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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5040 on: September 25, 2020, 03:03:24 am »
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Thu (24/9/2020)
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OHP 6x50, 5x54.5, 5x55, 5x55, 5x54.5, 5x54.5, 6x54.5
DBOHP 5x27.5, 7x25, 9x22.5
Chinup 6x3xBW
 
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Assistance to bench day, it's been 12 days  since the last one? im never going to make progress at this rate.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5041 on: September 25, 2020, 08:13:20 am »
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what got in the way of working out?
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5042 on: September 28, 2020, 03:23:23 am »
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Quote from: LBSS on September 25, 2020, 08:13:20 am
what got in the way of working out?

getting old? im not sure, i go to the gym every day but most workouts are just 20 mins on the bike, empty bar squats/ohp/bp and im out. then with the rotation of squat, bench, ohp and back days, it goes around 10-14 days between the last day the same workout was done.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5043 on: September 28, 2020, 03:27:08 am »
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BW:

BS 6x3x90
T-bar DL 8x85, 8x90
T-bar row 8x50, 8x55
 
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Had to rush out and skipped ab work
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5044 on: September 28, 2020, 05:45:13 am »
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Quote from: maxent on September 28, 2020, 03:23:23 am
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what got in the way of working out?

getting old? im not sure, i go to the gym every day but most workouts are just 20 mins on the bike, empty bar squats/ohp/bp and im out. then with the rotation of squat, bench, ohp and back days, it goes around 10-14 days between the last day the same workout was done.

Man why so long between proper sessions?
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5045 on: September 28, 2020, 06:19:34 am »
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Man why so long between proper sessions?

Good question. i dont know. after such a 'proper session', i usually go several days (sometimes 3-5) til the next one, b/c ive become quite conservative and dont tackle another proper workout til i feel i've recovered or maybe it's a mental thing... i havent really thought about it. it's also a consequence of not having a set program that has me doing X on day Y.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5046 on: September 28, 2020, 11:12:53 am »
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BP 3x82.5, 3x85, 3x82.5, 3x82, 3x81.5, 3x81.5
Incline DBBP 7x30, 9x27.5, 11x25
Dips 3x12xBW
 
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This was a rough session as expected because my last proper workout was 2 days ago and given the recent discussion i thought to try pushing the issue.

i should make a note here that today i weighed 91kg in the gym. this is obviously cause for concern given my history. it's not like i havent started a new me thing every monday, 1st of hte month, birthday etc, i just dont have the follow through anymore. kind of demotivated by lack of progress over the last 18 months.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5047 on: September 28, 2020, 07:09:16 pm »
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Quote from: Coges on September 28, 2020, 05:45:13 am
Man why so long between proper sessions?

Good question. i dont know. after such a 'proper session', i usually go several days (sometimes 3-5) til the next one, b/c ive become quite conservative and dont tackle another proper workout til i feel i've recovered or maybe it's a mental thing... i havent really thought about it. it's also a consequence of not having a set program that has me doing X on day Y.

I was actually doing a similar thing recently. Mine was two things. No program and no motivation. I got a shot in the arm though recently. My wife asked me what my max deadlift was. She trains crossfit and is starting to get an idea of what actual strong people can lift these days. I told her it was 180 and, I kid you not, she was like "oh....I thought it was more like 200" haha. Part of me was thinking 180 is good (which it is) but the other part of me was thinking what I was capable of if I actually put in some consistent long term effort.

You need to get back on it mate. You're thinking about your lack of progress but think about what you are capable of and what you can still get after.

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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5048 on: October 01, 2020, 12:17:12 pm »
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Fri (1/10/2020)
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Daily Training:
BW: 91.5kg

OHP 6x50, 5x55, 5x55.5, 5x56, 5x55, 5x55, 6x55
DBOHP 3x8x25
Chinup 6x4xBW
 
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Assistance to bench day, okay. Was too drained to do anything more after the chins, barely got thru them at all.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5049 on: October 01, 2020, 12:20:35 pm »
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Quote from: Coges on September 28, 2020, 07:09:16 pm
I was actually doing a similar thing recently. Mine was two things. No program and no motivation. I got a shot in the arm though recently. My wife asked me what my max deadlift was. She trains crossfit and is starting to get an idea of what actual strong people can lift these days. I told her it was 180 and, I kid you not, she was like "oh....I thought it was more like 200" haha. Part of me was thinking 180 is good (which it is) but the other part of me was thinking what I was capable of if I actually put in some consistent long term effort.

Yes!! Those are the kinds of motivation you need to push to the next level. I haven't got anything like that atm, i used to train to become the rec league Lebron but that seems an eternity ago now.

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You need to get back on it mate. You're thinking about your lack of progress but think about what you are capable of and what you can still get after.
been doing this week, so far so good. not sure how long i can keep it up but it feels do-able, if difficult. i guess i got a little too comfortable, staying out of that 'very uncomfortable' place you need to be to push to the next level. i dont know if im ready for all that yet, but gradually ramping it up, maybe i can get there again. thanks for the motivation!
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5050 on: October 04, 2020, 06:37:42 am »
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BW: <91.5kg>

BS 6x4x90
T-bar DL 6x60, 8x80 (small handles), 8x100kg(large handle)
T-Bar row 3x8x60kg
Cable Row 3x12x50kg

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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5051 on: October 06, 2020, 04:04:50 am »
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BW: <91.6kg>

BP 6x4x80
IDBBP 0x32.5, 8x30, 8x30, 10x27.5
Dips 3x12x2.5kg

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Fatigue is def a factor now, but im still progressing thankfully. I couldn't get the 32.5kg dbs up lol. is there a trick to it? im doing a kick thing but i still cant start the set. i feel like if i could start the set i'd get at least a couple of reps but since i cant, it's fail. Do ppl get spotted into place on this or what? im just too weak? is there an exercise i can do to improve my 0th rep?
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5052 on: October 06, 2020, 08:26:03 am »
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What is IDBBP?

With the dumbbells I place them on my knees and heave them up. The heaviest I've gone lately is 36kg with db's and it's harder getting the db's up then doing the first couple of reps!
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5053 on: October 06, 2020, 09:23:21 am »
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sorry, incline db bench press. i think i could get them up on flat bench because the kick can be stronger using the knee, but i only do flat barbell bench and incline db bench, there is hardly any kick on the incline db bench.

i wouldn't mind doing flat bench db work but then workouts will end up too long (they already are)! but maybe that's the answer? if so it willl have to wait, need to get my barbell bench somewhere respectable (90kg worksets) before i switch up. for assistance db flat is kind of redundant but incline gives more variety/stimulus .. so i thought?
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5054 on: October 07, 2020, 09:15:56 am »
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There is carry over between flat bench and db bench, but if you want to get strong at db bench you'd be better off just focusing on db bench over bb flat bench. One of my old team mates from rugby has bad shoulders so he can't do anything over 100kg on flat bench because it puts too much pressure on his shoulders. Yet he can rep out 50kg dbs.
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