Training Log - 4. The long road to 2018.

Wednesday 21st.

Busy at the Farm but so very, very hot.

Squats.
2 x 5 x 20
5 x 60
4 x 80
3 x 100
2 x 115
2 x 1 x 127.5
Should have gone higher but these did not feel good!

Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
4 x 95
3 x 3 x 102.5
4 x 95
4 x 90 x Close grip.
Ground them out but heat is energy sapping.

Busy weekend at the Farm, we hosted the British Masters and all that that entails.

Friday 23rd. Weight 118.95kg.
Deadlifts.
2 x 5 x 70
5 x 110
3 x 130
2 x 150
1 x 170
1 x 180
Bench.
20 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
5 x 90
3 x 100
2 x 105
2 x 5 x 80 Close Grip.
Very quick session, followed by three hours of setting up the hall for the Masters.

Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th.
14 hours on Saturday and 12 hours on Sunday of officiating / clearing up.

Monday 26th July.
Short session, weighed 118.90kg.
Squats.
5 x 20
5 x 40
5 x 60
4 x 80
3 x 100
2 x 110
1 x 120
1 x 130
Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
3 x 8 x 60.

Wednesday 28th July.
Weighed in at 118.60Kg.
Squats.
2 x 5 x 20
5 x 60
4 x 80
3 x 100
2 x 115
1 x 125
1 x 135
1 x 145
3 x 155 1/4 squats.
3 x 165 1/4 squats.
3 x 175 1/4 squats.
3 x 185 1/4 squats.
Just felt like i needed to walk out with something heavy on my back.
Bench.
2 x 20 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
3 x 100
2 x 105
1 x 110
5 x 90
2 x 4 x 90 Close Grip.

Friday 30th 2021.

Very quiet at the Farm tonight, it has been all week. Just the four lifters in tonight.
Weighed in at 118.45Kg.

Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
4 x 95
3 x 102.5
2 x 107.5
1 x 112.5
1 x 117.5
4 x 100
2 x 4 x 90 Close Grip.
All self un-racked. Surprisingly comfortable.

Deadlifts.
5 x 70
4 x 110
3 x 130
2 x 150
1 x 170
1 x 190
3 x 140
No problems.

Monday 2nd August.

Weighed in at 118.40kg, coming down slowly.
10 lifters at the Farm, nice and busy.

Squats.
2 x 5 x 20
5 x 60
4 x 80
3 x 100
2 x 115
1 x 130
1 x 140
1 x 150
3 x 160 1/4 squats.
3 x 170 1/4 squats.
3 x 180 1/4 squats.
3 x 190 1/4 squats.
The 1/4 squats are really about unracking the weight, stepping back and feeling the weight on my back, i dropped the safety bars 75mm from Wednesday session so they were probably closer to 1/3 squats.


Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
3 x 100
1 x 107.5
1 x 115
1 x 120
3 x 105
4 x 90 Close Grip.
5 x 90 Close Grip.
All self-unracked, coming back slowly!

Bench seems to be going very well atm, getting back to decent numbers already. Squats it is difficult to tell

Squats seem to have suffered the most over lockdown Bill.

Wednesday 4th.

Weighed in at 118.75kg.
Nine lifters at a hot and sweaty Farm tonight.

Squats.
2 x 5 x 20
5 x 60
4 x 80
3 x 100
2 x 115
2 x 125
2 x 135
2 x 142.5
1 x 150 Half Squat.
1 x 160 Half Squat.
Struggled with squats tonight.

Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
5 x 5 x 95
5 90 Close grip.
Struggled with everything tonight!

Friday 6th August.

Weighed in at 118.05kg. Hot & humid at the Farm tonight.

Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
3 x 100
1 x 112.5
1 x 120
2 x 110
4 x 100
3 x 4 x 90 Close Grip.
All felt okay.

Deadlifts.
5 x 70
4 x 100
3 x 130
2 x 160
1 x 180
1 x 200
3 x 150
Well it came up but very slowly!

Excellent lifting Ian. 120 bench and 200 dead on relatively little training!

Thanks Bill,

No training on Monday as i was on a 3 day cruise drifting around the English channel.

Wednesday 11th August.

Weighed in at 117.85kg, still coming down despite a weekend of binging.

Squats.
2 x 5 x 20
5 x 60
4 x 80
3 x 100
3 x 110
3 x 120
3 x 130
3 x 140 1/2 squats.
3 x 150 1/2 squats.
3 x 160 1/2 squats.
Really not enjoying squats at present, everything over 120 seems appallingly heavy.

Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
3 x 100
1 x 110
1 x 115
1 x 120
4 x 100
No problems, should have done more / gone a little higher however too much chat was partaken of.

Stop binging ffs! Hope you enjoyed the cruise.

Friday 13th.
Very quick session, Grandaughters 18th birthday party!

Deadlift.
2 x 5 x 60
4 x 100
3 x 125
2 x 145
1 x 165
1 x 185
1 x 202.5 Fail. Up to my knees then slipped from grasp.

Bench.
5 x 10 x 40 Close grip.
Osteoarthritus in wrist playing up.

Monday 16th August.

Nine lifters at the Farm, nice and busy.
Weighed in at 118.70kg.

Squats.
2 x 5 x 20
5 x 60
4 x 80
3 x 100
2 x 120
1 x 130
1 x 140
1 x 150
3 x 160 half squats.
1 x 170 half squat.

Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
3 x 100
2 x 110
1 x 117.5
1 x 122.5
3 x 105
5 x 90 Close grip.
Okayish!

Another busy Wednesday (18th) at the Farm, 13 lifters at one point.

Weighed in at 118.90kg.

Tonight's plan was to simply run through the lifts up to my qualifying standard for next years British (447.5Kg).

Squat.
2 x 5 x 20
5 x 70
4 x 90
3 x 110
2 x 125
1 x 135
1 x 145
1 x 152.5
No problems.

Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
5 x 80
3 x 100
1 x 110
1 x 120 Running total 272.5.
3 x 100
No problems.

Deadlift.
5 x 70
4 x 110
3 x 140
2 x 160
1 x 175 Running total 447.5.
2 x 1 x 190 Failed both.

Everything went as expected up to the 175 deadlift. All completed in just over 60 minutes. After that though the evening fell apart, couldn't budge what should have been a comfortable 190.

Friday 20th August.

Another poor night, i'm thinking of divorcing my deadlift.
Weighed in at 118.80kg.

Bench.
2 x 10 x 20
8 x 60
6 x 80
3 x 100
3 x 3 x 102.5
3 x 105
5 x 5 x 90 Close Grip.

Deadlift.
5 x 70
4 x 110
3 x 140
2 x 160
1 x 180 Failed twice!
3 x 1 x 150
I've no idea what has happened to my deadlift...