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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 30, 2020, 12:48:46 pm »
Mon (30/3/2020)
Daily Activity:

BS 6x50, 6x70, 3x100, 2x110, 1x115
BP 6x50, 6x70, 2x80, 1x85, 6x75

Notes:
predictably, im tempted by the daily training thing again .. mostly b/c ive detrained and im somewhat impatient to get back to where i was before gym closed down. i must say the straight bar hypothesis seems to be taking on greater evidence, it's even more noticeable on bench press. ok i need to fix the floor and i think if i can do that i'll have a somewhat ideal gym experience as i can expect. That's kind of exciting.
Re daily training - how do i lay out daily workouts?
Day 1: Lower body focus & upper maintenance / warmup   (both bench & ohp)
Day 2: Lower body maintenance / warmup & upper focus (alternate between ohp and bench)

this way im squatting, benching and pressing every day. how to fit in cardio im not really sure, but it will prob go on the lower body focus day.


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 29, 2020, 11:02:09 am »
Sun (29/3/2020)
Daily Activity:

BS 2x100
OHP 6x50, 0Fx57.5
Chinup 5xBW, Pushups 8xBW

Notes:
I miss two consecutive workouts and my body decides it doesnt need to remember how to recover from squats anymore. Squats are the biggest fools gold ever. Was hit with pretty decent doms during warmups and decided to leave it before i hurt myself. starting over from scratch again i spose.
Guys about home gym training, im the only dipshit in my gym and I dont do any rackpulls or deadlifts so my bar isn't getting beaten up as badly as in the public gym where there are ppl dropping bars doing rackpulls onto pins (ive seen it, you've seen it, it happens). dipshits dropping deadlifts onto plates (ive seen it) etc. this isn't good for the bar. but my home bar feels sooo good on my back .. i wonder if it's because it's straight and undamaged? if i was able to take my bar into a normal gym, i'd be able to squat better automatically just b/c it's straight. it's day and night. ofc at home i have to deal with a sloping floor (because of water flow in case of rain etc), squatting on uneven pavers etc. im in half a mind to rip it all up and concrete it with zero elevation. that woudl be my dream gym floor.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 27, 2020, 10:34:22 am »
Fri (27/3/2020)
Daily Activity:

BS 2x115, 2x112.5, 4x2x110

Notes:
A week since i trained, got pretty weak. Weird squatting without a mirror, you get used to it and it's really hard to do it without. if i train earlier in the day i can kind of catch a reflection off the glass door but not at night like tonights squats. Thanks coges for encouraging me to setup again, turned out pretty good in the end, not as bad as i imagined it..

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 26, 2020, 05:04:55 am »
Quote from: Coges on March 24, 2020, 12:14:16 am
Quote from: maxent on March 23, 2020, 04:45:50 am
oh true, i was copy pasting from the previous day and not changing the mont  :wowthatwasnutswtf:.

in other news gyms are banned as of today, so im gna miss my first training session in ages

Have you still got the home gym? I'm so thankful mine is setup.

it's in the garage.. i need to pull it out but i cant be bothered .. i should have kept it in a state of repair (for a possible end of world situation) but now everything is rusted and dusty and cluttered up haha

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 23, 2020, 04:45:50 am »
oh true, i was copy pasting from the previous day and not changing the mont  :wowthatwasnutswtf:.

in other news gyms are banned as of today, so im gna miss my first training session in ages

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 21, 2020, 11:43:41 am »
Sat (21/2/2020)
Daily Activity:

Recovery BS 6x2x110
OHP 2x59.5, 5x2x60, 7x53.5
Chinup 5x6.2kg, 5x5.75kg, 5x5kg, 8xBW
DBOHP 12x20kg

Notes:
End is in sight, finishing cutting in 3 more days.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 19, 2020, 12:18:25 pm »
Thu (19/2/2020)
Daily Activity: 6k

BS 6x5x110
Jumps 5x3

Notes:
Huge struggle with squats. what is depressing is during my last cycle i managed 5x5x107.5kg. That was sans knee sleeves and now im using knee sleeves to make hard work of 6 sets of 5 with pretty much the same weight. i could argue that im doing it while carb depleted and while not having had any carbs the whole day before the workout etc etc (only have 30g gatorade with the peri-workout shake) but im not really convinced. shit should be a lot easier smh. Next squat sesh i'll carb up though, no other way to progress to 6x6x110. Then i need to swap over to home gym bc of covid-19.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 18, 2020, 06:49:25 am »
Tue (17/2/2020)
Daily Activity: 

Recovery BS 6x2x110
BP 3x85, 2x87.5, 1x90, 8x75
Dips 3x12

Notes:
Bench seems to have stalled pretty hard, went backwards. was set to do 6 sets of 5s with 85kg, but i would have failed it when the first set felt so hard, stopped at 3 reps. Will be setting up the home gym back up soon.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 15, 2020, 11:19:34 am »
Sun (15/2/2020)
Daily Activity: 13k

BS 6x4x110, 10x100
Long run - 60min
 
Notes:
Gym weight was 82.5kg today, im pretty carb depleted but forced a long run even feeling under the weather. 9 more days of cutting.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 13, 2020, 11:40:56 am »
Fri (13/2/2020)
Daily Activity: 6k

Recovery BS 6x2x110
OHP 6x2x59kg
Chinup 5x5kg, 8xBW
DOHP 12x20kg, 12x17.5kg
 
Notes:
What a shit workout .. but got it done. no cardio, was too exhausted. im completely drained by life right now. i prob shouldnt even be going to the gym with the whole covid-19 thing tbh. i was thinking train fri/sun nights when gym is quiet and fix in a sneaky workout during the week either tue or thurs depending on whichever is quieter at the gym (i'll check google). or dust off my home gym but once you've used a proper gym it's hard to go back to shitty garage gyms.. it's just too inferior.

i had somewhat of a revelation today. i had made a conscious decision to use big 25kg plates to make workouts harder (it's easier to use lots of smaller plates than less big ones) but ive never actually tried the other way around. today after finishing my normal recovery squats with the usual plate loading (red and blue), i did a rep with  2x15kgs(yellow) .. and then alternating between pairs of green and yellow. made it all up to equal the training weight of 110kg and it felt so much better than using a red and a blue. im such a fucking twat. when i did that PR with 3 reds a side, if i had just made it up with greens and yellows i bet i get 180kg easier than 170kg in all reds. lost opportunities! for prs it would be interesting to do that.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: March 11, 2020, 11:26:02 am »
I saw a guy in the gym today beasting on the bike, he was doing intervals i think. If you can ramp the difficulty up and then do tabata protocol (i think 6x20s on, with 20s rest?) it can be a great conditioning tool. Doing steady state with bike though, i find im better at challenging my legs than my heart and lungs .. hr sticks around 135bpm which is a bit too leisurely but still hard work for my legs..

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 11, 2020, 11:23:06 am »
Wed (11/2/2020)
Daily Activity: 9k

BS 6x3x110, 15x90
Jumps 5 sets of 3 reps (hit the target on the 2nd rep of the last set!)
Run - 20 mins

Notes:
The highlight today was the jumps. I haven't done any jumping in a year. And was super surprised to see how good my vertical still is. If i was to attribute it to anything, it would be the KB swings. I think the hip work is the best reason why i'm still capable of jumping, lets be both conservative and generous somehow, 30 inches? My squat is obviously not the reason considering my PR with 110kg is 20 reps and im using it for sets of 3. So i'd look elsewhere and i think it has to be the hip work. Good to know..

The run was ok, i just need to be consistent now, im thinking 60min cardio workouts per day with 20min each between rowing, bike and running.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 10, 2020, 10:42:41 am »
Tue (10/2/2020)
Daily Activity: 10k

Bball - 20 mins (new!)

Notes:
felt like putting some shots up and surprisingly even though i havent been on the court in a year, my touch was pretty good. seems the work i put in last year has made some persistent adaptations which is wild. i was afraid i'd be starting from scratch but im not, more like .. i dont know 80% feels like it? my leg feels good, i did a couple of layups and felt smooth and fast. i know that's just self perception and on video i'd look like im in slow-mo but it felt good.

with bball im making a rule to leave while im enjoying myself. if i turn it into a chore then i'll quickly lose interest again.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 10, 2020, 07:24:25 am »
nope no power rack setup.

I can't even roll it down my body because there is no where to roll it to after getting it to the hips! unless you can pick up bw off your hips while seated (i dont think i could right now).  ive done that at the gym when no one else was around. the pins just are too low .. :/

if im going to bench seriously i have to consider getting a 2nd gym membership just for bench day. but cant really be bothered with that! someone suggested using incline bp since my chest is pretty much untargeted by flat bench and i only end up working triceps which can be worked out well with dips etc..

but maybe i should just switch to dps and do more incline bb now im kind of stuck

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 09, 2020, 01:08:22 pm »
Worth making a note that BSS with 8kg kbs got my HR so high that it was like doing intervals. And just 12 rep sets did that with such a modest weight. yeah im definitely off the squat bandwagon now, fools gold. There's way more variety in god's gym than bs. Ive still got sore quads and glutes and hams .. altho it remains to be seen if i can progress them well, already i feel that it's overloading my (rehabbing) R leg and i need to consider dropping the weight but i also know just increasing the weight will work just as well when i ever want to drop down later. may consider doing backoff sets with less weight to hit all the bases.

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