ElHaz's Training Epiphany Log

[ElHaz]

Hi Guys

A little about myself in cliff notes

- Discovered weights when I was 16. Got pretty buff however fell away to discovering booze, nightclubs and recreational drugs.

- Fell out of a relationship when I was 22. After a period of watching Sex in The City box sets and drinking rose wine, I decided to man the f*ck up and start hitting the gym again.

- Indulged in farting about the gym doing any old crap however experiencing newbie gains in the process

- Read Brawn by Stuart MacRobert

- Indulged in 20 rep squats/abbreviated training for a couple of years

- Became a PT

- Started working with a PT who introduced me to Joe Defranco. This took me on a training journey so to speak, devouring content from all these online based coaches who I was completely oblivious to.

- Ended up investing in a gym.

- Stupidly went on a cycle (test only). Experienced crazy gains obviously. Along with equally crazy sides.

- This culminated in some serious soul searching regarding a sense of purpose with regards to my training. I was willing to sacrifice my long term health all to achieve a look. This never really bode well with my principles and the message i was trying to get across to my clients.

- This then lead me onto Tactical Barbell....

Which has been an epiphany.

I took some time out from training and decided on embarking on the Base building block, I initially ran it through December and got 6 weeks into it. I also done the max strength based template...

The cardio high I was experiencing was borderline euphoric. I felt my mood lift immediately after the first run. This galvanised me and for the first time in months, I was looking forward to training...

I then caught a belter of a flu and had to take 2 weeks off

Which leads me onto this log...

I restarted the block. The SE Cluster version as well.

I'm 2 weeks in and dearie me, I am in bits!

Anyway enough about myself here's the log!

WEEK 2 DAY 4 - SE CLUSTER

Goblet Squat - 24kg
Push Ups
Chin ups
KB Swings - 24kg
Military Press - 30kg

2 x 30

These workouts kill me. It's only this week I've started to get through the session with a wave of nasuea coming obver me, usually the third set!

Looking forward to my recovery day tomorrow.

[Barkadion]

After a period of watching Sex in The City box sets and drinking rose wine, I decided to man the f*ck up and start hitting the gym again.

Hahaha.. It was Twin Peaks and Jack Daniels no 7 in my case. And I do dig Stuart MacRobert.

Welcome, mate and good luck to you!

[ElHaz]

Hahaha.. It was Twin Peaks and Jack Daniels no 7 in my case. And I do dig Stuart MacRobert.

Welcome, mate and good luck to you!

We've all been there mate. Once you feel the estrogen taking over, it's time to pray at the altar of hard steel

[ElHaz]

WEEK 2 DAY 4 - LSS

Went for a 45 minute run today.

[ElHaz]

WEEK 2 DAY 4 - SE CLUSTER

Goblet Squat
Push ups
Ring chin ups
KB Swings
Military press

3 x 40

The ring chins I set the reps to 20, which I do in 4 sets of 5.

Completed in 1 hour 6 mins.

This absolutely annihilated me. Third round in and I felt like I was going to be having a conversation with the 'big white telephone'! I suppose having haggis as a pre-workout meal didn't help

When I first read about BB, I wasn't too keen on the idea of high rep circuits. It all sounded too easy. That's why I went strength first on my first attempt at BB.

What was I thinking! These workouts have been truly humbling.