10 Miles Back Again

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Do it with a 200 calorie surplus on training days and a 200 calorie deficit on off-days keeping your weekly average on maintenance?

Or 300 or 500. Whatever suits you best.

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1242

Agreed. If I ate like how I eat now without going to the gym, for sure Iā€™d be weighing 170lbs ++

Before I was lifting, I actually went from 150lbs to 165lbs in around a month when I went to 'murica and ate like crap. That weigh in was midway-ish and I didnā€™t even bother to weigh myself at the end of the trip :joy:

1243

If I ate what I wanted, Iā€™d be bed ridden by 40 and dead by 50. I cut a tonne of calories out of what would normally be my lifting days but left non lifting days alone.

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1244

@Voxel I missed this post somehow, apologies. I know what my plan is in normal circumstances, I just didnā€™t have a plan for nutrition on unplanned deloads. Nutrition probably wasnā€™t up to scratch, hence the below.

Work for today:
Bench:
5 x 65kg
5 x 75kg
5 x 85kg
5 x 10 @ 60kg

Front squat:
5 x 55kg
5 x 62.5kg
5 x 70kg

Complexes:
5 x row
5 x powerclean
5 x front squat
5 x push press
5 x squat

3 rounds @ 55kg

Squats:
30 @ 80kg
20 @ 80kg

Notes:

  • Nothing felt quite ā€œrightā€ today. Canā€™t quite put my finger on it but things werenā€™t moving like I expected.
  • Pussied out slightly on the complexes. Program says ā€œaim for same weight as last timeā€, which was 60kg, but I thought there was no way that was going to happen safely and cut back a bit.
  • Front Squats get easier and easier as I get used to the movement again
  • Squats just absolutely sucked the life out of me. It was honestly hard work driving home safely after. I was actually aiming for 35 on the first set so it would be in 2 sets easily. This is the last bodyweight ā€œto fiftyā€ set before D-Day, slightly worried Iā€™m barely over halfway to 50.
  • 11/14 done, only 3 to go.
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1245

If my Daily Dose of Squats experiment works at all then I think you need it. It would be a good rebuttal to this nonsense youā€™re doing now.

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1246

Iā€™m not entirely clear I could commit to 5 days lifting a week, even at really low volume. Iā€™ll be following along tonsee how it goes though.

And to be fair to the program, I should add that what Iā€™m currently doing is silly, but not nonsense. It certainly has an effect, itā€™s just incredibly unpleasant.

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1247

The DOMs is real today. Ah well, hereā€™s 1.5kg of recovery

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1248

I call it nonsense because it looks horrible and I have no desire to do it. I donā€™t doubt itā€™s effectiveness, though.

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1249

Iā€™m skeered!

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1250

Loving the token microdose of veg.

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1252

So what all is in this?

1253

Cottage pie. So 500g lean minced beef, plus mirepoix and flavour for the base, covered in 500g buttery mash with a cheese crust. Oh, and some green stuff.

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1254

Why all the veggies, you need more of the real stuff to be able to pull of the 50 repper.
Youā€™ve done good man, canā€™t wait to see if it works by the end.

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1255

Thanks man. To be honest, I think its already worked. Not disappointed with this training block, even if I donā€™t get the 50 repper at the end. Iā€™ve already done bodyweight for 30 reps and 100kg for 20 reps, so good things are happening. Will still be glad when itā€™s done though.

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1256

Prepare yourself for the final workout.
Walk to the room with the sole purpose of getting those 50 reps whatever happens.
Believe in it, donā€™t get satisfied by 40 or 45 reps.

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1257

Iā€™m going to be pulling all sorts of tricks to get through it. Thanks man.

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1258

Work for today:
Deadlift:
4 x 5 @ 130kg

Press:
5 x 42.5kg
5 x 47.5kg
5 x 55kg

Arnold press: 5 x 10

Complexes:
5 x rows
5 x powercleans
5 x front squats
5 x push press
5 x back squats
3 rounds @ 55kg

Squat:
60kg x 50 @TX_iron

Notes:

  • Fuuuuuuuuck. Iā€™m going to bed.
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1259

Was 60kg x 50 the goal? I canā€™t find where this all started. In any caseā€¦ouch.

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Sadly, no. 2 more sessions to go. One with 60kg x 50 after some heavier (but not heavy) work, then the level boss of 80kg x 50. Thatā€™s theoretically next Tuesday, but Iā€™m going to play it by ear and give myself more rest if I think Iā€™m in with a shot of getting all 50 in one set.

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1261

Well Fuck Me. I have done the 100kg x 20 before, it takes a special kind of insanity to go after 80kg for 50.

Seems like everyone is just going bananas with the squatting. It is messing with my head.

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