I am starting a resto block next week, so thinking I will add the weight vest to the walks and reap the conditioning benefits. I’m not worried about the body weight effect I can just eat more
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Just do those walking lunges with the vest while walking your dog.
Let me think about that… fk off
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Just buy a 2nd hand army burgeon and fill it with old clothes. You can easily add 20/30lb if you pack it tightly.
If you do this avoid sand. Apparently its one of the worst things to pack a bag with.
Already have a vest which takes up to 30 - 1kg weights. Fully loaded it’s 66lb which is more than I need.
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still a good session
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Testing day 1: bench (yes I did say I’d do this next week but changed my mind - felt like I wouldn’t have done any heavy work all week then would have two days testing back to back).
Slightly apprehensive going in back isn’t 100%, fell forward yesterday during an emom dead and my body’s been slow to react - but this session went well.
Conditioning:
Sorta deloaded (intentional this time) 10 mins run at 7mph - 1.15 miles. Not fast or overly hard but got the heart rate up, got me a bit out of breath and incredibly hot (conservatory is roasting today).
Main event:
Cable row: 80kg X 5 X
Bench: 60 X 5, 70 X 5, 80 X 3, 90, 100, 110, 120 X 1 …130 x…fail
…130kg X 1
Videos to follow - fail was mental and back related (overly cautious of back, meaning not enough leg drive), was frustrated - knew I had more in me so took 3 min break (only 2 mins up to that point) and went again.
Pretty happy with that, slow progress hit 125kg a fair while back, but it is progress on a lift I Haven’t given much thought to, so happy there. 1 down 3 to go.
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Boom.
PR 1 in the books.
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Roll of shame:
Pr:
And before anyone says anything - yes it’s touch and go and yes it touches my chest!
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Thanks, just hoping the next 3 are decent now! Feeling good about squat, not 100% on deads, and ohp well that’s a mystery indeed!
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Boom. That’s a solid lift. Just shy of 300lb. You should be very pleased.
Cheers Carl, not far off a metric 3 plates - don’t want any freedom units in here, (that is unless I’m weighing myself at which point I inexplicably go for an imperial measurement), after BtM I might see if there is something that will give my bench a bit more love and get me there (then I’ll aim for 315lb just so I can say I hit 3 plates in lbs as well!)
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Not bad for a giant, whiny manbaby.
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Yeah - its infectious. I’m UK based also - but I keep converting to lb so I know what the colonists are saying.
BTM certainly wont hurt your bench. And with a bit more size you should find the push to higher numbers a bit easier. Mass moves mass.
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Thanks bro 
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Haha yea, always have to convert back to kg, in order to figure out if I’m impressed the lifts on here haha!
Yea definitely should maintain at the minimum, If I can add some weight (my current battle, which I seem to be continuously loosing - no whining it’s entirely my fault) that should build some strength too!
A wise man once told me to eat more bread.
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I’ve added an extra 2 slices of bread a day with lots of butter and lots of peanut butter - on top of the additional nuts, I’ve started adding extra olive oil to the pan when I fry eggs (most days) and then pouring the oil out of the pan on top of my beans on toast. Making consistent changes, but obviously not - my bowel clearance rate increased (I poo more!) Which is normally a sign that I’m gaining, but nope was just a sign of more fat in my diet, more food needed!
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Ever consider the wonderful world of honey with that PB toast?
That sounds very odd, about to go and hit that meal up, I’ll try it out (think I have honey lying round)