Thanks @throwawayfitness!
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25Apr23
I was pretty knackered after that workout on Monday so I skipped any conditioning. I had a few minutes between work and ballroom dancing lessons with my wife, so I sneaked in a conditioning session, taking cues from my internet buddies @SvenG, @throwawayfitness, @simo74, @T3hPwnisher and probably others who are good at working in conditioning around the rest of their life. Plus the dancing is a surprising amount of cardio…(I love my wife)
5 bxrpees + 5 chin-ups EMOM FOR 10 minutes
To be honest, by the end the chin-ups were getting pretty ragged. But the effort was there, so I’ll count it.
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Awesome squats dude!
My wife would be supremely jealous of this. She’s been asking me to take salsa lessons with her for a while now… Furthest I’ve made it is to Zumba a few times.
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Thank you, sir!
I figure dancing lessons is the least I can do considering all of the dumb, crazy stuff to which she’s tagged along with me. Also, it turns out I’m very good at dancing. Who knew?
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26Apr23
BW: 225.2 lb
Bench Press
205x1
185x3
185x3
185x3
170x5
170x5
Front Squat
225x8
225x8
215x8
Pendlay Row
175x17
155x12
155x12
155x12
Lateral Raises
15x20
15x18
15x14
15x14
Meh. Got the work done. Bench press day is always disappointing. It’s the only thing that reminds me there may still be some small part of me that is human.
III
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27Apr23
Abs
Arms
Upper back
3-mile weighed-vest walk.
Lately I’ve been doing single-arm rows with a landmine setup. I think I’ve seen them called Meadows Rows, but I’m positive I don’t follow that technique exactly, so I wouldn’t call them that. The name is irrelevant, actually. The point is, they’re blowing up my middle back. Hopefully they translate to some more deadlift gains.
III
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28Apr23
Deadlift
445x1
415x3
385x3
385x3
385x3
Bench Press (2 ct pause)
190x5
180x5
180x5
180x5
Dips
+40x10
+30x10
+20x10
7 bxrpees EMOM x 10 minutes
Damn everything felt heavy today. This workout kicked my tail. Got it done, though.
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29Apr23
Abs
Arms
Upper back
3-mile weighted vest walk
III
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sounds like a @TrainForPain workout
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Even in the right order!
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Ha. Most likely, not. Just my efforts to, at least, look like I lift.
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01May23
Squat
385x1
355x3
320x3
320x3
320x3
Seated Press
115x6
110x6
110x6
SLDL
260x8
260x8
260x8
Landmine Hack Squat
75x20
75x15
75x12
75x12
III
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Very very nice work mate. I deff need to work harder
Thank you, sir. But blechh. These were down quite a bit from my previous week. I’m eating in a deficit and pretty low carb (for me) throughout the day. That may be catching up with me during training. Shouldn’t be much longer, though, as I’m dropping weight like crazy.
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I don’t really worry if my squat isn’t going up every week. Strength comes from an accumulation of work over time. There is a point for me where any work done over a certain weight is always going to add up to something good.
Agreed for sure. It’s just frustrating when you have a really good week followed by one that’s not quite as good. I’m still progressing, though, so no worries.
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02May23
Abs
Arms
Upper back
I talked myself out of this workout twice, so I’ll count doing it as a win.
III
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04May23
Bench press
215x1
195x3
195x3
195x3
170x5
170x5
Front squat
235x8
225x8
215x8
Pendlay Row
180x12
155x12
155x12
155x12
Lateral raises
20x20
20x14
15x12
10x16
Bench actually felt pretty good, but man those front squats crushed me.
III
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05May05
Abs
Arms
Upper back
7 bxrpees EMOM x 10 minutes
Did pull-ups today for the first time in a while. They’re easier now that I’m 15 lb lighter…
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06May23
Deadlift
455x1
415x3
395x3
395x3
395x3
Bench press (2ct pause)
195x5
185x5
185x5
Dips
+45x10
+35x10
+25x10
3-mile weighted vest (20 lb) walk (46:39)
The deadlifts and the walk had my lower back pretty fried, but the bench and the dips gave me a stellar chest pump. So I’d say it was a wash.
III
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