Jwood wants to be a Juggernaut!

[jwood]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Work related?

Hopefully you get some good hotel rooms that treat your lower back well.

Yea for work. I am switching jobs. Kind of a promotion, but more of a lateral movement. This is the job I was hoping to move into when I started at the company. It just came a lot faster than I thought.

Hoping I can find a cool gym out there.

[jwood]

Monday Bench Press
Bench finally felt better today, weights were moving nicely. Lower back is almost healed. Could feel a little soreness today, but nothing serious. Did some light reverse hypers at the beginning and end of the workout. Tomorrow after squats I will do heavier reverse hypers, and core training.

Bench Press
135x5
155x5
185x4
215x3
245x2
285x1 finally felt easy
260x 9 Not sure if this was a PR but definitely felt a lot better than the 240 from last week. Reps were more strict and tight and smooth. Getting better.

Pull Ups-high volume, different grips
Wide Angled grip x bw x 10
Wide angled x bw plus 30 chain x 8
Wide Neutral x bw plus 30 x 10
Close Neutral x bw x 8
wide neutral plus 30 x 8
wide angled plus 30 x 6
wide angled bw x 8
Wow that was a lot more than I thought, felt good.

Skull Crushers
65x12
85x10
105x 6, 8, 8
85x16
These felt very strong

Wide Neutral Face Pulls
90x15
180x10
225x8, 6

Single Arm Band Pushdown
Light band x 3 x 15 each arm

Awesome session. Especially since I felt dead tired at the end of work today. I did not sleep well last night, but once I got started I killed it!

Hoping squats go well tomorrow, dropping the weight a little bit and going back to my chucks. Getting back to my roots, haha. Just a little more variety for a while.

[BendtheBar]

260x 9 Not sure if this was a PR

PR or nor, great set.

You're not moving out there to live are you?

[jwood]

Originally Posted by BendtheBar

PR or nor, great set.

You're not moving out there to live are you?

No, just out there for 2 weeks of training.

[ravimolasaria]

Originally Posted by jwood

260x 9

that is a monstrous set ... great benching jwood ...

[jwood]

Originally Posted by ravimolasaria

that is a monstrous set ... great benching jwood ...

Thanks big man!!

[jwood]

Tuesday Squats in Chucks
Back to my roots, squatting in my chucks. I think I have allowed my hamstrings to fall behind due to the heels on my shoes. Allowing me to use more quads in my squats.

Squats
145x5
175x5
215x4
255x3
295x2
335x1
315x9
Solid set, need to readjust to the flat shoes. I like the fact that I can feel the weight through my heels. I can feel the soreness in my glutes and hammies.

GHR
BW x 12
plus mini x 2 x 8
BW x 12
Wow hamstrings were so tight, almost cramped.

Reverse Hyper
2 plates x 15
4 plates x 12
4 plates and 25s x 3 x 10
Really starting to get these.

That is it. Lower back felt great today, debated doing deads but decided to wait. Need to keep working form with the flat shoes, but they felt great today. It was like a completely new lift again. Time to crush squats.

[jwood]

Wednesday Quick Session
Heading to the beach for 4th of July, but I got it in. Session was only 30 minutes, just goes to show when you focus you can get stuff done

Hang Cleans
95x2x5
135x2x5
185x 8 sets x 3 reps
Very minimal rest, right around 30 seconds

Core
Decline Sit ups
Poor Man reverse hyper

Light curls/tri extensions

Lower back felt great. Even though I am pretty sore from squats yesterday, body needs to adjust again. Will be crushing it again soon!

[big_swede]

Good quicksession J. Love me some hangcleans.

[BendtheBar]

315x9
Solid set, need to readjust to the flat shoes. I like the fact that I can feel the weight through my heels. I can feel the soreness in my glutes and hammies.

I've been wondering if I should try squat shows with a heel. So overall you think the flats might be a better fit for the squat, or maybe just a personal thing?