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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4860 on: December 31, 2019, 10:17:49 am »
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Quote from: adarqui on December 29, 2019, 09:20:23 pm
don't let training make u ashamed. fu*k that shit. relax & have fun.

pc!

so true.  i started creatine yesterday (monday) so im hoping it will kick in about a week and i'll find it easier to recover, train and progress. hopefully! happy new year.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4861 on: December 31, 2019, 10:19:50 am »
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BW: 77.8kg

Recovery BS 6x2x90
OHP 10 sets, 3x5x50, 7x4x50
Chins 10 sets

Did a carb up and started creatine with dinner. i will continue 'cutting' for a week to offset any weight gain from the creatine. Then diet break and make some training progress for about 3 weeks.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4862 on: December 31, 2019, 10:22:04 pm »
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Wednesday (1/1/2020)
BW: 77.8kg

Squats & running tonight.
BS 3x90, 1x105, FS 6x40, 6x50, 6x60
Run 2.5km in <15mins, 2.5km > 15min

Plan for the rest of summer
 Sometime next week (hopefully early) i want to see the scale hit sub 77kg. That's the signal to stop cutting, do a carb refeed and go on a diet break where I maintain my bodyweight for 3 weeks while focusing on training improvements across the board in running and lifting. A concrete goal is to squat 120kg for a single and run a 25min 5km by the end of the break. After 3 weeks, resume cutting to 75kg. Stop there and aim to end the summer at a lean, athletic, fit 77.5kg. That's my genetic/natural max bodyweight and i will never forget it again.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4863 on: January 01, 2020, 10:33:43 pm »
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Thursday (2/1/2020)
BW: 77.8kg

Man i must admit front squats might have revived my interest in squatting. maybe i need to refollow my old path which included FS, using oly shoes, sleeves, belts, etc to get to where i was in april. All of those helped before so they might do the same now. But FS has me exicted. may stick to one BS workout a week, one FS one and two recovery ones.

here is a breakdown of my 250m splits for last night
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1st 5:11 1:18 98 --- 6▲ 0▼ +6 0
2nd 5:09 1:17 135 --- 0▲ 2▼ -2 0
3rd 5:33 1:23 150 --- 0▲ 9▼ -9 0
4th 5:37 1:24 150 --- 4▲ 1▼ +3 0
5th 5:44 1:26 152 --- 2▲ 2▼ 0 0
6th 5:44 1:26 151 --- 1▲ 6▼ -5 0
7th 5:46 1:26 151 --- 1▲ 2▼ -1 0
8th 6:04 1:31 150 --- 2▲ 1▼ +1 0
9th 6:15 1:34 149 --- 9▲ 0▼ +9 0
10th 6:30 1:37 148 --- 12▲ 0▼ +12 0
seems performance fell off in the 3rd 250m  considreign it was a pretty steep downhill. so for short term progress im going to try get as many of these 250m splits close to 5:00 pace. i also want to mark out this run so i can visually see whether im on pace or not.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4864 on: January 02, 2020, 11:18:20 pm »
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Friday (3/1/2020)
BW: 77.6kg

bother just realised I forgot to take creatine yesterday, not quite a habit just yet. Bench tonight.
Recovery BS 6x2x90
BP 6x70, 1x77.5, 1x80, 2x75, 3x72.5, 5x70, 5x70
Dips 3x8x10, 10xBW

Another bad bench session but at least I got BW. For a single. And made it hard 😩
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4865 on: January 04, 2020, 12:18:07 am »
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Saturday (3/1/2020)
BW: 77.7kg

I decided that in 2020 i'd do double digit reps on daily pushup sets. So i'd been doing 11s. But now creatine and lightweight status is upon me, i think 12s make more sense.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4866 on: January 04, 2020, 11:20:15 pm »
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Sunday (5/1/2020)
BW: 77.7kg

Big squat day today (6x6) but not feeling all that great physically. lets see how it goes. also forgot creatine again last night. but ive def gained some weight cos im stabilising >77.5kg.
BS 6x6x90

That was brutal but i made sure to remain super stiff into the descent and didn't exhale until the last 1/3rd of the rep. Technique improvements are welcome but this should NOT be that hard all the same, im sure my PR for 6 reps at a lower bw is 130x6kg @ 77.5kg so i have work to do yet.

Did a massive carb reload tonight.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4867 on: January 05, 2020, 09:33:28 pm »
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Monday (6/1/2020)
BW: 79.5kg

wooo that massive refeed has me gaining 2kg overnight!  :headbang:. Next up is the big 5x5x100kg milestone. in two minds whether to start a diet break or do another week to get sub 77kg. will go by feel
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4868 on: January 07, 2020, 12:10:00 pm »
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Weds (8/1/2020)

BS 6x2x90
OHP 6x50, 4Fx50, 5x5x50
Chinup 5x5xBW
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4869 on: January 10, 2020, 12:37:22 pm »
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Friday (10/1/2020)

BS 3x5x100, 3x5x97.5

Progress is nice but hard to believe how challenging these squats are. No longer banking on creatine  .. just have to accept this is the new normal.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4870 on: January 11, 2020, 01:49:13 am »
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Quote from: maxent on January 10, 2020, 12:37:22 pm
Friday (10/1/2020)

BS 3x5x100, 3x5x97.5

Progress is nice but hard to believe how challenging these squats are. No longer banking on creatine  .. just have to accept this is the new normal.

You're making progress. It always feels hard when you're coming back from where you used to be.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4871 on: January 12, 2020, 11:29:56 am »
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Sunday (12/1/2020)

Recovery BS 6x2x90
BP 6x70, 5x72.5, 5x75, 5x72.5, 5x70, 5x70
Dips 10x10kg, 10x7.5kg, 10x6.25kg, 10xBW

Nothing good about this workout, shitty form on the bench, questionable depth on the dips..
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4872 on: January 12, 2020, 11:41:04 am »
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Quote from: Mutumbo000 on January 11, 2020, 01:49:13 am
You're making progress. It always feels hard when you're coming back from where you used to be.

i havent really made any progress .. it just seems that way because i started 'conservatively'.. and then ran into stalls much earlier than i should have .. and im still struggling with the reality that that is the new status quo. maybe in 6 months i'll look back and be in a better place but right now im working too hard for too little to show for it
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4873 on: January 14, 2020, 11:35:01 am »
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Tuesday (14/1/2020)

Recovery BS 6x2x100 (PR,+10kg)
Run/Walk - 30 mins

I was planning on doing 6 sets of 5 at 100kg. That become a recovery, my heart was acting weird and i didn't push the agenda. It started after i took 100mg of caffeine. 100mg the entire day. Nothing makes sense except i had a terrible night of sleep and have been kinda stressed out today. Seems those latter two things in addition to weighing 83.something in the gym. I thought as long i was <=85kg i'd be safe but im wrong.
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« Reply #4874 on: January 17, 2020, 02:00:04 am »
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Thursday (16/1/2020)

Recovery BS 6x2x100
OHP 6x6x50
Chinup 8x5xBW(non full ROM on the last 2 reps of each set)
Jump rope

I can understand why i detrained lower body but why am i struggling to rep 50kg on ohp. 2 more days of diet break. it was a trainwreck tbh.
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