Reactive Training Systems

MichaelG · Senior Member

RE: "Temporarily Disqualified" but Permanently Driven--Training for the Waiver

MichaelG · Senior Member

Monday 4/27

20 min incline walking, 12% @ 2.8mph

Deadlifting tomorrow so just a quick 20min tonight, plus I'm very sleepy.

MichaelG · Senior Member

Tuesday 4/28- Deadlift

Deadlift- 345x5, cut it off...knee was not happy whatsoever
Leg press 225x20 2 sets
TKE w/light band- 2 sets of 20

1A) 8 sets of 14 crunches
1B) 8 sets of 14 back raises

Well today obviously wasn't a good day, and I finally had the brains to shut things down with the knee, I will not be doing any lower body work that involves it (deadlifts and anything involving the quad) until it fully heals again. I've had problems with this knee in the past, then they totally went away when I was doing strongman and stayed away through RTS. Then I took that little spill with 515 in my suit and it hasn't been the same since. Oh well, setbacks happen, I'll just work back up like I did last time.

MichaelG · Senior Member

Wednesday 4/29 AM
30 minutes on elliptical

MichaelG · Senior Member

Thursday 4/30- Bench

Bench- 205x5, 230x3, 255x6...pr-ish

1A) 8 sets of 5 pullups
1B) 8 sets of 14 pushups

20 min incline walking, 12%, 2.8mph

To put things in perspective, I did 240x5 and 260x3 about 3 months ago. This beats last time's 245x7 but not 230x10, but I'm better at higher reps so I'm still happy about this.

MichaelG · Senior Member

Saturday 5/2- Row testing

Bent over row- 225x6, 135x23...est. max 270

1A) 8 sets of 14 crunches
1B) 8 sets of 14 back raises

20 min on elliptical

Haven't done rowing in a real long time, but figured I should add a third lift since the lower body stuff is on pause. I went to see Wolverine last night...as a film it was horrible, but was incredibly entertaining.

MichaelG · Senior Member

Tuesday 5/5- Military

Military press- 105x5, 120x5, 140x10...PR (est max 186, +11 from start)
then 4 sets of 10 with 95...this sucked!

DB "pjr" pullovers- 2 sets of 20 with 30lb
20 min incline walking, 12%, 2.8mph

I didn't feel like loading less than 95lb on the bar so I didn't get all 5 sets of 10, whatever. The 140x10 took a lot out of me...I was shaking all over after the set, awesome. I'm skipping deloading since I'll be at a retreat without weights in 2 weeks anyway.