Hazzard's Training Journal Of The Testosterone-Tastic Journey To A Quarter-Ton Squat

[BendtheBar]

195 felt kind heavy, but I felt like I didn't warm-up enough, or at least I made too big jumps in the weights after 100. Still, the double was pretty easy so looking forward to tripling it on Wednesday and then doing it for five (FIVE!) on Saturday.

This is gonna get fun!

I was thinking today about what I want to train for next year and the idea of playing American Football came up again. Even if I don't decide to start playing (for the local team) I want to include more dynamic, sports focused exercises in my training to coincide with the powerlifting. These weighted jumps were a lot of fun and surprisingly tough!

I had a lot of fun playing with Olympic lifts earlier this year. I have been toying with the idea of doing jumps squats.

[LtL]

Nice squatting. Weighted jumps? You're mental.

LtL

[Gaz6682]

Very strong squatting Hazz.

American Football tho? With pads and face paint and stuff? No rugby teams down your way?

[Hazzard]

Originally Posted by Fazc

Nice squatting and that is a LOT of weight to be jumping around with!

Thanks mate, and it felt good!

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

This is gonna get fun!

I had a lot of fun playing with Olympic lifts earlier this year. I have been toying with the idea of doing jumps squats.

Heyull yeah it is. Good thinking Batman, going to throw in some hang cleans after squats and deads tomorrow.

Originally Posted by LtL

Nice squatting. Weighted jumps? You're mental.

LtL

Cheers buddy. Why yes, yes I am.

Originally Posted by Gaz6682

Very strong squatting Hazz.

American Football tho? With pads and face paint and stuff? No rugby teams down your way?

Cheers mate. Heh, I've played rugby for years before I got into powerlifting. Want to try something different and football looks like a hell of a lot of fun!

[Hazzard]

29/11/11

Bench Press
20x15
60x5x2 sets
80x3
100x3x2 sets
120x3
135x3x10 sets

This was a looooooot of sets. It was weird feeling the peaks and troughs as the sets progressed, from stiff and sore, to warm and primed, to exhausted, to ready to really attack those last few sets. No real trouble with any of them, but the sheer number of sets started to take its tole after a while!

Cable Curl
16x12
16+5kgx10
16+10kgx8
16+15kgx6

Felt exhausted after the benching, but just wanted to finish with a little something. I was going to do back work today, but looking at tomorrow's session I decided that wouldn't be a great idea. I'll probably do it on Thursday or Friday. Pretty good session, I guess 10 sets on a single exercise is pretty solid! That's the first cycle of the bench Smolov Jr. done, now I go back to 6x6 on Thursday, except the all the weights for the work sets go up by 5kg for each day.

[BendtheBar]

135x3x10 sets

This was a looooooot of sets

That's a crap ton of reps. Your chesticles will be tender tomorrow.

[Gaz6682]

Volume-tastic Hazz, but your tits are burning this morning!!

[LtL]

Awesome benching buddy. Thanks for your help last night as well. Dropping the plates on my back for planks was a highlight

LtL

[Hazzard]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

That's a crap ton of reps. Your chesticles will be tender tomorrow.

They were alright actually! I find I'm usually okay with volume like that, it's bodybuilding high rep and drop set style shenanigans that leaves me destroyed.

Originally Posted by Gaz6682

Volume-tastic Hazz, but your tits are burning this morning!!

Cheers buddy, it's all good though!

Originally Posted by LtL

Awesome benching buddy. Thanks for your help last night as well. Dropping the plates on my back for planks was a highlight

LtL

Cheers mate, glad to be of assistance!

[Hazzard]

Haven't updated this in a couple of days, for no other reason than I've been lazy, so here goes:

30/11/11

Squat
20x10
60x5x2 sets
100x3x2 sets
130x3
160x2
180x1
195x3

Much easier than the doubles on Monday, I think because I warmed up better and with a better progression. The 180 felt like nothing at all so I went into the 195s feeling confident and I nailed it. Bring on the 5 tomorrow...

Deadlift
60x5x2 sets
100x3x2 sets
140x2
180x1
200x1
220x1
235x1
250x0

The warm-up sets felt really good and they were flying up, probably some of the fastest warm-up reps I've done, but as I neared 200 it started to get harder and there was literally no way 250 was even getting off the floor! I'm blame that mofo Smolov for that! Really want that 260 soon, but it will have to wait!

Hang Clean
20x5
40x3
60x3x3 sets
80x3
80x1x2 sets

Yeah... not sure I'm a big Oly lifting fan, for myself personally. Still, was nice to do something different.


01/12/11

First day of December! And with it came a ridiculous bench session. A dude who works at a nearby supplement shop and trains at the gym I work at gave me a couple of samples of a pre-workout stimulant and, naturally, I tried it today. Along with some caffeine pills of course... Because I'm awesome/retarded like that. I was buzzing and tingling like a beast! Never had a feeling from a stim quite like that! No idea if it really benefited what I lifted because I would've hit them anyway, but it inspired me to do a crazy 2 and a half hour session. Shall be intruigued to see if they help when going for a 1RM.

Bench Press
20x15x2 sets
60x5x2 sets
80x3
100x3x2 sets
117.5x6x6 sets

All pretty easy.

Push Press
20x10
60x5
80x3
100x1
60x5 (guys I usually train with came in)
100x1
105x0
80x8

CGBP
20x15
60x10
100x5
120x3
130x2

Bench Press
140x1

Yeah, don't ask... I've got to bench again on Saturday!