Loving the power in your log. 
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Thanks, amigo! Just trying to get a little better every day.
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11/05/2021
Start time: 2100
Outside temp: 12C
Band leg curls
- 50 reps
Running
- 40 minutes, approx. 7.8km
Split squats
- 25 reps/leg @ BW
Single leg calf raises
- 2x15 @ BW
Tibialis raises
- 2x15 @ 15
Notes:
- Such perfect weather for a run. Cool breeze, warm air from the sun. Just lovely. Really enjoying the combination of focusing on running and the barbell.
- However, need to eat more.
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Get that grub down your neck mate and fuel those gains
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13/05/2021
Start time: 2100
Outside temp: 16C
Band leg curls
- 50 reps
Running
- 40 minutes, approx. 8km
Superset
- Single leg calf raises, 2x15 @ BW
- Tibialis raises, 2x15 @ 15
Wrist roller
- 3x1 rotation/direction @ 25
Notes:
- Ever so slightly improving my running every day. Feels good.
- Wife was “suggesting” (read: mocking me) that I should work on my forearms a bit. Time to bust out the ol’ wrist roller a few times per week.
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Ever snap up those pool noodles for an axle and some Poundstones? That will work some magic
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Not yet. Stuff like that is still blocked in my province at the moment (don’t even get me started on it), and ordering them online is INSANELY expensive for some reason.
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Still rinsing it my manly bastard of a man
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15/05/2021
Start time: 1420
Garage temp: 16C
Power snatch
- 105x3
- 120x3
- 135x3
- 110x3
- 125x3
- 140x3
- 95x3
- 110x3
- 125x3
Power clean & jerk
- 5x5 @ 135
Squat (2ct pause)
- 3x8 @ 195
Bench
- 135x5
- 155x5
- 180x5
EZ bar PJR pullover (myo-reps)
- 12+3+3+3+3+2 @ 100
- 30 sec triceps stretch + 15 sec triceps flex
Hungarian plate twists
- 2x12 @ 25
Notes:
- Glad this was a lower intensity week, because I’m feeling a little beat up. Couple of subjects got released from jail this week and they always make my day a huge pain in the ass, so I’ve been on-edge and extra vigilant all week. Started to wear me out a bit. Once again though, good session.
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15/05/2021 PART 2
Start time: 1900
Outside temp: 20C
Band leg curls
- 50 reps
Runnings
- 55 minutes, approx. 10.3km
Split squats
- 25 reps/leg @ BW
Superset
- Single leg calf raises, 2x15 @ BW
- Tibialis raises, 2x15 @ 15
Wrist roller
- 2x3 rotations/direction @ 10
Notes:
- This is always the hardest day of my training week; not only is it the longest weight training session, but it’s also the longest run. Makes for a tiring day, but it builds good mental fortitude. Also means I need to down a boatload of food — tonight, meat tortellini with meatballs and bolognese sauce, plus a salad doused in olive oil and red wine vinegar. Probably wash it down with a huge glass of milk, followed by a lovely local rye whisky.
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This accompanies every meal I ever eat. My friend has a sticker on his car that says “Milk drinkers are better lovers” and now I have something to back up why milk is present every time I eat, haha.
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That’s absurd, but also kind of hilarious.
I feel like I should be shocked, but the COVID responses have desensitized me to bureaucratic stupidity
I understand the reason, but the execution has been terrible; they’re trying to make sure non-essential items aren’t being sold in big-box stores, because there was a huge uproar last time when non-essential businesses were closed, but stores that had essential and non-essential items could remain open and sell NE items. It was a giant clusterfuck that demonstrated the provincial government’s loyalty to businesses instead of the populace.
They’ve constantly blundered almost every step of the way throughout the pandemic, from extremely lax lockdowns at the start that made things worse, to extreme lockdowns that were so vague no one followed them, to lifting lockdowns during the holidays which led to soaring case numbers, to re-instituting more vague lockdowns and scrapping their tiered lockdown system, to ignoring medical professionals advice, to taking what medical professionals said and running the wrong direction with it… I could go on and on.
I can’t entirely blame the provincial government, though. The population here has been as much to blame, as can be seen by the fact that the majority of cases have been from close-contact community transmissions, largely from people from unrelated households or jobs, meaning people are ignoring procedure and doing whatever they want. That exact fact is what led to the largest amount of deaths in the province, which was personal support workers traveling and partying, then bringing COVID into long-term care homes and decimating the elderly. Really sucked.
It shouldn’t have been difficult to get this thing under control, but humanity is stupid.
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16/05/2021
Start time: 1130
Garage temp: 13C
Power snatch
- 5x5 @ 95
RDL
- 2x12 @ 225
Bench (3ct pause)
- 3x8 @ 135
Pullups (myo-reps)
- 11+3+3+2 @ BW
Incline CGBP (myo-reps)
- 14+3+3+3+2 @ 135
Weighted sit-ups
- 2x12 @ 25
Notes
- Not much to say. The weight moved, felt good, boom.
- Cancelled my ruck walk today. After my workout, I spent a couple hours at my buddy’s helping him cut and split wood, then joined my wife and kid at the lake for dinner. I was pretty wiped and just wanted to sit on the couch with my wife once we got home.
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Fuxking hell man that garage temp
Your consistency is awesome my man. Just plugging away and punching the clock while getting fuxking jacked and daddy macked
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Quoted for truth
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17/05/2021
Start time: 1245
Garage temp: 12C
Power clean & jerk
- 145x3
- 165x3
- 185x3
- 155x3
- 175x3
- 195x3
- 135x3
- 155x3
- 175x3
Front squat
- 170x5
- 190x5
- 215x5
Barbell row
- 2x25 @ 170
Dips (myo-reps)
- 24+5+5+5+4 @ BW
EZ bar curl (myo-reps)
- 12+3+3+3+3+2 @ 80
Hungarians plate twists
- 2x12 @ 25
Notes:
- This was a session where I survived instead of thrived. The last two days caught up with me, and combined with abysmal sleep caused by a string of horrible nightmares meant I was wiped today. I got the bar loaded and immediately thought, “I don’t want to do this.” Grit my teeth, roared with defiance, and got it done though.
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Did you yell “this is Sparta”?
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I did not. There wasn’t enough energy for words, just a primal yell.
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