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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4275 on: April 21, 2018, 02:47:17 am »
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BW: 89.9
Activity: 7
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 11/11
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest. Switching to EOD on half dose of bisoprolol, skipping today, will take it tmr and until i run out (about a week).
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4276 on: April 21, 2018, 11:56:52 pm »
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BW: 89.9
Activity: 5.5
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 12/12
Mobility: T
Skill work: T

Visibly leaner today even tho weight is stable. Training today.

Bike - 20 mins (Fasted)

BS 6x120, 1x150, 1x157.5, 2x150B
Paused BS 6x110(PR i think), 5x120(PR)
Max Effort RVJ jumps ~ 15 of them
Bike Intervals - 5min (30s on, 30s off)
Bike - 20 mins
Back Xtn - 12x70kg

Notes:
Legs were not interested in squatting heavy today as i discovered when the 150kg EOD min felt heavier than it should on a day you want to push a max single. But i managed 157.5kg all the same, was put off by a dude walking by at just the right time as i was gna do the rep. Thanks dude. Then thought i could get a rep PR with 150kg with a belt and just no, not today im afraid. I remembered Lance advice to do something else for a PR on days like this and thankfully paused squats fit the equation just right. If i want to continue progressing my single weekly i need to figure out a way to go to heavy days fresher though, maybe skip the fasted cardio earlier in the day?
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4277 on: April 22, 2018, 11:50:56 pm »
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BW: 89.9
Activity:
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 13/13
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest. One of these days im going to wake up sub 89kg but ive been stuck at 89.9 as a floor for what seems a long time.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4278 on: April 24, 2018, 01:48:42 am »
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BW: 90.3
Activity: 7.2
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 1/1
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Training upper and recovery lower today.

BS 6x120(p0), 1x152.5
BP 5x90, 4Fx90, 5x88.5
Dips 5x103(+10kg), 5x105(+12kg), 5x107(+14), 5x109(+16), 8xBW(91.1)
Bike - 8.5km in 20 minutes
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4279 on: April 25, 2018, 02:28:27 am »
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BW: 89.9
Activity:
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 2/2
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest. Not sure if im getting fitter or it's just tapering off the BB but i dont find myself breathing so much doing things. Can't wait to finish up. Had a scare yesterday when i had to roll the bar down my body b/c the safety pins no longer suit me (ive gotten fatter :@) and it led to some bruising/soreness .. which i was worried about internal bleeding and anticoagulants. Yikes. But it was okay. Just waste of a night and subsequent day, went to hospital at 12:30am  came home at 3am and didnt fall asleep til 5.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4280 on: April 25, 2018, 08:44:50 pm »
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BW: 89.9
Activity:
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 2/2
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest. Not sure if im getting fitter or it's just tapering off the BB but i dont find myself breathing so much doing things. Can't wait to finish up. Had a scare yesterday when i had to roll the bar down my body b/c the safety pins no longer suit me (ive gotten fatter :@) and it led to some bruising/soreness .. which i was worried about internal bleeding and anticoagulants. Yikes. But it was okay. Just waste of a night and subsequent day, went to hospital at 12:30am  came home at 3am and didnt fall asleep til 5.

Man that sucks. Glad you're ok though.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4281 on: April 26, 2018, 12:26:08 am »
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BW: 89.9
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Diet Compliance: 2/2
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest. Not sure if im getting fitter or it's just tapering off the BB but i dont find myself breathing so much doing things. Can't wait to finish up. Had a scare yesterday when i had to roll the bar down my body b/c the safety pins no longer suit me (ive gotten fatter :@) and it led to some bruising/soreness .. which i was worried about internal bleeding and anticoagulants. Yikes. But it was okay. Just waste of a night and subsequent day, went to hospital at 12:30am  came home at 3am and didnt fall asleep til 5.

Man that sucks. Glad you're ok though.

Thanks but it was nothing lol. Surprised it took me this long to have an 'incident', but almost 9 weeks in, it tells me i dont wanna be on meds, it doesnt suit my lifestyle .. esp at 34. Cant wait to stop taking them, only have 4 doses left of the bb that im taking on training days, then i will stop the anticoagulant maybe a week after that. So looking forward to being drug free..
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4282 on: April 26, 2018, 12:27:14 am »
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BW: 89.9
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Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 1/1
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Reset the diet compliance counter, i had chocolate+popcorn yesterday while watching Isle of Dogs(btw if you love dogs you must watch this film i loved it!) and just wanna get back to 100% clean. Training today .. volume squats. Think im solidly under 90kg but this is prob the leanest ive felt lately tho obviously the last workout failed bench with pins set at my normal indicate otherwise.

Fasted Bike 7km in 20mins

BS 6x120(p0), 1x152.5, 1x145
Bike 8km in 21mins

Notes:
I weighed myself after gym and i was sub 90kg and at the gym i was around 91.3kg which means i MAY not be very far from the goal of 87.5kg as my weight ceiling if all of this is not transient. I base this on the observation shoes+food+drink+clothes add about 2.5kg to my morning bw.

 Today was a tough day in the gym. Could not rep 145kg, i wanted to do doubles b/c i didnt think i could do a proper 5x5 day. The cardio might be part of it but im addicted now so i wont stop lol. I didnt push the issue, will try again saturday is all.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4283 on: April 27, 2018, 02:20:42 am »
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BW: 90.1
Activity:
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 1/1
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest. May put up some shots today
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4284 on: April 27, 2018, 11:19:42 pm »
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BW: 90
Activity:
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 2/2
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Training. Did some calculations and im considering an RSR squat cycle with 145kg raw. That's 80% of 180kg. But since i train EOD im not sure i'll be using it every other day tho. or will i? Hmm.

BS 6x120(p1), 1x152.5, 2x145, 5x1x145
Bike 10km in 19:33 (PR)
Bike 10 min cooldown
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4285 on: April 29, 2018, 12:20:48 am »
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BW: 89.8
Activity:
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Diet Compliance: 3/3
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4286 on: April 30, 2018, 12:04:59 am »
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BW: 90
Activity: 8.5
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 1/1
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Training today

BS 6x120(p0), 1x152.5
OHP 4x60, 6x2x62.5
Chinup 3x101(+8kg), 4x101, 6xBW(92)
Bike - 8km in 20mins
Curls 5x5
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4287 on: May 01, 2018, 12:37:57 am »
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BW: 89.5
Activity: 6.5
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 2/2
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Rest.  Scale breakthrough .. only 2 kg to the goal of 87.5kg.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4288 on: May 01, 2018, 12:49:05 am »
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I returned my Alivecor. I enjoyed using the device but for $200 AUD it was a ripoff. Ordered an oximeter and it came yesterday .. cost about $30 off ebay and im much happier with it. I always had an optical reader on my wrist band but those things are USELESS and i dont consider it any better than a random number generator given a localised seed.



Can use it at the gym etc without any issues that i had with the alivecor esp when active (between bouts).  I checked my HR after the heavy squat and my HR was 145 immediately after the set. Used it while doing exercise bike and i saw i was in that 100-120 bpm range for the ride. Looking forward to friday when i'll use it for basketball training and wednesday when i do HIIT intervals on the bike. Eventually i wanna start sprinting regularly too but the last time i did them it didnt go well so im going to keep working on my heart and lungs til i feel im ready to get back to track work. Exciting stuff.

I made a thread about it elsewhere but basketball is pretty heavy on the heart, most of the game is played at 85% of max HR. Or between 160-180 bpm for most male players. Im probably on the higher side (and more so) cos my Adrenalin jacks up like crazy during games. To be an athletic basketball player i needed to do a ton more conditioning preparation than most ppl b/c im slower and unathletic compared to the majority of players. Lifting gives me a strength surplus but the missing part of my training was i badly needed a fitness surplus to give me a competitive edge given my limitations as an athlete.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4289 on: May 02, 2018, 12:10:14 am »
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BW: 89.4
Activity: 10
Misc: n/a
Diet Compliance: 3/3
Mobility: T
Skill work: F

Training today.

BS 6x120(p0), 2x140, 1x152.5, 1x160
RVJ Jumps ~ 15
Bike 10km in 20 mins
Bike 10min warmdown
Back Xtn 12x75, 3x5x90

Notes:
When the 140kg double felt maximal what chance did i have for squatting 160kg? I managed but it was messy AF. This equals my raw PR from december but back then i did it on a platform whereas this time it was rubber. Form was cleaner then, unacceptable this time. Used knee sleeves, didnt back then. Not happy about my shithouse squat. i just didnt have the abdominal strength to lock out the rep without getting folded over and goodmorning the rep. Not sure what i can do about that, my lack of ab strength is severely restricting squats and i'd say even overhead exercises like pressing.

Not jumping as high as i was last winter. Not even close. What i could SVJ back then im struggling to equal of a max effort RVJ! What happened? Getting old? Fat? Something else?

Pushed the envelope on the bike. My HR hit a cosy 175 in the sprint phase (first 5 mins) and i kept it above 165 for the entire 20 minutes. Feeling okay. Keep improving from here.
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