Thanks!
Just starting to prepare (it’s 3pm here). They’re not particularly hard dishes to do, but we amateur cooks know how it is. There’s always some variation in the end product.
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Ah. I hope it all comes out beautifully, and if not, that laughter and wine make it irrelevant. 
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It was a success, sauce was a bit too creamy, but overall everything went well. Angelo Negro was a spectacular wine.
I’m feeling very bloated and slightly drunk. But it was worth it. This is a celebration day after all.
Here’s some national romanticism for anybody who happens to watch. It also shows the best of Finland, the endless lakes and forests.
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Beautiful! I’m glad everything went well.
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I like “Gathered from the Forest” theme. Did you catch your own crayfish or forage for the mushrooms?
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Yes! Nice that you spotted the idea. During the fall that’s what we usually do. We have freezer full of fish and game. We also dry herbs and shrooms.
This time crayfish was (shamefully) bought. Deer was hunted by a close friend and boletuses are self gathered.
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I like the blend of Patriotism, self-reliance, love of the outdoors and traditional food.
It takes 2 or 3 US holidays to include all that stuff.
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Good lifting too.
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Beautiful! I was a little stressed by the baby birds, though. 
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I know! It’s not easy to be a common goldeneye. 
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Me too! Especially the last little guy!!!
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Yes! The first was pretty tough, too! Out there all by himself! 
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This string of posts belongs in the Men and Women thread, haha.
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Project Powerlifter Week 18
Monday:
Comp. Bench
1x102,5kg
1x112,5kg. RPE 6. Easy.
4x6x102,5kg. RPE 7-8ish. Good sets.
Lat pulldowns (v-handle) 4x10x70-75kg
Tricep extensions 2x10x75kg
Pushdowns 2x10x80kg
SS
Seated lateral raises 3x10x12,5kg
Tuesday
Squat 3x5x150kg (semi-light)
Bench: 4x5x85kg (light)
Deadlift 4x6x182,5kg RPE 5-6
Leg extensions 3x12x110kg
ss
Single leg curls 3x10x25kg
Thursday:
Squat (light) 3x5x120kg
Larsen press (paused) 4x5x95kg RPE 7-8
Seated DB OHP 15x22,5kg RPE 9,5
Curls 13x35kg RPE 9,5
Tricep pushdowns with band 30x (RPE 9)
Rear delts 17x12,5kg
Was busy, so I just hit one hard set each assistance movement. We usually aim RPE 7-8 in assistance, so this indicates were around the right track.
Weeks conditioning
Total 4000m of ergs, only 10km of cycling.
Notes:
- Got sick at the end of the week, and still feeling a bit weak. So I did get only some week’s conditioning in. I also had to pass this days squat/dead workout. I’ll try to be okay for tomorrows work and workout.
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Project Powerlifter Week 19
Monday:
Comp. Bench
1x105kg
1x115kg. RPE 6,5 Easy.
4x5x105. RPE 7-8ish. Good sets.
Lat pulldowns (v-handle) 4x10x75-80kg
Tricep extensions 2x10x75kg
Pushdowns 2x10x80kg
SS
Seated lateral raises 4x10x12,5kg
Tuesday
Squat 3x5x155kg (semi-light)
Bench: 3x5x87,5kg (semi-light)
Deadlift 3x6x190kg RPE 6
Leg extensions 4x12x110kg
ss
Single leg curls 3x10x30kg
Thursday:
Larsen press (paused) 4x5x97,5kg RPE 8
Seated DB OHP 3x12x22,5kg
Ss with Curls 3x10x35kg RPE 9,5
Tricep pushdowns with band 3x30-25 ss with
Rear delts 3x12x15kg
Saturday
Squat 4x6x165kg RPE 7
Paused deadlift 3x3x170kg RPE 6
Barbell rows 3x6x110kg RPE 7-8
GHR 3x10
Ss with weighted ab wheel 3x10x10kg
Weeks conditioning total 22km of cycling and two long walks.
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Project Powerlifter Week 20
Monday
Comp. Bench
1x107,5kg
1x117,5kg. RPE 7. Moved well.
4x4x107,kg RPE 8 + 1x4x95kg
Tates press 3x10x17,5kg. Learning new movement.
Tricep pushdowns 3x10x80kg ss with Seated lateral raises 4x10x12,5kg
Tuesday
Squat 3x5x160kg Easyish.
Comp. Bench 4x5x87,5kg. Same here. I remember first being relatively sore in this bench workout, but I’m getting used to it.
Deadlift. 3x6x195kg. RPE 6. Moved really fast!
Cable row 3x10x90kg ss with cable ab crunches 3x10x90kg
Leg extensions 3x12x115kg ss with single leg curls 3x10x30kg
Saturday
Squat 3x6x172,5kg. RPE 7. Felt stiff after Christmas. It might also been that we did a longer hike on Thursday. My left calve is not 100%. I need to get it healed up soon.
Deadlift, pause mid. chin. 3x3x175kg. RPE 6.
GHR 3x10 (unassisted) ss with weighted ab wheels 3x10x10kg
Weighted lunges 1x25x30kg
Sunday
Larsen press 4x4x100kg RPE 8-9 (last set was slow)
Row 3x6x110kg RPE 7-8
Seated DB ohp 3x13x22,5kg ss with BB curls 3x10x36kg
Tricep pushdowns with band: 30,28,25 ss with reverse flyes 3x12x15kg
Week’s conditioning
3 long walks and one hike. Have been on holiday whole week, so no biking to work. I actually prefer walks/hikes/jogging over biking and I hate ergs. But available time dictates my conditioning more than my taste.
Notes:
- I weighted 117.2, but it was after 3 days of wine and obnoxious amounts of Christmas foods. Anyway. I’ve been on a weight gaining phase for whole fall, and as I have said, I’ve grown tired to it. For the spring I’ll keep eating around 3200-3600kcals, which will be around maintenance. I believe I can gain a bunch of strength with this BW.
- Training is going good. This volume phase has been just perfect. I suspect we’re moving towards meet prep soon. I’m feeling slightly beat up, but coach said there will be a deload after next week. I’ll also have some massages booked for that week.
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Project Powerlifter Week 22 (I’ve calculated incorrectly at some point)
Tuesday
Squat 3x5x162,5kg
Bench 5x5x90kg
Deadlift 6x202,5kg RPE 7
6x200kg
6x190kg
Cable ab crunch 3x10x80kg ss with cable rows 3x10x95kg
Leg extensions 4x12x115kg ss with single leg curls 3x10x30kg
Friday
Comp. Bench
1x110kg
1x120kg RPE 8
3x4x112,5-110kg RPE 8,5
Tate’s press 3x10x20kg
Tricep pushdowns 3x10x85kg ss with Lateral raises 4x12x12,5kg
Saturday
Squat
5x177,5kg RPE 7
5x175kg
5x172,5kg
Paused deadlift (mid chin) 3x3x180kg RPE 6,5-7
Barbell row 3x6x115kg RPE 8
GHR 3x10 ss with BW ab wheel 3x12
No rest: Rear raises 3x12x15kg + DB curls 2x20x15kg + Band tricep extensions rest pause 30,20,7 + Lunges with girl in packback 2x20
Some random fun at the end.
Weeks conditioning
3 long walks.
Notes:
- This week went well, next week is deload. I quess the meet prep starts then.
- I need to say the deload comes not a moment too late. My left calve and right hip are feeling pretty damn bad. Getting some massage for the legs next week.
- Besides of that, nothing much. My eating has been pretty all over the place, since we had a lot of visitors during the holidays. But I’ll get back to counting kcals next week. I’ve followed the Venezuelan situation quite closely too.
- It’s pretty cold in here now (around -20 celcius/-4 fahrenheit), it has made the long walks pretty enjoyable. It’s beautiful when everything is frozen and stars are above you (even aurora borealis if you’re lucky). Jupiter is very clear, I’ve also enjoyed how well Orion and Pleiades can be seen now.
- The weather will make the cycling to work not so enjoyable though.
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This is lovely.
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Have you considered doing the T-transformation (phone keeps correcting that) Challenge?
No. Hahah!
Now when you did brought it up I’m considering. But if I understood correctly it’s focused on aesthetics, which are not my main focus. But mayyybe?
Ps. It’s not my b-day, I apparently have wrong date in my settings. Going to fix that up.
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