ME Lower-ME Upper

Friday-July 15-trained with Jack Daniels
Warm-up
Squat mornings (bar suspended from straps approx 36" from floor) safety squat bar worked up to 355x1
Split stance DB squat 5x6/side 50-85 and 50x12 (last one)
DB rows 3x10/100-120
Back raises against monster mini band 3x10
Reverse hyper-long strap wide feet-4x10/300-390-480-570
Leg raises w/ankle weights 5x10
OH crunches (long strap) 100x12, 120x12, 90x20 and 70x the length of a Dr Dre song

Saturday July 16-large group (Rollin, DD, Paul K., Andrew, Brain, Damon from Az.)
Warm-up incl. sled pulls w/DD 6-8 trips forwards and backwards 90# approx 150'
Floor press w/ Swiss bar-wide grip-225x3, 275x1, 295x1, 315 miss 245x8*Rollin hit 335 and Damon hit 365. Rollin missed 370 but came back to win the rep contest with 275x13, Paul K second w/ 11 at 225 and me third with 245x8.

Rollbacks 4x12/ 40, 45, 50, 60x8
One arm (light) band pushdowns 3x20/side and Band (average) face pulls 3x30

Bandbell bar overhead press 2x25/ 50 close/wide

Quote de jour
Andrew asked why is the Swiss bar called the Swiss bar. I said I did not know. Brain chimed in,"Uh maybe it's because the handles are neutral. You know, like Switzerland..."

Best explanation I heard.

Stay strong,
Ed T.