To be fair lots the lower body stuff I’m doing right now is just trying to groove good movement than anything
Set up the old treadmill inside today so guess there’s no excuse to not go walking. 15mins while I wait for my chicken nuggies sounds good lol
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9/9/19
Upper body today. Big pump everywhere and cute little PRs on incline press. Solid sesh if nothing spectacular.
Incline Barbell Bench 3 Sets up to 85kg
Pec Flyes 3 Sets @ 145
Chest Supported Row 4 Sets
DB Shrugs 5 Sets @ 35kg
Rope Curl 3 Sets
Rope Triceps 3 Sets
Facepull 3 Sets
Cable Y Raises 3 Sets
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Yeah but if you’re fatiguing your core muscles between sets instead of resting like you should then it isn’t really conducive to good technique. You could say the same about doing it before training, but that’s why you start with less and add sets and reps as it gets easier.
Anyway, you can do what you want, I’m just telling you what McGill says and what I think.
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Do the McGill big three before you lift.
Look at squat university youtube channel, he has a great video about the McGill big three it’s very recent if not the newest video.
He explains very good how to do it.
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Posterior chain day today. Did McGill big three before lifting and felt good dunno if it was the cause but meh it worked out. Put a bit more weight on the bar to see how it felt and can tolerate it as well as empty bar.
Glutes are still mighty imbalanced in terms of strength and activation/coordination. Single leg hip thrusts are kinda fucked up lol. There’s a cool hip machine the gym though that can be used for abduction and hip extension so gonna get some heavy use out of that
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I know my email is a bit long, so here’s the TLDR version
Keep doing the really boring core stuff each day, whether you’re gonna lift or not. Stretch your hamstrings properly and consistently too
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Fun upper body sesh this morning at Doherty’s City Gym.
After reps on TnG bench didn’t feel like reps on overhead press so played with the log again for a cute little PR lift. Also hit an equal PR beforehand cleaner which is nice.
It’s still super fun though my technique was a bit sloppy still. Probably focus on getting a better rack position from the clean. Every time I get the chance I’ll go by the city gym and hit a log PR for kicks lol.
Massive pump and worked my mouth a lot making some new friends.
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Looking like you could put up 315 brah
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One day brother.
How heavy was your Log Pr?
Not much lol. I call it a PR because it’s my second time on the log. not sure how much the log weighs probably 20-25kg and 55kg worth of little boiz. Just about equal my strict press PR at this point ~ 80kg
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I don’t think I’ll pursue it too srs but 100kg log sounds cool to me. Still very hard to gauge how “hard” the movement is or how near max because I’m going off how much I can strictly press like I’ll feel like damn this is gonna be hard/not go up but the leg drive just drives it through the sticking point (least the one I have for strict Barbell press)
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Only one way to find out, add on some plates and get at it piggy.
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Please don’t go for broke on the log Hamster.
You’re putting some serious strains on the lower back with the log.
You pushing it a little further in front than regular BB press, so you’re leaning a little more back.
But it looks fun to me. As long as it doesn’t bother that back of yours.
Oh and making up new friends sounds great.
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It’s alright on the bar. I don’t do any yoga with it lol. Bending back a bit is alright so far bending forward would be iffy.
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Nice log PR big man.
How you liking it?
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To sum up the above:
Too much fun.
don’t have consistent access to it but will mess around and hit a pr on it when it’s around.
hard to gauge how hard reps are and close to max because I’m used to a hard sticking point in strict pressing.
The technical elements of the lift are fun to improve.
Might as well aim for 100kg because it sounds cool.
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Some “sternum” pull ups just to try something new. Not looking to push pull ups much right now though. Maybe will go after a one arm chin in future but would probably need a period of focus on that as I’d need to drop weight in the process
Chin Up 4 Sets
Pull Up 2 Sets
Husafell 4 Sets
Cable Curls 4 Sets
External Rotation 4 Sets
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Late night quads session at Doherty’s Campbellfield
McGill Big 3 to start. Bit more weight on the squat for many cluster sets . Feels alright. Might need to work on depth and pelvic control a bit more.
the leg Press set up gave me such a massive pump that I thought I wouldn’t be able to do sled pushes. Did do some of them but probably underestimated the lengthier turf at this gym and felt like vomiting after a few Sets. Almost closing time and didn’t want to paint the gym so called it there.
Front Squats/Back Squats @ 40kg
Single Leg Press @ RPE 7+ 60kg
Sled Push
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