Tim's Journeyman Log

[miamiracing]

nice leg workout tim. your box squats look good. i guess they put a lot of strength on your regular squats if you do them on a regular basis.

 

[co05]

Ooo natural GHRs. Those are haaaard.

 

[tim290280]

Kai: I'm hoping that they will add some weight to the squat. The pause on the box definitely changes the squat completely. For a deeper depth (not by much) I was doing a double with 140kg as a warmup for high box squats. This was much harder.

co05: They sure are hard!!!! I've finally got an adequate setup to do them and they kicked my arse. I want to have a GHR bench so that I can work the calves and errectors at the same time.

DE upper body

Skipping
4mins

Incline bench
60kg x5
65kg x2
70kg x2x8
Probably a bit light as set 8 was too easy.

Thick bar DB row
20kg x5
30kg x4
40kg x2x8
A bit light as well.

Standing OHP
60kg x5x3

Chinups
BW x13
BW x12

Dips
BW x15
BW x12
Triceps were fried

Soundtrack:

 

[jonathan]

heheh you like them thick bar exercises too. nice

 

[miamiracing]

good incline benching. time to put 100kg's on

 

[tim290280]

Jono: I'm a long time fan of thick bars. I've got two sets: one is just over 2"; the other is 2.5".

Kai: Those were a DE so they were pretty light. The goal was to move the bar quickly, not load up the bar. I think it should represent roughly 60% of what I could bench for a double. So 100kg would be a 5x5 weight.

 

[jonathan]

nice I just got one set, pretty thick, made it myself. Now I want to make a thick dumbell

 

[Bulkboy]

nice chinups, rows and incline benching there tim solid workout

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Solid Work timbo, hittin every UB muscle!

 

[tim290280]

Thanks Jono.

Gotta keep this log updated.... Oh well you all should be able to fill in the blanks. Battled to motivate myself to lift this arvo after a mid afternoon nap and sex.

Skipping
3-4mins

SLDL
60kg x5
80kg x5
100kg x2
120kg x2
130kg x2
135kg x2
140kg x2
145kg x2
150kg x2
155kg x2x2

Split squat - DE
60kg x2x8 -moved quite quickly on these for change

Hamstring curl SL
20kg x15x2

Donkey calf raise
DL 20kg x8
SL 20kg x8

DL 40kg x8
SL 40kg x8

DL 51kg x6x3
SL 51kg x6x3

Soundtrack:

 

[Bulkboy]

nice sldl's timmy boy. overall some solid lower body workout

 

[tim290280]

Thanks Bulky. I didn't know if I wanted to go any heavier on the SLDL's as it started to be an issue on keeping my form tight. Clearly I need to do more heavy work like this.

Shortened session this evening. It was quite cold and I found that I failed on a set I should have gotten easily. The fail felt like the end of the session, or else possible injury.


Skipping
4mins

Pullups
BW x3x2
10kg x3
20kg x3
27.5kg x3x4
BW x3x2

Pin presses
60kg x5
80kg x5
100kg x2
110kg x2
115kg x2
120kg x1x2
125kg xfail

W holds
2.5kg 5
5kg x5

Pushups
BW x30 x2

Planks
60sec x2

Soundtrack:

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Solid work man! Those SLDS look awesome ans the pin presses are strong 2, keep it up buddy

 

[Bulkboy]

damn, 27.5 kg pullups nice stuff dude i havent done weighted pullups in a long time but im tempted to try em again now. always felt theyre uncomfy for some reason. i hear ya on the failed lift, those can really ruin a session. but u pushed through and made the best of it. cant expect more. keep trucking bro

 

[Pickle]

hai tim nice stiffies and planks. keep it up brother

 

[tim290280]

Jono: The way I'm doing those pin presses I'd say I'll set a bench PB pretty easily. Just a few more weeks!!!

Bulky: Uncomfortable? Do you mean the added weight? I actually bought a dip belt specifically, as I'd gotten sick of the rope I was using. The dip belt is fantastic, worth every penny.

Pickle: Those planks had me shaking like a leaf!! I need to actually work my *gasp* core.

Squats this evening. My hammys and low back were stiff from the SLDL the other day still, so I'm surprised at how well the session went.

Skipping
4mins

Overhead squat
40kg x4
60kg x2x2
80kg x1x2
90kg x1x2

Box squat low
100kg x2
110kg x2
120kg x2
125kg x2
130kg x2
135kg x1x2
140kg x1x2
145kg x1

Low box stepup
90kg x20x2

Natural GHR
BW x5x4

SL DB calf raise
40kg x8x4

Soundtrack:

My iPod died so this entire album was blasting on the mini system. I think the neighbours (who come outside to smoke) may have found symphonic metal a little odd.

 

[PrinceVegeta]

Solid Leg session as always timbo, congrats on becoming a mod, u deserve it

 

[philosopher]

Solid OH SQ's. I still didnt master them. My lower back feels so uncomfortable when doing them along with that I need to develop same shoulder flexibility

 

[Pickle]

HOLY OVERHEADS BATMANS nice session timmy. yeah train core more. i want to see your iron stomach

 

[tim290280]

Jono: Thanks dude. I promise not to ban you

Philo: I think the trick to them is mostly balance and mobility. Be a good idea to work on your mobility first. I remember the first time I was doing them it was so hard. Now that I'm more mobile and have better balance I seem to be able to do these more easily. I reckon I'd be good for 100kg on these.

Pickle: Core training fell onto my list of useless stuff with NO and pec deck years ago. That was mainly because I wasn't as strong and my "core" wasn't limiting me the same way. So I'll keep doing the planks and stuff.

Did some cardio this evening.

10mins HIIT rowing
Total of 30mins rowing and 6000m

Didn't take heart rate, but my waking heart rate was 58-60 this morning. This is back down a bit, but it probably should be lower still as I've had a few shit things happen this last week.