Today I drove over to Cedar Rapids Iowa to go and lift with a member of the forum that I run. We’d talked about doing this before, but never got around to it. Other than a little mishap on the timing it was a great experience. I know that if I lifted with […]

Damn today felt good and looking back on it I am happy with all of the new PR’s that I set. Today was the deadlift max day. I was a bit nervous about going into it as I’d been talking some smack with one of the members on my forum about going past […]

Someone on my forum posted up this video (warning to those of you on a slow connection…it’s close to a 100 meg download) of Jesse Marunde doing a 20 rep squat workout last year. I’ve not done any high volume squat workouts, but I must say that it’s damn impressive. Weight is up […]

I’m not satisfied with it. It should have been more the way I’ve been feeling, but I guess I need to face that fact that I will never have a big bench and 10lb jumps in PR for the bench is probably pretty close to what I’m going to get. I guess this […]

The wife decided that she was going to go grocery shopping this afternoon so that meant I was going to take this opportunity to get to the gym. Which also meant it was time to go for a PR in the squat. Granted I have not tested or gone for a PR in the squat […]

Today at 3pm CST to 6pm CST there will be the last 2 years of the Worlds Strongest Man competition on ESPN. I’ll be taking over the TV and recording this event so that I can pop in some extra motivation when I need it. Hope the rest of you are able to […]

By saying this I am probably invoking Murphy’s law, but I will rule 225 on the bench next Thursday!
I went into the gym this morning for a quick workout. I hadn’t benched in awhile so I thought I’d do some benching. Nothing really serious, but just to get the blood flowing again. […]

This topic has been on my mind for a few days now and I just haven’t found the time to post it up. Since I’m on vacation I now have the time!
What should I expect on my first powerlifting meet? I’ll be honest I’m still a little nervous about this and […]

Week 5, Day 4
Warm-up
Wall Scapular Slide x 10
Push-up Plus x 10
CG BP – 5@135
Work Sets (lbs/kg)
CG BP
5×5@165/75
Lean away pulldowns
5×6@220/100
Overhead DB Presses
4×6@45/20.5
Face Pulls
3×10@115/52.3
Cuban Presses
3×10@20/9.1
Comments:
The warm up set of 135 on CG felt pretty heavy so I had my doubts about going up 10 pounds to 165, but did anyways and was able to get all the […]

Week 5, Day 3
Warm Up
Hip Thrusters x 10
Fire Hydrants x 8
Reverse Lunge w/Twist x 5
Work Sets (lbs/kg)
Front Squats
5@95/43.2
5×5@125/56.8
Close Stance GM’s
4×6@115/52.3
Reverse Lunges
6@105/47.7
3×6@115/52.3
Ab Work – Did it and it was a great circuit.
Comments:
Another good day at the gym. Front squats felt especially good. I played around with my stance a bit to get […]