I know how you feel a little. We moved to the other side of the world and has no family here for support. Luckily the misses didn’t work when kids were pre school age which made it easier for me, but harder for her. Doing everything ourselves and not having someone who can take the kids even for an afternoon was definitely not easy but you get but because you have to. It does get easier as they get older so hang in there mate.
I can’t imagine trying to start a new life from little ones in tow. Fair play to you.
We’re right on the verge of stuff getting kuch easier over the next few years so that makes life more manageable. And to be honest, compared to the dramas we had for the first few years of little man’s life, this is easy street.
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11.19.19
6 Weeks to 500 W2 D1
TRAP BAR ROW
170 x 8 x 3
DB INCLINE
75 x 6 x 3
PULL DOWN
160 x 8 x 3
HIGH INCLINE DB PRESS
50 x 8 x 3
3 HEADED MONSTER
15s x 8 ea
REV PRESS DOWN
droplet
130 x 13
100 x 9
70 x 9
40 x 20
Incline kind of hurt but that could be the result of a short warm up. High incline felt great.
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I’m intrigued
Three way raises.
- lateral raise all the way overhead
- front raise
- bent over reverse fly
Gotcha. Variations on delt trisets seem to pop up everywhere.
11.21.19
6 Weeks to 500 W2 D2
SQUAT
255 x 3 x 3
DEADLIFT
355 x 3 x 3
CLEAN PULL
285 x 3 x 3
RFESS
150 x 3 ea x 3
Been at training the last two days. I find myself less interested in the forums these days, but I don’t view it as a bad thing. I was spending too much time here so it’s kind of nice. I’m still checking in on my usual logs.
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11.23.19
6 Weeks to 500 W2 D3
2 LAP DYNAMIC WARM UP
DB INCLINE
75 x 7 x 3
PENDLAY ROW
155 x 8 x 3
HIGH INCLINE DB PRESS
50 x 10 x 3
HAMMER PULL DOWN
220 x 8 x 3
3 HEADED MONSTER
15s x 8 ea x 2 sets
REV CABLE CURL 21s
70 x 10F/10T/10B x 2
ELLIPTICAL
17 min, L7/i7, 1.62 miles
Still not very motivated to do this session. I’m not sure what the problem is. Boredom? Frustration? Could be both. My shoulder has been hurting all week. I’ve had some odd pops that were worrisome. The high incline press feels better than incline. Maybe I’m going too heavy. I may be living in that can vs should environment.
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You know the answer yet you…
I’m not one to talk 
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It’s not black and white. During this recovery, there have been times where I’ve done things that were uncomfortable and borderline painful but it resulted in progress. It’s hard to know in the moment if I’m going to benefit from the pain or not.
I also found that my lateral raise that goes all the way over my head hurts if I do the whole move with my palms out. If I do palms down til I’m parallel (like a traditional lateral raise) and then rotate as I go overhead then it doesn’t hurt.
It’s all trial and error but it’s no longer fun after 5.5 months.
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11.24.19
6 Weeks to 500 W2 D4
BIKE WARM UP
11 min, L 10
SSB SQUAT
255 x 3 x 5 sets
DEADLIFT
355 x 3 x 5
Felt better and moved faster with each set.
CLEAN PULL
285 x 3 x 5
RFESS
150 x 3 ea x 5
BIKE
14 min, 2:1 interval, L10/20, 3.88 miles
For the second week in a row, this workout felt spectacular after a poor Saturday session. I want my upper body to grow and slack off on my leg training, but here I am loving these sessions. I’m sure I’ll feel differently if/when I go back to sets of eight.
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Nice lifts there J. Would like to see your deadlift from the side sometime
Looking crisp, solid and easy! Hm maybe I should try back some touch and go deadlift
I’ll see what I can do. There’s not much room on the sides. I propped my phone on the cable row bench yesterday. It was the only option besides the floor and I don’t like that angle.
It’s a different beast. I take a breath at the top every one to two reps. I’m better at these than dead stop. I’ve also never dropped my deadlifts. It’s too loud for my liking so I’ve always controlled the lowering phase.
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I don’t like to drop them either. I actually find it painful to be suddenly unloaded like that. Maybe I’m doing it wrong lol
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I dont know why anybody drops their deads. Both phases are important IMO
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There’s that eternal argument that deads don’t build your back. I’m not sure if it’s true but it darn sure won’t if you eliminate the eccentric phase.
I just do it because dropping it feels like only doing half the lift.
I might drop my final rep, that’s about it. If I’m doing a higher rep count it’ll be touch-n-go for as many reps as possible (or until I finish my set), then resetting each rep until I hit my target rep count.
11.26.19
6 Weeks to 500 W3 D1
PT WARM UP
UNDERHAND BENT OVER ROW
145 x 10 x 3 sets
DB INCLINE
60 x 10 x 3 sets
LAT PULL DOWN
165 x 10 x 3 sets
HIGH INCLINE DB PRESS
55 x 10 x 3 sets
3 HEADED MONSTER
15 x 8 ea x 2 sets
PRESS DOWN 21s
100 x 10F/10B/10T x 2
I enjoyed this one. Not sure what’s going on with my Saturday workouts. I guess I’m doing pretty good if at least half of my workouts feel good.
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