IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman

[mouse]

8/13/2018

Squat - 455x1@8 / 435x3x3 (third set was @10) /405x3x2@8

CGB - 300x4x3/300x3 (holy tricep fatigue)

Chins/Rows - BWx3/230x3x10 EMOM

Rough day, let RPE guide the squat after I hit a @10 way too early... frickin burned out early on the close grip too, ended up pushing the last rep forward and got stuck... bleh...

[mouse]

8/14/2018

Press - 222.5x3x3

Block Pulls - 495x4x4

Front Squat - 235x5x3

[mouse]

8/16/2018

Pause Bench - 340x1@8 (PR +15) (probably more a 7 honestly)

TnG Bench - 325x3x4

Squat - 395x5x3

Log Press - 235x1@8

Strict Log - 192.5x6x4

[tersh]

Nice benching and pressing work.

[mouse]

8/17/2018

Deadlift - 550@8 / 500x3x4

Pin Press - 220x4x4

Cardio - mile@12 min (lolz what the hell was I thinkin)

[mouse]

8/20/2018

Squat - 465x1(PR) / 425x3x3

Bench - 350x1(PR) / 315x3x3

Chins/Log - BWx3/155x3x10 EMOM

PR's gettin smashed all over the place...

[mouse]

Nice benching and pressing work.

Thanks boss, just hoping for a decent number on the log in Sept

[mouse]

8/21/2018

Squat - 425x1

Press - 225x2x2/225x1

Deadlift - 525x1/455x1x5

Presses were DOG SHIT today. Holy crap. Should have been 3x3. Shameful work on my part. Loose all over and kept getting stuck. I also almost blacked out like 5 frickin times today, so maybe there were other horrors at play...

[mouse]

8/23/2018

No training today, mock meet tomorrow to test a few singles before I put the pedal to the metal for Strongest Man in the Forest 12... and of course my plague-rat children have infected me with some sort of sinus bug that has sapped me of life precious and I am experiencing gastrointestinal distress this morning so I can't wait to see how tomorrow goes...

[mouse]

8/24/2018

AYF Summer Strength Challenge Online Meet

Bodyweight: 235.7

Squat - 455 / 475 (PR) /485 (Fail)

Bench - 340 / 355 (PR) / 365 (PR)

Deadlift - 550 / 575 / 605 (PR)

Cool day, only bummer was missing 485, my fault. Let my back round and the bar rolled too high. If I could have stopped it I would have muscled it up for sure.

Good feeler for the USSF in Oct... looking to crack 500 and maybe (just maybe) put up 625...

[Wilhelm]

That's hodge, @mouse!

Congratulations.

[Stenson]

Nice lifts dude! By the looks of it, that 625 pull is definitely within reach.

I'm doing mine later today, hopefully some PR's are on the way

[lehman906]

8/21/2018

Squat - 425x1

Press - 225x2x2/225x1

Deadlift - 525x1/455x1x5

Presses were DOG SHIT today. Holy crap. Should have been 3x3. Shameful work on my part. Loose all over and kept getting stuck. I also almost blacked out like 5 frickin times today, so maybe there were other horrors at play...

My log press has been feeling the same way and I have a contest in less than three weeks. Blerg.

Nice lifting in your mock meet, though! Way to bounce back!

[mouse]

8/27/2018

Squat - 375x5x3 (these were prescribed as triples, but I can't read sooooo)

CGB - 285x4x4

Chins/Rows - BWx3/245x3x10 EMOM


8/28/2018

Press - 225x1@8 / 195x5x5

18" Neutral Deads - 480x4x4

Front Squat - 245x5x3

[mouse]

8/21/2018

Squat - 425x1

Press - 225x2x2/225x1

Deadlift - 525x1/455x1x5

Presses were DOG SHIT today. Holy crap. Should have been 3x3. Shameful work on my part. Loose all over and kept getting stuck. I also almost blacked out like 5 frickin times today, so maybe there were other horrors at play...

My log press has been feeling the same way and I have a contest in less than three weeks. Blerg.

Nice lifting in your mock meet, though! Way to bounce back!

It wouldn't be a contest if there wasn't some form of hardship leading up to it lol. I seem to wind up either sick or injured somehow right before...

Log seems to still be chugging along... we will see in the coming weeks.

[mouse]

8/30/2018

Bench - 285x5x5

Squat - 385x3x4

Log Press - 225x1/245x1

Strict Log - 195x6x4

Probably should have stopped at 225 on the log if I wanted to keep it in the prescribed RPE... but I had to try/get 245. Threw me off balance, if I could have not had to stumble around under it I think (from a strength perspective) it would have been within range... oh well, didn't kill me, still cool...

[mouse]

8/31/2018

Deadlift - 475x3x4

Pin Press - 215x4x4

"Prowler" Sprints - 30/30x8

^ dead treadmill sprints. I was gonna try and rig a tree stand harness for sled pulls but battery on the wife's truck was dead so... no driveway. All part of trying to get ready for this truck pull.

[mouse]

9/3/2018

Squat - 395x3x5

CGB - 295x4x4

Sled Drags - 180x8 @60ft

Chins - 10/10/8

Wonky schedule coming up this week...

Sled worked really well though... not an ideal setup, but well enough. Basically it's a tire with an eye bolt through it, some tow-rope tied to that... rope is looped to itself with a carabiner (to take up some distance) through an old tree stand harness I had. Basically I put the leg straps from the harness around my shoulders (fall arrest harness pulls UP, so it has to be inverted), and another carabiner keeps them from separating. Should be good for a few hundred pounds. I loaded it to about 180 (estimate the tire is 20lbs) and it held up.

[mouse]

9/5/2018

Press - 235x1(PR)/200x5x5

Farmers Deads - 500x4x4/630x1

Front Squat - 255x5x3

[lehman906]

When is your contest? You’re hitting some good presses... I have a comp on the 15th and my log press has been real hit or miss.