Evening all. Since my last comp I've sort of taken the piss with my training, literally getting 1 session a week at most. The thought behind this was I sometimes overtrain so was basically seeing how well I could do with as little as possible. While it may be working, it's boring as shit and slow and definitely not my type of thing. I'm working shifts which change on a weekly basis, which doesn't help to my routine organisation skills and the fact that I have a girlfriend who wants to see me also makes training a bit of a squeeze (no offence Robyn!). Basically, just looking forward to getting back to uni, having sweet fuck all to do with my day and no responsibilities with my life and just training, eating and being a total nerd (and er... my final year of uni, but erm... yeah!).
sweet, sweet lack of responsibility... soon!
So with that, I'm gonna continue taking the piss with my training because that's all i can do really. Yes, I could wake up at earlier to go gym but then I'm working til late after, and I can't be bothered with feeling grouchy and shitty the next day. Oh and also, I've lost nearly 2 stone since I've been back, and I'm still literally eating at least one deep fried meal a day. How does that work?! Well I'm only on breakfast, lunch, tea and supper. And even then, these meals are sub-1000kcal and with little to no snacks in between, I'm on 3/5 my regular diet. So there you go, kids, if you're fat, just do some deadlifts, fuck your diets, you'll still lose weight!
Final Fantasy X on a PS2 emulator with Nova's BOGOF pizza offer... and still losing weight!
Speaking of which, I'm trying out the Ortmayer/Magnusson deadlift routine (link starts an Excel spreadsheet download) and it's bloody mental. I absolutely love this program as it's lifting heavy shit a lot with no light work in sight; My sort of thing! Also, the 8+ reps at the end seem like a good way to condition myself, especially since rep deadlifts come up fairly frequently at comps. Bloody brutal!
| Projected Max (lbs) | 585 | |||||
| Projected Max (kg) = | 250.0 | |||||
| Sets | Reps | Weight (lbs) | Weight (kg) | |||
| Week 1 | Warm Up | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 385 | 175 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 440 | 200 | |||
| 1 | 8+ | 385 | 175 | |||
| If you hit all reps on Week 1 continue to Week 2, if not redo Week 1. | ||||||
| Week 2 | Warm Up | |||||
| 4 | 4 | 385 | 175 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 440 | 200 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 495 | 225 | |||
| 1 | 8+ | 385 | 175 | |||
| If you hit all reps on Week 2 continue to Week 3, if not redo Week 2. |
Yeah, I'm already on 2x94% of my 1RM on my second week! There's another 10 more weeks after that which allow you to reach your desired max. I chose my projected PB cos I thought my 240kg was solid enough months ago, so 250kg should be achievable within 12 weeks from now ...Or so I thought! I already failed week 2 today and not on the part where I imagined. I genuinely thought I'd cock up the 8+ reps at the end before failing a double, but I didn't realise how much a 4x4 @ 70% can take out of you and leave you drained of strength, much less test your cardio and fitness as well.
So yeah, that's always fun. As well as that, Simon and I have been taking regular visits to The Warehouse Gym and The Junction Gym to just have a play with some kit; Cos that's what it's all about y'know? I know I'm the last person you can imagine saying this, but it's also fun as well as competition. It's why I've felt like I can piss around this summer with barely any training; Cos I'm cramming in events sessions to see what my year's training has given me. Come September, I'll be back to the big 3 lifts weekly and all sorts, but there's got to be a point for your training, and mine is to have fun moving heavy shit i see those guys on the telly doing.
I'll leave you with a few vids from said gym sessions below. Until then, later!
