Triskaidekaphobia - Joshua's Training

[Detroitpete]

My own personal opinion.....anything out of the ordinary, counts. Did you go for a five mile bike ride? Log it. Whenever I go on a hike around here, I log it. It might not make it here on the "Off Season Training" thread, but I log it at NASGA.

There isn't a special "off season" forum, just an ongoing thread here in the Athletics forum. It's a pretty good cross=section. Yeah, we don't have pro's logging 600 pound deadlifts, but between o1d_dude and myself, you have two pretty good Masters (and 01d_dude has been at this for a while, now). eclarkhg is new, but comes from a very athletic background including some shot put. If we could get GGGP to log, that'd be cool too. Newbie chick logs workouts. I know what her general workout routine is, but she could tell us more. DetroitPete is pretty good at this stuff....we need to get him to log, too!

Can you believe I JUST saw this?

Josh, sorry you're having trouble getting into games. My first year was like that. If you can come up north, we usually have room. Besides, with solid B numbers like yours, I can't understand why there's a problem getting in.

Ugh--to Alan's prod of my workouts--They are starting back in earnest right now. March is a pain: Squats, deadlifts, dumbell presses, more squats, box work on the bad knee, kettle bells for the shoulders. The 'fun' part is hammer swings. Cardio (eliptical, heavy bag) and NO laughing--yoga. I'm 46.

April--all about total confusion: Squats, dumbell presses, deadlifts but adding tire flips, boulder carries for time and distance, stone practice, I also have a HUGE hill at my park which I climb up and back with half a caber carried across my shoulders, heavy bag, cardio, yoga.

May--more practice less lifting. I still keep squats, deadlifts and shoulder work, tire filps and boulder carries, yoga. But now it's all about throwing. Games for me start in May.

I'm not a hardcore lifter or trainer by any means. At my age and size, my goals are to finish the year with limited injuries and a LOT of fun. Because of blood pressure and glucose issues I can't eat to gain and kill myself moving iron around. I have to find a balance.

[Joshua]

Today was fun, but I'm already feeling it... seeing as I rarely squat anymore, I'm going to feel this tomorrow real good, even if I did jump into a cold pool for 10 minutes afterwards.

Powersnatch/Hang Power Snatch
2x40kg
2x50kg
2x55kg
2x57.5kg
2x60kg
2x65kg
2x1x67.5kg (148.5lbs)
2x1x70kg (154lbs)
2x1x75kg (165lbs)

Military Press (clean first rep)
5x40kg (88lbs)
5x50kg (110lbs)
5x55kg (121lbs)
5x60kg (132lbs)

Push Press
5x65kg (143lbs)

Backsquat
2x70kg
2x90kg
2x100kg
2x120kg (264lbs)

[Alan H]

Today was fun, but I'm already feeling it... seeing as I rarely squat anymore, I'm going to feel this tomorrow real good, even if I did jump into a cold pool for 10 minutes afterwards.

My friend Bill Gray, who lives in Georgia, I believe, SWEARS by ice baths after workouts to beat the soreness and speed recovery. I don't think I'm brave enough!!!

[Joshua]

My friend Bill Gray, who lives in Georgia, I believe, SWEARS by ice baths after workouts to beat the soreness and speed recovery. I don't think I'm brave enough!!!

I know Bill from the SSAAA forums - although he probably doesn't know me. Ice baths are awesome, but frankly overkill... a pool under 65* is plenty cold, at least to this floridiot. Anything that pulls the blood from your extremities right after a training session, will prevent lactic acid buildup in the muscles. Following it up with a hot tub is even better. Contrast showers are nice but hard to commit to, I usually lather up, then turn the dial to cold to rinse (it keeps me from cheating and jumping out).

I was only minimally sore btw. I'm just grumpy because our cold weather is going to come to a close now, and I'm just realizing how effective a cold pool is after a workout.

[Joshua]

Last night I spent 4-5 hours spotting and setting up for a strongman demo we held at the local bike night. I didn't really do anything besides stand there, besides fixing a harness to an athlete for a truck pull, moving some of the equipment into place (circus dumbbell, 200lb keg), and rolling a 1155lbs and 750lbs tire out of the way of spectators that wanted to get too close.

Still, it's more than I would have managed normally, sitting on my duff reading George R.R. Martin's books.


It was also enough to tell me I need to step up my game. I'm pretty frustrated at what 2 years of being gymless has done to my strength, and being around all these "new guys" has really motivated me. Expect to see a bit more squatting and pressing from my camp in the near future... now HULK is ANGRY.

[Joshua]

Travelling up North for work this weekend until Thursday. Since I'm going to miss my Saturday weightlifting session (St. Pats), I started looking for gyms.

Who knew there was more than one olympic weightlifting gym in the Baltimore/Jessup/Columbia area of Maryland?

So, tomorrow I train a little, and next week (since I'm all alone in a hotel and am choosing not to go out drinking after work) I train a lot.

[Joshua]

Awesome day on powersnatch and squats. I felt like crap, nasty headache and everything felt really heavy - but I still bested my numbers by last week by 5 kilos. I would like to see myself pull a 100kg powersnatch this year.

Powersnatch:
2x3 @ 40kg
1x3 @ 50kg
1x3 @ 55kg
2x2 @ 60kg
1x2 @ 65kg
2x1 @ 70kg
2x1 @ 75kg
2x1 @ 77.5kg/170.5lbs
1x1 @ 80kg/176lbs

Backsquat
1x3 @ 90kg
1x3 @ 105kg
1x2 @ 110kg
1x2 @ 120kg/264lbs
1x2 @ 130kg/286lbs
1x1 @ 140kg/308lbs



Cooldown was quite literal, jumping into a very cold pool for about 15 minutes.

[Alan H]

Travelling up North for work this weekend until Thursday. Since I'm going to miss my Saturday weightlifting session (St. Pats), I started looking for gyms.

Who knew there was more than one olympic weightlifting gym in the Baltimore/Jessup/Columbia area of Maryland?

So, tomorrow I train a little, and next week (since I'm all alone in a hotel and am choosing not to go out drinking after work) I train a lot.

Might as well put the time to good use!