I got on the scale Sunday morning and was down another 3lbs. Total loss of 9.2 since tracking again. Just goes to show how far out of whack I was. I have done really well hitting my numbers. The biggest…
Classic Position Cycle: Week 9 of 12
CPC18.W9.D1.0417 Sn – Heavy single: 2x (2 pull + 2PP + 2 OHS), 3 HHMS, 2×3 SB + PS (85#), 2×114, 2×135, 2×155, 175, 185, 196, 205 (95%), 216x CJ – Heavy single: 2x (2 pull + 2PP + 2…
Nutrition Back on Track
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:…