Awesome!
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5/3/1 W11D1: Bench
Bench: 5x45/105/125/145, 165x11+4+4 (PR)
CG Pause Bench: 3x5 @ 145
DB Row: 120x15/13/12 (PR)
Pushdowns: 75x13/10/9/7
Solid way to kick off the cycle. Some good work benching and rowing in particular. Not that it’s a particularly meaningful number, but this is the first top set I’ve had that list my e1RM at over 225
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Great work
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5/3/1 W11D2: Rest
Walk ~1:00:00
3 Sets Pull-Aparts
3 Sets Fat Gripz Ab Wheel
@atlas13 thanks again for telling me about those. Solid movement to add to the arsenal.
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Glad you like em!
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5/3/1 W11D3: Squat
Squat: 5x45/135/185/215/245, 11x275 (PR)
Leg Press: 3x12 @ 365 (PR), Drop Set 15x315
Chins: 5x3 @ +60 (PR)
Rest-Pause Leg Extensions: 200x11+5+5
Very happy with my effort here. I squatted a PR (first good squat set in a hot minute,) pushed the set to failure, and leg-pressed my way to an exertion headache (side note: these fucking suck). Chin triples are also heavy enough to be PR’s now, too. All in all, this was a big confidence boost after only taking 300 for a single last week.
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I haven’t posted food in a while, so here: two servings of pulled beef and zucchini, two servings of sweet and sour beef over rice, and milk. Just some dining hall stuff.
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Cool Cow
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Yes sir. Very nice
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W11D4: Wrestling Practice
Jog ~5/8 Mile, Stairs Footwork Drills
Handfighting, Takedowns
Technique: Ankle Picks
Situational Live: Outside Single in on a Shot, High Crotch in on a Shot
Full Live Go
Solid day. Nine total live goes against someone with maybe ten pounds on me, and I got the takedown in 8 and pins in 3 (?). Got hoisted and slammed off of a bad sprawl for the one loss in one of the high crotch situational goes.
I feel like I’m starting to branch out in a different direction in terms of my strategy in neutral. Tie-ups were something I used to try and avoid at 5’9” and 120, but now I’m able to really work with them, dig underhooks to threaten trips, set my shots up off of drags and snaps, and generally slow down the opp’s offense.
Mat returns are also taking precedence over stuff like back trips now, since it’s much easier to get my hips under people who aren’t like six inches shorter than me, and I’m strong enough to really get some solid pop going.
Also, yesterday left my entire lower body completely trashed. First time I’ve been this sore in my quads/glutes in quite some time.
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I appreciate the fact that a photo of some beef and milk from a dining hall got more likes than anything I’ve posted in a couple months, lol. Y’all have your priorities straight.
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Cool Cow
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5/3/1 W11D5: Press
Press: 5x45/75/95/105/125, 9x140 (PR)
Clean & Press: 5x5 @ 125
Pull-Aparts: 5x20
Smashrock Curls: 55, 26, 19
Another solid pressing PR. No idea how it got so freakishly far ahead of my bench, but I’m not gonna complain lol.
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I want to like this post, because that’s an impressive PR on the press, but I also don’t want to risk upstaging the foodhall beef for most liked post
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Maybe I should just switch from logging training to advertising the school’s food. See if I can’t drive up our recruitment a bit.
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5/3/1 W11D6: Wrestling Practice
Jog ~5/8 Mile, Stairs Footwork Drills
Stance & Motion
Shots, Non-Shot Takedowns
Technique: Slide-By’s & Duck-Unders
Live: Neutral Goes & Top-Bottom
Solid day. I was in a group of 3 with someone much stronger than me (585 pull @ 170, Jesus Christ lmao,) but with much less experience, and someone lighter but technically better. I was able to work both of them.
Apparently next week’s the last week of practice this semester, which is odd given that it took us so long to get properly started. I’ll just switch back to lifting/conditioning at that point, and maybe see if I can drag a few guys to the mats every once in a while to spar. Over Winter break (which is apparently a month long, yay college) I’ll be dropping in on a bunch of HS practices for some grudge matches with my old coaches, teammates, and my brother (one of them, at least. I’m the oldest of five).
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5/3-1 W11D7: Deadlift
Deadlift: 5x135/225/275/315/345
Fat Gripz Deadlift: 10x1@235, Every 30 Seconds, Alternate Grips
WG Pull-Ups: 10/9/8/7/6
Prone Ham Curls: 110x13/11/9/8
Cut the top set short, but got some solid work in afterwards. I’ll be going out for wings tonight.
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5/3/1 W12D1: Bench
Bench: 5x45/95/115/135/155, 175x8+3+2 (PR)
Feet-Up Bench: 3x5 @ 155
Rest-Pause Kroc Rows: 120x8, 17+8+5 (PR)
No time for pushdowns, but I made up for it with everything else. Happy with the rows in particular - I turned up the music and knocked out a pretty brutal set. My whole back was super pumped afterwards.
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5/3/1 W12D2: Rest
~1:15:00 Walking
Some Stretching & Pull-Aparts
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