Hit my 6th and final set of clean grip high pulls with 305 for strong triples, then Melissa looks over at me and says, "Shit, tat was the last set, we totally forgot to film it!" Whoops!
Friday, January 30, 2015
Thursday part 2: Clean Grip High Pulls
Hit my 6th and final set of clean grip high pulls with 305 for strong triples, then Melissa looks over at me and says, "Shit, tat was the last set, we totally forgot to film it!" Whoops!
Thursday Jan 29th part 1: Behind the neck strict presses
Oh man, my head was not in the game on these. I only hit my normal working weight for one set and couldn't budge it on the others. So, I dropped the weight on the last set and, instead of doing 3, nailed 9. Here's that 6th and final set.
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Love Mass Building Time
Started out at the beginning of December at 182 pounds and at the end of January I'm currently 195 pounds.
Love the mass building:
Soon 200 will be mine!!
Love the mass building:
Soon 200 will be mine!!
Wednesday part 3: 1-arm deadlift
Used a thicker bar on this one tonight and it was awesome. Worked up to my top weight for 4 sets then dropped the weight for this one (the 5th set).
Wednesday part 2: Quick Curl and Press
Wednesday Jan 28th part 1: 1-arm barbell snatches
The 1-arm barbell snatches are coming nicely. Here's set number 7:
Tuesday Jan 27th part 1: The Super Bear
Nailed 5 sets of 4 reps of the super bear. Here's set number 4:
Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Monday part 3: Bottom Position Squats
I love these. One of my favorite ways to squat. Here's set number 6.
Monday Janurary 26th part 1: weighted dips
Here's the 6th set of dips (a little to high) from Monday night. Bodyweight plus 141 pounds.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Saturday part 2: weighted pull ups
And, the 6th set of weighted pull ups to go along with the Hindu push ups. Bodyweight plus 53 pounds.
Saturday Jan 24th part 1: Hindu Push Ups
Going back and forth between weighted Hindu Push up and weighted Pull ups. Doing 6 sets of each. Here's the final set of push ups with bodyweight plus 160 pounds.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Thursday part 3: Snatch Grip High Pulls
Hitting the 6th set of snatch grip high pulls from the hang with 245 pounds.
Thursday part 2: Zercher pulls
Adding the Zercher pull/ squat back into the rotation after taking some time away from it. Love this movement. Here's the 6th set of 6 with 525 pounds.
Thursday Jan 22nd part 1: Strict Military Press
Nailing 6 sets of three, but the final set felt too easy so I made it 5.
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Wednesday Jan 22 part 1: 1-arm barbell clean and press
Hitting my 7th set of 1-arm barbell clean and presses!
Tuesday Jan 20th: The Bear
Love the bear. Talk about cardio, strength, toughness, power and more; all rolled into one. Nailing 6 sets.
Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Monday part 3: Squats
Was a little conservative with these tonight, being only 3 weeks out from the hamstring injury. But they went well. Hit 6 sets of triples with 455 pounds. This set is a little high, but still good.
Monday Jan, 19th part 1: weighted reverse grip dips
Hitting the reverse grip dips hard with bodyweight plus 100 pounds.
Saturday part 2: Chin ups
Alternated these with weighted push ups. Here's the final set on the rings with bodyweight plus 35 pounds.
Saturday Jan. 17th part 1: Push ups
Doing some super sets between push ups and chin ups. Here's the final set of push ups with bodyweight plus 180 pounds
Friday part 4: 1-leg calf raises
The other side of the super set with the abdominal roll outs, here's the final set of calf raises:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAVhmwl-62U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAVhmwl-62U
Friday part 3: abdominal roll outs
Super sets with 4 sets of 1-leg calf raise and 3 sets of abdominal roll outs. Here's the link to the video for the final set of abdominal roll outs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhW-SEYStVg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhW-SEYStVg
Friday part 2: Overhead Triceps Extensions
And the other part of the super set, the 5the set of overhead triceps extensions on the Jungle Gym.
Friday Jannnnn 16 part1: Barbell Concentration Curls
Doing some super sets with barbell concentration curls and Jungle Gym triceps overhead extensions. Here's the 5th set of 10 for the Curls.
Friday, January 16, 2015
Thursday part 3: The Shrugs that didn't happen :(
So, hitting some shrugs last night. Doing a warm up set with about 500 pounds on the bar. My lifting strap pops in half and my bar slams into my safety stands, bending the hell out of it. Had to get a new bar today, have to get new straps too. But the worst part of the whole thing was I wasn't even to my working sets yet!!
Thursday January 15th part 1: BTN strict press
Hitting the 6th set of behind the neck strict presses. Missed the 5th set so I had to add an extra rep this time.
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Wednesday part 4: 1-arm deadlifts
After the neck work, 7 sets of 1-arm bb snatches and 6 sets of quick curl and presses it was time for 5 sets of 1-arm deadlifts.
Wednesday part 3: Quick Curl and Press
After the neck work and the 1-arm barbell snatches it was time for 6 sets of the Quick Curl and Press aka the Reverse Clean and Reverse Press. Another awesome movement!
Wednesday part 2: 1-arm barbell snatch
Thought I'd play it old school and nail 7 sets of 1-arm barbell snatches after my neck work. Went awesome!
Wednesday Jan. 14th part 1: Neck Work
Talking about the isometric work for the neck that I just finished
Tuesday, Jan 13th part 1: The Bear
Back to the bear. Added a set making it 6 sets of 5 instead of 5 sets of 5. Felt awesome.
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Monday part 3: Bottom Position Squats
One of my favorites. If you've never done bottom position squats you should. You can't do as much weight as a normal squat, but it'll up your normal back squat a ton. Awesome movement. Played conservatively tonight to make sure the hamstring was good.
Monday part 2: Pendlay Rows
Hitting some Pendlay style explosive rows. Here's the 6th set of triples with 245 pounds. Way too light.
Monday January 12th, 2015 part 1: Dips
Man, these are ugly. Here's the 6th of 6 sets of dips with bodyweight plus 158 pounds. Not pretty, way too shallow.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
The end of the 30 day dip challenge.
Ah, it's sad that my personal 30 day dip challenge is all done. Over the last month I've hit at least 100 dips everyday (ranging from normal dips, to reverse grip dips, to weighted dip, etc.) and many times hit between 200-250. I've seen a good amount of change in overall strength, and specifically pressing strength; as well as better chest, triceps, and upper back development and endurance. Great stuff.
Here's a picture from the last day. Hitting the final 10 dips with bodyweight plus 141 pounds (an 88 pound and a 53 pound kettlebell.).
Looking forward to next week when the back off week is over.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
The quest for 200 continues
This is awesome.
Four weeks ago, when I started the quest to 200 pounds I weighed in at 182 pounds.
Currently, I'm a larger, stronger, and tighter 191.
Not a bad gain at all. Pretty damn good for only 4 weeks.
A powerful and ripped 200 pounds will be coming soon.
Four weeks ago, when I started the quest to 200 pounds I weighed in at 182 pounds.
Currently, I'm a larger, stronger, and tighter 191.
Not a bad gain at all. Pretty damn good for only 4 weeks.
A powerful and ripped 200 pounds will be coming soon.
Monday, January 5, 2015
Why Handstand Training?
Why handstand training?
Because, screw gravity, that's why!
Gotta love hitting some good dips and handstand work during the back off week!
Friday, January 2, 2015
Thursday January 1st 2015 part 1: Dips
Here's the 10th of 10 sets of dips, alternated these with 10 sets of pull-ups. Used bodyweight plus 88 pounds for the dips and got 10 reps on each set. Used bodyweight plus 20 pounds for the pull-ups and got 10 reps on each set. Here's the final set, not the prettiest, but still strong.
Tuesday part 2: leg raises
Felt that the abdominal rollout was going to mess with the hamstring injury too much, so I hit 3 sets of these instead.
Tuesday December 30 part 1: The modified "bear"
After injuring my hamstring on Monday night I knew that the bear was out of the question but I didn't want to hamper my progress so here's my modification: seated 1-arm KB snatches, seated double KB clean and presses and seated double KB cleans.
Here's the 5th of 5 sets.
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