It is. I have blackout blinds and an eye mask though. And now it’s not too bad. Now it gets dark at night. A month ago when I was on my hike you can leave the tent in the middle of the night and it’s more the clock than anything else that’s letting you know it’s still night.
You mean lose 1-3 kilos? Yeah that’s not the goal at the moment. Trying to gain weight slowly instead!
Back pictures, maybe tomorrow after climbing if I get a decent pump
Edit: beach season is so over >_< starting to see single digit degrees some nights
A. Squats, 6 reps, 5s eccentric. Final three are work sets
50
60
65
70
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80
B. Deadlifts, 6 reps, 5s eccentric. Final three are work sets
70
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110
C. Bench Press, 6 reps, 5s eccentric. Final three are work sets
40
40
50
55
D1. Decline DB Bench Press 2 sets to failure D2. Seated Row 2 sets to failure
Ordinarily the plan is to bench before deadlifts but all the benches were busy so I adapted. Might have gotten a weight wrong, transcribed from memory and I got to the point where I almost passed out after deadlifts so better start logging with pen and paper as I go from here on or actually keep to the weights I have programmed for myself rather than going for convenient increments and going “fuck it, in a hurry, I’m warm enough to hop into the work sets on benches straight away”
I kind of like it. Gives me ample time to adjust and feel things out. Don’t feel as beat up afterwards either and it feels like I’m training to become strong rather than just exercising the skill of lifting progressively heavier weights. I know there’s no bounce. I have enough time to go "oh, right, that’s not where I’m supposed to be looking. I can “visualise” the bar path. And, get a really good workout in at the same time.
I’ve been trying to get my gym to buy simple shit, like a trap-bar, and a SSB bar. I needed the former when my hamstring was at its worst, and the latter when my climber’s elbow was at its worst but they were focusing their expenses on “guns” that shoot sanitation stuff to kill bacteria and viruses. Weight releasers seem like something they’ll never get…
I’d love it if they bought,
Trap-bar
SSB-bar
Belt-squat something. This would be excellent for my quads and for my dad who cannot put a load on his back
45 degree Hack Squat
A wall to do med ball throws on. I’ve once in my life done this against a “normal” wall and promptly made a hole…
Better Farmer’s Walk Handles. The ones we have are very prone to opening up, dumping the weight out on either side. The only way to really adjust them enough demands a wrench. That reminds me, I need to pack a wrench in my gym bag.
Sissy squat apparatus
Smith machine with bar travelling vertically rather than at an angle
Haha, yeah it grows quickly. I did keep the buzz cut for quite some time though. Been thinking about growing it proper long. @loganator long. Going to ask my hair dresser if it’ll just hang down straight and lifeless or be more interesting than that. Really embrace the dirt bag climber aesthetic. Viking aesthetic.
Imagine how nice it’d be to have a long torso. Fat spreads out over a larger surface. Squats look sexy rather than good morning-y. Arms grow quicker. Quads grow quicker. You’d need to do more back work and hinge work but that’s the fun stuff anyway.
But yeah really gonna focus on my arms. Quads have grown after all the focus on them (nothing crazy but now I can’t even buy pants one size larger, I have to buy stuff in a stretch fabric)
And me, my fat spreads on my hips and legs so I’m lucky
For climbing I like it. For lifting I can see some advantage to slightly different leverages. I have an okay ape index but in climbing where I excel is in my flexibility. But yeah, I have a build that favours pulling strength.
What’s the dumbest shit you’ve ever done for “fitness”/“physique”/“strength” reasons? Mine has to be waking up at 4 AM to walk an hour fasted, before going to the gym an hour later with a intra-workout shake and then promptly showering and going to work thereafter and having a really measly post-workout meal. I genuinely think that’s as dumb as it got.
