Schenck's Front Range Strength

[A Schenck]

"It's log, it's log,
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good."

Current Stats:
All weighs in pounds
5’10 / 190 lb. / 31yr / Male

Current Lifts:
Squat: 295
Deadlift: 295
Bench: 160
Press: 115
Power Clean: 155

A partial log of last year's run at the SSLP can be located here (link)
Currently running out advanced novice LP after time away from the gym due to extended work travel. At this point, I'm looking to compete in the Spring 2018 USSF meet and might do a local USAPL meet this coming January.

[A Schenck]

Going to be an odd training week since I'm off schedule due to camping over the long weekend and trying to plan around a SSC coaching session this upcoming Friday:

Tuesday 9/5
Squat 295x5,4*
225x8 (backoff due to missed workset reps)
Bench 160x5x3
*Failed squat rep on second work-set looks like it was from excessive depth and bad knee slide at the bottom. Plan to repeat this weight next time.

Wednesday 9/6
Press 95x8x3
Chins 3x3
Deadlift 275x3 (Straps)
Just trying to get some volume in and get some deadlift work since I left the gym early yesterday. Straps were because I was at my work's gym and the cheap bar had smooth knurling and was extra thick.

[Mark Samuel]

Ah nice a fellow camper. Camping often sneaks up and ruins my plan to train on the weekend too

Would be interested to hear about the SSC coaching session, I don't think they're easy to find in England.

[A Schenck]

Ah nice a fellow camper. Camping often sneaks up and ruins my plan to train on the weekend too

Yep, missed workouts and lack of a real bed can add up. But whats the point of getting strong if you just sit inside every day.

Would be interested to hear about the SSC coaching session, I don't think they're easy to find in England.

I will report back.

[A Schenck]

Friday 9/8
Squat 250x5x3
160x5x3
Press 117.5x 3,3,2

Training session with Jayson Ball (SSC). This was an awesome session. As soon as I got home I took a full page of notes because I'm sleepy and was worried I would forget something if I waited till tomorrow. I am sure the session will pay huge dividends for my future training and I'm very glad I did it. I'm not excited about typing out a huge wall of text with all the stuff I learned, but here is a quick summary of what my take aways are:

I need adjustments to my grip and setup on the squat. I've got some knee slide at the bottom of my squat (related issue, need to adjust the way I'm using my hips to get the bounce out of the bottom). I've got a plan to correct this that will involve some changes to my warmups and a reset of my work weights. Some setup and positioning adjustments are needed on the press 2.0 and I missed some planned reps so I will be resetting that as well.

[A Schenck]

Squat 255x5x3
Bench 162.5 x5
155x5x2
Power Clean 147.5 x3x5

TUBOW on all squat warmups. Videoed my sets and the knee slide on the worksets is much improved. Also getting a better bounce out of the bottom. Hopefully the form correction will hold as the weights move back up.
Probably time for a reset on the bench. After the 5th rep of my first workset I figured I wasn't going to be able to safely complete additional sets at that weight, so I finished with some lighter backoff work.

[A Schenck]

Squat 265 x5x3
Press 102.5 x5x3
Deadlift 275 x5x3

[A Schenck]

Light Squat 225 x5x3
Bench 157.5 x5x3
Chin 3,3,4
BB Curl 45x8x3

[Oldster]

Dandy abbreviated lifting!

[A Schenck]

Dandy abbreviated lifting!

Friday night goals: 1)get in 2) lift quick 3) eat a lot of pizza
Priorities are important