GET STRONG: The Intermediate Ramblings of an Amateur Strongman

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/9/17

Bench - 270x5x1

Press - 182.5x5x4

Chins - 8, 6, 6


11/10/17

Deadlift - 450x3x2

Squat - 355x5x4

Farmers Carry - 205x2x3 - no drops round 1, one drop round 2, straps round 3

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/13/17

Press - 205x3x2 / 182.5x5x1

Bench - 252.5x5x4

Rows - 230x5x3

Rebar Bend - first attempt, #4 rebar (1/2) x24 inches, took a few minutes but I got it bent...

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/14/17

Squat - 395x3x2 - nahce

Deadlift - 405x5x2

Deficit DL - 365x5x2

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/16/17

Bench - 272.5x5x1

Press - 185x5x4

Chins - 8,6,6


11/17/17

Deadlift - 455x3x2

Squat 360x5x4

Carries - 175x4 @ 120ft

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/20/17

Press - 207.5x3x2 / 185x5x1

Bench - 245x5x4 (should have been 255, but I never loaded the 5's)

Rows - 235x5x3

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/21/17

Squat - 400x3x2 - some ugliness in these, but yay 400 pounds... next week no baby plates...

Deadlift - 410x5x2

Deficit DL - 370x5x2

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/23/17

Bench - 275x5x1

Press - 187.5x5x4

Chins - 9 - only one set before I had to run the wife to the ER, if anyone actually follows this, all is well...


11/24/17

Deadlift - 460x3x2 - was supposed to move to doubles... oops...

Squat - 365x5x4

Carries - Farmers 205x2x3 @60ft - gonna probably add some pounds to these next time...

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/27/17

Press - 210x2, 2, 0 / 187.5x5 - what a shit show, was aiming for a triple when rep 3 ground to a halt, second set rep 2 was a slow grind and no way 3 was happening, and the last attempt was an all out fail... pretty sure I got on my toes, got it about 80% and fought it for a while... racked it an almost blacked out. Back off set FLEW UP like it was a light warm up though. Weird day for the press.

Bench - 257.5x5x4 - Honestly I was a touch worried after how the presses went but these were smooth and consistent across the board.

Rows - 240x5x3 - ended putting a bit too much "English" into these by the last set... chalk it up to frustration from earlier lol

[Dave Joksimovic]

11/28/17

Squat - 405x2x2 - man, what am I doing here. These were supposed to be triples and probably could have been but I let my back go soft and then I'm lifting my chest out of the bottom like a dope. Two absolute grinding dog fights that ended up with me getting stapled. Gonna fix this Friday and have a rematch next Tuesday...

Deadlift - 415x5x2 - thought these went well enough, pulling on the new bar is nice...

Deficit DL - 375x5x2 - same here other than that I may never get used to setting my back on a deficit lol

[grand666]

Good deal man. I'm still hoping to get my 4-wheel squat in December. Currently did a top set of three reps last week at 370 and this week starting doing singles, so I did 375 for one rep. Was pretty easy-ish.

My deadlift was a shitshow. Have low-back rounding issues so we dropped the weight. No matter how many cues the coach gave, it didn't flatten out even though I"m almost passing out from the squeeze. Saw a coach in person again as to not try to be a snowflake, and the low-back is still a problem.

Managed to find a way to set up a bit differently during the deadlift to give the hammies some slack. It worked on my deficit deads Monday, so trying this again on my heavy singles today to see if the back is better.

You're getting strong as fuck man. It's inspiration. Keep at it!