Destroy:Erase:Improve -- PBs Training Journal

[Protobuilder]

Misc.

Kettleball swings

5x10x65 (w/ my handy dandy homemade "core blaster")

Skulls

6x85, 95, 102.5 (PR)
4x102.5

Leg press carry for distance . . . Don't ask.

 

[Jim Ouini]

65lb KB swings are no joke - I think I tried 70's once and it was very hard to stay rooted to the ground, a couple times I went stumblin and bumblin forward.

Leg Press carries?

 

[fortunatesun]

Leg Press carries?

I was going to ask about that one also but he said not to.

 

[Protobuilder]

I finally found something useful to do w/ my leg press. Carry it. LoL I sold it to a local strongman competitor and we carried it out of my basement and loaded it into his truck. Hence, "leg press for distance." LoL

The swings were a bit strange. I'm not yet certain what they're good for, other than conditioning. They're supposed to strengthen the core & build the tarps. We'll see.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Well swings are supposed to be great for lower back and hips, although I haven’t done enough of them or trained with them consistently to be able to say. To me they feel like an explosive sumo deadlift, and they say the core work comes into play as you try to go from loose to tight i.e., if you don’t tighten up your core as the KB comes back down you’ll go flying, especially a 65lb’er.

Lol @ the leg press carry. What’s next the smith machine toss?

 

[Protobuilder]

Week 8, Mon. (workout 1)

Squats

6x6x145 (60s. rest between sets)

Bench

3x180 (left a few in the tank)
10x145 (+5)

Row

3x182.5 (+2.5 PR)
10x145

Shrugs

12x325 (+4 reps)

 

[BiggT]

whats the details on how the 6x6 felt?

 

[Tweakle]

cumulative fatigue? im guessing they felt not fun for the last couple of sets

 

[Protobuilder]

whats the details on how the 6x6 felt?

They felt stupid and ghey. But I was breathing pretty heavy and they were "hard" at the end. On the flip side, it was quick, which was becoming a problem when I was tyring to do 5x5 on squats on a worknight.

Why am I doing this? B/c I'm not pleased w/ how slowly my squat is moving so I'm going to see how I do w/ one heavy squatting day per week (Day 3) and I'll do 5x5 on that day, and keep this hypertrophy bologna on Day 1 & pyramid to a top 1x5 set of fronts on Day 2. We'll see how it goes. Also, I'm hoping this helps my conditioning and gives me a little growth in the hams/glutes/quads. I'm just experimenting b/c my squat progress isn't as fast as I'd like it to be.

 

[Protobuilder]

Week 8, Fri. (workout 2)

Squats

5x5x190 (5 off from old PR . . . difficult but not too bad)

Bench

3x3x180 (2 reps off from old PR, should hit it Tues.)

Row

3x8x160 (+2.5 PR) (deloaded each rep; felt great)

Hanging knee lifts

2x10x10 (+10 . . . finally adding weight)
5x10