2024-07-05
BW: 189lbs
Bench Press
205x2
Nope
195 5x3, 2
Bent Row
230 2x6, 4x5, 3
Snatch Grip Deadlift
275 6x5
Deep Stretch Pushups, paused
4x10
10 short range pumps.
Surprisingly hard
Seated Incline DB Curls
40’s 2x9, 8
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2024-07-08
Too antsy, couldn’t not work out.
Axle Push Press
Strict warmup
95,115,130x5
150x3
PP
165 6x3,2
Right in the groove all sets. Core was solid, so all I had to do was push
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MAG Med grip Pulldown
170,190,210x5
230x6, 5x5, 3
Hatfield SSB Squat - paused on straps
Free Squat warmup
152, 202, 242, 272x3
303x1
Hatfield
332 2x3
Dropped the straps 2 more inches to top bench holes
332 4x3,2
Hammer Strength Chest Press - paused
160 2x5
165 3x5
Left pec insertion didn’t like the stretch. Have to leep an eye on that.
Cable overhead extension
75 3x15
stay at this weight next time and work it slower
Seated Face Pulls
50 x15,12
Axle push press is getting easier and snappier and staying grooved. Couldn’t be happier.
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Love it when overhead feels like this. Nice job mate.
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Nice pressing!
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2024-07-10
5 workouts left before blastoff
Incline Bench Press - paused
165 6x3,2
Super easy. Last incline session I wasn’t sure if I was going to get it off my chest each set doing touch and go. Now I can pause it. Why can’t flat bench be like this?
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Standing Calves
BW+280x10,3x12,10,2x12
Deadlift
405 6x3,2
Also much easier than last time. Had to drop to doubles after two sets then.
Med Neutral Grip Cable Row
190 7x5
DB Rear/Side Laterals
25’s 3x9/9
I sure dislike these. But I need side and rear delts. NEED them.
Hammer Curls
45s 2x8 - cross-body
45sx8 - front
I don’t swing these or bob on my knees. Staying strict and my biceps are getting bigger without using more weight.
This workout style seems to keep me in the zone. I don’t get amazing pumps, but I don’t wreck myself for the next day and everything is getting stronger. We’ll see if I can keep from indulging my stupids.
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I did the rear laterals bent over and allowed my hands to travel a little towards my hips while raising. Rear delts are still really sore two days later.
Noted.
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2024-07-12
Moved out the sandbags and kettlebells today to donate to the gym.
100x40ft
150x40ft
200x40ft PR
Never lifted and waked with that big boy before
Byebye big boy
106 KB farmers walk 120ft
Clean and Press
135 7x3
Cleans are getting cleaner and easier
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Pullup
BW 7x5
SSB Paused Squat
272 7x3
Dips paused
BW+45x7,6,7, 3x6
BWX10
Wide Cable Pressdowns
85 3x13
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Standing Calves
BW+240 2x16,12+5
Still sore after last time
Standing Straight-Arm Cable Rows
65 2x8, 10
I try to spread the straps as they go past my body
Good session. That big sandbag almost made me decide to go home. There’s a well-outfitted gym in Chicago not 15 minutes walking distance from the new apartment with STRONGMAN EQUIPMENT.
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Chicago?..that’s a heck of a move.
You might enjoy a trip someday up to Gurnee, to Monster Garage Gym- world class, world record holders ect. powerlifting/strongman stuff.
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Had been a goal at one point to do a pilgrimage to Quad’s gym in Chicago where Ed Coan trained
Seems like the gym is open but no idea if he still trains there
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Moving that 200lb bag the other day has my left bicep feeling tweaky at the proximal tendon. May skip curls today.
I wanted to do the 150 sandbag over shoulder in place of snatch grip DLs tonight, but I might have to give up on that idea. I’ll try the 100 for a few reps, see how it feels and decide then.
I’d really like to get this lift into my training, it’s just such a total-body unifying movement.
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Quads is about 5 miles from the new house. Might have to drop in there.
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2024-07-15
Paused Bench Press
195 7x3
Extra pause length on last rep of each set. This was hard last time, no rep was in doubt this time. Guess I can stop complaining
Bent Row
230 7x3
Not hard. One more set and then I start adding reps
Sandbag over shoulder
100 2x3
150 3x3 PR best I’ve done is singles in the past
Sandbag Extensions
150 4x3 PR best in past has been a double
Sandbag Front carry
200 x 50 ft, 2 legs
I had to waddle it, couldn’t keep it on my chest. The challenge is hanging on to it - I have plastic palms so it just slides. The pick is not hard, I just can’t get it past my hips. Biceps were sore, but okay. Gonna be real sore tomorrow. Def gonna get these in the program once I’m moved.
Paused Stretch Pushups
BW 4x12
DB Spider Curls
35s 3x8
A workout light on leg stimulation, but I’ve got push press and Hatfields in two days, so that oughta catch me up.
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Good Lord… 
10lbs more than I weigh. Probably looked funny as hell, some old dude grunting and waddling it into the fight room.
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Elbow tendinitis is getting incrementally better. Still stings on bench press and some pulling movements, but is miles better than it was a month ago and a month ago it was already much improved.
Things are looking up on that front.
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Pretty sure you are passing your pain onto me. Happy to take one for the team though.
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2024-07-17
Axle Push Press
165 6x3,4
Doing a 3 count negative on these now.
Hatfield Squat - paused on straps
Free-squat warmup - paused
152,202,242,292x3
Hatfield
335 7x3
MAG Med Grip Pulldown
230 6x5,6
Hammer Strength Chest Press - paused
165 5x6
Cable French Press
75 3x15
Slow negative, hold at stretch
Standing Calves
BW+240 3x17,16
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Tibialis Raise
BW 4x18
Face pulls
55 3x15
Incline DB Curls
45sx5, 2x6
Starting to add stuff again. Better keep control of that. Main lifts are getting smoother and quicker.
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2024-07-19
1 mile walk to the gym
Incline Bench Press - paused
165 6x3,4
Seated Cable Row
190 5x5, 2x6
Deadlift
405 6x3, 4
Keeping the bar closer along the shins
DB Laterals Rear/Side
25’s 3x9/9
Hammer Curls
45sx9,8 Front
45sx9 Cross-body
Lat Prayers
70 3x10
1 mile walk home.
Kinda boring, but it’s working.
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Packing up the house. 2 days until blastoff.
No training.
I put odds and ends of lifting equipment I won’t be taking out on the sidewalk and they consistently disappear within an hour.
The hunger is out there.
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You are probably making some young teenagers’ day. 
Good luck with the move.
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