Wanted to do too much so cut out core work. Hit glutes and shoulders. Sumo Deadlifts: 3 sets of 5 reps @ 250lbs. Hip Extension Press (Seclectorized): 5 sets of 10 reps ea. leg @ 150lbs. Step ups: 3 sets of 10 reps each leg @ 60lbs (pre-loaded straight barbell) Overhead Shoulder Press: 4 sets […]

Front Squat & Bench Press day. Note: today I noticed some horrible deficiencies in squat form. Will fix. Front Squat: 1) 5 reps @ 150lbs. 2) 5 reps @ 150lbs. 3) 5 reps @ 160lbs. Flat Dumbbell Bench Press: These felt awful on my shoulders and set them back quite a bit. Abandoning heavy flat […]

Bench Press & Deadlift Day. First cycle again of the new 6 week cycle. Uncustomary short logs because I’m playing catch up. Decline Bench Press: 1) 5 reps @ 150lbs. 2) 5 reps @ 150lbs. 3) 5 reps @ 160lbs. Deadlift: 1) 3 reps @ 260lbs. 2) 3 reps @ 260lbs. 3) 2 reps @ […]

Very short logs because I’m backlogged again. Deadlift and Front Squat day for new cycle 1 of the second 6-week mesocycle. Yay. Deadlift: 1) 5 reps @ 260lbs 2) 5 reps @ 260lbs 3) 5 reps @ 280lbs. Front Squat: 1) 3 reps @ 150lbs. 2) 3 reps @ 150lbs. 3) 2 reps @ 160lbs. […]

The last day of my first week cycle of my new program, yay! The cycle ends with Front Squat & Bench Press Day. Being the first week’s cycle the theme is basic conditioning. Just laying down to record how it went! Front Squat: Felt real good, then bad, then good about it. First did my […]

Well I wanted yesterday to be a rest day, but wound up throwing boxes all over receiving so still was tired as all hell. So today I hit up the new gym, which I officially am subbed to. Goodbye LA Fitness, hello Factory of Solitude. Today was my first day of the new bench press/deadlift […]

My second workout day of the new cycle was my new developmental day, but that took a back seat a bit to the fact that it was also testing out a new gym. The new gym was interesting, it had a lot of equipment, was very quiet in comparison to my normal gym so very […]

Today was the first day of my phase 2 workout plan, which I detailed extensively in my long video blog that I linked in the previous post. It was a real great workout and let me tell you, you take a week off from extensive training like I had last year and you notice right […]