Mon, 11 June 18
Upper @ BSG
It never fails. A week or 2 out from a competition, I seem to get stupid muscle tweaks or rip skin off my hands or some other minor stuff that adds up to make me feel like I'm completely unprepared to compete. You'd think after 42 strongman competitions plus the occasional foray into other strength sports such as PL, HG, and highlander that I'd be used to this by now, but it never fails to cause me to worry first before I remember this is normal for me and I need to calm my tatas and trust in my programming and ability to train for a contest. Today I generally felt like death and struggled with some weights that felt easy a week or 2 ago and made stupid mistakes with my weights for my work sets. I also kind of felt like I was gonna laugh at the ground, which I usually only get if I'm training a lot earlier like around 5 or 6 AM.
Clap Pushups
10xBW - No clap
3x3xBW
Single Arm Bottoms Up Press
10ea x 25
6ea x 35
2ea x 45
6ea x 50 - I thought this was 55 --> stupid mistake.
2x6ea x 55 - Left arm generally more wobbly than right arm today.
Pendlay Rows
10x45
6x135
2x225
3x6x275
My hands were loosey goosey on the bar and these felt a lot heavier than they have for the past couple weeks as a result until I remembered to squeeze the damn bar.
Alternate Arm Neutral Grip DBB/Supinated Grip LPD
2x{8ea x 95/10x144}
8ea x 100/10x144
GHR Back Extensions/Head Support Reverse Flys
15x40/20x10
15x45/20x10
---/15x10
I skipped the last set of back extensions because my left side was feeling funky and stopped at 15x on rev flys because my left shoulder was also feeling funky, which sucks because those usually make my shoulders feel great.