Hassan's Training Log: Road to Iron Gobbler

[Hassan Mansour]

Meet prep update: Strained my adductor/quad while descending on a 500# squat on Monday. Staying positive and trying to keep moving forward. Worked on some tempo box step-ups, feet-up bench, and some other adductor stuff today. Doing some additional, lighter training tomorrow, too. We'll see how this thing feels come next week. This is a small setback in the grand scheme of things so I'm just going to keep my head down and keep working.

[Hassan Mansour]

10/24
Squat w/ belt 495x3, 520x3, 540x3 (PR), 500x3, 505x3
Touch N Go bench 300x3, 320x3, 340x3, 315x3x3
5-ct paused bench 245x5, 265x5, 275x5x3

[Hassan Mansour]

10/22
DL w/ belt 523x1, 501x3, 462x3x2, 429x5x2
Pin bench 340x1, 325x3, 310x3, 305x3x2
3-ct paused SSB squat 340x5, 370x5, 390x5x3

Notes: Deadlifts finally came around today! Still not up near my squat, but these are good pulls for me. Considering I was pulling 315-335 with a tempo to work around that back tweak/fatigue 2 weeks prior... I'm going to chalk today up as a W and build on this.

[Hassan Mansour]

10/21
Squat w/ belt 560x1 @8.5, 535x3, 500x3x2, 455x5x2
Comp bench 350x1 @8, 335x3, 315x3x3
3-ct paused bench 120 kg x 5, 125 kg x 5, 135 kg x 5, 130 kg x 5 x 2

[Hassan Mansour]

10/17
2-ct paused squat 405x3, 445x3, 465x3, 485x3x2
Touch n Go bench 350x1, 320x3x2
Spoto press, 2" off chest 265x5, 280x5, 295x5

10/18
2" deficit DL 405x3, 425x3, 445x3x2
Comp bench 350x1, 320x2x2
RDL 160 kg x 5, 170 kg x 5, 180 kg x 5

[Hassan Mansour]

10/15
DL w/ belt 500x1, 445x3x2
Pin Bench 335x1, 315x3x2
3-ct paused SSB 365x5, 385x5, 405x5

[Hassan Mansour]

10/11
Tempo pulls up to 355x5x3 - back tweak feeling much better
Slingshot bench 365x3, 385x3, 365x3x3
SLDL 225x6, 275x6x3

10/14 - Day 1 of pivot week
Squat w/ belt 545x1, 510x3x2
Comp bench 345x1, 320x3x2
2Board Press w/ 1s pause at bottom 315x5, 335x5, 350x5 @10

[Hassan Mansour]

10/10
Squat + chains (bar weight) 405x4, 450x4, 480x4, 445x4x2
Touch N Go bench 305x3, 325x3, 345x3, 320x3x3
Wide grip bench 255x6, 270x6, 285x6x3

[Hassan Mansour]

10/8
Tempo pulls 275x5, 315x5, 335x5x3... working around a little back tweak here
2-ct paused bench 345x1, 315x4, 300x4x3
SSB FS 300x6, 325x6, 345x6x3

[Hassan Mansour]

Trained the rest of last week but forgot to log it all...

10/7
Squat w/ belt 565x1 @8, 505x5, 460x5x4
Comp bench 355x1 @8, 325x4, 305x4x5
5-ct paused bench 250x6, 265x6, 280x6x3

[Hassan Mansour]

Catching up!

9/30
Squat w/ belt 560x1, 500x5, 455x5x4
1-ct paused bench press 350x1, 320x4, 300x4x5
5-ct paused bench 245x6, 260x6, 275x6x3

10/1
Deadlift w/ belt 495x1 w/ back tweak, 405x5, 365x5x4
2-ct paused bench 340x1, 310x4, 295x4x3
SSB front squat 300x6, 320x6, 340x6x3

Then some GPP today. Five and a half weeks to go...

[Hassan Mansour]

9/27
Deadlift + chains (bar weight) 405x4, 430x4, 450x4, 420x4x2
Slingshot 315x3, 365x3, 390x3, 365x3x2
SLDL 225x8, 275x8, 300x8, 310x8

[Hassan Mansour]

9/26
Squat + chains (bar weight) 405x4, 445x5, 470x4, 440x4x2
Touch n Go 285x4, 305x4, 325x4, 305x4x3
Wide grip bench 245x6, 260x6, 275x6x3

Notes: Good session today. I had some sort of head cold yesterday and was feeling super groggy coming into this session, but things shook out fine.

[Hassan Mansour]

9/24
Deadlift w/ belt 530x1, 470x5, 430x5x4
2-ct paused bench 335x1, 305x4, 290x4x2
SSB FS 250x6, 300x6, 325x6x2

[Hassan Mansour]

9/23 - 7 weeks out
Squat w/ belt 555x1, 495x5, 450x5x4
1-ct paused bench 345x1, 320x4, 300x4x5
5-ct paused bench 240x6, 255x6, 270x6x2