Powering through the monologue is a slog. I read the whole book in the course of a week, reading it in 8 hour chunks during significant downtime at work due to COVID, and that part took like 3 hours.
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Was waiting for that… 
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Wait, that is @Cyrrex 's job
He might be a pensioner, buy he should still have job security 
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I’ll check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.
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5/3/1 & Widowmakers - c6w2d6
Friday - 03 December 2021
Workout: Extra conditioning, 1350-1450 (60 minutes)
7 rounds of:
a) 15 1-pump burpees
b) 15 BFPs - red
c) 15-second rest
Pwn’s The Last Castle - 10 rounds
a) Farmer’s walk - 25 yards - 2x77 lbs
b) 6 alternating DB snatches - L/R - 35 lbs
c) Farmer’s walk - 25 yards - 2x77 lbs
d) 10 KB swings - 24 kg
Time: 28:11
This was agony: the mental toll of every. single. repitition. was just grueling today. Realized I’m suffering from a bit of the Groundhog Day effect lately: every day is the same.
And yet, when it’s not, when it’s different, when it’s not according to schedule, or when unanticipated things happen, I’m unhappy. Or stressed. Or worried.
Good gosh, I am annoying myself here. Sorry about that. Right, so, therapy over, conditioning work done, moving on.
Edit: These Goundhog Day comments apply generally, not just to my training.
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230x8 are you shitting me?
Comments available re: Rand. But no time at the moment.
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I’m always impressed that you seem to do essentially the same conditioning workout every day. Is there a reason?
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I lack Pwn’s intuition and creativity.
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So an opportunity to mix things up?
It was for real, my dude.
I should probably record some of these sets… 
I’ll be here when you have a chance!
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Yeah, probably time to shake things up. (Not sure I actually will, mind you. But it might be time nonetheless!)
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I mean, if what you’re doing is working. It would drive me mental though.
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Great work on that 230x8 mate. You see to have pretty good bench strength in comparison to lower body, I only say that because that’s what people said about me a couple of years ago. Is this from a misspent youth as a bodybuilder or injuries?
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Thanks, @simo74!
Amended the above to correct.
I started benching in high school and continued through college, but I didn’t know anything, so didn’t really do much else with a barbell besides that. Been benching on and off ever since (so 20+ years). Only started squatting, deadlifting, and pressing a few years ago, when I got serious about lifting as an adult.
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This is actually self loathing and insanity
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Tomayto, tomahto.
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5/3/1 & Widowmakers - c6w2d7
Saturday - 04 December 2021
Workout: Easy conditioning + calves, 0745-0925 (100 minutes)
Weighted vest walk - 26 kg - 35 minutes
Jump rope tabata - 8x40/15 - 1 round
SL CR - L/R - 30x12, 35x10 | 40x8 + isohold: 23s
Bike@120 bpm - 15 minutes
BB curl - 76 + 12, 12
Fasted. Moving very slowly today, not sure why, feeling fine. Decided once I hit 75 reps in the first set of BB curls, I’d rest-pause that set as a way to inch closer to 100 straight. Wanted 72 reps in that one today, found a way to gut out 76 pretty clean reps, so I took a 15-second rest and cranked out half of the remaining. Finished up the last 12 reps after a 60-second rest. Pretty happy with that.
And yes, due to my, erm, lack of intuition and creativity, I will be trying Pwn’s Tower of Babel with 95-lbs thrusters today. Hoping to reach a top set of 8 reps. Remaining burpees and the rest will follow, assuming I’m still alive at that point.
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5/3/1 & Widowmakers - c6w2d7
Saturday - 04 December 2021
Workout: Extra conditioning, 1405-1450 (45 minutes)
7 rounds of:
a) 15 KB swings - 24 kg
b) 15 BFPs - red
c) 15-second rest
Pwn’s Tower of Babel - 95-lbs thrusters + 5 burpees
1, 2, …, 8, 9, 8, …, 2, 1
Time: 22:46
15 1-pump burpees
He’s right—let’s just call it what it is: self-loathing and insanity.
Wanted 8, got 9. HR crossed 170 by 8 on the way up and stayed there for a while on the way down. But it wasn’t all that long ago I was struggling to just complete the Fran WOD (21-15-9 thrusters + pull-ups) with 95-lbs thrusters, so I’ll say peaking at 9 reps on the top set is progress: today was Fran’s required thrusters + 36 more.
Based on today’s work, I’m thinking I’ll hover here at a 9-rep peak for awhile and try to keep the time around 22-23 minutes. Once I’ve mastered that, I think it’d be reasonable to begin driving the time down before adding more reps: there was a fair amount of sucking wind and staggering about when transitioning from thrusters into burpess and vice versa.
And now that I’m thinking of it, perhaps it’s about time to try Fran again… The 9-minute time cap scares the crap out of me for 21-15-9 thrusters alone, never mind that plus 21-15-9 pull-ups.
But that’s exactly why I need to try again, isn’t it?
Edit: Forgot to include the 15 burpees that immediately followed the Tower today to hit my daily 100. Corrected.
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Ooh, you bastard. That sounds nasty
Edit: I see it was nasty. Good work.
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5/3/1 & Widowmakers - c6w2 - summary
Not much to say about this week—set some PRs, which is great, but I also hit all 20 reps on all lifts for the follow-up FSL Widowmakers this week, which is even better. Beyond that, I hit all of my other goals for the week, and I just want to carry that success into Week 3 as I wrap-up the anchor.
This week’s WMs are in my head already, but not entirely in a bad way. I’ve been visualizing myself absolutely dominating tomorrow’s squat WM from the instant I approach the bar until the moment I rack it. The rest will follow.
I am prepared, I am strong, I am ready.
My goals for Week 3 are:
- Complete all 4 lifting workouts
- Complete all 20 reps on all 4 Widowmaker sets
- Continue with 75 reps in each assistance category
- Complete 4 days of hard conditioning
- Complete 3 days of easy conditioning + direct calf work
- Do 100 burpees + swings + BFPs every day
- Continue to make good food choices and eat well
Like so much else, we could say all of that’s starting to feel repetitive… But instead, let’s put a good spin on it and say that’s me being consistent.
Time to rock 'n roll.
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