Sleep would have probably been more beneficial than squats but these knees ain't gonna disappear by themselves
Front squat
135x5
225x3
285x3
315x3
335x1 felt hard..... I can hit this for an easy 5
decided to punish myself for feeling weak.
body weight on bar back squats (185)
hanging leg raise
2x12
3x20 it wasn't hard but i literally feel down walking up my stairs to go to the shower. I want to do a set of 100 one day when I really hate myself. Work is going to be wonderful today with 2.5 hours of sleep and SORE legs but it's all worth it. Celebrating done! 26 was by far my favorite year yet but 27 has been just amazing so far. I got big goals this year and I will make them all happen
Saturday...... Wake up my whole body hurts my head feels cloudy and a bit disconnected from my body. Between winning my highland games which made my upper back hurt down to the bone the deadlifts on Thursday made the rest of my body feel the same way. Yup I must be 5 weeks out from a contest feels about right.
Big breakfast 4 cups of coffee 2 scoops of Max Force and lets go
It got up to almost 100* at my house it was rough but hey i got to work on my much needed tan!
Axle press
tried cleaning it but it just jacked my wrist up so i went out of the rack again and mummified my wrists like I have been doing.
123x5
173x3
203x3 felt heavy..... great
223x9 got a decent rhythm still felt a little off missed the 10th which would have been a 10lb pr over last week which felt EASY i feel beat up and as my upper back tired my rack got lower so thats why i missed the 10th. Happy it went as well as it did
Yoke 60ft
330x1
470x2 this felt shitty
660x about 10ft knew i didn't have it in me today. I did 600 no belt 2 weeks ago so yoke is better just need to train it smarter
Keg carry
WA strongest Apple has a keg carry and load 4 kegs 180,200,220,250 staggered from 10-25ft away and loaded onto a 50" platform. All i have right now is a 250 keg so I
went carry it
25ft mock load
20ft mock load
16ft mock load
12ft mock load
felt pretty easy
waited awhile
carried it 100+ft back to the garage. damn near sprinted with it. I remember last time I was in the 175s a 250 keg i had to waddle with now it feels like play weight
Went out for my birthday and had a lot of fun! Met a lot of new people. When your short it happens every time when people have heard about me or seen pictures they always think I am going to be bigger than I am lol. Nope I am 5'6 on tall days and just over 180lbs. I'm built like an action figure just actual size .
I think I've done more celebrating for this birthday than any other going out to dinner at my favorite restaurant tonight then I am back on the grind. this cycle of training will be amazing I've gotten lean for me now it is time to get shredded brah and stronger than ever.......
This was Thursday. Good ole week 4 of coan/philipi deadlift routine when you want too increase your deadlift by another 40lbs. Is fucking tough, it sucks it makes you feel like dog shit for a week and that is if you actually get the reps in......
BW 182
Deadlift
135x5
135x3
225x3
315x3
365x2
425x2
485x2
545x2
455 3x3
stiff legs
365 3x3
25lb medcine ball slams
50 in 83 seconds (pr lol)
I missed 545 the first time and got my head right i decided to pull till i die and it went up...... very exhausting and taxing workout. So exhausting it took me 3 days to write it down
A few years ago I decided to just have fun with strength sports. I just did whatever comps I felt like. Powerlifting, Highland, Highlander, Strongman, etc. This was a blast and I loved the highland games, more laid back attitude and most of all the people. I met some great friends at the games!
What it all made me realize though is how strongman is and will always be what does it for me even though it is by far the most demanding and hardest on the body. You just can't get the same feeling of euphoria from complete exhaustion, pain and accomplishment that deadlifting a car or pulling a semi truck gives you by throwing a rock. Last year I decided to get focused and concrete on trying to be great at one thing and not mediocre at a few.
Luckily I have a long time between comps right now and I really missed hanging with some of my best friends so I was able to go up to Ardenwood and throw on Saturday.
I was real rusty and 1 or 2 days of practicing throwing would have done me good (mainly on hammer) but I wanted to take away as little as possible from my strongman training. I was already missing an event day.
The ride up was nothing but laughs stopping along the way to pick up Tony and Lucian. Seeing what Portlandia food Lucian brought with him and Tony scolding his mouth not realizing how hot Lucian keeps his hippie tea and being pissed about it the rest of the day.
Quick recap Results from Ardenwood Highland games. Braemer 26.9 PR +1'2" Open stone 30'9" PR +9" Light Weight for distace 41'7" PR + 8'7" Light Hammer 66'1" PR+ 4' hit 12' on weight for height. Had more height but wasn't making it go over the bar
All in all a good day, stones felt good and the LWFD pr was super surprising. Pretty much everything after lunch felt awful. I did those dumb Ardenwood stones farmers walk again and all it did was make me angry. They suck for everyone but suck even more if your short and wide like me. I hate hammer, I really really hate hammer. my Heavy hammer sucked so bad but somehow I managed a pr in the light hammer.
WOB was fun and I just wanted to leave by the time the caber came around. Can't lie it made me want to practice a bit and do another one
Was in a great mood all day. Had a bunch of caffeiene only had to work a half day at work then as I am getting ready to dead 405 i get a knock on my door about my dogs and it made my good mood go away quickly......
135x5
225x5
315x3
405x2
455x2
515x2 BLAH
felt like crap but I did it.......
425 3x3
also felt like crap
Had zero motivation today I actually drank my pre workout and took a nap, woke up drank some more and finally got going around 1:30. Got a shirt from my sponsor too!
Axle press out the rack going off a 253 training max
123x5
123x5
173x5
193x5
213x10 easy, Haven't done axle in while so its a PR
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