Per aspera ad astra (strongman Koestrizer)

Training Training Logs
3651

14.07.

1 push jerks
4 x 3 @ 90 kg

2 box jumps
5 x 3

3 incline bench press
3 x 6 @ 65 kg

4a nautilus row
3 x 8

4b hs lat pull
3 x 8

Notes:

  • did the fancy back machines without any rest.
  • tried the jerks with a little more forward knee travel. I don’t have an opinion yet.
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3652

15.07.

Only had 30 minutes. So I supersetted

1 front squat
3 x 3 @ 90 kg

2a reverse lunges
3 x 5 per leg @ 40 kg

2b hollow holds
3 x 30 sec.

3a pendlay rows
3 x 8 @ 60 kg

3b db shoulder press
3 x 8 @ 25 kg

Shit session. Everything was rushed and felt rubbish. Also somehow hard despite the huge cut backs in weight and volume. I guess I’m still playing catch up with my recovery.

One more deload session to go. I ideally want to do that tomorrow because then I have multiple days without any kind of weight training.

3653

16.07.

1 paused push jerk
3 x 3 @ 80 kg

2a box squats
4 x 3 @ 120 kg

2b wide grip shrugs
3 x 12 @ 90 kg

3 lat pull down
3 x 10

Notes:

  • again focused on pushing the knees more forward on the jerks, as requested by coach. Feels better than expected so far. Will wait for feedback.
  • better than yesterday bur squats didn’t feel all that hot.
  • all in all a typical deload week. They usually feel off to me, even if I need them. Tomorrow will just be some tennis training, no match and then it’s time to shift into next gear :metal:
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3654

19.07.

Went in a day earlier than planned. I don’t know why, I just felt really pumped to lift some weights. That’s super rare and I figured to take advantage of that is the other end of the spectrum of “listening to your body”.

1 deadlifts
3 x 4 @ 170 kg

2 box jumps
5 x 3

3 incline bench press
3 x 6 @ 90 kg

4 seated ham curls (unilateral bc weight stack too light)
4 x 8

5 pull ups (banded)
3 x 6

6 incline db row
3 x 8 @ 32 kg

Notes:

  • deadlifts are always hard to judge for me. This was the heaviest I’ve pulled since my injury in February. Back felt flawless, form looked ok to me, weight felt fairly easy but didn’t exactly move fast. Which is the part that bothers me. Then again I’m not usually a fast lifter and I should stop laying into me and just trust the process. Set 3 was the best one. Great control and bracing.
  • 3rd set was the best on incline. Don’t have that on film sadly but I managed to do a short pause on rep 6. Lots of agression went into inclines again today. Not to say that they are growing on me, they can still fuck themselves, but I kinda like the challenge.
    Tonight will be max effort sushi. So tomorrow the belt will fit good and weights will get smashed.
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3655

Can I make a substitution for pizza please?

3656

agree to disagree.
Sushi is the best

3657

Pickled rice? That’s a hard pass thanks.

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3658

Oh, I never eat the rice. I go to sushi restaurants for the pounds of raw fish. Buffets are the only way I don’t bankrupt my parents when eating japanese :sweat_smile:

3659

Again, a hard pass thanks. I like my food cooked, and ideally covered in melted cheese.

3660

My bathroom agrees to disagree

3661

Mine is getting that way, hence why cheese is getting rarer and rarer for me, but we can always dream.

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3662

I’ll be the referee here and declare sushi the winner!

Good (!) sushi is about my favorite food in the world.
Also I can’t do anything other than fixed price all you can eat. I’m willing to pay a proper price for it because again, good(!) sushi is the key but on the other hand my consumption of raw fish and seaweed can only be topped by a whale. So a la card is out of the question.

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3663

Ur incline ROM is same as my squat ROM

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3664

Challenge accepted. You can pick the restaurant :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

3665

I literally weigh 3 times as much as you. I feel as confident as I can about that challenge, haha.

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3666

Ima chip in a dollar to see this battle happen

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3667

On the one hand, pizza is great. On the other hand, sushi is great.

And I think you already know it, @dagill2, but anyone of British or English decent is not allowed a vote on which food is best. Unless we are comparing, I don’t know, our favorite brand of canned beans or instant coffee.

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3668

There’s more than one brand of tinned beans?

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3669

why does there need to be a winner, cant we just eat both, or just put the sushi in the pizza. Everyone wins.

3670

Sushi on a pizza? That’s heresy where I come from.