IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
On the upside baby mama had her first (and hopefully last) NST yesterday and 4.0 is testing well at least. He's very active, good heart rate, etc.
Hence the training today, I worked my (again, hopefully) last Friday for a bit and then drove her to the appt so I was exactly bursting with free time.
Now I'm gonna try and catch day 2 of the Arnold and fall asleep in a chair...
Hence the training today, I worked my (again, hopefully) last Friday for a bit and then drove her to the appt so I was exactly bursting with free time.
Now I'm gonna try and catch day 2 of the Arnold and fall asleep in a chair...
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
3/5/2024
Squat
320x5x2, 340x5, 360x5x 370x5
Bench
250x5, 260x5, 270x5, 280x5, 290x5
EZ Bar Curl
70x12x4
Training Related:
Gotta be honest, I don't think I hate this way of getting to 5x5. Not a 'true' 5x5 but I'd rather have to deal with one 'heavy' set at the end that stays consistent RPE wise without changing weight because I'm adding fatigue prior to the set. I think...
Non Training Related:
Baby mama had an appt at 2 yesterday and wound up being monitored until around 7:00 last night. Her blood pressure is weird, and says his (baby man) movement has been somewhat less frequent than normal. Plot twist, the 'severe' amniotic excess has decreased into mild/moderate. Good news for overall health, bad news for a very tired and in-pain pregnant woman who thought she could see the finish line.
Tentatively they've moved her induction date from Thursday the next Wednesday, but she's has yet another BPP test coming up Thursday and if they see anything concerning they're going to bring her in immediately.
Damned if you do damned if you don't. Obviously we want a safe healthy baby, but she also wants to be un-pregnant ASAP but that would mean something is wrong.
Squat
320x5x2, 340x5, 360x5x 370x5
Bench
250x5, 260x5, 270x5, 280x5, 290x5
EZ Bar Curl
70x12x4
Training Related:
Gotta be honest, I don't think I hate this way of getting to 5x5. Not a 'true' 5x5 but I'd rather have to deal with one 'heavy' set at the end that stays consistent RPE wise without changing weight because I'm adding fatigue prior to the set. I think...
Non Training Related:
Baby mama had an appt at 2 yesterday and wound up being monitored until around 7:00 last night. Her blood pressure is weird, and says his (baby man) movement has been somewhat less frequent than normal. Plot twist, the 'severe' amniotic excess has decreased into mild/moderate. Good news for overall health, bad news for a very tired and in-pain pregnant woman who thought she could see the finish line.
Tentatively they've moved her induction date from Thursday the next Wednesday, but she's has yet another BPP test coming up Thursday and if they see anything concerning they're going to bring her in immediately.
Damned if you do damned if you don't. Obviously we want a safe healthy baby, but she also wants to be un-pregnant ASAP but that would mean something is wrong.
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
Someone more knowledgeable can correct me, but I believe that this is the “5x5” that Starr actually recommended.
Also, continued well wishes outside the gym.
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
I did a quick googlin' and you're (mostly) right. I definitely didn't consider it an original thought but it must have been buried in my brain somewhere from past readings...
Starr seems to just add weight to all the sets week to week but I feel like I've probably seen something similar to what I'm doing in Baker's stuff... which the influence would be obvious...
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
3/7/2024
Deadlift
420x5, 445x5, 460x5
Incline Bench
210x8, 220x8, 230x8
Hammer Curl*
25x15x3
*these have to go up a bit but I was too lazy to track down my 1-inchers, decent pump in the muscle but it could be better
Deadlift
420x5, 445x5, 460x5
Incline Bench
210x8, 220x8, 230x8
Hammer Curl*
25x15x3
*these have to go up a bit but I was too lazy to track down my 1-inchers, decent pump in the muscle but it could be better
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
Battlefield Buffalo is back for May... last year's event selection sucked in my opinion but this year is looking good. Max dead, block press, duck walk, conans wheel, and a sandbag throw for max weight...
Haven't bought in officially but I'm giving it strong consideration...
And it gives me an excuse to make a block press...
Haven't bought in officially but I'm giving it strong consideration...
And it gives me an excuse to make a block press...
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
3/9/2024
Press
185x5, 200x5, 210x5, 190x5x2
Box Squat
245x8, 260x8, 275x8
RDL
280x8x3
Close Grip Bench
190x10x3
EZ Bar Curl
65x15, 5, 5, 3, 3, 2
Press
185x5, 200x5, 210x5, 190x5x2
Box Squat
245x8, 260x8, 275x8
RDL
280x8x3
Close Grip Bench
190x10x3
EZ Bar Curl
65x15, 5, 5, 3, 3, 2
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
Guess who's sleeping on a chair tonight and not training tomorrow...
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
Well that was quick...
Logan is here as of 1:14 am, at 9 and a few oz he's the smallest but at 23.5 inches he's the tallest so...
Everyone is well, the rollercoaster of danger and all that was essentially for nothing. Probably the shortest and easiest labor she's had...
Logan is here as of 1:14 am, at 9 and a few oz he's the smallest but at 23.5 inches he's the tallest so...
Everyone is well, the rollercoaster of danger and all that was essentially for nothing. Probably the shortest and easiest labor she's had...
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
Great news that the labor went smoothly, congrats to you and the fam!
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
She was very very close to delivering this kid standing up with one leg on a cosco step stool... not a joke or exaggeration. Not that her labor wasn't impressive enough but damn, that would have been a whole other level.
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
Well, my day was pretty boring compared to that. Fingers crossed the kid is 100% and nothing to worry about.
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
Congratulations, mouse. Happy for all the good newss.
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
Awesome news. Congrats!
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
All good, final weight ended up fairly close to our last one. Waiting to be discharged now. He has the same dilated kidney thing that our last one had as well, so he'll have to have an ultrasound soon but it tends to resolve on its own in our case...Hardartery wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:19 pmWell, my day was pretty boring compared to that. Fingers crossed the kid is 100% and nothing to worry about.
This kid shits... a LOT.
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
3/14/2024
Squat
315x5, 365x3, 405x1
Bench
255x5, 290x3, 320x1, 345x1
EZ Bar Curl
75x10, 85x8, 95x6, 95x5x2, 80x12
Last few nights have been the stuff of nightmares but that's to be expected I guess. Hopefully it levels out by next week but time will tell... toddler and a newborn is absolutely as tough as I remember...
Squat
315x5, 365x3, 405x1
Bench
255x5, 290x3, 320x1, 345x1
EZ Bar Curl
75x10, 85x8, 95x6, 95x5x2, 80x12
Last few nights have been the stuff of nightmares but that's to be expected I guess. Hopefully it levels out by next week but time will tell... toddler and a newborn is absolutely as tough as I remember...
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
3/16/2024
DB Hammer Curl
30x15x2, 30x12
Headed out to a suspiciously early birthday party for the nephew... did the only thing that mattered before we split...
DB Hammer Curl
30x15x2, 30x12
Headed out to a suspiciously early birthday party for the nephew... did the only thing that mattered before we split...
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Re: IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman
3/18/2024
Squat
325x5, 345x5, 365x5, 375x5*
Bench
265x5, 275x5, 285x5, 295x5
EZ Bar Curl
85x12x2, 85x10, 65x16
*belts are on here for the first time in a while. Probably gonna start adding it on the last set or two now so I can start edging it up without feeling like bracing is limiting me.
Squat
325x5, 345x5, 365x5, 375x5*
Bench
265x5, 275x5, 285x5, 295x5
EZ Bar Curl
85x12x2, 85x10, 65x16
*belts are on here for the first time in a while. Probably gonna start adding it on the last set or two now so I can start edging it up without feeling like bracing is limiting me.