@carlbm I’m not sure you are doing widow makers correctly. They are disgusting. 
The topic was quite old so didn’t want to revive
Nice to have someone of culture hanging about
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Monday 2020-10-19
Really happy with how this workout turned out, I was feeling my hip from the second I got up and never felt good despite warming up decently and yet I hit my reps and found a decent stride after set 3 where the pain went away and allowed me to focus on my reps. Patellar tendon still unhappy though.
| Exercise | Set | Reps | Weight | Rest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Squat | -3 | 10 | 50 | short |
| -2 | 6 | 70 | short | |
| -1 | 4 | 100 | moderate | |
| 0 | 1 | 120 | moderate | |
| 1 | 3 | 130 | 3-5m (work sets) | |
| 2 | 3 | 130 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 130 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 130 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 130 | ||
| B. Toes elevated RDL | 1 | 10 | 120 | 2-3m |
| 2 | 10 | 120 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 120 | ||
| C. Leg Press | 1 | 100 | 10/s | |
| D. Bench Press | 1 | 3 | 70 | 2m |
| 2 | 3 | 70 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 70 | ||
| E. Spanish Squat | 1 | 45s | bw | 2m |
| 2 | 45s | bw | ||
| 3 | 45s | bw |
Had intended to go Squat → RDL → Bench → Leg Press → Tire Flip but the benches were all occupied and in the end I was quite worked anyway without the flips. Saved for a later date.
What am I happy with? I don’t know, hard to articulate. I figured stuff out, both on the squat and on the bench. Not by making mistakes, but by doing things correctly. And that’s worth celebrating.
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Another endorsement. Was also a fan of the dip-raise-pullapart-pushdown-pullapart-raise-dip fiasco.
@kdjohn Pepperoni and pineapple is the pizza of the gods.
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Oh man, forgot all about that one, haha. That worked well too.
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Was that in the blog post also? Missed it if so
It was not. Hence how I have forgotten I ever even did it, haha. Don’t remember what situation got me there.
Did the rep range, like the exercise selection, also have a ladder aesthetic to it?
Another thing I’m happy with, as I transitioned from back squats to RDLs I decided to lift 120 in the front rack position and got the biggest air I’ve ever gotten. I could figuratively feel my body figuring out how to deliver on the task as I wedged under the bar.
Nah, fixed reps. Was trying to get in more volume on raises and pull aparts at the time and it seemed like a way to manage it in a short time period.
I remember why I did it that way now: it was during the Dark Horse assistance free play time. There was no rest between circuits: just 15 minutes of work.
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My neighbour and friend and lifting body knows I’m gaining. Him and his wife had half a calzone left for dinner. Meaning I had calzone as pre-bed. Good friends
Might have had a quarter tub of quark, some strawberry marmelade, and honey as dessert after…
Speaking of quark I’ve found a different brand that’s not only lactose free but also has actual bits of fruit in it. Much love.
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Tuesday 2020-10-20
Climbing
Didn’t log routes, attended an olympic weightlifting workshop before so I was plenty fatigued going in, and overfull on food (yay?). Think
as a justification for just… climbing what looked like fun.
Hard to discern what was what, but I felt as if I could’ve climbed less muscly. Yelled “take” a lot more than I was accustomed to, just didn’t have the urge to push hard. I think for those sessions when I feel like that I’ll attempt to strategize instead, and purposefully go two bolts, clip, rest, two bolts, clip, rest. Rather than get into the habit of not pushing.
The weight-gain is really starting to affect the ease with which I used to send previously. Ah well, let’s postulate I go to some weight, and feel as if it’s okay to drop down a little fluff in the future, that’ll be like removing a weight vest so my tendons will be of flexible steel by then. 
(I know this doesn’t make sense, just trying to lull my mind into ease)
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Is this your next move?
No, not at all. Just the trainer that does oly workshops at our gym is moving to the mountains so I wanted to have the experience before her departure.
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Wednesday 2020-10-21
| Exercise | Set | Reps | Weight | Rest | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Deadlift | -3 | 10 | 60 | short | |
| -2 | 6 | 90 | short | ||
| -1 | 4 | 130 | moderate | ||
| 0 | 1 | 140 | moderate | ||
| 1 | 3 | 155 | 3-5m (work sets) | ||
| 2 | 3 | 155 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 155 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 155 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 155 | |||
| B. Clean & Log Press | 1 | 7 | 10/s | 2-3m | |
| 2 | 7 | 10/s | |||
| 3 | 6 | 10/s | |||
| C. T-bar Row | 1 | 15 | 50 | 60-90s | |
| 2 | 15 | 50 | |||
| 3 | 12+3 | 50 | |||
| D. Leg Press | 1 | 100 | 10/s | Went poorly | |
| Exercise | Sets | Reps | Weight | ||
| F. One Arm KB Overhead Press | 3 | Failure | 8? |
Will go back on weight on the leg press I think
Loving the log
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Is it me or your lifts are nicely going up? great job! Ugh RDLs just after squats, so tough! personally I prefer Squat > Bench > RDL
5kg per session lower body. 2-2.5kg upper body. Eating to win. Linear gains until I catch up to the rest of you freaks
Eating like @flappinit today. Also ate the left over meat off of some moose bones, turned out to be a meal and of itself. And my sister had a muffin set aside for me so had to eat that too…
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how do u format like that with rows/columns
I have my workouts planned in Google Sheets and copy directly from there onto here. Formatting happens automatically!
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