Glad she seems to be feeling better. My mom is the same way.
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Thanks. Hopefully we all make it out of this relatively unscathed.
April 7
Pull 1
Football Bar Rows
205 X 14 (93 kg)
205 X 12
205 X 12
Machine Pullovers
130 X 12 (58.5 kg)
130 X 10
130 X 10
Preacher Curl
120 X 8 (54 kg)
120 X 7
Everything felt heavy and I was gassed doing my warm up, but I still managed to beat my previous bests. My theory is that there was a super heavy pocket of air following me around and trying to hold everything down. 
April 8
Rower 20 minutes
April 9
Push 2
Bench Press
230 X 5 (104 kg)
265 X 5 (120 kg)
300 X 5 (136 kg) - 310 X 5 is my all time best - closing back in slowly.
280 X 8 (127kg)
Pin Press
The heavy air showed back up
275 X 5 (124.5 kg)
275 X 5
275 X 5
I could not get a 6th rep to save my life
Behind the Neck Press
135 X 12 (61 kg) Rep PR
135 X 10
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April 12
Pull 2
Football Bar Rows
245 X 7 (111 Kg)
245 X 6
245 X 6
245 X 5
Pullover Machine
100 X 20 (45 kg)
100 X 16
100 X 15
Dumbbell Curls
Hammer Curl - 30 X 30 (13.5 kg)
Drop Set
15 X 30 (6.5 kg)
Drop Set
10 x 30 (4.5kg) with 1 1/2 Reps
1 Hammer Curl, then a half regular curl = 1 Rep
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April 14
Push 1
OHP
165 X 3 (74.5 kg)
200 X 3 (90.5 kg)
225 X 2 (102 kg) Weight went too far out in front of me and couldnāt get the third
200 X 7 +1 Really wanted 8 in a row.
Incline Guillotine Press
205 X 15 - Rep PR - 90 sec rest
205 X 7 - Lost a rep from last time - 90 sec rest
205 X 7
Overhead Extensions
120 X 11 - Rep PR
120 X 8
120 X 6
Triceps cramped up in the middle of the night hard enough to wake me up. Never had that happen before. Interesting to wake up and have to fight your own arms to sit up.
Job #2 has switched to installs only for the foreseeable future so I am effectively laid off from there for the time being.
Not sure how I feel about this three day a week thing. Iāve been doing 4 days a week for years + 2 jobs. Now Iām doing three days and one job. I have all this free time and I donāt know what to do.
Suppose I could go find a social life, if some stupid virus wasnāt running rampant through the streetsā¦ Guess Iāll do more chores. 
April 16
Rower 20 minutes - Last weeks session was incredibly difficult to get through and I donāt know why.
Going back through the log I see I was pretty gassed last Tuesday as well, I donāt remember what I had done Monday other than we were absolutely bombed with extra work, but it was all at a computer. So who knows.
This week I was back to form the little pace boat wasnāt even on the screen when I finished, and I wasnāt trying to do anything differently.
1 Mile stroll, and then I went and bought a new lawn mower.
April 16
Pull 1
Football Bar Rows
205 X 14 - (93 kg)
205 X 13
205 X 12
Pull Over Machine
140 X 10 (63.5 kg)
150 X 8 (68 kg)
160 X 6 (72.5 kg)
Preacher Curl
120 X 9 - Rep PR - 45 sec rest (54 kg)
120 X 7
Received the update for Americaās Strongest Crapple.
It will now be held on July 25. 14 weeks out. Donāt think Iām going to make it to Worldās this year. I think it is the next week end, plus I start construction on my house the the second week of August. Iceland will have to wait. When the contest starts I will post a link to the live stream for anyone that is interested.
April 18
Cardio consisted of cutting down ~ 30 small to medium trees. My brother typically mows, but since I went and bought a new mower this week I decided to run my new toy around.
He has let the trees get way out of control, so he and I cleaned about 2/3rds of it up this weekend. I cut them with the chainsaw and he dragged them down to the burn pile. Iāve never seen him so exhausted before. He probably walked ~ 3 or 4 miles Friday & Saturday dragging trees and tree limbs. One of these days heās going to stop listening to me and then Iāll be screwed.
He was looking forward to going back to work today. Working with my 61 year old dad is apparently easier than working with me for some reason
I did learn that I have to face up hill while running a chainsaw, otherwise I will fall forward, which is not something that is any fun while running a chainsaw. Also tree stumps make very good wheel chocks; especially when you are trying to get out of the way of a falling tree.
April 19
Push 2 Felt really good today
Bench Press
245 X 3 (111 kg)
280 X 3 (127 kg)
320 X 3 (145 kg)
280 X 10 - 2 rep PR!!! Not sure if its the Pin Pressing or the extra Rest days. But Iāve destroyed my previous Rep PR at this weight the last two weeks. Iāll post a video of this and the 320 X 3 later today
Close Grip Pin Press
275 X 6 (124.5 kg)
275 X 6
275 X 5 - Nice return to form from last week.
Behind the Neck Press
155 X 10 (70 kg)
155 X 6
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Video From Yesterday
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April 21
Pull 2
Football Bar Rows
245 X 8 - (111 kg) Rep PR
245 X 6
245 X 6
245 X 6
Machine Pull Overs
100 X 22 (45 kg)
100 X 20
100 X 20
Hammer Curls
40 X 20 (45 sec rest) - (18 kg)
40 X 15
I didnāt sleep well the night before. I leaned up against the wall for a second and fell asleep right before I started. Iām surprised with how well the session went.
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April 22
Rower 20 minutes
1 Mile stroll.
Slept a little better the last night. Have to see how pressing goes today.
April 23
Push 1
OHP
165 X 5 (74.5 kg)
210 X 3 (95 kg)
235 X 1 (106.5 kg)
235 went up easy so instead of taking that as a win and moving on I jumped up to 245 and hurt my neck.
245 X 0 - (111 kg) Three times I tried, and my neck hurt worse each time. All it seemed to do was make me angry at my shoulders.
200 X 6+0 (90.5 kg) - Iām chalking up my worse performance to the aforementioned stupidity.
Incline Guillotine Press
205 X 14 -(93kg) 90 sec rest
205 X 8 - 90 sec rest
205 X 7 - Tied my total reps from last time at least
Neck was bothering me and my last brain cell decided to hulk up and beat my ego down long enough to stop me from doing Overhead extensions. Then the ego snuck back in at the last second and I ended up doing push downs with a rope.
Tricep Rope Pushdowns
70 X 15 - 30 sec rest
70 X 15 - 30 sec rest
70 X 15 super set with BW Dips X 20
Neck doesnāt hurt too much today That last brain cell was all worried about nothing. 
ā¦ Probably.
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April 25
More chores. Took down a deck this weekend. When i put it up instead of mixing the concrete i had poured dry concrete into the holes. I do not recommend. The concrete would not break when we hit it with a sledge hammer it just deformed and slowly turned into powder. Had a nice rhythm of digging inch or so into the dirt hit the āconcreteā with a hammer, clear the hole and repeat, For 6 hours. Then because I have skipped way to many days over the past couple of months
Rower Tabata
Averaged 2:20.8 seconds per 500 meters
1 Mile stroll
April 26
Pull 1
Football Bar Rows
205 X 15 (93 kg) Rep PR
205 X 14
205 X 12
Pullover machine
150 X 10 (68 kg)
150 X 9
150 X 8
Preacher Curl
120 X 9 (54 kg)
120 X 7
120 X 5 (Third set Rep Pr)
Biceps cramped up for the rest of the day. My family had a nice laugh every time I went to move.
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April 28
Push 2
Bench Press
265 X 5 (120 kg)
300 X 3 (136 kg)
335 X 1 (151.5kg)
345 X 1 (156.5 kg) Paused for a good third of a second.
280 X 10 (127 kg)
Close Grip Pin Press
275 X 6 (124.5 kg)
275 X 6
275 X 6
Behind the Neck Press
155 X 6 (70kg)
155 X 5
I have come across a strange phenomenon. Before I could bench 315#, everyone I talked to could bench that for reps, or used too or knew a guy. Now that I bench over 315, everyone seems to be able to bench 405 for repsā¦ 
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April 29
Rower - 20 minutes
1 Mile Stroll
April 30
Pull 2
Football Bar Rows
245 X 8 (111 kg)
245 X 7
245 X 6
Pull Over Machine
110 X 20 (49.5 kg)
110 X 15
110 X 12
Seated Poundstone Curls
Bar X 100
I started these bent over so i could do the full range of motion, I managed 40 before my legs started spasming so i finished them up by doing seated 1/2 curls.
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Nope. I guy wanted me to fix the pot holes in his driveway this way, I told him nope. I explained that I would be more than happy to mix the quikcrete and fix it. I have dealt with this before. It is no bueno.
Back when I still had TV channels I watched the DIY shows. They poured dry concrete around posts all the time. Figured if the TV people do it, it has to work.
I now realize they do a lot of stupid nonsense. If I have a problem I check it on you tube now. Its saved me an awful lot of headaches.
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