Victoria mostly unfortunately. Other states in Australia seem to be doing much better. With this thing it’s pretty much zero to be safe then close off the borders. New Zealand is close to zero so I guess there’s the holiday location for us.
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Wednesday, 24 June
Weighed 223.2 today somewhat disappointingly, but last night was not exactly a diet night.
Training (Strength & Conditioning)
Warmup/Shoulder Rehab
Various dynamic stretches and squats and shit
200 red miniband pullaparts
50 red miniband dislocates
100 theraband outward rotations
3x15 red miniband outward rotations
Strength & Conditioning Circuit (four rounds)
20/15/10/5x24kg (53lb) single-arm kettlebell swings (per arm)
4/3/2/1xBW chinups
12/8/4/2x32kg (70lb) goblet squats
12/8/4/2xBW pressups
Sweaty stuff. Four rounds were done in 13 mins with around 90-120s rest between circuits. Another decent one for a pre-lifting conditioning session when I inevitably run Dark Horse.
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Thursday, 25 June
Back down to 222.2 today.
Training (Shoulder Rehab)
Throughout the day, going to do sets of:
50 red miniband pullaparts
15 red miniband dislocates
25 theraband outward rotations
15 red miniband outward rotations
Weather is good, so probably wind up doing a long walk later as well.
Four days until gyms reopen. Going to do a Greyskull style super-basic LP for a few weeks, then I’ve some holiday time, then come back and run The Krypteia.
Hopefully end 2020 at a reasonable level of body fat, then spend 2021 getting big. Thinking that I’ll try Pwn’s suggestion of BBB Beefcake/Monolith/Deep Water for the first six months of next year.
Then again I might wind up getting shoulder surgery at some point, thereby throwing all these plans out of the window. Life is a great mystery.
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I’m sure all these swings and chins have made a gripping machine!
I couldn’t stand staying in doubt though, I would want to know if I need surgery and do it ASAP personally
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Well yeah I’d ideally want to know now, but unfortunately I don’t own the MRI machine so I have to wait my turn. Life is unfair.
Presumably were we not mid-pandemic the MRI would come along quicker.
I’d mostly like to know sooner rather than later simply because recovery time is meant to be 1-3 months and I’d want to get it out of the way, rather than have it dropped on my head.
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Shit, I didn’t know. I’ve been there. When will you know? Ugh this pandemic for real…
I’m “lucky” though that my tiny 26 000 people town has its own MRI so if I get hurt it’s fast ahahah
I like to think that’s a reply to my facetious comment that I don’t own the MRI machine, and you’re typing that from your office next to your personal MRI, haha.
Yeah that is pretty handy. Last time I needed an MRI I didn’t wait very long at all, certainly no more than a couple of weeks. Just poor timing, really.
Fortunately it’s not really that painful or debilitating so I can cope. Definitely a lot of people in a worse situation than me right now.
Edit: accidentally ignored your question. Doc said it could take a couple of months, so I would expect it July/August. Probably more likely July, because you’re a fool if you don’t overstate the time period to patients - who have little patience.
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There are people that don’t have their own MRI machines? What kind of third world countries are you guys living in, sheesh.
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Friday, 26 June
Weighed 222.0 on the dot today, but considering I had a pizza last night that is thoroughly decent.
Last strength-orientated session at home before gyms reopen. It’s been a journey.
Training (Strength Circuit)
Warmup (four of each)
50 red miniband pullaparts
15 red miniband dislocates
25 theraband outward rotations
15 red miniband outward rotations
Strength Circuit (two rounds)
10x24kg (53lb) kettlebell swings
2x BW chinups
10x24kg (53lb) kettlebell swings
2x BW pressups
15x24kg (53lb) kettlebell swings
3x BW chinups
15x24kg (53lb) kettlebell swings
3x BW pressups
25x24kg (53lb) kettlebell swings
5x BW chinups
25x24kg (53lb) kettlebell swings
5xBW pressups
50x24kg (53lb) kettlebell swings
Misc
Bunch of band work for chest and triceps, because why not?
Weekend Update
No training besides the shoulder rehab work over the weekend. Weighed 220.8 and 220.2 for some 2020 weight PBs on Saturday and Sunday.
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Are you nearly at “buy a new wardrobe” level of weight loss yet? You seem to have been steadily losing for as long as I can remember.
Hard to say. I wasn’t far off “buy a new wardrobe” levels of weight gain with some things, so I’m probably just back at equilibrium.
Also, a lot of my wardrobe is shirts I would have worn to the office. However I have been working from home for about a year now, so I’ve not a clue what they fit like. Don’t think I’ve worn a collar since my wedding.
I do have a pair of jeans that were a struggle to get on that are now less so, and another that were basically written off that I can now struggle to get on. However, for indoor and casual usage I invested in a couple of pairs of 541s, which are a necessity when you’ve 28" thighs, and thus haven’t worn any other jeans since I got married either.
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Monday, 29 June
Weighed 221.8 today, but I ate late and big last night so no shock there.
Training (Strength. In a gym. With barbells. Whaaaa?)
So, bad news: can’t back squat. Shoulder won’t allow it. Bit of a surprise, but there you go. Would kill for an SSB so I could go heavy, but at this gym I’m stuck with front squats.
Front Squat
5x20kg (44lbs/empty bar)
5x40kg (88lbs)
5x50kg (110lbs)
5x60kg (132lbs/1 plate)
5x65kg (143lbs)
3x70kg (154lbs)
3x75kg (165lbs)
Bench Press
5x20kg (44lbs/empty bar)
5x40kg (88lbs)
5x50kg (110lbs)
5x60kg (132lbs/1 plate)
5x65kg (143lbs)
Chinups
3xBW
3x5kg (11lbs)
3x10kg (22lbs) (joint PR I think sort of, BW dependent)
Assessment
Front squats: OK, quite a disappointing setback to not be able to put a barbell on my back. I’ll have to get to gyms with an SSB when I can, but won’t be too often. Had a bit more here, but first day back isn’t for pushing hard. Oh, and my belt is way too loose now so bracing wasn’t ideal.
Big positive is that the depth and glute activation was a LOT better than last time I did this. All those swings and goblet squats helped on that front. Lot of room to grow on these.
Bench Press: brought in grip compared to how I was training pre-COVID. Again, had a bit more but definitely being careful on these. Not sure how much of 65kg feeling heavy was down to the shoulder, or lack of practice, or simply being 20lbs lighter than last time I benched. Probably all three.
Chinups: just maxed these out tbh. No issues.
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Just FYI, front squats suck.
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Yeah any exercise wherein the correct technique involves cutting off the blood supply to your brain is obviously stupid.
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Tuesday, 30 June
Weighed in at 220.2 today. Decent going, still. This is the slowest rate of weight loss for the past few weeks, but diet has been pretty shit if I’m honest so no shocks there.
Training (Conditioning)
Warmup
Limber 11
200 pullaparts
100 dislocates
Half-K Resets
Row 500 metres as fast as possible (about 2 minutes for me, apparently)
Rest 3-5 minutes.
Repeat.
Did five rounds, I think.
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Bummer about the back squats. Condolences on the front squats. But good to put the KBs down and go to a gym?
I quite like the kettlebells, as it happens. Love me some F U N C T I O N A L strength.
But yes, heavy five-reppers are a refreshing change of pace from 5x100 kettlebell swings or whatever other bullshit.
Lol. Not arguing the possible benefits of KB swings, but ‘functional’ is maybe the last word I would ascribe to it. Whenever I think of the word functional, I ask myself Would Cavemen Need To Do This.
These are such a weird kind of suck. I used to do these all the time and they never stop being awful.