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Boxing / Re: Misc Boxing News
« on: February 23, 2020, 02:07:10 pm »
man fury really doesn't look like much. like nikola jokic.
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Reading, Books, & Sheeit / Re: Book Journal
« on: February 23, 2020, 08:41:54 am »
i'm gonna go out on a limb and say the last book is full of shit.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 22, 2020, 01:29:40 pm »
- run 12.68 km in 1:02:58
super windy. kept it relaxed and still averaged under 5:00, which is good.
- superset x 2
-- hollow body hold x 30s
-- superman x 30s
- stretch
watched a bunch of running videos today, got excited about picking up training as it starts to get lighter and a little warmer.
super windy. kept it relaxed and still averaged under 5:00, which is good.
- superset x 2
-- hollow body hold x 30s
-- superman x 30s
- stretch
watched a bunch of running videos today, got excited about picking up training as it starts to get lighter and a little warmer.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 22, 2020, 05:12:01 am »
yesterday
- warm up run x 2 km
- mobilizations
- squat 110 x 5,4,4
will repeat once more. missing one rep is okay but not two.
- DL 120 x 4
mix of touch and go and dead stop. right pec felt a little strained after the fourth rep so i stopped.
- bench 75 x 5,4,3
pec totally fine. kind of odd, wonder what that feeling was if not a strain.
- pull up x 7,2
hands hurt. i think pull ups after DL just doesn't work somehow.
- cable row x 10,10
dunno what the weight settings mean on that machine so i just picked one that felt challenging but didn't pull me forward.
too crowded again to do core work or stretch. i'm gonna run today and will do core after that.
also, a lot of these barbell club kids are just not that strong. a couple of them are a lot bigger than me but they're throwing around weights way below what i was capable of back in the dunking days. like i'm 74 kg right now and squatting 110 for reps and it's baby weights, i feel bad about it. meanwhile, this big spanish dude who has all the cocky oly weightlifter mannerisms down pat was squatting 115 for sets of 4-5. another guy, a ripped crossfit bro with a shaved head, was DLing 140 for sets of 5 with veins popping out all over his head. that's not weak, but it's so much less than he looks like he should be able to lift, or than i could lift if i were even a little bit heavier and more muscular than i am now, much less as muscular as he is. i used to be able to squat that for sets of 5! then again, there's also that guy i mentioned the other day and a shredded japanese dude who reps 180+ squats, so they're not all hopeless.
it almost makes me want to commit more fully to lifting again. if would be fun to be able to squat 160+ again, bench 110+, and get my DL up to a quasi-respectable level (i was never good at DL). i won't, because i don't want to lose sight of the real goal of 18:xx. but it'd be fun.
- warm up run x 2 km
- mobilizations
- squat 110 x 5,4,4
will repeat once more. missing one rep is okay but not two.
- DL 120 x 4
mix of touch and go and dead stop. right pec felt a little strained after the fourth rep so i stopped.
- bench 75 x 5,4,3
pec totally fine. kind of odd, wonder what that feeling was if not a strain.
- pull up x 7,2
hands hurt. i think pull ups after DL just doesn't work somehow.
- cable row x 10,10
dunno what the weight settings mean on that machine so i just picked one that felt challenging but didn't pull me forward.
too crowded again to do core work or stretch. i'm gonna run today and will do core after that.
also, a lot of these barbell club kids are just not that strong. a couple of them are a lot bigger than me but they're throwing around weights way below what i was capable of back in the dunking days. like i'm 74 kg right now and squatting 110 for reps and it's baby weights, i feel bad about it. meanwhile, this big spanish dude who has all the cocky oly weightlifter mannerisms down pat was squatting 115 for sets of 4-5. another guy, a ripped crossfit bro with a shaved head, was DLing 140 for sets of 5 with veins popping out all over his head. that's not weak, but it's so much less than he looks like he should be able to lift, or than i could lift if i were even a little bit heavier and more muscular than i am now, much less as muscular as he is. i used to be able to squat that for sets of 5! then again, there's also that guy i mentioned the other day and a shredded japanese dude who reps 180+ squats, so they're not all hopeless.
it almost makes me want to commit more fully to lifting again. if would be fun to be able to squat 160+ again, bench 110+, and get my DL up to a quasi-respectable level (i was never good at DL). i won't, because i don't want to lose sight of the real goal of 18:xx. but it'd be fun.
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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: Great "full race" footage
« on: February 20, 2020, 04:33:17 pm »
he did it mostly alone, too. like kipchoge's marathon WR. unreal. that's 50 <15-second 100m in a row. 
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800m+ Running and/or Conditioning / Re: The Misc Running News Thread
« on: February 20, 2020, 05:44:53 am »
interesting article about the best US ultrarunner trying to qualify for tokyo in the marathon. the upcoming olympic trials will be the first actual marathon he's ever run.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/magazine/ultrarunning-marathon-olympics.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/magazine/ultrarunning-marathon-olympics.html
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 20, 2020, 04:13:11 am »
jumping in late to join the complaining about bad spotters. it isn't that fucking hard to spot without touching the bar inadvertently: you just stand there, in position, and pay attention. if the bar stops or starts to go down you reach out and grab it. not rocket science.
also glad you really seem to be not just on the mend but getting into the swing of things the last couple weeks. be really careful about returning to basketball, though. like maybe start with one pickup game. such a different kind of challenge for your body and brain. would be easy to let the thrill take over and then overdo it and get hurt. happened to me back when i used to play ultimate.
also glad you really seem to be not just on the mend but getting into the swing of things the last couple weeks. be really careful about returning to basketball, though. like maybe start with one pickup game. such a different kind of challenge for your body and brain. would be easy to let the thrill take over and then overdo it and get hurt. happened to me back when i used to play ultimate.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 19, 2020, 02:07:14 pm »
- warm up run x 2 km
- mobilizations
- squat 110 x 5,3,2
lol
- pull up x 7,7,5
better
- push up x 20,20
- 45-degree hyper ISO x 30s
- stretch
intercostal thing tweaking a bit, annoying. glad i persevered with the squats although obviously i will be repeating 110.
- mobilizations
- squat 110 x 5,3,2
lol
- pull up x 7,7,5
better
- push up x 20,20
- 45-degree hyper ISO x 30s
- stretch
intercostal thing tweaking a bit, annoying. glad i persevered with the squats although obviously i will be repeating 110.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: February 19, 2020, 08:46:43 am »
that video was wild.
cool to see you running again, at least a bit.
cool to see you running again, at least a bit.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 18, 2020, 05:27:07 pm »
started a new volunteering gig and it has messed up my time management. no LT worry but i did not leave myself time to work out yesterday or today. back on track tomorrow. whoops.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 16, 2020, 12:59:20 pm »
- run 9.54 km in 48:50
very windy. amazing sunset, post-storm skies rule.
- stretch
very windy. amazing sunset, post-storm skies rule.
- stretch
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 16, 2020, 06:24:59 am »adarq is there any way to get a word count for a journal? i'm curious how long this thing really is.
yea can probably just run a query & then do some simple sanitization on it. it'd probably be a bit skewed because of quoting etc. if it was my own code that wouldn't be a problem, but it's still this open source stuff :<
will try to get that for u today or tmw.
pc!
sick.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 16, 2020, 06:24:04 am »
i'm starting to see the same people at the gym when i go, which makes sense given that i go roughly around the same time for each workout. a bunch of the people who hang out around and work out on the platforms are members of the UCL barbell club, who are clearly friends or at least friendly with each other. lots of banter, lots of filming each other and talking about lifting technique and that sort of thing. and they're not all men! it's nice. i mention it because there's a short little guy, broad-shouldered but not super thick or ripped, who's there every time i am, and who is the number one banterer. in fact in the weeks i've been going to the gym i'd never seen him touch a weight, just walk around and greet people in his tights and dead lifting shoes and A7 barbell grip shirt. i started to think it was a bit odd. like he was just performing being a gym rat without actually working out. do you even lift bro?
then yesterday i watched him DL 200 kg for a set of five and was like, oh, okay. right. do not judge a book by a tiny snapshot of its behavior.
then yesterday i watched him DL 200 kg for a set of five and was like, oh, okay. right. do not judge a book by a tiny snapshot of its behavior.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: February 16, 2020, 06:15:36 am »
400 pounds! 
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: a fast and explosive donkey!
« on: February 15, 2020, 03:08:14 pm »
- warm up run x 2 km
- mobilizations
- squat 107.5 x 5,5,4
- DL 115 x 5
- pull up x 7,7,3
- bench 72.5 x 5,5,3
- hollow body hold with alternating toe touches + bicycle crunches
- stretch
- mobilizations
- squat 107.5 x 5,5,4
- DL 115 x 5
- pull up x 7,7,3
- bench 72.5 x 5,5,3
- hollow body hold with alternating toe touches + bicycle crunches
- stretch