Wednesday 7/8
No Training
(In hospital with wife and newborn baby)
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Congratulations man
Some people will use any excuse not to train…
Congratulations Mr and Mrs ActivitiesGuy!
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Congrats! 
Congrats man!
Wow nearly missed that news. Massive congrats to you both.
Thursday 7/9
Pull-ups
5
5
5
5
8
Thanks to all you well wishers. Mom and baby both doing well. Our first day at home as a family of 4.
As I’ve been saying, for the next month or two I’ll be doing mostly simple 15-minute workouts (mixing the now-commonly-seen-in-this-log “5 sets of pull-ups” with some kettlebell workouts) to keep me going while I have reduced recovery capacity and sleep. In August or September I’ll start to ramp the barbell work back up again.
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Friday 7/10
Pull-ups
5
5
5
5
8
Saturday 7/11
Box Squat
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
2x230
2x230
Sunday 7/12
Pull-ups
3
3
3
3
3
10
Bodyweight of 220.2 for these. I’ve noticed that my first set or two always feels pretty rough, so I’m going to give this structure a shot for awhile: start off with five sets of three (eventually four, then five, etc) and finish with one max-effort set once I’m warmed up, tweaking start times of each set for 2:30 rather than every 3:00 so the workout still fits in 15 minutes to suit the newborn-and-toddler lifestyle.
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Monday 7/13
Pull-ups
3
3
3
3
3
10
Tuesday 7/14
Box Squat
2x135
2x165
2x195
2x225
2x235
2x235
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Wednesday 7/15
Kettlebell Press
20 x 1 x 53
Brief explanation: I have a couple of “15 minute workouts” that I’m planning to make staples. This was done with a timer so I did one rep - cleaning and pressing from the floor - every 40 seconds - for 15 minutes. It was almost comically easy with the 53 pound bell but I want to give myself time to adapt as I reintroduce this old-favorite staple. So for the next few workouts I’ll stick with just the 53, easy as it feels, before moving to the 70 for a couple weeks and eventually the 88 pounder as the weight for this workout.
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Thursday 7/16
Pull-ups
3
3
3
3
3
10
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I’ve noticed that my pull-ups feel like utter garbage if I don’t warm-up my upper body with some light stretches and movements like arm circles and cross body arm swings.
Do you do any kind of warm-ups before the sessions or do you go straight into what you list?
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Great question; I am the same, which is why you notice that I have restructured my pull-up sessions a bit. My first set or two feel like crap if I don’t warm up. So I restructured to start with sets of 3 to get myself into the groove before a top set to finish rather than trying to make my first set the one with the most reps. I spend two or three minutes doing real general arm circles and whatnot, but maybe I ought to do a bit better job with that. I have some bands that I could use for a little warmup before I hop onto the bar.
I go through a cycle of 10x forward arm circle/10x reverse arm circle/10x cross body arm swing/10x cross body arm swing to hands overhead (if this makes any sense at all). Doesn’t take any real time and there is a drastic difference in how the pull-ups feel after I do this.
I found it difficult to do pull-ups to warm-up. I think the problem is that my max pull/chin-up numbers are so low that doing a couple sets to warm-up still ends up being actual work.
I like using the bands to do shoulder dislocates before pullups. Really helps open everything up.
Friday 7/17
Kettlebell Press
20 x 1 x 53
Did a couple loose-end reps with my 70 pound bell afterwards, and it’s still easy, so I’ll move up to the 70 pound bell for my next press workout.