pretty good chance I will finally have my own gym by the end of summer
Debating renting out an old building and putting it there, I could do some athletic training on the side and make some extra money. I have a few leads that i'm going to look into for that, mostly volleyball LOL
Just out of curiosity, how much are you expecting to pay for rent?
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odds are to start ill just rent a garage and do my own training there, thats around $100/month here. Bays are $500+ so that will be something to look into in the future.
Good chance I will be buying a home this winter (when I think prices will bottom out) if thats the case I won't have much money to do anything for a while, but ill have a place to put the equipment.
chuck v rows
3 sets
DB rows
100lbs x 10e
140lbs x 15e
pullthroughs
4 sets
pullups
3 sets different grips
weighted abs
bw + 100lbs x 10, bw x 10
bw + 100lbs x 10, bw x 10
bw + 100lbs x 10, bw x 10
shrugs
60kg x 10
100kg x 10
120kg x 10
140kg x 10
x 10
x 10
Notes
- I figured out why my deadlift lockout has been shit lately, my upperback strength is shit right now. Ive gotten that 140lbs db for 25 reps each hand before in the past. I use alot of upperback in my pull so this is something I will need to bring up going into the contest.
- Also I am weak at shrugs, I always have been and I think this too will help my lockout.
- Pullthroughs felt good, really trying to hit the glutes hard - to also help with deadlift lockout.
- shrugs + db rows + pullthroughs = good lockout I think.
- DE bench tomorrow, but my tendonitis is really bad right now so I may improvise.
- gym was extremely hot today, i think i lost 10lbs during training haha
found a garage for my gym, $100/month which is imo a good deal considering most people want 200+ for their garage.
August 1st it should be all set-up. perfect.
still need to:
- make board press boards
- make boxes
- buy a good bar. I like the jesup gym bar but that will suck to get it shipped. I'm going to be asking around to get a good one. The rack comes with a bar from parts unknown, and i have one really shitty $20 bar as well for now.
yep, im going to really work my upperback until the meet and hope it pays off with a dead PR
de bench
bench
bands: doubled minis
bar x 10
45kg x 5
65kg x 3
75kg x 3
x3
x3
80kg x 3
x3
x3
85kg x 3
x3
x3
DB overhead press
50lbs x 10
70 x 8
x8
x8
x8
ez bar extensions
75lbs x 12
80lbs x 12
85 x 12
x 12
pushdowns
3 sets
facepulls
3 sets
notes
- ice + asprin + elbow sleeves + blue heat had tendonitis under control.. felt pretty good actually.
- really trying to get more volume in on this day.
- bench felt good, speed is increasing I feel.
Nice to hear about your new setup! Are you planning on using the gym as a personal place to train, or are you going to set up a commercial powerlifting gym?
I would love to set-up a commercial powerlifting gym, but there just isn't enough interest here I don't think.
So for a while it will be just for me and whoever else wants to lift with me. Eventually I would like to expand, but will need more money and people. If in the end its only me that uses it, its still worth it to me.
box squats
bands: blue
67.5kg x 3
107.5kg x 3
147.5kg x 3
x3
x3
x3
x3
x3
x3
x3
conventional deads
140kg x 2
180kg x 1
add suit
275kg x 1
280kg x 1 (616lbs)
290kg x 1 <- gym PR (638lbs)
notes
- last dead felt good, looking at the video i could have locked it out a bit more but it didn't feel bad.
- squats where decent
- last meet i hit 628lbs in the gym and got 661lbs at the meet. If I get the same carryover which i expect at least, i will be around 305kg (672lbs), 680+ if i can fix my lockout.
- vids soon
bench
60kg x 5
100kg x 3
120kg x 1
140kg x 1
add 2 board
160kg x 1
170kg x 1 (375lbs)
CG 4 board bench
160kg x 5
165kg x 5
x 5 (364lbs)
DB Presss
100 x 5
110 x 5
110 x 5
120 x 4
JM press
40kg x 6
60kg x 6
x6
x3 *dislocated wirst.
notes
- had to stop there wrist was killing me. I have messed up wrists from a bike crash years ago and they act up sometimes.
- bench felt solid, PR is 180kg, but I was much bigger then.
I don't know what is going on with this training cycle, I seem to be having more nagging pains and injuries then ever. I think its just because i'm trying new stuff with my bench which will hopefully pay off.
box squat
60kg x 5
100kg x 3
140kg x 2
add breifs
180kg x 1
220kg x 1
add suit straps down
240kg x M <- who knows?
260kg x 1
260kg x 5 PR
*at this point one of my training partners was having a bad day and left so we where left with only 2 of us. Can't use the monolift with only 2 people so i set-up the regular power rack with a homemade monolift setup.
reverse greens (0/100)
220kg x 3
300kg x 3 (little high)
x 2 (close)
conventional deads
bands: quaded minis
60kg x 1
100kg x 1
140kg x 1
x1
x1
x1
160kg x 1
x1
x1
x1
notes:
- what a day.
- I use a calf machine to help get my suit on.. I tried to take the pin out of the machine and it was stuck so I pulled it and it hit me and chipped my tooth.. fuuuuck.
- 2 seconds after this, scott was squatting and tore his preditor briefs in half with 400lbs.
- other then that it was alright, the quaded minis is a hell of a lot of tension.
- no vids this week, girlfriend took good computer on a trip.
I don't know what is going on with this training cycle, I seem to be having more nagging pains and injuries then ever. I think its just because i'm trying new stuff with my bench which will hopefully pay off.
it's probably from the last cycle with the ridiculous reverse band weights.
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- no vids this week, girlfriend took good computer on a trip.
I provide vids and you don't? what up with that?
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squats
- 2 more heavy box squat days (day one: triples, day two: singles)
- one light full gear test day (with reverse bands going up to 3rd attempt)
bench
rotation-> towel press, shirt full ROM, 2 board, opener off boards
dead
one more heavy pull until the meet
The squat training for this meet is FAR different then anything I have done before, I do feel my squat is up though and 800+ will be there at the meet. Usually I use a hell of a lot of overload in the squats (lots of band tension or reverse bands, high boxes, and in full gear all the time often squatting 1-2 inches high).
DB rows
55lbs x 10
100lbs x 10
150lbs x 18 (+3 from last week)
Pullthroughs
4 sets
Pullups
1 set *tendonitis sucks!
Shrugs
double overhand
100kg x 10
140kg x 8
mixed
140kg x 10
150kg x 10
160kg x 10
CG pulldowns
3 sets
notes
- long ass day at work today, had to drag myself in to get this done. But, everything felt decent other then the pullups.
- this day sucks, i hate everything on it.. but I do think its making me stronger which is what matters.
bench
bands: doubled minis
67.5kg x 5
77.5kg x 3
x3
x3
82.5kg x 3
x3
x3
87.5kg x 3
x3
x3
DB Overhead
50 x 12
70 x 3 *not happening
Incline Bench
80kg x 10
100kg x 10
notes
- very rushed, at a conference this week and could only sneak out for a few minutes. combined with the fact that a training partner just simply didn't show and it was chaos.
- bench was fine, overheads sucked and where causing tendonitis.
- wrist still bad so very little accessory, not to mention gym suddenly became packed.. can't wait til my place is ready.
- *may* try get some more accessory done tomorrow, but so busy will have to see.
box squats
- straight weight, walked out, raw
62.5kg x 5
102.5kg x 3
142.5kg x 2
162.5kg x 2
x2
182.5kg x 2
x2
192.5kg x 2 (424lbs)
x 2
182.5kg x 15 (401lbs) *just touch and go on box.
rack pulls
- below knee
bands: quaded purples
60kg x 1
100kg x 1
140kg x 1
180kg x 1
220kg x 1 (685lbs at top)
240kg x 1 (730lbs at top 23lbs PR)
260kg x M *close (774lbs at top)
notes
- squats where not as fast as I would have liked today. no training partners showed up so I couldn't use bands + monolift and I had to bring my stance in.
- 401lbs x 15 was not to bad. I think my best is 18 but I was wearing briefs for that one. If the contest wasn't a month away I would aim for 20 reps next week, 400lbs x 20 raw would be alright.
- may bench tomorrow, schedule is messed up and ive slept almost 0 this week so will have to see.
Congrats on the Deadlift PR. Thats about twice what I can do! Thanks for the pic of squatting depth that you posted. That is helpful to me. I was worried that I wasn't getting low enough But, I'm just about an inch lower than that pic so I guess I'm ok.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
Congrats on the Deadlift PR. Thats about twice what I can do! Thanks for the pic of squatting depth that you posted. That is helpful to me. I was worried that I wasn't getting low enough But, I'm just about an inch lower than that pic so I guess I'm ok.
thanks! there is never a problem in going to low, i just hate doing extra work
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What conference?
Why did you have to use straight weight?
Video looked good btw.
national remote sensing conference.
I try to avoid walking out bands, it wrecks my arms. Not to mention the tension would be different and i would spend half of my training trying to figure out what weight i should use haha.
really starting to look forward to my new gym now.. going to be great.
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And major action will certainly make you feel a bit uncomfortable, which is absolutely fine. You've gotta get excited about feeling uncomfortable, you've gotta love feeling slightly uncomfortable, because you know that you're stepping outside the boundaries that you used to create.
Zach Even-Esh
I've made some huge mistakes, but they were necessary, because without them I wouldn't have learned anything.
-Dave Tate
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