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

[Ironlife]

New journal, coz mods closed my other one.


About me;

-Height; 5'10, 205; 18%bf
-Training is a passion of mine, to the point where its become obsessive. In my free time, i research all i can on various methods, read heaps on Soviet methods.

-Been around weights for some 5 years, casually lifting, with no idea, but training for 'powerlifting' for 1.5 years.

-A lot of my training contains my own structure and i like to experiment with various programs from time to time..also i use concepts from westside barbell club and use dynamic/maximal effort work and incorporate the conjugate method to accessory work which sees me breaking prs on smaller lifts weekly.

-Gained 185lb to my sh.it total last year and plan on gaining at least 140lb to it this year.
-This year, squats will be worked hard and brought up to some half respectable number.


Current lifts:

Squat---- 380x1 (360x3)
Bench---- 320x1 (290x4)
Deadlift---550x1 (505x2)
SOHP-----200x1 (180x3)

-On the verge of some maxes soon, so these wont stay like this for long at all.

[mm55]

first, in for massive gains in 2012.

[Ironlife]

'DYNAMIC' BENCH FOCUS----WORKOUT I



GYM WEIGHT-------------205lbs
SESSION DURATION-------1 hr 35 mins
REST TIMES -------------45 secs bench
WEATHER----------------17C (64F) chilly


Blue= (work set) Red= (PR)


NOTES:Great stuff tonight, was tempted to hit a new max of 330 which i think i have but warm ups didnt feel right and i hadnt got my mind really into the idea so i knew it wasnt the right thing to attempt, so stuck with the dynamic purpose tonight. Loaded up another 5-10lb with the same chocked band of 55lb at top of lift. Speed was solid and form was good too, smashed the tris harder than normal upped the volume nicely. Going for nice 295x3x3 next week which im confident to get. Resting well tonight and eating well, then got some squats on monday. I have re evaluated my Ukrainian squat cycle and have made some amendments to it, will resume that on monday.



Warm Ups
--Band dislocations x15




Speed Bench Press
170x3 <--- (+45-55lb bands)
170x3 <--- (+45-55lb bands)
170x3 <--- (+45-55lb bands)
170x3 <--- (+45-55lb bands)
170x3 <--- (+45-55lb bands)
170x3 <--- (+45-55lb bands)
170x3 <--- (+45-55lb bands)
Pretty pleased with the speed of these, RFD felt strong and was pretty powerful

Incline DB Press
40sx 50 seconds
40sx 60 seconds
Nice restoration work

DB Rolling Extensions
35sx12
35sx14
35sx14
Felt good to get these out again, form was good and made the triceps know what to do

Single Arm DB Extensions
35sx10
35sx10
35sx10
35sx10
35sx8
35sx8
Tris = done

Barbell Rows
135x12
135x12
135x12
135x12

[Ironlife]

first, in for massive gains in 2012.

Thanks man, always good to have you on board. Whatcha think of the title,? J and shoeless came up with it :d

[mm55]

edit - I like it, the deadlift and arrogance is lolz.

I still like: They told me I could be anything, so I became a lemon.

Nice speed work. Bar speed was lightening fast. Looking forward to 295x3x3, I'm sure you have it.

[Ironlife]

edit - I like it, the deadlift and arrogance is lolz.

I still like: They told me I could be anything, so I became a lemon.

Nice speed work. Bar speed was lightening fast. Looking forward to 295x3x3, I'm sure you have it.

Yeah there was a few titles i was juggling between lol

Bar speed was pretty good, looking forward to 295x3. Im sure i have that too bro. When u maxing on bench bro?

[TheProgressiveOne]

in on this.

7th


incline DB seems a little light??

[Ironlife]

in on this.

7th


incline DB seems a little light??

Not when done quickly and for close to a minute straight

[Jrahe42]

I will become arrogant before you since i'll beat you to that 600 dead lift

[Ironlife]

I will become arrogant before you since i'll beat you to that 600 dead lift

I recon you might too big man., good man. I know that guy wasnt you in LIMEs vid, coz he wore trackpants to the gym and you never do

[Woody-5]

In for arrogance and a 600 yank! And maybe fish n chips and a blimp

Great speed session. You'll own 295x3 next time

[Ironlife]

In for arrogance and a 600 yank! And maybe fish n chips and a blimp

Great speed session. You'll own 295x3 next time

My man! Thanks bro, i can sense ill creep into the 600s later this year but that wont come easy.. plenty of fish and chips will be eaten this year

[mm55]

Yeah there was a few titles i was juggling between lol

Bar speed was pretty good, looking forward to 295x3. Im sure i have that too bro. When u maxing on bench bro?

Well I'm on my last day of the 6th week of LB2, I will max on week 8.

[LegosInMyEgos]

unsubbed

[PeterGibbons316]

In. Love the title.

[Cheap5.0]

In on ILO log.

Eagerly awaiting 140 lbs increase this year.

[ngolsen]

In.

Nice workout as always Chris. I turn 30 on the 19th, I expect a set of bands in the mail

[PowderMonkey]

Innnnnnn

(can't make 2 letter posts)

[PeterGibbons316]

How many kilos of fish and chips do you think you will need to eat before you pull 600?

When you maxing again???

[ngolsen]

How many kilos of fish and chips do you think you will need to eat before you pull 600?

When you maxing again???

He only maxes when a blimp is seen while eating fish and chips on the beach with blizz...

It has to be an omen.

[Tom Bro]

In. When you gonna step onto the competition scene?

[ngolsen]

In. When you gonna step onto the competition scene?

When he stops being a ******* in 2014...

[The Shoeless Wonder]

so much for being a bad ass and going well into 10k+ posts

[limelite]

in on 1st page

[Ironlife]

unsubbed

The dear citrus is in, i hope u enjoy your stay

In. Love the title.

Thanks, great to have you here Jason

In on ILO log.

Eagerly awaiting 140 lbs increase this year.

Hey Chris, we will start our bench routine soon

In.

Nice workout as always Chris. I turn 30 on the 19th, I expect a set of bands in the mail

Hey man, i got on skype last night bro but didnt see you on. Haha ill send you some ghey music man jpgs or something.

Innnnnnn

(can't make 2 letter posts)

Hey Powda chimp!

How many kilos of fish and chips do you think you will need to eat before you pull 600?

When you maxing again???

Most likely will eat 50kg fish and chips this year bro.

Maxing on bench within 2-3 weeks and then squat and deadlift very soon but no date has been fixed

He only maxes when a blimp is seen while eating fish and chips on the beach with blizz...

It has to be an omen.

This^

In. When you gonna step onto the competition scene?

Late 2014 my man

When he stops being a ******* in 2014...

Yeah^^

so much for being a bad ass and going well into 10k+ posts

It was out of my hands man

in on 1st page

Hey mei mei

[Cheap5.0]

In 4 benching routine.

Im going to start another log just for it brah, srs. Ill even put my OHP on the back burner for a bit to give it a real go.

[dopamine72]

1st page.

You should have maxed bro. Next time pls.

[Ironlife]

In 4 benching routine.

Im going to start another log just for it brah, srs. Ill even put my OHP on the back burner for a bit to give it a real go.

You will gain 20lb on this mate, the manner in its construction makes it very effective and uses various methods in the structure which is why your bench WILL rise nicely, will start it myself after i max 330 soon. whats your bench at now?

1st page.

You should have maxed bro. Next time pls.

Hah, na bro things didnt feel right during warm ups. 185 felt like 225 etc, never a good sign. I dont want to go above you colin in bench yet

[Woody-5]

Big Sunday plans mate?

[Ironlife]

Big Sunday plans mate?

Not much man, perhaps go do some grocery shopping and then go for a light run. Not sure if your aware but its the start of the Australian Open for tennis tomorrow here, and i might be going on day 2-3 which would be cool