Also worth noting:
The missus flu has turned out to be the Rona. I can feel it starting to come on for me too, so we’ll see how this pans out
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bummer, sorry to read this. hope it passes quickly
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Wishing you both a speedy recovery
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Sorry to read that, not really what you needed right now.
Hope it will be mild & quick for both of you.
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sorry to hear about the rona, hope she gets better soon and you manage to avoid it.
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Take good care of yourselves!
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Rest up fella, knocked me about for a few days last time I had it. Hope it’s mild af
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@aholding88 @oldnattychris @simo74 @doomyguy @tlgains @throwawayfitness thanks guys. Just the sniffles for me so for. And feeling tired, but i’m 35 so no reason to assume thats the Rona
Nearly a matching set.
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FYI I might borrow this photo to show my boss. I’m not feeling work today 
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How you feeling @dagill2 ?
What rep scheme you been shooting for so far?
I’ve read the training segment of attempts and it doesn’t refer to the video rep scheme but outlines going for different schemes across the training week. Think if I remember the video just wants 3x3 across the week
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@aholding88 i’m ok. Not suffering nearly as much as the missus. I’ll set out my workout in more detail below:
Work for today:
Easy Strength for Fat Loss day 14:
Leg Raises: 1 x 10
Pull Ups: 6 x 1
Press (60kg): 3 x 3
TBDL (100kg): 3 x 3
Swings (24kg): 3 x 25
Notes:
- I tend to superset this all to save time, and mix the order up by feel. I didn’t today because i’m shooting for different goals
- Pull ups i keep to singles because i’m fat and weak, but also because i find the pull up bar in my garage more difficult than other bars for some reason. I mix it up with wide grip/chin up/slower negatives depending on feel.
- Leg Raises i vary intensity by how much control i use and how straight my legs are kept.
- Press i vary by weight, i have the bar loaded to 60kg as a standard and add depending on feel. I may also just go without a belt if i want extra challenge. This also saves time because this is the only exercise i sometimes wear a belt for.
- TBDL i vary by weight, but i also often push the reps higher by combining sets. I have limited plates so i often just do a single set of 9 rather than 3 x 3.
- Swings are just swings. I use 75 reps as Dan Johns basics to do daily. Sometimes i do them hardstyle, often i don’t.
- No walk today because a calorie deficit at the minute seems silly.
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Good to hear you’re not too bad.
Thanks for outlining, more or less where my heads at with it. For what it’s worth I wouldn’t bother deficit dieting until you feel ok. Best to give the body a surplus if anything to get over it, at least that’s what I found.
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That was my thoughts too. I’ll keep the weight training while i can, but adding in extra calories for now.
Well wishes to you and the missus, mate!
Any luck on the housing front yet?
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Thanks for checking in man. We think we’re set. Just waiting on confirmation as we speak. If it comes through, we’ll be well set.
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Glad to hear it mate!
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It did not go through. In fact, it fucked us pretty royally. Which was fun. But we are now fairly certain that we’re set with somewhere to go so with that in mind, some long, meandering training thoughts, with the assumption made that we get this place or somewhere similar.
The downside of the new place is the lack of dedicated gym space which means most, if not all, of my gym gear will be going into storage somewhere. Depending on what i decide i have space for, i may just bin some of it. That means that a new approach to training is definitely in order, so back to the drawing board.
Goals (big picture):
- I want to be physically capable to do everything i want in life for as long as possible.
- I need to look after my mental health (have fun, some sense of community, some sense of achievement)
- I would like to not look like a fat piece of shit.
Goals (medium picture):
- I should look to lose some weight.
- I should look to increase conditioning.
- I should look to maintain/increase important muscle mass (upper body, glutes)
- I should engage in some mobility/flexibility training
What does that likely look like?
I will be within 5 minutes walk from a quality bouldering gym, which includes some decent cardio gear. Membership isn’t crazy expensive, so will likely be in reach once budgets are worked out. This ticks a whole fuckload of those boxes up above. I will definitely take most, or all of my kettlebells, which gives me plenty of options for lower body work and explosive work. Do i get to squat and deadlift heavy? No. Do i give a shit? Also, no.
I think that with a combination of regular kb work and likely very regular bouldering, i could tick pretty much every box, the only issue remaining is that good climbers tend to look like absolute shit, unless they’re Magnus. The solution to that is to be more like Magnus and find some heavy upper body push. I could probably just do that with kettlebells and push ups, but that doesn’t excite me much, so i’ll try and find a way to get “proper” pressing to happen. I’m not sure i’m willing to pay for a gym membership just so i can press once a week, but we’ll see what shakes out.
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Read this and just kept thinking don’t let @ChongLordUno see this cause he will definitely say do high rep burpees 
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Sorry to read about the housing situation, mate. I do hope the new option works out.
Sounds like you’ve got a solid plan moving forward. There’s nothing like shifting life circumstances to force some creativity and shake things up a bit!
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@simo74 high rep burpees are on the cards, for sure. Probably not that often though, because i hate them and i don’t like doing things that i hate.
@SvenG If nothing else, this push away from playing at being a strength athlete alone in my garage and towards engaging with a community i love seems like a positive move. Moving away from sports that reward me for eating too much and moving too little and towards sports that reward me for weighing less and being in shape seems like it might work out well. As long as i don’t wake up one day looking like a climber.
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