bruh
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Week 7: Day 2
Paused Squats: 2x4-165lbs beltless, 1x3-175lbs, 1x1-185lbs
Front squats: 3x5-135lbs
cable row: 1x9,8,7-100lbs
Leg extensions: 3x5-115lbs (abductor/adductor machine broken)
- legs were tired and paused squats were harder than expected, straight up failed to do 145lbs on front squat lol, rest was fine
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Thanks!
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@twojarslave I think you might find this fun.
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I think thatās a fantastic thought exercise. Obviously you had to play fast and loose with a few of the adaptations to a WWII belligerent, but Iām sure your audience will have at least a general awareness that leadership and talent management works a little bit differently on a war front than in the manufacturing world or a hospital.
All in all I thought it was coherent and could follow your reasoning the whole way through, but take that with a grain of salt since Iām not a college boy. It definitely made more sense than many dubious applications of Six Sigma methodology Iāve seen over the years, especially a particularly memorable one I sat through where a production manager claimed (theoretical, of course) cost saving benefits that exceeded actual spending.
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Iām glad you found it interesting
Typical corporate 
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Week 7: Day 2
Rope pull machine: 7x(3min easy-ish+30sec hard+30sec rest)
eliptical: 15min easy
5min core
- felt good and quick, got HR up
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Iām not sure if coachās programme is working anymore.
It was going well for a while, but in the past 4 months, Iāve only gotten weaker.
This morning, 265 for a set of 3 on deadlift felt pretty maximal but back in spring, I could do 265 for 4 sets of 5 without much problem and even did 275 for 2 sets of 5
I did wake up at a new low weight this morning, but Iām only 1.5lbs lighter than I was when I hit the 265 for 4x5
I feel as though, when you gain 1.5lbs, you find it a more significant event than when you lose it.
But that said, if youāre eating in a manner that facilitates weight loss, it stands to reason to me that itās the same manner of eating that does not promote strength growth. I know Iāve witnessed a decline in my own recent training as Iāve prioritized getting my bodyweight low.
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I get freaked out about weight gain when it sticks around for more than a week.
I the weight loss has been very sudden with strong evidence of water dropping. Iāll be concerned if Iām still light in a week
Exactly. Thatās what Iām getting at: when itās 1.5lb GAINED, itās significant. When itās 1.5lbs LOST, itās not. Itās the same amount of weight: the significance should be understood as such. A 1.5lb change in bodyweight will definitely impact performance at this stage.
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Week 7: Day 4
AM
Deadlift: 1x4-245, 255lbs, 1x3-265lbs
Front squat: 3x5-135lbs
pendlay rows: 2x6, 1x5-135lbs
adductor machine: 1x10,9,8-60lbs
PM (fueled by rotisserie chicken and halo top)
Paused deadlift: 2x4, 23-235lbs
press: 1x8-65lbs, 1x4-75lbs, 1x1-85lbs
btn press: 2x4, 1x4-65lbs
Leg extensions : 1x(6 w/10sec eccentric +4 normal speed reps)-70lbs, 1x15-70lbs, 1x5-115lbs
- deadlifts were super disappointing- still struggling at lockout and everything felt super heavy despite no soreness and relatively high energy, paused deadlifts were a pain, rest went fine
- going to be 900kcal over allotment for the day lol
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Week 6: day 5
45min HIIT and core workout video
Also
Friend and I took a ālittleā walk around LA
Had good sushi for lunch, discovered that there really isnāt much to LA, good conversation.
Glad to know someone is willing to 1) watch war movies with me 2) walk around with me for the better part of 8 hours
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Week 5: day 6
AM
40min Pilates cardio class with cohortmate (was 45min but we got there 5 min late lol)
- still sucked, but good for mobility and core?
PM (fuelled by smoked salmon and cheese samples+ sodium bloat from yesterday)
Squat: 4x2-195lbs
Good mornings: 1x12-115lbs, 1x10,8-125lbs
Lunges: 3x16total-115lbs, felt unstable lol
Leg extension: 1x12-85lbs, 1x11-90lbs, 1x6-105lbs
- squats felt really stable and good, lungesā¦. Wellā¦. Anyways, made it through fine
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Week 7: day 1
Abductor machine: 3x25-105lbs
Adductor machine: 2x20, 1x15-55lbs
Cable rows: 1x13, 11,10-85lbs
Tricep pushdowns: 3x10-37lbs
neutral grip lat pull downs: 3x8-70lbs
- accessory work since I got the ārealā work done yesterday. Felt good and got a nice burn with the higher reps
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Week 7: Day 2
Front Squat: 1x4-145lbs, 1x6,5-135lbs
Paused Squat: 1x4-165lbs, 2x7-175lbs, 1x2-185lbs
BTN press: 1x4, 2x3-65lbs; 1x13,12,11-20kg
- felt fine- paused and front squats were smooth but Iām noticing that my left hip is rotated weridly, going to work on that, btn press was pretty fun
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Week 7: Day 3
40min low impact cardio workout video
- got HR up
Update: major change upcoming. Iāll have more detail after a meeting tomorrow afternoon, but to sum it up
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This reminded me of you.
Your tasting menu looked great, btw. Sorry for the delayed response.
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LOL!
Thanks!
Week 7: day 4
AM
Deadlift: 1x5-245lbs, 1x3-255,265
Front squat: 2x5-135lbs, 1x3-145lbs
Face pull: 1x20,18,16-35lbs
Lat pull-down: 3x5-85lbs
- deadlifts felt heavy but not as much of a struggle at the top, Iām having a lot of trouble with foot positioning, front squats felt really smooth, almost easy
PM
45min cardio workout video
- got HR up and felt good
Big update: I am quitting my current PhD programme. Itās a bad fit, but more importantly, I need time to develop skills and maturity.
Advisor really pulled through and Iāll have something lined up if I do well in the interview on Monday. Basically, a prof I really respect will mentor me and Iāll work for him while learning the research and technical (aka CS) skills to be able to do complex networks research
Iāll go from āscared to open pythonā to āable to write complex algorithmsā
As a sweetener, Iāll be back on the east coast. No more Cali BS.
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