This is what I have my eye on. Not sure misses is happy with me filling the shed with “junk” as she would put it!
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That’s exactly what Mrs. SvenG said when she saw what I was looking at!
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It is ok though to have 300 different candles or pot plants in the house though 
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Playing devils advocate, having plants in the house cleans the air and has been reliably shown to increase mood for many
Candles though…
But yeah, my mum is very into collecting Knick knacks. It’s annoying
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Yeah, but the keg… it helps… it’s not… it’s… Bah, nevermind!
Edit: Actually, she’s never really stood in the way of anything like that—we don’t work that way. She wasn’t thrilled about the sled when she realized I’d be keeping it next to the car, but now she’s pushing it 4 times a week herself.
I’ll just have to bide my time with this one, too. 
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This is exactly why I will never be with someone who doesn’t take working out somewhat seriously…
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That may well be the case, but having a house full
of gubbins (my made up word for useless clutter) can also have a negative impact on others
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Don’t really want to take it here, but…
FIFY.
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Agreed. Mum thinks little trinkets = “interesting life”
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I made it even better.
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Well that one is more flexible
I will be getting plenty of that from work
The person would just have to tolerate their role as a sounding board and accept that I might prefer to spend time on projects than with them
In turn, I’ll accept that he might leave a date to take a business call
Honestly, that’d be terrible! I know plenty of academic couples, and plenty who are in the same field, but I’m pretty sure Mrs. SvenG and I would tear each others eyes out if we were publishing together!
Yes!
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5s PRO, 5x5 FSL - c5w1d5
Thursday - 28 October 2021
Workout: Deadlift, 0800-0910 (70 minutes)
Warm-up
Throws + jumps
Begin: 0824; End: 0901; Duration: 37 minutes
Deadlift - 110x5, 140x5, 170x5 | 200x5, 230x5, 260x5 | (200x5)x5
Ab wheel - ramp (11) - 15, 15, 10
Dip - 60 - 12, 12, 12, 4
Chin-up - BW - 10, 10, 10, 10
Band good morning - green - 10
Push-up - 10
Incline scap/trap - 2x40 lbs - 10
Press - 70x20
Assistance totals:
Push - 50 reps
Pull - 50 reps
Single-leg/core - 50 reps
Kids are off school today and tomorrow, so it was another leisurely morning. Not much to say about this one—felt pretty easy overall, which is good for a 5s week. Dropped the ab wheel ramp again, all good there. Went ahead and knocked out the second 20-rep set of press for the week; moved well, maybe easier than last time, certainly no harder, and I had a nice burn in my shoulders by the end.
That just leaves deadlift WM and burpees, etc. for later today.
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I like my friend, and even if we were to eventually get together, I would never want to work with him.
We’re actually on a project team together and it’s already been quite irritating
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No… just no…
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I learned that lesson early: my wife and I took exactly two classes together in college, and she’s still a touch bitter about the literature course in which I was supposedly the “teacher’s pet.”
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Ive come to realize he’s as bad as my nitpicky advisor. Just not going to happen
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I think we have just found the perfect Tinder profile text.
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5s PRO, 5x5 FSL - c5w1d5
Thursday - 28 October 2021
Workout: Deadlift WM + conditioning, 1145-1215 (30 minutes)
Deadlift - 160x20
4 rounds of:
a) 13 1-pump burpees
b) 13 KB swings - 24 kg
c) 30 BPAs - red - 10 high + 10 mid + 10 low
25-second rest between rounds
Deadlifts were good; challenge will be staying tight the whole time with heavier weights. And maybe grip, eventually, as well. All that’s left now is just food and rest, as usual.
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5s PRO, 5x5 FSL - c5w1d6
Friday - 29 October 2021
Workout: Bench, 0955-1050 (55 minutes)
Warm-up
Throws + jumps
Begin: 1016; End: 1044; Duration: 28 minutes
Bench - 90x5, 115x5, 140x5 | 165x5, 190x5, 215x5 | (165x5)x5
Deficit reverse lunge - L/R - 2x20 lbs - 20, 12, 8
Pull-up - BW - 10, 10, 10, 10
Standing DB press - 2x35 lbs - 16, 16, 8
Cable crunch - 50 - 10
OA row - L/R - 45 - 10
Band pushdown - red - 10
Bench - 160x20
Assistance totals:
Push - 50 reps
Pull - 50 reps
Single-leg/core - 50 reps
Late start, but a good day. Throws were half-hearted today—it’s pouring down rain, which normally wouldn’t bother me, but I’m tired of the rain and I just wanted to get through them. Anyway, crushed this workout. Absolutely flew through it but didn’t push (if that makes sense). Everything felt smooth and fluid today.
Did the second bench Widowmaker for this week directly following my last set of assistance—once again, it was ridiculously easy. And that was with bumping the weight up to 60% of the projected anchor TM (plus 5 lbs because I wasn’t paying attention) and after 55 reps in the actual workout. Pretty happy with that, to say the least. Hopefully the rest of my lifts catch up before too long…
Sled, burpees, swings, BPAs, and curls to follow later today.
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