Nah I’ll incline it occasionally but mostly for walking. I’ve not got a major inclination to make it any more like running outside, that sucks worse!
Definitely an option, you’d have an 8 minute treadmill mile in you now I’m sure.
Another option, as long as you’re improving at some form of longer distance then you’ve hit your goal of being able to run for a bit longer than a sprint if things go south.
I could suffer through a faster treadmill mile, for sure. I ran 1ks (0.62) in 5 minutes. The first wasn’t terrible. The second (after 5 min rest) was awful. I wanted off the hamster wheel in the first 0.1 miles. I powered through that 5 minutes so I should be able to add 3 more minutes to the first one.
Wait, how did I get dragged into this?
Forgot to reply to this in all th talk of running.
It was a good change of pace. My current arm training mostly revolves around chins & poundstone curls for bis and presses & dips for tris. I still haven’t shifted the tape - measured today at 16 inch on the nose, cold and flexed and I’ve gaines weight, not even managed to gain any fat on my arms! Not sure current work is working for my arms, they’ve got a bit more vascular but not bigger. I’ll give it a bit longer but I’m very tempted to put in a dedicated bi/Tri day (something I’ve threatened for too long and never follow through on). I’m just hoping that the daily work (dips and chins) moves the tape somewhat so I can avoid an arms day…
Being both a Brit and bad at running?
The big thing to keep in mind is how small arms are in general. Measurable growth is going to take a while. A common quote is 20lbs of bodyweight gain for an inch on the arms. So you’re gonna be looking for 1/8" growth over the span of months of training. It’s honestly why I don’t care to measure anything. Numbers drive me nuts.
Very true.
Yea I’d heard 10-15lbs (was this a Charles Polquin thing?) I think I just expected something, even an 1/8th of an inch, after a few months and a good few lbs. My concern is making sure what I’m doing is effective and not just spinning my wheels, don’t mind it taking a while but want to make sure it’s working.
Daily work:
5 rounds:
Chins X 6
Dips X 11
Ghr X 6
Ab roll x 6
Y raises X 8
Stil feeling fatigued, now feeling vaguely sick from training and immediately trying to eat way too much food. Good times.
I also love how healthy exercise makes me feel.
The joint pain reminds you that you’re alive. Which is healthier than being dead, most doctors say.
yes and acute, severe shortness of breath from sprints is good training for making pneumonia feel less sucky in comparison 
Yup, exhausted, dragging my aching carcass around, nauseous and some joint pains…
#livingmybestlife (
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(That emoji is as the expression not just because of my passing nauseousness).
Daily:
5 rounds:
Chins X 6
Dips X 11
Ghr X 6
Ab roll X 6
Y raise X 8
Dragging myself through this today, that’s the beauty of it I suppose, you can pretty much always get through that sort of low level work.
Today’s work:
Block pulls 7 inch elevation:
60 X some, 100, 120, 140kg X 5
Felt a bit better today - probably a result of naproxen yesterday. Thought I’d see if there is just an easy answer in terms of reducing any residual inflammation, felt great yesterday, didn’t take any today because I didnt want to mask anything and damage myself deadlifting. Keeping this lightish and seeing if I can get it feeling right (no was the answer, but still better than previous, might take another naproxen tomorrow)
TBDL (high handle):
67, 107, 127, 147, 167, 187kg X 3, 207kg X 2
Slowest rep ever on first 207kg, went for 3rd got it off the ground but played it safe, I pushed my back as hard as sensibly could here.
Cable row:
80kg X 20 X 4 sets
Is it weird that as I get fatigued I feel this in my delts? (Not my rear delts either!)
Lat pulldown:
80kg X 12 X 3
This just softened up my forearms for what followed next…
Axle poundstone:
21kg X 65 immediately switch to BB (20kg) X 35.
Forearms were just smoked, even the BB at that point was agonising. Feel it so much more in my forearms than biceps.
Daily:
5 rounds:
Chins X 6
Dips X 11
GHR X 6
Ab rolls X 6
Y raises X 8
Slept badly feel tired and groggy but somehow this just felt great - might just be the coffee kicking in and the sun, but I’ll take it.
Daily:
5 rounds:
Chins X 6
Dips X 11
GHR X 6
Ab rolls X 6
Y raises X 8
Bought Tactical BB 2 - conditioning last night, @ChongLordUno - you got me with the conditioning stuff! Going to read it through and figure out where I can fit in base building in my current training.
I figure goal 1 of mine for 2021 (250kg deadlift) is on a go slow due to the back (but having switched stance and now aiming for a TBDL of 250kg I definitely think I can hit that before the end of the year, hopefully the convo dead will just come together in the background), goal 2 is ticking along (1 inch to arms) - but let’s face it my arm training won’t stop me doing conditioning. My 3rd goal was too vague (improve conditioning) - so let’s see what I can do with TBB.
Putting the pressure on me I see. Well played, young man.
Haha well I don’t think I’ll get there with conventional, but for sure TB hit 207kg for double (could have got a 3rd but back made me cautious) which means I’ve got 8 months to get around 40kg on it! You’re definitely ahead of me here though!
Chase is on!
Yeah I agree. Still a fair race. Right now my conv. is ahead of your TBDL but that one will probably climb a bit faster, I imagine.
Bring it man.
Will listening to Jesus music improve my deadlift? Don’t want to leave stones unturned.
Haha I wish I could say yes, but I’ve been listening to it for years and my deadlift is dire, so I’m going to say the evidence suggests no.