Cliff’s Notes: Down 6lbs in the first week. The last time I weighed, it was during the men’s night event at our gym where I did the 3RM deadlift. I weighed in at 279. I would be lying if I…
Classic Position Cycle 2018: Week 8 of 12 [Deload]
This is a back off week according to my programming and has come at an ideal time. I have been struggling a bit mentally and physically so a break in the heavier weights will be a welcomed change. Normally, I…
The mental struggle
About a month or so ago, I hit a pretty big PR on my push press. It was within a complex of a push press, behind the neck jerk, and then a split jerk. When I hit 295 on this…
Back to Tracking, Again
Staying off the scale and not tracking was initially what I needed to take a break. A year of entering everything I ate into an app became too much to continue for me so I took a break. It is…
Classic Position Cycle 2018: Week 7 of 12
This week was one of the hardest for me mentally and physically. Despite seeing all of the log entries below indicating a full week, the reality is that I only trained 3 out of the 5 days, the other 2…
Classic Position Cycle 2018: Week 6 of 12
CPC18.W6.D1.0327 W/U x 3 (2 Sn pulls + 2 SnPP + 2 OHS) PS + OHS w/pause: 115, 135, 155, 166, 177 PP + BTNJ + J: 155, 205, 235, 265, 287, 300x Jerk dip squat: 4x3x335 No Ibuprofen. No…
Nutrition Progress
Last week my nutrition was better than it has been in some time. I knew that I had to make a change because of how my clothes were fitting, how I was feeling, and what I was seeing in my…
Classic Position Cycle 2018: Week 5 of 12
CPC18.W5.D1.0320 W/U x3: 2 Sn Pulls + 2 SnPP + 2 OHS Complex – PS + OHS (:02 pause): 115, 135, 157, 166, 185 Complex – PP + BTNJ + J: 185, 205, 230, 256, 280, 295 Jerk dip squat:…
Some nutrition changes
For the past few months, we have been “winging it” with nutrition. For a year straight I had logged everything into MyFitnessPal and it just got to be so tedious. I needed a break. While I have not gotten on…
Classic Position Cycle 2018: Week 4 of 12 [Deload]
Deload week, or as I like to call it, my lifting is like a hot garbage week. CPC18.W4.D1.0313 W/U x 3: 2 pulls + 2 SnPP + 2 OHS Complex (-10% off from last week) Power Sn + OHS +…