Chris Anderson's training log V. 2.0-- Tom Kallas is a dead man

KevinAlvy wrote:

good luck at your meat

Good luck, mate. Do not forget to say your prayers to Hatfield, Spoto, and Coan. I apologize for not making it to your meat; i will hit a homer in your honor

Chris Anderson wrote:

thanks, kyle will be there to be my meat handler




he's handling my meat










dick joke

wat

You'll do fine. Just stick to your plan(s) and take what's there on meet day. The training has been great and all you have to do now is set yourself up for success by making good calls.

I will bring sword trophy to cut the meat.

chit just got real

I like where this is going.



Oh, and I forgot to log my PT test:

Pushups- 60 (stopped early)
Situps- 56 (stopped early)
2 mile run- 15:25 (wanted to stop early)

I took about 50 seconds off of my run time without running once since the last PT test. Maybe running on a fucking 27 lap track is what hurt my time so much last month. Anyway, this will get me promoted to Specialist and I'll be put in the E-5 slot right away. I'll be sent to WLC ASAP and I could make Sergeant within a year.

is your body ready

Yes

So I applied for a job at GNC. I figured any job that pays me to take money from people like Slapdick is the dream job for me.

Chris Anderson wrote:

So I applied for a job at GNC. I figured any job that pays me to take money from people like Slapdick is the dream job for me.

You realize that you will actually have to talk and be nice to people, right?

Oh fack

4/14-

Accumulation block, week one, heavy effort bench

Bench-
255x8
3x10@225, narrower grip each set

Dips-
BWx10
25x10
5x10@45
BWx25

Barbell rows-
4x10@185

DOH barbell holds-
3x10s @315

Notes: First day back. Bench felt good. My heavy effort days will primarily be just working up to something kind of heavy anywhere from 3-8 reps, and then backing off for more rep work, with some kind of variation. These variations will include different grips, long pauses, Fat Gripz, whatever. Total number of lifts will stay mostly the same throughout this block, with intensity slowly rising up.

Once I get a spreadsheet for my training cycle, I'll do a little write up for what I'll be doing for the next eight weeks.

"TAKE THIS SHIT n00b!!"

If only....

I fucking love it.

4/15-

Accumulation block W1, heavy effort deadlift

Deadlift-
455x5

1.5" deficit deadlift-
3x5@365

Close stance, high bar squat-
3x10@225, with very loose belt

Leg press-
pyramid up to 5ppsx10 and back down

Notes: Glute wasn't feeling the best during the deficit pulls, so I cut it down from sets of 8 to sets of 5. Had to keep my hips lower and initiate more with quadz. Squatting with quadz sucks. This was kind of a "leg day" for me.

4/17-

W1 accum, bench rep effort

Fat gripz bench-
4x6@225, first/last rep paused for 3 count

Pullups- 5x5, 1x10, various grips, most sets with fat gripz

HS incline press- 3x12, last set with fat gripz

Overhead cable tricep extentions- 5x10

Notes: Good bodybuilding style day for me. Fat gripz pullups were hard but not overly so, I will include them more often to get some more grip work in while doing lats. Overhead tricep extensions are quickly becoming a favorite of mine.

4/18-

Accum W1 heavy effort squat

Squat-
145x5
235x5
285x3
belt on
325x3
briefs on
375x3
415x3
suit on, straps down
465x1
straps up
505x1
wraps on
555x1
595x1
650x0

Notes: Went to Magni Barbell here in Iowa City today and decided to gear up and have some fun. 650 was a very close miss and I just barely drifted forward and got out of the groove. I just need to learn the gear a bit more and it will be an easy lift. A full training cycle with this stuff and I hit 700.

I'll probably train at Magni on the weekends now, and I'll lift there full-time once the semester is over. They have a ton of awesome equipment, including actual squat bars and deadlift bars, an EFS monolift, a yoke, farmer carry handles, and they're getting more and more weight and equipment, too. Should be a great place to train.

Video to come.

4/19-

Equipped bench

Bench-
45x5
95x5
135x5
165x5

wrist wraps on
185x3
205x3
225x3
245x1

slingshot on
275x1
295x1
315x1

shirt on
315x3, 3 board
365x2, 3 board
405x1, 3 board
365x2, 3 board then 2 board
390x1, 2 board

Notes: First ever session in a bench shirt. I'll have to keep getting experience with it and keep breaking it in. I'll get in the shirt every Saturday and just keep working up heavier and to lower boards until I can touch.

Yesterday-

4/21-

W2 accum, deadlift HE

Deadlift-
465x3

Notes: Was really slow today and the glute started acting up around 365 or so. I suppose I should have just dropped the weight and done some rep work, but I wasn't having a good day overall and decided to cut my losses and just leave. Oh well, bad days happen.

Definitely from the geared benching

It's possible. Between missing 650 in the suit and the overal strain of being in the shirt, I probably have some CNS black death plague going on.

4/21-

W2 accum, bench RE

Close Fat Gripz bench, 3 count pause at bottom and top-
45x5
95x5
135x5
165x5
185x5
205x5
4x5@230
245x2
265x2
275x2
285x2

Dips- 5x15, BW

Fat gripz pullups-
4x5, varying grips
1x10, super wide grip, no fat gripz

CoC static holds, 10 second hold, 5 second eccentric-
5xeach hand

Notes: It's humid as fuck and some other guy in the apartment build turned on his A/C, so I did, too. Lots of TuT today, and 285x2 is actually a PR. 275x2 was probably a paused PR, as I've hit it touch-and-go a couple cycles ago.