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I a also agree with Andrew's approach.  And i mean i agree 100% , i couldn't have written it better, or even that good, trying to express my own POV on this.
Just 2 quick notes : 1) it is a matter of personality too. This approach suits me perfectly but im a big time procrastinator. 2) In that approach, there will always be a lot of "what if?"s. Even when you achieve targets, you always wonder what u could reach if fully committed. You gotta be able to live with that.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: December 04, 2020, 04:47:28 am »
3 December

C1a : STIFF LEG DEADLIFT : 15 @ 25kg ( +5 reps per set )
C1b : OVERHEAD PRESS / UPRIGHT ROWS : 12 @ 25kg ( +2 reps per set ) / 10 @ 25kg ( better form/ROM )
C1c : BICEP CURLS : 10 @ 25g ( better form/ROM )
C1d : CHAIR TRICEP DIPS x 12
C1 info : 8 rounds

Again, C1b was OHP in the first 4 rounds and upright rows in the next 4.
Upped reps @ stiff leg DLs & OHPs. Upright rows and bicep curls improving in ROM and form, might up reps in a coupe of workouts.
Nice.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: December 03, 2020, 04:12:17 am »
2 December

Long slow run 12K @ 1:21:10

Average pace 6:45 which is 10'' per km fastest than previous best for long slow ones, awesome!!!

Knees re-flared, they hurt pretty bad today. I was pain free last week, except from some random bugging of minimum intensity, despite 3 runs one of which was a PR-including intense one.
I have to conclude that it is long runs that irritate them and not intensity. The big bugging started after my 14K distance PR run too.
Ok, back to max 1 hour runs until further notice.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: December 03, 2020, 04:05:23 am »
Hahahaha just don't tell Eddie or Thor. I don't want to upset their rivalry.

lololol! Well the only Thor that can deal with 650kg is not the mountain, but the one from Asgard  :P

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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTshXi7OIw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiTshXi7OIw</a>


TLDR (TLDW?) version:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Q4g-_6RiU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Q4g-_6RiU</a>

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: December 01, 2020, 10:37:01 am »
~2 mile (15 min run) to the street's mailboxes & back lol.

Farmer dude with an OCD for paused pullups randomly decides to go pick his mail , does 3.2K in 15 minutes, which is my all time 3K PR that I achieved just this week after months of training.

:ffffffuuuuuu:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Two Hands Two Feet
« on: December 01, 2020, 10:33:03 am »
Hack Deadlift- 650 x 2, 80 x 2, 90 x 2, 100 x 2, 110 x 2 (EMOM)

Ah, the famous coges-myo-reps method : knock a couple of reps with world record weight, then do drop-sets with 10% of that weight! Brilliant!!!!
:trollface:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: December 01, 2020, 10:29:05 am »
30 November

ATG PAUSED SQUAT:
15@BW
5x20 @ 25kg ( +5 reps per set )
-Damn it, however humiliating it may sound, those 20-paused-reps thing is difficult!!!

SS1a : PUSHUPS x 15 ( +better form/ROM )
SS1b : BENT OVER ROWS x 15 @25kg ( +better form/ROM )
SS1 info : 7 rounds
-Those also get too difficult with controlled speed / strict form/ full rom in all sets and reps. Hard to add reps. Oh well, no need.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 30, 2020, 06:45:11 am »
Nice!

Thanks!

I like the idea of getting some PRs while you can. Too often we build and then miss those moments to lock in a new standard.


That is exactly the motivation/rationale. Things change, you gotta milk them gains when you see them.
Last year i had the exact same progress in October/November, but never transformed it to PRs , except from a 3:56 1K and a 6:56 mile. I did 56-ish 10K in an 'easy run' day, not pushing, no warmup, no carbs loaded, which is my PR now and i really have to try a lot to break it. After the Xmas holidays last year i had a really hard time catching up with the previous level. Winter doesn't help either. Summer neither. Deep autumn seems to be the best period for peaking.
Summary : go get it!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 29, 2020, 08:03:29 am »
28 November

'Tempo' workout ++

2K warmup
3K tempo : 4:45 / 5:05 : 5:03
3K cool down

Total 8K @ 52:11

Awesome! 3K @ 14:53 is bigtime  :personal-record: at this course, plus it broke the milestone of 5:00 average pace.
As a comparison quantity, my all time 5K PR at this course is 26:50 , pace 5:22.
Was faster than "tempo" though, closer to time trial, definitely not all out though, proof is i did 3K more afterwards.
I feel i am the fittest/fastest ever, i gotta embed some PR attempts in my program.

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Well said, it is like that indeed, we've been in here so long, you know characters, background, way of thinking. It is real human relationship not just reading training logs!
I just hope we didn't push you into a bad decision haha  :uhhhfacepalm:
Nah j/k , awesome that you took it, wish it proves to be better than any expectation!

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Take the job.

A) This:
i dunno, maybe i should take the job. worse comes to worst i really do hate it and leave after three months. best case scenario, the people are great and i'm learning new stuff and i have time and motivation on the side to start looking around.
You will never know how it is unless you get it. It is always totally different outside the job than inside the job. You can still find out if the urge to go the other path is so strong while being in that job. The opposite is not valid, you'll never know what opportunities and experiences and abilities and lessons could be earned in there, unless you take it.

B) You don't NEED the money, i get it. But what if tomorrow you do need them? Things happen and and everything changes in a split second. Not just for bad things (knock wood).

I would not take it only if i felt that most probably id hate it very soon , so id have to leave them and all the time and hope they invested would be wasted. Not sure if that is the case with that job, how much training someone needs to get full productive etc. If anyone qualified can do it, ok. But if it needs a lot of training, making them spend time to teach you the job and build hope that they found a key team member while you feel you will most probably leave it, idk , it  would seem a bit unethical to me.

2c

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 27, 2020, 08:17:06 am »
26 November

Easy run 9K @ 57:22

This was paced 'fast-ish easy' (5:50) for the first 5K  , then 'long-slow' (7:00) for the last 4K.
Knees randomly bugged, i think it is irrelevant with pace etc. I also now hurt at calves and also lower, pretty close to the ankle, uh-oh probably the Achilles tendon? Scared to even type it lol.
I guess everything is some kind of fatigue/stress pain, my body [complaining about / adapting to] higher mileage.
Keeping an eye on everything but not stressing about it, Tomorrow im up for fast tempo eyeing some season PRs.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 26, 2020, 05:05:36 am »
25 November

C1a : STIFF LEG DEADLIFT : 10 @ 25kg ( new exercise )
C1b : OVERHEAD PRESS / UPRIGHT ROWS : 10 @ 25kg
C1c : BICEP CURLS : 10 @ 25g
C1d : CHAIR TRICEP DIPS x 12
C1 info : 8 rounds ( +1 round )

One more exercise per circuit and 1 extra round in total. Nice.
C1b was OHP in the first 4 rounds and upright rows in the next 4.
OHP getting easier, should have put more reps in. Curls still too hard at this weight.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: November 25, 2020, 03:46:57 am »
24 November

Run 8K @ 55:14

Goal was to go at a steady pace that felt just a little slower than 'long slow run' for whatever distance brings me close to 1h.
Worked great, average pace landed at 6:54 pace which is just there.

Knees made their presence known around 40 minutes in but just that. Didn't hurt at all afterwards. They hurt now that i woke up next morning. So weird.
Still haven't stretched a single minute, what a dumbass!

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