Becoming Canis dirus - SvenG's Training Log

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??? - summary

The previous post pretty much says it all, but I’m making this summary post because… Well, because my log’s nothing if not (mostly) consistent, haha!

The next two weeks are gonna be awesome—it’ll be my kids’ first time overseas, and my first time to The Netherlands. (We’re also doing parts of Germany and France, but I’ve been to a few places in those countries before.)

I expect a lot of walking, a lot of good food, and a lot of great photo opportunities.

Time (and connectivity) will be scarce while we’re away, but I expect you all to keep up the hard work.

And I know you will.

I’ll check in when I can!

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I wish you a great trip, mate! Plenty of replenishing family time and long lasting memories made.

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Have a great trip! Eat some good food and beers for me.

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Is there a @Koestrizer collab coming up ?

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Soak up that family time mate, enjoy!

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Haha sadly it doesn’t seem like it. He chose a somewhat unusual region (at least to my knowledge) for a trip from the overseas (not that I necessarily live in an area most people would have on their list, haha) and I’m the opposite of flexible due to time constraints right now and therefore can’t travel.

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SvenG Conquers Europe - Day 11

Tuesday - 04 July

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Happy Fourth of July, everybody!

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SvenG Conquers Europe - Day 15

Saturday - 08 July

Veni vidi vici.

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SvenG Conquers Europe - summary

We conquered Delft.

We conquered The Hague.

We conquered Koblenz.

We conquered Bacharach.

We conquered Trier.

We conquered Paris.

We conquered airports, we conquered train stations, and we conquered bus stations.

We conquered sightseeing, we conquered shopping, and we conquered food—lots and lots of food.

Yep, it was an awesome trip, and I’m very thankful for the time with my family: My kids are troopers, that’s for sure!

Just a note about those Fourth of July pictures: Those were taken at Deutsches Eck in Koblenz, where a giant German national flag, the flags of the 16 German states, and the flag of the European Union are flying, with Old Glory itself waving right alongside the others. It’s displayed there as a symbol of support for the victims of the September 11 attacks, and there’s a plaque on the flag pole in their honor. That was really cool to see, particularly because we didn’t know it was there before we began exploring the area—and on July 4th no less!

We got home yesterday afternoon after about 19 hours of travel. It was a long day, to be sure, but, man, it does feel good to be home!

I also turned 45 yesterday, so that’s cool.

Anyway, I’m not sure what this week looks like, exactly, but I’m going to give myself until next Sunday to build up some momentum—the past three weeks were very abnormal and I’m still way out of kilter.

So let’s try this one again, folks…

My only goal for this week:

  • Don’t do nothing

I know I’ll be playing catch-up at work, but it should not be as demanding as the week before we left for Europe. And, in reality, “Don’t do nothing” is a very low bar—last time, I consciously decided to give in to work demands, so this time I am consciously deciding NOT to given in to work demands. It’s as simple as that.

I’m 99% sure I’ll be starting 5/3/1 Building a Bigger Yoke next Sunday, and I even bought myself a neck harness as a birthday gift in preparation. I’ve never done direct neck training before, so I’m excited to see how it goes.

Well, that’s that. Nothing left but to get after it—whatever “it” turns out to be!

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Happy birthday for yesterday, ain’t gonna be many 45 year olds around the world in your shape.
Saw the holiday pictures and first thoughts were - look in fantastic nick and you were definitely exercising your right to bear arms and yes I mean the arms of a bear

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@aholding88 - Thanks, mate! I’m midway through my 40s now, but I’m still getting better everyday. (Or that’s what I tell myself, at least—haha!)

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Don’t Do Nothing - Day 1

Sunday - 09 July 2023
Workout: Easy conditioning, 1600-1645 (35 minutes)

1-pump burpees + 32-kg KB swings - 2x(25 + 25), 25-second rest between
Bike@120-140 bpm - 10 minutes
1-pump burpees + 32-kg KB swings - 2x(25 + 25), 25-second rest between

I don’t know the last time I’ve taken 2 weeks off, let alone 3, so I knew it’d be hard—but, wow! Just wow: That was awful.

And today, awful feels good.

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Happy birthday mate and welcome to middle age.

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Happy birthday!

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Happy Birthday, man. I’ll be joining you at 45 in less than a month!

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@simo74, @TrainForPain - Thanks for the birthday wishes, guys!

@hillbillyk - 1978 was a good year! (I imagine you’d agree, @raven78. Am I right?)

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Don’t Do Nothing - Day 2

Monday - 10 July 2023
Workout: TM work & easy conditioning, 1635-1735 (60 minutes)

Front squat - 135x5, 155x5, 175x5, 195x5, 205x5, 215x5
CGBP - 135x5, 155x5, 175x5, 195x5, 205x5, 210x5

1-pump burpees + 32-kg KB swings - 2x(25 + 25), 25-second rest between
Bike@120-140 bpm - 10 minutes

BaBY calls for some 5/3/1 percentage work with lifts I’ve not done before, at least not in a disciplined way, so I’m going to use this week to establish TMs for those. Today’s lifts were front squat and close-grip bench press.

I’m pretty pleased with how those went. My front rack still sucks—I do the arms-crossed BS because it’s the only way I’ve found so that I have a chance of keeping the bar in place—and this little bit of work reminded me just how much I hate front squats: I’ll be taking my medicine with these, that’s for sure.

Happier with the CGBP, but these sets made me very aware of just how much I rely on my pecs when doing a standard flat bench press: Try as I might, I just could not get my pecs very involved, and I was instead using mainly triceps to pump the bar. Given that I still think big triceps are super-cool, several cycles with these should help!

The bar started slowing down in the last two sets of both lifts, and though I completed 5 clean reps across all sets, I’ll be using 195 lbs as the TM for both of these supplemental lifts in the first cycle of BaBY: Start too light, progress slowly.

Rounded out today’s work with some burpees + swings and the bike because my conditioning went to sh*t almost as quickly as my abs went from blurry to completely absent during the time off. Both of those should improve pretty quickly, though: I just need to be consistent with my effort and my nutrition.

And with that, Day 2 is in the books!

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Happy birthday!

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'tis no coincidence on the '78, and a good month too :wink: Happy Birthday for a few days ago sir!

Keep hitting that conditioning hard, it’s the only way it’ll come back!

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Omg, totally glossed over that it’s your birthday

Happy birthday :partying_face:

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