Miked8c's log: 300 and Beyond

[miked8c]

Floor Press
Heavy 3RM

135x3
185x3
205x3
225x3
240x3
250x3
260x3
270x3
275x2

Wow, very happy with these, I knew I would fail on 275x3 but its whatever. So I have made about 10lbs worth of progress according to the bench calc from 245x5 to 270x3 and its only week 2 of a six week program.

for shts and gigs I'll show you guys a post from June 11th of this past summer:



Floor Press
1x5 135
1x3 185
1x3 205
1x1 235
1x1 260
1x1 265
1x1 270
1x0 275
T-Block I kid you not, I did put 15lbs. on my Floor Press in 1 week, although I will admit I might have been able to do 260 last week. At 260 today it went up faster than 255 last week so I went up to 265 which was a struggle but my spotter said i could still hit more. So thanks to him I tried for 270 which I got with a little left in the tank. He said he thought I could still do more so I tried for 275, got it up halfway and had to get spotted, if I hadnt done so many sets before it I could have gotten 275 I think.

T-block you may have ed yourself in our race to 300 by introducing me to floor presses, I'm going for 300 on Sunday I'll tape it whether I fail or get it. Lets get it son.



End Post

Look how far I have come haha, I actually ended up getting 295 on that Sunday. So for this mesocycle I should be hitting close to a 3 plate bench. In my own words. LETS GET IT SON.

 

[Tblock1]

yeah is it wasn't for me you wouldnt be shit man! Everything youve gotten is due to me suggesting floor press...you'd be nothing without me. Hahahahahha jk man great work

 

[miked8c]

Viking Bath this morning:


Squad leaders woke us up at 430 this morning, orientation style. Yelling, slamming on doors, swearing and sht. I was already up though because I heard a rumor that the bath was this morning so I had set my alarm for 350 and I just sat in my room getting amped up with my ipod for a good half hour.

The entire deck was covered in shaving cream, and soon all of our bodies were as the squad leaders sprayed us down. After we fell out we then did PT for an hour until the hallway was about 100 degrees and the walls were sweating. They then took us outside(18 degrees) in our shorts and T's(PT gear) and ran us over to the beach. They spoke about carrying on a 120 year traditition, and to remember which of our shipmates had not come out(the whole thing was optional.)

We then dove into the frigid Atlantic and could not come out still all the shaving cream was off. I whipped the shirt off because once you got out all it did was make you colder.

It was friggen awesome.

No squat day today because my gym clothes are soaked and I didn't get much sleep.

 

[Tblock1]

Viking Bath this morning:


Squad leaders woke us up at 430 this morning, orientation style. Yelling, slamming on doors, swearing and sht. I was already up though because I heard a rumor that the bath was this morning so I had set my alarm for 350 and I just sat in my room getting amped up with my ipod for a good half hour.

The entire deck was covered in shaving cream, and soon all of our bodies were as the squad leaders sprayed us down. After we fell out we then did PT for an hour until the hallway was about 100 degrees and the walls were sweating. They then took us outside(18 degrees) in our shorts and T's(PT gear) and ran us over to the beach. They spoke about carrying on a 120 year traditition, and to remember which of our shipmates had not come out(the whole thing was optional.)

We then dove into the frigid Atlantic and could not come out still all the shaving cream was off. I whipped the shirt off because once you got out all it did was make you colder.

It was friggen awesome.

No squat day today because my gym clothes are soaked and I didn't get much sleep.

Sounds BA dude! How was it optional? IE they come pounding on your doors and stuff and you say, "No thanks?"

 

[miked8c]

No, you just don't leave your room. But they will slam and slam until you come out. 19 kids out of 50 did not do it in my company, all 5 of the girls did it.

This was meant to be a bonding experience but now it has created a rift because so many kids did not do it. Usually it is only like 3 or 4 who skip, but last night kids were making pacts not to go out. The squad leaders now hate them all and they dug there own graves by refusing to do something that required very little of them. Essentially biting the hands that feed them.

It was awesome but alot of kids who said they wouldn't do it ended up doing it, so now the kids who actually skipped it felt betrayed. They are stupid for believeing that making a pact like that would even work.

Like I was said I was up a half hour before it even started, they only had to "knock" once for me haha. It was a blast, an experience you will never forget the water was sub artic. I would have regretted it for the rerst of my life had I not gone because I wanted to sleep and extra 45.

They took pics that should be up tonight, I'll post em.

 

[miked8c]

I know I said no squat day, but I took a two hour nap and I was ready to rock:

Squat
260x3
305x3
335x12

Awesome set, my first third week of the 531 I did 330x8. Last mesocycle on my second week I did 325x12. What I love about this program is that its very easy to measure your progress.

The kid I went with today, a football player but not the one I was btchin about was working in with me. He stopped at 275x2 and was like "thats it man I can't keep up I'm going down next set". I load up 335, hes like "what are you doing? Maxin?"

I put on Thunderstuck by ACDC and proceed to do 12 reps, more or less ATG. The kid almost spots me on the last two but I fight it up both times. He goes, "dude that was scary, watching your ass touch ground with 335lbs. on your back 12 times"

People don't appreciate the hard work that doing leg days gets you.

 

[the.gladiator1987]

damn bro ur a beast! I might need to try a max set of 315 and see what I get

 

[miked8c]

Do it up.

Squatting like that is more mental then physical. You can always go one more rep, its a matter of if you want it enough to bust your ass. It puts hair on the nads.

 

[Tblock1]

Yeah man sounds like an awesome experience. I love Thunderstruck such a badass song!

 

[ExtraMile]

hey mike

out of interest, whats a typical day's diet for you?