DW's Journal

[DieselWeasel]

Originally Posted by LtL

Congrats on Elite. What are your plans now? Maybe time to move to 181s?

LtL

Thanks. I'm probably going to stay in the 165 class until making weight becomes extremely difficult or not possible. It depends upon how much more muscle that I build in the following few months.

[HIThopper]

Congrats, great meet, well done

[Bodybygamma]

DEEZ WEEZ don't stall at the KNEEZ! It went from being IS THIS REAL LIFE?! to "WE WERE ROBBED!"

That bitch stole my deadlift rofl

[DieselWeasel]

Originally Posted by HIThopper

Congrats, great meet, well done

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Bodybygamma

DEEZ WEEZ don't stall at the KNEEZ! It went from being IS THIS REAL LIFE?! to "WE WERE ROBBED!"

That bitch stole my deadlift rofl

Yeah, getting that 570 would've been cool, but I won't go crazy thinking about it all the time. I'll get it next meet, like you with the 615.



03.28.12
Kettlebells & Calisthenics

Kettlebell Hand-To-Hand Swing: 1 set with 88

Pistol (One-Leg Squat): 2-3 singles with each leg, holding a 53lb kettlebell with both hands

Kettlebell Get-Up: a few partials while holding both the 40kg and 8kg 'bells together in my right hand (almost 106lbs)

Kettlebell Upside-Down Clean & Press: four singles with each hand, using the 53 (PR weight w/ left)

One-Hand Push-Up: one static hold at the bottom, hovering slightly above the floor, with each hand


^ two kettlebells, almost 106lbs together






03.29.12
Grip

One-Hand Pinch: a few singles of lifts & holds with my right hand, using a pair of 25lb plates, until the skin broke at the base of my thumb

^ I couldn't do any with my left hand, along with the skin tearing early into the attempts, which was a little disappointing because I was able to do them with either hand, last time, if I recall correctly. During this session, I also tried two 35s, but couldn't break them from the floor. It was my first time trying with those plates.



03.30.12

Trap/Hex Bar Deadlift: 1 single each with ~620 and ~640

^ First time using this implement. I'll probably try it upside down, next time I use it, so I can start the pull lower.

Barbell Pendlay Row: 4 sets of 4 with 298

Wide-Grip Pulldown: 3 sets of 8 with 210

Thickbar Curl: 2 sets of 2 with 115







04.02.12
Calisthenics

Bottom-Up One-Arm Push-Up: a bunch of singles with right arm

^ This was a different type of OAPU. I also tried it with my left a few times, but that was a no-go. I did regular sets of doubles with my left hand, starting from the top, after each bottom-up single with my right.

Long-Pause Pistol: a bunch of singles with each leg, pausing for a while at the bottom, hovering slightly above the floor

^ These were done after failing to do a new variation, the butt-to-floor rocking pistol. I came close once with my right leg.

http://www.facebook.com/v/10150618304676012
^ OAPU from the bottom, right hand



04.03.12

Back Squat: 1 set of 31 with 225 (3-rep PR)

^ I intended to do 30 reps, but I apparently did a miscount, and it was 31. That shit annihilated me, especially my quads and glutes, but also my whole body in general.

- This was also a breathing squat set, meaning I paused with the bar on my back during certain parts of the set, took some breaths, then continued. During this particular one, it went like this: 12, 6, 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1.

Leg Press: 2 sets of 5 with four plates per side

^ Much less weight than I wanted to use, but my lower body was fried after those torturous squats.

- After the leg press, I decided to just work my calves and head home.

Cybex Donkey Calf Raise: 1 set of 20 with 270

[big_swede]

Heavy trapbar deads. Impressive!

[BendtheBar]

Kettlebell Get-Up: a few partials while holding both the 40kg and 8kg 'bells together in my right hand (almost 106lbs)

That's a great lift. Very impressed.

[bruteforce]

Inspiring as always DW

[DieselWeasel]

Thanks, iron brothers.



04.06.12

Pause Bench Press: 5,4,4 with 225

Strict Standing Press: 3,2,2 with 170

Dip: 6,4,2 with BW+135

Cable Crossover: 12,8 with 70s

Two Dumbbells Standing Lateral Raise: 1 set of 14 with 30s





04.07.12

Rack Pull: 1 set of 1 with 765, then failed 785

^ The bar started slightly above my knee. Probably a PR, but not sure.

Romanian Deadlift: 8,7,6 with 325

One-Arm T-Bar Row: 2 sets of 8 with 135

Pull-Up: 8,7 with two 20lb chains around my neck

Thickbar Curl: 3 sets of 1 with 120

^ I failed what would've been the fourth single.

- Form remained mostly strict throughout.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by DieselWeasel

Great pic. Your photographer needs a raise.

[DieselWeasel]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Great pic. Your photographer needs a raise.

No, my photographer needs a job. That was a screenshot from a video that I recorded on my own. I'm my own videographer/photographer and I'm currently unemployed.