Sorry had a rough day at the gym 
Mate you’re a beast!
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@girlgotguns hey, at least it’s still a day in the gym haha
@duketheslaya ha, kind words! Much appreciated, but with all the weight being slung around here, tough to say I’d qualify 
SSB is funny like that. I think the rule of thumb is SSB is around 80-90 per cent of straight bar, so when you’re getting closer to those limits you’ll really feel the difference.
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Just push through man
Fun fact, that gif is from a Finnish comedy movie
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Ha I had a shitty day too 
We will live to fight another day.
I hope the shitty days are the ones that feeds the good days.
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5/8/18
Weight: 198.4
Chest
DB Bench
5 x 70
3 x 80
3 x 90
10, 7, 5 x 100
Giant Set:
BBB DB Incline
5 x 10 x 60
WG Pull Up
5 x 5 x BW
Tri Extension w/ rope
5 x 10 x 90
Giant Set:
Dips
4 x 12 x BW
Skull Crushers
4 x 10
Low Point Cable Fly w/ Ropes
4 x 12-15 x 30
Banded Push Ups
1 x 8 x Black
2 x 5 x Purple
1 x 8 x Black
Meh, pretty solid chest pump, bunch of BPAs throughout the work out. Down a rep on the 2nd and 3rd sets, next week will drop to 90s and get some quality volume in, get over this little plateau. Those banded push ups were no joke.
Weight is good, happy with that, more hungry than normal though.
Edit: Also, figured out what my general anxiety has been about for the last couple days, my state boards for EMT certification are today and I’ve been worrying about them the last few days, which has affected sleep, eating, and general feelings of awesomeness. I live a fairly stress free existence, so it didn’t really even occur to me that my anxiety might actually be stemming from something haha
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Good luck with the certification! What exactly do you have to do for that?
The SSB can be humbling!
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From 8a-12 we do our written portion (why they gave us that long, I have no idea) and then from 1-(they said expect to be late evening) is the practical portion, scenarios, scenes, and all that jazz.
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Yeah, I was moderately pissed ha and not like, Canadian pissed…like ignorant American pissed, “I quit, I hate it, I don’t even wanna lift anymore!”
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Do you like pass/fail?
5/9/18
Weight: 196.0
Off/Accessory
20 Minute Vest Walk
Incline 10 x 3mph x +25lbs
Superset:
Ab Wheel Rollouts
5 x 10
Standing Calves
5 x 15 x 50
Shoulder Pre-hab/re-hab movements
Glad today was an “off” day, am wiped out from the events yesterday, food was off, not macros/shitty food, I just had a protein shake about 0430 and didn’t eat anything again until about 445 in the afternoon when we left the testing center.
Weight is low due to moderate dehydration and minimal food yesterday, I skipped the pizza and soda they ordered for us so that put me a few hours into a pseudo/unwanted fast haha
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How did the rest of the testing itself go?
Good, thanks for asking! Everything went smoothly, one of only a handful to pass the initial written test, and then got through all my practicals except one, I got a little confident and didn’t use the phrasing they wanted verbatim so I missed a critical component because of it and had to re-test out of that scenario, my own fault.
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5/10/18
Weight: 199.0
Back/Chase the Pump
Superset:
SSB Front Squat and Back Squat
2 x 5 x 225 (Back)
3 x 5 x 135 (Front)
NG T-Bar Rows
8 sets x 10-20 reps x 70-115lbs
WG Pull Ups
3, 3, 3, 3 x +35, +25, +20, +15
2 x 3 x +35
2 x 5 x BW
Lat Pulldown with bands
4 x 10 x Green
Traps
Biceps
Done
Knew coming in I wasn’t moving anything off the floor with any quality today, just feel flat beat up, my time with BBB may be coming to a close to let my body recover before hitting it again, it is easily my favorite template due to the volume and toughness of it.
Weight is good, back to consistently under 200 which makes me content, composition is still good as well.
Pretty good pump today, felt good, shirt was hanging right, good confidence boost from the mirror today haha
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5/11/18
Weight: 197.4
Shoulders/Chase The Pump
BB OHP
10 x 45
5 x 65, 85, 105, 125, 145
5 x 125, 105
10 x 85, 65
Superset:
Rear Delt Row/Raise
4 x 12 x 30
BPA
4 x 12 x Red
Superset:
Lateral Raise
4 x 12 x 20
Lateral Raise w/ Band
4 x 12 x Orange
Superset:
Front Raise
4 x 12 x 20
BTN Band Press (anchored in front, hold tension back and out, “pressed” behind the head)
4 x 12 x Red
Superset:
Bunch of Triceps w/ Red Band
Muscle Snatch
4 x 8 x 85
A solid pump today, 145 was easy, didn’t want to grind today, accumulated fatigue for the week has definitely hit me, but felt good about a solid 3D pump.
Pretty good workout, overall.
Weight is better than expected, but I also didn’t eat or drink as much as I should have yesterday. Weekend off as I am on baby sitting duty for the niece.
Edit: Wanted to add ‘da feelz’. Feel great about my body comp right now, feel thick and full, like I lift in and out of a shirt, been a minute since I’ve been happy about that.
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That’s awesomeness to feel your hard work is paying off! Results are like the best feeling and especially if you haven’t seen someone in awhile and you get some validation. How’s the kid you mentioned mentoring?
5/12/18
Circuit Work
5 Rounds (first 3 rounds w/ 25lb vest. 2 Rounds BW)
Ab wheel roll outs
5 x 10
Push ups
5 x 10
Pull ups
5 x 3
Squats
5 x 10
15 minute walk
+25lb vest and 45lb sand bag
@girlgotguns validation is definitely nice Haha
He’s sticking with it. Hopefully he’s eating his peanut butter and jelly Haha
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Good to hear. Ya have a groupie!