no need to exaggerate mate
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I did say almost
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Like a small prepubescent girl. But yes
Work for yesterday:
Went for a run. More structured, and felt better.
Work for today:
3 hours climbing
Felt like a bad seasion, but after reflection, i think it only felt like that because i was comparing to myself pre-injury.
Then:
Beginner prep school w1d3
Jumps
Squat (ss. Pull ups):
Worked up to 5 @ 80kg
5 x 5 @ 65kg
Bench:
5 @ 80kg
5 x 5 @ 65kg
Squats felt embarrassingly bad, at what i thought should already have been a pretty tame weight.
Bench felt too easy, apart from some stabilisation issues in the wrist from doing it directly after a moonboarding session.
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Work for today:
Bouldering 2 hours
Went pretty hard today, partly due to poor technique. Just one of those days where i was feeling strong and lazy, so if i could avoid using technique by just jumping through the move and being strong, i did. Good physical workout, terrible climbing workout
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Work for today:
Jumps
Deadlift (ss. Pull ups):
Worked up to 3 x 110kg then bailed
Press (ss. Pull ups):
Worked up to 5 x 45kg
5 x 5 @ 40kg
Notes:
- Felt something go in my lower back halfway through top set of deads, so cut those short
- Whole session felt shite, to be honest.
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The bad workouts make the good ones feel so much more awesome. Way to grind through it.
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@QuadQueen Thank you, lots of life stuff going on at the minute, so a bad session is still a win
Work for yesterday (forgot to log):
AM: prep school W3D1:
Squat: some
Bench: some
Pull ups: lots
Mid morning:
3 hours climbing, mostly on a suprisingly techy cave climb.
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Work for today:
Prep school W3D2:
Deadlift (ss pull ups): some
Press (ss. Pull ups): some
Notes:
Hated every second of this. Only reason i dragged my ass to the gym today was to see the back of this program.
Later morning:
3 hours climbing, mostly fairly powerful overhanging stuff
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Thatās the spirit! Pretty much how I feel about all of my sessions!
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Work for today:
Daves Fucking Stupid Block Periodisation Program (patent pending):
Squat:
5 x 10 @ 62.5kg
Bench:
5 x 10 @ 62.5kg
Incline Smith Press: some
Smith machine JM press: some
Cable laterals: some
Cable face pulls: some
Notes:
- That was a big old pump. Excited by this program, itās excitingly stupid.
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Work for today:
3 hours climbing. All fairly physical stuff on the comp wall until i ran out of beans.
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Work for today:
Daves super stupid block periodisation monstrosity: W1D1.5
Incline Bench:
5 x 10 @ 42.5kg
Press machine: some
Lateral raise machine: some
Notes:
- Already modifying this program because my legs still havenāt recovered from Saturday, so doing the upper body part today (plus some extra work), and iāll do lower body work tomorrow.
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Work for today:
Squats:
5 x 10 @ 62.5kg
SLDL:
3 x 12 @ 80kg
Leg extensions: some
Notes:
- This felt like hard work
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Work for today:
3 hours bouldering
Fairly steep, fairly physical stuff.
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Work for today:
The Program:
Squats:
4 x 10 @ 65kg
Bench:
4 x 10 @ 65kg
Incline smith bench: some
Incline smith JM-press: some
Notes:
- This was hard work too
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Work for this morning:
3 hours bouldering
Fairly physical stuff, either iām weak, or the routesetters were having an off day.
PM:
Squats:
4 x 10 @ 65kg
Incline press:
4 x 10 @ 45kg
Leg press:
4 x 25 @ some weight
Leg curls: some
Notes:
- Incline press feels way too light, probably should have tested maxes a bit more first.
- Lower back felt pretty bad during squats. Had to take two attempts at the first work set, because lower back felt shit. Called an audible and switched to machine based stuff for the assistance.
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Work for today:
Bench:
3 x 10 @ 65kg
Incline Smith bench: some
Incline Smith JM press: some
Notes:
- Road closed on the way to the gym, which limited time again. Not sure whether iāll repeat this again with full assistance next time or just move on
- Weights are feeling really light, which i guess is the point?
- Everytime i go to the gym, the same dude is there, usually doing one of his 7 weekly ab days. I figured 4am on a Sunday, iāll definitely have the place to myself: nope. The guys there running on a treadmill for the entire duration of my session.
Edit: should also note lower back still feels a bit screwey
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Work for today:
3 hours climbing
Flashed up some easy stuff, then got stuck on some of the most physical boulders iāve seen in a while. Really fun, really difficult. Also, really sandbagged. Setters must have been having a really strong day.
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Work for today:
1.5 hours Moonboarding
Tried really really hard. āAā for effort
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Work for today:
1.5 hours moonboarding
Thought i was climbing shite (like i normally do early doors), but still technically had a better session than previously. Topped a few more Benchmarks, so the ToDo list is slowly going down.
Gym:
Squats:
3 x 10 @ 67.5kg
Bench:
3 x 10 @ 67.5kg
Incline smith bench: some
Incline smith JM press: some
Cable laterals: some
Notes:
- None of these weights feel remotely heavy still, work capacity is trash though. Debating stubbornly sticking to the program in the hope i can force it to work. The other options are to pause the program and do a work capacity block, which sounds awful, or to continue with the program, but add in some work capacity sessions in inbetween weights sessions. Lifes pretty full as is at the minute though, so the second option probably doesnāt actually increase the amount of work i do, just deceeases the frequency of my weights sessions.
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