Becoming a HW Strongman

[austin.j.taylor]

....Also....forgot to mention that I became a real man yesterday. Stepped on the scale and she read "300.6".

Best accomplishment I have read in a journal all month.


Sorry Thad

[thom2355]

Why did I think you were "only" weighing 285???????????

inb4wadecallsyoutiny

Cuz that is what I told you/was what I weighed

I have been climbing from 285-290 range over the past couple months.

Best accomplishment I have read in a journal all month.

Sorry Thad

It is a shame about your having to run and be in shape and stuff....

[NC_Tarheel]

Sorry Thad

I thought you loved the way my man pouch bounced when I set up to bench......

[thom2355]

I thought you loved the way my man pouch bounced when I set up to bench......

Work on that pouch to solid belly mass conversion.

[thom2355]

RE Press

10" Log Clean & Press
*Clean Once

180 x 3
200 x 3
220 x 3
240 x 2, failed 3

*240 just took too much work to get the clean and the first two reps. A bit more split jerk practice with heavier weights and my goal of 270 is not far off.

CG Bench Press

185 + 50 Chain x 5
225 + 50 Chain x 5
245 + 50 Chain x 5

225 x 15

*Pretty pleased here. I am going to play around with the chain setup a bit to see what I like the best.

Goodwin Extensions

65 + Minis x 15 (3 sets)

Band Pressdown SS Lateral Raises

Light x 25/25 x 15 (3 sets)


Pretty happy with this training session. Just a bit more technique work with the log and I think I will be in a good spot to progress.

[NC_Tarheel]

Your progress on overhead has been fun to watch Paul...That sweatshirt log clean HAD to suck!!!


Interdasting with those Goodwins....

[thom2355]

Your progress on overhead has been fun to watch Paul...That sweatshirt log clean HAD to suck!!!


Interdasting with those Goodwins....

It is fun to do! I assure you that next week will consist of pressing in a t-shirt for my ME day. Not sure I can clean enough to ME press in a sweatshirt.

Goodwins are almost a little too silly to use, but they do give one helluva pump.

[bmontgomery87]

might try those goodwins just to do something different.

nice old school lil wayne you were bumpin'

[Black_Spit]

^ yeah Paul and I have some of the same taste in music. He's always playing stuff that's in my Spotify workout playlists...

I've never even seen those Goodwins before, but I'm going to be sure to try them. The best part about skulls is that stretch you get on the back of your tris on the long head. I bet the bands exponentially increase that effect.

[thom2355]

might try those goodwins just to do something different.

nice old school lil wayne you were bumpin'

^ yeah Paul and I have some of the same taste in music. He's always playing stuff that's in my Spotify workout playlists...

I've never even seen those Goodwins before, but I'm going to be sure to try them. The best part about skulls is that stretch you get on the back of your tris on the long head. I bet the bands exponentially increase that effect.

Lil' Wayne is great. Turns out he is kinda literate and humble too (if you listen to Jim Rome). Pretty much everything I have is stuff that was out in highschool/college when I played a lot of basketball. No racist, but there is a certain genre that dominates the basketball court speakers.

Teh Goodwins made my triceps teh jact.

[Black_Spit]

Same here- 2005'ish is pretty much my cutoff.

That's when I started listening to talk radio all day lol.

I lold hard recently when I heard someone refer to a late 90's rap song (can't remember which... Maybe something off of the Slim Shady LP) as OLDIES music. LOL

[thom2355]

Same here- 2005'ish is pretty much my cutoff.

That's when I started listening to talk radio all day lol.

I lold hard recently when I heard someone refer to a late 90's rap song (can't remember which... Maybe something off of the Slim Shady LP) as OLDIES music. LOL

Oldies is a bit premature. I think you have to be in the 20-25 year old starting point for that to take effect.

[NC_Tarheel]

Lil' Wayne is great. Turns out he is kinda literate and humble too (if you listen to Jim Rome). Pretty much everything I have is stuff that was out in highschool/college when I played a lot of basketball. No racist, but there is a certain genre that dominates the basketball court speakers.

Teh Goodwins made my triceps teh jact.

And you know I live for that pump brah...



I have the same playlist....just ten years previous to yours....

LOTS of Wu Tang
Biggie
Tu Pac
NWA
Too $hort (like how I spelled it correctly )


Unfortunately I can't play them a lot when I lift because I have kids with very sharp rememorizing skillzz

[dtaps24]

You should get a CD with WWE entrance music.

[austin.j.taylor]

I thought you loved the way my man pouch bounced when I set up to bench......

I do. I meant his bodyweight>>>>>your benching lately. Sorry again. I want to bulk so much its not even funny.

[dan_g_28]

Your progress on overhead has been fun to watch Paul...That sweatshirt log clean HAD to suck!!!


Interdasting with those Goodwins....

might try those goodwins just to do something different.

nice old school lil wayne you were bumpin'

^ yeah Paul and I have some of the same taste in music. He's always playing stuff that's in my Spotify workout playlists...

I've never even seen those Goodwins before, but I'm going to be sure to try them. The best part about skulls is that stretch you get on the back of your tris on the long head. I bet the bands exponentially increase that effect.

You guys do know he named after me, right? hehehe

[thom2355]

And you know I live for that pump brah...

I have the same playlist....just ten years previous to yours....

LOTS of Wu Tang
Biggie
Tu Pac
NWA
Too $hort (like how I spelled it correctly )


Unfortunately I can't play them a lot when I lift because I have kids with very sharp rememorizing skillzz

Put the kids to sleep....deadlift to Too $hort.

You should get a CD with WWE entrance music.

I have thought about this. I may peruse iTunes soon so that I can get a few songs. Problem is, I only really like the first 30 seconds of most of them....cuz that is what I associate with bit jact/tan dudes walking out to pyrotechnics and smoke with loud a** music blaring.

I do. I meant his bodyweight>>>>>your benching lately. Sorry again. I want to bulk so much its not even funny.

Eat more, jog less, stick it to the man.

You guys do know he named after me, right? hehehe

'Tis true.

[NC_Tarheel]

You guys do know he named after me, right? hehehe

Do you even platform???

[thom2355]

ME Squat

Squat

405 x 1
445 x 1
475 x 1
500 x 1

315 x 20

*Squatting felt terrible today. Form felt off, everything was forward, back was tight, yada, yada, yada....500 should have been faster and 1-2" lower, but it is a 35 lb PR. I made a deal with my self going into the day that if 500 was fast, we were going to push the weight up and my assistance work would be limited. If it was slow, I had to take another run at 315 x 20. Well, I wasn't quitting until blackout/failed rep....so I got it....but it f*cking sucked.

Also....thanks for saying "get him back in the ocean" Dan. Makes me feel great about my weight that I am so self conscious about.

GHR

4 sets of 3-5

*Did these much closer to properly. F*ck they were hard.


Overall, not a terrible day. Could have been better, but productive nonetheless. Went down to Fe to train with Dan and Greg. Brought one of my buddies from college (Kyle) over as he is looking to train somewhere a little more intense. I think he would be a good fit with Dan and Greg and hope that works out so that there may be two 500 lb benchers in Fe.

[Black_Spit]

Like you said, could have used another inch for depth but that's why it's called training. Good work and solid PR man. Hitting a 500 squat is a good feeling.

[bmontgomery87]

You should get a CD with WWE entrance music.

I used to have one hahah.

Most of my gym mix is older stuff, as music sucks these days
I've got a station for:
Ice Cube (you get NWA and biggie)
DMX (plays a ton of tupac as well)

And my metal is the Killswitch Engage station. One of the few metal bands that don't suck 2.5 dicks on a regular basis

[bmontgomery87]

nice job on the hefty squat PR. and the 315x20

loled at the "fan him off, get him back in the ocean"

[HARRYBEAST]

Congrats on the 500lbs but for me the 315x20 was way more impressive. Very nice work on both!

[bigwade800]

Like you said, could have used another inch for depth but that's why it's called training. Good work and solid PR man. Hitting a 500 squat is a good feeling.

plenty deep in the SPF....

Good effort on that squat!

[thom2355]

Like you said, could have used another inch for depth but that's why it's called training. Good work and solid PR man. Hitting a 500 squat is a good feeling.

It did feel good to hit 500, but man everything just felt off. Either way, the train isn't stopping at 500, so it is nothing but a stepping stone anyways.

I used to have one hahah.

Most of my gym mix is older stuff, as music sucks these days
I've got a station for:
Ice Cube (you get NWA and biggie)
DMX (plays a ton of tupac as well)

And my metal is the Killswitch Engage station. One of the few metal bands that don't suck 2.5 dicks on a regular basis

Metal sucks.

nice job on the hefty squat PR. and the 315x20

loled at the "fan him off, get him back in the ocean"

Thank you.

Don't encourage DanG. He later told me that his plan was to shove something in his pants to give the appearance of an erection whilst spotting the 500....so yeah, encouragement of his shenanigans is not needed.

Congrats on the 500lbs but for me the 315x20 was way more impressive. Very nice work on both!

Thank you....my quads/hamstrings are not so happy though.

plenty deep in the SPF....

Good effort on that squat!

Haha! Too deep in strongman!

Thanks Wade.

[bmontgomery87]

lofl @ him having a fake boner while spotting you. I may do that on my next bench handoff. Will film today.


Metal does suck pretty hard these days. I can't argue with it. There's a handful of bands that manage to make decent music with some clean vocals at times, Killswitch is one of them.

[NC_Tarheel]

Nice job Paul!!!

[thom2355]

lofl @ him having a fake boner while spotting you. I may do that on my next bench handoff. Will film today.

Metal does suck pretty hard these days. I can't argue with it. There's a handful of bands that manage to make decent music with some clean vocals at times, Killswitch is one of them.

Don't go messing with the lifter now. If you bench with one....that would be more funny.

Nah....metal just sucks period.

Nice job Paul!!!

Thanks sir.



I went to the campus surplus store today and snagged a set of "jerk stand" type attachments for a power rack. Just a couple arms that come off the front so you can fit a log or whatever on them....hopefully the fit my rack. If not, I paid $8 for them....so worth the chance.

[FrmrHoss]

And there it is, 500 all day sir.

[thom2355]

And there it is, 500 all day sir.

Indeed. Will be betterer next time though.



Well....I am about to clock out of work until 1/2/13....I may be in here sporadically in that time, but not too often. I would like to wish everyone in here a Merry Christmas (or any other holiday you observe) and a Happy New Year.