I wish there was a way 
It would require some big changes to our lot if we wanted any kind of vehicle down there. Fortunately I don’t have to do it often, and it’s good exercise.
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Picked up a trap bar today and had a great first session with it. Had to check the bar’s weight as things were feeling easier than expected. But it is 32.5 kg like it’s supposed to be.
The knurling is super aggressive, think I need to file it down because it was chewing up my hands. Not an issue with the heavy sets though as I used grips for those.
Short workout, my knee said no to squats and I was fatigued so it was basically just this:
Trap bar deadlift (low handles)
10 @ 32 kg
5 @ 62
5 @ 82
5 @ 102
1 @ 122
1 @ 132 (middle age PR! 
)
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Feeling quite mashed after yesterday, so kept things simple today. The trap bar deadlifts smoked my quads and arse. Think I woke up four times last night from aching thighs.
Barbell row
3x10 @ 56 kg
Bench press
3x5 @ 56 kg
Wide grip inverted row
2x10
Deficit press ups
12/7/10 - longer break before the last set
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Was feeling a bit dizzy so decided to go for an easy run instead of lifting. Haven’t run as often as I’d like because the other training tends to leave me too depleted. But today was nice, did my usual route of walking and interval runs but this time made the intervals a fair bit longer. Seemed to be ok with my achilles tendons.
Then when I got back I reckoned a short, moderate lifting workout would be doable. Used the high handles on the trap bar this time and was hoping to do an easy single at 112 kg. Then this happened:
Trap bar deadlift, high handles
10 @ 72 kg
5 @ 92
3 @ 112 - hmm, that was easier than anticipated
3 @ 122 - woah, is trap bar that much easier than regular deadlift?
1 @ 137 - how is this not extremely hard?
1 @ 147 - still easier than the 132 with low handles that I did on Sunday! And this time I wasn’t using grips either. My recent grip training must have paid off.
I wasn’t expecting there to be such a massive difference between conventional DL to trap bar. Looks like it’s around 20 kg using low handles and 35-40 with the high ones. The leverages are so much better. My goal is still 140 conventional though. But this was a nice ego boost
the knurling is super aggressive compared to my regular bar. Think it helped, no grip slippage at all. But it may turn my hand into one big callus…
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Introducing some light RDLs to see if they can help fix my hamstrings. Felt good. I’m taking a deload week but wanted to lift something heavy so tried high wide grip rack pulls for fun as well.
30 min walk with short interval runs
Banded leg curls
25 @ red band
Poliquin step-ups
50
Reverse step-ups (not sure if this is the correct term, with this one I hinge and squat as opposed to the above where the knee goes further over the toes)
25/30
RDLs (slow and with long pauses)
3x10 @ 41 kg
High, wide grip rack pulls (very high - only about 2" of ROM. Hold for time)
81 / 101 / 121 / 141 / 151 kg
Just wanted to see how these felt on the traps and upper back. Half a day later I am pretty sore…
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Haven’t trained for over a week as I was preparing for a colonoscopy and wanted to keep my appetite low. Went through it yesterday (or rather, it went through me 
) and I’ve been eating again…but tried a very light session just now and was super weak.
My regular training schedule starts tomorrow, hope I’ll have more energy then.
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Still not feeling 100% but definitely better than yesterday.
Romanian deadlift
3x10 @ 56 kg (very slow and controlled, trying to figure out a decent form that doesn’t bug my left hamstring)
trap bar deadlift, high handles
10 @ 72
5 @ 92
5 @ 112
5 @ 132
leg extension with dumbbell
20 @ 12 kg - ugh, starting to feel quite drained
sandbag over bar (shoulder height)
10 @ 40 kg
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Had to skip training yesterday and was busy all day today, but managed to squeeze in a late evening session. Not in top shape, but much better than nothing!
Kettlebell row
3x7 @ 32 kg
Bench press
3x3 @ 56 kg
Wide grip inverted row
2x10
Close grip bench with fat grips
8/7 @ 41 kg
Not overly confident with suicide grip and the fat grips made it harder. Ignoring the hazard these felt great though, a bit more ROM due to the thickness of the grips as well. But maybe I ought to ditch suicide grip until I have spotter arms…
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seated leg curl with bands
Poliquin step ups
narrow stance squat 3x10 @ 21 kg
regular deadlift 5 @ 101 / 3 @ 111 / failed 121
calf raise with weight vest 26/26/22 @ 30 kg
farmer’s walk 25 steps @ 90 kg
failed the bleeding 121 kg deadlift again, but last time it barely broke the floor and this time I almost got it to the knees.
reckon I’ll get it next time. Could have pushed harder but the back was fatigued from manual labour earlier in the day and I didn’t feel safe enough.
the squats were interesting. I have found that the reason for my left knee pain is that the lower leg is rotated outwards relative to the upper leg. Am trying narrow stance squats with feet pointing straight ahead and forcing my knee to track over my toes. Felt weak, but good. Hopefully onto something here…
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