Monday, 14 January
Back up to 224.4 today. Had a cheat meal Saturday (McDonald’s) so not overly surprising.
Given my new access to strongman stuff and a better gym I’ve decided to abandon Monolith and return to @Alpha’s LP in six-week blocks again; that’s two weeks 4x8, two weeks 5x5 and two weeks 10x3. So, new title (again).
I still really want to run Building the Monolith at some stage in my future but at this point I should be prioritising training for the contest. A 25-week prep is pretty long but I have a good bit of work to do.
Plus, I’m pretty fat, so giant sets and conditioning won’t hurt my chances of winning T-ransformation 2019.
Training
In and out in about 85m including warmup.
Warmup
200 pullaparts
100 dislocates
Agile Eight
Conditioning/Dynamic Warmup
Five rounds, 30s each:
Double KB snatch/barbell row/Airdyne/rest
Main Giant Sets
5x chinups*
8x clean & press @ 40kg**
20x bandy twisty thingies w/red band
5x chinups
8x strict press @ 45kg
20x bandy twisty thingies w/red band
4x chinups
8x strict press @ 47.5kg
20x bandy twisty thingies w/red band
5x chinups
8x press @ 50kg (PR)***
20x bandy twisty thingies w/red band
*These were AMRAP chinups, which is sad considering I’ve hit 8-10 before - though that was 20lbs lighter.
**I was going to take each rep from the floor but realised it would exhaust me too much to get an effective press workout in. I have cleans/clean & presses programmed in later this week so I switched to taking them from the rack.
***Push-pressed the last two of these, but 6x is still a rep PR for 50kg.
Assistance Giant Set
Three rounds:
12x DB row @ 35kg
10x incline bench @ 50kg
12x Russian twists w/15kg plate
Strongman Conditioning
10m EMOM: 2-3x axle continental clean & press @ 40kg
This wasn’t bad. First few sets were dreadful but it clicked a little midway through. Will definitely need to check out some videos and practice this, though.
Question for the strongmen here (@T3hPwnisher @flipcollar @strongmanvinny2 and anyone else): this axle has really aggressive knurling, whereas I believe that most comp axles are smooth and harder to grip.
Is it going to have a significant impact if I train with this? Worth my buying a metal pipe to emulate a smooth axle? Or am I overthinking it?