Sorry for your lost Anna. Are you okay?
I’m okay. Thank you so much for asking
I did not know him that well.
WIth that said, he was one of the most intelligent and wise people I know. He was also a great teacher and father to my mum (better than my dad is IMO)
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Sorry to hear that Anna, glad to hear you’re doing ok. Sounds like he was a great person.
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Very sorry to hear that Anna.
Be there for yourself and your loved ones.
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Very sorry for your loss, Anna.
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@SvenG @SkyzykS @boilerman Thank you guys so much for your support
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So sorry to hear that.
My condolences to you and the family for your loss
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It doesn’t minimize anything that you or your family are feeling, but man…when my time comes, that is how I would like to go. I think he was at peace.
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Sorry for your loss, Anna.
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Sorry to hear about your grandpa.
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Sorry to hear that anna
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Thank you everyone. It REALLY means a lot to get so much support
I swear you have mind reading powers sometimes
Week 1: Day 2
Tier 1 Comp bench (paused): 1x3-30,40,50; 2x3, 1x4-55
Tier 2 touch and go bench: 1x9, 4x5-50
Rows: 1x4,3-45kg, 1x10, 4x5-40kg
Press: 1x3-30, 2x3, 1x5-35; 1x8, 4x5-30
Tier 3 Chins: 4x4, 4x3
Conditioning: DB snatch 4/side, 5/side, 6/side- 40lb DB with 10 burpees between sets
- legs pretty sore (inner thighs sore smh…), not too tired but moving a bit slow, got the work in, everything felt a lot heavier than expected- quite disappointed at press, oh well…
Update (almost forgot this):
My game theory prof is seriously a good human. I messed up in an in class exercise in front of everyone and got very discouraged.
After class a group of friends and I wanted him to change the time of a class he’s teaching next semester because it conflicted with another class (yes, this is a thing at my school).
He specifically told me to organize it
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Sorry for your loss.
It doesn’t feel right to comment on your training simultaneously for me.
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Week 1: Day 3
Tier 1 Deadlift: 1x3-60,70,80,90,100; 1x4, 3x2-110; 1x5-90
Tier 2 conventional deadlift: 4x5-90, super set with 4 pullups
Tier 3 Split squats: 3x10/side-40lb DB, super set w/ 30sec plank hold
Conditioning: 2x5 pullups, 50 burpees, 4x(20sec kickboxing combo/side+20sec jumping jacks)
- holy crap this was hard… deadlifts were a lot harder than expected off the floor, but felt light after I broke the first inch, conventional felt better than expected but still sucked, went with baby weight on the split squats- they still suck but surprisingly didn’t think about quitting or cutting reps short, burpees were weird today- my shoulders were really tired so that slowed me down but it didn’t feel too challenging on cardio until AFTER I was done- my HR suddenly spiked
@Pinkylifting @Cyrrex I’ve noticed that I struggle to get the bar off the floor on deadlifts. Any tips?
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Well, do you use a belt? I expect if it is hard off the floor but then gets easy, it is because you are not braced from the very start of the lift but then tighten up once you clear the floor. Which is fairly normal with lighter weights, but a bit dangerous with heavier ones.
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You might find this video to be helpful. I have also found that pause deadlifts are working well for cleaning up the start of my deadlifts.
I get this. Politics & Literature or History of the Middle East? How do you make that decision?!
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You still pulling sumo?
Yes
Okay, I will be more mindful
Great! Thanks!
I deadlift using a cross between conventional and sumo.
“Semi-sumo”??
Well hard off the floor is one of two things in my mind. Either positioning, or the weight is just too heavy. The hardest part of Sumo is off the floor, so that is always going to be where the weight feels heaviest, after that the weight should feel easy once you’ve broken it. This is more pronounced with semi sumo or frog-stance deadlift. So either you need to get your hips further forward, or you need to get stronger.
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