Billy's Training Log

[Billy Mixon]

Monday July 14

Squats - lots

DB OH Press - first 3 reps strict then the last 3 I used a dip - 85sx6x4

BB Rows - between 135-185 for sets of 6 for about 10 min

Wednesday July 16

Squats - a few less than Monday

Bench - 185x3x3

Chins - lots

Friday July 18

Front Squats - 310x5, x4x2

DB OH Press - same as Monday


Monday July 21

Squats - lots

Bench - felt terrible so I did 185x8x4, x6x2

BB Rows - up to 185 then did sets of 6 for about 10 min


Not too much going on. Just trying to push my front squat pretty hard for a while. Been pretty busy with school so other than that I'm just getting some blood flow going on the other days.

[Billy Mixon]

Friday July 25

Front Squat - 315x5, x2x3, 225x5

Bench - 205x8x2, x6, x5x2

Snatch Grip Pulls - 315x3x5

Decent training day. Finally got in an entire workout w out having to drop a deuce after squatting haha. Just playing around w bench again. From here on out, at least for a while, Monday is going to be bench day and Friday is going to be oh press day. Still going to pull on Friday and alternate between snatch grip pulls and rack pulls but I'm going to switch up the intensity and rep scheme some.

[Billy Mixon]

Another week of two training days, the semester is winding down so hopefully 3xs a week will be the norm again soon.

Monday July 28

Squats - lots of triples going from 315 to 365

DB OH Press - 85sx5x4

Bent Over Rows - sets of 6 from 135 to 195, just did a set every few minutes for about 15 minutes


Friday August 1

Front Squats - 320x2x4, 255x5

Bench - 205x8x4, x7

Deads on a 2 in lift - 365x3x5

[elVarouza]

Taking summer classes? Those take up a lot of time. I took one once, think it was 4 lectures/week, each 3 hours long or something along those lines.

[Billy Mixon]

Yeah, because this is a condensed program we have a full course load during the summer (I'm in Florida during the summer and can barely enjoy the weather haha). The courses weren't that bad, but we had a major group project in just about every class so that was probably the biggest pain in the ass. Fortunately this up coming term is half class work and half clinical rotation so I'm pretty stoked about that.

[Billy Mixon]

Good training week over all.

Monday August 4

Squats (decided to mess around with my knee wraps) - 405x1, 425x1, 405x3x2

DB OH Press - 85sx3, 85x5x3 (slight leg drive), 55sx10

BB Rows - bunch of sets of 6 between 135 and 195


Wednesday August 6

Squats - 275x3x3

Press - 135x3x3

Chins - did sets for about 10-15 min


Saturday August 9

Front Squats - (all warm up sets felt terrible but they did feel better after I dropped back down from that top set) went up to 335x1, 315x1x5 (tried to make each rep faster than the rep before)

Bench - 205x8x5

BB Rows - (was going to pull but needed to get in a little back work since I was going on an afternoon fishing trip with some friends) same as Monday lots of sets of 6 between 135 and 195 for 10 min


Good training week over all other than front squats feeling terrible until after that top set. Going to squat again this week with knee wraps just for fun and I'll probably do some doubles on front squats at the end of the week. One more week of actual class then a few days of finals and I'll be heading home after that.

[Billy Mixon]

Monday August 11

Squats - 425x1x3 (all wrapped and belted), 315x5 (slow and controlled, no belt)

DB Oh Press - 85sx3x2, slight leg drive 85sx5x2

Bent Over Rows - between 135 and 205 for sets of 6 for about 15 min


Wednesday August 13

Squats - 275x3x3

Press - 135x3x3

Chins - lots for about 15 min


Friday August 15

Front Squats - 325x2x3, 250x4 (last set all were done w a 3 second pause)

Bench - 235x1 paused, 205x8x5

Snatch Grip Deads - 315x3x5


Solid training week overall. The wrapped squats on Monday felt pretty good. Each single was faster than the one before it. DB pressing and bench pressing are starting to feel better. On bench it usually takes a few sets to get into the groove and I tend to feel the strongest around set 3. The last set usually feels better than the first 2 sets. Only one more training session down here before heading home for break. Glad this semester is coming to a close. Had a few interesting classes this term but all the group really took away from them. Looking forward to getting home to see Gillian, Mac, Josh, and Shelley.