Work for today:
Incline chest press machine: lots
Lateral raise machine: lots
Notes:
- Quick 20mins session, unfortunately, just hopping on any equipment i can get to.
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Work for today:
Leg curls: some to warm up
Squats: some
SLDL: also some
Leg extensions: also some
Notes:
- Just feeling out how feasible it is to get back to lower body training.
- Squats felt ok in terms of the ankle once i got past the first few sets. First few hurt quite a bit, but that might have been a stance issue. Brace felt piss poor, so will need to consider how to get my brace back when i decide on a longer term approach.
- Everything else felt fine, and i was able to push harder on the other exercises without any problem.
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Work for today:
Bench:
Worked up to 5 x 1 @ 90kg
Smith incline bench: lots
Smith JM press: lots
Cable behind the back cable raise: lots
Cable face pulls: lots
Notes:
- Bench felt really off today, not necessarily weak, but shoulders were definitely feeling it. Backed off from the planned work and just got some volume in instead
- Assistance, on the other hand, went brilliantly. The pump was serious.
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This again, minus the leg curls to warm up because i was half asleep and forgot.
Felt much better today, bumped the weight up slightly, did slightly more reps, all good things. I think a couple more sessions like this should prep me well to increase volume andntry some actual programming once summer holidays are done.
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Work for this morning:
2 hours bouldering.
So much new stuff in the centre, iām pretty much just flashing an endless supply of easy stuff. Iām also climbing so infrequently at the minute that my head is definitely gone, skin is baby soft and endurance is absolutely tanked. Hard to tell whether top end strength is actually still there at this point, but it feels like it probably is? I havenāt climbed with anyone good enough to compare recently.
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Work for this arvo:
Pull-ups: lots
Gym was closed this morning, which iād absolutely not read the notification about properly, so had to just do pull ups at home.
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Work for today:
Squat: worked up to 2 heavy-ish singles then a couple of back off triples
Bench: 3 x 3 @ 90kg
Incline smith bench: some
Incline smith JM: some
Lateral raise machine: lots
Notes:
- Squats felt pretty decent, bracing felt better, everything moved on
- Bench felt ok eventually, but a lot of neck pain in later warm up sets, which is new
- Gym had only just reopened so was pretty busy. Had to make up assistance a little.
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Work for today:
Leg curls: warm up
Squats: worked up to a heavy-ish 3x3
Hack squat: some
Leg extensions: some
Notes:
Not a single part of me wanted to do any of this
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But you went and did it anywayā¦ 
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@SvenG definitely a mental victory over a physical one.
Work for today:
Bench:
3 x 3 @ 85kg
2 x 5 @ 80kg
Incline press machine: some
Cable laterals: some
Notes:
- Starting with the positives, 80/85kg felt like baby weights on bench today, even with technique all over the place
- Rep strength seems to be absolutely gone, it was a very weird session
- Absolutely zero motivation again today, took best part of an hour just to get my ass out of bed. Luckily there isnāt really a rush today, but i definitely need that fixed.
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Work for today:
2 hours bouldering, plenty of new sets still so i spent the time slowly cruising through some easy climbs. Went up to about V4 level, which is a comfortable flash grade for me, even in my current condition.
Pretty slow pace. Starting with the positives; it feels like top end strength and technique are still there, from what i can tell. On the other hand, skin is baby soft, climbing fitness is gone and my head is not really right either. Didnāt bail on anything today, but didnāt really try anything difficult enough to need to bail on.
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Work for today:
Bench:
3 x 3 @ 85kg
Incline smith bench (ss. Deficit push ups):
Lots
Various cable related shoulder things: lots
Notes:
- Feeling pretty knackered today. Bench felt ok though.
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Work for the last few weeks:
Spent over 7 hours climbing last Tuesday, taking part in some coaching sessions as well.
Climbed again Thursday and Friday, both pretty heavy sessions so ended up missing my planned gym session Saturday.
Climbed again yesterday, not a bad session. Head seems to be coming back, and performance wasnāt bad either. Feeling pretty positive about it at the minute.
Should also be back to a fairly normal schedule, so will start some form of beginner prep program soon. The aim is to continue losing weight for a couple of months before bumping calories and starting the Dave Tate periodisation bible style programming.
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Work for today:
3 hours climbing
Pretty good session in terms of grades climbed, probably not as successful in terms of getting better.
Lots of life-stuff making free time difficult
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Work for today:
531 beginner prep school (W1D1)
5 mins assault bike
10 jumps
Squats:
Worked up to 5 x 80kg
5 x 5 @ 60kg
Bench:
Worked up to 5 x 80kg
5 x 5 @ 60kg
Assistance: to be done later, due to time
Also climbed for 3 hours yesterday, slow pace but fairly hard and well
Notes:
- Felt absolutely terrible this morning, so this session was a drag. Hopefully just a bad nights sleep, not a sign of how this program is going to play out.
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Yes!
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Work for today:
Early morning run
Not far, or quick, but mostly to test the logistics of running on my way to work and also to see how my ankle feels about it.
On that subject: apart from a few twinges here and there, my ankle finally feels operational, which is nice.
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Work for today:
2 hours climbing:
Knocked out the new area set. Nothing too dramatic. Just one of those days where iāve done everything badly.
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Work for today:
531 beginner prep school W1D2:
Airdyne warm up
10 x jumps
Deadlifts (ss. Pull ups):
5 @ 100kg
5 x 5 @ 80kg
Press (ss. Pull ups):
5 @ 42.5kg
5 x 5 @ 40kg
Lateral raise machine: some
Notes:
- Feeling really physically beaten up at the minute
- FSL weights arenāt calculated exactly, theyāre just as light as my ego could cope with.
- Press still hurts quite a bit. Focus on technique and warming up can help, but still far from ideal.
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Whatās this, you are starting to lift almost like a man again?
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