Steve 'Mobster' Gardener keeps it nice n gritty training log

Sunday am
RT
2" VBar

Sunday pm
Grippers

Monday am
1 more session (medley work) tonight and that's it.

Seated Machine Press
1/2 stack x 8 reps, stack x 8 reps, stack plus 80-kilos x 8 reps, stack plus 160-kilos x 6 reps (I set a 3 rep gym record last year and I think I did 5 reps last week so this is another gym record)

DB Curls
10-kilos @ x 8 reps, 20-kilos @ x 8 reps, 30-kilos @ x 8 reps, 35-kilos / 77lbs (PB??) @ x 6 reps
Skinny bird, great ass, nice face nearby may have been why I was giving it large ha ha

s/s with

TPD
stack x 8 reps, plus 25-kilos x 8 reps, plus 45-kilos x 8 reps too much fannying about adding weight so stopped there.

1 arm R/TPD
30-kilos x 12/12 @ and 35-kilos x 10/10 @ ouch but in a good way.

Monday pm
Medley work
2 x 20-kilo discs
'Anvil' (4 x 10-kilo plus bar)
2HP (87kg disc + heavy pin)
IMH (85kg plates + set up about 5.5kg)
'6 welded 10's (5 x 5kg+2.5+1.25+bar)
50lb Blob (22.80kg legacy Blob)
3 x 25lbs (3 x 10kg)
Inch (HGT Inch)
RT 181lbs (newer handle+pin+clip+85-kilos)
240lbs 2" V-Bar (87kg disc+15kg+10.5kg bar = 247+lbs).

Total of 4 rounds. First two plodded along with no stop watch and struggled mostly with the 1HP annoyingly enough. 3rd round all 10 objects (still need to allow for 'good lift' signals from ref) time was 2 mins 25 seconds. 4th round, baring in mind it's the last session and I was tired etc, 2 mins 16 seconds. Too fucked to do a 16 object in 4 mins or less as per plan.

Paul Wood wrote:

Steve Gardener wrote:
Skinny bird, great ass

That's a bit of a contradiction if you ask me

Get yourself nicely rested, we want to see ass kicked at the weekend

Eating and resting now boss

Yes Good Luck - Do your best, and it could be enough!

I'm always honest with Steve, and I believe he'll be 2nd to Chad, and win 3 events. But I'd love you to prove my prediction wrong with a 1st place!

All the best matey!

2nd it was. Cheers.

Thursday
A nice easy-ish break-in training session. None of those to come over the next few weeks will be full on and I'll be training once every other day. My aim, for now, is a little more back and conditioning work (I'll be dusting off a kettlebell or using a light dumbbell for swings).

Vulcan gripper
L1 x 6 reps @, L7 x 3 reps @, L10 (4/4) x 1 rep @, L11 (4/5) x 1 rep @, L13 (5/5) x 1 rep @
R/H: As my left was done the rest was r/h only - L14 (5/6) x 1 rep, L16 (6/6) x 1 rep, L17 (6/7) x fail

2HP @ 70mm
set up (43.6) x 6 reps, plus 20-kilos (63.6) x 3 reps, plus 40-kilos (83.6) x 1 rep, plus 50-kilos (93.6) x 1 rep, plus 60-kilos (103.6) x 3 x 1/2 reps (unable to lock out / hang on).

Cheers Matti.

Saturday
Nautilus Vertical bench
0kg a side x 8 reps, 20kg a side x 8 reps, 40kg a side x 8 reps, 60kg a side x 8 reps, 80kg a side x 6 reps, 100kg a side x 5 x 5 reps

Pullover machine
12p x 8 reps, 18p x 8 reps, stack + 15-kilos x 3 x 8 reps

My gym
4" thick dumbbell (Chris Rice)
plus 30-kilos x a few reps, then plus 50-kilos (60 was a rock) x 5 x 1 reps RH only

Orbi
(ease in session) 40/40 x b/h

Huge - it's almost a pinch movement.