'Living The Ironlife' - In search of the 600lb+ Deadlift And Arrogance

[Ironlife]

It seems the ove has given up on training

No, will resume training on october 10th when i graduate, involved in intense training currently academically and physically. 13+ hr days, i am just exhausted by end of each day and training heavy would be silly and risk injury since i cant focus. So i train light still but not worth posting, hope you guys are all training well and i cant wait to get my life back and resume heavy training again soon enough with journalling!

[Woody-5]

Awesome to see an update!
Anxious to hear about the training you've been doing
Finish strong! Oct 10 is just around the corner!

[Jrahe42]

No, will resume training on october 10th when i graduate, involved in intense training currently academically and physically. 13+ hr days, i am just exhausted by end of each day and training heavy would be silly and risk injury since i cant focus. So i train light still but not worth posting, hope you guys are all training well and i cant wait to get my life back and resume heavy training again soon enough with journalling!

Congrats my aussie bro its the 10th in victoria australia if my memory serves correctly thats where you lived

[dopamine72]

Congrats my aussie bro its the 10th in victoria australia if my memory serves correctly thats where you lived

Strong bump.

I agree. Its the 10th bro. Now go deadlift pls. K thx bai.

[Ironlife]

Thanks for the support guys, feels amazing getting back to proper training. Knee is sore every now and then but working round it. Weights are heavy enough but training 4x week and rebuilding. Hitting squats tomorrow hope to hit a single around 325 ish. Then back off paused reps. Ill update tomorrow. Hope all of u are smashing prs

[MWheatley]

Thanks for the support guys, feels amazing getting back to proper training. Knee is sore every now and then but working round it. Weights are heavy enough but training 4x week and rebuilding. Hitting squats tomorrow hope to hit a single around 325 ish. Then back off paused reps. Ill update tomorrow. Hope all of u are smashing prs

Glad to see you're still lifting and knee is coming around. How has the upper body training been going?

[DominationStation]

In.

[Ironlife]

Glad to see you're still lifting and knee is coming around. How has the upper body training been going?

Thanks mate, just got back into proper lifting only 2 weeks or so ago. Hadn't been training since training for my job. Been intense 3 months of exams, physical exercise and running. Just after 12-13 hr days i had nothing left to train with weights. Since i finished up with all my studies i am free to get back my life! Lifts are low lol but they will bounce back. Hope your training has been well

In.

Thanks kid, training today

[Woody-5]

Awww yea he's back!!
Anxious to see some sessions!


How was graduation?

[Ironlife]

Awww yea he's back!!
Anxious to see some sessions!


How was graduation?

Good mate, the recruitment process and training was insane. I learned to work hard, studying long hours and always being switched on. Exams avg mark was 90% ish.. so pretty happy to dedicate myself so much. Time to get my life back though and enjoy getting stronger again and balancing work life/ weights. How have you been? any good milestones in last 3 months

[Ironlife]

HEAVY LOWER



TIME----------- Day
WEATHER----------22cC
MIND---------------8/10



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NOTES

--Been training last 2 weeks pretty hard, but still only getting stronger pretty much in the last week. Felt good today, squats feeling quite comfortable and smoother. Hit some singles as planned, but instead of back off sets of heavy paused reps, i just chose to go with a high rep set at 225. Which anything over 15 reps really made me work for it. I planned to stop at 15. But something inside me lit up, and told me do not put that weight down UNTIL you hit at least one more! I came up with the 16th and low back was burning, legs were burning, hamstrings were in pain. But i did 1 more for good measure. Gotto build to 20 on these. Knee didnt like the high reps but fuk the knee. Still sore but managing to work around it all the time now.








Warm Ups

-Light Lat Pull down--65x20 reps





Squats
135x6
225x2
275x2
315x1
325x1 (wraps)
330x1 (wraps)

Back Off Set
225x17 (no wraps)

--Upped volume weight a bit from last week, and this was good. Heavier and had to concentrate a lot more.


Light DB Swings
55x15
55x15

--Nice work to get the blood around the body after all the low body was sore


Light Lat Pulldown
65x15
65x15

--Back got tight from the high rep set, but this stretched and helped a lot

[dopamine72]

Knee didnt like the high reps but fuk the knee.

lol'd

Nice to see a squatting sesh bro. Singles are always fun. Liked that backoff set too. I hate anything over 5 reps on squats so that's some good cardio you did. Like the EDM music too.

[Ironlife]

lol'd

Nice to see a squatting sesh bro. Singles are always fun. Liked that backoff set too. I hate anything over 5 reps on squats so that's some good cardio you did. Like the EDM music too.

Thanks man, was good session. Upped the eating since i got slack, upped to 4,500 cals daily. Heaps of shakes and high protein.

Anything over 5 is horrible lol

[Woody-5]

Fine session dude! That 330 squat flew up!
Sick repout with 225! anything over 5 sucks, but 17? damn!

What's the BW at these days?

Good mate, the recruitment process and training was insane. I learned to work hard, studying long hours and always being switched on. Exams avg mark was 90% ish.. so pretty happy to dedicate myself so much. Time to get my life back though and enjoy getting stronger again and balancing work life/ weights. How have you been? any good milestones in last 3 months

that's awesome, must feel good to have gone through that! Any timeframe on employment?

Just finished up the summer cut, working on the reverse diet so I can get more food and build up for the winter. maxed squat and bench last week, hit 365 sq and 315 bench both at 175 BW. Not all time PRs, but definitely PRs at that low of a BW

[wishiwasdivin]

Welcome back brotha

Nice job squatting 330 then reppin 225x17

[MWheatley]

Great to see you back on the grind my friend, wasting no time putting yourself to work especially on that backoff 225 set!

[Ironlife]

Fine session dude! That 330 squat flew up!
Sick repout with 225! anything over 5 sucks, but 17? damn!

What's the BW at these days?


that's awesome, must feel good to have gone through that! Any timeframe on employment?

Just finished up the summer cut, working on the reverse diet so I can get more food and build up for the winter. maxed squat and bench last week, hit 365 sq and 315 bench both at 175 BW. Not all time PRs, but definitely PRs at that low of a BW

Thanks woody mate, it felt slow but wasnt too bad looking back on it.

BW is around 203 now, dropped down to 196lb though. Want to get to 210lb. Eating it good last 3 weeks, eating 4.5- 5k day some heavy training days and loading up some good eats. I have been neglecting stretching a bit which is my own fault.

Yeh mate, so i start working nights which will begin Monday! Should be good working hours for me too, 5pm -2 am. so not bad. Good pay, close to 60k. So looking forward to it. But not going to let it consume my life.

Good job on the cut, and wow at the amazing 315 @ 175lb scary strong.

Welcome back brotha

Nice job squatting 330 then reppin 225x17

Thanks mah man, was fun session thats for sure and feels good being back

Great to see you back on the grind my friend, wasting no time putting yourself to work especially on that backoff 225 set!

Cheers man, appreciate it.

I thought no mucking round with anything under 3 plates for a single, time to load up and push forward. The body can learn to love heavy lifting again

[DominationStation]

Very impressive 225 set Ove. Given your history, taking the "f*ck the knee" approach sounds questionable--but then again, who am I to talk?

[Ironlife]

HEAVY UPPER



TIME----------- night
WEATHER----------16C
MIND---------------8/10



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NOTES

--Good session, smashed out some benching,. this lift went down massively and only trying to rebuild with some moderate - heavy work but nothing where its severe grinding.. I hit some solid rep work overhead and then sticking to easy reps after. Im sticking to 135 on OHP for a while till i can use it as play weight again for high rep sets.








Warm Ups

-Light Lat Pull down--65x20 reps





Bench Press
135x6
185x3
200x3
225x1
245x1 ---> more reps but stuck to single

(Back Off Set)
225x6 ---> more but tough
225x5
225x5


--Moving up still in weight and reps


SOHP
135x7 --->more
135x4
135x4
135x4

This lift is starting to feel much stronger using submaximal weight


Light Lat Pull Down
65x25

--Should have gone heavier last night on these but wanted to take it light and easy. Felt soothing

[dopamine72]

Interesting take on your SOHP plan. Not sure if I would do the same. For me personally strength builds reps. Therefor if I stick to the same weight I can't increase my rep strength as much as increasing overall weight would. If that makes sense.

Not sure what weight you were using on your layoff but to be able to rep 225 like that on bench after a heavier singles is a good sign to me! Nice work bro.

[Woody-5]

awesome benching dude! Good to hear there was more in the tank on that 245 single. Awesome back off sets with 225, nice to get some volume in!
Throwing around 135 Overhead for some nice reps after the bench work is kickass!

[MatTheCur]

That was a great press session, sir! Have you considered possibly microloading, so that you're always pushing forward, but not at 5lb jumps?

[jshaw5]

Hell yeah Chris, welcome back!!! Congrats on the graduation. What's the next step school/career wise?

Awesome to see you back lifting again. The lifts might be relatively low, but they're gonna shoot back up, especially since it sounds like you stayed in shape with other training, just didn't do any heavy lifting. What is your weight now?

[MWheatley]

Good shiit man you still have some solid pressing power. Those numbers should climb back up quickly for you.

[Ironlife]

VOLUME UPPER



TIME----------- night
WEATHER----------19C
MIND---------------8/10



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NOTES

--[i]Had to work last 2 nights, long shifts but was good. I hit some lighter squats the other night Build up to 315x1 and some back off sets at 275. Nothing huge, then some light pullthroughs. That should keep me going for HEAVY lower day. I trained Thurs Morning and this is this session listed. Got in some good work, once again not huge numbers but feeling stronger.Heavy squats tonight!!!!








Warm Ups

-Light Lat Pull down--65x20 reps





Bench Press
135x6
185x3
205x6
205x6
205x6 ----> much more

Back Off Sets

225x1
250x1 ---> more

-Moving up still in weight and reps


SOHP
135x1
155x1
165x1 ---> much more @6.5
135x6

Getting better!!


Lat Pull Down
100x10
135x8
145x8
145x8

Barbell Curls
65x15
65x15

[Ironlife]

Interesting take on your SOHP plan. Not sure if I would do the same. For me personally strength builds reps. Therefor if I stick to the same weight I can't increase my rep strength as much as increasing overall weight would. If that makes sense.

Not sure what weight you were using on your layoff but to be able to rep 225 like that on bench after a heavier singles is a good sign to me! Nice work bro.

Thanks man, its not a real long term plan for now. Im trying to just get work in and reps in and take advantage of having no real structure for the next month or so. I feel i can still add strength and have been getting stonger just mucking round a bit with rep and sets schemes. But it will only last for about a month or so then it will be back to proper structure in terms of % and sets and reps. This is by no means a permanent change in my programming. Ill settle down soon enough.

Love being back bro, should be good to get our deads back into high 500s

awesome benching dude! Good to hear there was more in the tank on that 245 single. Awesome back off sets with 225, nice to get some volume in!
Throwing around 135 Overhead for some nice reps after the bench work is kickass!

Cheers, woody.

Appreciate the words, just trying to rebuild and slowy push upwards with no real structure but even though this is only going to last another month or so, by that time my numbers will be up around 90% again and i can re program properly!

That was a great press session, sir! Have you considered possibly microloading, so that you're always pushing forward, but not at 5lb jumps?

I have my man!,. i have micro plates and when the numbers on OHP get tough again ill use them for sure. Right now all strength is coming back nicely with 10lb jumps on some lifts so i might hold out for now

Hell yeah Chris, welcome back!!! Congrats on the graduation. What's the next step school/career wise?

Awesome to see you back lifting again. The lifts might be relatively low, but they're gonna shoot back up, especially since it sounds like you stayed in shape with other training, just didn't do any heavy lifting. What is your weight now?

Thanks man, so i have all studied and graduated now im deployed around the central city region for 3 months. Its a law enforcement role but cant be too specific on a public forum. Its good fun though.

Thanks again Josh, yeh i stayed in reasonable knick. Worked on lots of running and agility work, dropped to around 196 even slightly lower some points. But it made running so much easier at that weight from 205lb. Noticeably easier.. If i dropped to 175 i recon i could be something special. Ashame i didnt maintain heavy lifting but the stress of exams and pracs were very mentally draining and if i failed meant i could be out of a job. Back up to around 200 ish right NOW maybe bit more after the 12 beef ribs i had last night

Good shiit man you still have some solid pressing power. Those numbers should climb back up quickly for you.

Thanks Matey, i hope they will too. Hope ur well too

[Ironlife]

HEAVY LOWER



TIME----------- Night
WEATHER---------15C
MIND---------------9/10



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NOTES

--Big sleep in today which was nice, i am really up and about for the workout. Did some good stretching and some 12 beef ribs today again. I love loading on these. The meat literally fell off the bone. Amazing. Wrapped up and got out some nice squats. These were little tougher than i thought they would be but still pushed out some nice reps and really was happy about it. Smashed some deadlifts too for triple at 405. Not overly hard but sweaty hands and no chalk made grip slip a bit. Still was nice feeling.








Warm Ups

-Light stretches




Squats
135x6
225x2
275x2
315x1
315x5 ---> w/wraps


--Nice heavy set, these were tough however

Deadlifts
135x2
225x3
315x1
405x3 ---> more but grip was slipping due to sweat and no chalk


Light DB Swings
55x15
55x15

[Woody-5]

3 plate squats, 4 plate deads both for reps is awesome, you're well on your way to a huge comeback!
mirin that 165 overhead rep with more in the tank after that volume bench!

enjoy the weekend! throw up some pics of those ribs! It's been too long since I've made any of those

[Ironlife]

3 plate squats, 4 plate deads both for reps is awesome, you're well on your way to a huge comeback!
mirin that 165 overhead rep with more in the tank after that volume bench!

enjoy the weekend! throw up some pics of those ribs! It's been too long since I've made any of those

Thanks mayne, felt good getting back into it nicely and can feel im getting stronger.

Only up from here.

No pix up sorry bud, ate them all too quick but next time ill load some images up. Have a nice weekend my man

[Ironlife]

HEAVY UPPER



TIME----------- day
WEATHER----------22C
MIND---------------8/10



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NOTES

--[i]Good session, weather was nice outside and i hit some good work on the upper body, feeling pretty strong but still bit off. Was happy with bench press and also OHP. I know they are moving up in weight weekly and im not over doing anything. Going to keep moving up nicely. Loaded on more big shakes and heaps of nuts today so that was good for energy.







Warm Ups

-Light Lat Pull down--65x20 reps





Bench Press
135x6
185x3
200x3
225x2
245x1
255x1
260x1 ---> more

(Back Off Set)
225x8

--Moving up still in weight and reps


SOHP
135x5
155x1
170x1

(Back Off Set)
135x6
135x8

---These were real good tonight, getting better


Seated Cable Row
135x8
135x8
135x8


Single Arm DB Extensions
30x8 (x4)