@wanna_be Yeah about a month ago
@Voxel The opportunity may be there, but that does not mean it is easy. Fortunately, I don’t think this mindset has inhibited me much in pursuits unrelated to lifting. But of course no one really knows what “could have been”
8s accumulation
40 pull ups
3x3 jumps
Deadlift
135x4
160x5x8+ (18)
Belt Squat +45x17,12,12
Front Rack BSS 55x2x10
Tabata front squat
Standing ab wheel progression 13, 10 ended with 21 rollouts from knees
More pull ups to 50
40 band pull aparts
Lacked much time for conditioning, and for some unknown reason the tabata front squats sounded better than hopping on the assault bike. I have to say that this was a tad underwhelming. I used the empty bar (just shy of 35# since I use a women’s bar) because I read that men are usually gassed without adding extra weight. But this was not taxing in a cardiovascular way; instead I think I would have achieved the same effect with a long duration front rack hold. Sure, legs are tired during it, but I didn’t feel that beat afterwards. Glad I tried it though.
I’ll add some positivity here though since people think I’m excessively pessimistic. Sadly not lifting-related, but I just found out that a paper on which I am a second author was accepted for publication 
I worked hard in college on research but my PI then didn’t seem to encourage undergrads to contribute, so it feels like a long time coming. This is a great Christmas gift since the holidays aren’t a fun time of year for me even when there isn’t a pandemic that destroys the year
That’s some serious upper arm thickness for someone your size - nice work 
Looking good! Your shoulders alone pull you well out of DYEL
I think you should replace “since” with “lest”. As a frequent commenter in this log, I (for one) don’t think you are pessimistic. I’m just a glutton for telling people to be kinder to themselves, and that’s because (sadly) the people around us are far less likely to comment on how awesome we are than for us to get into the habit of viewing ourselves in a positive light — they others are, oftentimes, too busy critiquing themselves.
You look great, that’s the abdominals of someone that puts some weight on a bar and moves it around space.
That’s great! Can you give us a hint on what general field of research?
I’m in a STEM field
Well you gotta accept that you have legs of steel!
For real long sets/high reps front squats are just hell. Can’t breathe, upper back failing, wrists popping…
Congrats as well!
Ha, I’m not even close to squatting 1.5x my BW, so I don’t think that’s the case.
But holding the front rack for that long is unpleasant for sure…
8s accumulation
Bench
35x5
55x5
75x5x8+ (15)
BtN Press(Press)
45x10(6)
40x11(9)
35x13
SA BB Row
+45x15
+40x13
+35x17
BB Curl
50x12
40x18,16
120 band pull aparts
Some rear delt raises
125 cal assault bike in 15:30
40 band pull aparts
8s intensification
3x3 jumps
Squat
35x5
85x3
100x3
110x3
120x3x8+ (16)
Deficit RDL
135x11,7,6
125x6
Belt squat
+47.5x15
+45x14
+35x A Lot
Standing ab wheel progression 15, 10
Finish with 15 rollouts from knees
Dragged myself to the track afterwards
2x400m (1:31, 1:30)
1x200m (:44) oof…
1x100m (:19)
Ouch that’s badass…
Is that far from where you live lol? Must have been tough after a leg session…
I can’t do one full standing rep yet soooo 
Track is about 1 km away from me. Definitely not fun after legs, but I reckon the day afterwards would be even worse
Never even bothered to try ahah not the biggest fan of that exo seated already so standing…
For sure, let’s use this post activation potentiation ahah
No wonder your 200 time sucked, you did it after two 400m sprints… and all that after leg day too!
Excuses excuses… yeah clearly I don’t love myself hahaha
I doubt I could run a 1:30 400m fresh 
Many years of soccer and distance running stick around, I guess 
