700 POUND AND THINGS ARE LOOKING UP!!!!

[chris jenkins]

TRAINING IS GOING REALY WELL THIS WEEK, SQUATED 320KGS FOR TWO REPS WITH BOSS SUIT AND SINGLE PLY BRIEFS. IM ADDING RAW SQUATS AT THE END OF MY WORKOUT AND MANAGED 200KGS FOR 15 REPS YESTERDAY MORNING. MY NEW ROUTINE IS AS FOLLOWS:

MON: SQUATS 8 SETS NORMAL OR BOX SQUATS FOR 8-10 SETS 2 REPS

(ALL STANCE)GOOD MORNINGS WORKING UP TO 3 REP MAX/STIFF LEGGED DEADLIFTS /LEG PRESS OR LEG CURLS 5 SETS-ALTERNATE EVERY WEEK-WORKING UP TO 3-5 REP MAX

HANGING LEG RAISES WITH ADDED WEIGHT(DUMBELL) 3 SETS 6-12 REPS

ROMAN CHAIR SIT UPS WITH/WITHOUT WEIGHT(ALT EVERY WEEK) 3 SETS 6-10 REPS

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WEDS:DYNAMIC DAY BENCH-50-60% OF BEST COMPETITION SHIRTED BENCH

10 SETS OF 2 REPS/WITH FOCUS ON SPEED.

ALT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF STANDING AND SEATED FRENCH PRESS FOR 5 SETS 6-8 REP RANGE-VERY STRICT

TRICEP EXTENSIONS 3 SETS 6-8 REPS

STANDING DUMBELL/BARBELL RAISES 3 SETS 6-8 REPS

CRUNCHES 10 REPS 3 SETS

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FRIDAY:DEADLIFTS REGULAR OR STANDING ON BOX 8-10 SETS 2 REPS
RACK LOCKOUTS/BENT OVER ROWS/SINGLE ARM DUMBELL ROWS/ CHINS/SEATED ROWS FOR 6 SETS WORKING UP TO 3 REP MAX

DUMBELL/BARBELL SHRUGS 3 SETS OF 6 REPS

STANDING PRESS/CLEAN AND PRESS/SEATED SHOULDER PRESS 5 SETS WORKING UP TO 2-5 REP MAX

BENT OVER DUMBELL RAISES/REAR DELT HAMMER STRENGTH MACHINE 3 SETS 8-10 REPS

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SAT:MAX EFFORT DAY BENCH WITH SHIRT 8 SETS 2 REPS
BLOCK BENCH MEDIUM GRIP 4 SETS 2 REPS 3 REP MAX

CALVE RAISES 5 SETS 12 REPS/DONKEY CALVE RAISES 3 SETS OF 12 REPS

SEATED CALF RAISES 3 SETS 10-12 REPS

GRIP TRAINING / 5 SETS 5 REP MAX WRIST CURLS

HANGING LEG RAISES 4 SETS 10 REPS BODYWEIGHT STRICT

SUNDAY:REST OR STRONGMAN TRAINING/SPRINT TRAINING/DYNAMIC JUMPS ON BOX.

[Rob Thomas]

Glad to see the training's going well Chris, those are some crazy numbers!

When you say 8-10 sets of 2 reps for your squat and deads, what sort of percentage of your 1 rep max would you use for the sets and do you increase the weight on each set using the earlier sets as warmup sets?

[chris jenkins]

cheers rob mate, how's your training going? yes I increase the weight on every set, I find that using 2 reps on each set doesnt burn me out for my main set. e.g. all in kgs, squat 60, 100, 140, 180, 220, 260, 300+, 300+, 300+, then 200 to failure. Or somthing close to that. How is Deans training going? do you know anybody entering the light class in the strongman buddy?

[Rob Thomas]

Hya mate, thanks for the info. My training hasn't been going to good over the past 2 weeks or so as I've had a couple of niggly injuries but I'm hoping they've gone now. I also just came back from a big piss up in Scotland for the rugby so I'm hoping that all the alcohol has numbed any pains!

I'm not sure what Dean's up to at the moment, I think he's back in training for the strongman stuff as he's got 2 big comps in a few months time (Welsh and World). I don't know if they've got many entrants for the light class in the strongman yet, drop him a mail via his website (www.deanbolt.co.uk) as he's promoting the event.

Anyway, it's squat day today so I'd better get my lazy arse over that gym and give your squat routine a go.

[Justin Hurley]

320kg for 2!!!!....Nice numbers Chris.

Nice to see how you put your routine together. Is friday ME or DE for the deadlift, or a mix of both????