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Haven’t been doing anything serious, have way too much going on to be able to focus on the gym. That isn’t to say i don’t have time more that my mental capacity for following a program isn’t quite there.

Done a few 20-30 min session at the gym and a 30 min peloton @ 171 watts, which isn’t a terrible number given my lack of commitment to cardio lately. Weight is still sticking around the same spot (261.6 this morning).

All things considered fitness and physique are holding up pretty well with the work/moving stress, we are getting a pod, today, that we’ll have a full week to load so that should make things easier while providing some surplus stimulus.

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Got in for a little bit this morning, not a ton of work but something.

Hammer db curls: 25 2 x 15
Bench: 135 2 x 5, 185 x 10, 225 x 6, 245 x 5, 275 x 3, 295 x 2

Straight arm pulldown: 70 3 x 10
Face pulls: 70 4 x 10

Dips: -40 x 10, bw x 10, + 25 x8, + 35 x 10

Going to do a peloton this afternoon because the TDF is inspirational

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Ooof, good luck on the move!

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This is not my actual mindset but I wish it was lol

So ready to be done with this. I need to stop moving so much, this house we’re moving into will be the 10th domicile I have lived in the last 10 years and the previous 5 were probably worse than that. The tax seems to be getting higher and higher, too.

The only reason I want to buy a house is to not have to move again anytime soon.

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30 min peloton @ 143 watts, did high cadence low intensity to try to keep the hip/back from being too mad during the move…

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Alright, move is mostly done, waiting for our stuff to be delivered but we made it and have enough stuff for a bit.

Got here yesterday and joined a bodybuilding gym (armbrust pro) today and got a leg session in. Gym isn’t “nice” but it has so many machines and implements, excited to be at a gym with some big boys. There were plenty of average joes but I am definitely no longer one of the biggest/strongest

Didn’t track weights or reps but

Ham curl

Hack squat

Abduction/adduction

Quad extension

Abs

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Yesterday

Pulldown

Machine row

Preacher curl

Back extension

Hammer curls

Today

5+ mile hike, elevation boomed me. Peaked at 8400, nadir was 7300ish?


Going to need to get in better shape

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Welcome to the Rockies!! Congrats on the move.

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Back in the gym this morning

Incline machine press: 2pps 3 x 8
Lateral raises: 130 3 x 10
SA db overhead: 20, 25 x 10

Facepull/tri overhead ss (don’t remember reps/weight)

Seated crunch

Tri machine

15 min stairmaster

Went to part of a Rockies game this afternoon and got a free sun hat, such nice summer weather here

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Beautiful, needs more oxygen. 3 stars

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You will adapt soon enough. Then when you go to sea level it’s like breathing soup.

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Give me that gazpacho lol

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Really!? Does that make it hard to breath and perform?

Are the Denver Broncos at a disadvantage when they go play the Chargers?

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Quite the opposite. The air is so dense, when you take a deep breath after getting winded it feels like you only need one. I can’t speak for anyone other than myself, but it makes my head swim the first few hours I am at sea level.

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Almost always.

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OK. That makes sense.

I got a little excited there for a minute! I thought I was gonna make a fortune gambling with this “new” info.

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That’s awesome. You’re gonna fit right in with the locals!

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Got in a solid leg day yesterday, not sure I remember the actual details but am going to get back into logging them. Not doing any specific plan but going to put a decent effort in. Plan is to do the stairmaster a few times a week to get me in better hiking shape and supplement that with actual hikes or peloton rides, when the bike arrives.

Seated Ham Curl: 220ish 3 x 8

Pendulum Hip Press (quad focus): 3pps 3 x 10

Glute bridges: 2pps 3 x 8

45 degree back extension: bw x 10, 25 2 x 10

Seated crunch: 60ish 2 x 12

Ham curl machine gave a huge range of motion, was some old school piece of equipment forget the name but it was my favorite hamstring machine i’ve ever tried, so going to keep that in the rotation. Edit: Figured it out, it’s the Hamtractor

Not sure I loved my choice of machine for the next movement as much but got a really solid quad pump anyway. Pendulum seemed to be the name of the brand but looking online, it seems like a Rogers product, idk. Doesn’t matter.

Starting to feel a bit jacked again, the same 20 or so pounds that needed to come off in january still does but it’s not going up at least?

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Yesterday

Wide low row: 160 4 x 8

Some wild ass lat pulldown: 160 3 x 6

Seated curl: 20 3 x 10
Straight pulldown: ? 3 x 10

Hammer curl: 30 x 10, 35 x 8

9 min stair master

Good enough

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Haven’t made it to the gym in a bit but that was expected. Averaged ~20k steps from Fri-Sunday with a lot of moving, cleaning, and yard work. Played some disc golf yesterday which barely counts as exercise and got in 3 games of pickleball this morning. Had a decent amount to drink the last two nights but that will tail off when people stop staying with me, which is soon.

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