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You should see the place i was ( Val d'Isère ). 340km of slopes served by 87 lifts ( including 2 trains ). Base lift was at 1850m, while the highest lift leaves you at 3450m ( a little over 11000ft ). The mountain was amazing, the lifts and slopes are spread very widely all over it. At some chair-lifts you had the impression you were crossing a snow desert, magnificent. I've been in the top European ski resorts, which were all amazing, but this one was something else.
Here is a nice interactive panorama from their site, you can understand the vastness of the area by switching between POVs and then trying to locate the previous one:
http://www.valdisere.com/val360/

Anyway, adarq-org-skiers-skwad , assemble!!!!      

Back.
Winter holidays were awesome as always.
Tons of skiing, the gps trackers gave an average of 35-40km clean downhill skiing per day ( +50km a day including the lifts distance ) for 6 straight days.
Legs were incredibly strong, by far the strongest skiing legs i ever had.  Consequently i also did the best ski i have done in my life.
I like the feeling. I think i want to make a turn to a more 'functional' training style for the rest of the training season, lots of physio activity, without quitting strength training of course, just feel like switching the #1 priority to actual sports&movements ( basketball, sprints, plyos ) and keep strength training as the background accessory. Like more MSEM and speed-strength stuff and less volume.

19 February 2015

Bodyweight@session : ~86.25kg
Soreness : very sore calves
Injuries/aches : none

RSR based routine
Week #6 , Day #2

HIGH BAR FULL SQUAT:
5@bar
5@20kg
5@40kg
3@60kg
2@80kg
1@100kg
1@110kg
1@120kg ,       
-Heaviest i have EVER full squatted, previous was 112,5kg@88kg. Obviously big 1RM/BW PR too ( 1.4 vs 1.25 ).
More impressed from the 110kg lift though, it flew up, shocking for me, i had to grind through it 3 days ago.
But , to stay modest and honest, i am not that strong. I was overloaded with caffeine ( 2 extra double coffees and 1 big redbull ), plus i psyched up, CNS was turbocharged.

UPRIGHT BB ROW:
10@37,5kg ( +2,5kg )
10@37,5kg ( +2,5kg )
10@37,5kg ( +2,5kg )
10@37,5kg ( +2,5kg )
-Light weight, caffeine.

DB CURL:
10@18kg each hand
10@18kg each hand ( +2 reps per hand )
-Light weight, caffeine.

PREACHER BB CURL:
10@30kg
10@30kg
-Light weight, caffeine.

TRICEPS ROPE PUSH DOWN:
10@27,5kg
10@27,5kg
10@27,5kg
10@27,5kg ( +1 rep )
-Light weight, caffeine.

SEATED CALF RAISES:
30@20kg
30@20kg
30@20kg
-Light weight, caffeine.

Hahaha, it is so fun to be 'doped'.

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Hahaha, the usual LBSS milkshake pic
But nah, was not in a dirty walk anyway, more like clean bulking at gym days.
Also, low bodyweight was probably a temporary thing, 24 hrs later i am 88kg in clothes.
Might drink one of those chocolate delights anyway, 

14 February 2015

Bodyweight@session : ~86,5kg
Soreness : none
Injuries/aches : none

RSR based routine
Week #5 , Day #3

HIGH BAR FULL SQUAT:
3@105kg
3@105kg
2@105kg
-First missed rep on RSR. Didn't fail it , i did not even try it because second rep of third set was an ugly grinder.
Explanation lower.

BB OHP:
10@32,5kg
10@32,5kg
10@32,5kg
10@32,5kg ( +1 rep )
-Rather easy suddenly. First sets were explosive, i even recounted the weight to see if i loaded less.

BENT OVER DB ROW:
10 each hand @ 30kg ( +4 kg )
10 each hand @ 30kg ( +4 kg )
10 each hand @ 30kg ( +4 kg )
10 each hand @ 30kg ( +4 kg )
-Unexpected strong here too.

LANCE STANDING CALF RAISE ( explosive DL concentric, slow SL eccentric )
SEATED CALF RAISES:
30@20kg
25@30kg
20@40kg
-Switched to seated ones for those last couple of sessions. Liked them, different stimulus, might keep them.

So it looks like i messed up with gym timing. Had to go there 3 hours after waking up. Loaded a ton of caffeine, but it seems it didn't kick in until halfway of the session. Squats were off, 105kg was much harder than it should be. And then OHP and rows were much easier than they should be. So it looks like caffeine kicked in in between. OR, i am hopelessly weak at squats. Next session at 110kg will reveal the truth.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeYfw4e-q4c" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeYfw4e-q4c</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGaaKYw1DjU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGaaKYw1DjU</a>

7 February 2015 : 6 hours of skiing

8 February 2015 : 6 hours of skiing

Legs are toasted,  tons of systemic fatigue too. Skiing all day is always such a shock for the whole body. Makes sense, the TUT is humongous.