Jwood wants to be a Juggernaut!

[EliteDreams]

Long pause squats. Hehehe!!!

[LtL]

Direct ab work has really helped my stability under the bar. Definitely keep it up.

[MikeM]

Awesome work JW. I love checking out your strongman circuits.

[RobMoriRB]

JW with the solid session and the long pause....keep pumping

[BendtheBar]

Originally Posted by jwood

Feeling strong!

Says it all. Enjoy the food and football!

[jwood]

thursday Thanksgiving Training
Lots of training today, went to the gym for my regular workout and then did some strongman conditioning.

DE Bench
*plus short mini bands
135x3x3
185x6x3

Standing OHP
95x2x5
150x3x8
These felt solid

Dips
BW x 20
Plus 30 lb chain x 3 x 15

Pull Ups, wide neutral
BW x 4x10
Close grip x 8
Wide Grip x 6

Strongman Medley
Keg Carry
Bear Hug Carry
Duck walk x 180 lbs
-did 3 rounds about 100 ft with a turn at 50 ft. Really pushed for speed, and nearly puked.

I did not eat enough before training, I just ran out of energy. My regular training went great, but conditioning, not so great. My legs were shaking, and my strength was starting to go. O well, I will make up for it with 10,000 calories today!!

Tomorrow I am planning on doing some clean and press, and front squats. I will be away from saturday until Wednesday for hunting season, will be a good deload but I will also do a ton of walking in the woods.

[jwood]

Wednesday Back to training
Got back from the mountains today, spent the last 3 days hunting. It was a great time, I harvested a huge doe on monday morning. So I got my fitness in dragging it for a couple miles uphill and through brush. Wore me out, did a lot of walking the last couple days but feeling great. Started the jugg method today, inverted. I purchased the new book and got inspired.

Bench Press
135x2x5
205x9 sets x 5 reps, 1 minute rest
205x 12
Inverted jugg method, switches the reps and sets. So rather than 5x10 you do 10x5, with one minute rest. I was surprised how much the short rest affected me.

Seated Klokov Press
95x3x10
Had to do these seated, b/c I was in my basement. Much harder than standing.

Strict Bent Over Row, forehead rested so I could not cheat at all
95x15
135x12
165x2x8
135x10

Tricep Extension, 2 light bands
3x15

that is it, kept the volume low. I am going to squat and deadlift tomorrow and then OHP on Friday. I am going to cut back on my training volume a little bit for my lower body. One day of squat and deadlift which will usually be on Wednesdays. Strongman takes it out of me, so I need to make sure my low back gets recovered. I am possibly going to do a light squat day and accessories on saturday.

Nytrix Review: Been taking nytrix for a few days. Great so far, had an awesome pump today. I feel the nytrix did help with recovery the last couple days, I have been doing a ton of walking up and down mountains and my muscles feel great. I should start to get a better idea of how it affects my workouts this week, workouts will be back to normal.

[BendtheBar]

Congrats on the doe.

Did you like the Klokovs better from the seated or is it too soon to tell?

[jwood]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Congrats on the doe.

Did you like the Klokovs better from the seated or is it too soon to tell?

Thanks Steve,

I like the klokovs standing better. Part of the lift for me is to not really control the weight on the way down, when you are seated it really hurts your back if you let the bar slam on your traps.

It is a good option if you can not do standing press.

[jwood]

Wednesday Squats and Deadlifts
This was just brutal, the weights were fairly light. But I nearly died. I almost failed with only 285 pounds on my back. Brutal!

Squats
145x2x5
235x5
Work sets
285x 10 sets x 5 reps
*60 second rest
Oh my goodness, I did not think this would be that hard. I like the short rest periods, I was sweating like a pig.

Conventional Deadlifts
135x5
225 x 5
Work Sets
315x10x5
These were probably more like 90 second rest. Did what I could, these felt really good though. Looking forward to working conventional for a while. I think it is better with my focus being on strongman.

My plan for juggernaut is to run it with a deload after every 2 cycles, that means 6 weeks of training one week deload. Every third week I will separate squats and deads for the rep out set. I think this will help me hit my true max reps. Also, on the max rep week, I will use the concept from lift run bang and work up to a heavier single then drop back. This way I can still handle some heavier weights.

Saturdays are now going to be a very light, mostly recovery day. Going to do some light front squats and a little assistance. Deadlifts twice a week are just too much with strongman. Events need to take priority.