31/10/25
Assault Treadmill
4 mins tabata protocol
First few rounds didn’t have the intended training effect, as I adjusted to the feel of the equipment, but as I got the hang of it i definitely felt there was potential.
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1/11/25
BTN Press
1x10x30kg
2x8x30kg
Bench Press (3 count pause)
3x12x50kg
Dumbbell Row
3x13x32.5kg
High Bar Squat
1x20x72.5kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Stiff Legged Deadlifts
1x12x90kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Good session. Squats are just starting to register as an actual challenge now.
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2/11/25
Ski ERG
4 mins tabata protocol
This session was noticeably easier, may have to switch things up from this particular piece of equipment when it comes to conditioning. I have either gotten fitter, or just more efficient doing this machine. Or maybe a mix of both.
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3/11/25
BTN Press
1x11x30kg
2x9x30kg
Bench Press (3 count pause)
1x10x55kg
2x8x55kg
Dumbbell Row
2x14x32.5kg
1x13x32.5kg
High Bar Squat
1x20x75kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Stiff Legged Deadlifts
1x15x95kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Yup, this was pretty rough, the bar on the back for such an extended period of time is starting to bare its fangs.
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Yup, this was pretty rough, the bar on the back for such an extended period of time is starting to bare its fangs.
That’s how you know it’s working! Haha. That sense of relief when you collapse on the bench to hit the pullovers is incredible.
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4/11/25
General activity, mostly walking and getting some steps in
5/11/25
Tabata protocol
8 Rounds on assult bike
May have to put logging on the back-burner for a couple weeks. Mock GCSE’s are coming up, and I hope to do well with them. This may mean I don’t get to update ASAP. Will continue with the current program, though.
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6/11/25
BTN Press
3x12x30kg
Bench Press (3 count pause)
1x12x55kg
2x11x55kg
Dumbbell Row
3x15x32.5kg
High Bar Squat
1x20x77.5kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Stiff Legged Deadlifts
1x10x100kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Nearly at the halfway point to 100kgx20, and am definitely feeling it. Tough workout.
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Nice work!
Remind me: Are you doing GOMAD?
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Looks like you are progressing nicely. Just remember to keep the food up. As the squats get harder you will need to make eating your mission to recover for the next session.
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Thanks for the support!
As for the milk not yet, still titrating things up. Usual consumption is at around 1-1.5L currently.
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Appreciate it! Definitely fighting at least half the battle with a fork right now lol.
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8/11/25
BTN Press
1x10x32.5kg
2x10x32.5kg
Bench Press (3 count pause)
3x12x55kg
Dumbbell Row
1x10x35kg
1x8x35kg
High Bar Squat
1x20x80kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Stiff Legged Deadlifts
1x13x100kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Halfway through to 100kg - things are getting seriously tough (sets are taking close to 4 mins), but I still believe I will make it. Just going to keep pushing this as long as I can.
Yesterday I neglected to log: was just getting some steps in.
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9/10/25
Walking
10/10/25
4 min tabata protocol
Assault bike
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11/10/25
BTN Press
3x12x32.5kg
Bench Press (3 count pause)
3x12x57.5kg
Dumbbell Row
1x13x35kg
2x10x35kg
High Bar Squat
1x20x82.5kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Stiff Legged Deadlifts
1x15x100kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Woah, bench was an awesome surprise today. No clue what caused that spike, but something is clearly working.
Squats are getting silly tough. Really having to dig deep during them, although I will admit that the anticipation is the worst of all.
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Sounds like you’re right on track, haha!
Nice work.
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This is something all of us that have done this program will totally understand. @T3hPwnisher gave me some good tips to help with this at the time, not sure I can remember them now though, it was so long ago. LOL
There comes a point where you just have to accept that this is going to be rough, it is pretty much the point of the training. So if you accept it, then the workout is really only you fulfilling what you already know to be true. You can then stop worrying about the inevitable pain and just focus on getting the reps done. For me it helped to break it up into sections, get the first 10 done, then aim for 15, then just do 1 more rep and repeat until its done.
Keep grinding you are doing great.
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Appreciate the nod there Simo! It’s still a trick I employ on the hard sets.
I don’t remember where I picked up the idea, but Einstein’s theory of relativity expresses the idea that we can perceive time at varying speeds. Because of this, it presupposes the notion that time has ALREADY HAPPENED: we’re all simply perceiving it at our own rate.
If we accept that, it means that all outcomes of training are pre-determined. We have no say or ability to change these outcomes: all we get to do is watch them unfold.
When I accept that, it means, when I get to a hard set like the squats in Super Squats or the workouts from Deep Water, I KNOW that they’re going to suck, but I ALSO know that there is already a timeline out there where I made it through the suck and survived. So now, all I have to do is go “watch the movie” until it gets to the end. The hard work already happened: I just haven’t seen it yet.
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13/11/25
BTN Press
2x10x35kg
1x9x35kg
Bench Press (3 count pause)
1x10x60kg
1x9x60kg
1x8x60kg
Dumbbell Row
2x15x35kg
1x13x35kg
High Bar Squat
1x20x85kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Stiff Legged Deadlifts
1x14x105kg
Dumbbell Pullover
1x20x10kg
Ugh… Only 6 workouts to go before I reach 100kg and beyond. First workout where failure seemed like a possibility: really getting into the weeds now.
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