Back to the grind 3 days after the meet… My back is not 100% so I wanted to just come in and get some volume in with super light weights…. Every thing was done fig leaf. (No Belt or wraps) Buffalo Bar Squat worked up to 330 for 5 sets of 3 Bench 5×5 with 264 lbs SLDL standing on 3″ Block 4×6 with 242 Abs 6 sets of 10 of leg raises Read More
So… as I mentioned the last time I updated my training log, which I apologize was so long ago, my back was hurting very badly. After returning from quest weekend 2.o I started seeing a chiropractor 2x per week. I also took a week off of training completely. That left me with two weeks to train for a meet that I have been thinking about for the last 52 weeks. I was frustrated and did Read More
Unfortunately it has taken me far too long to post my log here, but I suppose its better late than never. Without any other nonsense…let me share a little bit about myself. My name is Dan Atkinson, I am a proud Xaverian and Springfield College Alumni, with a degree in Applied Exercise Science. I have been passionate about all things strength and training for as long as I can remember. I have competed in Read More
Flew out on thursday evening. Got a window seat which isnt the greatest… and I swear the guy next to me was encroaching on my space just to make me feel even worse that I am too fat for planes. I hate flying for a list of reasons but I landed in Atlanta and got on the MARTA to Chamblee station. The guys picked me up there. When I got to Shermans house he immediately Read More
Went down to Baystate originally just to roll out and stretch and visit the guys. Concentrating on healing my back enough to train my ass of at Quest this weekend. I decided some upper body work wouldnt be the worst thing in the world, and would get the juices going. Speed Bench, medium grip 308x2x3 319x6x3 Latpulldown 5×20 with 210 Reverese Hyper 0 kg x 3 x 10 30 kg x 12, 15, 20, 20 Read More
Had some eggs, yogurt and peanut butter to start off the day. I wasnt going to brueggers, So I clogged my own toilet. Makes you think…. I should probably stop doing that to the good people at brueggers, somebodys gotta plunge. Drove down to the gym and had a Clif Bar and Synergy. I was contemplating going for a raw Bench PR today and so I made the decision when I was warming up with Read More
This night was the last night of the lu-yee squats with Luis. I hurt my back about a month ago doing this stuff and kept trucking, I was pretty nervous going into tonight knowing the weight was going to be ridiculous. I sent my competition suit to Ginny in Maine to get it tightened up. Word on the street is she is the master of altering Inzer gear. Long story short it didnt come back Read More
Today marked an end of an era. I drove myself to work and the gym. This means I didnt carpool with Ben and Big Titty. It was somewhat of a ritual to go to Big Tittys house and wake him up from his mid afternoon nap, bring him to teddys and watch him buy dip and chocolate milk. I will miss those days but things will be moving more efficiently for me from here on out. CG Read More
Went in here looking to squat for some good volume, but as usual no real plan… just rollin with the body Squat 429×1 496×8 496×8 551×1 606×1 Cruisin…. back was feeling weird so from there I did some light assistance Bench, Medium Grip 5×5 with 363 Goodmornings, Light Bunch of sets of 5 up top 176 Beltless Speed Pulls 308 x 6 singles
Rolled Down to Baystate Early. As usual I had 5 eggs and bacon, then I went down to brueggers bagels to get a salmon bagel and coffee. Last week I clogged the toilet there, this week was a little better but I still made a mess of the place. Big Titty Mike was 45 mins late so I hung outside of baystate with charlie until 10:45. He didnt have his dog for some reason which Read More