Squats
8@165/75 - warm-up
8@185/84.1
8@195/88.6
8@205/93.2
Good Mornings
5@125/56.8
5@135/61.4
5@140/63.6
Stiff Leg Dead Lift
8@185/84.1
8@195/88.6
8@205/93.2
Tags: squat, dead lift, power lifting
I don’t know what it is about these squat workouts but they feel really good.  This workout was just like the last few weeks. Everything went really smooth and I wouldn’t say it was easy, but by the 8th rep I didn’t […]

Close Grip Bench Press
5@135/61.4 - warm-up
5@150/68.2
5@160/72.7
5@170/77.3
Rack Lockouts
3@215/97.7
3@230/104.5
2×3@240/109.1
Throat Crushers - DB
2×12@30/13.6
9@30/13.6
Seated Bent Over Lateral Raises - 3×8@15/6.8
EZ-Bar Curls - 3×10@65/29.5
Tags: bench press, rack lockouts, power lifting
So I was doing the rack lockouts and I was wondering how much the bar weighed (in a smith machine). A few weeks ago I made the […]

Dead Lifts
10@155/70.5 - warm-up
10@205/93.2
10@220/100
10@235/106.8 - 65% of 1 RM
Front Squats
8@135/61.4
8@140/63.6
8@145/65.9
Lat Pulldowns - 3×15@100/45.5
Barbell Bent Over Rows - 3×10@95/43.2
Tags: dead lift, barbell row, power lifting
What doesn’t kill you makes your stronger right? That’s the way I felt about this workout. I’ve done sets of 10 for deadlifts, but nothing with this much weight. […]

Monday, as has been the last couple of weeks, is the day for cardio or whatever you want to call it (Torture perhaps?). I once again did the 25 Rep Roulette from Ross Training (with 20lb dumbbells vs a sandbag). The one change that I made to this version is not taking any planned […]

Bench Press
8@135/61.4 - warm-up
8@150/68.2
8@155/70.5
8@160/72.7
Floor Press
8@140/63.6
8@150/68.2
8@160/72.7
Standing Shoulder Press
8@75/34.1
8@85/38.6
8@95/43.2
Poor Man’s Shoulder Horn - 3×8@25/11.4
Rear Delt Machine - 2×10@55/25,10@40/18.2
Tags: bench press, floor press, power lifting
Another good workout.  The weights felt pretty good.  I need to look up the numbers on the floor press to make sure that the weight is correct.  I’m not sure that it […]

Squats
8@155/70.5 - warm-up
8@175/79.5
8@190/86.4
8@200/90.9
Good Mornings
5@115/52.3
5@125/56.8
5@135/61.4
Stiff Leg Deadlift
8@175/79.5
8@185/84.1
8@195/88.6
Abs and such!
Tags: squats, dead lift, weight lifting, power lifting
Today’s workout was awesome.  All of the weights felt really good and I was getting good depth on all of the squats.  Things probably felt good since I wasn’t doing 10 reps like the last 3 weeks, but who […]

On the 31st of this month, I will be heading to Des Moines to watch the Iowa’s Strongest Man competition.  I was going mainly to watch and meet a couple of people I’ve met on message boards, but I just found out some other stuff that is going to make this think event AWESOME !
Jesse […]

Close Grip Bench Press
8@145/65.9
8@155/70.5
8@165/75
Rack Lockouts
5@225/102.3
2×5@235/106.8 (I suspect that these weights were less due to being in a smith machine)
Tate Presses - 3×8@30/13.6
Cuban Press - 3×8@25/11.4
Hammer Culrs - 3×8@35/15.9
Tags: bench press, weight lifting, power lifting
Today’s workout was pretty good.  The weight on the rack lockouts were a bit easy, but that’s to be expected!  […]

Dead Lift
5@155/70.5 - warm-up
5@185/84.1 - warm-up
5@225/102.3
5@245/111.4
5@255/115.9
2×5@265/120.5 - 74% of 1 RM 
Front Squats
10@140/63.6
8@150/68.2
10@155/70.5
Chin-ups
1 – 2 -3 -2 -1 x 3 +2 = 29 reps 

Seated Row – 3×10@75/34.1
Tags: dead lift, front squat, chin-up, power lifting
 I hate the front squats in this exercise!  They are just brutal…or maybe I’m just weak.  I wasn’t feeling […]

I’ve done this workout from RossTraining.com before, but today was the first time in awhile and I wasn’t sure how it was going to turn out. I wanted to switch things up rather than just doing some sort of sprints. I want to see how doing these type of workouts effect my mile […]