Today’s workout:

4:40 PM
Home Gym Workout – Vodka and Pickles #5

Warmup
10 Swings – 32 kg
5 Goblet Squats – 32kg
Repeated 3x

Workout A
Deadlifts – see below
Bench – 165 x 5, 3, 2
Swings – 2Hand – 10 x 10 – 32kg (:15 on / 1:15 rest)
Pullups – one after each set of swings for a total of 10
Turkish Getup – 5L & 5R – 24 kg

Deadlift cycle – 360 Max
Workout 3: 85% x 1/6 (reps/sets)
305#
:30 rest between sets

45:00 total time

I wasn’t feeling the workout again today but just told myself I could stop after swings. Of course, by the time I got to the swings I was feeling pretty good so I just did the pullups and finished off with the TGUs.

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5:00 PM
Home Gym Workout – Vodka and Pickles Workout #4

Warmup
10 Swings – 32 kg
5 Goblet Squats – 32kg
Repeated 3x

Workout B
Deadlifts – see below
One-Arm Kettlebell Press – 8 x 3 – 16 kg
Double Kettlebell Front Squat – 5 x 5 – 24 kg
Chins – superset 3 reps with each set of DKFS for total of 15

Deadlift cycle – 360 Max
Workout 4: 80% x 1/8 (reps/sets)
290#
:30 rest between sets

Tired today after a long day of phone interviews and had a ton more work to finish up after my workout. With that, skipped the TGU today. Doubled up on sweet potatoes for dinner, too.

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If it’s Monday, it must be National Bench Press Day!

Go to any commercial gym in the U.S. (or heck, probably even the world, for that matter) and Monday is typically bench press day. Why that is has always been a mystery to me even though I have a few theories. For one, most gyms are populated by bodybuilders doing insane body part splits like:

-upper/lower
-push/pull
-4-day split
-one bodypart per day
-6-day split
-double split
-triple split

And naturally a bench press is the first part of any of those since the majority of gym goers never do the overhead press anymore. “Whaddya bench?” is a typical ice breaker if you so choose to converse with anyone at the gym. Me, not so much. I always preferred to do my own thing and get in and get out as quickly as possible.

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3:00 PM
Home Gym Workout – Vodka and Pickles #2

Warmup
10 Swings – 32 kg
5 Goblet Squats – 32kg
Repeated 3x

Workout B
Deadlifts – see below
One-Arm Kettlebell Press – 8 x 3 – 16 kg
Double Kettlebell Front Squat – 5 x 5 – 24 kg
Turkish Getup – 5L & 5R – 24 kg

Deadlift cycle – 360 Max
Workout 2: 70% x 1/15 (reps/sets)
255#
:30 rest between sets