets – 145x2sx4r
Bench Press Slingshot – 225×4
Close Grip Bench Press – 100×4
Bent Over Rows – 115×10, 135×10
Comments: Deload Day: 70/50% intensity and volume. Used old Nike Knee Sleeves as shin guards. Used Versa Grips Pro on last set of rows because callouss hurt. Done at Heavy Hammer Gym.
Week #4
Day #3
Wednesday
3:15-3:30 pm
Cardio Workout – Nothing
Strength Phase Training – Upper Body Focus (Shoulders, Traps)
Overhead Press Warmups – 95×5, 115×5
Overhead Press Working Sets – 135×6, 145×6
Overhead Press Cool Downs – 115×6
Shoulder Complex (Front Raise, Lateral Raise, Rear Delt Raise) – 10x2sx10r
Dumbbell Shrugs – 50x2sx10r
Comments: Light Day: 70% intensity and volume. Shoulder hurt only on Front Raise portion of shoulder complex. Very easy workout. Can probably up weights. Done at Heavy Hammer Gym. Also Mowed Lawn for 1 hour at a low speed. Burned about 550 cal.
Heavy Hammer Gym 