Calvo's Thickbar Training (grip + lifting)

[Chaos Mitten**]

You need to buy more weight. Doing reps with 343 isn't going to cut it.

http://www.sherdog.net/forums/f49/team-chaos-impending-deadlift-contest-champions-854422/

 

[Calvo]

Yes I do.


I was on a business trip for 4 days in NH then went to Niagara Falls, Canada.

I worked out at the hotel. I did lat pulldowns, chest press and tricep pushdowns. It was all I could do.

Yesterday at the gym:

ATG Front Squat
bwx8
barx8
135x8
185x8
225x8

135x5 Clean on plates

Deadlift on plates(why are these so hard?)
135x5
185x5
3x5 225

DB Bench
50x8
60x8
3x8 70

Hopefully my chest responds to higher reps. I still have not found out how to improve my chest.

I attempted dips but had to stop due to sternum pain. I'm done dips for at least a month now.

 

[Calvo]

10 minute warmup:
Rows, jump rope, pullups, bw squats, mountain climbers

Power Clean:
3x3 @ 100lbs
5x3 @ 185lbs(85%)

3 rounds for form:
10 Power Cleans 95
10 Knees to Elbows on pullup bar

5 minutes of stretching

 

[Calvo]

cheap hard gripper for 20 minutes
CoC #1 10x3

 

[Calvo]

ATG Back Squats
bw x8
135 x8
185 x8
225 x8
275 3x8
225 x8
185 x8
135 x8

DB Flys 3x10 45lbs

Rope Pushdowns 3x10 60

 

[Calvo]

Zercher Deadlifts
1x3 168lbs
3x3 218lbs

DB OHP
1x10 50lbs

Kettlebell 1 handed Push Press
1x5 32kg

Kettlebell Swings
3x10 32kg

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I'm new to Zercher deadlifts.

 

[Calvo]

5 rounds:
12 Wall Balls
12 Burpees

5 rounds of:
12 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls (95)
12 Ring Rows

Stretch

 

[Calvo]

1 mile run.

 

[Calvo]

ATG Back Squats
BW x5
135 x5
185 x5
225 x5
295 3x5
315 x2

ATG Front Squats
245 2x3

Rope pushdown, Cable crossover

 

[Calvo]

3 sets:
20 Alternating DB Snatches 45, 45, 50
15 Ring Rows
20 Jumping Lunges

and

3 sets:
250m Row
15 Box Jumps
20 Lateral Cone Jumps


2 days ago:

Sledge hammer levering
5x5 #1 met al to met al
5x5 #2 little more than parallel

 

[Calvo]

Warmup gripper 3x10

#1.5
x1
x1 left hand failed
x1 left hand failed
x1
x1
x1
x1 failed
x1 failed
x1 left hand failed
x1 left hand failed

 

[Calvo]

10/25/08
21, 18, 15, 12, 9, 6, 3
55lb swings, Cheat Pullups, situps

21 burpees in 1 minute

Stretch

 

[Calvo]

10/27

Thickbar Deadlifts
168 x5
188 x5
218 x5
258 x5

343 lbs
2x3
x1
x1
x1

Pushups
3x10

 

[Calvo]

10/30

Learning the Snatch.

Snatch assistance exercises:
Overhead Squat
Pressing Snatch Balance
Heaving Snatch Balance
Snatch Balance

Snatch 95lbs
3,3,3

Power Snatch
3x 115
3x 120
3x 135
3x 145
3x 155

 

[Calvo]

10/31
warmup gripper
3x10

Card tearing
20
30
31
32
33
34
40 - struggled with this

Fingers are fried

 

[Calvo]

11/01
3 rounds 17:14

Run 400m
30 KB swings 55lbs
15 knee to elbows
5 sit ups to standing

 

[Calvo]

11/02

ATG Squat
135 x3
185 x3
225 x3
275 x3
315 3x3 (YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

DB Bench
35 x10
65 x3
75 x3
90 x3
85 x3
85 x3

Wrist curlz
65 x10
75 x10
85 x10

Rope Pushdown
140 3x3

Good Morning (Still new to this one)
95 x5
115 x5
135 x5

 

[Chaos Mitten**]

Congratulations on the squat rep PR. It's always feels great to have an extra plate on there for your work sets.

 

[chia]

Pretty beastly training dude. Keep it up. And nice squat!

Is the snatch done with a thick bar also?

 

[Calvo]

Pretty beastly training dude. Keep it up. And nice squat!

Is the snatch done with a thick bar also?

Thanks guys

The snatch was done with an olympic bar. The thickbar doesn't have rotating ends so all olympic movements are a lot harder.