GET STRONG: The Intermediate Ramblings of an Amateur Strongman

[Dave Joksimovic]

Just starting this log as I'm wading into intermediate territory... original LP log is below for any interested.

This will document everything else going forward as I look to dive deeper into Strongman... I'll update with some more info later...
#StartingOver

[Dave Joksimovic]

Alright so lets get the starting info out of the way:

Age: 30
Sex: M
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 232 (I ate a lot of pizza this weekend)

Current PRs:

Squat - 360x5
Press - 187.5x5
Bench - 255x5
Deadlift - 415x5
Power Clean - 175x3

Competition PR's:
Axle Clean/Press - 165x7
Truck Deadlift - x6
Loaded Carry - 150x60ft @ 8.47 seconds
Stone Over Bar - 180x8

[Moorefoodnow]

It's a pleasure to see you over in the Intermediate section! Welcome, and enjoy the ride to a 405x5 Squat

[Dave Joksimovic]

It's a pleasure to see you over in the Intermediate section! Welcome, and enjoy the ride to a 405x5 Squat

I'ma need more plates...

[Satch12879]

Hey Dave. Been watching your progress on the FB page. Nice work. Best of luck.

[Dave Joksimovic]

Hey Dave. Been watching your progress on the FB page. Nice work. Best of luck.

Thank you sir.

[Dave Joksimovic]

9/12/17
Press - 180x5x1 - felt kinda heavy but only because I've been pressing so light lately. Bar moved nicely and that's all that matters.

Bench - 220x5x4 - weight isn't heavy but form wise I think this is some of my best benching in a while. Very pleased with how I controlled these reps across all four sets.

Rows - 185x5x3 - first time doing rows but I think these went nicely. Weight is probably a perfect starting point for them too. Just enough to slow me down and make me really work for the last touch.

That sounds creepy.

[Dave Joksimovic]

9/14/17
Deadlift - 405x5x1 - after basically a week off these felt heavy but moved nicely.

Squat - 320x5x4 - Ok yeah wow I get it, volume sucks lol

Loaded Carry - 175x60ftx6 - Also conditioning sucks, my legs don't know what happened to them lol. Last "sprint" was basically a walk lol

[Dave Joksimovic]

9/15/17
Bench - 245x5x1 - damn nice benching today, almost like I knew what I was doing.

Press - 160x5x4 - also nice, trying to more out of my hip bump, progress

Chins - 10/8/6

[Dave Joksimovic]

9/18/17
Squat - 350x5x1 - gnarly compared to how I have been squatting

Deadlift - 365x5x2 - pulled first set in olys as an experiment. Experiment failed. I hate pulling in olys.

PC - 165x3x3 - felt better than they looked unfortunately...

Crappy day for form all around... my mind was saying things were going great but the tape was looking same as ever...