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Gym work 30:

Bench press:

20x6
20x6
50x6
65x6
65x6
65x4 (old age total reps )
50x10

Low bar squat:

20x6
50x6
80x6
100x3
110x1
100x3
100x3

Explosive half squats:

80x6

Then a bunch of stuff for the core, leg extensions, leg presses, seated calf raises, ab wheel rollouts, landmine deadlifts, landmine push presses

Bodyweight: 90.4 kg (+0.5 kg)
Exhaustion level: 9.5/10

Comments:

Old age in the bench press again, although now I had a friend as a spotter so I could try to do it. Never did 2 consecutive sets of 6 with 65 (maybe not even when I was younger). Squat felt difficult, although its difficulty varied depending on how I gripped the bar.

Quads are very weak - will need to dedicate time to hit them specifically. Right knee is wobbly and drags me down when I train.

Track work 7:

Dynamic warm up
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30m sprints ++ broad jumps/double leg bounds ++ medium box depth jumps
Did 3 sets of this "superset": 1 sprint, 3 broad jumps or 1 4-double leg bounds and 3 depth jumps

Also did some jumps with the PowerJumper (1 band) and some trap bar deadlifts with 100 kg (surprisingly found a trap bar)

Best broad jump: 2.35m
Best 4-consecutive 2-leg bounds: 10.05m (+95cm)

Bodyweight: 89.9 kg (-0.3kg)

Here's a video of the double leg bounds:

https://youtube.com/shorts/JGV4cHeuo-M?si=ml8sMH9O67qCf-KT

I was yesterday in the park and played 2 hours of 3 on 3 and during the breaks I dunked on the small rim. I could do some nice dunks, including an under-the-rim reverse which I haven't done in 10 years. I was also 1 inch away from dunking off standing vert - I did it, but it was a rim-grazing kind of thing, not a clean dunk.

I tried one dunk of the 10 foot rim but because the rim is taller I can't be as relaxed (because I need to push with more force) and my plant collapsed and jumped 20 inches or so. I need to continue to lose weight and get stronger.

Gym work 26:

Bench press:

20x6
40x6
60x6
60x6
60x6 (will move to 65 or 62.5 kg next time)
40x11

RDL:

20x6
60x6
100x6
100x6

Seated horizontal V-grip pulls to chest:

100x8
100x8 (difficult)

Bodyweight: 89.9 kg (-0.6 kg)
Exhaustion level: 7/10

Comments:

Good benching, will move to 62.5 kg next time. RDLs were also good.

Gym work 24:

Bench press:

20x6
40x6
60x6
60x6
60x4

Hip thrust:

60x8
100x8
100x8

Deadlift:

20x5
70x5
100x3
120x3
120x1

Landmine one-arm push press:

15x10
15x10 (explosive)

Landmine one-leg deadlifts:

15x10

Ab machine crunches:

4 pins x10
6 pins x10
8 pins x10

Bodyweight: 90.5 kg (-0.3 kg)
Exhaustion level: 9/10

Comments:

Bench was good, surprisingly enough. Hip thrust hurt my pelvis. Deadlifts were difficult (but they came after hip thrusts).

These are from 10 years ago, 10.95m (vs 9.10m now):

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtCuN8uILo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADtCuN8uILo</a>

These are from 13 years ago (obviously much lighter, at around 81 kg or so):

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H66PNO4kpQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H66PNO4kpQ</a>

Track work 6:

Dynamic warm up barefoot
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1x30m sprints (10m acceleration, 10m maintain speed, 10m acceleration)
Rudiment hops (forward, backwards and laterally) x 20m
40m curling sprint (to the left)

Tested the standing broad jump (did 5 jumps) and 4 consecutive two-leg bounds.

Best broad jump: 2.35m
Best 4-consecutive 2-leg bounds: 9.10m

Bodyweight: 90.2 kg (-1kg)

Comments: Was kind of tired but did the tests anyway. Here are the recordings of the best broad jump and two-leg bounds:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRDUOlsRiok" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRDUOlsRiok</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9eOMh83tp4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9eOMh83tp4</a>

Gym work 22:

Bench press:

20x6
20x6
55x6
55x6
55x6
25x5+12

Low bar squat:

20x10
50x10
70x10
70x10
70x10

Landmine one-arm push press:

15x10
15x10 (went a little lighter as I was tired)

Landmine one-leg deadlifts:

30x8 (each leg)
30x8 (each leg, heavy)

Leg extensions:

40x15

Seated V-grip pulls:

7 pins x 10
7 pins x 10

Bodyweight: 90.8 kg (+0.1 kg)
Exhaustion level: 10/10

Comments:

Surprisingly good bench press (relatively speaking). Will use 57.5 kg the next time. Squats were tiring but the weight was light, the limiting factor is work capacity. The landmine deadlifts were good but from 30kg+ my grip starts failing.