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032808

Yoke:

240, 240, 420, 600, 650 @ 60ft

810, 700(~12s) @ 80ft

The 810 was with rehband belt only.

Yoke Holds:

900x30s

Farmers:

180ftx2turns

165, 185, 205

Farmer Holds:

215x50s, 32s

Leg Curls

Calf Extensions

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Standing DB Press:

sets of 6

40,60,80,90,100,110,75

One Arm Row:

sets of 6

110, 160, 210, 180

BTN BB Press:

sets of 5

135, 185, 185, 165

DB Curls:

sets of 5

40, 60, 70, 80, 50, 30

Flyes

Abs

Treadmill 20 min.

Stretch

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Axle Cleans (DO):

doubles

130, 180, 220, 240

18" Deads:

570x4

645x3

610x4

685x2

630x2

715x2

745x2

Keep woking on technique and different belt positioning. The tighter the belt, the better off you are on this!

Axle Cont. Clean:

doubles

220, 260, 300, 340, 375, 310

I've lost some of my "shelf" and this is much more difficult now. Really helps when you got something to rest the axle on then push off for the catch.

Axle Deads (DO):

drop set 310x2, 290x2, 220x5

Grip is just shot from the farmer holds on Friday.

Leg Curls

Stretch

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Incline Log Press:

3x5x170, 240, 290

3x3x320

1x5x250

Lat Pull (wide):

4x8x250

3 Board Close Grip Bench:

2x5x225, 315

3x3x395,405,405

1x2x425

1x5x315

Pull Ups (neutral grip):

4x6xbw

Rev Tri Push Down

Stretch

Foam Roller

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Incline Log Press:

3x5x170, 240, 290

3x3x320

1x5x250

Lat Pull (wide):

4x8x250

3 Board Close Grip Bench:

2x5x225, 315

3x3x395,405,405

1x2x425

1x5x315

Pull Ups (neutral grip):

4x6xbw

Rev Tri Push Down

Stretch

Foam Roller

Are you inside the knurling on the close grip? close grip hurts myshoulders unless im on the knurling all the way.. but then its not so much a close grip.

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My index is at the start of the knurling. For some reason this is tough on the hands mostly.

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My index is at the start of the knurling. For some reason this is tough on the hands mostly.

yep, thats where im at too.. It also feels weird on my hands/wrists. I wonder sometimes if its even worth it. I think one of those log bars with hands facing eachother at that width would be ideal.

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Rev. Band Back Squat (~135 @ bottom):

sets of 4

135, 225, 315, 405, 495, 585

675x3

725x2

495x4

Farmers:

65ft

165, 255, 305, 305

Plan was to go 80ft but didn't have the grip! :angry::angry::angry::angry:

Hold w/ 325 @7s

345x80ft (w/straps)

Stretch

040508

Split Jerk:

doubles

135, 225, 275, 315, 315, 355, 385, 405(1)

Almost had the 2nd at 405. Legs were tired and wasn't getting the drive I needed. Tried to muscle it up but heard a crunch in my right shoulder and called it a day from there.

Treadmill 15min.

Stretch

Need to cycle back on upperbody stuff and have a couple deload workouts. I've been hitting pretty hard and fatique is setting in. Need to get some energy back and lighten up some of the workouts.

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040508

Split Jerk:

doubles

405(1)

Almost had the 2nd at 405. Legs were tired and wasn't getting the drive I needed. Tried to muscle it up but heard a crunch in my right shoulder and called it a day from there.

That is HUGE! Nice work.

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Chris- thanks man! I honestly think I am good for more but won't be a while now with my shoulder.

040708

Holding back a bit since my shoulder is on the mend. Hopefully having Shuna and Brouse on here will keep me in order and not try to push my recovery too fast. Keep me line if I do get overzelous, please!

Dead Lift:

triples

135, 225, 315, 405, 495, 535, 535, 535, 505, 475

Treadmill 20min.

Stretch

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Left arm only

Pull Down:

sets of 8

70, 85, 100, 115, 130, 145, 115

Bench Row:

4x8x115

Curl:

3x8x30,45, 55

Tri Push Down:

sets of 10

70, 85, 100, 115, 115, 115, 85

Shoulder Rehab (R&L)

Shoulder complex w/ 5's

Cross Body (Hip to Overhead diagnal on cable) [not sure what to call this]

4x10x15, 20, 25, 30

Ext. Rotation:

® 3x12x5,10,10

(L) 3x20x10,20,20

John- There is no way I could do 9% of my max bench for 10 ext. rotation. I will have to keep doing these until I can.

Comment: Shoulder has been feeling ok. Slight aggrevation at times and when I sleep. On tues. I received acupuncture (w/ e-stim) and a laser treatment. Not sure if it worth going back to get done again.

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Left arm only

Pull Down:

sets of 8

70, 85, 100, 115, 130, 145, 115

Bench Row:

4x8x115

Curl:

3x8x30,45, 55

Tri Push Down:

sets of 10

70, 85, 100, 115, 115, 115, 85

Shoulder Rehab (R&L)

Shoulder complex w/ 5's

Cross Body (Hip to Overhead diagnal on cable) [not sure what to call this]

4x10x15, 20, 25, 30

Ext. Rotation:

® 3x12x5,10,10

(L) 3x20x10,20,20

John- There is no way I could do 9% of my max bench for 10 ext. rotation. I will have to keep doing these until I can.

Comment: Shoulder has been feeling ok. Slight aggrevation at times and when I sleep. On tues. I received acupuncture (w/ e-stim) and a laser treatment. Not sure if it worth going back to get done again.

It's actually 9% for 8 reps, but I'd imagine you'd still fall short on that. We'll have to spend some time getting you caught up on that. Once you start training the rotators they usually catch up pretty quickly. Your pressing numbers should increase even more on the back end.

And the pulling the rope across the body has several names. I've called them rope lateral raises in the past, but I've heard other names as well.

You should try the long-sleeve shirt and safety-pin trick to try and get your shoulder to come around quicker. I don't know why I didn't suggest that to you right away, but its worth a try. I can tell you about it tomorrow if you need more info on how to do it.

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Because I am that guy, I tried a 35 pouner and on the 3rd rep I felt it getting shaky...we've all got a ways to go.

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I will try to safety pin my arm to my shirt for bed time. Good idea!

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I will try to safety pin my arm to my shirt for bed time. Good idea!

I have a sleeve-type thing that holds ice packs to the shoulder. Doesn't get it REAL cold but you can continue with your day. The material of it smells funny, though.

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Your pressing numbers should increase even more on the back end.

That would be something given his already high press. Were you guys doing the rotations on a cable column? I havent heard of any way to gauge ext. rotation strength but it makes sense. Ill test mine soon.

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Your pressing numbers should increase even more on the back end.

That would be something given his already high press. Were you guys doing the rotations on a cable column? I havent heard of any way to gauge ext. rotation strength but it makes sense. Ill test mine soon.

Sounds like a good idea for a video. ;)

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Your pressing numbers should increase even more on the back end.

That would be something given his already high press. Were you guys doing the rotations on a cable column? I havent heard of any way to gauge ext. rotation strength but it makes sense. Ill test mine soon.

Sounds like a good idea for a video. ;)

LOL. snap!

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Yoke:

330 x 40 ft, 420 x 40 ft, 510 x 40 ft, 600 x 40 ft, 690 x 60 ft, 850x60ft, 940x40ft

Speed runs - 740 x 60 ft

Holds - 940 x 30 sec

The 940 run didn't feel too bad but the hold was pretty damn tough!!!

Farmers:

165 x 160 ft, 215 x 160 ft

Speed runs -

215 x 80 ft, 235 x 80 ft

Leg Curls - 3 x 6 x 140

Stretch

Need to do more speed work on farmers and yoke.

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041208

Bike 10 min.

Left Arm only

DB Bench Press:

sets of 8

40,60,80,100,115,115,115

Cable Row

Rev. Tri Push down

Cable Curl

Shoulder Rehab

Shoulder Complex

Internal & External Cable Rotations

Side Raise

walk/jog 10 min.

My rotators are WEAK!!!

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Your pressing numbers should increase even more on the back end.

That would be something given his already high press. Were you guys doing the rotations on a cable column? I havent heard of any way to gauge ext. rotation strength but it makes sense. Ill test mine soon.

We were gaugeing external rotation strength using the DB VMO external rotation technique.

http://www.t-nation.com/article/bodybuildi...balance&cr=

It discusses and shows pictures of the technique in the link above. It's an article by Charles Poliquin that talks about limiting factors in pressing strength, good read. I've used the DB VMO strength test on myself and individuals that I trained in the past, and almost always found that many individuals have incredibly weak external rotators. Usually if you bring the ext. rotation strength up, you see a big jump in pressing numbers shorly thereafter.

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Your pressing numbers should increase even more on the back end.

That would be something given his already high press. Were you guys doing the rotations on a cable column? I havent heard of any way to gauge ext. rotation strength but it makes sense. Ill test mine soon.

We were gaugeing external rotation strength using the DB VMO external rotation technique.

http://www.t-nation.com/article/bodybuildi...balance&cr=

It discusses and shows pictures of the technique in the link above. It's an article by Charles Poliquin that talks about limiting factors in pressing strength, good read. I've used the DB VMO strength test on myself and individuals that I trained in the past, and almost always found that many individuals have incredibly weak external rotators. Usually if you bring the ext. rotation strength up, you see a big jump in pressing numbers shorly thereafter.

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome article. I just identified 3 weaknesses from that chart. Thanks very much for the link. Sorry for the log-jack Caruso, don't hurt me.

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John- thanks for the article

041408

18" Dead:

600x3, 680x2, 655x3, 720x1, 705x2, 795x1

Pull Throughs:

3x8x250

Left Arm Only

One Arm Clean:

triples

135, 135, 175, 175, 185, 185

One Arm Snatch:

doubles

40, 60, 80, 135, 135, 175, 175

Stretch sorta

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