Thurs, 9 Feb 17
Block 10, Wave 1 - DL @ Colosseum Gym
Today was my last training day at Colosseum Gym for a while since I have to pack up and move back home on Friday after I finish up my clinical affiliation. I can't thank Tim enough for working with me to set up a short term membership while I was in town. If you live within a 2-3 hour drive of Columbia, MD and haven't made a trip to Colosseum to train, make plans immediately. Whatever strength sport you train for, Colosseum Gym has got you covered like a jimmy hat. From strongman, weightlifting, and powerlifting equipment (much of it from elitefts, no surprise there!), to specialty bars (American press bar, fat bars, giant cambered bar, SSB, Duffalo bar, Texas power and DL bars, werksan WL bars, and logs just to name a few), Colosseum Gym is an amazing place to train and I am fortunate I was working in close proximity to a place I could continue my training as programmed without interruption due to lack of equipment or space or stupid gym rules like "no chalk" or "no deadlifting" or "no grunting." And the best part is that at only a 2 hour drive from my house, I can make the trip to train there almost any time I want or need to, depending on my school schedule.
Power Snatch Off Boxes (above knee)
complex x 20 kg
3x40 kg
3x50 kg
5x2x63 kg
Deadlift
10x45
5x135
5x225
3x315
1x365
5x400
5x475
5x535 - Felt fine until things started to get schwifty in my low back on the last rep so I called it there before I re-fandangoed myself.
Block Pulls (from 14")
3x6x405 - First set was slow to start moving, but 2nd and 3rd sets were fast(er).
Seated Calf Raise
14x90 - Crampity cramp cramp in my stupid cows.
2x15x90 - Had to keep my weight and reps lower today to prevent more crippling cramps. I think the problem is I try to go fast on my first set and then once it starts it's very difficult to prevent it happening on subsequent sets. Note to self: go slow next time, at least for the first set.