From my own personal experience, this is the path to madness.
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Iāll try to get better at not trying to get better at everything then 
Happy cake day!
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The reverse is true as well. I was wondering why my times have been lower than in the spring/summer. Apart from the weather, I realized Iām 15 lbs heavier right now. Once I drop that in a couple months, Iām anticipating my times to go down just from that.
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This is a battle Iāve had over the years as well. Iām not saying I need to constantly see better results, but I need to be trying. The quickest way for me to lose interest in something is to feel Iām good enough. Even with my current running, Iām heavier now than last summer, so my times are slower. I donāt compare to then, but to how I am now. Iāll play with my step cadence, length, technique, etc and I always check my time afterwards hoping to be better than the last time. The key, though, is as long as Iām in the ball park, Iām not disappointed. I canāt stress this part enough, because to actually expect to be better every time is just a recipe for disappointment and frustration. Looking over long term and remembering the process is important. Even if a run was slower, it was still work and will contribute to being better in the long run.
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Work for today:
5 x 15 swings @ 24kg
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Work for today:
5 x 15 swings (24kg)
Couch to 5k W4D2
Not enjoying these longer intervals, end up running like a middle aged fat guy by the end of the longer ones.
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Have you noticed any specific physical improvements from all those swings?
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It would be hard to separate the effect of the swings from the effect of all the other training and nutrition to be honest.
The main reason to do them is partly an exercise in daily discipline, and partly just as a way to get my metabolism firing first thing in the morning, which they definitely do. Iām not expecting any big muscular gains from them, although it does help bring some balance back to my very push and squat dominant training. I think daily pull ups might be a smart addition to this once the habit is fully engrained. May have to splash out on a better āpower towerā or something though.
No buns of steel then? 
I imagine that it would strengthen the hip/glutes/core area, which in turn would be beneficial for the press?
Pull-ups are awesome! You should definitely do that.
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Not yet, no.
I think it would be smart to add extra work for pulling and maybe even extra quad work, because they really are small and weak, but I need the habit engrained first. Plus somewhere easy to do pull ups where my balls donāt drag on the back of the tower, because thatās pretty irritating and distracting.
Nothing a trip to the vet canāt fix 
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Russian fighter pull-up program?
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Not a bad call. Will refresh myself on it, and find somewhere I can do them easily everyday.
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Work for this arvo:
50 dips
25 pull ups
~1 mile run in work gear. Uncomfortable.
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I meanā¦
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I donāt know what you mean.
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Dude, just run faster.
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Work for tonight:
5-4-3-2-1 pull ups
0.5 mile run
Sneaky work while taking the bins out. Pull ups are noticeably harder and more awkward on my shitty power tower than on an actual bar, not sure on the reason why to be honest.
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Would love a power tower for the back garden however over inflated prices due to corona 
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Useful for dips, I find the cheap one I have pretty terrible for pull ups. The bar is too close to the verticals, so itās like trying to do a pull up from a bar 3 inches from a wall.