Monster Status

[woodswise]

Saturday Strongman Training

223#

Axle Clean and Press
240 x 3
260 x 1
280 x fail x 6 attempts. Considering a little over a month ago, I was failing at 240 and now I am failing at 280, that's real progress!

Axle 13" deadlift
600 x 3 singles

Stone of Steel
240 x fail (my right shoulder was bothering)
150 x 2 sets x 5 reps (shoulder felt better after some rehab)

 

[woodswise]

Monday February 6, 2017
225#

Deadlift
515 x 3 x 5 reps


Tuesday February 7, 2017
224#

Overhead Strict Press
210 x 5 x 2 reps
175 x 7 reps

Right shoulder continues to improve.

 

[woodswise]

Wednesday February 8, 2017

Pullups
BW x 5 x 10 reps

EZ Curl Bar
80 x 3 x 8

Hammer DB Curls
25 x 3 x 10

45 degree rear lateral raises
25 x 3 x 10 reps

Facepulls
Red band x 20; +20
Blue band x 10; + 10

 

[woodswise]

Feb. 9
225#
SSB Squat
385 x 4 sets x 3 reps

Feb. 10
227#
dips
BW x 4 sets x 20

Db. Skull Crushers
80 x 3 sets x 10

Banded Triceps Extensions
Red x 3 x 20
Blue x 10 (hold the last one for 30 secs)

Feb. 11 (Saturday Strongman)
224#

Axle C&P
235 x 3
235 x 5
215 x 5

13" Axle Dead Lift
620 x 1
620 x 1
620 x fail (placed my feet wrong on this one)

Farmers Carries
420 x 40' in 6.25 seconds
x 40'/6.53
x 40/6.1
x 40/7.0


February 13
225#
455 Deadlift x 8 sets x 2 reps for speed

February 14
226#
Strict Overhead Press
195 x 5 x 5 feeling strong!!!! Shoulder's much better, too.

 

[woodswise]

Thursday February 16, 2017
223#

SSB Front Box Squat
375 x 4 x 6 reps

 

[woodswise]

I'm happy to report I've been working out regularly and other than having a cold and missing my last two Saturday strongman training days, have been hitting the weights hard.

March 2, 2017
233#
Low Box Front SSB Squat
325 x 4 sets x 6

March 3, 2017
236#
Dips
100 x 3 sets x 10

Lying Triceps Extension with EZ Curl Bar
80 x 5 sets x 10 reps

Banded Triceps Extensions
Blue 2" Band x 20; x 20; x 15

15degrees bent trap raises
135 x 5 sets x 20

March 6
235#
Deadlift
600 x 2 sets x 1 rep

March 7
238#
Overhead Strict Press
205# x 6 sets x 2 reps
90 x 30 reps (to failure) Had a wicked pump from these!!!

 

[woodswise]

March 8, 2017
238#
Neutral Grip Pullups
BW x 5 x 10

EZ Curl Bar Curls
80 x 5 x 10 slow reps

Db Hammer Curls (no twisting)
40 x 4 x 5

45 degree bent rear delt laterals
30 x 3 x 10

Slow Eccentric Facepulls
Blue 2" band x 2 x 20
Red 1" band x 2 x 20



March 9, 2017
238#

SSB Hack Squats (coach rigged up a hack squat with some orange bands and some tie downs to keep you steady as you leaned back.
195 x 4 x 15

These were F***ing brutal. My thighs and lower back were on fire and I could barely walk for 15 minutes after!!!

 

[woodswise]

March 10, 2017
236#

Lying Triceps Extensions with EZ Curl Bar
110 x 5 x 5

Dips
BW x 5 sets x 20 reps

Banded Triceps Pressdowns
Blue 2" x 20; +15
REd 1" x 10; +8

15 degree leaning Trap Raises (leaning against a bar on the squat rack)
225 x 5 x 10 reps.

Saturday Strongman
March 11, 2017
234#

Axle Overhead Press (clean from the ground)
205 x 3
250 x fail
250 x 1
250 x 1
250 x 1

18" Axle Deadlift
465 x 2
555 x 3 sets x 2

Farmers Carries
230 each hand x 40 feet
9.8 seconds
9.2 seconds

220# sand bag carries for 160 feet
1 x Fail
1 x 80 feet

 

[woodswise]

The above weights are all my working weights. I am not reporting my warm up sets here.

 

[Rod crowley]

Here are my latest stats:

I am 5'9"; 223 lbs (218 on my bathroom scale); 17% bf; 35.75" waist (and shrinking).

I am cutting to 200# or 10%bf whichever comes first, and expecting to get there around May 31.



Here are the past week's workouts:

Friday March 28, 2014

Bb Bench Press
255 x 10 x 5 sets

CGBP
185 x 20
115 x 20


Saturday March 29, 2014

Strongman Training

Yoke Press
220 x 10
175 x 5 x 4
175 x 10

Farmer Walk
180 ea x 70
200 ea x 70
240 ea x 70
300 ea x 35


Monday March 31, 2014

17%bf
35.75" waist
218# on my bathroom scale (223# actual)
Starting to see the faint outline of my abs and veins in my chest and upper arms!

Block Pulls (BLDL)
405 x 2
455 x 1
405 x 2 x 3 with hitching (push your knees past the bar as soon as you can, and hitch the bar up your quads).

Feeling great.

Tuesday April 1, 2014
218#

Yoke Press
Yoke x 10 x 4 sets
focused on speed

Bb Bench Press
176 x 30 x 3 sets

Bb Bench Press, rest pause at bottom -- count to 2
176 x 5
short rest
176 x 5
short rest
176 x 5
failed to lock out on the last rep


Thursday April 3, 2014

Pause Squat (count to 2 at bottom)
365 x 4 x 4 sets

Congrats on the progress.That's motivation to another old fart like me.

 

[woodswise]

Monday March 13, 2017
234#

Deadlift
525 x 3 x 6 reps

March 14
235
Strict Overhead Press
175 x 4 x 8 reps

March 16
234#
Front SSB Box Squat
325 x 3 x 12 (last set had a rest pause at 8 reps)

 

[woodswise]

Saturday Strongman, March 18, 2017

Axle Clean and Press
262 x 2; 3; 1;

Wagon Wheel Axle Deadlifts
605 x 2; 1; 1;

Farmer Carries
40 feet
250 each hand x 14.4 seconds and 10.7 seconds

Sand Bag Carry 40', Ski Erg 40 s., Sand Bag Carry 40'
220 x 1.31.7 s.; 1.24.0 s.


Monday March 20
Deadlift
234#
405 x 2 x 12
450 x 2 x 8

March 21
235#
Strict Overhead Press
205 x 6 x 3 reps

March 23
233#
SSB Front Box Squat
385 x 5 x 5

Saturday Strongman March 25
233#
Axle Clean and Press
250 x 1
270 x 0; 0
300 x 0
270 x 0 (failed to lock out)

Farmer Carries
260 x 40' in 8.9 s.; 8.9 s.

Sand Bag Carry x 80'
280 x 0; 0; 60'

Coach stood next to me on the last set and gave me three pointers that helped me get the 280# sand bag. If you look back you will see I failed to get the 220# sand bag just a couple weeks ago, so this was a huge (and almost unbelievable) improvement!