Geezer's Long March Toward the Elite Sneaking Up On the Finish Line

[Mark E. Hurling]

Deloading/dynamic effort/speed work @ 70% of 1RM.

All for 4 sets of 2.

Bench Press: 165.

Push Press: 85.

Hammer Row: 225.

The orchestral mix today was Also Sprach Zarathustra, Her Strut, Blood Upon the Risers, Rawhide, Radar Love, Danger Zone, and Finlandia.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Working on speed and prep for the Highland Games with rounds of speed bag, caber lifts, box jumps, heavy bag, hammer swings, and medicine ball tosses.

Music was Star Wars, Locomotive Breath, Ritual Fire Dance, Fame, British Grenadiers, and Bad to the Bone.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Deloading/dynamic effort/speed work @ 70% of 1RM.

Deadlift: 265 for 4 reps.

Hip Belt Squats: Sets of 4. 95-185-235.

The score was We Are the Champions, Mission Impossible, Semper Fidelis, Scotland the Brave, Scherezade, Fire Down Below, Peter Gunn theme.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Rounds this morning of elliptical, speed bag, cable rotation, heavy bag, medicine ball toss, and rower.

[57bergstrm]

I must say, you are really doing impressive training, Im in awe.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Thanks Bergs. Just one foot in front of the other.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Deloading/dynamic effort/speed work @ 70% of 1RM.

All for 4 sets of 2.

Seated Press: 125.

Weighted Dips: 25.

Hammer High Row: 225.

Music was When the Bullet Hits the Bone, William Tell Overture, Heavy Metal, Immigrant Song, Hallelujah Chorus, Eye of the Tiger, Cappriccio Espagnol, I'm So Excited, Star Wars Theme.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Random conditioning things, speed bag, hammer swings, box jumps, heavy bag, medicine ball slams, and elliptical.

Music: Up Around the Bend, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Crazy Train, Running With the Devil, Smuggler's Blues.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Performance phase @ 90% of 1RM. Sporting my United Planets Rebellion from Firefly.

Squats: 270 for 3 singles. These were supposed to be doubles and I doubt any of them were quite to depth. My squat is sucking badly just now, and this session was more about regaining my courage than anything else.

High Pulls: 155 for 3 sets of 2.

My listening shuffle was Fanfare for the Common Man, William Tell Overture, Run Through the Jungle, Kashmir, The Good the Bad and Ugly, O Fortuna, Ritual Fire Dance, Tusk, Patton, Radar Love, Semper Fidelis, Overture to Ben Hur.

[Mark E. Hurling]

Performance phase @ 90% of 1RM.

All with 3 sets of 2.

Bench Press: 215. I got ambitious on this and tried with 5 lbs. more than the cycle called for. Tough, but it was doable.

Push Press: 110.

Hammer Row: 290.

The sound track was Night on Bald Mountain, Takin' a Ride, Rock You Like a Hurricane, Procession of the Nobles, Gloria, We Will Rock You, Scotland the Brave, Darth Vader Death March, Up Around the Bend, Die Walkure.