couple pictures

Me at 320 pounds

SSB workout

SSB work.  Worked up to the above.

Then supersets of dumbell rows, grip roller, and the other grip thingy at ripped.

DE bench in AF

DE benching

Bar x 3
mini + bar x 3
mini + bar x 3
6 sets 135 + mini x 3

I stopped because my bicep tendon was hurting from the mishap yesterday.

Supersets of face pulls/tricep press downs with rope.

Lat pulldowns in front

Monday night squatting

Wrist roller, several sets with more weight than I've ever done before ( not sure how much though )

Squats:

bar x 8
135 x 7
135 x 7
225 x 4
315 x 3
405 x 1
495 x 1

Although it's not a PR, the 495 felt easier than it ever has before, and Lance verified that it was below parallel.  ( He also gave me a really nice complement saying something like I'm the strongest tall guy around. ) I should have been videoing my 495 squat. I probably could have gone up to 545 and given that a try, but I wanted to make sure my forearms didn't hurt afterward. But I think all the forearm/grip work I've been doing has made a difference, as well as squatting with wrist wraps. Next heavy squat session hopefully I'll try 545.


Finished up with several sets on leg curl machine.

ME benching

ME benching at Ripped Fitness.  We did flat bench with monster mini bands.  Scott estimated that the bands add about 150 ( for me ) at the top.  ( I'm guessing it maybe slightly more than that ).

Benching went like this ( from memory )

bar x 8

bar x 8

bands only x 5

85 + bands x 5

135 + bands x 5

185 + bands x 3

225 + bands x 1 ( didn't get it, but close )

225 + bands x 1 ( closer yet )

225 + bands x 1 ( basically got it.  Mike touched the bar, but IMHO he didn't need to )

225 + bands 5 boards x 4

245 + bands 5 boards x 3

245 + bands 5 boards x 3

255 + bands 5 boards x 2 but mike helped a lot

Here's a video of one of my 245 + bands 5 boards x 3...

Pin press lockouts:

315 x 5

405 x 3

425 x 1

455 x 0 ( crap, sooooo close!  I think this would have been a PR. )

Here's a video of my 425 x 1

Finished up with some tricep work.

Overall a much, much better bench session than last week.  The monster mini bands can kind of take you by surprise in a way.  They look so small, but man they added a lot, a lot more than my mini bands do.

Deadlift workout

Deadlifting at Ripped. It was a long day at work today so I just took my time working up to 495 and stopped. I probably should have done a DE workout instead, as this wasn't really max effort either.

My hips were still a little sore from squatting on monday. Hmm, maybe it's time for another chiro adjustment.

Dumbell rows
110 x 7
140 x 4
130 x 6
120 x 7

A few sets on the wrist roller and a few pulldowns ( bar in front ).

Body weight is at 320 pounds. Hmm, I didn't feel like I was gaining

Tuesady DE benching in AF

It felt a little weird lifting at golds in AF again. I hadn't lifted there since the layoff email from Move Networks.

It was a pretty typical DE bench workout...

3 sets of 135 x 3
6 sets of 135 + mini bands doubled x 3


A few sets of tricep press downs with the rope and face pulls.

Sunday and Monday

Spring Skiing Sunday.

It was probably 60F up at 9000 feet on sunday. Skiing was great, but on the way home, they were stopping cars in the canyon and telling them to go back up the hill. They said the hill was unstable and it was going to be closed until temps cooled off. I bought some potato chips at general grits and sat on my tail gate and started eating them enjoying the sunshine, when these guys across the street said "hey you want a hambuger?" I said sure and walked over. The one guy said "hey, I know you, you're the guy with the flaming hat ( my westside barbell hat ), I saw you skiing little cloud on thursday" and he handed me a PBR. LOL, I'm famous. I ended up hanging out with them until the road opened, it was pretty fun, I hope I see them up there again sometime.

Monday.
My first day at Omniture. Spent the majority of the day orientation.

Squat training at Ripped Fitness.

I wanted to give my forearms a break so I decided to do SSB box squats. I still dont understand why my forearms hurt after squatting heavy. Pulling even heavier doesn't bother them. Go figure...

SSB box squats
bar x 7
bar x 7
145 x 6
145 x 6
195 x 4
235 x 3
285 x 2
315 x 1
315 x 1
335 x 1
335 x 1

The SSB kicks my butt and is much harder than normal back squats, but then again I did ski yesterday. Actually, I just looked back in my log and this was 20 pounds more than I did last time I tried them, so I guess I'm not doing SO bad.

A few sets on the leg extension and leg curl machine.

Deadlift workout at Ripped

Scott showed me these ( not sure what to call them )

They went like this..

135 top 135 bottom x 5

135 top 225 bottom x 4

145 top 225 bottom x 3

145 top 275 bottom x 2

145 top 315 bottom x 1

145 top 315 bottom x 1

Stopped here because it was the first time I've done them and didn't want to over do it.]

5 sets of pull throughs

dumbell rows

100 x 8

120 x 7

140 x 7

Thursday morning powder

Snowbird got 2 feet of snow in the last two days, so I decided to go up first thing in the morning and track it up.  It was really really good and could be the last powder day of the season.

Some videos of my lifts at AAPF nationals, April 6 2009

Squatting 465

Benching 368

Deadlifting 530

Squatting after skiing this morning

Box squats..

bar + green bands x 3

135 + green bands x 3

185 + green bands x 3

225 + green bands x 3

275 + green bands x 2

315 + green bands x 1

365 + green bands x 1

365 + green bands x 1

275 + green bands x 3

275 + green bands x 3

The green bands add at least 140 pounds at the top of my squat, so that's 505 at the top.  Not bad after skiing earlier today.

A few sets on leg curl machine and lots of grip work on wrist roller ( which seems to make my forearms feel better after squatting ).

Thursday, Saturday and Monday morning

Last Thursday...  Deadlift/core work.  Concentric good mornings with SSB.  Pull throughs, etc.

Saturday... ME bench.  I now realize the importance of having the same person help with the shirt.  I never quite got it feeling right and kind of had a crappy bench session.  The sleeve slipped a little when doing 365 and it felt horrible.

Monday morning... Spring skiing at the bird.  I skied on my racing skis because last time I went up my powder skis were too dull for the hard groomed.  Today, off trail in mineral basin looked really good, but my racing skis sucked in it.  I love my fat powder skis, but I really need to find an all around good ski since my fat powder skis really suck on the groomed ( and they bother my hips skiing on them on the groomed, getting old sucks ).

Job Offer

This morning I had my last interview with Omniture.  A few hours after I got home, the HR guy called and said that they wanted to make me a job offer.  Very cool, it seems like a great company and all the guys I interviewed with seemed like really good software engineers.  I'm very excited to start, which looks like will be either next monday or the monday after that.

Monday spring skiing in Mineral basin

Snowbird has gotten 12 feet of snow in the last 12 days.  The season total is up to 577" so it looks like they'll have enough to stay open through May, hopefully longer.

I went up Monday, all the powder had turned in to pretty crappy stiff/crusty cement, but in Mineral basin the south facing groomed runs was a really nice soft slush, perfect for my powder skis.  I didn't ski much because I was pretty drained from the meet, but it was awesome to be up in the mountains with all that snow, sunshine and warm temps.

AAPF National in Idaho Falls

I wasn't really expecting too much at this meet, since I've been pretty stressed out lately, and I didn't sleep much at all the 3 nights before the meet since Josh doesn't sleep well when we're away from home )

Squat 210 kilos ( they were red lighting everybody on squats )

Bench 160 kilos ( 368 pounds, pretty much smoked it, probably could have done 15-20 pounds more )

Dead 240 kilos ( 529 pounds,  4 pound PR)

Total 610 kilos = 1345 pounds