IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman

[mouse]

5/22/2023

Box Squat
355x5x3

Bench
290x5x3

Pendlay Row
190x8x4

Max Pushups
41x1, 25x1, 16x1

Arms
2x15

[mouse]

5/23/2023

Press
210x5x3

Deadlift
455x5x3

SLDL
315x8

Pressdowns
3x15

[mouse]

5/26/2023

Pause Squat
295x5x4

Close Grip Bench
235x5x3, 235x10

RDL
315x8x4

Curls + OTEs
3x10 / 3x15

[mouse]

5/30/2023

Box Squat
360x3x6

Bench
290x3x6

Pendlay Rows
195x8x5

Max Push Ups
44x1, 24x1, 19x1

Arms
3x15

Normally I would have just trained yesterday, but I spent most of Friday and nearly all of Saturday/Sunday prepping and painting this deck I built last year. I'm not actually anywhere near DONE, but I did manage to (probably) under-eat, get really really dehydrated both days, and get a nice base tan that makes showers feel like I'm being flayed alive... so I figured a day off to take the kids to the zoo wouldn't be the worst derail in the world...

[mouse]

5/31/2023

Press
210x3x6, 185x9

Deadlift
455x3x6

SLDL
325x8

Pressdowns
3x15

Middle kid had a field trip to a Red Wings game (minor league baseball, not Detroit) so I left work early to go to that... which will undoubtedly make going to work tomorrow unbearable...

Replaced the collars I've had for the last 5 or 6 years with some Rogue HGs and not having my plates wander down the sleeve by like 2 or 3 inches was fucking nice...

[cole]

Nice dad work mouse. Also nice lifting

[mouse]

Nice dad work mouse. Also nice lifting

I'm just trying to keep these kids interested in nearly anything that isn't just the metaverse...

I was correct in assuming that:

Mon - off
Tue - full day
Wed - half day
Thu - full day

Is an unbearable schedule on my mental health...

Just wrapped training this morning and now it's back out to try and finish this deck...

[mouse]

6/2/2023

Paused Squat
295x5x5

Close Grip Bench
235x5x4, 235x12

RDL
315x8x5

Arms
3x15
3x20

Stein Hold
45x ~35 sec
35x ~35 sec
25x ~51 sec

[mouse]

5/5/2023

Box Squat
385x2x4

Bench
310x2x4

Pendlay Row
225x6x3

Max Push Ups
47x1, 28x1, 25x1 (100 reps!)

Arms
20x1, 2x15 (same weight I've been doing 15s with)

I don't know if 100 push ups in 3 rounds is a PR, I may have done it before, but I feel like it definately wasn't recently if I did... so that's cool...

[mouse]

6/6/2023

Press
225x2x4

Deadlift
495x2x4

SLDL
345x6

The one set of stiff legged deads always feel like I'm not doing anything.

I bumped the E1RM on deads a touch because I'm starting to feel like I was a little too conservative...

Edit: noticed some light headedness on the overhead... was my breathing shit? Or was it the blanket of Canadian smog we're under? Maybe both...

[DCR]

Edit: noticed some light headedness on the overhead... was my breathing shit? Or was it the blanket of Canadian smog we're under? Maybe both...

Sucks when your mountainous traps choke you out. Been there, brah.

[mouse]

Edit: noticed some light headedness on the overhead... was my breathing shit? Or was it the blanket of Canadian smog we're under? Maybe both...

Sucks when your mountainous traps choke you out. Been there, brah.

That must have definately been what it was

[mouse]

6/8/2023

Paused Squat
425x1*, 295x5x3

Close Grip Bench
315x1, 345x1, 240x5x3

RDL
335x6x3

Arms
2x10 + 42x1
3x20


*I don't know what my beltless SSB paused squat PR is, but I think that might it...

[mouse]

6/12/2023

Box Squat
385x2x5

Bench
315x2x5

Pendlay Row
230x6x4

Max Push Ups
48x1, 28x1, 25x1

Arms
2x12, 10x1

Universe keeps giving me great reasons to keep doing 3 days...

[mouse]

6/14/2023

Press
225x2x5, 195x9

Deadlift
495x2x5

SLDL
365x6

[mouse]

6/17/2023

Paused Squat
315x5x4

Close Grip Bench
245x5x4

RDL
340x6x4

Arms
3x12

Anvil Lift
Upside Down Dumbell Lift
Dick Lift*
190x1

*dominant hand only but left side isn't toooo far back. I don't know what this shit is called, it's flipping a loadable DB on its side and using it as a pin. Similar to an anvil lift without the anvilness... I've seen it before and I wanted to goof off a bit instead of doing actual work...

[mouse]

6/19/2023

Box Squat
385x2x6

Bench
315x2x6

Pendlay Row
235x6x5

Max Push Ups
50x1, 29x1, 25x1

Arms
3x12

Put myself on a timer today, no excuse to be taking more than ~90 seconds between these doubles for what they are...

[mouse]

6/21/2023

Press
225x5x2, 200x8

Deadlift
495x2x6

SLDL
365x6

[mouse]

6/23/2023

Paused Squat
315x5x5

Close Grip Bench
245x5x5

RDL
345x6x5

Arms
3x15 / 3x15

[mouse]

No training today, apparently a rogue hurricane decided to blow through town while I was at work...

Wasn't as bad as my panicked wife made it sound but I took care of the clean up instead... it's a deload week anyway not gonna screw anything up...