8/14/20 Friday August 14, 2020 (KBs Priest Lake)

 Back in Priest Lake

Warms up consist of some overhead holds, goblet squats, light presses, deadlifts and swings. 

Main training this day was

DB 32kgs SQ x 5 x 6 sets

DB 24kgs CL x 5 PR x 5, x 3 sets

DB 32kgs floor PR x 5 x 3 sets

32kg 2H SW x 10 x 3 sets

8/12/20 Wednesday August 12, 2020 (KBs Priest Lake)

Back in Priest Lake

Warms up consist of some overhead holds, goblet squats, light presses, deadlifts and swings. 

I was feeling very tired and not fully recovered from Monday's workout.  Particularly squatting the double 32s was ugly.  Adductors really tight.

Main training this day was

DB 32kgs SQ 1 x 3 sets

DB 24kgs SQ 3 x 3 sets

DB 32kgs PR 3 x 5 sets

3 sets of farmer carries with the 32s superset with swings with the 32 to finish. 

Got a massage this afternoon, which I think will help quite a bit.  

8/10/20 Monday August 10, 2020 (BB Squat, Bench, DL)

 6:45am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, Original Strength resets  - 45 minutes

7:30am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar + Crooked Arm bar 20kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

24kg TGU x 1/1
48kg DL x 5
24kg 2H SW x 10 (hike swing park)

7:45am- Training session -  BB Squat, Bench, DL

BB Squat:
45 bar x 5
135 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 2
315 x 1
365 x 1

395 x 1

work sets
415 x 5 x 3 sets

BB Bench:
45 bar x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 2
255 x 1

work sets
265 x 5 (PR)

265 x 4 fail on 5

265 x 4 

265 x 3 fail on 4

265 x 2 fail on 3

18 completed reps total

BB DL (all hooked, belt at 315):

warm up
45 bar x 5
135 x 5 x 2 sets
225 x 3
315 x 2
375 x 1

work set
415 x 3 (PR) (decided to stop at a set of 3)

rolling
hanging from the bar

Indian clubs 2 minutes

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

9:15am - Complete

Notes - Traveled back home from Priest Lake on Sunday, 7 hours in the car, to drop off Frankie and Liam.  Knew this was going to be a tough session and I had a flight to catch back to Spokane to head back to Priest Lake.  In the circumstances I decided to squat 415, which was a good weight choice and went well.  I will likely squat this again to start after vacation and then run up another NLP and just see where I can take it.  Overall that was good.  On bench I decided to drop the weight but get in a bit more volume and see if I could hit a rep PR at a weight I previously topped out at with triples, 265.  Overall I had some good sets and did hit PRs, though I think either 255 or 260 would have been a better choice and perhaps I could have hit 5 sets of 5, or at least 4 sets of 5 which is what I was really shooting for.  So a slight disappointment as I do not like failing reps, though the fails were done in a professional manner and I definitely tried to grind through them.  To end with a PR triple on the DL at 415 I felt like was a real accomplishment.  I wasn't sure if I should go heavy and I just decided fuck it and went for it.  The next time I DL heavy I should be more fresh, and I am going to trip and hit a set of 5 at 415.  The last rep on this was tough, I may, may, may have had one rep left in me but I would say it would have been ugly.  In the situation I wanted to take this PR and come back and regroup for the next time pulling heavy. 

8/7/20 Friday August 7, 2020 (KBs Priest Lake)

Warms up consist of some overhead holds, goblet squats, light presses, deadlifts and swings. 

Main training this day was

DB 32kgs SQ 4 x 7 sets

DB 32kgs PR 4 x 5 sets

a few snatches, some farmer carries to finish. 

8/5/20 Wednesday August 5, 2020 (KBs Priest Lake)

Warms up consist of some overhead holds, goblet squats, light presses, deadlifts and swings. 

Main training this day was a complex for 30 minutes

DB 32kgs CL x 2 PR x 1 FSQ x 3 - 10 sets

DB 32kgs CL x 2 PR x 1 FSQ x 2 - 4 sets

8/3/20 Monday August 3, 2020 (KBs Priest Lake)

 Took 1 20kg, 2 24kgs, and 2 32kgs to Priest Lake where we are vacationing for 2 weeks.  

Warms up consist of some overhead holds, goblet squats, light presses, deadlifts and swings. 

Main training this day was

DB 32kgs SQ 3 x 8 sets

DB 32kgs PR 3 x 5 sets

a few snatches, some farmer carries to finish. 

7/31/20 Friday July 31, 2020 (BB Squat, Bench, Light DL)

6:45am - belly breathing, Primal Move practice, Original Strength resets  - 45 minutes

7:30am - Kettlebell warm up

1/2K halos - 12kg, 4X each side / each leg (total 16X)
Arm bar + Crooked Arm bar 20kg with 3 presses and rotations, 1/1

24kg TGU x 1/1
48kg DL x 5
24kg 2H SW x 10 (hike swing park)

7:45am- Training session -  BB Squat, Bench, Light DL

BB Squat:
45 bar x 5
135 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 2
325 x 1
375 x 1
415 x 1

work sets
440 x 5 x 3 sets (PR)

BB Bench:
45 bar x 5
135 x 5
185 x 3
225 x 2
255 x 1
275 x 1

work sets
292.5 x 2 x 1 set (PR)
292.5 x 1 x 13 sets (pulled it off)

15 reps total

BB DL:

warm up
135 x 5
225 x 3
315 x 1

work sets
345 x 5

rolling
hanging from the bar

Indian clubs 2 minutes

Band wrist extensions, 10 x 2 sets per hand
6lb sledgehammer hammer rotations, 10/10
6lb sledgehammer finger walks, 1/1, x 2

9:15am - Complete

Notes - Toughest training session of my life, most weight lifted for sure.  Squatting 440 for 3 sets of 5, benching 292.5 for 15 singles, topped off by a top set of 5 at 345 for the DL.  Took me damn near 3 hours start to finish, though there was some down time in there.  Man squatting that heavy is so hard and it takes it out of you.  I am now going on vacation for 2 weeks, I will be back for a day when I can hit the barbell in the middle of this trip, otherwise its all kettlebells.  I am going to keep it extremely simple - double front squats, double overhead presses for the main movements.  A lot of rack holds.  Some floor pressing.  I've been almost exclusively barbell in 2020, and really pushed myself, so I am going to appreciate this time period, rest and recover, and then come back in a few weeks ready to deload a bit and then try and run up another NLP if possible.  I don't think that will be particularly effective for the pressing movements however.  I really probably need a Texas method volume day and an intensity day each week for those lifts.  I will have to think about it.  I think NLP will still work for squats and DLs.