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I read something by Nuckols the other day and he was writing about breathing reps for squats. You take a weight down to the bottom of the squat, and then just chill and breathe 3-5 times, then re-brace and ascend. He said that he increased his breathing squat max from 315 to 585, which brought his squat max up from a shaky 675 to a smooth 750. He claims he made no other programming changes aside from adding in breathing squats, which is pretty awesome.

I never would’ve thought breathing could be manipulated in so many different ways

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Might not be the breathing but the paused squat

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I’d be willing to bet that it’s a combination of both. Stabilizing a load even 225+ would be a challenge. It’d definitely heavily work every muscle involved with being in the bottom position which is where everyone loses tightness. It’s never a bad spot to get stronger in

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Friday, 28th of September

Weight: 74.8 (-1.5 kg, lost a lot of water tonight, this measurement is after having just had half a litre of water too, there’s a reason for this but I’m not at a keyboard so I won’t write it all out)
Sleep: 8hrs

Did an upper body zone 3 workout today. Was okay. At the ER now, my deadlift scrape is infected. Probably strep/staph. So, no snatch deads tomorrow. Maybe rack pulls from above the knee but still snatch grip will serve.

If it doesn’t get immediately better on the antibiotics I get now, then it’s not strep/staph, and then I’ll postpone the start of my diet I think during the interim period until I get on the right antibiotics to help out my system as much as possible.

Bummer. Weird week overall. Bike broke to the point of having to get a new one as well so I’ll live cheaply for the rest of October hahah.

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That’s rough, man. You’ve been having a tough time lately with injuries and illness. Get better soon

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Damn man, hopefully it gets better soon

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Thanks hoss, yeah I’ve had a bad stroke of luck recently but I’m hoping that I’ll be more fortunate from here on.

Cheers chief, me too!

Does anyone know what impact antibiotics has on training, if any? I know anti-inflamatories are bad but that’s all I know.

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I don’t have a clue but I take them when necessary. I’ve been on a steroid (anti inflammatory) for about a month. It’s give and take. It’s not ideal for growth but neither is constant joint pain.

Illness is the same. If antibiotics are detrimental then it’s just a necessary evil. I can’t train and progress if I’m sick anyway.

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Yeah, of course getting rid of the infection is the most important thing, just curious I guess.

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Saturday, 29th of September 2018

Weight: 76 (+1.2kg)
Sleep: 8hrs

Today’s workout was a zone 1 lower body workout, so my MTWs-30lbs roughly.

  • Snatch Grip High Pull @ 45kg
  • Muscle Snatch @ 30kg
  • Snatch Grip Deadlift (from blocks) @ 100kg (higher to compensate for not starting at the floor)

Because of my infected deadlift scrape I did my snatch grip deads from blocks. To compensate for the lack of quad stimulation I ran with paused front squats between my muscle snatch sets at an easy 40kg. 3s pause.

Felt my technique was on point on the high pull and the muscle snatch. Will be fun to test my 3RMs in a little over two weeks.

  • Weight: 76 (+0.1kg weekly)
  • Shoulders: 116 (+2cm)
  • Lower Waist: 78 (no change)
  • Chest: 94 (-1cm)
  • Arms: 30.5 (no change)
  • Neck: 35.5 (no change)
  • Calf: 35.5 (no change)
  • Thigh: 55.5 (+0.5cm)

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Sunday, 30th of September 2018

Weight: 75.5kg

  • 8x3 Standing Strict Press @ 30, 40 on intensifier set,
  • 8x3 Push Press @ 35, 45 on intensifier set
  • 8x3 Dumbbell Bench Press @ 22 per hand, 28 on intensifier set
  • 6x3 Back Squat @ 80

Monday, 1st of October 2018

Weight: 76.2kg, monster eats yesterday. Finally celebrated the B-day with my family. Burgers for lunch, fancy meat for dinner. Chocolate cake. Nom nom.

  • 5x3 High Pull @ 55.0
  • 5x3 Muscle Snatch @ 42.5, first three sets were super fucky
  • 5x3 Snatch Grip Deadlift from blocks @ 105.0, forgot chalk and straps in my locker but these were okay with a hook grip

Actually asked the strong Crossfitters today if I can train with them in the future, I’m thinking that will benefit my technique. They were more than happy to include me in their merry gang so my programming from here on is a huge question mark.

The infection is not spreading, but it doesn’t seem to be receding either. No-one has analyzed my labs over the weekend so it’s unclear if I have the correct antibiotics.

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Tuesday, 2nd of October 2018

Weight: 75.4 (-0.8kg)

Joined the Crossfitters today, went for heavy singles on squat (110kg for me) and overhead press. Got a 5kg push press PR (60kg). This gives credence to the old adage of training with people stronger than yourself. Finished with metcon, which was rough. My cold still hasn’t completely evacuated my body. Good workout, but a far cry from the neural charge that was planned. Climbing tonight.

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If you’re still leaning towards cutting then CrossFit is a good way to do it.

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Agreed about Crossfit and cutting. The first ever cut I did was when I started doing Crossfit and eating Paleo, lost 28# in like 6 months and could actually see all my abs for the first time since my 20’s.

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I can totally see how well this holds true. It is almost as if I can feel the EPOC after each session.

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Wednesday, 3rd of October 2018

Weight: 75.2 (-0.2kg)
Sleep: ~8hrs

Did a climbing session last night which was nice but I almost hurt my fingers trying to hang on to the wall even though it was clear I was going to fall. Rookie behaviour.

Workout

More or less my scheduled zone 2 upper body workout. Slightly heavier. No bench press or back squat but

6x3

  • Overhead press @ 40,
  • Push press @ 50

Followed by hang cleans, got a 60kg, and then a brutal barbell complex.

Wound is finally closing up, infection has transitioned from stagnant to decreasing.

Going for gymnastics class tonight. It runs a bit late which is unfortunate but I’ll try it out.

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Literally me after being on the treadmill for 5 minutes hahahaha

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Thursday, 4th of October 2018

Weight: 74.5 (-0.7kg)
Sleep: ~8hrs, woke up just the once during the night. Z12+melatonin is amazing.

No gymnastics yesterday, was too worn.

Workout

2min on the ergometer, followed by general warm-up (more or less Simple 7).

Snatch practice with the “crew”. So, a fair replacement for high pulls and muscle snatch. No deadlifts though :frowning:

Practiced muscle-up on bars, I can’t quite get them yet.

Finisher:
10 cycles of 10 reps:
Push-up
Jump Squat
Sit-up
Pike Push-up
Jump lunge

Rough finisher, felt like death on circuit 5, circuit 7-8 I felt like okay this is fine. Circuit 10 felt like death again.

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That sounds awful. My resting HR dropped 6-8 bpm in a couple weeks after I started doing this type of conditioning. And you’re right - - the EPOC is noticeable. I just felt like my body was burning fuel for hours after the session.

The downside is that I don’t enjoy working myself into the ground every day. I lose interest in the sessions and don’t want to do it. I wish I enjoyed it because it’s great conditioning.

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Sunday, 7th of October 2018

Weight today: 75.9
Weight yesterday: 75.3 (-0.7kg weekly)
Weight Friday: 74.2 (-0.3 from Thursday)

Workouts have been fine lately. Haven’t logged them but. Sprained my thumb Friday, but it hasn’t really done much other than making snatch grip deadlifts a bit harder than usual. Infection is gone. Antibiotics prescription ended.

Spent the entire day yesterday shoveling clay pellets under my sister’s house. Got to pet doggos,

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Was otherwise feeling really poorly all day throughout Saturday. So, there wasn’t any water at my sister’s place (which we hadn’t been informed off) so dehydration + not really getting enough to eat post-workout before leaving left me in a sad state I reckon. Apparently, my mom and dad thought I was going to pass out. Fortunately, the day ended with a monster eating session. I definitely felt my first ever super-compensation that night. Ate for hours.

On Friday my boss talked to me, they were concerned because it seems as if I’ve been unwell lately, guess the antibiotics did me in more than I thought. But I guess all the colds etc. haven’t gone unnoticed either for that matter.

So, with that, I’m taking today off at least.
Monday, Tuesday I might be back at it. Might climb Tuesday but I’m not banking on it. Just to make sure that I don’t hit a wall or something.

I’ll be eating at maintenance again this week, and then it’s a 10-week Bootcamp that CT is running online. Not dieting on my lonesome, hence not doing the 3-week/1-week thing I’ve talked about in the past but I’m really excited to try that at some point in my life. Might have abs by then, might not. It won’t really matter, quite content with what I have now, to be honest. My primary motivation for doing the bootcamp is to learn even more stuff from CT. So, I might be radio silent then on what I do during my workouts. Will check with CT what his preference is in that regard.

After the bootcamp, gaining muscle. For like… a while.

Will experiment this week with eating more carbs and fewer fats. Might write up a meal plan for the log later. Still sketching at the moment. Anyone interested? Takes a while to write and format.

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Mid-week pic that I took for some reason:

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Measurements on Saturday were:
Shoulders: 115 (-1cm)
Lower Waist: 78 (no change)
Chest: 93 (-1cm)
Arm: 30 (-0.5cm)
Neck: 35.5 (no change)
Calf: 36 (+0.5cm)
Thigh: 55 (-0.5cm)

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