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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4875 on: January 18, 2020, 09:11:35 am »
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Saturday (18/1/2020)
BS 6x5x100
Jump rope
Pendlay rows

So wasn't feeling very strong going into the first set of squats and the first set was ugly i might have decided to do triples. But form improvements led to hitting the goal of 6x5x100. I think the combo of working with FS and eating a lot helped. But it doesn't seem worth the cost. Still, progress is progress.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4876 on: January 19, 2020, 06:14:25 am »
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Quote from: maxent on October 29, 2019, 01:32:03 am
Just had a 'wow i did that?' moment. In the summer (~9 months ago), I was capable of squatting 150-180kg every day while being fit enough to run 5km every day (minimum) and i could jump 36" and play ball with perhaps the most skill ive ever had. I was in a way 'in the best shape of my life'. And I didn't make enough of a fuss because i thought greater things were just down the next turn (if i hadnt got injured that was probably true). And all of that at 6'3" 90kg while being 35 years old. I did achieve something great. I have nothing to show of it now but i did that!

I get that feeling as well even though I'm 29 but I feel like I have the body of a 39 year old. I took being able to run 11 second 100m for granted when I didn't have any issues with my achilles and wasn't an overweight slob. However, besides sharing a few race results on adarq.org I have no records of them. I was also able to dunk everyday when I was healthy at 5'11, which is a reasonable achievement. Yet instead of videoing my dunks all I have is one shitty youtube video of dunking on an outdoor court. Same as being able to deadlift 5 plates with minimal deadlift training. I took all of that for granted.

I want to get back to where I used to be. This time I'll appreciate the journey more and get more video footage. Tomorrow is promised to nobody.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4877 on: January 21, 2020, 01:58:41 am »
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Quote from: maxent on October 29, 2019, 01:32:03 am
Just had a 'wow i did that?' moment. In the summer (~9 months ago), I was capable of squatting 150-180kg every day while being fit enough to run 5km every day (minimum) and i could jump 36" and play ball with perhaps the most skill ive ever had. I was in a way 'in the best shape of my life'. And I didn't make enough of a fuss because i thought greater things were just down the next turn (if i hadnt got injured that was probably true). And all of that at 6'3" 90kg while being 35 years old. I did achieve something great. I have nothing to show of it now but i did that!

I get that feeling as well even though I'm 29 but I feel like I have the body of a 39 year old. I took being able to run 11 second 100m for granted when I didn't have any issues with my achilles and wasn't an overweight slob. However, besides sharing a few race results on adarq.org I have no records of them. I was also able to dunk everyday when I was healthy at 5'11, which is a reasonable achievement. Yet instead of videoing my dunks all I have is one shitty youtube video of dunking on an outdoor court. Same as being able to deadlift 5 plates with minimal deadlift training. I took all of that for granted.

I want to get back to where I used to be. This time I'll appreciate the journey more and get more video footage. Tomorrow is promised to nobody.

thanks for this. it resonates with me quite well. i remember when i hurt my foot pretty bad i swore i would get a video of my dunks etc just in case i have another setback. went out and bought a nice camera (4k?) just for this purpose. but ofc it just sat in my drawer 'saving' it because The Time To Use It never came. the funny thing is when i bought the camera i actually was capable of a legit 36" but i though it was nothing and 40" was the only thing worth getting on tape. i always thought the best was yet to come and it never did. maybe it never will, that's the lesson in it all. maybe the right thing was to do what adarqui did, just have a lot of fun and record it all along the way . knowing you're on a journey to find your limits is what we should have been documenting not the ephemeral peak that never came or came but we didn't acknowledge their significance because we become fixated on something that you haven't even attained (yet). 

but in all this gloom i think i found some inspiration .. from all places .. the recent joe rogan podcast w/ pavel. pavel might just have reignited my interest in training .. got a lot of good ideas from him that i really would love to try out. something different .. something old .. something that i haven't tried in the same way. do recommend that podcast to you as well, it's worth a watch.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm0GNWSKzYs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm0GNWSKzYs</a>
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4878 on: January 21, 2020, 04:57:11 am »
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Monday (20/1/2020)
Recovery BS 6x2x100
BP 6x70, 5x77.5, 5x76.5, 5x76, 5x75.5. 4Fx75
Dips 15x5kg, 14FxBW, 14FxBW

I liked the pendlay rows from last time. i like the idea of chasing a goal like 100kg pendlay rows. And pavel has me convinced i need to incorporate kb training. Esp some kind of dynamic hip hinge exercise. kind of exciting lol.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4879 on: January 23, 2020, 10:01:16 am »
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Thurs (23/1/2020)
BS 6x6x100
SL Rehab - BX 3x10xBW, LX 3x10x20kg

Squats ugly .. which is ok since dirty reps seem to build erector strength which later converts to cleaner form with a stronger back. Will try to do rehab on my R leg more consistently starting today.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4880 on: January 25, 2020, 11:54:02 pm »
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Saturday (25/1/2020)
Recovery BS 6x2x100
OHP 6x50, 4Fx55, 2x57.5, 2x57.5, 3x55, 3x55, 3x55
Chinup 6x2xbw
KB Complex (swings & rows)

the kbs are like a breath of fresh air.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4881 on: January 27, 2020, 11:30:07 am »
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Monday (27/1/2020)
BS 5x5x107.5

Having to take 10 min rests for these.. ha.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4882 on: January 29, 2020, 01:37:40 am »
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Been a rough week, i'm thinking of throwing myself all into training again because it's a good distraction but i remember back that even after taking 3 months off my knees were still beat up after the stupid daily squatting thing (and running) and i don't want to revisit that again  :wowthatwasnutswtf: having said that, i can't help think that for the first 75 days or so i saw the best results and even though i made marginal improvements over the next 75, it was the best time to stop. so maybe i could do THAT. but daily training is hard to modulate .. too easy to dig too deep a hole, i dont mean in what you can do day to day, i mean the long term consequences.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4883 on: January 29, 2020, 09:55:05 am »
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Wed (29/1/2020)
Recovery BS 6x2x100
BP 6x70, 5x79.5, 5x79, 4x79, 5x78.5
Dips 16x5kg, 15x5kg, 15xBW
Pendlay Row 8x50, 8x55, 8x55

Good session.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4884 on: January 31, 2020, 11:11:42 am »
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Fri (31/1/2020)
BS 5x112.5, 5x112.5, 5x115
1A KB swings 3 sets x 16kg
Jump rope

These were brutally hard squats but it's kind of cool that in dec i did a very difficult max at 115kg and now i've repped it for 5 after 2 ME 5x112.5kgs. Tapering off volume now and going to try end this cycle at 5x120kg in the coming non-recovery squat sessions.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4885 on: February 02, 2020, 10:00:14 am »
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Sun (2/2/2020)
Recovery BS 6x100
OHP 6x5x55
Chinup 5x5xBW(84.3kg)
1KB Swing  - 1 set
KB Row 3x12x16kg

Not sure where the OHP progress came from but it was very welcome after stagnating for a looooong time.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4886 on: February 03, 2020, 06:36:03 am »
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That was a great lat workout, got doms. seems volume + full rom on chins finished with kb rows seems to do the trick.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4887 on: February 04, 2020, 11:26:41 am »
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Tue (4/2/2020)
BS 2x5x117.5, FS 10x75
1KB swing 3x30s on, 60s off intervals
Jump rope
Bike - 10 mins

The KB swings are my kind of cardio but the lack of steady state is glaring. So i'm going to try mix it up between running, rowing, kb intervals and bike. That will keep things interesting and fresh without courting RSI. Next non-recovery squat session is the big 5x120kg milestone.

I've realised that i haven't got any goals in mind with FS and that's why im not really doing them regularly. So something like 20x70kg, 20x90kg and 20x100kg are something i can work towards.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4888 on: February 06, 2020, 10:06:40 am »
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Thurs (6/2/2020)
Recovery BS 6x2x100
BP 5x5x80, 3Fx80
Dips 15x5kg, 14x4.5kg, 14xBW
Pendlay Row 3x8x60
CND - Jump rope intervals, 1KB swing intervals, 7.5min row, 7.5min bike

Notes:
I asked someone to spot my last set of bench and told him not to touch the bar but ofc he grabbed it after i had already pushed past the sticking point of the 4th rep so it was pretty much already in the bag, te bar was slowed but i had it! Might have failed the 5th but i never got a chance to.. all good .. i prob should have expected that about 90% of the time when you ask for a spot lol. He even warned me by getting right on top .. like relax bro, it's 80kg, no one is going to die here. But it doesnt matter what you instruct ppl, instinct and prior learning from watching bros spot each other kicks in regardless! sorry for the rant.

2 training days of cardio in a row. Going to try get that up to a full week.

Training goals are 60/90/120 for OHP/BP/BS worksets and i need to come up with a reasonable conditioning one but i can't think of one..
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #4889 on: February 08, 2020, 12:57:14 pm »
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Sat (8/2/2020)
BS 5x120, FS 10x80, 12x70
KB swings 24kg
Run ~1km

Suprisingly i did ok with the 120kg .. first time since probably april last year i've repped 2 reds. form was ok but the last rep was not nice. still. FS im realising i might need to drop the weight even more to get 15-20 reps cos right now i just dont have the endurance to do more than 12. next time should i go for 50kg or 40kg?

the run was scary. i was stupid and ran into 40km/hr winds and went too fast and afterwards i went to the shops to get some snacks and stepped awkwardly and felt something off in my knee. but it seems to be ok now though i was limping for most of hte night.. need to be smarter than just doing my first run in a while at 85kg. stupid.
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