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17-03-24

BW - 72.0

Assisted OAC
-20 x 1
-15 x 1
-10 x 1
-7.5 x 1
-15 x 1

20mm Grip
50 x 1, 1
55 x 1, 1
57.5 x 3, 2

10mm Grip
40 x 7, 6

One Arm Cable Row
50 x 9

Cable Rear Delt Flye
8.75 x 10

DB Wrist+Finger Curl
20 x 11+5, 8+4

DB Preacher
15x6 + 12.5x9 + 10x12 + 9 + 7

Reverse Wrist Curl
5 x 23 + 13 + 9

Notes

Everything solid enough.

in the same boat re: having to move, although in our case it's because our landlady is selling our house. sad because we've loved this place but we are starting to get excited, too. good luck! where are y'all looking to live?

Ah that's annoying -- landlords suck!

We're going to stay in London, but beyond that we're not too fussed about area tbh. We're both mostly WFH, so our main restriction is proximity to stuff we like to do, and just like being able to find a place that suits us, moreso than location.

makes sense. same for us regarding priorities, with the addition that (1) we like being kind of in the geographical middle of our friends, (2) being close to the metro is critical because when we do commute, that's how, and (3) we are trying to have a kid, so it'd be nice to be near a good pre-k/elementary school. although, given that we lasted less than two years in this place before getting kicked out, (3) is a relatively low priority.

20-03-24

BW - 71.6 [woop]

Notes

Going to take a few days off training and also goign to eat at maintenance. Only deload I've done in 2024 was that one at the start of this month, which was barely a deload (combing back and push+legs into one session, only did like 30% fewer sets and RPE was still pretty high), and I've been pushing the diet pretty hard, so psychological and physical fatigue are piled up.

Reminding myself that there's no need to push super so hard -- I'm not on a deadline and I'm doing this for fun ultimately.

25-03-24

A - Good Morning
90 x 13, 11

B - Reverse Nordic
+7.5 x 10
+7.5 x 8 + BW x 7

Incline Bench
75 x 8  [looked back through logs -- some time last year I hit 75x7 while weighing 5kg more than I do atm, so this is pretty significant given I've only had this lift in for 3 sessions]
70 x 9

Everything below was done as a giant set/various mixings of superset that I cba to accurate notate here

DB Flye
12.5 x 13, 11

Pushdown
25 x 13, 11, 10, 9

Lying Lateral
7.5 x 10, 9
7.5 x 8 + 5 x 10

Deficit Decline Push-up
BW x 14 + 6

Nice, one more rep with your old PR while weighing 5 kg less and being older.

Thanks, yeah v happy with it. I think lots of PRs are coming on that lift because I haven't included it regularly for a while. Also, I'm only 30, so I hope I'm at least 10 years away from age being a meaningful factor in strength PRs...

30-03-24

Had some down time so hit the gym while traveling. Didn't record numbers but was basicay massive drop sets on all of the following exercises, in order to get stuff done in like 30 mins total:

Machine bench

Lat Pulldown

Cable Row

Pec-Dec

Preacher Curl

Machine Dips

Will try and do some leg stuff tmrw if I get a chance

Man my heart goes out to you. Props on making it through family time in one piece. And props to your dad for maintaining sobriety.

05-04-24

BW - 71.4 [lol nice]

A - High Bar Squat
120 x 4
110 x 5, 5 + Rev Nord x 8

B - Incline DB Bench [one tick higher than I used for BB incline, felt rly good]
32.5 x 6
30 x 8, 7

A - Good Morning
95 x 7
90 x 8

B - DB Flye
12.5 x 13
15 x 7

A - Lying Lateral Raise
7.5 x 11, 9, 8, 7

B - Pushdown
27.5. x 11, 10, 8, 7

Notes

Turns out super-setting squat with db bench is pretty demanding. Got through this workout in 45 mins tho, so that's nice. Feel like my baseline "fitness" is pretty good if it can accommodate that density of training.

Also lol, v surprised by this being my lowest weight yet. Would have bet on being back in the 72s for at least a week after what felt like a binge-eating episode while with my fam. I'm not complaining tho.