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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3765 on: June 15, 2017, 07:44:28 am »
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I also havent been taking creatine during the layoff and im not sure if theres any point going back on it. Maybe later down the line, idk, i have some awesomely mediocre ratios atm that it seems pointless. Anyway.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #3766 on: June 15, 2017, 08:15:20 pm »
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Quote from: maxent on June 15, 2017, 06:01:18 am
Quote from: Coges on June 15, 2017, 02:53:18 am
Dude you're overthinking it. Why not train hard and to perform whatever you need to perform? Not a rhetorical question. Actually why not? I ask myself the same question all the time and I can't find a good enough answer as to why I don't do this.

if i rephrased it as gain 5kg of bw to add 10kg to the bar, then diet off 2.5kg of fat; repeat. it wouldn't seem that overthinky .. ha

Sounds much better haha. Reading it back my post sounds a bit harsh which wasn't the intention.
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« Reply #3767 on: June 15, 2017, 11:41:56 pm »
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Quote from: Coges on June 15, 2017, 02:53:18 am
Dude you're overthinking it. Why not train hard and to perform whatever you need to perform? Not a rhetorical question. Actually why not? I ask myself the same question all the time and I can't find a good enough answer as to why I don't do this.

if i rephrased it as gain 5kg of bw to add 10kg to the bar, then diet off 2.5kg of fat; repeat. it wouldn't seem that overthinky .. ha

Do you think +5/10kg to BP/squat is equal to 2.5kg of muscle? Also are you planning on doing a more bodybuilding oriented program? Your current workout logs seem a lot more powerlifting oriented and I think it will take a really long time to build 10kg muscle with them. In fact 10kg muscle seems kind of ridiculous. That's more muscle than I've built since I started lifting like 4.5 years ago and most of that is newbie gains
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« Reply #3768 on: June 16, 2017, 01:58:26 am »
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Bodyweight: 84.6kg
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You now those doms after the first squat workout after a layoff. The kind that kick in on the warmup sets of the next workout? I still managed to squat heavy despite them but those doms need to go away now, i have a volume squat session planned for tmr. Will try tricks like icing etc.
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« Reply #3769 on: June 16, 2017, 02:18:01 am »
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What cardio are you not getting/trying to get?
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« Reply #3770 on: June 16, 2017, 11:16:45 pm »
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Bodyweight: 85.2kg
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BS 6x100, 2x130, 0Fx145(lol)
RDL 6x100, 6x120, 6x110
1arm rows machine
pickup bball
pickup cricket
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« Reply #3771 on: June 19, 2017, 03:20:42 am »
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IMO, just do sprint blocks for cardio. Its fast, not steady stste so you dont adapt, and shreds fat.
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« Reply #3772 on: June 19, 2017, 10:30:20 am »
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Bodyweight: 85.2kg
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New week, new me. Watch this space..
BS 3x130, 2x132.5, 3x132.5B, 2x132.5B, 3x130B, 2x130B

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didnt get a chance to bench or sprint or .. you get the point. lol. So i did 15 reps with 130kg+. I need that to become 5x5x140kg asap. Intermediate step may be to go for something like 5x5x135kg?
I did get my fresh start on the nutrition front though. Now i just have to replicate it n+1 and so on.
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« Reply #3773 on: June 19, 2017, 10:44:39 pm »
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Now that im off creatine and planning on hitting 6k units of activity daily, i shud see the scale move towards 82.5kg hopefully. Need to start doing cardio too to help with that.
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« Reply #3774 on: June 21, 2017, 01:24:48 am »
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Bodyweight: 84kg
Activity: 4300 (at 2025, unlikely to go over 5k)
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Struggling to make 6k units on off days but today is a training day. So shud be do-able. If the weather holds up maybe some running. Failing that, it may be time to dust off the old treadmill
Paused BP 3x3x85, 2x86(PR), 2x87(PR), 2x88(PR)
Partial BP 5x80, 5x80 (i think)
BS skip (between gym memberships)
Plate goblet squat bullshit 3x6 or so
CND - TM 10 mins ~1km (PRRR)
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« Reply #3775 on: June 22, 2017, 12:55:58 am »
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Bodyweight: 84kg
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off day
Partial BP made my pec sore af. Idk why doing partials has that affect but i think it's isolated or kept the tension on pecs and limited contribution from triceps? The reason im doing these, i was watching some videos of good benchers training and they dont fully lock out etc so i thought to try it.
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« Reply #3776 on: June 22, 2017, 11:16:03 pm »
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Bodyweight: 83.9kg (PR!)
Activity: 10k (PR!)
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Joined a new gym for 6 months. Going to be training with a partner for the first time in my life. Need a program now.
Training
BS 3x3x132.5(PR), 3x3x132.5B(PR)
OHP 6x2x60
Hill sprints 2x6x20m(PR; new ex)
Back Xtn 3x8x60 (PR; new ex)

Training with a partner is awesome. We sprinted even tho i prob would have skipped it otherwise. I missed RDLs this week but i havent figured out how to fit them in with back extensions. I think i will get back to 15s with 60kg then maintain and just do RDLs followed by maintenance back xtn.
Nutrition
Did well dietwise this week also, 5 days clean eating. gna treat myself to a cheat meal for the week. dessert - 2 eggs and a slice of swiss cheese on toast, done.
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« Reply #3777 on: June 24, 2017, 01:14:28 am »
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Bodyweight: 83.8kg (PR!)
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Misc: So far no sharp doms but the day is young

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« Reply #3778 on: June 25, 2017, 01:43:33 am »
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I am in two minds whether to train today, or take it off and go hard tmr.
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« Reply #3779 on: June 26, 2017, 12:39:22 am »
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Bodyweight: 84.3kg
Activity: ~8k
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Scale goes up but look leaner. Finished the first week of eating clean successfully. Aiming for 3 weeks before i consider anything accomplished on that front. Training today.
Training
BS 6x2x135(PR)
Paused BP 3x86(PR), 3x87(PR), 3x88(PR), 3x3x85
RDL 7x120, 6x125(PR; new ex)
CURL 2x8x30(PR; new ex)
CND - 1.39km in 10 minutes (PR)
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