16 Weeks to APF TX Challenge

[aceroni]

Once you find a woman who actually loves training as much as you do.. Better keep her.

[jimbuick]

My wife trains with me everyday.

[ITW]

My wife trains with me everyday.

Lucky. My girl trains but she's more into light weight circuits, Zumba, and the like. I'll steer her my way eventually haha

[Rodja]

I wouldn't say she loves training; it's more that she knows she needs to do it than want to do it.

[aceroni]

I wouldn't say she loves training; it's more that she knows she needs to do it than want to do it.

Well **** at least she's doing it. The good stuff too.

[Rodja]

6/26 Lower

Sumo
415x5
465x3
505x3
525x3

DB BSS
40x10x4

Hypers/Donkey Calf Raises
BW+45x15x3/400x15x3

I need to get my briefs take in a bit. I love the comfort of the Jacks,, but it feels like they stretch out more than the others and they lose some support. I focused in reps today instead of going really heavy and did just briefs instead of full gear. I plan to still pull in my Jack and will try Ace/Ace on Sunday to see if that provides more support on the bottom. I'll probably get my suit taken in as well since it comes up rather easily.

[Randoja]

Strong pulling Rodja, nice work.

[Rodja]

6/28 Bench

Worked up to 455x1 (1-board)
435x1 PR


Wide Pullups
30 reps

Prone Incline Shrugs/Band Facepulls (light)
80x10x3/15x3

Rolling Ex/Side Laterals
30x15x2/30x15x2

I was feeling a little saucy this evening and had some nice energy, so I went for it. I hate saying this, but I really don't have a solid plan when it comes to gear work as it's so dependent on feeling that day and I didn't set out to touch today. However, after I nailed 455 to a 1, I decided to buck my plan of no touching until the last session. Just a few months ago, I was struggling to hit 405 to a 1 board and had very little confidence in my bench. Now, I feel like I have finally hit the proper positions in the shirt and, most importantly, confident in myself. Moral of the story: as fun as gear can be, you have to be patient and "grow" into the gear. It's a kick in the balls and it takes time for your body to adapt not only from a CNS standpoint, but also from a connective tissue standpoint.

[rob112]

****ing A! Congrats on the PR

[Sean1332]

Awesome bench Rodja! It looked painful coming down lol

Very good points on gear too

[Rodja]

****ing A! Congrats on the PR

Thanks!

Awesome bench Rodja! It looked painful coming down lol

Very good points on gear too

This one actually felt pretty good. No lumbar cramp, but I did start to feel like I was running out of air at the bottom.

I'm sure you're figuring this out, but gear is very difficult to get down. It's been around a year in a shirt now and I really am starting to only now get a true feel for the shirt in terms of where it needs to be on my frame and the optimal ROM.

[aceroni]

Press looked nice and smooth man.
Also solid arch. Nuts.

[jimbuick]

Yeah, that arch was intense.

Looked easy, after the touch that is.

[herderdude]

Nice and smooth all the way through lockout! Looks like you'll be good for some more in the near future.

[Randoja]

Great bench work Rodja, congrats on the big PR.

[bolt10]

That looked real controlled and smooth. Nice PR.

[napalm]

That looked easy, great work...

[Rodja]

6/30 Squat

625x1 (opener)


Made a big switch on this day: Ace briefs instead of my Jacks. For whatever reason, I wasn't getting a lot of support from them anymore and it's the reason I've felt so unstable on squat lately. My unracks were awesome today and those Inzer Gripper wraps are amazing. I brought my stance in slightly as I saw my knees were caving in too often for my liking and some knee pain as well.

[Sean1332]

I was looking at those gripper wraps. Worth the purchase I assume?

Squat looked awesome dude. You can up fast.

[aceroni]

Squat looked great.