Stronger Every Day

My name is Jarrett. Personal Trainer. Strongman. Powerlifter. Twitch Affiliate.

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Haven’t posted in years! Is tumblr still active?! Video is of a 200 lb keg clean and press. How is everyone? #me #strongman #keg #gains #fit #strong

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2017 Goals Recap!

Strict press 175 ✅

Split Jerk 275 ✅

Deadlift 500 ✅

Qualify for StrongmanNationals ✅

Log Clean and Press 240 ❌

4 out of 5 goals accomplished isn’t bad 🤷🏻‍♂️

How did you guys do with your 2017 fitness goals? Comment below or send me an ask!

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Hanging out with this guy before my leg workout. Can’t wait to get some squats in and get those leg gains.

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Show off Sunday

Post below 👇🏻 what you accomplished this week! Big or small does not matter.

I worked up to 740 lbs on the Conan’s wheel today for half a revolution! 💪🏻

-Jarrett

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Gingerbread houses

We are having a few friends over to make gingerbread houses and drink wine/beer and ordering pizza for dinner.

It should be a fun time of laughs and good drinks. Tomorrow is strongman Sunday with the boys and it’s going to be a heavy workout.

Weekends are great for relaxing, hope you all are having a great Saturday night 😃

[gamerstrongman]

327 pound atlas stone to 48 inch platform. Training strongman has definitely been the best thing that’s happened to me. I’ve met the most amazing people that share the passion of lifting heavy and making progress with our goals. Keep making progress my friends. I’m here for you if you need me 😃

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How to deal with internet haters

You ignore them.

They don’t matter. They never did, they never will.

Behold the field in which I grow my fucks

Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shall see it is barren.

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Time to train some clients. I want results, not excuses. Let’s get to it

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Mistakes in the Gym #2:

The second mistake that I commonly see is Majoring in the Minors.  What the hell do you mean by that Jarrett?

I mean that I’ve seen other gym members placing priority to ASSISTANCE exercises over the MAIN COMPOUND JOINT MOVEMENTS. 

What I mean is that putting greater emphasis in multi-joint movements such as the bench press, deadlift, squat, lunge, clean, pull-up, dip, and overhead press you’ll acheive faster results. Focusing on movements such as the tricep pressdown, bicep curl, leg extension, and lateral raise can provide some benefit, but using more muscles per movement will elicit a better response in terms of muscular hypertrophy and strength.

Focus on the main movements and stop putting so much emphasis in your assistance work.

DONE.

[gamerstrongman]

Throwback Thursday to 500 pound deadlift last month. Next goal 525. I mapped out my workouts for the next 10 weeks and I’m gonna hit training hard. My goals are being met one by one and I have been helping my clients reach their goals as well. I am excited to start with a new personal training client on January 2nd and help him lose 50+ pounds. I know he can do it. I love my job.

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10 weeks

I absolutely can’t wait to compete in strongman again in 10 weeks. I’ll be competing in Brutes Strongest Man in Norfolk, Virginia on February 17th, 2018 in the 200 pound weight class.

Last time I competed was in July weighing 174 pounds and got 2nd place. I challenged myself to bulk and compete up a weight class for 2018 and see how strong I can get.

Nothing motivates me more than a competition and having a deadline. I recently commented on another fitness tumblr by a lovely young lady named Alyson and she’s thinking of doing a NPC Bikini competition. Putting that entry form in and structuring your goals to be successful in competitions is where it’s at.

Events for Brute’s Strongest Man:

Event 1: 210 lb Axle clean and press for max reps in a minute.

Event 2: Car deadlift for max reps in a minute.

Event 3: 550 lb frame carry for 80 feet.

Event 4: Hercules hold for max time (grip)

Event 5: 600 lb Conan’s wheel for max distance.

Wish me luck guys I’m gonna do my best to qualify for nationals again in 2018 and make massive improvements to my strongman game.

Current bodyweight: 196.4

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Winter Months

During the winter months people tend to let their body composition get slightly worse. I mean, I get it. You’ve got bulksgiving, then travelling hard for Christmas/Hanukkah to see family, and then drink whatever doesn’t drink you for the New Years celebration. (#GETDRUNKYOLO)

If body composition is your goal it’s important to keep your eating habits in check during these last two months of the year to avoid a major setback. One thing I like to do is look at WEEKLY calories. 

What do you mean Jarrett? Weekly calories? Well let me explain...

A lot of individuals get all caught up in the daily calories to meet their body composition needs and goals. Example being consuming 2200 calories per day to cut weight from 200 pounds to 180 pounds. While this can work it has a flaw in the logistics of it.

On the weekends most people tend to eat quite differently than they do during the week. If Monday through Friday you are consuming 2200 calories then slip up on the weekend and average 2700 per day, you may have negated a lot of the caloric deficit you were trying to acheive to lose the weight.

Now let’s look at weekly calories. 2200 x 7 = 15,400. Now you know what figure you can consume throughout the entire week to still be in your caloric deficit. By using this figure you can calculate and prepare for a heavier eating weekend by lowering your caloric needs during the week so you can eat more and enjoy times with friends and family during the week, WHILE STILL REMAINING IN YOUR CALORIC DEFICIT. In that same example above where the person ate 2700 calories for Saturday and Sunday we can take that 1000 extra calories and divide it up between the five other days of the week. Subtract 200 per day for the remaining 5 days of the week.

2000 calories per day Monday - Friday = 10,000 Calories. Add the 2700 per day Saturday/Sunday and you have 15,400 calories. Sound familiar? This number is what we calculated that we needed to maintain our caloric deficit for our goals.

TL:DR  Focus on what you’re eating on a weekly spectrum and not focus so much on the daily. Things can change day to day and make sure you adjust and compensate for those changes in your future eating.

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[gamerstrongman]

This has a lot of truth to it. When beginners are new to weightlifting they get extremely sore for the first few weeks as they are building new muscle and developing new motor patterns. Within a few months a new trainee will start to see results in body composition and usually within 3-6 months friends and family that haven’t seen them in a while notice they are more muscular than before and make a comment.

 I know this was true for myself and for other clients I have trained in the past. Some of my friends who have been my training partners have noticed this as well. 

You feel the work being done, you see the change in the mirror, you hear about the change from others.

/EndRant

#DONE

~Jarrett

[anklebanger]

Super woman

🎥 evolve.nation

[gamerstrongman]

This is what I’m talking about! You don’t have to go this hard but ladies (and gentlemen) you need to lift some weights and elevate your heart rate to acheive a better body composition. Simply doing cardio on the treadmill will leave you skinny and weak. Make your cardio happen while moving heavy loads. Suck wind while running around with weights, or jumping explosively onto a box, or doing a barbell complex. Do cardio with athleticism, not steady state boring training.

Be like her. Work fucking hard. Get results. 

Done.

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Mistakes in the Gym #1

“You can’t BUILD strength if you’re constantly TESTING it”

Today I want to talk to you all about a mistake I see happen in the gym all the damn time. 

This mistake is always testing your strength.

I see guys and girls (mostly guys) going for max weight all the time. They get a bench press personal record of 200 pounds on Monday and by Wednesday they are going for 205 just to fail it. I see that same guy on the following Monday going for 205 again and failing it and getting upset. He is constantly TESTING his strength instead of BUILDING it.

Here is the same principle used in a different example. Let’s say Johnny Lifter (What a name!) takes a math test and scores a 55%. He barely failed the math test. Would Johnny go back in the next day without studying and take the test again? Reasoning would say that studying for the test before taking it again would be the logical solution to ensure he passed the test. 

People forget to study (Build the strength) before they test it (max out).

Take a month between maxing out your lifts and at least build some strength between the attempts. Don’t be that guy or girls who maxes out every session. You are wasting time and energy and risking potential injury.

My $0.02

~Jarrett

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Road to 500 - Episode 11 - Mission Accomplished!

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FINALLY HIT MY GOAL OF 500 Deadlift! I can’t believe after five years I’ve finally deadlifted 500 lbs. Hard work definitely pays off. I cant wait to build an even stronger deadlift in the near future.

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Had a great few workouts and got an all time deadlift PR!