27.2.2011

WOOOHOO!

I just came home from the gym. Guess who deadlifted a 100kg full set. Oh yeah, feels good. 15kg to go and I've accomplished my deadlift goal for the summer.

Also, new minigoal: add 2 kg bodyweight in 1 month. Deadline 25.3.2011. Just to make sure I'll make it to 75kg before summer =)

Oh well, today's stats.

Squat: 3 x 97.5kg x 5 (first time every set completed. 100kg next time)

Bench Press: 3 x 55kg x 5 (every set completed)

Deadlift: 1 x 100kg x 5


+ 2 x pullups, 2 x dips

Ski holiday

On tuesday i went to the kuusamo ghetto gym, no mirrors and a weird squat rack resulted in a pulled back muscle that's been sore since then. Haven't gone to the gym and skipped mma today because of it >.<. Hopefully I can go to the gym on sunday, and mma next week.

Oh and I did a lot of skiing. Yay.

19.2.2011

Today I went to the gym really motivated, listened to some Eminem and other motivational stuff in the locker room and while I warmed up. I really pumped myself up for the lifts.

Squat: 3 x 97.5kg x 5 (1 missed rep)

Bench press: 3 x 55kg x 5 (1 missed rep)

Deadlift: 1 x 95kg x 5

Completing the set of deadlifts made my day, I was so pumped and motivated. I gave it everything and succeeded with every rep. It felt amazing, can't even describe it.

MMA update

Hey, back from another awesome MMA-training. I've really improved and I consider myself decent at the basics of everything. I recently started working on my flexibility; stretching every morning, evening, after training and even while sitting at the computer.

We've started having more contact sparrs, gloves on and start hitting the opponents face/body. Feels good.

As I'm writing this I'm full on a 900kcal PWO-shake (oats, banana, milk, whey protein).


On Sunday I'm going to Ruka, a ski resort. I'm gonna be there for a couple of nights. Bad thing is I'll miss a MMA-training, but luckily there's a gym. Who knows, maybe I can hit my 100kg squat work set there? =)

Also here's some things I'm gonna buy in the near future:

These make it much more comfortable to grapple, and they protect from mat burns/irritated skin etc.

17.2.2011

I'm getting to the 97.5kg work set for the squat, just wait and see =) Oh, if anyone wonders what I mean by "work set" it's a full set of my current weight that I can lift for (optimally) 5 times. So 3 x 97.5kg x 5 will be my next work set, currently I can't complete all reps of all the sets yet though. The minimum weight increase is 2.5kg (there are no smaller weights than 1.25kg). So let's say I've done 3 x 50kg x 5 and finished all reps, next time I'll try 3 x 52.5kg x 5 and do that until I can complete all the reps, and then increase by 2.5kg again etc etc.

Squat: 1 x 97.5kg x 5
           1 x 97.5kg x 4
           1 x 97.5kg x 2 (don't know what happened here lol)

Looks like my shoulders and upper body have catched on really well now;

SMP: 3 x 40kg x 5

Power clean: 3 x 45kg x 5


+ Dips, pullups, abs and stretching (complementary exercises)

15.2.2011

The squats didn't go as well today, maybe because I really focused on technique, maybe because I dropped 2.5kg and didn't have motivation. I don't know really. When you start lifting heavier and heavier it's more mental. You have to push your body trough the sets, your body doesn't want to lift heavy stuff by nature. 

Squat: 3 x 95kg x 5 (failed last rep on last set)

Deadlift: 1 x 92.5kg x 5

My Bench press was awesome today, two first sets I did full  work sets of 55kg! I had predicted that I would have that next week, I'm "ahead of schedule" =).

Bench press: 2 x 55kg x 5
                    1 x 55kg x 4

12.2.2011

Today I went to the gym for basically 4 hours. I had Lager and Karhu with me. First we did some warming up and a bit of rolling on the mats. After 1 hour we moved to the gym. Felt really good and especially my standing military press was awesome today.

Squat:  1 x 97.5kg x 5
           1 x 97.5kg x 3
           1 x 97.5kg x 4

Almost at a full 97.5kg work set =)

SMP: 3 x 37.5kg x 5 (oh yeah, full set!)

Power Clean: 1 x 45kg x 5
                      1 x 42.5kg x 5
                      1 x 42.5kg x 4

I've noticed with the power cleans your forearms get pumped as hell, which results in a decreasing performance throughout the sets.

Oh and also, I decided to try out my bench press 1RM (1 rep maximum). I got 60kg x 2 which was even better than expected. Then I decided to try 65kg, but I failed. I felt I was really really close to getting 65kg, so I'll say my 1RM is 62.5kg. (Goal for 1.6.2011 is 80kg) I'm getting there! =)

Peace of mind

Feeling so relaxed right now. After hitting pads and rolling (SW) hard for 90 minutes you're just completely worn out. Then when you take a cold shower and sit in the sauna, man it's like the best feeling ever...

Also, I'll write a better, more infomational post on motivation later.

More of a reminder to myself

Gonna try out leangains and see how I like it... 16h fasting per day versus eating every 3 hours, gonna be quite a change. First tho, I need to educate myself about it and read more. We'll see, we'll see..

10.2.2011

Today I did pretty well, checked my current "safe" worksets of workout A.

Squat: 3 x 95kg x 5 (all reps completed)

Deadlift: 1 x 90kg x 5 (all reps completed)

Bench: 3 x 52.5kg x 5 (all reps completed)

So the next step is a 97.5kg squat workset, 95kg deadlift workset and to work my bench set to 55kg. The Squat I'll probably have within a week, same with the deadlift, and 1-2 weeks for the bench press probably. Keep working hard!

Highlight of the day, everyday.

Okay I was gonna write something motivating about training MMA and how it's the highlight of my day, then two things happened:

1. iTunes randomly reset and deleted all my music


2. I found out I have the shittiest math teacher ever in the coming course.

FML. Too depressed to blog right now, bye.

Oh and did I mention, I have 8-16 nearly every day; on wednesday for example I have math, chem and physics all in the same day.

And this is supposed to be a training blog... Sorry x)

8.2.2011

Squat: 1 x 97.25kg x 3 (pulled my left latissimus dorsi, still hurts >.<)
           2 x 95kg x 5

Press: 3 x 35kg x various reps (4,3,4 or smth)

Power Clean: 3 x 40kg x 5

Hopefully my left lat will recover during the night, so I can be a 100% at mma tomorrow. =)



Now I'm gonna watch Religulous by Bill Maher, and maybe colour my hair, ihQ. Goodnight.

5.2.2011

The road to the 100kg squat... Well actually I'm sure I can squat 100kg, but not for five reps in a row tho.

Squat: 3 x 95kg x 5 (missed last rep on last set, not too bad)

Okay here's where I'm getting "worried". I'm doing something wrong, bench press 55kg x 3. Didn't manage a whole set even once. My bench press is increasing really slowly, compared to the squat/deadlift atleast. But it's like that for most people I guess. I'll just keep working my ass off in the gym and I know I'll see results.

Bench Press:  - 57.5kg x 2
                      - 55kg x 3
                      - 55kg x 4


Moving on to the deadlift, I feel I have the technique pretty good now. I need to get some gloves tho, my grip is failing before my back/chest strength on the last reps; and my palms have become hard and blistered just below the fingers.

Deadlift: 1 x 90kg x 5


+ Dips, Pullups and two heavy sets of abs.

3.2.2011

Skipping the gym today, damn you physics test! :(

1.2.2011

Today's training went really well!

Squat: 3 x 92.5kg x 5 (all reps completed)

SMP: 3 x 37.5kg x 5 (2-3 reps failed)

Power Clean: 3 x 42.5kg x 5, some guy gave me advice on the form and I did it better.

Oh and also, ouch ouch ouch. I had a little accident at the gym... When I did the power cleans, you pull the bar up from your hips and jump. And um well I hit an "obstacle" on the way up with the barbell and it hurt badly. Ouch. The guy next to me just stared when I went down on my knees and let out some sounds that could be described as "HNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH".

So apart from that little accident everything went well! :D