Many happy returns mate.
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Thanks for the sentiments, all!
@ChickenLittle @throwawayfitness @raven78 @SvenG @simo74
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10Aug23
Seated Press
115x4
100x4
100x4
100x4
Split Squats
115x12
115x12
DB Bench Press
(myoreps)
65x17,5,5,5,5,5
60x14,5,5,5,5,5
Lateral Raises
30x20
30x16
30x16
I’m feeling pretty good at the moment, even though my strength is down quite a bit in the big lifts. I’m working back up slowly. I’m going to pay attention through the rest of this program, but it seems like maybe my lifts have dropped since I switched from a 3-day/week program to a 4-day/week program. With accessory days they both end up being 6-day/week programs, and it may just be coincidence, but it does line up with adding the extra strength day. We’ll see. Most likely it’s still a result of my extracurricular daily beverage intake…
III
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11Aug23
Abs
Arms
Upper Back
4-mile walk with 40 lb vest (1:02:10)
III
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Dude you are looking phenomenal!!! Jacked!
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Thanks bro! Right back atcha!!
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21Aug23
Squats
320x5
275x5
275x5
275x5
CG Incline Bench
135x10
135x10
135x10
RDL
280x8
280x8
Landmine Hack Squat
90x20
90x16
90x14
These squats actually felt really (really) good. Pressing felt very (very) weak.
III
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wondered where you were. Nice squatting
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Ehh I was just dealing with Kurt sh&t.
Thanks mate! I’m still building back to where I was, but this is the best the squats have felt in a long time.
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23Aug23
Bench Press
205x4
185x4
180x4
180x4
180x4
Front Squat
215x10
215x10
215x10
DB Press
(myoreps)
45x17,5,3,3,2
40x11,4,2
DB Flyes
30x14
30x10
25x12
Bench press was ok. I smashed those front squats. The first set felt so easy I had my wife come video the second set to see if they looked as easy as they felt, or to make sure I wasn’t screwing something up. I was not. This particular program I’m running has front squats - in some variation - throughout, as a supplemental lift. I’ve used them off and on for years, but have never left them in consistently. Man, do I feel like I’m making some good progress on them.
I don’t know what happened on the DB press myoreps. I gassed out hard and fast. Normally I can get a few sets of 5 after the fatigue set before I slowly leak off to a few sets of 4 or 3. This time I was shot immediately. Good session overall, though.
Headed to Colorado for elk season in 3 weeks…
III
Edit: forgot to log that I also did 16 minutes HASS (Hard-Ass Steady State) on the Echo bike. I just went as fast as I could maintain for as long as I could, or until my show ended…
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you are a sick man
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Just filthy. Salute.
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Thanks, but this is probably not near as impressive as you men are envisioning. Or maybe it is, but this is mostly a product of me trying to punish myself for slacking so much lately. I’ve got to keep the hammer down until elk season.
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24Aug23
Abs
Arms
Upper Back
20 minutes HASS on echo bike
III
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25Aug23
Deadlift
395x5
340x5
340x5
340x5
Bench Press
190x8
185x8
180x8
Pendlay Rows
185x16
165x12
165x12
Deadlifts feel like they’re coming back. Felt really good today.
III
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Nice deadlifting!!
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Thank you, sir!
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28Aug23
Squat
325x5
275x5
280x5
280x5
CG Incline Bench
140x10
140x10
140x10
RDL
285x8
285x8
Landmine Hack Squats
95x16
95x14
95x12
Squats continue to feel great; plenty more in the tank.
III
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This is dead set the best feeling there is.
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Agreed! It is weird how these things can go back and forth between feeling great and feeling rotten, though.
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