Eat like a bear.

[jdrush]

Absolutely felt like crap today. Couldn't budge the 175 stone and barely able to rep the 150.

Managed some work with the 100 pound barrel, at least got an idea of my weaknesses (finger strength). Still need to work up to the 150 though, maybe it will come with more energy.

[kylejbernier]

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[dinnymorris]

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[dinnymorris]

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[dinnymorris]

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[jdrush]

I haven't been on here in a little while.

Strongman went great; got 8/9 for novice, but I had fun and took 4/9 for farmers carries.

Plan now is to slowly drop to 160 (193 now) and from there slowly build up strength so I can stay in the lightweight class.

To do that I'm eating 2300 calories a day 6 days a week then 3000 (extra 700 of carbs) one day a week. We'll see how that goes and hopefully I keep the strength I worked on.

I can really only get on on the weekends so my posts will be then.

Workouts:

Tuesday (legs)

Squat: 215 X 5, 225 X 4, 235
Sled push: 405 X 40' down and back three times
Front squats: 185 X 1, 2, 1
RDL: 325 X 4, 2, 2

I need to work on squats more and would love to do something like madcow but because of my work schedule I can't split the days up and would never recover.

Wednesday (press)

Strict OHP (Axle bar): 135 X 2, 125 X 4, 4
Bench Press 205 X 5, 215 X 4, 225 X 1
Banded tricep pushdowns 10 X 3
Log Press (clean once): 125 X 7, 8, 6

Thursday (Pull)

DL: 365 X 2, 375 X 2, 385 X 1, (Axle bar) 315 X 3
Stone to shoulder: 150 X 0, 1, 1
Chinups: BW X 4, 3, 3 (Had to use wide grip)
BB Rows: 185 X 5, 5, 205 X 5

Wednesday and Thursday I crashed and realized that 2000 calories wasn't enough and I had been measuring my oatmeal wrong anyway and only getting 1850. So at this point I decided to up to 2300. I should have gotten a lot more on deadlift.

Saturday:

Medley set up of flip the tire to one end (around a 400 pound tire), pick up the 150 stone and carry it to the other end to load on to a 3' platform, bring the 103 stone to my shoulder and drop it in front of me all the way back to the other other end.

Axle bar front squats: 185 X 3, 2, 2

[Domicron]

what's your maintenance calories? is it tough for you to stay at maintenance, given your appetite and ability to eat many things? good luck on your cut. it's been tough for me to have much discipline lately. i still maintain easily (always have) but i've been eating more junk food than i like to admit.

have you been lean and mean lately? it'll be good to see (after you shave, i imagine)

[jdrush]

what's your maintenance calories? is it tough for you to stay at maintenance, given your appetite and ability to eat many things? good luck on your cut. it's been tough for me to have much discipline lately. i still maintain easily (always have) but i've been eating more junk food than i like to admit.

have you been lean and mean lately? it'll be good to see (after you shave, i imagine)

My maintenance is around 3000. And I HAVE to measure things out or I will overrated.

Not lean now, and even at around 160 my midsection is still sloppy.

I'm just not meant to have visible and, and I'm cool with it.

[jdrush]

Tuesday:

Squat: 215 X 5, 225 X 5, 235 X 3
RDL: 325 X 5, 4, 3
Front Squats: 185 X 1, 1, 175 X 2
Sled: 405 X 2, 2, 2

Was gassed for front squats.

Wednesday:

Axle Bar OHP: 125 X 5, 130 X 4, 135 X 2
Bench: 205 X 4, 215 X 3, 225 X 3
Banded Triceps
Axle Push press: 145 X 5, 155 X 3, 165 X 2
Axle Jerk split press: two easy sets of 125 for form

Thursday:
Deadlift: 365 X 3, 375 X 2, 385 X 2, (axle) 315 X 6
Chinups: BW X 4, 4, 3
Stone to shoulder: 150 X 1, 2, 2
BB rows: 205 X 5, 5, 5

Better week this week, even though my stomach has been in knots all week.

[Domicron]

My maintenance is around 3000. And I HAVE to measure things out or I will overrated.

Not lean now, and even at around 160 my midsection is still sloppy.

I'm just not meant to have visible and, and I'm cool with it.

Tuesday:

Squat: 215 X 5, 225 X 5, 235 X 3
RDL: 325 X 5, 4, 3
Front Squats: 185 X 1, 1, 175 X 2
Sled: 405 X 2, 2, 2

Was gassed for front squats.

Wednesday:

Axle Bar OHP: 125 X 5, 130 X 4, 135 X 2
Bench: 205 X 4, 215 X 3, 225 X 3
Banded Triceps
Axle Push press: 145 X 5, 155 X 3, 165 X 2
Axle Jerk split press: two easy sets of 125 for form

Thursday:
Deadlift: 365 X 3, 375 X 2, 385 X 2, (axle) 315 X 6
Chinups: BW X 4, 4, 3
Stone to shoulder: 150 X 1, 2, 2
BB rows: 205 X 5, 5, 5

Better week this week, even though my stomach has been in knots all week.

got an example of what foods you eat? curious what you're eating that doesn't fill you up haha...

[jdrush]

got an example of what foods you eat? curious what you're eating that doesn't fill you up haha...

Breakfast: 4 whole eggs scrambled with an onion and like 5 cups of spinach, salsa on top. Half a cup of oatmeal with some frozen berries and 2 tbsp of flax.
10 am: protein shake and go to gym.
Post gym (lunch): 3 or 4 cups of frozen veggies and 4 oz chicken with 3 tbsp of olive oil mayo. half a cup of quinoa until I run out then rice.
3 pm: 4 oz chicken with 1 cup of riced cauliflower (can buy it already riced at Costco), cook it up with fajita seasoning.
Dinner: 5 cups frozen veggies, 4 oz chicken, 1 cup cottage cheese, salsa

[jdrush]

Way too busy last Sunday to post, so here's last weeks work.

Tuesday:
Squat: 215 X 5, 225 X 5, 235 X 3
RDL: 325 X 3, 4, 4
Front Squats: 175 X 4, 3, 2
Sled push: 405 X 1, 1, 1

Twinged my lower back this day.

Wednesday:
OHP: 125 X 5, 130 X 5, 135 X 3
Bench: 205 X 5, 215 X 2, 3
Banded triceps pushdown
Axle Push Press: 145 X 5, 155 X 3, 165 X 3
Split Jerks: 135 X 5, 5

Thursday:
Deadlift: 365 X 0, 315 X 1, 2, 3
Chinups: BW X 6, 4, 4
Continental Cleans: 125 X 3, 3, 3,
Rows 205 X 3, 4, 3

Back still hurt so I couldn't do much.

Friday:
OHP: 125 X 5, 130 X 5, 135 X 3, 2
Sled Push: 405 X 1, 1, 1

[jdrush]

Weighing in at 192 now, that's down about 5 pounds in 4 weeks. Getting about 0.5-1 pounds/week.

Tuesday:
Squats: 215 X 5, 225 X 4, 235 X 2
RDL: 325 X 2, 3, 2 (focused more on using my hamstrings, I was starting to ego lift this)
Front Squats: 175 X 3, 3, 2
Farmers Walks: 165 X 1, 185 X 1, 205 X 1 (1 rep is carry each hand down 40', drop and repick it up then come back)

Wednesday:
OHP: 125 X 5, 130 X 5, 135 X 4
Incline Bench: 135 X 5, 140 X 5, 155 X 5 (More interested in Incline bench than flat)
Banded Triceps: 3 sets
Axle push press: 145 X 5, 155 X 5, 165 X 2
Split Jerk: 140 X 5, 5
Bosu Ball abs

Thursday:
Deadlifts: 365 X 3, 375 X 2, 385 X 1, 315 X 4 (Axle)
Chinups: BW X 6, 6, 4
Stone to shoulder: 150 X 1, 2, 2
BB Rows: 205 X 5, 5, 5, 225 X 3

Friday:
Axle push press: 155 X 4, 165 X 4, 175 X 2
Sled Push: 315 X 1, 1, 1 (I get more work out of 315 than I did 405)

Saturday:
Practice loading the 205 stone and some tire flips.

[tcw295]

its been like 8 months, are you painfully shredded? Can you lift mountains?

At some point I was meagerly rivaling you in distance running and....glute thrusts. Freakin cool that you are doing strongman stuff now!

I got into parkour of all things. As someone with experience slowly lifting heavy things and running distance its been.....difficult. Hope life is grand!

[jdrush]

its been like 8 months, are you painfully shredded? Can you lift mountains?

At some point I was meagerly rivaling you in distance running and....glute thrusts. Freakin cool that you are doing strongman stuff now!

I got into parkour of all things. As someone with experience slowly lifting heavy things and running distance its been.....difficult. Hope life is grand!

Holy cow it has been 8 months. Not painfully shredded, but painful. Not running anymore, I got burned out on it.

Still doing strongman, dropped to 180 and held steady while getting stronger. Following a program called Dark Horse by Brian Asrhule. After my next competition in October I'll start dropping again.

Parkour is some crazy stuff, I'd be afraid f breaking my neck.

[tcw295]

heck yeah! thats awesome, keep on being stronk af. I got a tummy tuck surgery in february and it kinda changed my **** up mentally. Body issues all up in hurr. But I did this elements program based around crawling and animal movements while rehabbing and now im all about that flow nonsense. Did my first cartwheel then was signed up for parkour the next week. I mostly did play around in a gym that caters to kids, I don't see myself climbing any buildings anytime soon, but its fun to vault over things.

[jdrush]

heck yeah! thats awesome, keep on being stronk af. I got a tummy tuck surgery in february and it kinda changed my **** up mentally. Body issues all up in hurr. But I did this elements program based around crawling and animal movements while rehabbing and now im all about that flow nonsense. Did my first cartwheel then was signed up for parkour the next week. I mostly did play around in a gym that caters to kids, I don't see myself climbing any buildings anytime soon, but its fun to vault over things.

I would be totally afraid of racking myself. Like seriously fear for my future (second) child's life.



Update on training: I follow a strongman program called Darkhorse (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1SYuO8XWRM&t=673s)

Tuesday: Deadlifts

Max Effort:
Typically 4-5 sets of either 5, 3, or 1. Giant set them with 5 KB swings (80 pound), Deadlift, Turkish half get ups, 10 KB swings.

Volume Work:
Then I do 80% of top set at same Giant Sets. 10 reps if I did 5 for Max effort, 8 for 3, 5 for 1.
90 second rest through it all.

Dynamic squats 10x3 every minute on the minute

Assistance:
Axle Cleans 3 sets (intensity depends on whether I do 5, 3, or 1 of deadlifts)
1 paused front squat (again weight and time depends on intensity of main lift)

Conditioning:
I do a 10 minute circuit of 3 stone to shoulders (150 pounds), 4 tire flips (450-500) and sandbag run (150 pounds)


Wednesday: Overhead press

Max Effort:
Same sets as before. Giant set them with 5 weighted chinups, Push press, Weighted situps, More KB swings.

Volume Work:
Same.


Dynamic bench 10x3 every minute on the minute

Assistance:
Superset Swiss Bar neutral grip strict press with heavy DB rows

Conditioning:
10 minute circuit of 3 Sandbag clean and press (125 Pounds), Battle rope for 30 (ish) seconds, 10 medicine ball slams (12 pounds)

Thursday: Squats (This is hell)

Max Effort:
Same sets as before. Giant set them with 5 RDL, Front Squats, KB Windmills, KB Snatches

Volume Work:
Same.


Dynamic deadlifts 10x3 every minute on the minute

Assistance:
Farmer's Carries 40 feet down and back

Conditioning:
Every minute on the minute I push a sled down 40 feet and drag it backwards


Friday: Bench Press

Max Effort:
Same sets as before. Giant set them with 5 Bent rows in smith machine (It's close by), Incline Bench, Dragon Flies, Jump Rope

Volume Work:
Same.


Dynamic OHP 10x3 every minute on the minute

Assistance:
Superset Z Presses with pullups
Superset (2 sets) Grip machine with weighted dips

Conditioning:
10 minute circuit of 5 explosive pushups (on to box), 5 Burpees where I grab the KB on the way up and raise it above my head, 30 seconds of battle rope

Saturday: work on whatever events I need work on. Then some asinine circuit for some conditioning.


rRight now I'm 180 (still a little heavy) but I have a competition coming up in October so I'm working on maintaining and getting stronger. Eating 3k a day to do this.

[tcw295]

You're a strongman now!

How did you competition in october go?

[jdrush]

You're a strongman now!

How did you competition in october go?

It went great. Came close to not zeroing in all events. Won the truck pull event

I have another one in July at open 175. So I have to drop weight for that.

[jdrush]

It's been so long since I kept up with this.

I keep things mostly to my Gram now.

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