SvenG
January 5, 2026, 3:55pm
5909
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d2
Monday - 05 January 2026 Workout: Bench, 0935-1035 (60 minutes)
Jumps/throws
Begin: 0945; End: 1023; Duration: 38 minutes
Assault bike - 5 minutes
Assistance totals:
Main work in 19 minutes, assistance superset throughout.
Bench felt good: The jump from 200 and 225 felt heavier than the jump from 225 to 250. Top set felt easy, definitely more reps in the tank there. The assistance work was very blah today, mostly just punching the clock there, I think—the RDLs did kick my butt, though, so at least they didn’t disappoint.
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SvenG
January 6, 2026, 1:58am
5910
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d2
Monday - 05 January 2026 Workout: Easy conditioning, 2030-2100 (30 minutes)
Walk - 30 minutes
Not immediately after dinner, but as close as I could make it, given the evening’s activities.
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SvenG
January 6, 2026, 6:42pm
5911
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d3
Tuesday - 06 January 2026 Workout: Conditioning + calves, 1250-1335 (45 minutes)
Seated calf raise - 140 lbs - 3 minutesReps: 103
Tabata American KB swing - 24 kg - 8x(20 on/10 off)Reps: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 (80 total)
AMRAP - 15 7 minutesRounds: 5
EMOM - 10 minutes
Almost got it in! As it was, though, the driveway got too wet and I had to call it after 7 minutes.
I was glad to have made 5 trips, but that ate into the available time, so I truncated the push-press “substitute” to 10 rounds.
Rest of it was fine, but the tabata doesn’t get any easier (despite what I might have said previously!).
I intend to walk tonight, but it’ll come later than usual—it’s a busy week with kids’ swim meets and basketball games!
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SvenG
January 7, 2026, 2:29am
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God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d3
Tuesday - 06 January 2026 Workout: Easy conditioning, 2100-2130 (30 minutes)
Walk - 30 minutes
Meetings until 1800, straight to the pool for a swim meet, home and eating dinner by 2045, then straight into the walk—ugh!
Not sure if it was the long day or the 5 rounds with the sled for the first time in forever or what, but the walk itself was hard work tonight—double-ugh!
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SvenG
January 7, 2026, 4:35pm
5913
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d4
Wednesday - 07 January 2026 Workout: Deadlift, 1030-1125 (55 minutes)
Jumps/throws
Begin: 1040; End: 1115; Duration: 35 minutes
Assault bike - 5 minutes
Assistance totals:
Main work in 29 minutes, assistance superset throughout.
Firing on all cylinders today: Solid effort, solid reps, feeling good—it’s hard to ask for more than that.
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SvenG
January 8, 2026, 12:25am
5914
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d4
Wednesday - 07 January 2026 Workout: Easy conditioning, 1855-1925 (30 minutes)
Walk - 30 minutes
That’s a bit more like it—though tomorrow evening will be crazy with a basketball game AND a swim meet!
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SvenG
January 8, 2026, 7:20pm
5915
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d6
Thursday - 08 January 2026 Workout: Press, 1310-1410 (60 minutes)
Jumps/throws
Begin: 1318; End: 1357; Duration: 39 minutes
Assault bike - 5 minutes
Assistance totals:
Main work in 21 minutes, assistance superset throughout.
Firing on all cylinders again today! Great way to finish out the lifting workouts of this cycle.
I’ll walk later, but it’ll be after a late dinner.
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Boom. That has to feel good.
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SvenG
January 9, 2026, 2:04am
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shaneinga:
That has to feel good.
For sure!
I’m taking the deload next week, though: It’s been forever since I’ve had any kind of PR and—dare I say it?—I’d love to hit something during one of the next two anchor cycles.
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SvenG
January 9, 2026, 2:05am
5918
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d5
Thursday - 08 January 2026 Workout: Easy conditioning, 2030-2100 (30 minutes)
Walk - 30 minutes
Done!
Also, I hate this new forum format…
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raven78
January 9, 2026, 3:15am
5919
Change, but not sure what for, or why…?
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Agreed, first getting rid of the unread filter now this aesthetic abomination…
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BethB
January 9, 2026, 10:37am
5921
aholding88:
aesthetic abomination…
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I just wonder whose sitting there and making these decisions and have they tested them first.
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SvenG
January 9, 2026, 4:23pm
5923
@raven78 , @aholding88 , @BethB - At least I’m not the only one, haha!
In fact, it looks like @s.gentz started a thread about it over here … Thanks for that, my man!
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SvenG
January 9, 2026, 4:26pm
5924
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d6
Friday - 09 January 2026 Workout: Conditioning + calves, 1040-1115 (35 minutes)
Seated calf raise - 140 lbs - 3 minutesReps: 107
Tabata American KB swing - 24 kg - 8x(20 on/10 off)Reps: 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 (80 total)
EMOM - 15 minutes
Rain, rain, go away…
Maybe it’ll dry up later, maybe it won’t, but I didn’t have a choice today—was squeezing this in as it was.
Kicked my butt, too, which just reinforces my decision to respect the programmed deload next week: Feeling good yesterday, yes, but everything here today was an absolute struggle. Got through it all, but the level of effort was high, High, HIGH today.
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SvenG
January 10, 2026, 12:52am
5925
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d6
Friday - 09 January 2026 Workout: Easy conditioning, 1915-1945 (30 minutes)
Walk - 30 minutes
I ate big tonight—and my mind wants more!—but I’m hoping that helps with recovery.
Unfortunately, my son sprained his ankle in his basketball game last night, so he’s out for two weeks—that’s a bummer, but better than a season-ending fracture or something.
In contrast, even though it’s early in the season, my daughter’s swimming relay qualified for regionals last night, and she’ll be trying to qualify for the individual 100-meter breaststroke tomorrow morning.
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SvenG
January 10, 2026, 1:48pm
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@BethB - Thanks! She’s still recovering from a flu bug (a nagging cough), but she’s still got a good shot—and there’ll be more opportunities through the season if she misses.
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SvenG
January 10, 2026, 1:48pm
5928
God Sven is a Beast - 2025.c5w6d7
Saturday - 10 January 2026 Workout: Easy conditioning, 0805-0840 (35 minutes)
2 rounds of:
Weighted vest walk - 30 kg - 20 minutes
That’s it for today—off to the swim meet!
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Perfect description. It’s giving me a headache. I don’t need a recap of the same post. It’s so much harder to follow the flow of a thread now.