Jwood wants to be a Juggernaut!

[Pull14]

Great work been going on J. Massive floor press too!

[jwood]

Originally Posted by Pull14

Great work been going on J. Massive floor press too!

Thanks Pull, I actually felt like I had a little more in me. Next time I will get 365!

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

At least you got some work in.

Well done.

Thanks steve, that was it. I did what I had to do and then called it quits. I feel a little better today, gonna see how farmers go!

Originally Posted by LtL

Strong work in here J. When's your next meet?

LtL

Thanks LTL, I really have no idea. Probably will not be until fall, summer just gets to crazy to focus on a competition.

[jwood]

Sunday Strongman
Time for a serious deload!!
Woke up today and my body just hurt all over. Traps and shoulders were sore, low back, legs, you name it, it was sore. So, I decided I would push for a good strongman workout and then I would take a serious deload. So here is what I did:

Farmers Walk
**everything done for about 25 yards**
160 each hand x 2 sets, fast!
210 each hand x 2 sets
250 each x 1 set
300 x Miss, could not get the pick, low back wanted no part of this
250x1 set
160x1 set
Overall pretty happy with this, should have moved up a little less after 250. The pick was not pretty, but I went for it anyway.

Conditioning, putting all of my plates back into the basement, up and down steps with plates, haha.

Log Clean and Press
every rep was cleaned and pressed
105x5
145 x 3 x 5
Need to work on reps for this, I am strong on singles, but run out of gas fast. I am going to slowly move up, 10-20 pounds each week and continue to hit sets of 5.

That is it. Going to have a shake here and then go cut the grass. My body hurts, need a serious deload. It has probably been at least 8 weeks of heavy training, and work outside of my training sessions that really killed me. I will probably also move into some sort of carb backloading after this week. Going to really take the intensity down this week, and get some recovery.

[BendtheBar]

Time for a serious deload!!
Woke up today and my body just hurt all over.

I'm in the same boat. Rest up hombre.

[HIThopper]

Some great lifting of late mate, keep it up

[jwood]

Monday First Day of Much Needed Deload
Body felt awful this morning, that was the sign that a deload was needed. So here it is:

Speed Bench
135 plus short minis x 8 x 3
super easy

Lat Pulldown
115x15
205x3x10
115x12

Dips
BW x 4 x 15

Shoulder Circuit
lateral raise/front raise/ band pull aparts
3x20

Tricep Pushdown
70x15

Band Curls
MM x 20

That is it, just enough to get the blood flowing and get some recovery going. Tomorrow I am just going to squat with 235 for maybe 5 sets of 5 or something and do some light good mornings. Need to recover, I think it will help everything.

Muscles have a lot of fatigue in them, they need rest and I am really limiting caffeine intake this week to ensure good sleep. Have some serious signs of over reaching!

[BendtheBar]

Have some serious signs of over reaching!

Sometimes it peaks in, and sometimes it kicks your ass. I'm in the second group right now.

[jwood]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Sometimes it peaks in, and sometimes it kicks your ass. I'm in the second group right now.

I am right there with you steve, really feeling it

[jwood]

Deload Day 2
Lower body deload today, easy squats, just focused on some form issues and getting loose. did a lot of warm ups and rolling and stuff.

Squats
145x2x5
235x5x5
This weight felt kinda heavy, that is not a good sign. But was just focusing on hitting really good depth and staying tight. Good smooth reps.

Good Mornings
45x20
95x12
135x3x5

Reverse Hypers
90x3x15

That is it. True deload happening right now. I am going to try to eat big tonight and really help my body recover. I had a lot of aches and pains in my hips and left groin. Hoping this loosened everything up and now my body should be on its way to recovering.

Thursday will be some reps with DBs on the bench. Nice and easy!

[jwood]

Deload Week, getting back to normal
Everything is starting to feel good again. This is usually where I really mess up on deloads and train heavy. So today I really tried to limit everything even though i was feeling good. Just hit some volume and got some prehab work in

Dumbbell Bench Press
60s x 10
70s x 10
80s x 10
90s x 3 x 10
These were all very easy and smooth

Lat Pulldown with wide neutral grip
160x2x15
205x2x10
250x2x8
205x10

Skull Crusher
45x20
85x3x10

Tricep Pushdown
130x2x15

Hammer Curls
40s x 4 x 10

Lateral Raises
15s x 3 x 15-20

That is it, did some serious rolling out. I need to focus on loosening my IT band a bit. I think that is what causes me discomfort in my lower back. I am feeling back to normal. Energy is better, I had more motivation in the gym today. I think this was a good deload for me. Not sure what training will look like this weekend, very busy weekend. We will see, I will probably hit speed squats sometime over the weekend.