icecold's training log

[icecold]

Tape? Actual tape?
Tape could be kinesio tape, or was it a voodoo band?

Don't know how kinesio tape would work on your ankle mind?

One of the strongest posts I've ever seen.

TC, yes it's essentially a voodoo band, but was actually a bike tire inner tube.

 

[icecold]

Training 02/09/13

Much fatigue in my hips today. I needed ages to warm up because of my snap paranoia, but it was all good. I'll do some mobility work tomorrow to make sure my body knows I'm not ****ing around.


Squats
bar x lots
60x10
100x5 feels groce
140x3
170x1
190x4 not bad, but not as good as I'd like
180x4
180x4 getting better
180x4
180x4
180x4 best of the night. Bro...

Paused bench
bar x lots
60x10
80x5
100x1
110x1
122.5x5 massive sweat pb so I tried putting the resistance bands on the bench again. It's really bad
115x5
115x5 bands off the bench, loads better
115x5
115x5
How to sweat less?

Paused hybrid squats
60x5
100x5
145x5 PB
145x5
145x5
Immediately followed by a lie down.

A much better session in terms of work done. Squats will be better on friday. I missed out my bicep work again because I don't care, and wide grip bench is now ditched because it's getting too strong. I don't know what to replace it with, so I just did a couple more sets of regular bench.

 

[icecold]

Training 04/9/13

Feeling physically not great today. Many mild snaps all over.

warm up x a long time

Deadlifts
bar x lots
60x10
100x5
140x3 fatigue
180x1
200x1
230x5 pretty good, but it felt like it lacked finesse. Chalked my right hand badly and the bar ended up in fingertips on the last rep
217.5x5
217.5x5
Drops were awesome. More sets were there if I wanted the fatigue, which I do not.

Board bench
bar x lots
60x10
80x8
100x2 with board
110x1
120x1 feeling really nice
130x4 terrible!
120x5
120x5
120x5
120x5
I think I'd just forgotten what I was doing here, as the drop were much better connected.

Deadlift stance good mornings
60x5
100x3
140x1
160x5 either equal PB or close, and easy
160x5
160x5

CGBP v short rests because no time
60x10
80x10
80x10
80x5 lol
Feels good to do these again.

One of those sessions that felt pretty bad, but actually was pretty productive. I have some tricep isolation to catch up with on Saturday, which is fine. I feel a lot less tight now too, which is a good sign.

 

[icecold]

Biiiiiiiiiiiig update post.


Training 6/9/13

Squats
bar x lots
60xsome
100x5
140x5
170x1
192.5x5 untidy
182.5x5
182.5x5
182.5x5
182.5x5 all of these were awesome. I have video of the 2nd and 4th 182.5 sets


Bench
bar x lots
60x wtf has happened to my knee?!
60x OW!
It seems that getting more squatting volume/load in the last few weeks than I've been able to string together for a few months has swolified my quads to the extent that it's pulling my knee out of line. Any tension through my legs resulted in excruciating pain. Solution? Almost completely passive legs and much less tension
80x5
100x5
110x1
120x4
110x4
110x4
110x4
Very poor, but because I was effectively making it much harder this was still extremely fatiguing. Not terrible volume


Training 7/9/13

Did all kinds of work around my knee after the previous night's session. Much better now, but not completely fixed. Essentially it's just a throwback of my osgood schlatters/chondromalaycia patella as a wee lad.

Paused deadlifts
bar x lots
60x10
100x3
140x2
180x1
200x1
230x3 PB not as hard as I was expecting
217.5 lol much harder than I was expecting

Bench - to make up for last nights lack of weight on the bar, some heavy singles
bar x lots
60x10
80x8 lol fatigue from last night
100x2
110x1
120x1
130x1
140x1 pretty good condsidering!
145x1 cheeky PB. Nice rep
70x30 PB much easier than I remember

BTN push press (each set supersetted with 8 reps of bodyweight chins) ~90 second rests
40x some
60x5
80x5
90x5 default PB
90x5
90x5
90x5

Strict press
60x6
60x6
60x6

Machine row loosely supersetted with lat pull downs
3 sets with all kinds of different stuff going on

Face pulls ss/long rope tricep cable push downs
12/12
12/12
12/12
15/12

Cable lateral raise
gains


Training 9/9/13

Long and tiring day! Very late to the gym, this is going to suck

Squat
bar x lots
60x10
100x5
140x5
160x1
180x1
200x4 not terrible
190x4
190x4

Hybrid paused squats
60x3
100x3
140x3
170x3 PB lolsy first rep, but the rest were comfy

Bench
bar x lots
60x10
80x8 fatigue!
100x2
110x1
120x5
by this time the gym was basically closing, and a member of staff had put away the plates I wanted to use. Out of laziness I did this
110x5
110x5
Minimal trouble from my knee, but pretty terrible benching

 

[LiE]

Mirin squats and bench PB. Rip.

 

[Skillmister]

70x30

lawd pls

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Congratulations Ice, bench is moving along nicely.

 

[BennyC]

Mirin' the 140KG & 145KG bench! soon.jpg.

 

[Steedie]

Sexy, would caress those swollen pecs tenderly

 

[icecold]

Cheers guys!

Next week will be my last deload and mock meet before nationals. I must pepper my angus.

 

[icecold]

Training 11/9/13

Deadlift
bar x lots
60xsome
100x5
140x3 back feels tired!
180x1
200x1
220x1
240x5 pb! More in the tank
225+5 on one side x2...****, 225x3
Need to squat tomorrow so that shambles was the last set.

Deadlift stance GM
60x2
100x2
140x1
170x5 PB and comfy
170x5 hard

Board bench
bar x lots
60xsome
80x5
100x3
110x2
120x1
130x5
122.5x5
120x5
Struggling to find my line, but a bit better

CGBP
90x8
100x6
105x6
I need to man up and add some weight here earlier. There's probably 110x10 tng there if I'm not a vagina

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Can't get my head around that GM weight. Remember thinking 80kg was ridiculously heavy last time I tried them.

Half decent deads btw

 

[Skillmister]

Mirin uneven deadlift pb.

 

[icecold]

Mirin uneven deadlift pb.

It felt like aids.

Can't get my head around that GM weight. Remember thinking 80kg was ridiculously heavy last time I tried them.

Half decent deads btw

GMs are funny, with the heavier weights I don't really know if I've locked my core perfectly until I try and reverse the rep. Because I'm not keen on prolapsing through my lower back I sometimes get scared and cut reps high. That second set last night probably had two reps like this. The whole movement feels horrible and unnatural.

And cheers I kind of wish I could build to a nice 5 rep milestone like 250, but that will have to wait until after nationals.

 

[Delvis]

Give me shoulder strength please, struggling 35kg atm

 

[icecold]

Haha I'll take it!

Training 12/9/13

Back is incredibly fatigued from the previous nights deadlifting!

Squats
bar x lots
60x10
100x5
140x3
160x1
180x1
200x5 harder than it should have been
190x5 - tried to rep it quickly. My back disagreed with this
190x5
At points in all sets I thought I might die.

 

[Steedie]

Would have shed many a tear if you died bru

 

[Deception]

I bet Steedie would have been on hand to give you the kiss of life

 

[icecold]

In.

Training 14/9/13

1 hour to warm up and train. Poverty.

Paused deads
bar x lots
60x10
100x5
140x2
180x1
210x1
240x2 +10kg pb
227.5x2

Bench with minimal leg tension
bar x lots
60x10
80x6
100x3
120x4
112.5x4
112.5x4
112.5x4
My knee is basically fine but I thought I'd rest it anyway.

Not a lot done, but enough.

 

[icecold]