Strongman training for Tactical Games (TX_iron)

Training Logs
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Congratulations on the house! Are you still in the same area?

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Thanks Flatz!
Yeah we are actually only two streets down lol. Weā€™ve been living in a quadplex these last few years but like the area. Walking distance from the bay and downtown.

We checked out some spots in the burbs too but itā€™s just not for us.

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63

Iā€™m glad you didnā€™t have to move far from the water. Good luck with the move, I hope youā€™ve got plenty of helpers.

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Me too! Not sure if I could ever live without it man. Ha, almost too many which is a good problem to have

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3-9/10-19
Conditioning
Moved out of our 2nd story apt all day Saturday & Sunday. Great load & carry training. My adidas powerlift 3.1s came in handy.

Iā€™m bailing on the 100 rep challenge. Too much going on with the move and I hate it lol. Still going to finish off the cycle of course, but just getting it in where I can.

I have also been eyeing Soth Texas Strongest in SPI May 11, but I think Iā€™m going to hold-off in hopes that a comp appears in within a few hoursā€™ drive in June. Itā€™s a pretty heavy show, and weigh-ins are morning of. Iā€™m not competitive in the under 200 class, so Iā€™d have to either compete depleted or diet down - counter to my current long term goals.

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3-11-19
Bench Day
Bench
45x5
95x5
135x5
165x5
185x3
210x8 rpe 8 (est 266)
165x16,5,3 rest pause

Low incline DB press
45s rest pause

Incline chest press
100, 65 drop-set

Band push downs
Blue & green rest pause, blue dropset

NOTES
I feel like broing-our until our vacation. I hate resting in the gym, so rest pause & dropsets are my go-to for the assistance stuff. Iā€™m maintaining sanity between the sets of main work with mobility stuff. I tweaked my shoulder something fierce in rugby last week.

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3-12-19
Conditioning
Mowed the lawn with an old fashioned push mower wearing a 40-45lb vest. Took about 45 minutes

3-13-19
Deadlift Day
AM

Deads (conventional)
135x5
225x5
290x5
330x3
365x5

Strongman Sumo / chins
290x5x5

Grenade pull-ups for 10 though, PR

NOTES
Couldnā€™t get my lats packed and the bar kept drifting forward & back was rounding. I could have kept getting ugly reps but thatā€™s not what Iā€™m going for here. Hoping itā€™s just residual fatigue from AM training and conditioning yesterday.

Trying out the big boy pulls with wider stance and straps. I like it but need some work.

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Pi Day 2019
Conditioning
2 hours of rugby. I played back most of the time. Iā€™m scuffed to high hell, but Iā€™ll harden up. Still barely know what the fuck is going on lol. And I accidentally bought football cleats.

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3-16-19
push press / TRX facepulls
135x5
155x3
170x 20 total reps

DB incline
Landmine press

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3-18-19
1,000% Awesome - 1 (Cycle).3 (3s week)

AM
Front Squats / 2 Turkish get-ups / 2 box jumps
45x5
95x5
135x5
180x5
210x5 (belt from here)
240x5 - a little wobbly actually.

Push Press / chins
155x5 / 10
155x5 / 10
155x5 / 10
155x5 / 5
155x5

21-15-9
Tire flips / incline push-ups

NOTES:
Iā€™ve been wanting to run 1,000% for a while now. It seems like a well-rounded template, and one where you arenā€™t spending too much time in the gym; I was in and out in about 45 minutes.

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1,000% was a kick-ass summer time program for me, especially with the job I had at the time. Solid choice man.

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@mr.v3lv3t
Thanks for the insight man. Itā€™s been one of those thatā€™s been on my list for a while, just never found the right time to run it. What sort of progress did you have with it?

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No problem man. I hit a couple small PRs on the press and SSB squat by the end of it. Really it allowed me to work 12-14 hour days, many of them pretty physically demanding, and through some minor injuries, all while making progress.

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@mr.v3lv3t Thanks man. Way to go on the progress under demanding conditions! In a world of excuses, Iā€™m always impressed by people who make it happen.

That sounds exactly what Iā€™m hoping to get out of this. While Iā€™m not working 12s, with all of these new house projects and the addition of rugby I wanted a program where I could just get it in. Last time I did higher frequency front squats, my overhead went up to the highest itā€™s ever been (245x1), so Iā€™m hoping I can squeeze some juice. I have my fingers crossed that the fronts will drive my deadlift too.

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Hell yeah man. You definitely wonā€™t go backwards on this one, best of luck!

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3-20-19
AM
Deadlift / 2 Turkish get-ups / 2 broad jumps / 5 close neutral grip floor press @ 175

Deads, front squat stance
95x5
185x5
275x5
315x5
355x 1,3,1 - regular narrow stance

Low on time this am so Iā€™ll do assistance throughout the day.

NOTES
Awful workout. I honestly wasnā€™t sure if 355 was going to budge. Itā€™s been ages since 355 didnā€™t fly off the floor.

The only cause I can guess at is that I pulled both glute/ham tie-ins on the set of 315, and my body was restricting their use. Iā€™ve pulled narrowly for so long that moving my feet out is working long forgotten muscles.

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3-28-19
1,000% Awesome - 1 (Cycle).5 (5s week)
AM

Front squats
45x5
95x5
135x5
170x5
200x5
225x5

Push Press
155 5x5

105lb KB swings - 8,8,9
Pull-ups - sets of 5 between all sets
Dips - volume throughout the day

NOTES
Wild vacation. Wedding was Mexican/Colombian + Irish, in Cancun. My body has been through an absolute tequila & sun gauntlet, and I almost weighed in at 190 on Saturday from all of the sodium.

Really glad I did the 3s week last week, itā€™s nice to be able to limp into it.

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Haha. Bet your neighbors think your strange. Iā€™ve had people think that my weight vest was a bulletproof vest. They thought I was total jarhead dude. The worst weight vest exercise I could come up with is rope climbs. Itā€™s amazing what 40 lbs will do to you.

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Haha I best let them know Iā€™m weird off the bat. Yeah I always wonder what people think about it, but military guy seems like the easiest conclusion to draw.

No lie man. Also adding even a small amount of weight is humbling in that it gives you an idea of what being 20-40lbs heavier is really like.

Rope climbs? That sounds like it would get so hard so fast! Iā€™m looking to drape an old shipping rope over my tree so Iā€™ll have to give it a shot.

Hands-down the dumbest thing Iā€™ve ever done with it is weighted swims, I did them a lot one semester back in college. The fear of drowning in the deep end really makes you give 100% though lol. Im sure that the lifeguards at my university pool were not card carrying members of my fan club.

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3-31-19
PM
Double-down

Deadlift
135x5
225x5
275x5
275x5
295x5
335x5

Log
85x5
120x5
140x5
160x5

Axle bench / SSB / chins
75x5 / 65x5 (front)
185x5 / 155x5 (front)
185x5 / 225x5
185x5 / 215x5
185x5 / 215x5
185x5 / 215x5
185x5 / 215x5

Then did some belt squats and band triceps

NOTES
Had to combine workouts 2 and 3. I went back to pulling narrow stance and it flew off the floor. I want to bring in wider stance, but itā€™s going to need to be in a program with deadlift FSL work.

Iā€™m rusty on the log, and wasnā€™t getting consistent leg drive.

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This sounds exactly like me

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