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Gym work 57:

Deadlift (squat rack was occupied by someone doing deadlifts so I did them first with him):

60x5
90x5
110x5
130x5 old age
150x1 old age

Zercher squat:

60x5
60x5
60x5 (felt a lot of pressure in the head from trying to hold the vertical position)

Chinups:

8 (could've done 9, possibly 10, but my neck pain increased after them)

V-grip pulls to chest (horizontal):

70x10
100x8
100x8

Crazy pistols (left leg only, these are when you hold the other foot extended in front of you with the other arm):

5
3
3 (all of them great)

Seated calf raises (very slow tempo):

30x10
30x10

Leg extensions (isometrics):

72 kg x 10 s fully extended, 10 s 20 degrees, 10 s 45 degrees, 10 s 60 degrees, 10 s 90 degrees

Bodyweight: 92.7 kg (+0.6 kg)
Exhaustion level: 10/10

Comments:

I started with the deadlifts and went up to 130x5 and then tried 150x1, which was very difficult and back driven almost 100%. Will not attempt again as it doesn't help me in any way other than as a display of back strength and is dangerous. The Zerchers were difficult in the sense that I get a crazy amount of "head pressure" from them, I probably get very tight abs-wise and create a lot of abdominal pressure which raises my blood pressure or something like this.

The pistols were incredible, even if I can only make them on the left leg only - crazy amount of control and power from the hole. Also did leg extension isometrics in different positions.

Gym work 56A (lowerbody only):

Hip thrust:

60x8
100x8
120x8
120x8
120x8
100x8
60x10

One-leg landmine deadlift:

20x10 (each leg)

Bodyweight: 92.5 kg (same weight)
Exhaustion level: 9/10
Rating: Good

Comments:

Only did the lowerbody part of the workout since I'm going with a friend later in the evening at the gym again, and will do the upperbody part. Hip thrusts were really good, form and control was much better than in the last hip thrust workout.

Updates?

I made a small change in my grip, just a bit wider by 1 cm or so, don't know if it mattered or not. I've also been taking creatine in the last month or so. Who knows how much either of these mattered.

Gym work 53:

Zercher squat:

20x5
50x5
50x5
50x5

Bench press:

20x10
50x10 (easy, could've done 15 reps or so)
50x10 (medium difficulty)
50x10 (last reps very difficult)

Deadlift:

60x5
90x5
120x3
140x1
140x1
120x3
90x5

Leg curls:

120x8 (not full ROM)
120x5++112x3++104x2++96x3++88x3 (a continuous set where I drop the weight by 8 kg when I can't do more reps)

Landmine push press:

15x10
25x8

Landmine single leg deadlift:

15x10
25x8

Bodyweight: 92.1 kg (-0.4 kg)
Exhaustion level: 10/10

Comments:

The Zerchers took a surprising amount of effort. Deadlifts were good but the 140 kg two singles were back driven. I then tweaked my back when I rotated to put the bar down during the landmine push presses, I felt my lower back tweaked. Now it's not too bad but I expect it to be worse as I get colder. Sucks.

Here's a video of one of the 140 kg deadlifts:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KgIAI05BrKQ

Gym work 51:

Medium bar squat, wider stance (in basketball shoes, not Olympic lifting shoes):

20x5
50x5
80x5
100x5
120x2
110x3
100x5
80x5

Zercher squat:

20x5
50x5

Some snatches and overhead squats with the empty bar

Landmine push press:

bar + 15 x 10
bar + 25 x 8

Landmine deadlift:

bar + 25 x 8

Bodyweight: 91.8 kg (+0.7 kg)
Exhaustion level: 10/10

Comments:

First time doing squats in two weeks or so, used a wider stance and managed to do 120x2, 110x3. Decent performance. Also did Zercher squats, they were interesting.

Gym work 49:

Hip thrust:

60x6
100x6
130x6
160x5 (difficult), ties all time
130x6
100x10
60x10

Bench press:

20x10
20x10
50x10
50x10
50x10 (difficult)

Nordic curls:

5
5

One-leg jump iso hold:

10s each leg

Chinups:

7


Bodyweight: 91.4 kg (+0.3 kg)
Exhaustion level: 9.5/10

Comments:

Started with hip thrusts, could do them much better than after squats. 160x5 ties all time . Some lower back engagement in them, though, at the heaviest of weights. Probably makes sense to stay with a lower weight and focus on the proper movement. In tbe bench press I could do again 50x10x3, so will use 52.5 kg the next time.

Chinups were good with a single set of 7 and could've done 8-9. Considering they're coming after so much effort, I'm happy. Nordic curls were difficult due to no equipment and where I do them there's something that presses into my Achilles so I might need to stop doing them and do leg curls instead. Will see.

PS. I think I have a virus so I must be happy with this workout, given this.

Gym work 47:

Bench press:

20x5
50x5
70x4
70x4
70x3

Dumbbell Bulgarian split squat (each leg):

60x8 (30 kg dumbbells)
60x8
60x8 old age and all-time

Landmine RDL:

15x8
25x8
35x6 (can't hold the bar longer than this)

Landmine push press:

15x8
25x8
25x8

Seated calf raises (slow tempo):

30x8
30x8
30x8
30x8

Bodyweight: 90.6 kg (-0.5 kg)
Exhaustion level: 10/10

Comments:

Again one of the best workouts of the year. Bench press was strong (given my weak pressing in general), maybe with a spotter I would have gotten 5 reps on the first set and 4 reps on the last set. Still, pretty good, I can now use 70 kg as my work sets.

Dumbbell BSS ties all time , felt light as a feather. If my grip wouldn't fail, I bet I could do them with 40 kg+. Here's a recording:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MSGnBFJX8SA

Landmines put some squeeze into my back which is bad, it flares up my back injury.