Jason’s BodyBlog

Getting my a$$ kicked… I feel like I’m getting overtrained with this move. Went and got appliances last night and installed them. Didn’t install the dishwasher yet as there are no hookups or place for it yet. I’ll be building a cabinet to go around it and have to run electric and water to it. Still got it though and put it in the basement for now.

1×1@ Refrigerator

1×1@ Dishwasher

1×1@ Washmachine

1×1@ Dryer

1×1@ Oven

Almost didn’t make it to the gym today. I probably shouldn’t have. But I thought to myself I have one year to get my lifts up and that’s it before I compete. I just went in and did the ME work and skipped all assistance work as I think I’ve been getting plenty of that the past 5 days. For the Rack Pulls the pins were around mid-shin, would have liked them a little higher but the next hooks on the POS "Power Rack" or what ever it is would put the pins just above knee height.

Week6/Day2 ME SQ/DL

DL Rack Pulls

I started with the bar and worked up. Pulled mostly conventional but threw in some sumo’s for good measure. I did a lot of workup sets but didn’t record them as I just didn’t feel like it today. I just wanted to concentrate on pulling and forget absolutely everything else. I do remember the higher weights though and here it goes.

1×1@315 conv.
1×1@315 sumo
1×1@345, 365 conv
1×1@365 sumo
1×1@375 conv.
1xmiss@405 conv and sumo (Conv. didn’t move but on sumo I may have gotten it up about an inch or two)
1×1@365 conv.

B/W 184.6

Don’t know how I got up the morning but I did.

Week6/Day 1
DE Bench

Flat Bench
8×3@135

DB incline Benhc
4×10@70

HS Iso-lateral Row
4×10@90

Tri Rope Pulldowns
4×10@90

Rope Hammer Curls
4×10@110

B/W no idea, the scale is packed somewhere.

Tired, just flat out exhausted. I actually thought of not going in the gym this morning but figured the stress relief of picking up some weights and exhausting myself even further outweighed the pure agony of trying to wake up so early.

Week5/Day4

DE SQ/DL
Parallel Box Squats
10×2@205

SLDL
4×10@95

DB Side Bends
3×10@80

Hanging Leg Raises
4×15

Seated Calf Raises
5×8@110

B/W 186.2

Heaviest Day EVER!!!….

Week5/Day3

ME Bench
3board Press
1×3@bar,105,135,165,185,205,225,245
1×2,miss@265 PR for 2 solid ones no spotter!!!
1×1miss@275 Had it almost up then it started coming down, racked it on lower hooks

Decided to skip the frustration of a spotter and to roll the bar off the boards and bang on the pins if I get stuck on the bottom.

Assistance

Pull-ups
6×5

DB Front Raises
4×10@30

DB Tri Extensions
4×10@35

Standing Ab pull downs
4×15@65

B/W: 187.8!!! PR This is the heaviest I have ever been in my ENTIRE life!!!

I keep thinking about that miss at 275lbs. I should have had it. I thought I would get it going into it too. I felt good coming off the 265 for 2. I keep thinking about what happened and I can only come up with that I lost focus. With all the chaos going on this week it’s been hard to focus. Just pisses me off that I didn’t get it. I have one more week to get it.

Raging Headache… Having a headache and doing the DL is not a good combination. I about passed out several times today. It didn’t take long until I would be pulling up and the top of my head would feel like it was ripping open and exposing my skull. Once I got into some heavier weights it felt like my skull was also cracking open and my brains were starting to get pushed through the cracks. After every set it my head would pound like one of those asian guys beating the crap out of those drums. It was pure agony today. I need sleep and rest and I’m not going to be getting it any time soon. I couldn’t let this stop me though and I kept thinking that I have to get to 400lbs I have to get to 400lbs… over and over again I would be thinking this to the beats of the drums in my head.

Week5/Day2

ME SQ/DL
DL with 2-3" offset (using nothing bigger than 25lbs plates on the bar. Alternate between sumo and conventional)
Sumo 1×1@95, 125, 145, 175, 195, 225, 245, 295, 325 PR, 345 PR PR!!!
Conv. 1×1@95, 125, 145, 175, 195, 225, 245, 295, 325 PR, miss

Assistance
GHR
4×8

Hypers (I wasn’t counting as my head was under a nuclear attack)
3xas many as possible@70 with 4s pause on top

Hanging Leg raises
3×15

Seated Calf Raises
3×10@90

B/W who knows, I was so exhausted and out of it this morning and didn’t weight myself

Almost turned into an ME day…
Got my new belt and knee wraps yesterday. I did some arm and grip work last night trying to bend the weight belt enough to break it in. I successfully broke my arms in and the belt is still super stiff.

Week4/Day4
Parallel Box Squat 60% 1RM
8×2@195

2" above Parallel Box Squat
1×1@295 Belt only
1×1@315 Belt with wraps
1×2@365 (PR PR)

I just couldn’t help it. I had to try out the new belt and knee wraps. I put the bench on some plates to raise it just above parallel and didn’t really plan on even going to 90% of my max. I just wanted to feel the new toys. After I easily got 315 I went ahead and with out thinking put on 25lbs on both sides. Then I paused and said opps I didn’t mean to put those on. Then said screw it, I’m going for it. I got down paused and pushed up and thought damn I can do that again and did it! I don’t know if it was the new equipment or the adrenaline rushing through me because I was excited about getting the new equipment but damn that felt good.

DB SLDL
3×10@80

DB Side bends
3×10@80

Hanging Leg Raises
4×15

Seated Calf Raises
5×8@90

B/W 183.2