Yeah, we work out together in the garage. All the “WW” notes stand for wife weight lol, keeping track on her lifts too. She’s slowly learning what she likes, so I’ve just got her sticking with whatever I’m doing until she says she wants something new. She’s had a few goals so far, but crushed em all. (135x5 back squat, first Pullup, currently wanting to bench 135 lol)
I didn’t mean to be cruel with it lol, but also Jesus Christ I haven’t been around 18 year olds in a minute, forgot how young these kids were
Hang clean: 95x6, 135x3, 160x3, 175x2, 185x1, 195x1
WW: 85x2, 85x2, 85x2, 85x2, 85x2
Strong:
Beltless Hi bar squat: 45x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x3, 255x3, 275x3, 300x3 (PR for Beltless, but heavier than I should have done Beltless. Low bar kicked in a bit on the last rep), 245x6, 245x6 (massive quad cramp), 245x6
stair master really is a bit evil. Seems so easy, but the heart rate spikes, and my legs are genuinely sore. Still, seems like good mountain prep. Only thing that drives me nuts about doing this at work is that I can’t have any music, phone, etc, so it’s just me and my inner thoughts staring at a wall for 45 minutes. First 10 and last 5 minutes are the worst, in between I kind of dissociate lol.
Back days always just feels refreshing. Good pump. Going slow and controlled on the barbell rows is new, feels a bit odd, but damn it lights up my traps.
Happy with lat pulldowns. May start doing my strict db rows as dead stop rows.
Curls make me feel jacked and juicy lol. Loving the cable curl.
been sick the last few days. Missed work yesterday, then got sent home early today after I vomited in the middle of the morning meeting. Fun times. Felt better after though. Wanted to stay but got vetoed, so figured I’d do some work around the house with my forced recovery.
The walk sucked as a result of the sickness, just blowing snot everywhere. Felt like I was back in my wrestling days, doing this workout in a hoodie and sweats. The good news, I felt WAY better afterwards. Idk if there’s any science to this or not, but I swear sweating out toxins/poisons/bugs/ whatever is legit.
(Actually, actually thinking about it for a second, this has to raise core body temp, so now I’m wondering if getting a sweat going is almost like artificially creating a fever to kill pathogens?)
Lift moved well. Had a funny moment where I forgot to lower the lat pulldown weight, and my wife was straight up dangling from the bar because she’s short enough she has to stand on the seat and fall into place. Neighbors got a funny scene of her kicking her feet in the air and asking me to help lol
Went to bed at 10. Woke up at 1am just sweating bullets. Couldn’t fall back asleep, finally just gave up and went to lay on the couch at around 3. Went to work, was kinda fading in and out all day, with some extreme bouts of dizziness if I stood up quickly, coupled with so much cognitive funk I couldn’t remember who I went to dinner with on Sunday lol. Came home and just crashed. Forced myself to stay awake so I can hopefully get some good sleep tonight. No training today. Prolly none tomorrow. Whatever this is, kinda whipping my ass
Rest. Your body needs rest so it can fight the little army that is invading it. Sleep, hydrate. Let your body do what it needs to. The weights and the running shoes will be there when you are better.
and I’m back! Alrighty, last week was a bust. Whatever I caught had me down for the count, and wasn’t until about this weekend that I was back on my feet. Couple that with an annoyingly busy social calendar over the weekend, combined with family in town, and I’ve been on the struggle bus. Time to get back on track.
Good list. Happy with the seated press PR, this movements feeling good.
Accessories moved fine. Little bit of elbow pain recurring in the right arm, need to figure something out about that. Someday when I’m not working gov, I’d really consider trying some peptides to heal up things like this, but alas not an option rn.
@BethB@QuadQueen lol, I appreciate the concern. It’s been a long time since I was sick enough to miss a whole week of training, guessing I picked up something while traveling. Regardless, I’m better now!
Hi bar squat (belted): 45x12, 135x8, 185x3, 225x3, 275x3, 315x3, 335x5 (PR, last rep was lowbarish style)
WW: 45x10, 95x5, 145x5, 185x3, 205x3, 225x4 (PR)
Notes:
turning this into a bit of a rep PR testing week in preparation for starting a new program next week.
Been working on my idea of writing my own “training book”. The more I put down ideas, the more I realize I’m ripping off 531. Also makes me understand the larger 531 training philosophy so much better than before, to include where I’ve messed up before.
Hi bar PR today. Happy with this. It’s a 20lb Pr for hi bar, BUT, it’s also not a true Max. Stopped at 5 reps due to form breakdown, could of done more with progressively worse form, whereas when I hit 315x5 ALL my reps were bent over low bar angle form on hi bar, so I feel there’s some improvement here beyond the 20lbs.