Jwood wants to be a Juggernaut!

[jwood]

Originally Posted by EliteDreams

Very cool training JWood!

Thanks man, just having fun!

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Been very impressed with your pressing strength this last year.

Thanks steve, pressing strength has been a focus for this last year. If I want to be serious about strongman, Overhead pressing is the key

[jwood]

Monday Juggernaut Cycle 3, Bench
Felt pretty good today, I was sore from strongman, but this cold is almost gone. My appetite and energy really came back today.

Close Grip Bench Press
135x2x5
185x3
225x3
240 x 6 sets x 5 reps
Each set I paused the first rep and the last rep. These felt good.

DB Rows
80s x 10
120s x 8
add straps
150s x 10, 9
120s x 16

DB Incline press, neutral grip
60s x 12
80s x 3 x 8
60s x 16, pumped

Wide Tricep Pushdown
70x20
95x15
115 x 2 x 12, 8
70 x 17

Face Pulls
95 x 3 x 12

Band Pushdowns
light band x 3 x25

Curls
75 x 2 x 15

Band Pull Aparts
mini x 3 x 20

Awesome session today, a lot of my accessory work is being done either as a circuit or back and forth with a minimal amount of rest.

Carb backloading is going well, I am getting the hang of it. I just need to make sure that I really crush food at night time. I am having a shake immediately post workout with protein, creatine and carbs. Then I try to get 2 really high carb meals in before bed time. I am going to monitor my weight closely.

[BendtheBar]

240 x 6 sets x 5 reps

Making it look easy.

What protein are you eating during the mornings?

[jwood]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Making it look easy.

What protein are you eating during the mornings?

Thanks btb!

Right now I am using MGN Synmax. I really like it and the cinnamon bun tastes great. and it is really cheap.

I might switch to an isolate next round. Not sure it really matters all that much

[jwood]

Tuesday Conditioning-a little weird
Started off like a normal conditioning day

Hill Sprints
6 sprints x about 50 yards
Least amount of rest possible

Went inside and got out my old Total Gym-that thing you see on infomercials, but I really like it.

Did 2 circuits of 10-12 reps each
Bench Press,
Flys
Curls
Rows-neutral then regular
Tricep Pushdown
Arm Circles-forward and backwards

This was intense, my upper body was burning all over. And I blew up, I have not done this in a long time. This is how I started, with this machine and it did wonderful things for me. I highly suggest it. I may use this more often for conditioning work

After this I did some assisted pistols a couple triples on each leg. I really think my low back issues are from imbalances. I am going to start doing more single leg work and things like zombie squats. I think I twist when I squat, which is probably terrible for my back.

[jwood]

Wednesday Squats and Deads
Decent workout today, not much sleep due to some personal issues. But training always helps everything.

Squats
145x2x5
235x2x3
325x 6 sets x 5 reps
Weights felt good today, a lot of the reps were a bit of a grind.

Deadlifts
135x2x5
225x5
315 x 4 sets x 5 reps
Cut the volume a little today, I experimented with pausing at my knee on each rep. Diesel weasel had a video of these the other day. They are brutal, but force me to use good form

Reverse Hyper
4 plates x 3 sets x 10-15 reps

Walking Lunges
20lb Dbs x 4 sets x back and forth accross the gym
Need to keep doing these.

My lower back has been awful, not sure what it is. I am going to hammer away at recovery stuff. The reverse hyper gave me some relief today, I am going to do reverse hypers every day. I think benching is what really irritates my back. I am going to change my set up a little bit. Bench is really not that important right now, so I can not allow it to affect my other lifts.

Tomorrow will be overhead press.

Update: My gym just got a belt squat machine! Amazing, I will be adding that as a serious part of my training regimen.

[nighttrain]

keep a close eye on that lower back buddy, too many great things happening in here to have an injury!!!

[BendtheBar]

315 x 4 sets x 5 reps
Cut the volume a little today, I experimented with pausing at my knee on each rep. Diesel weasel had a video of these the other day. They are brutal, but force me to use good form

Yeah those things look brutal. Nice work.

[jwood]

Got some catching up to do. Life has been a little crazy lately. But I have gotten my training sessions in.

Thursday

Standing OHP
95x2x5
145 x 6 sets x 5 reps- 1 min rest
These felt really solid

Pull Ups
BW x 8
plus 25 x 6
plus 50 x 6,4
Plus 25 x 7
BW x 12

Dips
BW x 12
plus 25 x 12
plus 50 x 8
plus 75 x 2 x 8
plus 25 x 12
Bw x 15

Shoulder Circuit 3 rounds
KB lateral raise 15 x 12
KB front raise 15 x 12
Band Pull A parts x mini x 15-20

Arm Superset
Hammer Curls
30s x 3 x 15

Pushdowns
150 x 3 x 20

Really solid session, everything felt great

[jwood]

Saturday Short Strongman
I will do more event work tomorrow, specifically farmers but felt like training today.

Log C&P
105x2x5
145x2x3
195x2
215x1
235x1, felt terrible
250x1, kinda, did not lock out perfectly
215x3 sets x 2 reps
Felt really off on the log, my balance was off. Did have some beers last night. Even when I am not hungover I think it still throws me off the next day.

Tire Flips
5 sets x 5 flips -1 min rest
These were pretty tough, but it should just be enough to loosen everything up without any soreness.

Tomorrow I plan on just killing farmers walks and doing some recovery work.