Greyskull (mod) Session #2

December 7, 2010
CONDITIONING
-haul out hay bales for horses, spread in field
-fill tub with water drag on sled down to barn
-built structure with a roof over oil tank in under an hour!
-filled cans with diesel, load in truck, climb ladder and pour into tank

NOTES
-neck is killing me from overdoing it on the harness

RECOVERY
Previous Night's Sleep: 7 hours
Food: Coffee w/ cream, eggs benedict, shake (oatmeal, 500ml 2% milk, almond butter, blueberries, banana, protein powder), guaccomole, 3 and a half chicken breasts, coke, nut loaf, pasta




December 8, 2010
CONDITIONING
-haul out hay bales for horses, spread in field
-fill tub with water drag on sled down to barn
-filled cans with diesel, load in truck, climb ladder and pour into tank

WARMUP
stretching shoulders

SESSION #2
INCLINE BENCH PRESS
45 (5,5)
65 (5)
95 (3)
115 (2)
120 (5,5,9)
No problems.

DEADLIFT
135 (5) 2ble OH
185 (3) 2ble OH
225 (2) 2ble OH
275 (5) mixed grip

CABLE PULLDOWN
70 (15,15)

CABLE PUSHDOWN
40 (15,15)

NECK HARNESS
5 (25,25,25,25)
Ready to move up in weight. No soreness during or after--neck feeling much better.

RECOVERY
Previous Night's Sleep: 6 + 1.5 hours
Food: Coffee w/ milk, 4 scrambled eggs, shake (oatmeal, 500ml 2% milk, almond butter, blueberries, protein powder), apple, half a bowl of soup, chicken breast, walnuts, cashews, bag of beef jerky, coke, grilled salmon, broccoli, mashed potatoes, bushmills

Greyskull (mod) Session #1

CONDITIONING
-haul out hay bales for horses, spread in field
-power out this am, fill buckets from stream and farmer's walk back to barn
-filled cans with diesel, load in truck, climb ladder and pour into tank.
-splashed diesel out of can while lazy-loading into truck and got a face and mouth full of gas
-in evening, fill tub with water drag on sled down to barn
-brought in 2 loads of firewood

WARMUP
stretching shoulders

SESSION #1
SQUAT
45 (2,2)
100 (5)
135 (3)
185 (2)
225 (3,1,0)
Wow. A month ago I was working on 260. Missing a month is pretty awful.

BENCH
45 (5,5)
70 (5)
95 (3)
135 (2)
145 (5,5,9)
After the Squats debacle I figured an overall reset was in order.

MACHINE CURL
30 (10,10)
Barbell curls are killer on my wrist so went with the curved preacher-style setup on home gym.

CABLE PULLDOWN
70 (10,10)
Working with a light weight and concentrating on pulling from bottom of lats

NECK HARNESS
25 (10,3,0,0)
Thought I'd have to order a harness but I made my own on a whim with an ATV helmet, some chain, and a carabiner. Works pretty

sweet! Started too heavy, I'll have to drop the weight next session.

RECOVERY
Previous Night's Sleep: 8 hours
Food: Coffee w/ cream, bagel sandwich with egg and sausage, sandwich with chicken breast, apple cider and rum (while decorating

Christmas tree), nachos with veggies, homemade guaccomole, 2 chicken breasts, german pilsner