Becoming Canis dirus - SvenG's Training Log

Fixed that for you

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:sweat_smile:
But calf raises are easier!
I literally live on a hill so you think my excuses for avoiding them would have run out by now lol

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Seriously mate, nothing grew my calfs better than running and running hills was always the best kind of running. 10 repeats, run up 100-200m fast at 70-80% and walk down. Thats your daily conditioning and calf work sorted.

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Ugh.

I really should try this… Running of any sort hasn’t featured in my training since the schedule shift with my new job last fall, and every time I think about how I’m NOT running, I hear @kdjohn in my head:

I live at the top of a hill, so I could easily take advantage of this, too:

Maybe after my trip abroad?

(And now you know exactly what’s going to happen…)

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Have you ever tried being enormously fat? I credit my sexy calves to all my time walking around at 250+.

There’s a reason every guy riding a scooter around the grocery store still has better calf development than 99% of gym goers

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Honestly … NO.

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Well there’s your problem

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I am happy with my calves, its @SvenG and @Deadliftnstill that need to get eating more. LOL

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There’s a bloke I work with whose 60 something and does a marathon a month, he’s on something like 112 in total. Showed me some bruising he had on his leg and his calves are the size of my head. I’d still rather shit in my hands and clap then do a marathon a month though

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Haha eating has never been the issue!
Nah you’re right, my calves were always poppin when i played more footy with all the running/sprinting.

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5x5/3/1 Anchor - c25w2d2

Monday - 29 May 2023
Workout: Squat, 0945-1055 (70 minutes)

Indigo-3G - 0929
Surge - 0958-1038

Warm-up
Throws + jumps

Begin: 1005; End: 1049; Duration: 44 minutes
Squat - 105x5, 135x5, 165x5 | 195x5, 225x5 | (255x5)x5
Pull-up - BW - 12, 12, 6
Dip - 75 lbs - 12, 12, 6
HLR - 20, 10
BPA - red - 10 high + 10 mid + 10 low
Push-up - 30
Good morning - 145 - 15, 10

Assistance totals:
Push - 60 reps
Pull - 60 reps
Single-leg/core - 55 reps

Semi-fasted: black coffee upon waking, then Indigo-3G and Surge as above.

Slept well past 0700 and woke up WITH my wife! That was heaven, and well-worth all of the inertia being “off schedule” imposed for the remainder of the morning.

This workout was a lot harder than it should’ve been, but I felt much better coming out than I did going in, so that’s a win. Warm-up sets in 10 minutes, main work in 9 minutes, 5x5 top sets in 18 minutes, assistance superset throughout.

I posted these over in the #t-ransformation2023 thread (@TrainForPain), but here are my “after” shots on this US Memorial Day holiday taken just before today’s squat workout:

And the side-by-sides or whatever you call it, with pictures from 01 January 2023 in the top row, and those from today in the bottom row:

You can read what I had to say over there, if you’re so inclined, but I’m actually pretty happy with where I am at the moment, all things considered.

Don’t get me wrong: There’s work to be done. (There’s always work to be done!) But I’m not unsatisfied with the progress I’ve made so far in 2023, so here’s a flexed photo taken just after today’s squat workout to celebrate that:

Okay, cool—celebration over.

There’s just over 7 months left in 2023… Can you imagine how much MORE PROGRESS we can make in 7 months!?!

Let’s not stop now, folks! Let’s go get it!

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Leaving out the quad pump, questionable tactics!

Joking aside there is definite progress there from an already stellar physique, great work

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Nice job! Back looking especially good!

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couldn’t button the top button of the dress shirt

:wink:

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@heretolog, @AF787V2, @throwawayfitness - Thanks, guys! I appreciate you dropping in to comment.

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5x5/3/1 Anchor - c25w2d2

Monday - 29 May 2023
Workout: Extra conditioning, 1555-1630 (35 minutes)

The Chief WOD - 5x(3-minute AMRAP, 1-minute rest)
3 power cleans - 95 lbs
6 push-ups
9 air squats
Rounds: 3 + 9 reps, 4 + 0 reps, 4 + 1 rep, 4 + 2 reps, 4 + 1 rep

3 power cleans don’t sound like much, then you find your self dying in Round 12 or 13 or something…

Took me a round or so to really get going, and I had an extra rep on 3 of those later rounds, but the bar wasn’t down on the ground before the timer expired, so they don’t count.

Either way, that’s a burner!

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5x5/3/1 Anchor - c25w2d3

Tuesday - 30 May 2023
Workout: Press, 0515-0620 (65 minutes)

Indigo-3G - 0500
Surge - 0530-0612

Warm-up
Throws + jumps

Begin: 0537; End: 0618; Duration: 41 minutes
Press - 50x5, 60x5, 75x5 | 85x5, 100x5 | (115x5)x5
Decline DB press - 2x65 lbs - 17, 13
Chin-up - 25 lbs - 12, 12, 6
Ab wheel - ramp (19) - 18, 12
Band pushdown - red - 30
BFP - red - 30
Bulgarian split squat - L/R - 2x30 lbs - 15, 10

Assistance totals:
Push - 60 reps
Pull - 60 reps
Single-leg/core - 55 reps

Semi-fasted: black coffee upon waking, then Indigo-3G and Surge as above.

Dead tired, but felt pretty good considering. Top sets moved well. Warm-up sets in 12 minutes, main work in 9 minutes, 5x5 top sets in 18 minutes, assistance superset throughout.

Looking to get in some more pressing, so I’ve got the (Modified) Jack WOD planned for this afternoon.

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Looking jacked man. Hard work is paying off!

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@shaneinga - Thanks, my man—I appreciate that!

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5x5/3/1 Anchor - c25w2d3

Tuesday - 30 May 2023
Workout: Extra conditioning, 1630-1505 (35 minutes)

(Modified) Jack WOD - AMRAP, 20 minutes
10 push presses - 115 lbs
10 KB swings - 28 kg
10 box jumps - 30-inch
Rounds: 8 + 20 (9 full rounds in +1:16)

Missed my first box jump today:

My toes either slipped off or just barely missed—not sure which—and I scraped my shin hard against the edge of the box from just above my ankle almost all the way to my knee. Ugh!

It’s too bad, too, because I made 10 more reps in 20 minutes than last time, and I was set to finish up those last 10 reps super quick… A little too quickly, I guess!

Anyway, I lost time just trying not to gnaw my right leg off after that miss—I honestly think that would’ve been less painful—but we carry on!

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