Tireflipper Workout Log

[tireflipper]

I am posting my workout routine so those that may be more experienced may critique my workouts. I am involved in strength/strongman type training not bodybuilding so it may look different from some. Any help would be great.

Wed. Feb 23rd
Push Press
125-10, 170-5, 220-2, 255-1PR, 260-0 So close, 220-1
Felt some wrist pain so I was more concerned about weight rather than reps. I will get 260 next week.

Seated DB Press palms in resting at shoulder for each rep
50-10, 65-6, 80-5, 65-8, 65-7, 65-12
I kep the weight light and the reps very slow and controled to help my shoulder recover and get used to the weight again. Seems to be working.


Thursday Feb 24th
Arms
ez Curls: 115-8, 165-4 Forearm pain, 115-8, 115-8, 115-8
Hammers: 60-8, 70-8
Tricep pushdowns: 150-15, 185-15, 200-15
Tried having someone stand on the stack (175lbBW)+100
set 1 for 12, set 2 for 12
Cable skull crushers (First time)
130-12, 150-12
Workout cut short but everything felt not to bad.

[NYCmitch25]

Is this it? Only 2 times a week on back-to-back days?
Not enough.... =) Better question is what is your goal. I mean why are you lifting.

I dont understand some of the exercises your doing. Lost in translation dude. Im confused with what your writing.

Your reps of 1,0,2 are useless. 3 warmups 10,8,8; 2 sets of 6-8.
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[Stonecold54]

Re: Tireflipper Workout Log

Originally posted by tireflipper
I am posting my workout routine so those that may be more experienced may critique my workouts. I am involved in strength/strongman type training not bodybuilding so it may look different from some. Any help would be great.

Wed. Feb 23rd
Push Press
125-10, 170-5, 220-2, 255-1PR, 260-0 So close, 220-1
Felt some wrist pain so I was more concerned about weight rather than reps. I will get 260 next week.

Seated DB Press palms in resting at shoulder for each rep
50-10, 65-6, 80-5, 65-8, 65-7, 65-12
I kep the weight light and the reps very slow and controled to help my shoulder recover and get used to the weight again. Seems to be working.


Thursday Feb 24th
Arms
ez Curls: 115-8, 165-4 Forearm pain, 115-8, 115-8, 115-8
Hammers: 60-8, 70-8
Tricep pushdowns: 150-15, 185-15, 200-15
Tried having someone stand on the stack (175lbBW)+100
set 1 for 12, set 2 for 12
Cable skull crushers (First time)
130-12, 150-12
Workout cut short but everything felt not to bad.

well even though you are training for specific event I would still say you are doing too much...the EZ curls are too much..2 sets should be fine. Shoulders are the most overworked of all...I would do just a couple sets each of the push press and dumbbell press instead of just repeating the same sets. are you practicing your strongman comp events??? what kind of agenda do you have as far as time frames.

[tireflipper]

you guys got me all wrong that is just where I started posting I do more than that per week. Here is how I finished the week.

FRIDAY & SATURDAY = REST
SUNDAY
EVENT TRAINING - Had not been to the farm since Nov.

600lb Yoke 100' Went 50' dropped it, turned around and brought it back. 34 seconds and 26 seconds 2nd time. The weight felt really light but I have not done them in so long I had to try to keep it from swaying all the time. 2nd run was way better.

185lb Stone Clean and Press: I watched Brent lift the stone to pic up some hints. Than I cleaned it and just pressed out a few reps without cleaning each time.
205lb stone clean (used duct tape to put 2x10lb plates on the 185lb stone) This did not actually feel much heavier than the first. Did 2 reps.

Hand over hand pull/Sled Drag 370lbs than drag back. Then did 510 This felt really good, time was good don't remember exact time.

12" Log Cleans 170, 210, 260 each for 1 clean. Tryed 280 but failed.

Deadlift 315x3 405x3 495x1 These felt good I have not deadlifted in about 6 months so I was quite happy with my lifts. I think i had about 10-15lbs more in me but with my back thought it wise to stop here.

800lb Tire Flip Just fooling around taking turns flipping it. Probably did somewhere around 10 flips
Really sore today. Might take today off.

[tireflipper]

OK my goal is to compete in our Provinces strongman events and maybe a bit state side. My weakest area is my overhead press. That is the reason for the amount of shoulder work. I try to train about 4 days per week with one event training day per week.

First competition is mid April.

I lift to lift heavier each and every time. If I feel pain I will lift lighter for a week or take a couple of days off. I listen to my body to see how far I go before results slow down. I am presently taking nothing but Protein supplements. I would like to do some of my sets with a few more reps but the bottom line is the Push press in competition is always for a heavy single rep. That and I am having some pain in the wrists.
I would like to thank you for your input. Maybe hold a few more days and I will have a few more workouts posted.

[Stonecold54]

I speak with no experience on this but I would suspect that you would get more out of your training if at this point you backed off on your gym training and focused on your events twice a week with maybe one to two days at the gym.

[tireflipper]

You are on the money SC. I would like to but I am only able to train events once per week because of location.

As soon as it thaws I can take my own stuff out and train with it at home.
So for right now I train as specific as I can like deads, pushpress bentover rows and that type of thing. I usually don't train a lot of sets per day but do train often. Right now I find this seems to be working. Last summer I could not even press a 220lb log and now I have done 250. So the increases are coming.

[Stonecold54]

Originally posted by tireflipper
You are on the money SC. I would like to but I am only able to train events once per week because of location.

As soon as it thaws I can take my own stuff out and train with it at home.
So for right now I train as specific as I can like deads, pushpress bentover rows and that type of thing. I usually don't train a lot of sets per day but do train often. Right now I find this seems to be working. Last summer I could not even press a 220lb log and now I have done 250. So the increases are coming.

yeah you will benefit from more repetition of movement as you want to train your nervous system to lift more weight and get the neurological firing pattern down to a perfection which is why practicing the exact movement is important but obvioulsy there are limitations. Good luck with everything though.

[tireflipper]

Monday, Feb 28th

After event training I though I would take the day off but was going to the gym anyway so I tryed some Zerchers.
Stayed fairly light. 120x10, 210x10, 210x10, 210x10, 210x10, 210x10, 210x10
these felt pretty good. Next time I will pick a weight that I can do for 5 sets of 5.

[tireflipper]

Thanks SC I will be busting my balls almost every day before this competition. I thought about taking test or something but I can not afford to climb out of light weights just yet and that stuff is sure to bump up my weight fast. Cut off is 231lb. I am presently about 235 so I sooner need to lean up a bit just to compete. I hate this part now I have to watch what I eat!!:mad:

[tireflipper]

Tuesday, March 1st
Push press (Light day today) Thick Bar
100-10, 150-6, 170-6, 170-6, 150-8 strict, 120-10 strict, 120-8 strict
workout was short but felt pretty good. I like the thicker bar better that std bar. Not bad for a day I was going to rest.