Happy new year to you as well!
Thanks! Happy new year to you and your family.
Exactly why I am not having one of those!
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20-minute run en route to work and another 12 minutes back
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Pull-ups 12 (PR),8,7,8
Press 65x5, 70x1, 50x10,10,14
5x20 BPA
3x5 standing ab wheel
BB curl 35x35
The final two reps on my first pull-up set were a little iffy, but I am counting them.
I need to figure out which weights to use for DW. One year ago I used the following: 110 SSB squat, 170 DL, 47.5 press, 57.5 push press, and 87.5 bench. Maybe I will try 120 (assuming I don’t do front squats instead), 180, 50, 60, and 90, respectively. The squat and DL numbers are a bit ambitious but maybe doable after I start eating more again.
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Winnie isn’t a biter, thankfully! She is a jumper though and a sniffer, your running times would be decimated. In any case, you’ve earned yourself a standing invite lol
When are you starting DW?
Duly noted!
That’s a good question. Honestly, I am trying to get through this week, and then I will think about it more. What about you?
Depends on how annoying the end of my week is (it’s looking okayish for now). If it turns out well I’ll start Friday, if not, I’ll start Saturday. Pretty strong preference for Friday, as it would fit the 4 consecutive day schedule more cleanly for me. On that note, do you actually run the program 4 consecutive days, 1 active recovery day, then 2 days off?
Yeah, I will also probably start it on a Thursday or Friday. It is supposed to be run consecutively for four days followed by the active recovery day if I recall correctly.
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Happy birthday too btw! Great work in here as always.
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Squat 120x26 (sort of)
Hilly four-mile run 32:11
I cannot remember the last time I squatted with a straight bar. It just doesn’t “work” for me. So, this especially sucked. No video and debatable legitimacy because, uh, my menstrual cup fell out around rep 20, and no one needs to see that. I admittedly stopped to deal with this for a couple seconds before hopping immediately back under the bar to finish the reps. Close enough? 
Thanks to world events, it’s an even more difficult day for me than it already is every year. But I can at least say that I (sort of) did this.
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I saw the cake icon, but luckily I have the memory of an elephant.
HAPPY REGULAR BAGSY TRAINING SESSION DAY!!
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As far as legitimate excuses go, I’d argue it’s up there.
Hope you’re doing alright today.
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And the strength of one?
Thanks, it will pass. On the bright side, today I booked flights for my next trip to Germany, so I have that going for me.
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Why yes I do, Elephant noises intensifies
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3x8 pull-ups
104 pushups
10 minutes with 90# sandbag
I’m pretty low on energy and will take it easy until I start Deep Water next week. Honestly, the added volume and food are going to shock me. I haven’t really been seriously cutting weight, but I’ve been in this weird somewhat-in-a-deficit limbo since mid-summer or so.
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120 goblet squats: 22kg
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Hilly 25-minute run
50 pushups
100 BPA
Time slipped away after coming home from bloodwork thanks to a long work day. I feel exhausted, but I could not resist breaking in my new running shoes. I finally retired one really old pair.
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Love the colors!
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Pullups 10,8,8,9,7
BPA
Three-mile run 22:28
Continuing to break in my new shoes. The heel drop is higher than I am used to; otherwise they feel great. I want to wear them for some intervals this weekend.
Last night I started having doubts about Deep Water and sort of convinced myself that this is not the best time to run it again. Work has been bothering me lately, and studying foreign language has been my primary pursuit for months, including still preparing to take the C2 German exam.
But I am going to move forward with the program anyway because some other life event will probably emerge as a potential excuse. I think training has been so deprioritized for me now – maybe for a year at this point – that taking it seriously again feels almost foreign.
I am also very much an all-or-nothing person, which is not always good. One recent example: I studied German so hard for a couple months that my eye did not stop twitching throughout the day until COVID, funnily enough, “cured” me of that by forcing me to decrease my studying intensity for a couple days.
So, I am pushing against that mentality and starting DW tomorrow as initially planned. Maybe I have to dip out after five weeks, who knows. Yet if so, it will not be as if those weeks were a waste of time.
Finally, I think I am in some sort of mental rut. Everything feels stale right now. Maybe DW will rescue me from it a little bit.
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I empathize but have no solutions. I’m very excited you’re running DW though (misery loves company), did you decide on SSB or Front squats?
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I am leaning toward SSB squats because they evoke more dread than front squats, though I am still interested in the latter…
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In one set?!