The road to 231.4 LW Strongman Nationals and beyond

[BendtheBar]

Hope it feels better and fast.

[austin.j.taylor]

Originally Posted by big_swede

Strong work on the axle pull and love the farmers too!

Thanks big guy!

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Hope it feels better and fast.

It already feels better, just wanted to err on the side of not being a dipstick for once.

[austin.j.taylor]

So I started Keto this morning. Dont feel too bad at this point yet, but I know that tomorrow and Wednesday are going to suck. I decided to smash some pizza last night to celebrate my dieting (LOL). I now have the screamers from that. I still plan on squatting later today as my back feels mucho better, but still not great.

[big_swede]

Good luck with the dieting. You competing this season? Im about to do my first strongman competition in august. I will be a blast!

[austin.j.taylor]

Originally Posted by big_swede

Good luck with the dieting. You competing this season? Im about to do my first strongman competition in august. I will be a blast!

I do not plan on competing for more than one reason. I might do a charity contest in December, but nothing is set in stone yet.


7/9/2012
Squats:
135X5
185X5
215X3
225X3
235X>3(Did 7, blah)
As I racked the 235, it started absolutely pouring rain. I will do front squats on Wednesday with deadlifts and stones.

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by austin.j.taylor

So I started Keto this morning. Dont feel too bad at this point yet, but I know that tomorrow and Wednesday are going to suck. I decided to smash some pizza last night to celebrate my dieting (LOL). I now have the screamers from that. I still plan on squatting later today as my back feels mucho better, but still not great.

You sound too much like me. Pig out before I diet, and regret it the next day.

[austin.j.taylor]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

You sound too much like me. Pig out before I diet, and regret it the next day.

Thats exactly what I did.


7/10/2012 Pressing

Took the kids swimming for 2 hours. It was a beautiful day for it. 82 and partly cloudy.

Standing strict bb press:
135X3
135X3
145X3
155X3
165X3*
*Last rep was a grinder. I think I started my warm up too heavy. Will adjust for next week.

More strict pressing:
95X3X10

1 Arm DB Rows:
60X2X10

Notes: Still feeling well on the new diet. Endurance was rough but I had just got done with the kids at the pool.

[BendtheBar]

Solid effort Austin.

[austin.j.taylor]

So I somehow tweaked my back a touch about two weeks ago. Not even really sure what I did, but it wasnt anything severe. My schedule has been fuked and my diet has not been good. I am still hanging around the 255-260 mark. My sinus' have just been fuked this year and finally saw an ENT yesterday. He put me on my 344534876534rd round of antibiotics at a high long length dose. I will have a ct scan in the 3rd week of August to see what the damage truly is. I have a severly deviated septum that is causing my sleep and breathing issues. I will def be getting surgery to fix the septum and most likely will be getting my sinus' bored out as he said they are very small for someone my size. I also found out today that I will get furloughed for at least a week from the railroad. I have a job interview tomorrow at a local factory. If everything works out I will work the factory m-f and the weekends at the railroad, plus my commitment to the national guard. I could get insanely busy, very fast.


Training: I have decided to almost completely start over. With no competitions on the horizon for me, I need to work on a huge weakness of mine: muscular endurance. I plan on getting back to decent jogging shape and focus more towards athletic performance than strength. I really suck at repping weights as you will see from todays workout. I will be running the juggernaut method for the foreseeable future. 5/3/1 has just become too stale to me and tough to pull off without having a full gym (which I hope to fix very soon)

Diet: i will continue to loosely follow carb back loading(I still cant afford the book, but will attempt based on what little knowledge I have)

7/31/2012 TJM Accumulation Phase 10's wave:
Squat:
115X5X10*
I have completely changed up my squat style to a more PC dominate style squat. Felt a little wierd and this was def harder on my lungs than my legs. My inner thighs did feel the impact of the new style, but I almost felt no work being done by my lower back. My shins where damn near verticle and my weight stayed on my heels nicely. I am going to really like this style, just got to work at it.

Strict Press:
95X5X10*
Felt really good. Shoulders where a touch crunchy from squatting, but thats to be expected.


Going Forward: I plan on running a M,T,Th,F workout plan starting next week, with the following split:
M-Squat and assistance
T-Strict Press and assistance
Th-Deadlift and assistance
F-Push press and assistance

On Friday this week, I will finish the accumulation phase with push pressing and deadlifts.

[big_swede]

I think juggernaught will do you good! I did sets of eight for a month or so this spring and it got me going again, strength and conditioning - also makes one swole:-)

Good luck and recover fast!