What training are you doing/have you done today? Vol.2

[TheBALDpuma]

Happy with today, felt strong...

DLs
4 x 2 at 220kg

Bench (not so good, was meant to be triples)
3 x 2 at 132.5kg

T-Bar row
3 x 8 at 90kg

[CarbonViper]

Arms Today

Close grip bench press x3
dips x3
skull crushers x3
Overhead rope extension x3
Reverse grip extension

Barbell curl x3
Incline curl x3
cable hammer curl x3
zottman curl x3
spider curls x3

[LordGrover]

Slowly get back to it.... Doing full body workouts, squats, press, deads and bench press. Light and moderate weights only.
Feels great to be back at it!

[BenM77]

More of the same for me the last week or so. A bit of weights and then onto the treadmill.

Got a week off work now so I'll get some good sessions in

[Halb]

Back into lifting. Now without a belt.
Things are getting better.

About half as strong as I used to be, but fk it, I look good.
One trap seems to be higher, might look at longbow pull-ups to correct.

[didelydoo]

Tonight>

Strict press:
5x 60,60kg
1x 80,90, F105kg
3x 80kg
1x90,95,100kg

Z press:
5x 60,70kg
3x 70kg
2x 70kg

Delt stuff with bands.

Home.

[mcelliott]

Really good week of training for me, feeling really sharp on the pushbike, culminating in doing 134km yesterday with 1,600m of climbing. I was really flying



I always feel an early morning skydive sharpens the senses!

[_bryan_]

Yesterday:

Bench 2x5, 1x6
Squats 2x5, 1x9
BB rows 3x8
Glute ham raise 3x10

Hard workout, had no sleep 2 days before which meant I was too exhausted to eat properly the day after.

[LordGrover]

didelydoo said:

Tonight>

Strict press:
5x 60,60kg
1x 80,90, F105kg
3x 80kg
1x90,95,100kg

Z press:
5x 60,70kg
3x 70kg
2x 70kg

Delt stuff with bands.

Home.

Googled Z-press. Rather you than me.

[didelydoo]

LordGrover said:

Googled Z-press. Rather you than me.

It's a great exercise, very tough as there's no stability, so only shoulders/tri's to move the bar.

[Animal]

Iron Mac Fitness 'No Excuses':

1,000m row (sub-4 min)
100 2-hand kettlebell swings (24kg)
750m row (sub-3 min)
75 pushups
500m row (sub-2 min)
50 dumbbell push-press (20kg)
250m row
25 man-makers (20kg dumbbells)
100m row
10 burpees

An hour of wheezing and dizziness!

[Asterix]

Right then - back from this leg of the tour - Hotel had the sttest gym in the world and we were busy so had the briefest of workouts on one of the days - back home now.

Week 5, Day 2 - StrongLifts 5x5

Squat - 5x5 @ 57.5kg
OH Press - 5x5 @ 35kg
Deadlift - 1x5 @ 75kg

First milestone reached - Deadlift was/is now above my bodyweight.

[BenM77]

mcelliott said:

I always feel an early morning skydive sharpens the senses!

I like it!


Inspired by the z press, I put a floor circuit together for a bit of fun.

30kg ez curl bar circuit x10. No rest between exercises.

z press x10
floor press x10
kneeling curls x10
kneeling upright rows x10

followed by running a mile on the treadmill in 8:05. This nearly killed me!

Going to finally start upping the distance now rather than my current and rather lazy 1 mile efforts

[mcelliott]

BenM77 said:

I like it!

Cheers Ben - it is me by the way, I promise! Anyway, what's with all this CV training you've been doing? I thought you were more hardcore than that!

[BenM77]

mcelliott said:

BenM77 said:

I like it!

Cheers Ben - it is me by the way, I promise! Anyway, what's with all this CV training you've been doing? I thought you were more hardcore than that!

Yeah, my wife wouldn't call a measly mile CV


Mainly dong it for my dodgy ankle and it is doing it the world of good. I'm going to start doing 5k on the treadmill for a couple of weeks and then go out for the local ParkRun




I have to admit that when I first read your post I thought it might be a metaphor for all the hills you ride!

[mcelliott]

BenM77 said:

local ParkRun

Sounds like a good plan - it's nice to be gym strong but it's even better if you can combine that with having a decent set of heart and lungs. I know you're a pretty strong guy in the gym but increasing your CV fitness should make your gym sessions more productive too.

Re skydive - did it early Sunday morning, came home within 20 minutes of landing, 5 minutes of puking in the toilet and I was out on the bike. Needless to say I slept pretty well Sunday evening!

[Asterix]

LordGrover said:

Slowly get back to it.... Doing full body workouts, squats, press, deads and bench press. Light and moderate weights only.
Feels great to be back at it!

Just stumbled across your journal on BB.com - it ended in March I think - what happened?

It was really informative regarding SL 5x5 which I'm nearly midway through the initial 12 weeks.

Edited by Asterix on Tuesday 26th August 21:32

[BenM77]

mcelliott said:

A decent set of heart and lungs.

I'm a big fan of training 'The Engine' and switched to complexes and KB circuits a few years back. Training this way has been better for my joints as well as having a cardio benefit. Best of both worlds IMO


As for sky diving + cycling in the same day. Add swimming and you have a new extreme triathlon !

[LordGrover]

Asterix said:

LordGrover said:

Slowly get back to it.... Doing full body workouts, squats, press, deads and bench press. Light and moderate weights only.
Feels great to be back at it!

Just stumbled across your journal on BB.com - it ended in March I think - what happened?

It was really informative regarding SL 5x5 which I'm nearly midway through the initial 12 weeks.

Yep, I really enjoyed SL5x5 - made some great progress.
I barely made it to 12 weeks though; once I got to 2 plate squats three times a week I struggled - see here: click and my next few posts.

[Asterix]

LordGrover said:

Asterix said:

LordGrover said:

Slowly get back to it.... Doing full body workouts, squats, press, deads and bench press. Light and moderate weights only.
Feels great to be back at it!

Just stumbled across your journal on BB.com - it ended in March I think - what happened?

It was really informative regarding SL 5x5 which I'm nearly midway through the initial 12 weeks.

Yep, I really enjoyed SL5x5 - made some great progress.
I barely made it to 12 weeks though; once I got to 2 plate squats three times a week I struggled - see here: click and my next few posts.

How did the dates go?