Anna's Training Log Part 2 (Part 2)

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Week 9: Day 1

Paused squat: 3x5-165lbs
front squat: 1x5-145lbs, 3x5-135lbs
tricep extensions: 1x11-37.5lbs, 1x18-32.5lbs, 1x20-27.5lbs
adductor machine: 3x10-60lbs

  • legs weren’t exactly happy but managed to get through well enough, front squats felt surprisingly strong
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Week 9: day 2 (yesterday)

40min cardio workout video

  • felt good and quick to get HR up, switched this from Sunday.

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Never found a truer meme

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Just resetting your count

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Week 8: day 3 (yesterday)

30 min elliptical
15min rope pull machine

  • felt good and quick, went with cohortmate

Week 8: day 4

Deadlift: 1x5-245lbs, 2x5-255lbs
Lunges: 3x18(total)-95lbs
Btn press: 1x13,12,10-20kg
Lat pulldowns: 3x5-85lbs

  • felt tired but deadlifts were smooth- just a lot harder than expected (large deficit Tuesday + lots of walking yesterday), rest was hard and HR kept spiking randomly
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Week 8: Day 5

Deadlifts: 3x8-225lbs
Pendlay Rows: 2x6, 1x5-135lbs
leg extensions: 1x20-70lbs, 1x18-75lbs, 1x12-80lbs
lat pulldowns: 1x8-75lbs, 1x4-90lbs

  • struggled with foot positioning a bit on the deadlift- legs tired but reps not too difficult to complete, gym was surprisingly busy so cable machines taken- pivoted

PM (fuelled by cheese and fruit at “welcome back” event)
50min kickboxing and core workout video

  • felt good and fun
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Week 8: Day 6 (yesterday)

45min cardio kickboxing workout video

  • felt good and quick

Went to Getty with friend. It was pretty disappointing tbh, but had a nice day nonetheless.

Week 9: Day 1

Squats: 2x5-165lbs (paused), 2x4-185lbs, 1x1-205lbs
good mornings: 3x6-135lbs
Lunges: 1x20 (total)-95lbs, 2x16 (total)-115lbs
15min bodyweight leg and core circuit (leg extension and abductio/adductor machine broken)

  • squats felt smooth but foot placement struggle- spent a lot of time trying to figure it out, rest of it was fine
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Wee 9: Day 2

Front squats: 1x4,2 (misgrooved 3rd rep)-145lbs
Squats: 1x5-165lbs (paused), 1x5-175lbs, 1x3 (bad form on 3rd rep)-185lbs
cable row: 2x9, 1x8-100lbs
btn press: 2x4, 1x3-65lbs

  • legs tired but not as tired as expected, front squats and squats felt smooth overall but heavy, rest was fine

PM (fuelled by 2 pints of halotop and quest pb cups)
deadlifts: 2x4-255lbs, 1x2-265lbs, 1x1-275lbs
pendlay rows: 3x6-135lbs
straight arm pulldown: 1x18-27.5lbs, 1x12-32.5lbs, 1x8-37.5lbs

  • deadlifts felt really good, but still struggled at lockout and grip was very sketchy, rest was fine
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Funny thing to track :grin:

Strong deadlifts there, love the pre-workout meal!

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I’d be terrified to do anything requiring bracing after this kinda gut bomb, haha. That’s fantastic work.

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Week 9: Day 3 (yesterday)

40min cardio workout video

  • fun and fast

Week 9: day 4

50min kickboxing and abs workout video

  • got blood flowing and had more energy after
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Weel 9: Day 5 (yesterday)

Deadlift: 2x6, 1x5 conventional, all 235lbs and used straps
leg extensions: 3x7-105lbs
Abductor machine: 2x20, 1x18-125lbs
Adduction machine: 3x10-60lbs
tricep pulldowns: 3x11-37.5lbs

  • not too bad, deadlifts were really smooth but grip was not working- failed warmup sets to grip, not sure what’s going on, rest was fine
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My wife commented yesterday that her new deadlift goal is 205x1. Hearing that really puts this:

into context—she’s not big, by any stretch, but I’m pretty sure you’re smaller and lighter than her, and now that I understand where she is, this work of yours is all the more impressive!

Keep it up, @anna_5588.

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Thanks Sven!

My intermediate goal is to get back to 3x bodyweight deadlift by may. Still feels like I have a long way to go.

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Week 9: day 6

45min low impact HIIT workout video

  • just standard cardio, fun and quick

Rest day yesterday but got 42.5k steps walking around with friend

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Got tired of coding so took time to come up with a menu I’ll make sometime in January when I’m back in Shanghai.

@Brant_Drake

@twojarslave you might also appreciate this one

Must use ingredients :

  • beet
  • Mackerel (no herring in Shanghai)
  • Rye
  • Cabbage
  • Caviar
  • Sour cream
  • Pickles
  • Salted meat
  • Black tea
  • Honey
  • Potato
  • Onion
  • Spices/seasonings: ginger, mustard horseradish

Mackerel tart

  • Mackerel tartare (mackerel, salt, lemon juice, spicy mustard, beets, green onion, pickled cucumber)
  • Mini Rye pie shell
  • Sour cream
  • Salmon caviar

Pelmeni

  • Pelmeni stuffed with pork and chicken thigh (carrots, onion)
  • Chicken consommé w/ luodun ham (flavour with onion, thyme, carrots)
  • Toppings: crispy chicken skin, crispy ham, green onions

Salmon

  • salmon belly, cured in citrus, chamomile, lightly seared
  • Cucumber jelly w/lightly pickled cucumber
  • Horseradish cream

Chicken Kiev

  • chicken breast
  • Compound butter (homemade butter, roasted garlic, parsley)
  • Seared cabbage
  • Potato purée (potato, butter, salt)
  • dots of Mustard

Beet merengue

  • beet merengues
  • Beet jam (filling)

Cigarettes and tea

  • ginger tuille
  • Honey whipped cheese
  • Black tea jelly
  • Lemon whipped cream
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That all sounds great, really great actually, but I gotta ask?

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I went to South China once, but I didn’t do any cooking while I was there. I’ve gotten a fantastic Dagwood from a gas station on previous visits, which I’m told is traditional cuisine for that area.

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Thanks! I can’t believe I didn’t come up with an Eastern Europe inspired menu until now

My aunt and uncle don’t eat beef

oh interesting. I didn’t know!

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I’m pretty sure it was the Route 32 General Store. Stop by if you’re ever in that part of China.

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Lol :rofl:

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This menu is going to be interesting. It’s dripping Russian.

Do you want legitimate techniques or weird cheffy ideas?

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