Tim's Journeyman Log

[Braaq]

Wimp








jk bro, great session especially considering you train alone in your backyard. Crazy!

 

[Bulkboy]

great session bro strong bench, awesome rows, and those bb curls are looking good too

 

[tkD]

incredible ambition and motivation to train alone at home bro, heavy benching and db rows, congrats

 

[philosopher]

Pretty strong bench tim

 

[tim290280]

Braaq: Yeh I enjoy training at home, would like a gym partner though. I don't mind training at gyms for awhile but after a couple of weeks I am reminded of what drove me out of them in the first place. There aren't enough hardcore gyms around anymore.

Bulkboy: I'm actually noticing how my BB curls fluctuate. I think I need to actually work on my biceps a bit and bringing those up a bit more would be good.

tkD: I'm not sure if it is motivation or determination anymore. I've been training for half my life now so it is part of who I am and what I do. Not training for any length of time feels weird to me.

Philo: thanks dude! I'm going away again for work in a couple of weeks so I may get to use a gym again. I'd like to see if I am good for 10kg more on the bench just by benching on a better bench.

Reps all round fellas!

 

[Rageking]

those DB rows are strong, and the pushups are great too

 

[tim290280]

^^ THe pushups are a funny thing; I really need to add more weight to my back. The thing is the plates that don't impede my ROM are also rather smooth so they tend to slide off one another (so need a loading pin). I also notice I can go from 20 reps one week to 15 the next to battling to get 10 another, all based on the bench workout. It really is an accessory that isn't improving noticeably.

 

[DriDDeRz]

hey timmy
hows training going
nice solid weights and session for sure.

 

[Rageking]

ah i see, it is a good supplement exercise

 

[tim290280]

Dridz: Training is going ok. A bit cold and wet recently to really hit things hard. Can't wait for it warm up a bit in the evenings. How is the diet going?

Rageking: It is one of the best and much better for the shoulders than benching.

Last night was nice and cold. Never felt warm, let alone warmed up and had to restrict the reps on the squats as my knee felt odd.

Lower:
Hang snatch
40kg
60kg
70kg

Snatch
80kg
80kg
80kg

SLDL
80kg
100kg
122.5kg
122.5kg
122.5kg

Donkey calf raise
50kg
50kg
50kg

Front Squat
100kg
122.5kg (only 1 rep as knee felt )
122.5kg
122.5kg

Free Squats
20
20

Soundtrack: Rodrigo y Gabriela

 

[Bulkboy]

wow, nice sldls and front squats tim dont u do regular olympic squats or what?

 

[tkD]

session looks good tim, snatches, front squats and SLDL's, not the same about soundtrack

considering that you've trained for long time at home, and it's part of your life, i respect that, because not too many have this "ambition" (sry that i'm repeating like in my older post, but this is the word i must use ) to continue training and stay close to the sport, keep it up man

 

[tim290280]

Bulkboy: I'm not sure I know what you mean. I usually do front squats but I quite often use a clean grip (quite often because I'll clean it to the shoulder before squatting). Is that what you are referring to?

tkD: Yeh I suppose it does take a bit to still be training when most have come and gone from it. I don't know why you wouldn't like Rod y Gab's music. They are very much metal influenced in their playing. Check out youtube for their cover of Metallica's Orion, or Stairway or Pink Floyd. They are really good, just not the stereotypical death metal (which I'm not a fan of) you'd associate with young white male sports people.

 

[Skeptic]

nice workout big guy!

Thats a great song too btw.

 

[Big_Guns_Lance]

Nice workout Tim. Heavy SLDL and front squats

 

[El Freako]

Nice and heavy SLDL Tim!

 

[Lionheart]

Gotta give it to you man..its not easy to train at home and be motivated.
Good work w the frontsquats and SLDL

 

[Pickle]

hey sweetpie
sorry havent posted in here for a while. Take care of your knee was on those leg movements was it the same knee you had operated on before?

Nice snatches again

 

[tim290280]

Skeptic: Yeh I'm a big fan of Rodrigo y Gabriela since I heard their cover of Orion.

Big_guns_lance, El Freako and Lionheart: I'm still trying to get my hammys up to scratch and those SLDL's are really fitting the bill. I want to have them do all the work rather than my overactive glutes.

Pickle: Yes it is the knee I had operated on. It has been feeling good and not getting general swelling from doing anything. I guess I'm just superconcious of it when I'm lifting.

Upper body from the other night. Stupid internet was down at home.
Warmup

Work
Incline
bar
60kg
80kg
102.5kg
102.5kg
102.5kg

Chinup
BW
20kg
35kg
35kg
35kg
BW

Fatman pullups
20kgx10
20kgx10

Handstand pushups
5
3

Triceps OH ext
15kgx12
15kgx12

DB Bicep curl
25kgx5
25kgx5

Soundtrack:
Weird Al - White and Nerdy

 

[El Freako]

How many reps were you doing on the chins? The weight looks really good!