Fantastic, my dude! Congratulations to you both.
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Congrats dude!
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Congrats!
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Congrats!
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Great news, congratulations!
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Awesome news congratulations to you both,
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So happy for you!! Congratulations!!!
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Thatās amazing! Congratulations to you both!
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@unicornsandrainbows @SvenG @simo74 @T3hPwnisher @creative_name @Stormblessed @tlgains @freshyfresh @QuadQueen @LoRez
Thanks!!! We are both very excited! Spent the weekend hiking Mt. Ranier, had a little A frame cabin in the middle of the forest, proposed fireside our last night in the Cabin. She loved the ring, big win since I kind of went into that one blind lol. Incredibly lucky guy, excited for our life moving forward. Sheās a hell of a gal, definitely swinging above my league here
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@alex_uk @taylortooswift i could only tag 10 people in the above post, but it applies to yāall as well!
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Don talk yourself down mate, you are one hell of geezer. You are lucky to have each other.
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All good brother, happy for ya!
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Iām so happy for you both! Thanks for sharing it here. In todayās world, finding each other is HARD - I think, harder than ever before - so HUGE congratulations to you both.
I was travelling and not catching up here the last few days so Iām late to the party!
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Work for today: 531 bbb w2d2
Deadlift: 300x5, 345x5, 395x5, 255x10, 255x10, 255x10, 255x10, 255x10
HS chest support row: 180x12, 230x12, 230x12, 230x12, 280x9
Leg extension: 90x15, 90x15, 110x15, 130x15
Bad girl machine: 110x15, 150x15, 210x15, 250x12
Conditioning: 2 mile walk
Notes:
- today felt rough. Between some pretty intense hiking, and then the past few days celebrating with far too much food and drink, I was feeling like a sloth walking into the gym. Woke up so bloated this morning that I told my gal āif youāll still marry me like this, I know youāre sticking around foreverā lol.
- only a few more days up in WA, then back to sea. Gonna move up here as soon as I can, hopefully thatās like 3 months, worst case scenario will be 6. Either way, Iāll spend most of it at sea, so my home base doesnāt really matter for that part lol.
- did my BBB sets beltless, because I feel like a belts not really necessary for me at this light of weight. Ironically, it actually made the sets significantly easier. I think the belt takes it out of me on higher reps.
- I used to use this row machine a lot years and years ago. Nice coming back to it, and pleasantly surprised to realize how much stronger I am than I used to be. I remember struggling to hang out 230 for a set of 8, now sets of 12 is just easy volume work.
- weird tension on this abduction machine, had to basically use the entire stack to feel any resistance.
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So is your post-navy job figured out yet? Opportunities for you in pacNW? Or just stay at home dog dad for a while?
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Nope, not a clue post navy. Trying to do a shore tour in PNW, which should be viable with colocation. Use that time to pick up a masters and apply for civilian jobs. If they canāt get me out to WA, then definitely a month or two of stay at home dog dad while I apply for jobs. Been smart with my savings so not really worried if thatās the case
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Work for today: 531 bbb w2d3
Bench: 150x5, 175x5, 200x5, 135x10, 135x10, 135x10, 135x10. 135x10
Lat pulldown: 140x12, 140x12, 140x12, 160x11, 160x13
Db Inc press: 70x12, 70x12, 70x8, 55x10
Rolling tricep extension: 25x15, 25x15, 25x14
Face Pull: 4x20
Pec fly: 110x15, 110x15, 110x15
Conditioning: 35 min incline treadmill walk
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Gym 28 May 24
Bench: 135x5, 185x3, 205x3, 225x3, 235x3, 245x1, 255x0
Close grip incline bench: 135x8, 145x8, 155x8, 165x5
Cable row: 115x10, 115x10, 115x10, 130x10, 145x15
Lat raise: 20x15, 20x15, 20x15, 20x13
Tricep ext: 80x15, 100x15, 120x15, 135x11
Lat pulldown: 130x15, 130x15, 130x18
Conditioning: 1 hour treadmill incline walk, 9degree, 3.3mph
Notes:
- 245 moved quick, surprised I failed 255. Hit a hard wall about 3-4 inches off the chest. Any tips from that feedback very much appreciated
- Close grip incline is something Iām still getting familiar with. Realizing if done right, itās almost like a JM press meets incline. Lot of tricep
- Accessories purposely light, giving myself room to grow.
- Changed programming, will discuss more later
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My guess is that the 235 x 3, and maybe even the 225 x 3 wore you out. Long ago when I had a similar problem I was advised I was doing too much work near my top set.
Not that you have to do this math, but letās say your max single is around 255.
225 is already 88%. I think the general rule for warmups was something like āonly do doubles above 85, and only singles above 90%ā
225x2, 235x1, 245x1, and you probably would have had the 255.
Another couple minutes rest after 245 probably would have helped too. Like 7 minutes. Where it feels way too long.
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The weight was too heavy. Youāll get it eventually.
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