Anna's Training Log Part 2 (Part 1)

Training Training Logs
2006

Workout every OTHER day
Don’t do circuits, just straight sets with proper rest between
Make the exercises as difficult as possible

Easy recipe to maintain strength during this lock-down. What you’re doing right now will only make you weaker.

and stop doing jumping jacks between exercises. More sweat and higher HR does NOT mean a better workout (when strength is your goal).

The reason you feel “really good” after 10 minutes is because you have nothing to compare it to. When was the last time you fully recovered from training? You probably don’t even know what it feels like.

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2007

plans changed AGAIN, and I’m now going to florida on Saturday. At least my parents are getting me a set of adjustable dumbbells.

Anyways, I took out my stress with the workout:

For time: (100 burpees+90 alt lunges+80 air squats+70 burpees…)- 29:11
Packing+cardio: 5x(90 sec packing+ 30sec high knees)

  • really intense but easier than expected, felt good
2008

@Voxel

I don’t feel too crappy physically but I just don’t feel like doing anything and my stomach is cramping. I’m tempted to take the day off, but I feel like taking the day off will set a precedent for slacking off even though everyone is telling me to take a break

I read the stimulus addiction stuff. It seems that stimulus addicts mentally want to be in the gym even though they’re physically not up for it

2009

Character is easier kept than recovered, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be recovered. I don’t believe one missed session sets a bad precedent. Not here. Not given the givens.

True, that’s a good observation.

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2010

I guess I’ll take today off and crush it tomorrow . Can’t wait for my dumbbells! ( I’m flying out to Florida and my parents bought me a set of adjustable dumbbells)

Should I change nutrition since I’m not working out and my stomachs off @Allberg

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2011

I’m not a regular here but can I suggest (like 99.9% of T-nation would). That you eat more!
Good to see you decide on a day off!

2012

Yesterday’s workout

Fitness blender kickboxing videos
-37min
-27min

  • felt really good- great stress relief, got HR up and pretty intense, strangely lightheaded
2013

Today’s workout

Fitness blender 84min “1000 cal” workout

  • as it turns out, Amazon won’t ship the dumbbells :anguished: , I’m stuck with bodyweight…
2014

I’ve mentioned this to you about aerobic conditioning, but according to Eric Cressey (trains professional athletes), applies to strength also:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9xLaMTl1T6/

2015

Just a quick question that we all know the answer to. If you did a “1000 kcal” workout, did you est an extra 1000 kcals to compensate?

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2016

Running- 40min easy
3x30sec sprint w/3min rest

  • felt really good to get moving, not too bad on hr and felt very quick, knees a bit sensitive though or would have gone longer. Sprints felt amazing
2017

10x(400m “farmer’s carries”- 12lb paint cans :rofl: +50air squats)- about 1hr

  • felt good, took it easy
2018

HASfit 45min kickboxing cardio workout

  • knees and legs sore so took it easy on the lower body, workout pretty intense, felt really good and quick, I’ll push it tomorrow
2019

@Voxel @Pinkylifting @dagill2

Americans aren’t complying with the social distancing thing, so I might not be able to go back to China… possibly ANOTHER 2-3 weeks out of the gym!!!

I just got back to squatting and deadlifting 4 months ago, and now I’ll have to go back AGAIN :anguished:

2020

I’m sorry, I missed replying to this. Hopefully you figured something out on your own :slight_smile:

It’d be unfortunate if that ends up being the reality, but it is out of your hands whether or not you will be able to fly back or not. Regardless, you have been given some great tips on how to continue to exercise using your own body as resistance if you have to. Maybe this time, you’d heed it.

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2021

This is why my suggestion was to maximise tension rather than shooting for max reps. Squat work carries over very well to deadlifts, but only heavy squat work.

Doing 100 bw squats will do nothing, but weighting your front squats or pistol squats so you fail under 10 reps will still have very good carryover.

Im in the same boat, I wont be able to squat or deadlift at all until the country lifts the gym closures, but I can easily weight my pistol squats so I fail sub 10 reps. Im sure ill lose technique, but im not worried about losing absolute strength to any meaningful degree.

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2022

Right now I only have 5kg paint cans to work with.
Florida isn’t in lockdown so I can still be outside. I’m trying to take advantage of being able to go outside- hence running. I’ll add in more weighted pistols to technical failure I guess.

Archer push-ups are really hard

2023

well 16kg deep pistols take me to failure at 10, holding 5k in each hand, so 10kg, should be plenty hard enough to push your leg musculature?

2024

The problem with paint cans is that “holding one in each hand” doesn’t really work- I’ll just use tempo

2025

even one held like a goblet squat would be helpful. More tension is more tension