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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 17, 2020, 12:47:19 pm »
Tue (15/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: n/a

Rack DL 6x120, 6x145, 6x150(hook), 1x165(hook), 8x140
Cable Row 3x8x95
   
Notes:
Skipped the T-rows .. i think they're a low quality exercise .. as soon as i increase the weight from 40kg to 42.5kg the balance is thrown off and then i feel like im on my toes. will do proper rows eventually but right now im focusing on DLs. I noticed reviewing the video (please check insta) that i set up with a flat back but by the time i break the bar off the ground my hips go up to where there should be and yet my chest remains where it was previously - so i think i should just set up at where my body wants to be then my chest will be in the correct place relative to my hips? on theory that's what i have come up with .. no idea if it works out in practice.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 13, 2020, 12:41:37 pm »
Sun (13/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 97.8kg

OHP 6x50, 5x60.5, 5x61.5, 4x5x60.5
DBOHP 3x6x27.5
Chins 6x4x3kg @ 98.3kg (bad rom on the latter reps of last two sets)
 
Notes:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 12, 2020, 04:35:17 am »
Fri (11/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW: 97.8kg

BS 1x120, 1x130, 6x2x115
FS 8x40, 8x50, 8x60
Treadmill Run - 20 mins
 
Notes:
So the DOMS from those heavy pulls finally caught up with me yesterday. had crazy erector doms all day and the squats were brutal .. lol .. i literally used to be able to do 20 reps with 110kg and now im making a meal out of 115kg doubles! so funny. but it's a new world, new normal with heavy pulls in the mix im no longer a squat specialist .. which is a good thing imho .. deadlifts deserve to be a staple in all around general training more so than squats which i think are more for athleticism (and im not an athlete anymore).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 10, 2020, 03:16:41 am »
Wed (10/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 31/31
BW: 97.3kg

BP 6x70(paused), 9x3x90
Incline DB BP 3x8x32.5
Dips 3x8x10kg
 
Notes:
The rows (mainly cable, i think) on back days are beating up my upper back enough that it's siginicantly affecting bench presses on bench day. So instead of RPE 8-9 each rep feels like RPE 9-10.

Also i just want to point out that i havent seen any upper chest growth. which means in the past when i did have some muscle up there, it was from a different source, maybe cos i used to mostly paused benching? im doing everythign else the same (incline dumbell presses, dips) otherwise, the only other thing it could be is flat db bench perhaps but i feel like that's more or less redundant when doing dumbell incline bench and barbell flat but i could be wrong.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 08, 2020, 01:50:12 am »
Mon (7/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 29/29
BW: 97.5kg

Rack Pull 6x100, 6x120, 6x140, 6x145(hook),1x157.5(hook), 8x135
T-row 3x10x42.5
Cable Row 3x8x90
   
Notes:
I didnt do daily cardio yesterday for the first time in months .. just been feeling a small to medium level of anxiety the last 3-4 days and i thought it might be time to back off a little .. it was nonstop .. day or night .. its scary b/c that's how it feels when i go into flutter but i feel fine today. will work on the self care. meditation, sleep hygiene, etc. just need to make a plan for it

i just want to point out the majority of the pulls were done wrong .. i checked the video and my back was rounded and ugly af. i think in the previous sessions i'd used the side mirror to check my back wassetup flat before pulling .. but during this workout there were a bunch of youths obcuring the view. it seems if i use the mirror in the warmup sets i kind of can do without it but if i dont use the mirror at all in the warmups it leads to horrible pulls throughout.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 06, 2020, 04:42:45 am »
Sat (5/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 27/27
BW: 97.5kg

OHP 6x50, 5x60, 5x61, 4x5x60
DBOHP 3x8x25
Chins 6x3x2.5kg
 
Notes:
That was hard ohp day.. even warmups. Was a struggle to even get any one rep

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 05, 2020, 01:26:56 am »
i'll choose to believe that coges, thank you. i wish i had video of when i used to do them years back .. used to use a lot of weight and i dont remember rom being a problem. to be fair i might have been doing them with shit rom but now i cant even lol.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 03, 2020, 11:14:50 am »
Thu (3/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 25/25
BW: 96.6kg

BS 3x110, 3x112.5, 3x115, 3x112.5, 3x110, 6x110
Calf Raises (smith was taken did them with barbell which i had like zero rom .. weird how age does that to you)
Bike 25mins @ 10 (PR)
Treadmill Run 7:30
 
Notes:
lifted before doing cardio, that works better than the other way around.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 01, 2020, 11:42:10 pm »
Tue (1/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 23/23
BW: 96.6kg

BP 6x70, 3x88.5, 6x2x90
Incline DB BP 3x10x30
Dips 3x10x7.5kg

Notes:
Went up +1kg from last weeks 5x5x87.5kg - and it was not going to happen .. so started a new cycle with 90kg.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 30, 2020, 12:22:53 am »
Sun (29/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 21/21
BW: 96.6kg

Rack DL 6x100, 6x120, 5x135, 5x140(hook), 1x150(hook), 8x130
T-row 3x10x41.25kg
Cable Row 6x85, 3x8x85

Notes:
LBSS came through with that tip .. im loving this exercise. I even had a gym bro check my form and he said he was happy with my back .. he said i go a bit forward at the start of the exercise but apart from that my back looked solid. I found last workout at 140kg my brain was getting the signal from my grip that it was too heavy and i could barely budge the bar so i thought to try hook for the heaviest sets and it worked well. Kind of exciting .. want to hit some major milestone by year end .. 170kg? 180kg? something like that would be cool.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 28, 2020, 01:26:51 am »
Fri (28/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 19/19
BW: 97.2kg

OHP 6x50, 5x59.5, 5x60.5, 3x5x59.5, 7x60(PR)
DB OHP 5x27.5, 5x27.5, 8x25
Chinup @ 100, 6x3x2.75kg
LPD 3 sets

Notes:
draining workout .. and it got too late and i went to get fast food (HJs), the girl threw in free onion rings, nuggets, fries and i been good for about 3 weeks, so it's ok once a while but it was unplanned. i feel a lot better these days from eating clean.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 28, 2020, 01:22:53 am »
Thanks guys. I don't like treadmill walking b/c i find it more challenging/fatiguing for legs than heart and lungs. The fatigue adds up chronically b/c i end up doing htem daily and it eventually becomes overwhelming. 

I should do more walking outdoors though, Coges, I have some really nice parks close to home but i rarely go these days. Will do it for the insta likes maybe lol

With the bike i can work my heart and lungs pretty good each time. What i could do though, on days i lift lower body - save the cardio for the end. Cos that way it wont disrupt the lifting too much. I can still do them prior on upper days?

Im slowly introducing treadmill running however. Last week i did a 5 minute run (lol) and it completely destroyed my right calf (!!) .. i was getting that pump/fatigue. will bump up to 10 mins this week, and gradually work up to 20 mins a week. At ~100kg bw it's pretty challenging doing any running ...

i also want to add in HIIT .. but im easing myself into it by just doing harder bike work because that has to be the staple. Im hoping HIIT will take a couple of inches off my waist ..it usually does that very quickly when i add it in (thru pickup basketball which mimics intervals kinda).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 26, 2020, 01:19:23 am »
Wed (25/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 17/17
BW: 96.0kg

BS 6x105, 6x102.5, 4x6x100
Calf Raises x 3 sets
KB side bends 3 x 15 x 24kg

Notes:
Well that was brutal. Finding a new baseline for squatting after adding heavy pulls and harder cardio. Was supposed to go for 6x6x105 had to drop down to 100 to get sets of 6s across. will just assume i started a new exercise. it goes to show how easily you can fool yourself into thinking you're doing well with squats when you dont do any pullingn or cardio ....

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 23, 2020, 12:54:42 pm »
Mon (24/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 15/15
BW: 96.4kg

BP 5x5x87.5
Incline DBBP  6-8x32.5, 8x30
Dips  10,8,7F x 5kg
 
Notes:
I think that 5x5 is a PR but im not 100%. doesn't matter, will be going up to the 90kg goal weight next time and starting a new cycle.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 22, 2020, 12:59:02 am »
bw has stabilised since i started eating clean .. im finishing 2 weeks today. if i get to day 22 it will become more or less automatic. keen for that. trying to get the body recomposition from cardio .. ive bumped the bike difficulty setting from 8 to 9 which is challenging .. gets my HR around 130-140bpm. Also meaning to start running but since recovery is so strained atm .. im not sure where to slot it in .. it makes sense to put it into leg or back day - but - those days are already gruelling training wise.

kind of drawn to the idea of playing pickup but it's still covid and i dont really want to risk my loved ones. will wait it out

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