Swedes Training Log

[miked96]

Good work Swede. Try front squatting before the back squats next time. I started doing that last year and it serves a s a great warmup and will not hurt your poundages at all. I actually prefer to FS up to 315 even if all I have planned is a back squat session. It makes those warmups feel light!

[big_swede]

It will be good K!


Mike - Thanks alot for the advice, much appreciated! Ill try that next session.

[big_swede]

3/11 - Presses

Notes: My right collarbone and shoulderblade has been feeling funkh for a couple of weeks now leaving me dead in the water when it comes to overhead work - better take it easy on the presses for a while. I also started to benchpress again 2 weeks ago and it really effects my oh capacity in a bad way. As a strongman I am dependent on raw oh strength so I will either focus on bench for a while and the go back to oh focus, or cut out the benching completely, I have not decided yet. Today was pretty good anyway, gaining weight is awesome!! :-))

Bench Press
1x100kg
1x110kg
1x120kg
1x130kg
0x135kg

7x100kg
7x100kg
4x100kg

*Benched really narrow and i felt much stronger and faster. Probably a carryover from the overhead work were I tuck my arms in and have a close grip.

Military Press
8,6,5x60kg - Funky shoulders!

Klokovs
5,5,5,5x40kg - to get some bloodflow, very short rest.

Guns
EZ Tri extension ss EZ Curl
8x50kg / 8x50kg
8x50kg / 8x50kg
Fx40kg / Fx40kg

Rev curl with fat gripz - 3 sets w 20-30kg for 8-12

Hammer Curls with fat gripz - 2x8x13kg

Love the fat gripz so far!

Other
Laterals - 5x8-10
Plank - 1 set to failure

[HIThopper]

strong in here

[BendtheBar]

I've noticed that when I tried to do more than 2 heavy pressing days a week I suffered. I can see why that benching might throw you off.

Thought about doing shoulders first and then maybe finishing with a couple high rep dumbbell benches, or something like that?

[big_swede]

Exactly what I thought off BtB, doing my heavy log or push presses and then do light paused bench or dbs for high reps.

[Mr.Silverback]

Moving the iron my brother, kill it!

I've noticed that if I pressed two days relatively close, my bench suffers unless i choose reps over doubles and singles

[mab54]

Strong work swede, since your main thing is strongman stick with ohping as the main movement with 5+ rep stuff with bench. No idea if that would work but that's what I would do.

[Iamnoone]

Great work Swede!

[big_swede]

Thank you guys. Im with you there mab, will go back to mainly OHP with Closegrip bench as assistance to work on lockouts