veggiesasquatch Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Loving everything about this mate! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 Loving everything about this mate! Well doneCheers mate I love all the strongman stuff Mon 25th June 2012Bodyweight = 85.2kg Squat (no belt)1x2x120kg1x1x140kg1x2x152.5kg (most I'd done beltless before this was a single at 150kg, so PB) Push Press1x7x65kg (was nearly 8 but lost my balance on the last) Strict Press1x1x60kg1x1x65kg Barbell rows1x5x70kg1x5x75kg1x5x80kg Extremely happy with squats. Been a while since I've had a grinder of a rep. My pressing is looking much better on this workout. It looks like I'm starting to get into a good position overhead. Barbell rows my hamstrings were tight as fuck, haven't stretched properly in way over a week so done some foam rolling/stretching when I was home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Great work with all your Strongman stuff mate, inspiring !! Oh, weights are written back into my journal now haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Great work with all your Strongman stuff mate, inspiring !! Oh, weights are written back into my journal now haha.Cheers man! I'll check it out Wed 27th June 2012Bodyweight = 84.9kg Cambered bar squats (no belt)1x5x85kg1x5x105kg1x5x125kg Deadlift1x5x150kg (no belt)1x2x170kg (belt from this point)1x1x185kg1x5x200kg (new 5RM) A DEADLIFT PB. FINALLY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Nice progression with your bodyweight too man, 1.5kg since March. Nice stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Cheers Friday 29th June 2012Bodyweight = 85.3kg Log60kg - clean & 3 press65kg - clean & 3 press65kg - 7x clean&press in 75 seconds Yoke200kg, 12m, 9.78 seconds220kg, 12m, 8.84 seconds (quicker pickup, beat my time for 10m) Farmers walk75kg each hand, 40m (4 x 10m), 33.09 seconds Fucked about with the new dog sled. StonesNot super high, about chest height or just under.Had a 3-way rep off until we couldn't do anymore, so whilst the other 2 guys are lifting you get a chance to recover.13 reps with 120kg stone. I have no idea how the fuck I managed this. After about 3 reps I thought I was nearing my limit. Just kept going and going. Died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vege Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 Chewy, this log is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegan_rossco Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 I love these videos dude! super jealous too! wish there was stuff like this near me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 Cheers guys ;D Mon 2nd July 2012Bodyweight = 85.1kg Squats (no belt)1x5x90kg1x8x110kg Push Press1x5x50kg1x3x60kg1x7x70kg Strict Press1x3x62.5kg (failed this few weeks back, good to nail it) Squats were effortless, even went for a short pause on the last rep. Huge improvement in my push press. Haven't benched in ages but at least my overhead is improving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted July 3, 2012 Share Posted July 3, 2012 Good work as always mate, I'm looking forward to making up a few videos again. I think they really add something to a journal. Thought you might be interested to hear that one of my mates got 4th place at the Bro's V Pro's PL'ing bash at Poundstones gym this weekend just gone. He pulled a crazy 405 for 25 reps, pretty insane as I've been following his training leading up to it and he certainly works his arse off. Poundstone reportedly pulled 850 for a strong single. Hope you had a good weekend anyway, take care and keep up the solid training MF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted July 4, 2012 Author Share Posted July 4, 2012 Good work as always mate, I'm looking forward to making up a few videos again. I think they really add something to a journal. Thought you might be interested to hear that one of my mates got 4th place at the Bro's V Pro's PL'ing bash at Poundstones gym this weekend just gone. He pulled a crazy 405 for 25 reps, pretty insane as I've been following his training leading up to it and he certainly works his arse off. Poundstone reportedly pulled 850 for a strong single. Hope you had a good weekend anyway, take care and keep up the solid training MF.Yeah man, when I worked out at the weightlifting club/home I used to do the videos myself. But now that I workout at my new job my boss does the videos, it's great More or less get one every session. That's some crazy pulling endurance/strength! I'm not a big fan of doing long sets of deadlifts myself. If I do more than 6 or 7 reps someone has to come in with an oxygen mask. Wed 4th July 2012Bodyweight = 85.4kg Cambered bar squats (no belt)1x3x100kg1x3x117.5kg1x3x135kg Wide grip pullups (finally able to do these after shoulder injury, been a while...)1x9 +10kg dipping belt1x91x5 Bench (first time in weeks!)1x5x60kg1x2x70kg1x8x77.5kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mini Forklift Posted July 4, 2012 Share Posted July 4, 2012 There you go, can you believe he was really bummed out and disappointed with that ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Hey mate. I thought I'd repost this in your jounal as you might find parts of interesting, just explaining my rationale for why adding in a light bench session ever now and then could be a good thing: IMO, light bench days also help to open up the chest (opposite of the cumulative effect of heavier benching). I see this as beneficial in terms of strength/muscle development because muscle strength has a direct correlation with the cross directional size of the muscle. Light stretching/benching will help to open up the pectoralis major as well as offering needed relief on the tendons. While your bench continues to increase, the natural increases in muscle mass occur but your tendons progress at a much slower rate; this can become problematic as the vulnerability of the tendons become a higher risk factor due to the misalignment of collagen fibrils. Tendons become completely secondary to muscles in terms of strength and I can see how some physio's today think that this 'light benching' work offers some conditioning to the tendons that it otherwise wouldn't get, allowing for a little more 'proportionate' growth as well as possibly slightly reducing injury risk. Have a great weekend, you training? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Hey Forklift! That's some good pulling, shame about the grip giving - definitely way more there. I used to speed bench but not benching much at all just now so just taking what I can get! I gots crazy DOMs from Wednesday in the pecs but feeling better today. Fri 7th July 2012Bodyweight = 85.7kg Log5x50kg3x60kg1x65kg3x70kg (was only going to double it but felt really easy)7x60kg Farmers 12m, 95kg each handRun 1 - 8:43sRun 2 - 7:41sRun 3 - 7:88s Yoke40m (4x10m), 200kg, 55:08s 18" Deadlifts (belt)1x3x190kg1x3x210kg1x3x230kg Done 18" whilst everyone else done sled/circus DB/stones cause I missed it on Wednesday, wish I'd just went with the flow cause back feels a bit dodgy. Not terrible but I like to avoid it when possible. But anyway, decent numbers across the board. First time doing log at start of June, 70kg was an absolute 1RM and could only rep out 60kg for about 4. So big improvement there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 What's up man, good weekend? Strong, fast Farmers there. Nice work !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Had a wee bit too much of a wild one man. Club saturday night, didn't get home till 12 in the afternoon sunday. Done a couple of hours of work and had one meal. Fell asleep from 3:30pm to 1am - there went my Sunday! Felt really weak on Monday (not to mention dehydrated bodyweight) so just a maintenance workout Mon 9th July 2012Bodyweight = 84.6kg Squats (no belt)1x6x125kg Push Press1x6x62.5kg Strict Press1x4x55kg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 What's the difference between a push press and a strict press? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Push press you use leg drive, strict press you don't. At least that's how we distinguish between it Wed 11th July 2012Bodyweight = 85.5kg Bench Press1x5x70kg1x2x77.5kg1x6x85kg Wide grip Pullups14, 5, 5 Busy as fuck at work today so went to the weightlifting club in Killie for a bench session with the powerlifters. New 6RM on Bench. Hopefully nail 100kg single soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Thanks for the explanation. Your bench should be higher than that, no? Your DL and squat numbers kick some serious punch mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 It should be higher. I've trained it consistently with the other lifts with similar rep ranges but it just moves slower. Long arms as well = good deadlift, shiter bench. I'm just glad it's on the way up! Thu 12th July 2012 Cambered bar squat (no belt)1x5x100kg1x3x125kg1x1x150kg Bench2x8x70kg pause reps-1x1x80kg1x1x87.5kg (equal pause PB, and it was easy as fuck) Good to nail the cambered bar. Wasn't even going to work out today cause back was dodgy earlier in week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 What's that cambered bar like for squats? I've never used one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewybaws Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 What's that cambered bar like for squats? I've never used one before.When I squat normally I use a low bar position. Cambered bar is high bar so I keep my torso very upright. The bar can kind of swing a bit if you let it. Legendary strongman session at HQ on Friday - Fri 13th July 2012Bodyweight = 86.3kg Log1x3x60kg1x1x70kg1x2x75kg (PB) Yoke240kg for 12 metres in 13:88s (heaviest I've went in yoke) Circus DB31kg 2x3 each hand42kg fail then got it with right hand Medley12 metres. 65kg of plates on dog sled, 140kg on duck walk.Push sled, duck walk, pull sled.1st Run - 37:47 seconds2nd Run - 32:63 seconds Stones130kg - 3 fails, got it on the 4th PB http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j287/chewybaws/411917_10150942427604211_1691203570_o.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mini Forklift Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 That's a great photo, who pissed in the sports bottle though ?! What a workout, awesome training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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