An hour and fifteen minutes of rugby conditioning. Felt fast and in decent shape tonight. I am surprised how good I feel with taking an entire week off from everythign beign sick last week, but maybe my body just needed a recovery week.

So I fasted all day for ash wednesday and only had a half hour to lift tonight then realized i forgot all my stuff and didnt even have spandex on which is wierd because i hate lifting in boxers but had to get a lift in.

CSR
4x10x135

Lat Pulldowns
4x12x140

Axle Clean and Press
Strict- 10x175,3x245
Push Press- 1x295,1x315
clean only 335

Pushdowns
4x12x150

I had rugby conditioning tonight. I also got back on a diet today. I need to start working on my appearance more along with my performance because I had a meeting with a new fitness consulting company in Milwaukee that wants me to be a sponsored athlete. It will be nice to have some money and services offset some expenses that I incur, and it will also be nice having some professional advice regarding my diet. So thats a little extra motivation for me not to be a fatty.

Log Clean and Press each rep
5x205
3x255
2x275
1x285
1x295
clean only 315 missed press but go it almost

Yoke Walk
100'x630,720,810
10'x900

Circus DB
3x1x140

Medley Sandbag and Tire
2x30'x300lb sand bag with 2x6 flipsx600lb tire

45 minutes of basketball full court
45 minues of touch rugby

18" DL
3x405
1x495,585
belt on 635 for an easy single

Rope Crunches
3x15x200

DB Rows
4x8x100

Pull Throughs
3x15x200

Lat Pulldowns
3x15x120

An hour and fifteen minutes of rugby conditioning. We basically did the same workout that we did the first day and during that first day I was ready to have a stroke and today I felt fit. I still have about a week or so left until I will be in my top shape but I am close. I am starting to get excited and shifting from strongman mode to rugby mode because we have a good shot at winning nationals this spring.

BB Strict Press
5x140,190,210

CSR
8x90,135,160,180

Lat Pulldowns
12x140,140,140,140

Rope Pushdowns SS EZ Curls
12x150,160,170,180 SS 65,85,95,95

Now time to get some work done for another couple hours then rugby at 6 tonight.

an hour or so of rugby. it sucked because there was less guys and less guys=less rest haha. also had some shit from work on my mind the whole time so i was just pissed in general.

Trap Bar DL
2x265,355,445,525
belt on still no straps 1x625

Press Medley
DB/Log/BB
100/195/205
110/245/255
110/265/275

Navy Rows
4x10x150

Plate Raises
2x20x45

An hour of rugby conditioning tonight. Summerfest events got posted tonight and I am excited:
Load Medley- keg, sandbag, i beam
Frame Carry- 700x60'
Press Medley- 160 circus db, 315 log, 345 axle
Flip Medley- 2x800 lb tire, 1x finger
Stones- 240,285,315,345,375,410 all to 45"

It will be an intense show, but I think with 4 months left of prep I can do very well. I am very confident with the load medley, frame, and flip medley. The press medley will be easy once I get my log form down and learn how to clean a fixed axle and the stones are gettign better every time I do them. I am not going to specifically train for this show until rugby is over and just work on my base strength until then. I got my new diet made up for me with a sweet tracking program that is pretty complicated so once I figure it out I will be tracking everything I do and put into my body from now until Summerfest.

How are you going to lose 50 pounds though?

I thought you were just going to be a HW anyway.

I am going to cut one of my legs off... I weigh 270-275 right now and feel pretty good. My game plan is not to lose 40 lbs because I don't have to. I am going to slowly lose weight until I get to 255-260 and stay there being as lean as I possibly can in that weight range. The goal is to weigh 255 a week before the show being between 12 and 14% bodyfat which is optimal for performance. I do not want to get below that because there are alot of studies that show that trying to go too low sacrifices muscle. So once I am 255 at 12% I will do a water load and cut like I have for every show since my first one. For Chicago's SM last year I weighed 255-260 the day before weigh ins, made weight, and then competed at 260. For Central I weighed 250-255 the day before weigh ins, made weight, and competed at 245-250. I made a few mistakes during the process for Central and it greatly affected me. That is why I need to take a more disciplined aproach this time. Starting this morning I will be tracking absolutely everything as far as activity, weight, measurements, food, mood, and external factors. Then I will be taking this data and using it to adjust my diet every so often. Since Summerfest is a qualifier for pro nats I may compete at that when I win, but other than that I will be a hw because thats where the fun is. Now before people say I am cocky for sayign when I win, I beleive you become what you think about so I think about winning not possibly winning.

Axle Push Press out of rack
3x170,220,270,310
1x330
mx350, so close but could not hold it

CSR
Lat Pulldowns
Clsoe Grip Bench

You have a big advantage being able to train with the promoter. I believe that he made the pressing weights heavy because he is used to training with you and knows what you can do as a LW. Knowing the tire and finger will make that event good for you too. Now just get really good at stones and you're on your way.