Per aspera ad astra (strongman Koestrizer)

02.10.

DOMS off the charts for lower back and quads.

1 11" deadlift
4 x 6 @ 145 kg

2 snatch grip rdl
4 x 8 @ 90 kg

3 lat pull down
4 x 12

4 hip thrust (5 sec eccentric)
4 x 6 @ 100 kg

Channeling my inner fit chick

5 bulgarian split squat
3 x 12 each @ 20 kg dumbbells

Bring on THE PAIN! God that was awful.

Notes:

  • decent effort today.
  • I’m going to fuel better, prepare better and make every rep count going forward!
  • I did some thinking and decided the deadlift goal is more important to me right now. I talked to Paul and we extended the deadlift peak from the originally planned 6 to now 10 weeks.
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Go big or go home, eh? 1.2 kg of ground beef, 1 kg uncooked rice, 4 pieces of salmon (one dish already eaten) and carrots. Should last a few days into the week.

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05.10.

1 oh squat
4 x 6 @ 60 kg

2 deadlift
4 x 6 @ 160 kg

Experimented with technique and may have finally had a break through!

3 log lift (clean each)
3 x 5 @ 93,5 kg

4 cable row (narrow, heavy)
4 x 12

5 db windmill
3 x 8 @ 12,5 kg

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06.10.

1 pause squat
4 x 5 @ 120 kg

SO much better!

2 bench press
5 x 5 @ 102,5 kg

Still sucks and boobies about to blow up a cup size.

3 seated box jumps
5 x 3

4 ghr (normal ecc.)
5 x 3

5 pull ups
5, 4, 3, 3

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Couldn’t go home after work today because they found a bomb 300 meters from my house. I got essentials (food, tooth brush, beer) and am now prepared to stay with my training partner (highest chance he’ll have clothes that fit me. Gym is also withing evacuation radius so we’ll see about training tomorrow.

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American or Soviet

Not sure that’s the first thing they would check.

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You live somewhere close to Munich right?

If so, it was probably US or British (basically US tbh)

Nope, in the south of lower saxony. I used to live in Munich

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Is this a regular thing around there?

Honestly, everytime I read or hear about the scale of the wars, especially the Eastern front, I just get blown away. It’s so far beyond anything I can imagine.

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Still probably US or UK

Errr - chances are British. American bombing campaign was limited from memory.

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The soviets didn’t go to saxony

Their long range bombing capabilities were severely limited,
It’s also sufficiently close to Dresden for me the think that the US and UK were there

This city was heavily attacked. Estimates say that we are still living on at least 80 undetected bombs, so authorities are prepared to deal with it.
They had to detonate 2 big war heads a few months ago, so it isn’t something you never hear of around here.

Saxony = Sachsen (eastern Germany)
Lower saxony = Niedersachsen (west Germany)

Two completely different federal states actually. That’s very confusing in English and so most people think that lower Saxony refers to the south of Saxony.

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Yeah, then the soviets definitely didn’t go there

Evacuations are rolling. Unfortunately two hospitals and most of the inner city has to be evacuated. So that’s a big effort. I’m curious to see what work (biggest hospital around) will look like tomorrow.

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08.10.

Crazy night with the bomb evacuation. I was really happy to change my underwear today. Still had to work though, haha.

1 deadlift
2 x some @ 60 kg
? @ 100 kg
3 @ 140 kg
2 @ 180 kg
1 @ 200 kg

3 @ 210 kg

Much much better than last week. Food, focus and technique paying off. I would still like this to move better.

2 log lift (clean once)
1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1 @ 103,5 kg

Still getting back into the technique for this. It sucked today because of technique and probably bench/ deads but I expect this to get better quickly and am not too worried.

3 bent over row
3 x 8 @ 85 kg

4 cyclist squats
3 x 15 @ 65 kg

5 hanging leg raises
4 x 8 @ 2,5 kg

Could have hit one more pretty sure on deads. 2 maybe.

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Liked this photo

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Messed up scenario to deal with, but this post made me laugh man.

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Glad I checked the log.
The bomb thing… wow.

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