I want to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas (even though you can bench more than me).
Merry Christmas to you and yours as well. And I don’t bench more than you by much.
12/23/17
Bench:
135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 3, 245 x 1, 315 x 2, 335 x 1, 365 x 1, 390 x 1, 395 x 1
Bench Against Band:
4 sets x 3 reps x 245
Bench:
225 x 10
Svend Press:
4 sets x 20 reps x 2-25s
Treadmill:
10 minutes / 59 calories
So Robbie tells me since it’s Christmas, I am free to do what I want. He still got involved, however, but it was not as insane. 390 went up well, so we decided to go for 395. It was solid, except I had to go to war with it all the way up.
Merry Christmas from one who’s content with a far lesser bench. Bought a pair of pushup handles for handstand pushups like the crossfit guys use.
12/24/17
Deadlift:
135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 3, 275 x 1, 370 x 1, 400 x 1, 435 x 3, 410 x 3, 380 x 5
Rack Pulls (from knees):
335 x 5, 425 x 3, 465 x 2, 510 x 1
Leg Curls:
4 sets x 10 reps x 130
Treadmill:
20 minutes / 129 calories
Week 6. Some Christmas Eve deadlifting. I put in two hours today, because I know I am going to eat a lot of crap in the next two days.
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Merry Christmas!
Thank you. I hope you had a Merry Christmas as well.
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12/26/17
Biceps Gauntlet
Concentration Curls:
4 sets x 10 reps x 35
Reverse DB Curls:
4 sets x 10 reps x 30
Cable Curls:
4 sets x 10 reps x 65
Pull Down:
10 reps x 10 sets x various (no rest)
Cable Extensions:
4 sets x 10 reps x 100
Kickouts:
4 sets x 15 reps x 35
Kickbacks:
4 sets x 10 reps x 40
I had a personal holiday to use at work, before the end of the year. Today was the day. Therefore I “slept in” and hit the gym at 7:00 AM rather than 5:00 AM. Things moved well and fast.
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12/29/17
Strongman Day
Seated Plate Lift:
4 sets x 15 reps x 45
Overhead Plate Carry:
4 sets x once around the gym x 45
Farmers’ Carry:
4 sets x once around the gym x 100 in each hand
Pull Ups:
5
5
BB Hold:
4 sets x 315
It is very icy here this morning. I almost fell on my ass a couple of times. Because of the road conditions, almost no one was at the gym. This gave me the chance to do my “once a month get in everyone’s way” lifts.
12/30/17
Bench:
135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 3, 245 x 1, 315 x 3, 345 x 2, 365 x 1, 400 x 1
Bench Against Band:
3 sets x 3 reps x 255
Floor Press (Smith Machine):
225 x 10
245 x 10
275 x 10
295 x 10
Svend Press:
4 sets x 50 reps x 3 plates (10s)
Things moved well today. There is no good place for floor presses, so the Smith Machine was it.
12/31/17
Deadlift:
135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 3, 275 x 1, 380 x 1, 470 x 1, 460 x 1, 420 x 1, 405 x 2, 380 x 3
Leg Curls:
5 sets x 10 reps x 130
Treadmill:
15 minutes / 88 calories
Week 7. Not a bad way to finish off 2017.
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1/1/18
Kroc Rows:
4 sets x 12 reps x 145
DB Side Raises:
4 sets x 10 reps x 40
Reverse OHP:
4 sets x 10 reps x 135
Face Pulls:
4 sets x 15 reps x 100
Seated Pulls:
4 sets x 10 reps x 265
Treadmill:
30 minutes / 228 calories
Not to try to be a New Year resolution person, but I am trying to clean up my diet starting today. The holidays have been rough. One of my sponsors set me up with a diet a couple years ago. I’m going to use it again now.
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You’re a sponsored athlete?
Happy new year. 460 deadlift is a good way to finish 2017.
Consistent, smart, injury free lifting here, along with a new job ought to make 2018 better than ever. Keep up the good, great work.
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Sort of. I have a local gym and a race track who sponsor me. On top of that I sometimes get free supplements from a regional company.
That’s pretty cool man. How did you get a sponsorship?
Just through people I know. I used to work with the lady who owns the gym. She has paid for my entry fees. I don’t even go to her gym. It’s in another town, about 50 miles away. All I’m required to do is where one of her shirts and take some pictures. The guy who owns the track is a gym buddy. He also promotes body building shows. I have worked for him as a judge at one of his shows. He hooked me up with the supplement company, because they sponsor one of his cars.
It’s not like I am making any money from them, but I do get free stuff, which is just as good.
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1/4/18
Pulldowns:
10 sets x 10 reps x various (no rest)
Cable Extensions:
4 sets x 10 reps x 100
Tate Press:
4 sets x 12 reps x 35
Kickbacks:
4 sets x 15 reps x 40
Poundstone Curls:
80
70
BB Strict Curls:
4 sets x 10 reps x 50
Reverse BB Curls:
4 sets x 15 reps x 40
Cable Curls:
4 sets x 10 reps x 65
The wife and I hit the gym last night after work for some cardio. I don’t like the 6:30 PM crowd, but the sweat was nice.
1/6/18
Bench:
135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 3, 245 x 1, 320 x 3, 345 x 1, 315 x 1, 365 x 1, 405 x 1, 225 x 10
Hammer Strength ISO Incline:
4 sets x 20 reps x 45 on each side
Treadmill:
15 minutes / 84 calories
2018’s off to a good start for you.