The Fightbeat Training Log...

I'm probably 3 or 4 weeks away from pressing 315 over my head. To tell you the truth, I don't even know how much I can get right now, but my guess is 225 for 10 today or 215 for 15. I'm getting geared up for the big push, so we'll see where things sit at the end of today.

One thing is for sure: my shoulders are getting worked today! ::

 

I was close. ::

I'll post my workout in a bit, but the high point was the 225lbs for 9 reps in the standing powerpress. :clap:

 

Grease-the-Groove warmup set of chins---6 quick reps.

1. Standing Power Press
1*6(135)
1*6(175)
1*8(225)
1*1(225----held at the top for 5 seconds, and then lowered agonizingly slowly...at which point I heard a little click and a pop:eeeek: ).

2. Rotator Cuff Raises
1*10(20lbers)
1*10(20lbers)

3a) Incline Presses (supersetted with upright rows)
1*50(45)
1*50(45)
3b) Upright Rows
1*35(45)
1*40(45)

4a) Bench Press (supersetted with lateral raises)
1*50(45)
1*50(45)
4b) Lateral Raises
1*20(20lbers)
1*10(20lbers)

5a) Decline Press (supersetted with bent over laterals)
1*50(45)
1*50(45)
5b) Bent Over Laterals
1*25(20lbers)
1*25(20lbers)

All my high-rep stuff on benches(incline, flat bench, decline) is done really fast and explosively to develop power.

That's it, that's all. I'm gonna rest up for tomorrow, which'll be chinups and handstand pushups...if my shoulder stays fine.:clap:

 

so.. check it out..

I was doing my 100 chins today and went out to Sams club to buy some steak and other things.. I end up coming home with a full smith machine/squat setup :: so much for my bodyweight only training.. I'll be benching, squating and shouldering a lot now on top of my chinning and pushups. :: I just couldn't pass it up, great deal!

 

Good for you, dude!:clap:

 

I haven't filled in my training log in a bit..

yesterday I decided that I was doing ZERO training.. I feel it was time to take a day off.. (well I did do a couple sets of pushups and my daily mile) but nothing else..

my workout is changing quite a bit now that I have re-introduced weights in the mix.

 

I forgot to pop in Monday's training, so I'll pop it in tonight along with today's. I didn't weight-train on Friday. :dunno:

I took the day off and chilled with my wife.

 

I don't have time to put it all in now, but those handstand pushups are definitely helping. I did 12 reps with 225lbs in the standing powerpress. That's an increase of 4 reps from last week. I decided to do only 3 sets because my lungs were gasping for air at the end of the set. :: :: ::

 

I have been slowly indroducing Burpees,

I am going to start doing these daily..

full ROM Burpees with a pushup,

starting doing decending sets starting at 10 work my way up to 20

 

Just be careful you don't get a headrush and pass out. When I do burpees really fast, I get slight headrushes from time to time.::

 

Man, I'm thinking of changing my workout around so that I don't increase my reps in grease-the-groove all the time. We'll see, but it might be smart to maintain the chinups for awhile. Maybe stick to 5 sets of 10 for a bit and then work harder on other things. :dunno:

 

Wednesday
1. Standing Power Press
1*6(135)
1*6(175)
1*12(225)

2a) Incline Presses (supersetted with upright rows)
1*50(45)
1*50(45)
2b) Upright Rows
1*45(45)
1*50(45)

3a) Bench Press (supersetted with lateral raises)
1*50(45)
1*50(45)
3b) Lateral Raises
1*20(20lbers)
1*20(20lbers)

4a) Decline Press (supersetted with bent over laterals)
1*50(45)
1*50(45)
4b) Bent Over Laterals
1*25(20lbers)
1*25(20lbers)

5. Rotator Cuff Raises
1*6(20lbers)
1*6(20lbers)

Yep, I'm on track to nail 225 for 15 next week, which I could probably make into 245 for 10.

I've never done 225lbs for 12 consecutive reps standing, so this is an all-time record already. The sky's the limit! :clap:

 

Monday's Workout
1. Squats
1*10(135)
1*10(225)
1*10(315)
1*4(405)...the bar started to slip off, and I was really going low so I kept it like this. I could have done more, but I want to get really low in the squat.

2. Leg Extensions
1*15(90lbs)
1*10(110lbs)

3a)Hanging Leg Raise supersetted with 3b)Hanging Knee Kicks
1*10(bw)
1*10(bw)

4. Deep Lunges
1*15(45 each leg)
1*15(45 each leg)

5. Seated Calf Raises
1*15(135)
1*10(225)...weird, I felt like I could barely do it. I must be bushed from the heavy squats!

 

Tuesday I didn't get a chance to workout, but I did do 5 sets of 6 handstand pushups. :clap:

 

Maaaan...

last night I did my burpees.. as fast as possible.. with a full pushup and a HIGH jump and "slight headrush" is an understatment::

 

Yep, you could pass out and hit your head. Not a great idea for someone who has had a mild stroke. Like I said before, my Great-Uncle had one last year and now he's incomprehensible...AND HE STILL DRINKS! :eeeek:

He drank two 66ers of Rye and had a massive stroke.:clap: :doh:

 

.. it's all good Buddy.. the stroke is water under the bridge and happened due to a clot forming while I was sleeping.. I can still push it as hard as anyone

@ "pass out"

if I passed out.. oo

 

So how's the Smith machine training going? You trading in all your bodyweight training for plate-loaded training on a fixed track? ::

 

Well I guess we know how the Smith machine is going now. It's going to someone else's house! :: :: ::

 

it quickly made me realize that the way I train now isthe way for me

 

Well, the road to 315 is being put on hold for now. I am just too busy with baby preparations and work to really give it my all at the gym. Looks like I'm gonna have to revamp my training methods and switch it up a bit. Although the chins and handstand pushups can stay, the other stuff is taking up too much time and energy.

Today I did 8 reps with 245lbs in the standing pushpress, but I'm afraid I have to switch gears. I gotta get slim down a bit and that means changing my training and doing much more cardio. Maybe I'll get back into heavy presses later, but right now I gotta maintain.:dunno:

 

I predicted this.

 

i have upped my dailys on pushups to 500.. I think that is realistic..my chins not as mucg

 

If you knew I was having a baby, then you probably did. Otherwise you're blowing smoke. I'm getting squeezed at both ends: the baby stuff and also work. I'm working towards getting another big promotion this year AND Natasha is starting to keep me awake all night because the baby is keeping HER awake all night.

Don't get me wrong; I don't mind. I can't wait to meet him, but after increasing my weights in the squat, powerpress, and deadlift for the last 6 months, the gains were bound to plateau eventually.

So I'll regroup, build my chinning and handstand pushup strength, and then start another building phase after this one-month maintenance phase is over....or maybe I'll keep concentrating on cardio. :dunno:

As long as I keep improving, that's the main thing for me.

 

Not the response I hoped for.

 

How is your training going Tyler?

 

He doesn't want to talk about his training because he's afraid it will be deleted again and thus be a waste of time in his opinion. :dunno:

 

I think his training consists of 12oz curls

 

It was going real well until the Superbowl ld: When Manning threw that reception :: I threw my arm up in the air (I was hammered) I guess it was too relaxed and came out of socket a bit. It was an old injury about 10 years ago. I stopped for a few weeks. Felt like a tear in the back of my shoulder. Went to the doctor and he was telling me the front part of my shoulder was overdeveloped compared to the back of it, he is right.....I neglected to work that part of it. I am back on my routine now, seems to be OK. Only minor discomfort on incline presses, everything else is like it was :blobbox:

 

Maybe so, Lok, but there's no denying that's a sweet-looking tanktop he's wearing. Looks flexible too! Ty's the man! ::

I revamped the ol' squat routine so that my ass goes almost all the way down to the floor, and I use no weightbelt. It'll take awhile to get my weight in the squat back up to the same weight I used with a weightbelt, but it'll strengthen my core. New plan of attack which will give me better health overall. I'm doing front squats, regular squats, lunges, and leg extensions.

Plus, I did two sets of 17 and 1 set of 20 in the chinups. Life is good.