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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Monday March 11 Pressing

I was looking forward to today because I had nothing planned and felt like Christian Savoie had hit me in the back with a sledge hammer. Painful. This stemmed from event training on Saturday, which consisted of high volume super yoke, Sandbag load over bar and posterior chain accessory work.

Monday March 11

Close grip bench - 135x8, 225x8, 295x6, 365x4, 405x9
Seated DB press - 75'sx16, 85x12, 105x12
band tricep pushdowns - 120lbs of tension x 12, 240lbs+ x5, x5, 120lbs x12
lateral raises - 35lbs x3setsx12-20reps
band pull apart - 2x12 reps
My pre-workout drink consisted of 10grams of BCAA(mettle), 5 grams of creatine monohydrate, and I had the same drink post workout along with my usual shake I choke down.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

March 7 Overhead training

After a long morning of acupuncture, massage, cooking and shovelling food into my mouth I decided to train the Giant Dumbell press. I wasn't happy with the result, as I was shooting for 3-4 reps.

Giant Dumbell - Left hand only, 120lbsx8reps, 170x3, 200x2, 230x2. Link to video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_GnbN0kzJ8&list=UUrcUGEObKfY5ChnOGBUoXbw&index=

Close Grip 4 board press - 405x5setsx7reps
Overhead Dumbell press - 55lbsx18reps, 22 reps, 24reps
strong band pushdowns - 2x 20reps
dips - 12 reps, 15 reps

Monday, March 4, 2013

Sunday March 3 event training

This was my first time being able to simulate most of the events for the Las Vegas Giants Live Qualifier April 20th. I was looking forward to training events specifically, as training gym lifts for the last three months has caused me to pick up some bad habits, ex. curling in the power rack, swiss ball sit-ups, and getting frosted tips.

Speed deadlift from 14 inches - worked up to 655x6x1rep approx. 60sec between sets

Overhead press medley - 170lbs dumbbell, 330lbs log, 320lbs axle done in approx. 25 sec

Tire flip - 850lbsx8flips

Farmers Walk - 345lbs per hand x120ft total, drop and pick at 30ft.

chin ups - 15

I consumed about 30grams of BCAA(Mettle) throughout the workout and 10 grams of Creatine(CreaPLX) before and after. My bodyweight was approx.