Christopher Drummond - Daily Training Log

[Christopher Drummond]

Hello everyone!! I'm going to get my Training log started by posting the training I did on Saturday. I train mondays, wendsday and saturdays. Monday is my Max Effort bench day, Wendsday is my Max Effort deadlift day, and saturday is my Max Effort squat day. I'm training for three competitions, the first of which is about a 5 weeks away.

Feel free to shoot me any questions about my training or other questions you may have. you can also check out my youtube videos. I usually videotape my PR attempts.


ME squat-was psyched to go in and break my front squat record. i was planning on doing some full squats afterwards but my lower back felt like piano wire after the fronts.. so no dice on the full rom. but i did blow my front squat PR out of the water.

Front squat to box
0x6
135x6
225x4
315x1
405x1
495x1
605x1PR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHI3ijRNpME

full ROM squats
315x looked like a good morning.. lower back wayyyy too tight.

hack squats (paused at bottom)
2plates x 4
6 x 4
8 x 4
10 x 4
12 x 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNLY4wNPhn0

leg extensions
stack x 100 rest/pause

standing calf raises
300 x 100 rest/pause

very happy with the front squat. i won't go that heavy again for awhile. i wish i had a monolift. once i stepped out with it, i couldn't get any air in. i had to take little sips.


Christopher

[Phil]

Great work Christopher now keep it up LOL :)

Here is a for everyone to a thread so you can ask your questions that may arise to Christopher on training etc...

http://coaching.staleytraining.com/viewthread/1957/

Phil

[Christopher Drummond]

ME bench- tonight was a good night... i felt strong and actually had some left in the tank to bust out a set of 40 reps with 225 on the bench. check out the video.

4 board-these were done with about a 2 second pause
135x6
225x4
315x2
405x2
495x1
585x1
600x1

Full ROM bench
495x2
405x8
225x40PR for reps
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq0czLdbYyI[/youtube]

JM Press on Smith Machine
225x4
365x3PR on weight
225x10PR on reps-paused

that's it... everything felt good.

Christopher

[Phil]

You may be getting stronger but you sure aint getting any cuter as was very evident by the close up :) LOL
I'll quite dirtying up your log now

Nice work.

I also edited your post so the video was right there on the screen. Il go ahead and tel you how to do that here so other people might benefit as well I just found out today when your posting just above the type window there is a button that says youtube. you can add one video per post to it.

[Christopher Drummond]

Originally Posted by Phil

You may be getting stronger but you sure aint getting any cuter as was very evident by the close up :) LOL
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I think that's the Pot calling the Kettle... Black, my friend:) I'll take stronger over cuter any day.

[charles]

Welcome to the Team Christopher!

I think I can say with confidence that your lifting exploits will be inspiring for everyone here, and no one posts numbers like yours without learning an awful lot along the way, so I'm thrilled to have an athlete of your caliber on our sponsorship roster, and right here on our discussion forum.

[Christopher Drummond]

Originally Posted by charles

Welcome to the Team Christopher!

I think I can say with confidence that your lifting exploits will be inspiring for everyone here, and no one posts numbers like yours without learning an awful lot along the way, so I'm thrilled to have an athlete of your caliber on our sponsorship roster, and right here on our discussion forum.

Thank you very much for this opportunity Mr. Staley!!! I am more than happy to help anyone in anyway that I can. I look forward to working with your members.

Christopher

[Christopher Drummond]

ME deadlift-tonight had it's high points and low points. I pulled 700 but i lost it at lockout. i was so psyched to pull it that i didn't really set my grip. I'll definitely get it next time. I missed 385 on seated military presses so i did a punishment set of 315 for 7. then i did my biannual set of curls. my training partner must have taken his finger off the button at rep 12 because now i have two videos of it. I was asking myself why i went to the trouble to post two videos of a measly set of curls.. twice.

elevated sumo deads
135x6
225x4
315x2
405x1
495x1
585x1
700x1-i counted it because i locked it out but lost it after that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7S_bvjtPzE

seated military
0x6
135x4
225x1
315x1
385xnada
315x7rep PR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omTw2rdPUR8

biannual curls for the girls
0x10
135x20rep PR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1DPDVRfOp8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0QfZCxTCG0

all in all it was a growing session. i just need to take my time on the big lifts and do everything right. I also noticed that i jerked the bar some on my dead. i need to stop that if i want to keep my biceps attached to my arms.

[Phil]

"I also noticed that i jerked the bar some on my dead. i need to stop that if i want to keep my biceps attached to my arms.
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:)

[Christopher Drummond]

ME squat- i have to help my sister and brother in law move tomorrow so i had to train the squat tonight. This was my first session doing a heavy weight in the back squat. I videoed the last set from the front. It looks high from that angle and probably is a little. I will work on getting more depth over the next couple of weeks. the adductor doesn't hurt but is REALLY tight still. It's almost like having a squat suit on:)

squats to pins
0x10
135x6
225x4
315x2
405x1
495x1
585x3-besides being really tight in the bottom, the weight felt light. I'm plenty strong. I just have to work on stretching the hips out now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVCVPdtQtlM

zercher squats off pins
135x4
225x2
315x1
405x1
545x150lb PR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcERKSl9S-8

adductor machine
stack x a bunch x 2

seated calves
2plates x 120 rest/pause

i'm very happy with the way things went tonight. I'm a bit superstitious when i train. Two months ago I had to go out of town on saturday and had to train on Friday instead. That was the night that i tore the adductor. So all day today I was thinking about that. I always train squats on saturday. Luckily everything went well.

Time to work on depth and bring everything together.