My training thread

I see that for your first few weeks, you were using steadily increasing weights with each set (unless I misread the info). How do you feel about doing the opposite - starting out at maximal weight and doing less weight each set until you reach the least amount of weight you can stack (I forgot the name of this method - "negatives"?)

I've always found it a really good way to press muscle failure. After your first 5 sets or so, the lighter weights are much harder than the harder weights you started with (since your muscles are so depleted, etc). Really good way to sap every last ounce of strength you're capable of.
 
My main concern has always been absolute strength and not muscular failure. In fact, I never go to failure. So, usually I work up to the 95% of 1RM unless it's a speed day. I have found this works best for me when working towards strength.

It's not a bad system and might work well for some.

Size has always been my secondary goal.
 
Well, first...the stupid cable people did something with their fiber optic network so that a bunch of people are without cable and internet for another week. So, I'm stuck using the university net only like four times a week. Now, the other bad news-

they cancelled the bench competition!!! :mad: All this damn work for those people to be to lazy to want to go through with this a week before the competition.

So, here was yesterdays workout-
A) squat-
1X10@135, 2X5@225, 2X5@300, 1X25@175 (yes...25 reps at my bodyweight, actually I'm down to 168 now but whatever)

B) snatches-
5X3@135

C1) deadlifts
1X6@135, 2X3@225, 5X1@315
C2)hammer curls
8X5@45 pd dbs
 
canceled?!!?! wow, i'd walk up to em and showem how much i could horizontally bench in their face.. lol, anyways, what do you think your 1RM was up to??
 
I would gather to say that I had it at around 310. Ah well, I'll be hitting a 2 week hypertrophyesque program and then onto my strongman program.
 
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Ugh to no net yet, but anyway...here is the program that I'll be following for the next few weeks, this will be my last time to bench for awhile, so I'm making the best out of it.

M-
A)inc db press:3X15
B1)dec bench: 3X5
B2)cable crossover:3X8
C1)seated db shoulder press: 3X8
C2)lat db raise: 3X8
D1)bb row:3X5
D2)cable row to neck:3X10
E)chins:3X5

T-
A)Squat:3X15
B1)front squat: 3X8
B2)romanian dead:3X8
C)single leg squat:3X4 each leg
D)cable pullthrough:2X12
E)calf raises:4X6

Th-
A)clean and jerk:5X2
B)snatch or 1 arm db snatch:3X3
C)overhead lockouts:5X5
D)overhead french press:3X8
E1)reverse curls:5X6
E2)bb curl:5X6

Does it look like a lot? Yup. 2 days of HIIT/abs and 2 days off. This will be a three week program and then onto my strongman stuff.
 
Okay, so I've grown bored with my hypertrophy program and am switching over to this program (yes, my strongman)

M-Pressing
split jerk: 6X3
seated overhead lockouts:5X5
close grip bench:4X6
neutral grip seated db shoulder press:3X10
overhead bb tricep extensions:3X10

T-leg/abs
front squat/back squat:6X3 each
explosive Romanian or standard deadlift:3X8
split squat:4X3 each leg
cable pullthroughs:2X12
Russian twist on glute-ham raise machine:3X12
cable pull in:3X8

Th-pulling/abs
Will rotate between two of the following each week-
full cleans/good mornings/1 arm db snatch/full snatch/high pulls@5X3
then-
bent over bb row:5X5
cable rowing to chest:3X6/face:3X8
bb curls:3X6
cable crunch:3X10

Sat-
tire flip
keg throws (till platforms built)
farmers walks
zercher walks

This is for 3-4 weeks and then it will change as far as sets/reps, etc
 
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