The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

Looking good, Danielle! How's the press feeling now?

[bushido_man96]

6/14/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 245x1, 290x5, 290x5, 290x5.

Press: 45x5, 85x5, 105x3, 115x1, 135x1, 150x3, 150x3, 150x3, 150x2, 150x2, 150x2.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 295x1, 325x5.

Last set of squats was the most troublesome. I don't even know what to do with my press anymore. Deadlifts had trouble staying on my shins, but I managed to get all 5, which I wasn't sure about.

6/15/2021

So, just a side note here. I took my youngest son to the gym to do his workout, and just messing around, I was able to do one neutral grip chin up, and almost a second! I'm going to be messing with this more often. Felt good to be able to do a chin up. I have never done one before!

[bushido_man96]

6/16/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 250x5, 250x5, 250x5.

Press: 45x5, 85x3, 115x1, 136.5x5, 136.5x5, 136.5x5.

Chin-ups (neutral grip): 2 and a partial, 2 partials.

Assisted Chins: 105x10, 105x10, 105x10, 105x10.

Light squat and press day. I tried some neutral grip chins, and got a few! I reached 10 reps on each set of assisted chins, and will add weight for next time.

[bushido_man96]

6/18/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 245x1, 295x5, 295x5, 295x5.

Press: 45x5, 85x5, 115x2, 135x1, 150x3, 150x3, 150x3, 150x3, 150x3.

Deadlifts: 140x5, 225x3, 275x1, 295x1, 330x5.

Neutral Grip Chins: 2, 2, 1, 1. Bodyweight 245 lbs.

Second set of squats seemed like something different went wrong on each rep. Third set was good, until rep 5. Press was good, got all sets of 3, finally. Deadlifts was really heavy. Finished with some chin up reps, which I'm really excited about, even though I can't do very many.

[DWx]

15/06/21

Squat

10x20kg, 5x40kg, 5x60kg, 5x80kg, 5 sets of 5x92.5kg

OHP

10x20kg, 5 sets of 5x35kg

Deadlift

5x60kg, 5x80kg, 5x92.5kg

+10 mins on the treadmill

20/06/21

Squat

10x20kg, 5x40kg, 5x60kg, 5x80kg, 5 sets of 5x92.5kg

Last time was tough so I didn't increase the weight.

Bench

10x20kg, 5x40kg, 5 sets of 5x57.5kg

Found this one tough and I failed the very last rep. Could do with smaller increments but the smallest plate they have is 1.25kg. Depending on how next session goes might buy myself a pair of 0.5kg plates to take with me.

Row

10x20kg, 10x40kg, 5 sets of 5x52.5kg

+3 sets of 8x50kg barbell lunges

[DWx]

Looking good, Danielle! How's the press feeling now?

Getting much better! Its a bit lopsided as after I messed up my left elbow a few years ago I can't quite lock out on that side. But generally much stronger.

[DWx]

6/14/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 245x1, 290x5, 290x5, 290x5.

Press: 45x5, 85x5, 105x3, 115x1, 135x1, 150x3, 150x3, 150x3, 150x2, 150x2, 150x2.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 295x1, 325x5.

Last set of squats was the most troublesome. I don't even know what to do with my press anymore. Deadlifts had trouble staying on my shins, but I managed to get all 5, which I wasn't sure about.

6/15/2021

So, just a side note here. I took my youngest son to the gym to do his workout, and just messing around, I was able to do one neutral grip chin up, and almost a second! I'm going to be messing with this more often. Felt good to be able to do a chin up. I have never done one before!

That's great Brian! I've always wanted to do chin ups but am a bit chunky for that!

[bushido_man96]

That was always my problem, too, Danielle. I'm weighing 245 lbs now, and it's the lightest I've been in some time. I'm only getting a few at a time, though.

Could do with smaller increments but the smallest plate they have is 1.25kg. Depending on how next session goes might buy myself a pair of 0.5kg plates to take with me.

I can't recommend enough to get some incremental plates. I bought a set some time ago, and it was a great investment, especially for pressing, and for training my kids.

6/21/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 245x1, 300x5, 300x5, 300x5.

Press: 45x5, 85x5, 115x2, 135x1, 151.5x3, 151.5x3, 151.5x3, 151.5x2, 151.5x2, 151.5x2.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 295x1, 335x5.

Neutral-grip Chins: 2, 2, 2, 2.

Squat sets felt surprisingly good, until the last set, which just seems to be how the last set goes. Press dropped to sets of 2. Deadlift might just be a PR.

6/23/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 255x5, 255x5, 255x5.

Press: 45x5, 85x5, 115x1, 138x5, 138x5, 138x5.

Neutral-grip Chins: 2, 2, 2.

Assisted Chin-ups: 100x9, 100x7, 100x6, 100x6.

I love Wednesday light day. It's a nice break between the two heavy workouts.

[bushido_man96]

6/24/2021

Firearms Training: 3 hours of long gun training, rifle and shotgun. We trained clearing malfunctions and working to hit different targets, and also transitioning to handgun.

6/25/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 260x1, 305x5, 305x5, 305x5.

Press: 45x5, 85x3, 115x1, 135x1, 151.5x2, 151.5x2, 151.5x1, 151.5x3, 151.5x2, 151.5x2, 151.5x2, 151.5x1.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 295x1, 315x1, 340x5.

Squats went well, press sucked, and deadlifts almost killed me. I laid on the floor for a few minutes after the deadlift set. I don't know what happened with the press.

[bushido_man96]

6/28/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 135x5, 205x3, 225x1, 260x1, 310x5, 310x5, 310x5.

Press: 45x5, 85x5, 115x1, 135x1, 151.5x3, 151.5x3, 151.5x3, 151.5x3, 151.5x3.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 225x3, 275x1, 315x1, 345x1, 345x2.

Neutral-grip Chins: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2.

It was a mixed bag today. Squats going well, and I finally hit sets of 3 on my presses at this weight. Deadlifts, however, were bad. The first rep was a grind, and the second was stapled to the floor. I rested a bit, and then decided to really bear down and pull again, and it was a slow grind, and I should have stopped there, but I pushed another rep. Now, I've got really bad pain at the bottom of my back to right of my spine. Hurts, hurts, hurts.