The Weeds Journey

[AllTheWay]

what other back exercises are you doing? have you tried alternating your hand position on you pullups?

 

[Like_a_Weed]

I do deadlift, bent row, wide grip pullups. I don't do alot of exercises I guess. Chest: incline press or incline db press, triceps: occasionally close grip incline, biceps: nothing in weeks. I like the basics. My workouts are based on the overhead press, squat, deadlift. If I add anything it'll be more sets of those basics. Seems to work good, but really frustrating I'm not getting more pullups. One thing I have considered is that I've added alot of weight to my body and pretty much have the same pullup strength as before, when I weighed 175, I could do 15-20 chins, 10-12 pullups, and 4 or 5 wide grip pullups, which is pretty much exactly where I'm at now, so I guess the muscles are stronger and if I dropped weight I'd be way ahead of my old numbers. I really wanna do sets of 10-12 on wide grip, I'm pretty lean, couldn't be more that about 12% bf, I'm naturally pretty lean and gotta work at being this fat.

 

[Like_a_Weed]

5/27
Hang clean 135,155,165,175,185x5
Deadlift 335,355,375x5
Bodyweight leg curl negatives 2x5
Farmers walk 3x?' w/150# handles
Those are pretty fun, I want to do one strongman event per workout. Prowler with squat, farmers or a drag w/deadlift, one upper body day with the log, the other a rope drag.

 

[Like_a_Weed]

5/29
Push press 175,185x3 195x4 alt w/
Wide pullups 4x5
Incline db press 60,70,80x10 90x9.5 wanted ten
Alt w/
Bent row 135,185x10 205 2x8
2 sets of db rotator thing I saw a trainer having a guy do. I need to put more effort into rotator work, my rights achin a bit and I don't wanna go back to where it once was.
2x Rope sled pull with thick rope 250+lb sled, 100+ feet
I liked this alot, great upper body pump from my traps to my forearms.

 

[AllTheWay]

wise decision to do some prevention instead of rehab after the fact!

 

[Like_a_Weed]

Nice new avatar, looking good!

6/1
Hang snatch 5x3 95
Hang snatch/overhead squat 3x3 95
Box squat 225,235,250x3
Snatch pull 5x3 135 I don't like these
RDL 225x8 275 3x5 alt w/
Power shrugs 225x8 275 3x5
Rotational ab work 4 sets

 

[Like_a_Weed]

6/3
Incline press 230,245,260x3
Wide pullup 3x5 ready to start shooting for 6's
Log press 130x10 150x8 170x5,5,5
Chins 0x10 25x5,5,5
Face pulls 30,35,40x12

 

[Like_a_Weed]

6/5
Hang clean 95,135,165 all 3x3
Power clean 165,185 3x3 205 3x1 any higher would be ugly
Front squat:
Bar on fingers/delts 135 3x5 ouch
Gotta work on getting my wrists flexible enough to to these right
No hands 185 3x5
Clean pull 185 x5 225 5x3
Power shrug 225x10 295 3x5 if I get straps I could go higher
Lunge 95x10
Side to side squat 95x10 was gonna do more but strained something in my hamstring/ass area and had to stop

 

[AllTheWay]

i have a hard time with holding the bar on front squats as well. it is very hard on my wrists.

no bueno on the ass strain!

 

[Like_a_Weed]

Luckily today my ass/hammy region is a-ok. I am terribly sore though. I loved that workout. I think adding creatine was a good move. Weight was 229. I want to go no higher that 245-250 so I can make middleweight at strongman. I think I will be the tallest middleweight around.

 

[AllTheWay]

glad to hear that the hammy and ass are fine!

i need to get back on creatine. been over 6 months since i have taken it. it helped me a ton the last time i took it!

 

[Like_a_Weed]

It's definately great for long sessions. Less strength lost set to set. Last time I took it was about 8 years ago prior to a competition and I hit PR's in just about every event, even though I had just gotten over a flu and lost 10 pounds. I feel like I've been missing out. Great stuff.