Archive for August, 2008

Friday- Deads

August 30, 2008

A- Sumo deads  225 x 5 easy, 255 x 5, 275 x 7 with the grip giving up….

B- Pullthrough  4 x 12

C- BB ab rollout  3 x 8…I haven’t been doing tese in a while and it shows…

No fillers 2day, I was kinda lazy and lacking some time, but that really isn’t an excuse…

DL

Wednesday – overhead press

August 30, 2008

A- Clean & press  105 x 5, 115 x 5, 125 x 5

B- 45deg incline DB press  85s  3 x 7

C- Face pulls  4 x 12

That is IT. Did some fillers, but do not remember…

DL

Monday – Squatsss

August 26, 2008

A- Med stance low box squat (about 2″ below parallel) 185 x 5, 205 x 5, 225 x 7….I’m just SOOO weak with those but I like ‘em…they work great on power from the hole and hit the spinal erectors hard.

B- 1 leg crossover squat off box 2 x 8/leg BW

C- Cable woodchops 3 x 10-12/side

That is all I did…Fillers were pec stretch x2 and side lying int rot x2. Training wasn’t so bad even if I was still sore as shit in the whole lower body from touch football on Saturday…

DL

Friday – bench deload

August 24, 2008

A- Bench 185 x 5, 195 x 5, 205 x 3

B- Lateral raises  20s x 15, 2 x 12

C- Wide grip lat pulldown  3 x 12

IT.

DL

Wednesday – deloading the deads

August 22, 2008

A- Deadlift  245 x 5, 265 x 5, 285 x 5.  *Filler: Side lying int rot x2

B- Back extensions VS purple band  3 x 12

C- Pallof press  1 x 12/side, then 2 x 20sec. holds/side

That was it!

DL

This week is deload week

August 19, 2008

A- BB Military press 95 x 5, 100 x 5, 105 x 5.  *Filler: ankle mob x2

B- SB DB press  70s  2 x 12, 1 x 10.  *Filler: supine int rot x2

C- Incline reverse fly  3 x 12

Light stretching and that was IT.

DL

Friday: smokin’ squats

August 15, 2008

A- Box squat  245 x 5, 275 x 3, 315 x 2…95% of my estimated 325 1RM was actually 307,9384756; so I said f*ck it and went for 315 and TOTALLY smoked it! …therefor, I went for 2!

B- Bulgarian split squat with DBs  40s  1×8/leg, then 2 x 6

C- Belt squats 1 x 12 @ 190…since I really didn’t want to do 4 sets of bularian split squats

D- McGill’s crunches 3 x 10/leg with 35# plate

That was it.  Fillers: pec stretch x2, side internal rotations x2, seated t-spine rotation-extension x2.

DL

Wednesday’s bench training was good

August 15, 2008

A- Bench  195 x 5, 225 x 3, 250 x 2 +1forced rep…Except for my last set, I experimented with a new bench technique with grip a little wider and the feet pulled more underneath the bench which creates a bigger arch and more tightness among the whole body.

Benching this way was OH SO painful in my hips and groin….every damn tissue in this area was maximally stretched….I know it doesn’t look that bad on the video, but trust me it hurts the first time you try it!

B- DBs floor press  105s x 7, 2 x 6,  70s x 11

C- Wide grip pull ups  BW 1x 8, 2 x 6

That was it.  Fillers 4 2day were ankle mobilizations and supine internal rotations for 2 sets each. The only exercise I didn’t push that much was the pull up and this is the one I’m most sore from…anyone getting this?? Tomorrow is squattinnnn time baby…YEAH!!!

DL

Monday – Deadlift!!

August 12, 2008

A- DL  305 x 5, 345 x 3, 385 x 1…back started to round a little with last rep @ 345 and with single @ 385, but besides that, weight felt OK.  *Filler: Side lying internal rotation x2

B- Good AM  135 x 10, 155  2 x 8, 165 x 6.  *Filler: pec +levator stretch 1x/each

C- Ab fallout  3 x 8….didn’t do much more than that since I didn’t want to be sore in my triceps for wednesday’s bench.

That was it.  Good AM were hitting the low back hard…wanted to work on my arch so I would round less on the deads.

DL

Friday – overhead press

August 9, 2008

A- Standing BB military press  125 x 3, 135 x 3, 145 x 4.  *Filler: ankle mobilization x2

B- Push ups vs. purple band  x13, x11, x10.  *Filler: supine hip internal rotation x2

C- Reverse face pulls  3 x 12.  *Filler: 8-ball t-spine mobilization x2

That was it. Tired + lack of caffeine + overhead pressing = not very productive training…not that bad, just OK.

DL