Maybe u should eat more than
Fat enough as it is. I eat plenty thanks.
whats the heaviest you’ve been? Do you even triple digit BW
Heaviest a few (more like 15) years ago was 95kg, currently 88kg but I am a little more fluffy now than I was 15years ago !!
Not a bad effort.
That was back when I did mostly bodybuilding training and I had to force feed myself for 2 years. I couldn’t do that again. 
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Monday 20th Jan - week 3
Squat
Bar x 10
65 x 5
85 x 3
105 x 2
120 x 2
130 x 4 x 5 sets (286 lbs) RPE- 8, 8, 8, 9, 9
Happy with this. This weight was my 1RM about 18 months ago.
Bench
Bar x 10
65 x 5
85 x 5
90 x 8 x 5 sets (198 lbs) RPE 9, 9, 9, 10, 10
Hard tonight, 7 reps on last set
Bulgarians
32.5 x 8 x 5 sets
Holy fk !! Forearm pump so bad I could hardly hold the dumbells!!
Db bench
35 x 9 x 5 sets
Big pump, Only 8 reps on last set.
Really really happy with this session tonight. Squats were pretty solid, bench moved ok and the rest was horrible.
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Wanted to link two vids. The first is from 30 August 2018. Here I am doing ugly singles at 130kg and 135kg
https://www.instagram.com/p/BnGgKXdBbto/?igshid=164fmojzp2b61
Fast forward 17 months and the second vid is from tonight where I did 5 sets of 4 reps with 130kg. I am really happy with this progress and this is with no special or optimal program just with consistent hard work.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ibPWkg7e7/?igshid=1s3822snk8v13
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Great job man! What was once a grinder really moved fast today
Thanks, I was pretty happy with how they went.
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That’s some awesome progress man. Hard to see it day to day, but going back that far really shows how far you’ve come.
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Sexy gains. What facility are u training out of there?
It’s a local warehouse type gym in Williamstown called Athleta 24/7. It has enough equipment for what I need and invest 24/7 access for $13 a week so it’s not to expensive. It’s not as sexy as PTC or Doherty’s but it does me well.
Doherty’s is 15 bucks a week but it’s a bit of a bother to drive there.
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Great progress Rob. Really good. Strong fast reps.
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That’s a big improvement
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Yer for me it’s too far. 20-30 mins drive each way compared to 2 mins each way.
Thanks @mortdk and @MarkKO
It’s hard to know sometimes how well you are progressing. I have no frame of reference for what is good or not. And even if I could compare it doesn’t really mean anything as well all progress differently. Week to week it feels like really slow progress and often I feel like I should be doing more. Then on the other hand I think, I am progressing each block and I’m managing my recovery and staying injury free.
If I can do this again for the next 18 months then I will be happy.
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I always find this irritating in threads/articles that say “in your first x months of proper lifting, you should be able to hit y numbers”, because I just think it’s too simplistic.
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HUGE progress, awesome work Simo!