Training journal - Powerlifting

dont call it a deload or Littler will be in to give you a bollocking , awesome squatting even better bollock bulge!

another not-a-deload session today ned !!


run with dog

• 2 miles
  

running at its most sloth-like

Deadlift

• 100kg x 5
  
• 100kg x 5
  
• 110kg x 5
  
• 120kg x 5
  

kettlebell row

• 20kg x 20 (10 per side)
  
• 20kg x 20 (10 per side)
  
• 20kg x 20 (10 per side)
  
• 20kg x 20 (10 per side)
  

EZ curl

• 22.5kg x 12
  
• 22.5kg x 12
  
• 22.5kg x 12
  
• 22.5kg x 12
  

giving the lower back a break after that long and fairly horrible 165kg pull the other day ....

Squat

• 80kg x 6
  
• 100kg x 6
  
• 120kg x 6
  
• 100kg x 12
  

benchPress

• 60kg x 5
  
• 70kg x 5
  
• 80kg x 5
  
• 80kg x 5
  

military press

• 40kg x 5
  
• 45kg x 5
  
• 50kg x 5
  
• 45kg x 5
  

kettlebell farmers walk

• (2x)28kg x 30 meters
  
• (2x)28kg x 30 meters
  

well, the squats were hard (the 120 x 6 was tougher than last time) 100 x 12 was a great set

didn't do any kettlebell swings/snatches as I think I have overdone the lower back shizzle

farmers walk were lovely

Boom!

well peter , My goal of 170/105/185 = 460 for the year is not an impossibility but my squat may let me down

I have learnt that if you push to hard , things start to creak and complain !!


still, training is going well and I am enjoying it, so hurrah !

Good numbers to aim for.
Yeah, I prefer to keep quite a way off failure most of the time.

treadmill

• 35 minutes
  

Don't worry, it gets even worse when things start to creak and complain when you are not pushing hard. Still, enjoying it and surviving are two noble aims

Some nice sessions Mr Boar, that's a fair amount of reps on the deadlifts and squats.
Takes some doing that, especially the deadlifts I find, 3's are ok, but for some reason 5's are absolutely bloody awful. Amazing the difference 2 extra reps make, that said on one of my more idiotic sessions I did 3 x 5 with the top weight, seemed a great idea beforehand

back is groaning a little bit again !! nothing that makes me panic but I am sticking with standard 3's on the deads !

Deadlift

• 110kg x 3
  
• 120kg x 3
  
• 130kg x 3
  
• 140kg x 3
  

Bent over row

• 60kg x 12
  
• 60kg x 12
  
• 60kg x 12
  
• 60kg x 12
  

farmers walk

• (2x)28kg x 30 meters
  
• (2x)28kg x 30 meters
  
• (2x)28kg x 30 meters
  
• (2x)28kg x 30 meters
  

ez curl

• 27.5kg x 10
  
• 27.5kg x 10
  
• 27.5kg x 10
  
• 27.5kg x 10
  

left out the kettlebell snatches but the session overall was fine , some lovely iron maiden to listen to !!

#poon

iron maiden were a great band went to see then in 1987 or 88 brilliant live!

we're a couple of old t**ts moaning about our glass backs!

My wife believes I am in the throws of a mid life crisis - I am going iron maiden crazy , pity they just performed in Manchester earlier this year , might be too late now !

as per usual , I went a little crazy on the single reps .... even at 'our age' ...we never learn !

you need a motorbike !

Dudes!!
We're in our 40's. We're not dead yet.
We are super awesome compared to your average 40 year old. I tend to think that these days I'm aiming to maintain rather than regress, however I'm still getting slowly stronger (for my body weight) and in better shape. Can't complain. If it wasn't for my dodgy ankle I'd be flying.
Boar, your legs are bigger than 99% of the population so you can't complain either.