IRON & STONE: Adventures of an Amateur Strongman

[mouse]

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...

[mouse]

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.

[DCR]

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...

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.

[mouse]

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...

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.

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...

[mouse]

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

[mouse]

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...

[mouse]

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

[mouse]

Guess who's sleeping on a chair tonight and not training tomorrow...

[mouse]

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...

[cgeorg]

Great news that the labor went smoothly, congrats to you and the fam!

[mouse]

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.

[cole]

Congrats!

[mouse]

Congrats!

Hey thanks...

So far so good, homeboy passed all his blood sugar tests and is pooping/pissing his brains out so fingers crossed they can't find any reason to not let us go...

[Hardartery]

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.

Well, my day was pretty boring compared to that. Fingers crossed the kid is 100% and nothing to worry about.

[DCR]

Congratulations, mouse. Happy for all the good newss.

[Clearwater47]

Awesome news. Congrats!

[mouse]

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.

Well, my day was pretty boring compared to that. Fingers crossed the kid is 100% and nothing to worry about.

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...

This kid shits... a LOT.

[mouse]

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...

[mouse]

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...

[mouse]

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.