- 3x Warm Up @ 65#, 95#, 115#
- 8x Bent Over Rows +
- 8x Power Cleans +
- 8x Front Squats +
- 8x Push Press +
- 8x Back Squats
- Front Squats
- 5x Front Squat @ 135#
- 5x Front Squat @ 175#
- 5x Front Squat @ 200#
- 10x Front Squat @ 230#
- Assistance Work
- 8x Floor Press @ 185#
- 15x Zercher Squat @ 185#
- 5x Chin Up @ BW
- 8x Floor Press @ 185#
- 12x Zercher Squat @ 185#
- 5x Chin Up @ BW
- 6x Floor Press @ 185#
- 12x Zercher Squat @ 185#
- 3x Chin Up @ BW
I haven’t done Chin Ups in a while. My elbow had been giving me lots of problems and chin ups really aggravated it. I’ve obviously lost a lot of chin up strength in that time. Must work on that.
A (Possible) Beginning
There’s a guy with whom I work. He lifts. We’ve had some brief conversations in the past about lifting. It seems like he does a bodybuilder-style, 3-5 x 10-15 isolation exercise, body-part-split-type program. I, obviously, don’t; though we’ve never had any conversation about my “program”.
We were sitting in a meeting room the other day, waiting on the rest of the meeting invitees to join us. He turned to me and asked me a question about the leg press. I answered, honestly, “I have no idea. I’ve never done a leg press.” He was shocked!
“What do you do for your legs?”
“Squats, Deadlifts, Zercher Lifts, Overhead Squats, Front Squats, Cleans, Lunges, Good Mornings…”
“You don’t do any leg press? What about leg curls?”
“Nope.”
“Really? …”
He confided he rarely squats and never does any of the other exercises I mentioned.
I saw him this morning. He said he deadlifted for the first time, on his “back” day…and admitted he actually kinda liked it and was interested in learning some of those other exercises. I offered him an invitation to come lift with us anytime he wants. We’ll see if he takes me up on the offer.
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I hope he shows up. I am interested to see how he takes to it.
You should have answered him:
The secret of steel has always carried with it a mystery. You must learn its riddle, Conan. You must learn its discipline. For no one - no one in this world can you trust. Not men, not women, not beasts. Steel you can trust.
I also hope he shows. I’m always interested in working with new people. He’s a smart guy, I bet he could bring a lot to the table.
That would have been great, if I would have thought of it.
On second thought, I’m not sure he would have gotten it. ~shrug~
I would have thought it was funny. Maybe that’s all that matters. =)
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