strongman and mma

I've never heard of any event that only allows a push press (besides the viking press of course on the machine). all the nas records even ones that say "push press" in fine writing say "Athlete may press, push press, push jerk, split jerk the bar overhead". this event allows jerking. besides viking press what event doesn't allow it (besides the very very uncommon strict press I have only seen once)?

today training sessions got some good squats in.
hurdle hops warm up. 36" with increasing weight up to 35# plate.
405 atg paused squat (very very big pr doing the hurdles first helped along with remembering to jump out of the hole)
then did some nice heavy keg carries up 250# for 60ft. (one of my best events, my proportions allow me to carry the keg high enough so that it is out of the way of my legs).
then rows and bis. for lots of reps.
will be doing some clinch work today and some head movement/counterpunching later
 
Rest day/carb up day. Kept calories low just didn't worry about macro nutrients because I started to feel flat and tired. Here is a pic of me today after having Ihop breakfast:). abs look a little blurry do to la carbs, and I also think my last body fat pincing test was performed wrong (by a doctor) I think I look closer to 10% than 8%. but hey that just means I have more weight to cut and can add on more muscle later.
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Sorry missed the last two days.
Monday
ME deadlift day.
warmed up with depth jumps from 12" down up to a 24" box with 30 lb dumbbells.
then pulled 525 deadlift from a 2 inch def.
followed by a crapton of reverse hypers, around 150 total reps with 100#s
then some lunges, with 65s for about 5x6.
then traps and abs.

Tuesday Me upper
push press 215 for a warmup cut it off when bar speed slowed.
floor press 305, 5# pr in ~10 days, pretty sweet, will need to change it up next time because gains are slowing probably floor press w/ chains.
then floor press superset with pull-ups, 225, bw pulls, 10,8,6,4,2.
delt giant set on cable machine,
and arm superset.

setting prs often and weighed in at 221, hope to weigh 220 by thursday.
 
whoops missed yesterday's lower body squat day.
20" box jump 140# barbell
bottom up atg squat 365.
5 sets of ten deep wide stance good mornings 225 (close stance I feel it in my back not hams)
sled sprints w/ 200-300lbs.
keg carrying sprints, worked on my keg carrying technique to get it out of the way of my legs a bit.
As i lift it in the air I let go in mid pull and readjust my hands to a parallel grip, if that makes sense so I can pull the keg higher.
traps and abs, 30,25,20,15,10 reps superset with weighted sit ups.

weighed in at 224. but looking even leaner was thinking WTF. then I remembered I started taking some creatine just to finish off my container that has been causing the recent weight gain (pulling water into my muscles).
have about 1-2 more days left, will probably weigh 219-220 next thursday hopefully around 7.5-8% body fat.
 
Events
185 hang snatch (10lb pr in a month)
farmers, did all my warmup sets for speed, then finished with a 245 for 80feet for a couple sets.
did some stone loading 250 to 48" w/out tacky, won't probably use tacky its such a fucking mess. then did 230 for a few reps, and some sets was very dizzy at this point probably around 3x3. yeah that sounds right.
Then some rows/curl supersets. called it a day there.
you may have noticed basically 3 lower body days. yeah Ive doing that as mma is mainly about lower body and strongman events are aswell so i decided to experiment with this that way my events get spread out. looks kinda like, jumps and deadlifts, jerks and upper body, rest, jumps and squats +loading or carrying. cleans and yoke/farmers. I never go to failure and I'm not doing a whole lotta volume around 10 sets maybe for the total workout. basically I added in a squat day and replaced a RE upper day.
I do have a great recovery system and rest alot, but am also on a cal deficit so I will let you guys no how it goes, these two weeks have seemed fine, next week will be a good tester.
 
Beginning third week of this cycle where I added in a squat day in place of a RE upper. 5th week on this conjugate style cycle.

warmed up with jumps finished with seated box jump to 24" w/ 40lb dumbells. I never push these jumps really hard I'm trying to land with mostly straight legs.
Then warmed up my deads, it has been a month since 545. I hit 555 with significantly less hitching just a mild rebend in the knees, the hitch isn't really a big dead because I am trying to get this stronger for my next strongman comp that has a max DL and allows hitching. My goal is 10 lbs every four weeks until my comp pulling 600 in comp. That will have been a 100 lb increase in 8 months 150 lb increase in a 10 months. conjugate method with deficits has greatly helped.

Then did fuck tons of single leg reverse hypers (i find single legs I don't feel it in my low back as much).
then lunges with 65#s.
followed by shit tons of traps and abs.

I also have successfully weighed in at 220 the past two days!!!!!. which means I am right at the max I could be to cut out 20lbs of water for my comp. I still have some fat to lose so i might shed off about 3-4 more lbs of fat over the next 3 weeks then hang there. because that would be right about ideal for 200 strongman and 205 mma
 
For any of you wondering I don't know my bodyfat its creeping near 7-8. with a 33 inch waist, lost my calipers I need to get new ones.
 
weighed in at 219 today (haven't taken creatine since saturday)
hit some ME upper today.
245 fat grip jerk
295 dead bench, suspended in ropes
bench chin up superset 10,8,6,4,2.
then lots of delt work. basically I take a band and for 15 minutes almost non stop front raises lat raises rear delt flies and ext rot. and just continuously giant set them.
Then bis and tris, similar to above. gets the lactic acid and pain tolerance going.
here is a pic of me today
now for post workout and a massage
 
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Odd that my pic isn't working, whatever. hopefully I'll get some calipers from bb.com with my new order of sups, so I can do some gewd body fat testing.
For the record I haven't been adding my mma workouts just because I don't think its necessary to write it in my log, its not impressive and doesn't really convey any type of message.

Today Squats and Stones,
warmed up 48" two step hurdle for a double, pretty cool first time I've gone over 4 ft. (despite having a pretty decent vert).
box squats (westside style ass wayyyy back hard for me cuz I'm quad dominant) ended with 365 right below parallel and and a bloody nose. yes that is 40 lbs lighter than my close stance atg pause squat. shows how weak my posterior chain is compared to my quads.

Then did some deep good mornings with 135 to loosen up my back from rocks.
did all these no tacky,worked up to 250 to 4 ft for a couple singles, missed the first one due to lack of getting my feet close together, Then after a rest and a miss, got 250 to 52" w/ no tacky which is a pretty big pr.
tips I've found that help, rip the fucking stone from the ground (from travis O. don't be afraid). Then after lapping get your feet really close together for maximum height, and before the explosion up. crunch down as far as you can with your chin on the stone, this gave me some nicely added height. couldn't budge my 290, wil hopefully have a 270 made by next week so I can try that at 48" w/ no tacky would be awesome.

then some high reps traps and abs.

food and nap.
 
Decent work today for events,
fat grip clean and jerk, the clean was the bitchest part (forearms a little hurt from stones yesterday. 225 1 clean two jerks.
then yoked up, worked up to 700 x30 almost got a drop and then 30, but was slipping in the wet grass.
did some backwards sled pulls,
and some rows and arms.
 
Got some good dead work today weighed in at 219.6 (will get body fat calipers in mail tm) looking at a little under 8

jumps worked up to 24" box with 60 lbs dumbbells for a triple.
deadlifts 500x3, a little hitching on third (getting better)
fat grip cont cleans (at school so no chalk)195 for a triple
shit tons of reverse hyper tryna stretch out my back.
traps and abs.

using the fat gripz is way harder than an axle, the grips themselves are smoother than an axle and after putting them on my stomach (for the cont clean) the bar rolls. a bit so mixing my grip is a huge bitch. but I figured once I used an axle in comp it will be easier, one of these days I'm going to use a real axle to see if it carries over.
 
For the record found a gym with an axle and got 245 for a single, fat gripz are a bitch.
 
strict press, 200x1
bench 330x1
bench/pullup superset. 275/BW 3x6/8
high rep delts
high reps arms.
finally got good calipers in the mail. puts me at 10% body fat so I was underestimating myself, but in the end hey the means I can add on about 10 more pounds of muscle (after losing 10 lbs of fat) and still compete at 200. yeahhh
 
worked up to a 34" hurdle with a 10 lb vest and 25 lb dumbells.
365 atg pause squats for a triple
yoke 550 50ft. in ten secondsx3
traps
abs
 
Weighed at 217 flat today, didn't drink to much water, will probably fluctuate back up tomorrow.

225 clean and jerk fat grips x2
250 atlas stone over 4 feet for 3 doubles
some heavy ass reverse sled pulling. 600 lbs for 30~. 300 lbs for 100~
kroc rows, 95 x3x15.
fat bar reverse curls 45x20x3. Felt real good on my biceps after the stones and cleans.
 
218 flat today, despite massive water and carb reup.
gunna do some sled dragging for recovery and light rolling
 
217 flat and a 32 inch waist. measured my body fat fresh (i did it after working out so there was a lot of subcutaneous water and blood etc.) measured at 8.5% which makes more sense.
 
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