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Strongman + Powerlifting + Weightlifting = Squaggleboggin

Seanp156 said:
I gotcha. There are plenty of other meets coming up from October-December that are in Ohio, I just picked up an issue of Powerlifting USA the other day and highlighted the next few in OH, so maybe you'll have a chance to get to one of those... After this meet I'm just going to worry about packing on some quality weight and getting stronger, the next meets I enter I'm not going to worry about which weight class I end up in like I am now.
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Any near Amherst, MA? :)
 
Sean

I'll have to look into those and plan it around my exam dates and whatnot. Hopefully I can even do one this year, although my performance will be very weak compared to what it should have been. If not, I'll aim for next year. I really need to find some amateur strongman events for next summer. Yummy.

Workout (9/7/06)

Dynamic Warmup

DOH Sumo Deadlifts 3x3 (185), 3x2 (315)

Yates Rows 3x3 (135), 3x2 (185)

Plate Walks 3x1 (180)

One Hand Farmer's Walk 3x1 (60)

Planks 3x30s (45)

Cool Down


Deadlifts went pretty well. I'll be adding five pounds for next time. Yates weren't bad, either. That's a pretty decent starting weight for getting back into the game, so I'm fairly satisfied with that as well. Plate walks absolutely killed. I love that exercise so much and carrying 4 45s in front of you against your abdomen (which, of course, must be kept tight to avoid pain) is great for core and grip. I'm adding five pounds to it for next time. One hand farmer's walks absolutely destroyed my hands after the plate walks since I'm not used to holding metal in them anymore. That'll subside. Planks were great. They killed me and were great for finishing off the workout.

This was an excellent core, grip and back workout overall.

Rating: 5/5; BW: 181
 
Yeehaw. Welcome back.
 
Squaggleboggin said:
Sean

I'll have to look into those and plan it around my exam dates and whatnot. Hopefully I can even do one this year, although my performance will be very weak compared to what it should have been. If not, I'll aim for next year. I really need to find some amateur strongman events for next summer. Yummy.

Workout (9/7/06)

Dynamic Warmup

DOH Sumo Deadlifts 3x3 (185), 3x2 (315)

Yates Rows 3x3 (135), 3x2 (185)

Plate Walks 3x1 (180)

One Hand Farmer's Walk 3x1 (60)

Planks 3x30s (45)

Cool Down


Deadlifts went pretty well. I'll be adding five pounds for next time. Yates weren't bad, either. That's a pretty decent starting weight for getting back into the game, so I'm fairly satisfied with that as well. Plate walks absolutely killed. I love that exercise so much and carrying 4 45s in front of you against your abdomen (which, of course, must be kept tight to avoid pain) is great for core and grip. I'm adding five pounds to it for next time. One hand farmer's walks absolutely destroyed my hands after the plate walks since I'm not used to holding metal in them anymore. That'll subside. Planks were great. They killed me and were great for finishing off the workout.

This was an excellent core, grip and back workout overall.

Rating: 5/5; BW: 181
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I am glad to see you are training again. You will be back in no time. I read some interesting stuff about muscle memory which might make bouncing back a little easier.
 
Squaggle made another workout past. Yay. Good to see you back in action. We need your constructive posts and unique workout back at IM.
 
KelJu

Thanks for the encouragement. I appreciate it. I've also read a little about muscle memory, but it's been quite a while since I was at my strongest (but then again, I usually guaged that based only on the deadlift, so it's debatable). We'll see how quickly I can gain in some of the big funkies. That's what I spontaneously decided to call the exercises I do that few people have heard of - they're the ones that really matter to me.

CP

I see you've been busy here the whole time. Your advice has always been among the most valuable and influential to me; it's good to hear from you again.
 
Today's Workout:

Dynamic Warmup

OH Bulgarian Squats 3x3 (45), 3x2 (65); +5

Turkish Get Ups 1x3 (50); +5

DOH RDLs 3x3 (185), 3x2 (315)

Pull Ups 1x0, 10, 15

Cool Down

Rating: 5/5; BW: 183

Everything went well. I'll be adding weight or keeping things the same where indicated. I was surprised the get ups weren't very hard. I thought I'd be much, much more drained after having my two most demanding exercises juxtaposed like that. But that just means I'm pleasantly surprised.
 
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Today's Workout:

Warm Up (light stretching + 3 min jumping on trampoline, which I consider similar to jumping rope in this case)

OH Bulgarian Squats 3x3 (45), 3x2 (70)

Turkish Get Ups 1x3 (55)

One Hand RDLs 3x3 (95), 3x2 (135)

Pull Ups 1x0, 10, 20

Cool Down (heavy stretching + 3 min jumping on trampoline while throwing punches)

I figured I would get a little extra cardio-esque stuff into my warmups and cool downs in the form of jumping on my mini trampoline and throwing punches, etc. Even if there's not much increased benefit, it's still fun.

Squats and get ups were great. Squats seemed easy for some reason, which is definitely unusual with this exercise. Get ups were worse than usual though (probably because I just used all the same muscles in the previous exercise, but I don't lift for the purpose of not challenging myself).

One hand RDLs were a first today. I did one hand DLs last week and liked them, so I thought I'd try it out with these as well. I'll be keeping this as a staple. I'm a little unilateral happy right now, but I consider that a good thing.

Pull ups were a new PR w/20 pounds. Still nowhere near my chin ups, but considering I started with the inability to perform a single BW pull up, I'm doing just fine.

I wish I could be on this site more often, I really do. In case any of you were wondering, I'm taking 27 credit hours at the moment (including organic chemistry and physics, which I love, but take up uber amounts of time in the form of 3- and 4-hour classes, studying, etc), so life is a little crazy and I generally don't have time to breathe. I've still been lifting whenever possible, but unfortunately I can't always post it. I can't wait for summer when I have a job. I'll be devoting less time to that than I am to school and hopefully I'll have time for some kind of life. I wish you all well. Keep on lifting and never make excuses about not having time to lift.
 
27 credit hours, in one semester?! What the fuck? They don't even let us take that many at my school.
 
Yes, but for how long, no one knows! Is it magic? No, it's the amazing Squaggleboggin!
 
CowPimp said:
27 credit hours, in one semester?! What the fuck? They don't even let us take that many at my school.
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Yeah, and now I know why. It's kind of crazy. I should be honest, though, that's just what someone else told me. It's really in the form of 4 AP classes plus Spanish 3 at my high school and then 10 credit hours at the local college in the form of orgo and physics through the post secondary options program. But it's still a bitch. School all day long and then night classes to boot. I'd much rather take all the credit hours at a college. It's so much harder to have to worry about stuff every day than it is to worry about it biweekly, even if the classes are ridiculously long.
 
Squaggleboggin said:
Yeah, and now I know why. It's kind of crazy. I should be honest, though, that's just what someone else told me. It's really in the form of 4 AP classes plus Spanish 3 at my high school and then 10 credit hours at the local college in the form of orgo and physics through the post secondary options program. But it's still a bitch. School all day long and then night classes to boot. I'd much rather take all the credit hours at a college. It's so much harder to have to worry about stuff every day than it is to worry about it biweekly, even if the classes are ridiculously long.
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Good for you Squaggle. You're going to do well in life. What is your major?
 
CowPimp said:
Good for you Squaggle. You're going to do well in life. What is your major?
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Thanks, CP. I really appreciate that. I don't really know what I want to do yet. I like a lot of different things and while I'd like to learn them all, it's not really plausible (or at least I haven't thought of a way in which it is yet). So far I'm thinking chemistry, physics, law, psychology and computer science. I want to get the most advanced degree possible in at least two areas, though. I should have some more time soon, luckily. I'm trying to get some college applications done and I'm very happy I decided to write most of the essays during the summer instead of waiting until I had all this extra junk. After January 1st, I'll have quite a weight lifted. I'll just have to worry about where I get in and where I should go from there.
 
It's been much too long. But I'm back. My extra classes are finally over and I started lifting again like I promised myself I would. It's been nine weeks and it hasn't been fun. But I wasn't very displeased with today.

Warm Up: Trampoline jumping for a few minutes followed by light dynamic stretching

Overhead Bulgarian Squats: 3x3 (45), 3x2 (75) PR

Turkish Get Up: 1x3 (45)

One Hand RDLs: 3x3 (95), 1x2 (135)

Pull Ups: 1x0, 10

Cool Down: Heavy stretching and light trampoline jumping

BW: 186

Rating: 5/5

I only hit a PR on the OHBS because it was a new exercise to begin with. I knew my TGU wouldn't be quite up to par, especially after getting acclimated to the OHBS again. Great for shoulder strength and stability though. I may need to modify those one hand RDLs. They hurt my hands a lot to do, but perhaps I should just suck it up and stop whining. Pull ups were pretty weak. I didn't expect anything miraculous, but I definitely lost some strength there.

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied. I didn't seem to lose any significant amount of strength in any area that matters. I've been following the same semi-strict diet I was on during lifting (less calories though) and I've only gained a few pounds. One thing I love about this type of training is that, although it takes a long ass time to build up strength, it doesn't leave easily.

It's so good to be back. Unfortunately, I won't be able to lift at home for a while because the weights are in an uninsulated room over our garage - in Cleveland, Ohio. Although the weather is strangely cool at the moment, there's no way that room will be usable during the dead of winter. I'll probably try anyways though.
 
holy cow batman your back!
 
I thought you were dead. :confused:



;)
 
p.s my journal WHORE is back :cool2:
 
Squaggle's return has made me poop my pants with joy.
 
yoyoyo welcome back!
 
Everyone

Thanks! It feels good to be back.

CP

Why is it that I'm not surprised? Hmm...
 
Squaggleboggin said:
It's been much too long. But I'm back. My extra classes are finally over and I started lifting again like I promised myself I would. It's been nine weeks and it hasn't been fun. But I wasn't very displeased with today.

Warm Up: Trampoline jumping for a few minutes followed by light dynamic stretching

Overhead Bulgarian Squats: 3x3 (45), 3x2 (75) PR

Turkish Get Up: 1x3 (45)

One Hand RDLs: 3x3 (95), 1x2 (135)

Pull Ups: 1x0, 10

Cool Down: Heavy stretching and light trampoline jumping

BW: 186

Rating: 5/5

I only hit a PR on the OHBS because it was a new exercise to begin with. I knew my TGU wouldn't be quite up to par, especially after getting acclimated to the OHBS again. Great for shoulder strength and stability though. I may need to modify those one hand RDLs. They hurt my hands a lot to do, but perhaps I should just suck it up and stop whining. Pull ups were pretty weak. I didn't expect anything miraculous, but I definitely lost some strength there.

Overall, I'm pretty satisfied. I didn't seem to lose any significant amount of strength in any area that matters. I've been following the same semi-strict diet I was on during lifting (less calories though) and I've only gained a few pounds. One thing I love about this type of training is that, although it takes a long ass time to build up strength, it doesn't leave easily.

It's so good to be back. Unfortunately, I won't be able to lift at home for a while because the weights are in an uninsulated room over our garage - in Cleveland, Ohio. Although the weather is strangely cool at the moment, there's no way that room will be usable during the dead of winter. I'll probably try anyways though.
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I assume youre using DBs for the deads?
 
Akira

Actually, no. If I use DBs in any exercise, I specifically put 'DB' in the title. I use the BB for the Turkish get ups and the one-hand RDLs. That's why it's so difficult - it takes a lot of hand and wrist strength (not to mention grip strength) to keep the bar stable.
 
when you gonna start workin that chest boi
 
Akira

Well gorilla hangs aren't easy (at least not for humans). I've always wanted to practice gorialla hangs while holding weight in the other hand. That would be pretty impressive. And I thank you for the encouragement. I highly recommend BB Turkish get ups. It's the only way to go! Honestly, they make everything involved in the lift (which is almost everything) crazy strong.

WIB

Whenever I damn well feel like it. Actually I'm going to try one-arm benching with a BB. You know me - regular benching just won't cut it. I'm not sure exactly what it's going to do yet, but I'm curious enough to go ahead and try it. If it's not what I'm looking for I can always go back to my usual DB benching, but that seems so boring at the moment.
 
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