James Ball Training Journal

[Kelly Rudlph]

Originally Posted by James Ball

DEADS


685 x 1 (was going to triple this, but i straight up wasnt feeling deads today, power wasnt there) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=149PwgG8a3g

Your heels came up and in right before you locked it out! I don't even know what to think of such madness

[James Ball]

Originally Posted by Carlos Reyes

James your log is definitely one of my favorites, you have a sick balance of rep strength and one rep max strength. Your stones are nuts! I like how you're lean as hell too, that's nice to see in a 265er. I'll definitely be checking in more often, keep up the madness.

Thanks bro, means a lot and glad you enjoy my log.

Originally Posted by Kelly Rudlph

Your heels came up and in right before you locked it out! I don't even know what to think of such madness

lol it was a strongman lift not a powerlifting lift...... honestly my power sucked so bad today i had a to cheat it up at the end...... I think on weekend my back is weaker because i sleep in so much on the weekends and is always sore/tight on sat/sundays.......

[James Ball]

CGBP

135 x 20
225 x 10
275 x 3
315 x 3
355 x 3

225 x 5 sets of 10

Pull Ups

5 sets

Dips

3 sets

good workout, ate to many wings last night and stomach is all fucked up.... good wings though

[James Ball]

Fronts

135 x 10
225 x 10
275 x 5
315 x 5
365 x 3
425 x 1

OLY Squats

225 x 10
315 x 10
405 x 10
455 x 1
495 x 1
545 x 1
225 x a million, i may have got 100, but no way to count that high

all lifts done raw...... and deep as shit


5 sets of abs....

[James Ball]

Farmers

worked up to 350 x 50 feet (pr for 350 pounds) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZrV4mnNllE

Tire

700 x 1 set of 10
900 x 1 set of 10
1200++ for a few flips (i think this has gotten heavier lol)

Sand Bag Carry

310 x 200 feet

Tacky Less Stones onto a 48"

250 x 3
300 x 3
330 x 3

Chain Drags

300 each hand x 200 feet (almost blew chunks after this)

good workout, went kind of more on coniditioning workout due to my sore ass legs.... set a PR on farmers for 350 pounds which is cool. I wore my new nike free's(the Bo Jackson ones) and they are horrible for moving events..... so much cushion (they are very comfortable though)

[Andy Deck]

Congrats on the farmers PR. I wish more comps had heavier farmers walks. Especially for the LW classes, it often comes down to a foot race rather than a test of strength. My philosophy - if everyone finished the event, it wasn't heavy enough.

[Matthew White]

Originally Posted by James Ball

Fronts

135 x 10
225 x 10
275 x 5
315 x 5
365 x 3
425 x 1

OLY Squats

225 x 10
315 x 10
405 x 10
455 x 1
495 x 1
545 x 1
225 x a million, i may have got 100, but no way to count that high

all lifts done raw...... and deep as shit


5 sets of abs....

This is an awsome workout James!!! Very impressive volume!

[James Ball]

Originally Posted by Andy Deck

Congrats on the farmers PR. I wish more comps had heavier farmers walks. Especially for the LW classes, it often comes down to a foot race rather than a test of strength. My philosophy - if everyone finished the event, it wasn't heavy enough.

thanks man,

i agree,but if you make the weights to heavy say in a gold levelshow it scares a lot of people away. I think thats why you dont see heavier weights being used in most contest

Originally Posted by Matthew White

This is an awsome workout James!!! Very impressive volume!

Thanks Matt,

My legs are paying for it the past few days



BB Strict Press

135 x 10
185 x 5
205 x 3
245 x 2 (pr)

Push Press

225 x 3
275 x 3
295 x 3 (pr)

1 arm DB press

75 x 2 sets of 10 (no leg drive)

Dips

bw x 10
100 x 15
bw x 50

Pull Ups

BW x 10
50 x 3 sets of 5
BW x 2 more sets

PushDown

5 sets

Then i did suicides racing my wife...... which sucked

good workout!

[James Ball]

Tuesday

CGBP

135 x 10
225 x 10
275 x 10
315 x 10
225 x 20'ish

Shrugs

225 x 10
315 x 10
405 x 10
495x 10
405 x 20'ish

Upright rows

135 x 10
185 x 10
225 x 10
275 x 10
185 x 20'ish

BB SkullKrushers

135 x 5 sets of 10

Pull Ups

5 sets of 10

Dips

3 sets to failure


Just a light workout, had to stay on the boat for 3 days and didnt feel training heavy, kind of a "im bored" and feel like training kinda


Today

Pushed my truck for 10 trips (about a 100 yards each)

then im going to stuff myself with everything in sight....... and get drunk, should be fun!

[James Ball]

Deads

135 x 10
225 x 5
315 x 5
405 x 5
495 x 5
585 x 1 (abort deads, back not feeling it)


Dips

100 reps

Pull Ups

100 reps

Shrugs with oxygen tanks

100 reps

Log Curls

100 reps

Prowler

10 trips with 180 for 180 feet

not feeling training latley, im bored, dont feelmotivated and dont feel like going heavy anymore.... i think i need a break or something lol