A little about me

I have competed in both Olympic Weightlifting and Bench-Only Lifting. I competed in Olympic Lifting as a kid. Best lifts of 255 Olympic Press, 225 Snatch, 255 Clean & Jerk. I met many of the great lifters and coaches from the 60's and 70's. After a 20-year break to serve my country I started lifting regularly again and competing in Bench-Only. Best Lift: 419lbs "equipped".

Feel free to follow along on the adventure...

Steve Denning

9/8/08

T-Bone Strength Update

An actual workout post! W00t! I've decided that screw my new routine and all other routines I've been reading. I'm going back to what works, old school heavy lifting, westside/metal militia/anti gravity freak style. I've literally been trying to do way too much and my body is just taxed, especially my lower back with all the pulls off the floor and how it just isn't able to recover and is sore all the time. So screw it, for now this week is a deload week. I'm getting back to basics as of next week!

Box Squats: 135x5, 225x5, 315x5, 405x3 (3 sets)

Speed Pulls: 135x3, 225x3, 315x3 (3 sets)

Hyper Extensions: 3 sets of 8

Abs: 5 sets of 12

I'm getting back to what works for me. Strongman is great fun and is very difficult. The conditioning aspect of it is what I need work on most. I can lift pretty much anything within reason so far and haven't had any difficulty in the strength aspect of it, as far as the conditioning, cardio has and will forever be allowed to kiss my butt like al qaeda!

Powerlifting is where its at! I'm saving up to get myself an A/S 60 Katana for my birthday (November 20th). There is simply no way I'm giving up powerlifting theres just not. My bodyweight as of this morning is 299, a big difference from the 318 I weighed in at during the Muscle Beach show. It has to due with the fact I'm out of creatine and am not holding water and also the freaking conditioning I'm doing with strongman events is just unreal! Flipping a 700 pound tire is a pain! But my gpp is through the roof right now, during this deload week, I'm going to get healthy, let my lower back rest (the workout I posted I did last saturday) and come back a week from today stronger than ever ready to get stronger!

And to Chuck Liddell, we all get caught, dont worry man! I'll be on the island for UFC 91: Couture vs Lesnar! Hope to train with you Steve!!

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