My ADD Training Log - 2012

[calvus]

Good squatting dude!

And just so you know, I did throw last week. So quit bugging me:icon_lol:

Nice!! Felt good didn't it?

 

[calvus]

congrats man!

Thanks man!

 

[livingdeadmoose]

Nice!! Felt good didn't it?

It did! I need to go stone hunting tomorrow so I can start practicing again. I want to concentrate mostly on stones, hammer, and WFD since they are my biggest weakness. I easily matched my old WOB PR on the first attempt and was an inch away from a new PR. Not only that but I had my best caber tossing day after not throwing anything for a year. So I'm not worried about ignoring those two events.

You should check out my log for videos/pics.

 

[calvus]

11/12/2012

BJJ - No gi - 1 Hour

I was the only person that showed up to no gi today, so I got a 1 hour private training session with a black belt. No rolling, we just drilled & drilled, then worked on 2 specific techniques. The first was a nasty choke from side mount, and the 2nd was a specific technique for taking the back from sidemount when the guy on the bottom tries to roll to turtle. Excellent training session.

 

[JauntyAngle]

11/12/2012

Back at it...

Squats
5x135
5x185
5x225
3x275
5x295
5x335
5x385 <-- Tied Rep PR

Paused Bench
8x95
5x135
5x165
3x185
6x205
5x215
5x215
5x225
10x225 <-- Rep PR!!

DB Rows
15x100
15x100

No problems with my leg today. I guess the week off was perfect. I'm just considering the Smolov experiment as a couple of high-volume weeks & now I'm back to 5/3/1 on my squats now. I'll be squatting twice a week. I'll also be benching twice a week - looking forward to some gains before the PL meet on Jan 12th. I have 9 weeks.

Squats felt pretty good today, but I was talking to a buddy of mine right before the last set & ended up taking way too long of a break. As a result, the last set was all over the place, GM'd every rep - just ugly. Still tied a rep PR, though, so not bad. I'm up to 445 as my training max right now for squats on 5/3/1 - so these next 2 cycles won't be easy (408 is my current PR).

Woah. You are seriously flying the flag for us older guys. Great stuff.

 

[MIDMOBOX]

385*5? And only saying your PR is 408. Im guessing that 445 number is even low

 

[calvus]

Woah. You are seriously flying the flag for us older guys. Great stuff.

Thanks Jaunty!

385*5? And only saying your PR is 408. Im guessing that 445 number is even low

So 408 is my PR because that's the most I've ever successfully attempted. I attempted 420 at my PL meet, but got called for depth. I'm certain I'm good for more than 408. If I use the 1RM calculator, then 385x5 equates to a 1RM of 435, which I'd be pretty happy with. My schedule calls for me to do 425 in a couple of weeks, so I'm looking forward to that.

 

[MIDMOBOX]

I Think.ill load that on the bar next time too. Hell what's the worst that can happen

 

[JauntyAngle]

I Think.ill load that on the bar next time too. Hell what's the worst that can happen

 

[WitchCraft]

Noooooooooooo please tell me this isn't real!!! Oh god. I really try not to think about these things but sometimes it passes through my mind right before I'm about to squat

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[JauntyAngle]

Noooooooooooo please tell me this isn't real!!! Oh god. I really try not to think about these things but sometimes it passes through my mind right before I'm about to squat

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Don't know if it is real... I just grabbed it from a Google search for "squat fail". If it's any consolation, if it is real, it is clearly a pretty old picture and so presumably things like this would be pretty darn rare.

 

[calvus]

Can we call this a No No No NOOOOOOOOO squat?

Thanks for the pics Jaunty

And WC don't worry, it looks like this guy was only squatting with one and a half legs. You have 2 full legs, so you're good.

 

[calvus]

11/14/2012

Deadlifts
5x135
5x225
5x265
3x295
5x315
5x370
5x1x420 <-- reset after each rep

SOHP
5x80
5x100
3x115
5x125
5x145
4x165
3+2x165 <-- Last 2 were Push Press

Pullups (Palms Facing - Supersetted with SOHP)
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
5xBW
10xBW

Good workout today, even if my head wasn't screwed on all the way. I forgot to take my pre-workout drink. Forgot my case for my iphone, so I had to listen to the crappy gym music. And I forgot chalk. Damn. The knurling sucks on the bar, so on my last set of deadlift my grip was giving my issues. 420 felt heavy as well, but since I haven't pulled anything in 6 weeks, that was expected.

Overhead press was feeling great until the set of 165. Not sure what happened here, just ran out of steam on the 5th rep, so I waited about 20 seconds & then did an extra set.

In other news, today must have been Smokin Hot Girl Day at the gym. I sure am glad I decided to lift today.

 

[MilkManUK]

In other news, today must have been Smokin Hot Girl Day at the gym. I sure am glad I decided to lift today.

I think you are on to something there, there was a ton of hotness at my gym today too. No complaints from me.

 

[calvus]

11/14/2012

BJJ - 1.5 Hours

Excellent training tonight! I really felt like I did a good job moving, breathing, defending & not panicking in bad spots. In specific training we drilled an armbar from mount - picked up some nice details. Then I got to spar with Zeb, who's a purple belt now. He's bigger, stronger & more technical than me (and just won Worlds at Blue Belt), but I defended well and didn't get submitted. So I'm pleased with that. Next I rolled with another blue belt and I controlled him well & put him in some bad spots, felt good about this one too. Last I rolled with another purple belt & got tapped twice, but felt like I still defended & moved pretty well.

We're having a Grand Opening of the new Testai Jiu-jitsu on Dec 1 & we're also having a belt ceremony & promotion. My instructor told me that I should be there - which might mean I'm getting my purple belt. Seems crazy & a little early to me, but would also be cool... Of course maybe I just heard what I unconsciously wanted to hear.

 

[MilkManUK]

We're having a Grand Opening of the new Testai Jiu-jitsu on Dec 1 & we're also having a belt ceremony & promotion. My instructor told me that I should be there - which might mean I'm getting my purple belt. Seems crazy & a little early to me, but would also be cool... Of course maybe I just heard what I unconsciously wanted to hear.

That would be cool, hope it happens for you.

 

[calvus]

That would be cool, hope it happens for you.

Thanks man - I've had my blue belt for about 2.5 years I think. But my training has been really inconsistent.

 

[Aleks Sytsevich]

Noooooooooooo please tell me this isn't real!!! Oh god. I really try not to think about these things but sometimes it passes through my mind right before I'm about to squat

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I think that these photo's are a result of snatches gone awry.

Nice deadlifts.

 

[toonie]

Thanks for the words of support calvus.

Great pulling. Must be nice to get back to that! Why haven't you deadlifted since Oct?

 

[JauntyAngle]

Thanks for the pics Jaunty

Promise that the next pictures I post here will be a little easier on the eye!