Never surrender........

[liftmonster]

Great introduction bud. I'm looking forward to following along.

Thank you, good bunch of people here seems like a great place to flourish.

 

[liftmonster]

Event training today at Hudson Valley Strength

18" deadlift with straps
245 x 5
335 x 3
425 x 2
515 x 2 belt added
565 x 1
605 x 1
655 x 0
605 x 1

Giant DB unless specified reps are each arm
95 x 1
115 x 2R, 1L
125 x 1
135 x 1R
135 x 2R
95 x 5

Stones to 54"
300 x 1
260 x 5

Triceps were killing me today from the volume of the log and accessory work from Friday. I feel like I could have done better all around, especially on the DB if I was 100%. All in all it was a good day of hard work.

 

[liftmonster]

Ok playing catch up, haven't been able to post in a couple days.

12/31

Squat
Bar x 10
135 x 10
185 x 10
225 5 x 10

Calf Raises
395 2 x 12

Started getting sick with a cold so cut the accessories short.

 

[liftmonster]

01/02

Bench
Bar x 10
135 x 10
160 5 x 10

Curls
40 3 x 8

Chest fly machine
110 3 x 8

 

[liftmonster]

01/05

We got a massive snow storm on Thursday, it was bad Friday am and I had to spend gym time moving snow. This morning I took my 5 year old to the gym to deadlift and log press.

Deadlift
Bar x 10
135 x 10
225 x 10
280 5 x 10

Log Press
105 x 10
125 x 5
140 x 5
150 3 x 10

DB Press
40 3 x 8

Lat Pulldowns
105 3 x 10

Sickness finally fading away. Felt good today to work out and not feel sick. My son was a treat playing with plates and DBS.

 

[marx]

Snow shoveling is a whole 'nother training routine...

Keep kicking ass, brother!

 

[liftmonster]

Agreed Brother! Sometimes I go HIIT with it. Shovel like mad for 20 seconds and take a few minutes to cool down! haha take that mother nature!

 

[liftmonster]

01/07

Squat day

bar x 10
135 x 10
210 x 5
240 x 5
260 3 x 10

calf raises
295 3 x 12

One Leg Press
225 2 x 12

Leg curl
80 3 x 10

Leg extension
80 3 x 10

Good day, still have some of this lingering sickness but I will have to motor through.

 

[liftmonster]

Chest day

01/08

Bench
Bar x 10
135 x 10
160 x 10
180 x 10, 10, 9 missed completing this set by 1 rep. Looks like sticking with this weight on the bench for a while in my program.

Curls
40 3 x 8

Tricep pull downs
60 x 8
50 2 x 8

Pec flyes
110 x 8
90 2 x 8
70 x 12
50 x 12

Chest press machine
80 x 8
60 2 x 8 set lower
60 2 x 12 hands on upright arms

Cable curls
40 4 x 8 varying positions

Great workout tonight, felt good to hit some muscle groups light and high rep. Feeling strong. Vikingfest is coming up on February 14th. The decision is too cut down to 200 or finally start taking lumps as a middleweight. Walking around at 215 now so right in the middle.

 

[Rottenrogue]

Were you at nats this year?

 

[liftmonster]

Were you at nats this year?

Nah Rogue the fall is a tough time for me to be taking time off work. We sell wood, gas and pellet stoves so it is hit or miss whether or not I can get away.

 

[liftmonster]

Overhead

01/09

Slater true log
105 x 10
125 x 5
140 x 3
160 x 1
170 x 8
I pushed pressed all these, my max log is done with a split jerk so no surprise I didn't surpass 10. All work is good work.

DB Presses
40 3 x 8

Face Pulls
50 3 x 10

Preacher Curls
55 3 x 10

Pec Flyes
70 x 12
140 x 12

Hack Squat
165 2 x 12

Good day, feels great to be back to 4 days at the gym again. The best part is going early in the am has been much better on my family and work. Nose to the grind in 2014.