Let There Be Might

[Mr.Meat]

Feb 13/08

Warm-up -Keg Carry

3x210x220ft

Decided to throw in a conditioning type warm up before my regular training session. It gets the blood and sweat flowing, plus it makes me more focused on the tasks at hand.

Front Squats

335x5 x4 x5 x5 x4 (+10)

Same weight next time. Had some focus issues going on... ohh and the 1800 cal I ate before hand didn't help much eighter.

SLDL

3x365x8

Decised to drop the reps here, so that I can add more weight. Will drop the reps to a 5x5 later.

Abb super set Leg raises, knee tucks, Roman Chair Crunches

15, 15, 15
12, 12, 12
10, 10, 10

[rawpower]

Nice work on the fronts.

What's your PB?

[IliekFude]

crazy work capacity.
nice work.

[Mr.Meat]

Nice work on the fronts.

What's your PB?

Thanks!

I honestly don't know, I havent done anything under 5reps in a while.

[Mr.Meat]

crazy work capacity.
nice work.

Thank Bro!

[Mr.Meat]

Feb 15/08

Warm-up

Stepper 5min @mid level

Push Press/Power Jerk

135x5 185x5

6x230x3

Really happy with these, they start them out as a push press and transform into a power jerks by rep 3. I'm especially happy that I'm finally rebending my knees to catch the weight.

Wide grip chins

6, 6, 6, 6, 6

Up one rep on all 5 sets, I'm lighter.

Incline Barbell Press

3x185x8

Lat Pull downs

3x160x8

And then some "assorted bodybuilding gheyness" such as pec-deck, some millitary press machine that kinda hurt my forearm...

+2 sets of dips to failure

[Mr.Meat]

Stepped on the scale today and I'm in the 230's Yeah Baby!!!Saturday February 16th 2008, weight: 239.5

And some pics from the past few weeks...

[kook]

Damn meat! I have to get back on my horse, doesn't looke like I'll make lightweight for the beast(at this rate anyway).

[ASGARDIAN]

Feb 15/08

Warm-up

Stepper 5min @mid level

Push Press/Power Jerk

135x5 185x5

6x230x3

Really happy with these, they start them out as a push press and transform into a power jerks by rep 3. I'm especially happy that I'm finally rebending my knees to catch the weight.

Wide grip chins

6, 6, 6, 6, 6

Up one rep on all 5 sets, I'm lighter.

Incline Barbell Press

3x185x8

Lat Pull downs

3x160x8

And then some "assorted bodybuilding gheyness" such as pec-deck, some millitary press machine that kinda hurt my forearm...

+2 sets of dips to failure

Did you train at a gym ie. Lat pulldowns and dips and i'm pretty sure incline BB presses too? Nice work.

[ASGARDIAN]

Stepped on the scale today and I'm in the 230's Yeah Baby!!!Saturday February 16th 2008, weight: 239.5

And some pics from the past few weeks...

Incredible man! You've lost a lot of weight and also looking ripped.:surprised:

[IliekFude]

lookin strong as hell brotha.

[Mr.Meat]

Did you train at a gym ie. Lat pulldowns and dips and i'm pretty sure incline BB presses too? Nice work.

Ya dude! Thats at Fitness Quest on Main. 5 dolla drop in.

After training in my garage for so long this place is so funny. As I started my push press/jerk, slowly I could see 1 then 2 guys doing exactly tha same thing as me. Except one was using those pre-assambled 20lb bars and the other was in the smith using some huge weights as well. lol.

Then as my sets progressed this other dude (probably the largest in the gym) starts setting up for his famous shrugs/slightly-bent-over weight "throws" with way too much weigth. He always doing these right beside me when I'm at the gym. Plus he uses all the support equipment you can think of: straps, chalk (straps and chalk together WTF!) belt and knee wraps. Ohh yeah buddy you gonna get huge in no time.:lol:

[Mr.Meat]

Incredible man! You've lost a lot of weight and also looking ripped.:surprised:

Kinda... I look better in the mirror, but (as per Dave Tate) pictures add 20lbs and an extra chin.

Sometime this week or next I'm gonna get my chest (and maybe back) WAXED! F-me!!!!

[Mr.Meat]

Damn meat! I have to get back on my horse, doesn't looke like I'll make lightweight for the beast(at this rate anyway).
COME TO THE DARK SIDE... WE GOT COOKIES!!!:evil[1]:

[Mr.Meat]

lookin strong as hell brotha.

Thankls Brah!

[Big Sky Guy]

Kinda... I look better in the mirror, but (as per Dave Tate) pictures add 20lbs and an extra chin.

Sometime this week or next I'm gonna get my chest (and maybe back) WAXED! F-me!!!!

Looking strong Meat!

The wife is trying to convince me to wax my chest....I am concerned I will just break out horribly afterwords. Have you done it before and what was the result...other than lotsa pain at the moment of departure! :lol:

[Mr.Meat]

Looking strong Meat!

The wife is trying to convince me to wax my chest....I am concerned I will just break out horribly afterwords. Have you done it before and what was the result...other than lotsa pain at the moment of departure! :lol:

Thanks!

I've never wax anything in my life... so I'm not sure what to expect. I usually just shave the chia-pet on my chest with an electric razer. Since I'm on "some" ;) andgrogens right now it grows back like wild fire tho.

If I break out, I have real good UG anti-acne cream.

[Mr.Meat]

Feb 17/08

Medley

Yoke-75ft/sled-75ft/tire

440/280/550x3
440/280/1000x4
540/280/1000x3

Farmers

215x75ft
265x75ft
305x50ft x50ft (no drops pr)
285x75ft

Stones

230x5
245x5
260x5
285x9

[Mr.Meat]

Feb 18/08

ME Deadlift +(40 to 170lb) in band tension

245x5
335x5
425x5
515x2 pr
515x1

Initially I thought I was having a really crappy work out. Later I picked up a fish scale and finally figured out how much band tension I've been working with. Both bands added 40lb on the floor and approx. 170lb at lockout. I always thought it was much less.:naughty:

[Mr.Meat]

Feb 20/08

Sled drag - Warm-up

3x180x150ft

Well this was supposed to be "active recovery" day, but....

Good Mornings

135x5 225x5

3x275x8

Hyper-x

3xBWx12

Hammy & Back streching

3x2 strech variations

[kook]

Nice pullin! what bands are you using and how are they set up to get that kind of weight up top?

[Mr.Meat]

Feb 22/08

Jerkz from the rack

135x5 6x237.5x3 (+7.5)

Wasen't focused at the beginning yet kinda found it in myself to finish all my sets. I wasen't power jerking like last time, but ended up kinda split jerking each rep (kinda 'cuz it wasent a very wide split). Still happy with my performance today on this lift since I'm doing all this in a commercail gym and all I can think about is "what if I have to dump the weight".

Wide grip chinz

7, 7, 7, 5, 5

Weighing in as a bloated-ass 245... I've been doing a bit of a re-feed the last few days as a I'm planning to drop my cals back down next week and hopefully grow some ballz and finally do some cardio.

Machine bent-over rows

135x8 x8 x5 then drop set to 90x5 & 45x5

Incline dumbell press ~40deg

65x8 70x12 75x12 80x10

Assorted BB Ghey

this and that for the bi's

[Mr.Meat]

Some updates on my work status...

Well couple weeks ago I said I was going in for a second interview with an employer to assure a position for a manufacturing engineer with a life presserver manufacturer. Since I was going for this job through a recruiter it was taking a long time for them to find financing for my position (it was a contract position where the employer pays the recruiter and the recruiter pays me). In the mean time I came in contact with my previous employer (who was one of my references), who was hiring for a couple different positions. They basicly offered me a position on the spot and so I told the recruiter to "stick-it" and took the position with the previous employer.

So starting this monday I'll be acting as a "constent improvement co-ordinator" and probably still partially be a cnc programmer. Sweet now I'll have even more money to spend on gear and strongman equipment. :love:

[kook]

Nice pullin! what bands are you using and how are they set up to get that kind of weight up top?

Don't know if you missed this meat, but would like to know.

Good luck with the new job! looks like you have to make some bigger stones, so more money will come in handy.

[Mr.Meat]

Don't know if you missed this meat, but would like to know.Good luck with the new job! looks like you have to make some bigger stones, so more money will come in handy.Ya sorry dude I totally missed that post.I have a custom setup which is depicted in the pics below. I cut open the squat rack bottom rails so that I can box squat wide. Lying on the floor is a 4'x8' 3/16" plate of steel covered by some rubber, it has studs in it that bolt it to the squat rack. The rack has "hooks" welded on that allow me to attach the bands.The bands I use are 1 set of doubbled greens pre side. I have some purple bands but find the greens to be plenty.

[Mr.Meat]

FEB 24/08

Warm-up Sled

3x180x150ft

Tire

1000x5

Full DL

425x8
450x8
515x5

Had a kind of worthless day. I could not get into the zone, so we took it easy and finished err off with some good old deadlifting.

[Mr.Meat]

FEB 26/08

ME full DL

plate weight + (40lb to 170lb of band tension)

245x3
335x3
425x3
515x3 x3 x2

Better then last time. Will continue with this type of DL and weight untill I can rep 5 sets of 3 reps. Then I may switch to pulling of a box.

Front squat

135x5
225x5
3x275x8

Hyper-extension

3x25x12

Streching

[Mr.Meat]

March 09.2008

DL

135x5
225x5
315x5
405x5

495x10 x10

Had 3 ART sessions this week and havent trained at all. Woke up today and weighed in at 236.5lbs kinda dehydrated. Everybody cancelled on event training so I just went to a reg old gym and did some pulling.

Both sets felt great but I kinda got winded after the second set. Had to lie on the floor at the gym then on the grass beside my truck before I could drive home.