IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman

[mouse]

6/15/2018

5" Block Pulls - 455x4x4

Log Press Strict - 170x6x4

Squat - 375x5x3

Sled Drag - 185@60ftx4

[mouse]

6/18/2018

Bench - 315x3x4

Pin Press (beltless) - 200x4/210x4/195x4x2

[Allentown]

Long day, probably getting longer... at labor and delivery now waiting to see if the wife is gonna pop out this test tube baby she's been growing for her friend...

Oh, should have checked here first- well, congrats on getting your wife back (soon)!

[mouse]

6/19/2018

Deadlift - 475x3/495x3/515x3/505x3x2

Tempo Squat - 375x5x3

Chin/Axle Row EMOM - BWx3/225x3x10

[mouse]

Long day, probably getting longer... at labor and delivery now waiting to see if the wife is gonna pop out this test tube baby she's been growing for her friend...

Oh, should have checked here first- well, congrats on getting your wife back (soon)!

Lol she's getting back to normalish... usually she bounces back quick because she's busy with a newborn so she's not on her feet. This time she feels "lazy" if she's just resting so she's been going too hard doing yardwork and stuff... so her recovery has been somewhat extended. The downfalls of her being a hard ass I guess...

[mouse]

6/21/2018

Press - 215x3x3

CGB - 295x4x4 (was supposed to be 285x4... I seriously can't math)

Nailed myself a super smooth strict beltless 200x1 on the way to today's press work... very pleased.

[mouse]

6/22/2018

5"Block Pull - 465x4x4

Strict Log Press - 175x6x4

Squat - 385x5x3

EMOMx7 - x3/x10/x10 pull-up/push-up/box jump

[mouse]

6/25/2018

Bench TnG - 295x3/310x3/320x3

Bench Paused - 285x3x2

Pin Press - 205x4/215x4/200x4x2

[mouse]

6/26/2018

Squat - 365x5x3

Deadlift - 475x3/500x3/520x3/475x3x2

EMOM Chin/Viper Press - BWx3/155x2x10

Smashed all of this into about 1.5 hours... tired... #maximumeffort #voluntaryhardshit

[mouse]

6/28/2018

Press - 225x3x3

CGB - 290x4x3, 290x3, 290x4

Stupid bench was being weird today. I kept whacking the upright with the plates on my right. Happened three damn times, and cost me a damn rep on the 4th set... added in the fifth set as redemption, but I still managed to bounce the plates off lol.

I dunno, whatever... fix it later I guess.

[mouse]

6/29/2018

5"Block Pulls - 475x4x4

Strict Log Press - 180x6x4

Squat - 385x5x4

45 ft Carry - 175/310x5

[mouse]

7/2/2018

Bench - 275x5x5

Pin Press - 185x6x3

Pinch Grip - 50x5 TnG, hold the 5th for time, right/left

Pinch Hold - 50x1 right/left to failure

Trained REALLY early so I had extra time to goof around with grip stuff...

[mouse]

7/5/2018

Press (strict) - 185x5x5

CGB - 235X6X4

[mouse]

7/6/2018

5" Block Pulls - 475x4x4

Strict Log Press - 182.5x6x4

Squat - 390x5x4

Shoulder Carry - 175x120ftx3

[mouse]

7/9/2018

Bench - 290x5x5 (285 was programmed but I can't read so eff it)

Pin Press (beltless) - 192.5x6x3

[mouse]

7/10/2018

Deadlift - 455x5x5 - deads are too damn grindy by the last set to be useful... coach was thinking of going to 5x4 but I convinced him to let me have a run at 6x4 instead. Sneaks in the volume but with less grind hopefully...

Squat - 385x5x3 - probably because of the deads but these felt like shiiiiiit. Got through them OK, and they moved decently enough, few short reps though... but not the worst squatting.

EMOM - BWx3/225x3x10 - forced myself not to be a baby and got through all 10 rounds... #voluntarydehydration

[Stenson]

7/10/2018

Deadlift - 455x5x5 - deads are too damn grindy by the last set to be useful... coach was thinking of going to 5x4 but I convinced him to let me have a run at 6x4 instead. Sneaks in the volume but with less grind hopefully...

Squat - 385x5x3 - probably because of the deads but these felt like shiiiiiit. Got through them OK, and they moved decently enough, few short reps though... but not the worst squatting.

EMOM - BWx3/225x3x10 - forced myself not to be a baby and got through all 10 rounds... #voluntarydehydration

Didn't you have some knee issues recently? Looks like the squat is coming back nicely!

[mouse]

7/10/2018

Deadlift - 455x5x5 - deads are too damn grindy by the last set to be useful... coach was thinking of going to 5x4 but I convinced him to let me have a run at 6x4 instead. Sneaks in the volume but with less grind hopefully...

Squat - 385x5x3 - probably because of the deads but these felt like shiiiiiit. Got through them OK, and they moved decently enough, few short reps though... but not the worst squatting.

EMOM - BWx3/225x3x10 - forced myself not to be a baby and got through all 10 rounds... #voluntarydehydration

Didn't you have some knee issues recently? Looks like the squat is coming back nicely!

Still do kinda... pretty sure I managed to jack up my meniscus or something in my right knee back in May. For like the month or so after I had a noticeable limp/favor of that leg. Before that I was dealing with some tendonitis in the same leg. The hobbling around is gone and the pain has mostly dissipated but I get like a general "tightness" in my quad/knee like an hour after squatting/pulling... I would still say it's trending in the right direction so I'm not worried...

[Stenson]

7/10/2018

Deadlift - 455x5x5 - deads are too damn grindy by the last set to be useful... coach was thinking of going to 5x4 but I convinced him to let me have a run at 6x4 instead. Sneaks in the volume but with less grind hopefully...

Squat - 385x5x3 - probably because of the deads but these felt like shiiiiiit. Got through them OK, and they moved decently enough, few short reps though... but not the worst squatting.

EMOM - BWx3/225x3x10 - forced myself not to be a baby and got through all 10 rounds... #voluntarydehydration

Didn't you have some knee issues recently? Looks like the squat is coming back nicely!

Still do kinda... pretty sure I managed to jack up my meniscus or something in my right knee back in May. For like the month or so after I had a noticeable limp/favor of that leg. Before that I was dealing with some tendonitis in the same leg. The hobbling around is gone and the pain has mostly dissipated but I get like a general "tightness" in my quad/knee like an hour after squatting/pulling... I would still say it's trending in the right direction so I'm not worried...

Was there an acute thing that caused it or more of an overuse thing?

[mouse]

Was there an acute thing that caused it or more of an overuse thing?

I think it started because my knees tend to move around a bit in the bottom, and got more aggravated as the intensity went up. Ignoring it and pushing into the mid-high 400's probably didn't do me any favors, but that was my choice lol.

As far as the whole meniscus/hobbling around thing goes I'm not sure HOW I did it but I'm convinced it happened on the first clean and press in May... I remember it being on fire warming up for the squat after that...