Per aspera ad astra (strongman Koestrizer)

19.06.

Everything feels extremely tight and tense. Spent some time trying to loosen stuff up. Also left lower rip randomly started hurting. Shoulder feels the best it has in 3 weeks though.

1 Push Press (no belt or sleevs, only wrist wraps)
20 @ 60 kg
10 @ 80 kg
10 @ 80 kg

2 Hicks Press
6 @ 100 kg

3 close grip bench press (little wider than hicks press, t&g)
6 @ 100 kg
First full rom in… puh I can’t even guess

4 lat pull down
3 x 15

5 one arm chest supported row machine
3 x 15

Quick, easy and enjoyable. Felt better than yesterday. I’ll probably start heavy training on Sunday or so.

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Or you could have some nice bowls of great german pilsner.
You’ve just said you were pretty beat up, so maybe just wait til monday. But you know your body best so if you’re ready go ahead.

Will wait patiently for the next show.

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Congrats on the show mate, that final tyre flip was epic, I was sweating just watching it!

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Confession time: I always have beer :stuck_out_tongue:
Sunday would be more of a logistic choice because I won’t be able to train the weekend after due to my parents and sister visiting. But I will be listening to my body of course.

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Cheers Mate, thanks for stopping by

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23.06.

1 deadlift
up to
7 @ 180 kg - PR!
5 @ 170 kg
5 @ 170 kg

2 block pulls (on a 25 kg bumper)
5 @ 180 kg
5 @ 180 kg

3 paused front squats (no sleeves, belt for last set)
3 @ 60 kg
3 @ 80 kg
3 @ 100 kg

4 seated row machine
3 x 10

5 seated hamstring curls
2 x 10

Sauna

Notes:

  • this was a very hard and pretty long session. I feel very good about it though and am happy with how this peak starts out.
  • I decided to bring back the block pulls. I will only train 4 weeks so it should be doable and they definitely help to increase my deadlift.
  • pretty happy with how the deadlifts looked and felt!

Video:

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Great job kicking out these comps man. Solid work! So to continue our sporadic cultural questions, is non alcoholic beer as popular there as I’ve been led to believe? For the most part, the only time I ever see people drinking it here is when they’re trying to ween off the sauce.

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Puh I’d say depending on who you are out with, you might be given a bit of shit for ordering one, however not as much as you get for ordering a Radler or god forbid a different beer mix beverage (yes I’ll be one of the people tearing you apart)! They aren’t unpopular per se though. People who have to drive or be sober for other reasons often order those. Alcohol free wheat beer is pretty popular and even advertised as a sports drink because of it’s isotonic characteristics. I enjoy one if I am going to the sauna.

To summarize I’d say it’s more of a substitute for regular beer but not a bad beverage. Who led you to believe it was popular?

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Yer times this by 1000 if you ordered one of these in Oz.

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24.06.

1 Push Press
3 x 6 @ 100 kg

2 Hicks Press
2 x 5 @ 100 kg
10 @ 100 kg

3 lat pull down
5 x 10

4 tricep extensions
3 x 10

5 Reverse flys
4 x 15

Notes:

  • getting back into regular barbell training. Kept everything rather easy. Although 100 kg push presses have felt easier. Lack of practise I presume.
  • Wether was brutal (more so in the office though)

wow you’re strong!

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Thanks mate

Haha you mean like a snakebite? (Guinness and hard cider) I have to be in a special mood for a raddler. Sours are super popular here right now actually. I rag on light beers in general, but when it gets into the 40s(c) the good shit gets hard to drink. End rant lol.

I remember them harping about it during olympics that they had to import a shitload of non-alcoholic beer for all the Euros. I had never heard of it being a thing at all but the US media made it seem like it was all the rage. Makes sense as a sports drink actually.

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To be honest I think you will get more shit if you try to order one of those than if you order an alcohol free one. Light beer is pretty much unheard of here. It was this year that I found out that something like that even was available at all in Germany. And only because I moved to Bavaria. In nothern Germany you won’t be able to even get it

Ha, thanks for the warning. For decades light American lager had the market over a barrel, but over these last couple of years the craft beer market has exploded and good beer is easy to find now. Hell my town only has 350k people, but 5 breweries. Is it true that y’all prefer is room temp?

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Haha yeah we joke a lot about American beers over here to be honest :stuck_out_tongue: .

Not at all! I think you confuse us with the English. They can be a bit weird about beer temperature.

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And we don’t blame you one single bit lol. That’s pretty much what the movie Beerfest was all about.

Ah gotcha. Well we’ll be traveling to the UK & Ireland late 2020/early 2021, so now I can be prepared.

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That sounds lovely. I really enjoyed my bike tour through south west Ireland!

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It’s a weird Yank rumour that we drink room temperature beer. Of all the countries to talk crap about drink…

Ales and stouts should be served between like 6-8C or something I think. That’s warm for a lager but pretty cold for a room. Temps <5C are for lagers and whatnot. Some wankery to do with flavours and stuff I think.

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I’m both British and Irish; grew up in London and have lived in Dublin for 5ish years. Hit me up of you’ve any questions and stuff.

@Koestrizer sorry to derail your log, big man.

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