Rebounding and Inclined Presses

I'm sick. Nothing serious but it's bringing me down. I feel congested, tired and heavy. Not working too hard but getting something done. 

Rebounding - 60 minutes (total time)

Inclined Presses - bar/12 reps, 2 sets/12 reps/135lbs, 3 sets/12 reps/185lbs.

That's it for now. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow. 

Snowdaddy 

SSB Squats and Rebounding

Getting back on the horse. Time to slowly start back into training. Today was a combination of rebounding and SSB Squats. 

Rebounding - 60 minutes (total time)

SSB Squats - bar/8 reps, 2 sets/8 reps/148lbs, 3 sets/6,8,8 reps/238lbs.

Still recovering from the Strongman competition. My lower back feels a little suspect. Good idea to keep the weights lower. A good training day. 

Snowdaddy 

Strongman Competition

I survived! I made it through the Novice Strongman Competition at the Training Grounds gym in St Malo. It's been over six years since my last powerlifting competition. I gotta tell ya my nerves were going crazy. It's the next day and I feel pretty good. A little stiff and sore in places but generally all right. Here's how the day went down.

We got there at about 1000hrs. It was good to be early as the place ended up packed. There were 8 women and 22 men competitors. 1100hrs was start time after a short athletes briefing. The list of events went; Log Press, Frame Deadlift, Yoke Carry, Keg Medley. 

Log Press

I was pleased with this first event. The presses felt very controlled. My form felt good. I was limited by my poor cardiovascular fitness. 8 reps was my goal and I achieved that.

Frame Deadlifts 

This was my strength. When I finished I was tied for first place with 16 reps. Again, if my cardio was better I could have cranked out another one or two reps. Still, 16 reps was my goal.

Yoke Carry 

Absolutely pitiful. This event I couldn't really train for in the garage. I had no idea what to expect. This was way tougher than I expected. I believe I finished second last. I couldn't even finish on length of the two required to complete the course. 

Keg Medley 

I did a fair bit of training with my 150lbs keg in the garage. However, the event director didn't post whether it would be three or four kegs and how much they would weigh. The Keg weights turned out to be 115, 155, 200, 210lbs. Leading up to the event the first two didn't bother me. The last two scared the crap out of me. These two kegs sat in the back of my mind during the entire day. As expected the first two kegs went over the bar alright. I'm proud that the 200lbs Keg also went. By this time I was totally gassed and I only managed to carry the 210lbs Keg to the bar before time ran out.

All in all the day went well. I came away knowing what I learned and what needs more work. "IF" I compete again I'll know where to focus. The event was extremely well organized and the volunteers were amazing. I've signed up for "Deadlifts for Dreams" 16 September. It will also be hosted by the Training Grounds gym in St Malo. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm not sure if I want to commit myself to strongman the same as I did with powerlifting. I was more or less addicted to powerlifting and it became unhealthy towards the end. Strongman is amazing. The people are wonderful. It will be difficult to not to dive into the deep end when all I really want and need is to take it slow and casual. Strongman is a great way to stay strong and healthy as I get older (I'm 50 ya know) as long as I don't let my personal competitive nature take over. To explain, it becomes unhealthy to challenge myself too much. Because I'm aware I  think strongman is going to become a fun ride.

Snowdaddy 

Rebounding and Nerves

Spent some time this morning with the Thera-gun. Smoothing out some of the tender/tight points. After that spent 45 minutes on the rebounder.

I'm a bit nervous about Saturday. I suppose I get nervous before any competition. That said, I haven't competed since the 2016 World's. That's almost seven year. Crazy. Maybe it's time to pick myself up and shake the dust off. I'll see after Saturday. 

Snowdaddy 

Squats

A little bit of maintenance training today. Nothing difficult since I have a competition this Saturday. Just enough to keep the blood flowing.

Rebounding - 10 minutes. 

Leg Swings and Dynamic Stretches. 

Squats - bar/8 reps, 135lbs/8 reps, 225lbs/8 reps, 2 sets/3 reps/315lbs, 335lbs/2 reps.

BW Squats - 3 sets/12 reps.

Squats have been feeling quite suspect over the last several months. Today they felt amazing. Form was on point and drive was good. Now it's time to rest up and fuel up to get ready for Saturday. 

Snowdaddy 

Keg Lift and Trap Bar Deadlifts

Still getting ready for the Strongman competition next week. Today went really well. 

Rebounding - 10 minutes. 

Kettlebell Swings - 20 reps/40lbs.

Trap Bar Deadlifts - 135lbs/12 reps, 235lbs/12 reps, 335lbs/12 reps, 435lbs/4 + 12 reps.

Mixed in and after Deadlifts was Keg Lifts. 

Keg Lifts - 3 sets/3 reps/150lbs.

After all the core work yesterday this training was tough. The 4 + 12 reps were due to straps. Regular straps didn't work very well. Figure 8 straps are awesome. Still feeling really good.

Snowdaddy 

Rebounding and Ab Sling

Pushing my limits a little bit more. I put on a movie and bounced the entire time. With some extra core work. 

Light Stretches. 

Rebounding - 90 minutes. 

Ab Sling Knee Ups - 8 sets/15 reps (1 set every 10 minutes)

My plan for the afternoon and evening is to spend some time with my massager. Feeling pretty good. 

Snowdaddy

Log Lift and Rebounding

Another good day of training. 

Rebounding - 10 minutes. 

Leg Swings and Dynamic Stretches. 

Log Lifts - 1 clean/12 presses/80lbs, 1 clean/8 presses/120lbs, 1 clean/6 presses/160lbs, 6 clean and press/160lbs.

I started to do some Bench Press but decided to bounce instead. 

Rebounding - 70 minutes. 

WRT another topic. My left elbow and lower back have been bothering me as of late. Last week I went to the Dr and got xrays. Today the Dr informed me that I have arthritis. Everything else looks good. I guess that's good news.

Snowdaddy 

SSB Squats, Heavy Hold, Keg Lift

In an effort to group some of the events together to prepare for the Strongman competition I added a few keg lifts at the end of Squats. 

Rebounding - 10 minutes. 

Leg Swings and Dynamic Stretches. 

SSB Squats - bar/6 reps, 148lbs/6 reps, 198lbs/6 reps, 238lbs/6 reps, 288lbs/3 reps, 338lbs/1 rep, 348lbs/1 rep, 348lbs/1 rep.

SS. Heavy Hold - 418lbs/75 sec, 513lbs/75 sec.

Keg Lift - 3 reps/150lbs.

A good training day. Squat seem to be slightly coming back. All the weights moved well.

Snowdaddy 

Rebounding and Push Ups

After work I decided to bounce a little. 

Light Stretches.

Rebounder - 60 minutes. 

Push Ups - 6 sets/16 reps (a set every ten minutes of rebounding)

Feeling good.

Snowdaddy 

Trap Bar Pulls and Keg Lift

Happy St Patrick's Day!!! Enjoying some Irish music and some Irish Beer while training. 

Light Stretches. 

Trap Bar Pulls - 135lbs/12 reps, 235lbs/12 reps, 405lbs/16 reps (75 sec)

Keg Over Bar - 150lbs/52 inches/3 reps.

Lots of fun tonight. Nothing was overly heavy. Getting ready for the Strongman competition 1st April. 

Snowdaddy 

Log Press and Inclined Bench Press

A really good training day. Doing some running around this morning meant I had just the afternoon to get the work done. Today I started with the Log.

Log Press - 80lbs/6 reps, 150lbs/8 reps, 5 sets/1 clean 3 presses/150lbs (1 minute rest between the five sets)

Inclined Bench Press - 135lbs/12 reps, 185lbs/8 reps, 235lbs/6 + 3,3,3 reps.

Feeling good.

Snowdaddy 

Squats

I didn't train yesterday. I  wanted to enjoy some pizza and beer. However, in the late afternoon I got the snowblower out and managed a bunch more steps and 89 minutes of elevated heart rate. 

Today I have a bunch of house work to do. I'm still gonna get some training done. 

Leg Swings and Dynamic Stretches. 

Squats - 2 sets/6 reps/bar, 2 sets/6 reps/135lbs, 225lbs/6 reps, 315lbs/1,2,2,2 reps.

SSB Squats - bar/6 reps, 3 sets/6 reps/148lbs.

Static Stretches. 

My back is suspect today and I don't feel like an injury. That said, I'm still happy about training today 

Snowdaddy 

100k Steps

I made a goal for myself to surpass 100,000 steps total this week. I got a good amount of steps at work but still had to get about 9,000 steps after I got home. Thanks to 1.5hrs on the rebounder I was able to complete my goal.

Snowdaddy 

Rebounding Keg

Very short on time after work today to train. However, I feel that I made the most of the time I had. 

Repeat the following 4 times. 

Rebounding - 10 minutes. 

Keg Lift and walk in place - 3 lifts with 20 steps each Lift.

Great work capacity training. Great practice for the Keg over bar event coming up. 

Snowdaddy 

Inclined Bench Press and Log Press

I've been feeling off my game lately. Not doing the log press charity event has thrown me a curve ball. I have never signed up for a competition and not do it. I guess it was inevitable and it was bound to happen eventually. Oh well, time to get back to work. I've got a Strongman competition coming up 1 April and I don't want to miss it. 

Light Stretches. 

Inclined Bench Press - 3 sets/12 reps/bar, 135lbs/12 reps, 155lbs/8 reps, 175lbs/6 reps, 195lbs/6 reps, 225lbs/8 reps.

Log Press - 80lbs/6 reps, 120lbs/6 reps, 2 sets/2 reps/180lbs.

I stopped with log there as I was starting to feel a bit drained and was losing my balance. Better safe than sorry. Anyway, there was improvement in both lifts today. Next time I'll start with log.

 

This afternoon I got onto my rebounder. I had lots of fun getting over my 10,500 step goal. It took me 75 minutes. 

I also spent some time sitting on a heating pad in an effort to put an end to my morning hip pain. If it is a nerve hopefully this will settle it down. Otherwise I feel great. 

Snowdaddy 

Rebounding

SSB Squats today. Rebounding fat burning this evening. 75 minutes managed to bring me to 10,500 steps for the day. Lots of Stretches to finish up. 

Snowdaddy 

SSB Squats

Something a little different today. I'm glad I got out the Safety Squat Bar. These felt really good.

Leg Swings and Dynamic Stretches. 

SSB Squats - 3 sets/6 reps/bar, 3 sets/6 reps/150lbs, 2 sets/1 rep/200lbs, 240lbs/1 rep, 290lbs/1 rep, 3 sets/1 rep/330lbs.

This evening I'm gonna spend some time on the rebounder. 

Snowdaddy 

Even More Rebounding

Have I mentioned how much I enjoy rebounding? Of course I have.

Friday, Saturday and today I bounced. I was supposed to do a Charity Max Log Press event. However, my right elbow was bothering me so I made a mature decision and pulled out. So, bouncing I did.

Today I worked and managed 15,000 steps. With that many steps completed I wanted to double my daily step goal. Goal complete!

Every 10 minutes I did 15 push ups. Tomorrow it's time to get under a bar.

Snowdaddy 

Field Trip

Yesterday I trained at the Brickhouse gym. I wanted to try the actual implements that will be used in a Strongman competition. I went with a friend who trains there regularly. 

Leg Swings and Dynamic Stretches. 

Squats - bar/8 reps, 135lbs/8 reps.

Frame Deadlift - frame/6 reps, 90lbs/6 reps, 200lbs/6 reps, 305lbs/6 reps, 410lbs/6 reps.

Not overly difficult. I felt I could do at least twelve reps with this weight. Or, easily gone up in weight. This implement feels very good.

Log Lift - 90lbs/4 reps, 140lbs/4 reps, 190lbs/1+1 reps, 210lbs/near miss.

The log rolled nicely at 210lbs. I'm still having trouble committing to the press. Hopefully it comes together this weekend. 

Keg Over Bar - 100lbs/easily over, 180lbs/a little trouble,  180lbs/no problem.

I also got under the empty yoke. Still there's time to try it properly. This Saturday is the Max Log Press. I plan on opening with 180lbs. I'll see how I feel after that.

Today I worked strictly cardio. Time to bounce!

Rebounding - 75 minutes. 

Feeling good.

Snowdaddy