Vids from tonight
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Monday 24th - week 1
Squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
110 x 2
130 x 4 x 3 sets (286 lbs) RPE 5, 5, 5,
Left shoulder getting shitty again. These were smooth and easy.
Bench
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
92.5 x 6 x 3 sets (204 lbs) RPE 6, 6, 6
Shoulder was pissey but got them done.
Pull ups
BW + 12.5 - 6 x 3 sets
Feet to bar - some
Very windy in the gym tonight and that was just in my pants !!! Good little starter session felt easy tonight.
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Looking solid as always mate. Where do we sign up for the OnlyFans?
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I’m all ears for this shit 
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@dagill2 and @ChongLordUno PM me your bank details and I will sign you up!!
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Feeling really good at the moment and enjoying my training again. I always know when I am feeling good because I am keen to get back in the gym and do the next session, often a day before the session is due. Its not that I love the training itself but more so I am excited to see how my performance is and if there is progress.
Part of having a coach and training for a goal is all about giving up control. The coach sets the plan (with input from me) and I follow it (almost blindly). Coach allows me to auto regulate a little where I feel good or bad. But most of the time (and those of you that have been following my log for a while will know this) I just do exactly what I am told.
When I am feeling good and the weights are moving well, I always start to think. Am I doing enough? How much is enough or too much? Should I push harder and harder ? I don’t know the answers and these questions are probably more rhetorical than anything. I know what I am doing is working for me, but I also know its a slow and steady approach and sometimes the urge to accelerate is hard to hold back.
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It’s when we are feeling good in training that we fall prey to the Icarus syndrome. Trust the process! It’s great to see you enjoying training
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You know as well as me that it’s hard to not look outward at others when the focus should be on the self. Thanks for reminding me to stay the course.
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I just had this precise thought for my morning walk. I feel you, I’m the most impatient man, about too many things. Let’s be patient and true.
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Wednesday 26th - week 1
Deadlift
Bar x 10
70 x 5
110 x 3
140 x 3
162.5 x 4 x 3 sets (358 lbs) RPE 5, 5, 5
Solid pulls speed was good.
OH press
Bar x 10
40 x 5
60 x 4 x 3 sets (132 lbs) RPE 7, 7, 7
Ok but shoulder didn’t love them.
Chest supported Db row
25 x 9 x 3 sets
Hammer curls - some
Ab roll outs - some
Good session, felt too easy which is good.
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It looks like these new strength blocks combined with some better eating are really starting to work. The bodyweight is creeping up slowly and everything just feels solid. I don’t have a massive amount of doms but I frequently find my back muscles tight or cramping / spasm if I overreach or twist. It always reminds me of the comment I think Dave Tate made about getting a lat cramp whilst trying to wipe your ass @T3hPwnisher will know the exact quote I am sure. My work clothes are all getting tighter again and I have to remind myself not to keep flexing !! LOL
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Bite your tongue
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So here in Victoria we have gone into a 7 day lockdown due to sudden increasing cases in the community. Gym is closed again so it looks like I will be back on the old shed again. Luckily it wont effect my training other than substituting a couple of the dumbell movements and finding something else to take my soul rather than the prowler. .
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Sorry to hear it dude. Bet you can’t do 1000 total bw reps per day 
(partitioned as you like, as many exercises as you like)
Or take a break like a coward
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Just remembered you’ve got a pretty dope home gym set up. Challenge still stands
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Mate No way I am doing 1000 of anything in a day, when I can stick to the program with the home gym.
But now you have challenged me I will think about how I make this work…
Friday 28th - week 1
Lock down in Victoria so back in the shed now named “the house of pain”
Squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
115 x 6 x 3 sets RPE- 5, 5, 5
All good.
Bench
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
102.5 x 4 x 3 sets (226 lbs) RPE 8, 7, 7,
Did these slow tonight because of shoulder. Seemed ok.
No prowler so needed something else to take my soul away. Decided I would do Cindy WOD
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AMRAP in 20 minutes -
5 Pull-Ups -
10 Push-Ups -
15 Air Squats
Did this EMOM style and Managed 20 rounds. It was horrible. I’m sitting here 20 mins after training and 15 mins after my shower and it feels like the inside of my body has hot coals in it. Going to need another shower and a change of clothes before bed.
I have to officially blame @ChongLordUno @kleinhound @T3hPwnisher @Koestrizer @aldebaran @TrainForPain @alex_uk @boyce79 @dagill2 and all you other crazies for making me hate myself so much and want to better that I made myself do that stupid WOD. Fk CrossFit. Lol
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Wow man! 20 rounds is no joke, congratulations you beast!
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Superb
You finally manned up and did a real workout
Best get in a hot bath, pour yourself a glass of rose wine, crank up some Taylor Swift and pat your vagina down
Seriously though big man. Good work
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Thanks mate. If I had a vagina I could probably brew a cup of tea in it right now.
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