I Come From the Land of the Ice and Snow

[slowjoe]

It's good to be back in the gym.

It's good to have you back. How did NY stand up to the Viking raid?

[hbriem]

NY survived. My bank account on the other hand, is hanging on by a thread. Eating and drinking (out) is very expensive in NY. Funny because Iceland has always has the reputation of being hugely expensive. I guess that's what a currency crash will do. Some other things, like clothes and shoes, are fairly cheap though. This makes the situation worse, not better. Guess why?

[slowjoe]

NY survived. My bank account on the other hand, is hanging on by a thread. Eating and drinking (out) is very expensive in NY. Funny because Iceland has always has the reputation of being hugely expensive. I guess that's what a currency crash will do. Some other things, like clothes and shoes, are fairly cheap though. This makes the situation worse, not better. Guess why?

Excess luggage charges?

[hbriem]

Not exactly, but it means that you spend even more money buying cheap jeans, T-shirts etc.

[hbriem]

Wednesday May 30th 2012 - Bench Press Day

Bench Press

60kg (132 lbs) x 8
80kg (176 lbs) x 5
100kg (220 lbs) x 8,8,8,8

Chinup

BW x 5
15kg (33 lbs) x 5
20kg (44 lbs) x 5
25kg (55 lbs) x 5

Romanian Deadlift

70kg (154 lbs) x 5
120kg (265 lbs) x 5

Lots of stretching and foam rolling.

[hbriem]

Friday June 1st 2012 - Deadlift Day

Deadlift

70kg (154 lbs) x 5
120kg (265 lbs) x 5
160kg (353 lbs) x 3
190kg (419 lbs) x 1
210kg (463 lbs) x 1
220kg (485 lbs) x 1
190kg (419 lbs) x 3,3,3

Strength almost back ...

Bench Press

60kg (132 lbs) x 5,5
90kg (198 lbs) x 5
100kg (220 lbs) x 3
120kg (265 lbs) x 1,1
130kg (287 lbs) x F
120kg (265 lbs) x 1,1,1

... but not quite.

[hbriem]

Saturday June 2nd 2012 - Play Day

Axe Swing

2-3kg (4-6 lbs) x 20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20,20 (16)

I had planned on some conditioning work this summer. My bum knee has stopped me doing that as most of the things I do in that line are at least fairly hard on the knees (loaded walks, DB swings, stair and hill running). I have a tree stump in my garden that I had planned to hollow out as a bird bath. It turned out to take forever with a chisel so I never did much. Today, on a whim, I went and got my firewood axe and started whacking the hell out of it. I ended up doing 16 sets of 20 and sweating and blowing hard. Great fun and easy on the knees. My forearms are dead though. Typing is hell!

[sking1001]

Awesome! That sounds like fun.

[swilczewski]

Solid training considering the welcome interruption (your son's graduation). Congratulations on the bench PR, solid lifting and good job keeping your butt on the bench too.

[hbriem]

Thanks Steve and Steve.

Monday June 4th 2012 - Play Day

Power Snatch

20kg (44 lbs) x 3,3,3
50kg (110 lbs) x 2,2,2
60kg (132 lbs) x 2,2,2
70kg (154 lbs) x 1,1,1

Press

50kg (110 lbs) x 5
60kg (132 lbs) x 5
65kg (143 lbs) x 3
70kg (154 lbs) x 1
75kg (165 lbs) x 1
80kg (176 lbs) x F
75kg (165 lbs) x 1,1,1 (with slow negative)

Bench Press

60kg (132 lbs) x 5
90kg (198 lbs) x 3
100kg (220 lbs) x 3
120kg (265 lbs) x 1
130kg (287 lbs) x 1,1,1

Pullup

BW x 12,12