Diary of a novice strongman

Charlts

Thanks I'm glad somebody thinks so, as long as people find it interesting I'll continue to update it.

reiteration

please do... with photos and video clips too !

Charlts

So much for squatting light to night and saving my lower back fir max effort deads on Saturday - It was in pieces anyway so I thought stuff it! Even had Mrs C video the last set of fronties specially for @reiteration Wifey did brilliantly again tonight so I rewarded her with some calf raises!

Squats - bar x loads, 60 x 10, 80 x 10, 100 x 10, 120 x 5, 140 x 5, 160 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5
Front squats - 100 x 5, 100 x 5, 100 x 5 weird knee shake going on on that last rep!
Leg press 2 sec pause, explosive effort - 200 x 5, 200 x 5, 220 x 5
Calf raise - 124 x 12, 133 x 12, 142 x 12

Video of last front squat set

Charlts

Pressing tonight, not great but I've got an eye on Saturdays max deadlift attempt and without a spotter I kept the weight fairly low with a 3 count before pressing. Had some great advice from a former junior British champ about deadlifts to take on board and try out.

Flat bench - bar x 15, 60 x 15, 80 x 10, 100 x 5, 100 x 5, 100 x 5, 100 x 5, 100 x 5, 100 x 6
Incline flye - 12.5 x 12, 12.5 x 12, 12.5 x 12, 12.5 x 12
Viking press -  80 x 5, 80 x 3, 40 x 10, 40 x 10
Overhead tri extension - 45 x 10, 45 x 10, 45 x 10
Dips - BW x 3, x 3

Charlts

Woohoo, new deadlift pb and finally joined the five plate club, sadly it was my worst lift of the day and really burned me out for any more but a 10kg increase on my worst movement is a good improvement.

Deads - 60 x 10, x 10, 100 x 10, 140 x 5, 180 x 1, 200 x 1, 210 x 1, 220 x 1, 225 fail
Arm over arm into drag - 100 x 40m, 125 x 40m

My buddy got some pics which'll get put up later, but the vids on my phone are here, I reckon the fail looks like it would've been a better lift had I not been knackered!

silent ninja

Beast! Very impressed. Fairly good speed and no sticking. I'm impressed at your grip strength. Very few people can double overhand a 1RM and only do it with chalk, no straps!! Seriously good

Charlts

Cheers, I keep getting told to try a mixed grip but I've never had my grip fail and mixed feels odd to me. Strange that my lifting ability fails before my grip does, just need to keep working on it and making slow steady progress.

silent ninja

Well mixed grip comes with the inherent risk of snapping a bicep tendon. You can minimise this by watching your technique and so on, but it's always there. And you have to keep switching hands to ensure you dont build imbalances. If DOH works for you, I'd stick to it.

Charlts

As my buddy had his big camera with him, there's some cool pics from this mornings session. He's teasing me with this one as he says it's the first time I've ever looked dynamic or like I'm going as fast as I think I do!!!

Charlts

Here's a few more pics, including a rare one of Mrs C - She hates cameras!

The full album is on our group Facebook page and really gives an idea of what we got upto, if anybody's interested.

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