@liftangryordie500 I reached out to you on WA a few weeks ago, but you never received the text. Is your phone not working by chance?
Possibly, I may also just be an idiot and not have checked my WhatsApp for a month. I tend to disappear into seclusion from my social media for long periods of time. Sorry dude.
Thanks for thinking of me though! I appreciate that. I will reach out.
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Db ohp 26 kg x 9, 8, 24 kg x 8
Lateral 8 kg x 27, 21, 7 kg x 22
Rope front raise superset with Incline lateral raise 2 rounds
Db curls superset with Rope pushdown 3 sets
Incline curl superset with db skullcrusher 2 sets
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Bench 77 kg x 12, 10, 6
Incline db press 28 kg x 7, 26 kg x 9, 8
Dips x 10, 13, 9
Rope pushdown 40 kg x 16, 12, 35 kg x 13
Db skullcrusher 3 sets
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Bb row 72 kg x 15, 74.5 kg x 12, 13
Neutral-Grip lat pulldown 70 kg x 14, 12, 65 kg x 14
Lat row superset with face pull 2 sets
Cross body Hammer curl 14 kg, 12 kg, 10 kg x 10-12
Preacher curl 3 sets
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Db ohp 26 kg x 10,8,6
Lateral raise 9 kg x 20, 8 kg x 20, 7 kg x 22
Rope front raise superset with Incline lateral raise 2 rounds
Db curls superset with Rope pushdown 3 rounds
Incline curl superset with db skullcrusher 2 rounds
Squat 112 kg x 7, 122 kg x 5, 132 kg x 4
Deadlift 152,162 kg x 5
Bench 77 kg x 12, 10, 7
Incline db press 28 kg x 8, 8, 9
Chest Press Machine double dropset
Rope pushdown 3 sets
Db skullcrusher 3 sets
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Bb row 80 kg x 10, 70 kg x 10, 10
Neutral-Grip lat pulldown 70 kg x 10, 65 kg x 11, 60 kg x 13
Lat row 2 sets
Hammer curl 3 sets
Spider curl 2 sets
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Squat 117 kg x 7, 127 kg x 6, 132 kg x 5
Deadlift 157,167,177 kg x 6,5,3
Bench 82 kg x 11, 7, 77 kg x 8
Incline db press 28 kg x 9, 7, 9
Pec deck double dropset
Rope pushdown 3 sets
Db skullcrusher 3 sets
Those who have followed my log for a long time might have noticed that lately I’ve been pretty silent on here. I am still logging my session, but didn’t write any notes for a while.
The reason is that, for the past 2-3 weeks, I have been completely, utterly unmotivated to train. Like, I have so many other things on my mind (mainly school stuff and the fact that I spend one third of my waking hours on a train 4 days a week) that when the time comes for me to go to the gym, I am unprepared, have been focused on something else up to ten minutes prior, and don’t really want to go.
Nevertheless, progress has been steady and both weights and reps are increasing. I am slowly gaining weight and eating according to my internal hunger/satiety cues has been working well for me. I just try to consistently push it a little further than my satiation point at each meal. Not too hard, as I’m a pig by nature.
My plan is to just keep at it, even going through the motions when no better option is available. I can detach my mind from my workout but that won’t stop me from pushing a set hard. Eventually my motivation will come back and training won’t feel as much like a chore. For now what this all means is I’m just enjoying my rest days even more, and do something I love doing, that is going for a walk in the evening, at the time I would train if it weren’t a rest day. I can also afford to eat a little more as I stopped taking the bus from the train station to my university and back so I’m averaging 15k steps a day, which is more than double the number I was averaging before.
Bottom line is, I’m not in the most optimal situation, due to life stress and the like, but I am so damn grateful for what I have (and it’s a lot) and I’m trying to make the best out of it.
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Bb row 80 kg x 11, 70 kg x 12, 10
Neutral-Grip lat pulldown 70 kg x 13, 9, 65 kg x 12
Lat row double dropset
Cross body Hammer curl 3 sets
Spider curl double dropset
Squat 112 kg x 8, 122 kg x 5, 132 kg x 3
Deadlift 157 kg x 3
Awful performance today. Gonna need to scale the weight back and work back up.
today i did my first workout home, with that weird thing i showed in the flame-free confession thread yesterday.
chinups 5 sets - alternating with dips 5 sets
i was still mad sore from a couple of days ago, because i did the same workout at a park (before the government closed parks too) and i wasn’t used to those two movements anymore.
the whole thing felt a little awkward, but i managed to not fall off the balcony which is a win indeed.
This is what it looks like, in case you missed it.
my abs were probably the place i was the sorest in. it’s crazy how sore chinups get my abs. i mean, sure, they are heavily involved in stabilization, but the very few times i trained abs in isolation i still couldn’t get them to be that sore the next day.
anyway, i just purchased a 10 kg kettlebell off amazon for a little over € 30. i was searching for dumbbells but i looked at the prices and realized the best bang for my buck would have been a kettlebell instead.
with one that weight, i can do lateral, front, and rear raises, curls, and probably triceps extensions too. i can work with very high reps and lots of sets since i’m not doing much else. i think it was a good purchase.
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Bottom up kettlebell shoulder presses are the best.
Goblet squats done with a kettlebell pretty much guarantee “perfect” squat form.
Lots of videos on various kettlebell exercises you can do. This can be your “functional training” block heh.
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The only issue is the kettlebell is very light… It could take me like 100 reps to get to failure. I can see how ugly that would be
Poundstone curls for big biceps is 100 reps of an empty bar (20 kgs). If you got another 10 kg kettlebell, you could do “Poundstone squats” for big quads LOL. (technically no longer a goblet squat) Also, the upper body isometric strength it requires to hold the kettlebells for that long would be non-trivial to say the least.
For your core, do turkish get ups. Apparently, all the MMA guys swear by this for a core exercise.
sure, my point was that 100 reps of squat suck with any weight haha
100 curls aren’t pleasant, but squats…
I’ve done 365 with a 16kg weight vest and 2 x 9kg bells before. Honestly, your lungs suffer more than your legs during. The next day, almost everything hurts.
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Finally found my weighed vest
I’m almost getting used to this
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