Brute's Road to APF BAMA

[THE BRUTE]

ME bench- Gillespie Week 3
bw: 283

raw bench
135/10 225/6 315/1
370/3 380/2x2 400/1(grinder!!)
335/2x6 335/5

incline HS
225/10 315/3x8-6-5

kettlebell shoulder presses
24/2x12 45/12

kettlebell hammers
45/3x15

standing french presses
75/3x15

board machine press
/3x15


***felt better tonite than i did last session...trained with jason tonite..still got stuff runnin in my mind though...this apartment thing is goin to be the death of me...LOL!!
that 400 for 1 was a grinder but i finished it. seems like my off-chest strength is coming up now so i'm happy about that. tried something new with the kettlebells and did shoulder presses and hammers with them...u really feel them doin the hammers too!! they were something different to try though. so far...3 week is down and 5 weeks to go and it seems the next 2 will be harder than this week...
HCB

[THE BRUTE]

back day
bw: 283

cardio: 30 minutes

deads w/ briefs only
w/o briefs
225/6 315/3 405/1 455/1( all sumo)

495/1 525/1 565/1 (all conventional)

525/1(conventional) 525/1(sumo)

raw deads
315/3 sets of 4 i believe sumo

db rows
150/4x10

cable rows
150/3x10

pullups to failure

***our last dead session tom... :bawling: :bawling:
we did some good work. jaosn attempted a PR with 565...but ass came up early. tried it twice though too!! i was pullin in nikes which were hard since i usually pull chucks...(my feet can spread the floor more) so i was a little uncomfortable pullin in nikes...next time i'll bring my chucks regardless...LOL!! after deads we let tom take the reigns and hit DB rows hard...tom makes the 150s look so fuckin easy its not funny!!


tonite
squats
bw: 278

cambered bar squats
225/8-12-10 (ass deep and raw!!)

leg press
450/3 sets of 10

leg extensions- 3 sets of 10
standing calf raises- 150/3 set of 12
HS preacher curls- 3 sets of 12
HCB Hammers- 55s for 3 sets of 10

***from now on i'm staying with hammers...curls don't do shit for me anymore....LOL!! the squats about killed me but jason was fine...me thinks jason was holding back this time...:twisted:
nearly killed myself on leg presses...got to failure on the last set and tried to rack it and missed it and ended up doin one more rep to lock it back out again....wasn't that fun!?! LOL!! off to a party tommorrow to tom's b-day party...LOL!!
HCB

[Breaker]

You get any rebound out of Briefs Curt? Dude if you ever get a chance get a Metal Pro Deadlifter! The pull off the ground is unreal. Anyways nice ballance of Deadlifts you been doing, I think for sure its going to pay off.

[THE BRUTE]

thanx mike...i'll have to look into that metal since your gettin such good gains from it. the briefs i have now i get something out of it when i go conventional...don't get anything when i pull sumo...but i have to give it time though..
HCB

[THE BRUTE]

shrugs/hammers
bw: 282

barbell shrugs
495/2x20 545/3x20 315/50

strict hammers
70s/3 sets of 10

hammers off a incline bench
40s/3 sets of 12

cable hammers
70/20 90/2x20

COC grippers
closed #3s
closed #4s halfway
HCB

**just came in to do some shrugs and hammers today...apartment has come along a good way...i hope to be moving in before the 25th...i also know now that i don't get anything from doin curls anymore...i get a lot more from doin hammers more than anything and they have so many uses....
HCB

[exmgq]

nice sessions kurt

[Joey Smith]

Nice work Curt....

[THE BRUTE]

thanx john and joey
HCB

[Breaker]

just came in to do some shrugs and hammers today...apartment has come along a good way...i hope to be moving in before the 25th...i also know now that i don't get anything from doin curls anymore...i get a lot more from doin hammers more than anything and they have so many uses....
HCB

Glad everything is coming together for you Curt, I know how it is finding a place to live bro.

[THE BRUTE]

breaker said:

just came in to do some shrugs and hammers today...apartment has come along a good way...i hope to be moving in before the 25th...i also know now that i don't get anything from doin curls anymore...i get a lot more from doin hammers more than anything and they have so many uses....
HCB

Glad everything is coming together for you Curt, I know how it is finding a place to live bro.

thanx my evil twin...LOL!!
HCB

[THE BRUTE]

ME bench
bw: 278

raw bench- Gillespie Bench Routine Week 4
135/10 225/6 315/6
360/4 375/3 390/2 410/1(another grinder!!)
345/5-5 225/18

decline bench
225/10 315/3 225/10

dips w/ BW
2 sets of 10- 1 set of 12- 1 set of 5(deep)

HS shoulder press
225/2x10

bent-over DB raises
30/3x10

preacher hammers
55/3x5

KB rolling extensions
12lbKB/ 2 sets of 35
12lbKB/ 40

***i totally destroyed my chest and triceps. started my last set with 345 early so i did 5 countable reps with help on the 6th. repped out with 225 for 18 reps...still tryin to get steve's 27 reps which is the number to beat....LOL!! i'm takin a deload next week to work on speed. after last nites session, i feel i need it and my bar speed is startin to slow up...at least on the descent. i did declines for the first time in a long while...225 was bitch weight but didn't have the tricep fortitiude for 315 so i dropped to 225 and bitched repped it again. then did DIPS!! this shocked the shit out of me cause i'm not known for dips but i did them and i was really pleased with how far my off-chest strength has come but my lockouts are startin to suck ass now. LOL!! after that did some shoulder work, hammers, and triceps with the KBs and as done. i'm goin to lighten up on the shoulder work on bench days...stickin to laterals mostly. my shoulders are/will pretty much fried by the time i get to them after chest. for those of u who read WSB 6 week bench routine in PLUSA back in march(the one with mendy on the cover), know what i'm talkin about. next week will be some good old speed benchin with 225 plus 1 or 2 dbl minis...i also ate and talked lifting with 2 other guys later that evening(picture should be up now) one of which placed 7th in the strongman in chattanooga this weekend...the other is the one i've mentioned before who's done 700 squats raw and 600 deads raw for REPS!! with just a belt too!! i'm hopin to get him onto the platform this year... oh and seein the exchange of shit talkin between a 165er and a 275er has made my day...LOL!!
HCB

[Breaker]

Holy fucking volume, Curt your out of control!

[exmgq]

interested to see where this ends up.

[THE BRUTE]

breaker said:

Holy fucking volume, Curt your out of control!

....it kinda rubbs off mike...
thanx brother!! seems like now u and me share the same problem with our benchin...LOL!!
HCB

[THE BRUTE]

exmgq said:

interested to see where this ends up.

thanx john...so am i brother!!
HCB