So after looking at this piece of shit that I used to write, I'm changing things up a bit. I'm gonna be blogging a bit about the three subjects that matter most to me right now: archaeology, food, and lifting. I might be posting some of my workouts, just as a way to record them and also to put myself out there for critique. I'll also be posting a bit about my grad school research, but just a bit. Oh, and the food. Because I need to get focused on my cooking.
To start, I've been running a sort of anti-cycle based on the awesome inspiration I've gotten from Jamie Lewis over at Chaos&Pain. (chaosandpain.blogspot.com, definitely NSFW) I've been reading his stuff for something like 3 years now, and it's taught me a lot.
A quick outline:
I've been looking to up my training volume, especially because I'm about to go to Peru (hopefully) and thus need to prep myself both to work more and also to handle the rigors of digging. Thus, I've been working out more frequently. Last week I added a day, bringing me to 4 a week, this week will be 5 a week, and hopefully before I leave I'll be up to 6 a week, maybe with morning workouts thrown in. The idea is to ease my way into it week by week, so my extra days are fairly light for now. In Peru I'll probably have to focus on bodyweight nonsense. Here though, I've got plenty of weights and that's what I'm focusing on.
I'm not really following a set cycle, but I am using what I call my training guidelines.
1: squat at least 3x week.
2: push press over bench
3: heavy, low ROM exercises mixed with light, full ROM exercises to try something new
4: not pulling often, and when I do, it's usually not deadlifts
5: when I do pull heavy, focusing on rack pulls
6: variation over everything
7: this cycle is raw, using no more than knee sleeves and wrist wraps, maybe a belt sometimes
8: I am doing more abs, no matter what, so at least 3x week
So, my last workout looked something like this:
squat lockouts: 6 (sets) x 1 (rep) 725 - not much shorter than my rack height for full squats, completely raw
narrow stance, high bar squats: 3x5 225 - focused on speed
bench press: 6x2 185 completely raw. My bench sucks dick
plyo pushups: 3x5
fast conventional deads, double overhand: 3x3 275 completely raw
I warmed up for each, though not much, and skipped abs because the squat work wrecked me.
So there you have it. Tomorrow I'm going to get in another workout, I'm feeling behind the neck push press, and maybe overhead squats, with a deadlift rack pull. We shall see.
To start, I've been running a sort of anti-cycle based on the awesome inspiration I've gotten from Jamie Lewis over at Chaos&Pain. (chaosandpain.blogspot.com, definitely NSFW) I've been reading his stuff for something like 3 years now, and it's taught me a lot.
A quick outline:
I've been looking to up my training volume, especially because I'm about to go to Peru (hopefully) and thus need to prep myself both to work more and also to handle the rigors of digging. Thus, I've been working out more frequently. Last week I added a day, bringing me to 4 a week, this week will be 5 a week, and hopefully before I leave I'll be up to 6 a week, maybe with morning workouts thrown in. The idea is to ease my way into it week by week, so my extra days are fairly light for now. In Peru I'll probably have to focus on bodyweight nonsense. Here though, I've got plenty of weights and that's what I'm focusing on.
I'm not really following a set cycle, but I am using what I call my training guidelines.
1: squat at least 3x week.
2: push press over bench
3: heavy, low ROM exercises mixed with light, full ROM exercises to try something new
4: not pulling often, and when I do, it's usually not deadlifts
5: when I do pull heavy, focusing on rack pulls
6: variation over everything
7: this cycle is raw, using no more than knee sleeves and wrist wraps, maybe a belt sometimes
8: I am doing more abs, no matter what, so at least 3x week
So, my last workout looked something like this:
squat lockouts: 6 (sets) x 1 (rep) 725 - not much shorter than my rack height for full squats, completely raw
narrow stance, high bar squats: 3x5 225 - focused on speed
bench press: 6x2 185 completely raw. My bench sucks dick
plyo pushups: 3x5
fast conventional deads, double overhand: 3x3 275 completely raw
I warmed up for each, though not much, and skipped abs because the squat work wrecked me.
So there you have it. Tomorrow I'm going to get in another workout, I'm feeling behind the neck push press, and maybe overhead squats, with a deadlift rack pull. We shall see.
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