10 Miles Back Again

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Work for this morning:

2 x 2-3-5 armour building complex

25 swings between each rung

Notes:

  • Forearms felt pumped before i even started this one, i think the volume of work is starting to hit.
  • Second day in a row i’ve had to drag my ass into the gym with lies, then walked out feeling like i’ve had a 12 hour sleep. Exercise and water are magic: lesson learned, maybe?
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6672

Your hands gone to shit yet?

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6673

Not really, to be honest. Forearms feel permanently pumped, but it doesn’t seem to affect performance yet.

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6674

Fun for tonight:

2.5 hours bouldering

Not getting many chances to get sessions in at the minute, so i’m taking any chance i get. I keep getting torn between treating climbing as training, so i can get better at it, and treating it as fun so i enjoy it.

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6675

Work for tonight:

350 swings

4.5k/10k done

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6676

Work for this morning:

Lattice lower body flexibility session with swings

150 total swings

Calf stretches: 3 x 30s

Single leg good morning stretches

Seated pancake stretches

Hip flexor raises

Notes:

  • Did something to my lower back while stretching, which is silly. May put an end to my swings goal, we’ll see.
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6677

hope it goes away quick

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6678

Hope so. Getting some hangs and foam rolling done tonight, but if it’s not back working tomorrow, i’m going to have to find another plan.

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6679

What this log needs is more swings.

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6680

It does, but i’m not convinced it will get them. Putting the bell away earlier was more difficult than it should be.

6681

Work for this morning:

Upper back warm up

Bench (ss. Curls, hangs or foam rolling):
5 x 50kg
5 x 60kg
5 x 70kg
5 x 5 @ 75kg

Notes:

  • Lower back still not happy at all, which is frustrating. The most frustrating thing being that i could feel it starting to go, i had plenty of opportunity to stop the stretch, and i just didn’t.
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6682

I’ve had a couple of these moments in my training life and it’s always deadlifts. I have days where I feel off but I try it anyway and test fate. It’s so frustrating when something shifts and you know you could’ve prevented it. I feel for ya.

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6683

More swings might be the remedy mate, I got like this a couple of times and I actually found the swings helped

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6684

@Frank_C It’s frustrating, but it’s probably only a few days out of action, so not actually a big deal in the grand scheme of things. Hopefully i learn my lesson this time and stop when i feel the stretches in places that aren’t meant to be stretching.

@aholding88 at the minute even picking the bell up is painful, so i’m writing that off. I suspect a few days and lots of hanging will clear it up if i don’t do anything stupid like jump off the top of bouldering walls.

Fun for today:
2.5 hours bouldering

Lots of good routes, and nabbed my first black route, which has made me happy. Also forgot to downclimb on a couple of problems, which hasn’t done my back any favours. Everytime i go climbing i find a new thing that’s “the key” to getting better. I think i might have to accept that i don’t have any particular weaknesses, i’m just all weak.

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6685

Work for this morning:

Upper back warm up

Bench (ss. Hangs and foam rolling):
5 x 40kg
5 x 50kg
5 x 60kg
5 x 70kg
5 x 5 @ 77.5kg

Notes:

  • Forgot to log this this morning
  • Starting to see the consistent downward trend in weight that i’d been hoping to see since May.

Edit: lower back is also feeling pretty much good to go by the look of it.

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6686

Work for this morning:

Clean and press:
6 x 3 @ 60kg

Uphill treadmill walking: 30mins

Notes:

  • Lower back was not, in fact, fixed. Still getting better though.
  • Really like the idea of combining cardio with something heavy and explosive in a circuit style, but wasn’t awake enough this morning to figure out the logistics in a 2 floor gym. I’m thinking either db snatches/clean and press paired with treadmill work, or heavy clean and press with some loaded carries.
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6687

Fun for tonight:

2 hours bouldering

Wall resets are happening everytime i make it to the wall at the minute, so i’m getting a load of volume done here. It seems to be paying off, flashed a lot of tricky stuff today.

Found out today i’m likely to be moving to a new location at work. Much easier travel for me, but means i’ll have to rethink my gym arrangements once i move.

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6688

Work for today:

Upper back warm up

Bench (ss. Curls):
5 x 40kg
5 x 60kg
5 x 70kg
5 x 5 @ 72.5kg

JM press: some

Notes:

  • Finding it really difficult to find back work that doesn’t cause elbow pain at the minute, it’s frustrating because that’s arguably more important than my pressing work.
  • Also finding it really tough, mentally, getting in the right gear to put forth effort on these AM sessions. I can do mindless grunt work, but can’t engage with the fire i’d like to.
  • Lower back is basically there, i think. I’ll test my kinda sorta max on deadlifts at some point in this cycle, ready to start the Kroc deadlift program concurrent with the next cycle.
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6689

In other news, weight continues to trend down, despite lacking the training volume i’d like. Climbing grades continue to trend up. Fuck, i’m tired though.

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6690

Work for this morning:

10min EMOM:
3 front squats @60kg

Complex (40kg, 5 rounds):
8 rows
8 power cleans
8 front squats
8 press
8 squat

10min EMOM:
3 front squats @60kg

Notes:

  • Dragging this morning.
  • I think i need to put a bit more structure and thought into my training now school holidays are coming to an end. Not doing myself many favours here.
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