new journal

[howimliving]

nice benching...

*******.

thanks...

richard whisky

[Woody-5]

Big repout with 215
Strong lockout with that 335 reverse band. Triceps of peace

[howimliving]

Big repout with 215
Strong lockout with that 335 reverse band. Triceps of peace

gjeah. reverse band and weighted dips have made a huge difference in lockout strength. now it's time to get strength off the chest caught up

[Raigs]

Well at least there is some lifting in here. Nice bench day. Like the 5/3/1 program alot myself

[howimliving]

july 22nd, 2014

legs

box squats @ parallel-5/3/1 week 1, day 2
45x10 warm up
135x10 warm up
185x5 warm up
215x5 (65%)
245x5(75%)
275x8 (AMRAP @ 85%)

reverse band squats
315x5
365x5
405x5
*bands provided 60lbs assistance out of the hole/slack at top ROM

standing single leg curl
45x12
70x10
90x8

walking lunges-barbell
2 sets of 135x15 strides per side

[howimliving]

Well at least there is some lifting in here. Nice bench day. Like the 5/3/1 program alot myself

where the fawk have you been?

[Raigs]

where the fawk have you been?

Work working and more work. Flipped a coin between stop journaling or lifting. 2/3 lifting came up

[howimliving]

july 24th, 2014

shoulders


seated OHP-5/3/1 week 1, day 3
45x10 warm up
95x8 warm up
120x5 (65%)
135x5 (75%)
150x10 (AMRAP @ 85%)

dumbbell side laterals
20x20
25x15
30x10

dumbbell front raises
35x12
40x10
45x8

barbell shrugs
225x15
275x15
315x10
365x10

[dopamine72]

Nice OHP, barbell shrugs are legit too, I need to start doing those more

[jjeane]

Excellent OHP rep out HIL!!

[MakeGoBoom]

My email lacks videos

Also you were right that book wasn't great. Awesome concept just not executed too well.

Also for a dude that's into kink the sex scene was piss poor

[Juicemw]

Nice ohp day dude. Why seated as opposed to standing? any reason in particular?

[Raigs]

Killer OHP Week 3 weight for that should be huge cant wait to see it

[howimliving]

Nice OHP, barbell shrugs are legit too, I need to start doing those more

thanks colin. i normally do dumbbell shrugs but switched it up for a little change

Excellent OHP rep out HIL!!

thanks jj. how was the rest of your vacation?

My email lacks videos

Also you were right that book wasn't great. Awesome concept just not executed too well.

Also for a dude that's into kink the sex scene was piss poor

soon.jpg

you're going to have to refresh my memory as to which book we were talking about

Nice ohp day dude. Why seated as opposed to standing? any reason in particular?

thanks man. basically, i'm a pussy but i had a lower back injury last year and standing OHP seems to irritate it like no other

Killer OHP Week 3 weight for that should be huge cant wait to see it

it should be good. i'll try not to disappoint

[howimliving]

july 28th, 2014

chest

flat barbell press-5/3/1 week 2, day 1
45x10 warm up
135x10 warm up
185x3 (70%)
210x3 (80%)
235X8 (AMRAP @ 90%)

reverse band flat barbell press
275x5
315x5
345x2
365xfailx1 (spotter helped 2nd rep)
*band provided 60lbs assistance off the chest/slack at top ROM

medium incline dumbbell fly
20x30
25x25
30x20
40x10

chin-ups
BWx8
BW+20x5
BW+30x5
BW+40x5
BWx8

training notes-
pretty good day but i ran out of time for some other movements i wanted to work in (rest/pause pressing and decline work)

non-training notes-
had a great weekend. played a tournament friday and shot 77 in the morning and 75 in the afternoon (+8 for 36 holes). placed 6th, which didn't pay anything but i was pretty happy with my results. we also had relatives from my wife's side of the family staying with us and we decided to do the entire mega-loop through yellowstone national park. left friday evening, got a short rafting trip in that evening (including moose and bald eagle sightings) and then spent saturday and sunday traveling, hiking and camping in the park. i had never done the entire loop in one trip and had forgot how incredible and huge the park is



we basically followed the route on the map but in a different order. we came in through the west entrance and went 6, 4, 7, 8, 2, 3, 5, 10, 1, 9 and then back out through the same entrance



another shot of the tetons from lower mesa falls



lower mesa falls



upper mesa falls



some interesting reading for my buddy RB



tower falls



terrace falls



hungry bear that was thrashing around, eating grubs and termites. my wife was not thrilled about my proximity for this pic

all in all, an epic weekend with loads of golfing, camping, hiking and sightseeing with great company

[howimliving]

and one last one. we got into old faithful right after dusk and missed it going off by about 15 minutes. we heard that watching it under moonlight is pretty cool so we roamed around trying to kill some time. i went into the visitor center before it closed to use the can and found the employee rec center-pretty fawking cool. the bedwetters wouldn't unlock the door to let me in so i had to snap the pics through the window but what a beautiful facility-basically a 20,000 square foot log cabin with a full size basketball/volley ball court and weight room inside of it



this is looking across the basketball court towards some dudes getting their bro curls in



pic from floor to ceiling. entire structure was log post and beam construction with tongue and groove finish work. absolutely beautiful. i really was bummed out they wouldn't let me in for a game of H-O-R-S-E

[metalmullisha]

^^^Pretty sweet pics homeslice.

[howimliving]

^^^Pretty sweet pics homeslice.

thanks ninja. can't wait til you're up here next year

[Woody-5]

Gorgeous pics my man

Strong bit of benching too! 8 reps @ 90% hnnnggg

[jjeane]

Rest of vacation was pretty good minus the escaped cow! Lucky me our neighbor caught her. She was pretty happy to see me when we got home.

Very nice x8 at 90%!! I think after my next competition I am going to run Macenko's again.

Okay, you any your awesome pictures. Hubs was asking me where I wanted to go on vacation and I said Idaho/Montana. Maybe we will come see you next yr!

[howimliving]

Gorgeous pics my man

Strong bit of benching too! 8 reps @ 90% hnnnggg

thanks man. the hike to tower falls was a tough one and one of the dude's with us ripped off a toenail on the way in. luckily he is an ER doc and had a backpack full of great meds

benching was pretty solid; disappointed i missed the 365 reverse band but maybe next week. i wish that AMRAP was a true 90% instead of 90% of 90% but i'll take it. i scaled back my true 1RM's for this cycle due to crazy schedule and golf. flame away MeMu

Rest of vacation was pretty good minus the escaped cow! Lucky me our neighbor caught her. She was pretty happy to see me when we got home.

Very nice x8 at 90%!! I think after my next competition I am going to run Macenko's again.

Okay, you any your awesome pictures. Hubs was asking me where I wanted to go on vacation and I said Idaho/Montana. Maybe we will come see you next yr!

macenko's eh? let me know your time frame and maybe we can run it together

PLEASE come up here next year-free room/board/vehicle/tour guide while you're here. i'll trade you for front squat lessons

[jjeane]

I was just showing my youngest your Yellowstone pictures. She was very impressed with your bear! Will work on hubs. He wants to come up that way as well. I am sure he would be MORE than willing to go fishing with you! And we can go lift at the dungeon. And I can try and give you some squat lessons! LOL!
Was thinking of running it after my competition in Oct. So maybe start mid to late Oct and finish before Christmas?

[MakeGoBoom]

Nice ohp day dude. Why seated as opposed to standing? any reason in particular?

He hurt his back and his shoulder mobility blows goats.

So instead of spending the time working on fixing his shoulders, so he can maintain proper spinal position, he sits on a chair.

That way his delts are strong but he lacks the body symmetry and function to actually lift anything over head in a standing position.

You know, because most time you lift something over your head you're sitting down. As it would be harder to stand up, use your legs and lift to chest level..... Obviously

Luckily shoulder mobility doesn't translate to anything else in lifting or life or he would have similar problems with lifts like front squat.

Kill the dead was the book I was referring to.

[howimliving]

Was thinking of running it after my competition in Oct. So maybe start mid to late Oct and finish before Christmas?

nothing like ending the year with a torturous peaking program. i'm in

He hurt his back and his shoulder mobility blows goats.

So instead of spending the time working on fixing his shoulders, so he can maintain proper spinal position, he sits on a chair.

That way his delts are strong but he lacks the body symmetry and function to actually lift anything over head in a standing position.

You know, because most time you lift something over your head you're sitting down. As it would be harder to stand up, use your legs and lift to chest level..... Obviously

Luckily shoulder mobility doesn't translate to anything else in lifting or life or he would have similar problems with lifts like front squat.

i hate the way you sugar coat everything. and while i agree with the majority of your post, the real life application, sans gym training, does not apply. if something is heavy and needs to be lifted above my head, a movement similar to a push press is used. i also try not to utilize the front squat method when giving piggy back rides in order to prevent crotch in my face

Kill the dead was the book I was referring to.

derp-my bad. yeah, book had great potential but disappointed on many levels. sex scene with a pro was definitely lackluster; pics would help tremendously

[RyouBakua]

cool pics man

waterfalls are great no matter where you are


wood cabin rec looks neat too

did you get to old faithful at night?

[metalmullisha]

He hurt his back and his shoulder mobility blows goats.

So instead of spending the time working on fixing his shoulders, so he can maintain proper spinal position, he sits on a chair.

That way his delts are strong but he lacks the body symmetry and function to actually lift anything over head in a standing position.

You know, because most time you lift something over your head you're sitting down. As it would be harder to stand up, use your legs and lift to chest level..... Obviously

Luckily shoulder mobility doesn't translate to anything else in lifting or life or he would have similar problems with lifts like front squat.

Kill the dead was the book I was referring to.

so much win. Lol

[howimliving]

cool pics man

waterfalls are great no matter where you are

wood cabin rec looks neat too

did you get to old faithful at night?

thanks man. yes, old faithful at night but not much moon. luckily it was a clear night and it was visible still

so much win. Lol

says the man that rarely does them not seated........

fairweather cawk sucker

[MakeGoBoom]

Its still the same movement , just adding leg drive. The only change really is the duration of the lift, which is what bothers your back in the end vs push press.



Stop being lazy *******

I said good day sir

[howimliving]

Stop being lazy *******

I said good day sir

you quit smoking again?

[MakeGoBoom]

you quit smoking again?

Never really started, was just a at that time thing.

Not being too serious with you. I do think you should do the mobility work before it becomes more of a problem . also that you're a lazy *******. What else is Jew though.

Also I got %100 disability rating somehow. So maybe I can stop out there sometime when we vacation and un-fcuk your front squat