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Fri (05/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99kg

BS 2x120, 2x125, 2x127.5, 2x130, 2x127.5, 2x127.5, 3x127.5

Notes:
Gyms opened this evening .. got in and it was pretty full for a friday night, usually it would just be me. Everyone wearing masks. Turns out lifting with a mask is also challenging, i couldn't take a full breath easily without sucking the mask into my mouth. which cost me abdominal tightness. There was no way i was getting 6x6x120kg today - so just did some heavy doubles with the goal of starting a new training cycle at 125kg.

Tue (9/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 98.7kg

DL 6x100, 6x120, 6x142.5, 5x152.5, 1x167.5, 1x170
Cable Row 5x100, 8x80, 8x75

Notes:
DL with the mask was brutal, esp in the earlier sets i was dying to get some air into my lungs .. annd my mask blowing up and down looks like im a blowfish haha. done tho.

170 from the floor? Well done mate. I can see 200 coming soon.

yep! from the floor, i stopped doing rack pulls a while ago .. but im glad i started with them because they taught my body to do them right. i still had a learning curve from the floor, mainly because i didnt have the strength to break the bar off the floor correctly unless it was v.light, but a couple of sessions later im happy with them. i love it! fav exercise right now

Sat (13/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.2kg

BS 2x120, 3x125, 3x127.5, 3x125, 3x125, 3x125, 3x125

Notes:
last workout with the mask. was a struggle. need to dig deep to progress from triples to sixes over the next 3 weeks.

Wed (17/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.8kg

DL 6x120, 6x150, 5x155, 1x175
DJ 6xblue box, 6xred box, RVJx3, 6xred box, RVJx2,

Notes:
Wow doing depth jumps instantly retaught my CNS  how to organise properly  for jumping.  Normally i would feel sluggish into the jump and not setup properly  for the plant / landing ..   felt more natural with the potentiating. Maybe this is how i recover my normal jump?  I am still  struggling to touch 32" though, which is no doubt because of being overweight. but  depth jumps give me hope for now.

Fri (19/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.5

BP 2x93, 2x95.5, 2x96.5, 4x2x95
DB BP 3x8x35
Dips 3x8x17.5 @ 99.8kg

Notes:
BP felt v. difficult, i erred with that warmup set of 93, it should be 90 but i didn't want to start off the session by being conservative, in hindsight, that's exactly what you want for a good warmup. so next time warmup with a 90kg double and then go for broke for the 6 doubles, im thinking progress by 0.5kg. Nothing crazy, just steady progress would be nice.

Mon (22/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.5

Hill sprints 2x5 (w/ 5kg vest)
5x200m sprints (w/  5kg vest)

Notes:
if you asked me after my runs whether i was fit i'd say yes, b/c i'd be hardly sweating and i would get my breath back so quickly, even being obese af (42" waist) but that's b/c ive been doing steady  state cardio consistently for about 6 months. and almost zero anaerobic conditioning.  and yet that first set of hill sprints kicked my ass and showed i have lots of room for improvement to make to my fitness. that made me really happy b/c there's newbie gains to be had. whereas steady state improvements obviously aren't coming regularly (tho they are coming along too).

for next time, im going to structure the workout something like this:
1x5 hill sprint
2x5 hill sprint (w/ vest)
2x5 200m sprint (w/o vest)

it's a mistake to sprint with the vest b/c it beats up my R knee too much, i was just being lazy and didnt want to walk back to the car to drop it off.

oh and 200m sprints show how unfit i am cos i cant sprint 200m presently. my pace hits a wall around 150m.

this log is making me itch for a vaccine so i can lift weights again. i'm looking at an apartment today that is less than a block from my old gym. if i end up signing the lease on it...oh baby. fixin' to do starting strength for the first time in a decade.