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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 27, 2021, 12:04:57 am »
Tue (26/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.0

BP 5x90.5, 4x91.5, 4x90.5, 1x100(=PR)
DB BP 3x8x35(PR)
Dips 3x8x17.5
Curl 3x8x36

Notes:
Damn, i regret not trying for 90.5kg for all three sets, may have got it. Next time will go for that. But once again, my bench day coincided with the kiwi crew and they bench one after other and there is like 6 of them - so i was kinda cold by the time i got the bench. Next time, i'll just assume we'll end up benching together and save the preworkout for when i get a free bench lol. But all of this can only help so much, the real issue is at my level, it's almost impossible to progress smoothly without a signicant caloric surplus, something i can't afford at my 41.25" size.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 25, 2021, 07:45:35 am »
Mon (25/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: ?

Run - 31 minutes, 4.5km

Notes:
Made a huge leap from last week, dropped a minute on my average pace. Not bad for starting the 2nd week of running. Would be nice to be 6min or so by end of week 6!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 24, 2021, 11:19:45 pm »
Sun (24/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 98.8kg

DL 6x117.5, 3x127.5, 3x140, 1x150, 8x150(Rack)
Jumps 3xSVJ, 3xRVJ, 3xME
Cable Row 3x8x120
DB Side bend 20x35kg

Notes:
Nonsense workout except DLs went better this week. I  seem to have forgotten which pin i used to use for rack pulls, i think i need to go one pin lower. And i had no plan so i ended up doing 8x150 for some reason. But was surprised i could pull 150kg clean - first time doing heavy singles from the floor, the 140kg triple was supposed to be a heavy single and then i could rep it, so i thought to try 150kg. Getting better slow.

The 120kg cable row was just one of those pointless milestones where i rowed the entire stack. Each week ive gone up by 5kg and it's  unreasonable to expect that kind of progress on such an exercise. So about 3 weeks ago i started cheating more and more and this week it was complete  cheating lol. but the goal is to row the entire stack strict one day, so i'll reset a bit, improve rom, max out and repeat.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: January 24, 2021, 11:11:58 pm »
Quote from: Coges on January 24, 2021, 10:27:02 pm
Still PSMF'ing. Have been renovating the house (painting and flooring) so workouts have just been 20-25 minute bodyweight circuits of chins, dips and split squats.

Bodyweight is down to 93.6 and waist is at 35.75". I'm 4 days in to pretty excited to get through the next 6 days and hit 90kg!!!

you're killing it.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 22, 2021, 11:33:52 am »
Fri (22/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.3kg

OHP 4Fx63, 4Fx64, 3x65, 0Fx70, 1x67.5, 7Fx60
DB OHP 6x27.5
Lat Row Machine 3x8x35
Lat Pull Down 8x35, 8x35, 12x35

Notes:
Wow, finally failed a press session! Just decided to call it and tested some heavier weights for fun. Otherwise it was a writeoff. It's my right arm, it's too weak. My strong L side was powering thru reps when the R would stall, which tells me that I'm a 65kg presser on the left and maybe a 50kg presser on the right. Why today hit the wall, prob because i've been pushing my R side harder (with the new flat db benches, arm assistance etc) and this overtrained the R side. Just have to be patient while it catches up then i'll be ready to tackle the next stage.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 20, 2021, 11:39:08 pm »
Wed (20/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 100kg

BS 5x120, 5x120, 5x120, 3x120, 3x120, 3x120
ME Jumps 3, 2, 1

Notes:
Was scheduled for 5x5 but i decided to scrap it and start a new cycle with 120kg early, with the goal of 6x6x120kg in 3 weeks time. After that i will progress 5x5s weekly.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 19, 2021, 10:10:10 pm »
Tue (19/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 100kg

Bike 20 mins @ 12 difficulty

Notes:
Dont usually log bike rides but i bumped the difficulty up to 12 from 11. A couple of months ago i was using 9, so i've made some considerable progress. But interestingly my HR still didn't go over 150bpm, which i thought might happen with the bump from 11. Will try make 12 the new normal from here on. I think running and also strength training has made me better at bike, which was surprising, because i used to make a meal out of level 10 in the past and now i can maintain 12 for 30 minutes.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 18, 2021, 10:21:55 pm »
in other news, i have a 42" waist. but if i cut now i will end up in the same situation im always going to be in unless i grow some muscle before cutting. so need to stay fatter for a while longer til ive broken into PR territory, esp on upper body. there's still hope that running will take off inches without actively cutting. and also intervals etc, which always do magic for me when i start it. for now i'll try commit to running regularly.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 18, 2021, 10:15:24 pm »
Mon (18/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 100kg

BP 5x90, 5x91, 5x90
DB BP 8x32.5, 8x35, 10x32.5
Dips 3x8x16.25
Curls 3x8x35

Notes:
I had the bright idea of going gym earlier but when my bench day this week coincides with the rest of the world's chest day - ie monday, was literally just waiting around for 90 minutes before a bench was available. i had warmed up etc and then just waiting and waiting. But still got it done. Flat db bench is very promising .. i have a good feeling it will fix everything wrong with my upper body training.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 18, 2021, 01:14:30 am »
Sat (17/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.8kg

Run 25min

Notes:
Logged the first run of the year. was just around sunset so was bitten by mosquitos on the way back. will go a bit earlier next time.  i ran a 165-175bpm heart rate pretty much after the first 5 mins, but strangely i wasnt only sweating a little even tho it was pretty warm. i think im fitter than my horrible pace would suggest .. just not used to running b/c it's a new exercise but the regular bike has made me kinda fit i think, at least not starting from scratch levels of unfit. will log every run onto insta from here, just to build up some consistency.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 16, 2021, 10:41:31 am »
Sat (16/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.8kg

DL 6x115, 4x125, 6x162.5(rack pull)
Jumps
Cable Row 3x8x115kg
Accessory (kb side bends etc, cable crunches)

Notes:
Trash workout. My pulls look hideous .. not sure why. R hamstrings gave way on the 4th rep of the 125kg. I need to reset and clean up form and be disciplined about it, even if it means lifting baby weight for the next 3 months.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 15, 2021, 03:21:19 am »
Thu (14/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 100.0kg

OHP 5x62.5, 5x.63.5, 4x5x62.5
DB OHP 3x30, 6x27.5
Chinup 3xBW
Lat Row machine 3x8x32.5kg

Notes:
Still making progress on ohp

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 13, 2021, 12:23:50 am »
Tue (12/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.0kg

BS 6x6x115
Pogo jumps 3x5

Notes:
Squats looked a lot better than they felt. I do not want to be doing 6 sets of hard backsquats every week .. but i dont want to do more than one squat workout a week either. For now, i'll stick to this but i want to focus on running and by the time im done with the squats i have no energy left to do anything else.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 11, 2021, 02:51:15 am »
Sun (10/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 98.7kg

BP 5x90, 5x90, 4Fx90, 1x95, 0Fx102.5(PR attempt)
DB BP 5x35, 7x30, 7x30, 7x30
Dips 3x15kg

Notes:
Bench hit a wall .. i probably should have got that 3rd set of 5 - but in desperation i was experimenting with variables (shoes) and it prob cost me that rep. So after that i decided the workout was a write off and tried to go for a  lifetime bench PR. It wasn't going to be  the day. But the silver lining was finally giving flat db bench a chance, i think it's a better accessory than incline db bench i'd been doing all along. I found the 35kg very challenging in a good way, my right arm struggled massively to get 35kg up, which means my strong L has been carrying the barbell bench and im limited on bench by the weak R side. So hopefully som time doing flat db bench will fix that. I think it's just a better exercise overall, i've got very little if any chest hypertrophy from barbell bench. DB flat probably gave me the mass i used to have but no longer do.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: New year new me
« on: January 10, 2021, 12:55:53 am »
Quote from: gukl on January 06, 2021, 05:59:37 am
Had covid vaccine on the 2nd Jan

Symptoms on the 3rd

Tested positive on the 4th

 :ffffffuuuuuu:

damn that's some bad luck. you went a whole year being exposed to the virus without catching it, got the vaccine and then got covid the next day. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

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