Gym was open only half day for the holiday, so it was packed. Couldn’t get to a deadlift station, so did a lot of seated rows, working on erectors. Got up pretty heavy.
Wanted to do dips, but everyone using them, so found a bench machine and did some heavy pushing.
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Bodyweight up a couple pounds, but belt still notching the same
Squats. Got up to 155 x 6, but each one got depth. yay. Did 135 x 8.
Did some hard leg presses.
Hanging, helps ease the pressure on my back.
Some arm curls, 70 lbs x 3.
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Bench day. Got up to
125 x 2
125 x 2
125 x 2
125 x 2
better than last week. next week ought to be able to do triples
Did some calf raises because why not, ages since I’ve done any. Damn, they work my core.
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Deadlift. Got up to 205 x 6, then 225 x 1. Felt good. Lower back feeling great, strong as hell. Could have pushed harder. So why didn’t I?
Stupid scoliosis. I have to go into an off center stance and bend the hips a tad to get things lined up. But it gets my side hip muscles sore and they were really bothering me today. So stopped while I was ahead. Will have to figure out what to about this. Shit, starting to make some progress and this has to get in the way. I don’t think it’s an injury, but will have to find a way around it.
Also did some incline bench. Did some 95 x 4, not too hard, but hip starting to be a distraction.
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Squat day, but working around hip thing, so did heavy leg presses. Legs were toast.
Some seated rows. Surprisingly easy. Did they lube the machine?
A few arm curls.
70 x 3
70 x 3
70 x 2
70 x 2
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Bench, not much trouble with hips. Got up to a couple of triples of 125, a couple of doubles.
Ab crunch, easier than usual.
Hanging
Leg extensions.
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Double high five. Multiple sets to failure is brutal.
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Thanks, Elaikases, I’ve always pounded hard at it.
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So working around my hip problem, decided was ready for light deads. In fact, think I’ll take the whole week light, I am feeling pretty worn out, need a deload.
Got up to 135 x 10 for three sets. So far, so good.
Dips x 8 for 3 sets, good.
Hyper extensions, times 8 or 10 for 3 sets. Been forever since I’ve done these.
Some incline bench, got up to 95 lbs for 4 reps.
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Been busy, forgot to post from couple days ago.
Squats. Took fairly easy. Got up to a few reps with 135, then 115.
Did some arm curls, 50 x 8.
Leg presses.
Seated rows.
Nothing too hard, but sure got my cardio workout.
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Bench day. Decided to heavy. Got up to three sets of 125 each for a triple.
Leg extension. Hit hard, hit failure at 5 reps.
Press machine. Did pretty well.
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Deadlift. Went well. Got up to 225 x 3.
Some tri extensions.
Seated rows, do them to work for deadlift. Got heavy for 5 reps. Several sets of that.
All in all, pretty happy.
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Squats. Got up to 165 for a double. Got pretty low, too.
Leg curls, been a while.
Leg extensions
Was going to do some bar curls, but worn out.
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Is that a PR for you?
Well, I’ve squatted a little more than this before, but I think I had better form this time. Got all the way down, so I guess it is.
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Congratulations
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Lost strength. Did bench. Could only do 115 for triples. Really hard.
Did some leg presses.
Machine presses. Not bad.
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All the deadlift stations being used.
Did some pullups. Been a long time. Did a couple sets at 3 reps. Did a few more at 2 and half. Really hard.
Seated row. Got up to one more plate than I usually use. yay
Weighted dips. Did a few at +10 lbs for 4 reps, then 5, then a 6. Tried a 25 lb plate and got a double.
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Squat day. Got up to 155 x 6
165 x 4
155 x 5 form got weird on this, guess I was worn out
Hyper extension
25 lb plate x 10
25 x 10
Leg extension
about 3/4 of the stack for half a dozen
Hanging for 40 sec
30 sec
didn’t count
Used to be, doing squats feel hard on spine (got scoliosis), hanging is great to relieve the pressure. Now didn’t bother back at all, just did it to work grip and upper body.
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Congratulations, you doubled the reps on last weeks PR