He ain’t that fricking old! 
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Happy Birthday
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Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes it made me feel very appreciated. This was a second birthday in lockdown for me, so having virtual friends send you well wishes is as close to a party and a few good laughs as I am going to get.
Went to work yesterday and celebrated with donuts (is there any better way). Left work a little early and got home around 4pm. The kids are home schooling at the moment so they had spare time and used it to decorate the house, paper streamers and pictures they had drawn on the walls, big happy birthday sign on the door leading to the kitchen family room. When I walked in the room they were all hiding and then jumped out shouting surprise and covered me in paper confetti. They wanted me to have a surprise party and were all so excited and pleased with themselves it was very nice.
Had cake and opened some small gifts from the kids and then we watched a movie and ordered takeout so no one had to cook. It was a nice quiet family birthday and made me realise how lucky I am.
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Also I bought myself a sand bag as a birthday present. It will take up to 80kg (175lb) so now I just need to order some sand and fill it up.
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Nope, no better way to celebrate! (I have birthday donuts every year.)
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Sandbag carries rank pretty high up in the suckiest exercise competition, which means they are of course awesome haha. Nice new toy
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Wednesday 18th Aug - taper week
Deadlift
Bar x 10
70 x 5
110 x 3
140 x 1
140 x 1
160 x 1
170 x 1
All just routine getting stuff done
Bench
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
100 x 1
110 x 1
117.5 x 1 -moved fine
110 x 2 x 2 sets
Left pec / shoulder was not at all happy, very tight and sore.
Head wasn’t totally in it tonight. I find these taper sessions hard to focus on.
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The kids surprise party, the sandbag - those are some bright spots!
How old/how many are yours?
I have 3 mate, 2 girls 11 and 10 and a boy 8.
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Aye, a busy man.
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No shops open to go and buy it? Delivery is going to be a bitch on sand
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I think he lives on a continent made entirely made of sand. I may have my facts a bit wrong, but probably not.
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Yes, but the wild stuff is protected by drop bears. Safer to get the farmed variety.
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I think I can order it click and collect if I want. Either that or just wait a couple of weeks.
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Whilst it is probably a popular opinion it’s a little off. Where I am the soil is mostly a black clay and then as you move further out of Melbourne the west is all red soil. Our local beach has sand on it but it is sand that was dredged up and put there. Perth over in Western Australia is deff built on sand.
Friday 20th August - Test day.
Alright competition was cancelled but decided I would test tonight anyway. Had to do it in the garage on my own with no spotters and get creative to have enough weight. Came in feeling creaky but read to go.
Squats
Warm ups
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
Belt and sleeves
110 x 2
130 x 1
145 x 1
Warm ups moved fine
Attempts
160 (352 lbs) moved like an opener
170 (374 lbs) little slow
177.5 (391 lbs) maybe an inch high and it was hard. Squatting with no spotters at max is interesting!!
Getting so close to 4 plates now. Happy with that.
Bench
Warm ups
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
100 x 1
110 x 1
Attempts
115 (253 lbs) moved easy like an opener should
120 (264 lbs) no problems - smooth
125 (275 lbs) good pause, super solid
Happy with bench tonight. Shoulder still hurts but it stayed in one piece so that’s great.
Deadlift
Warm up
Bar x 10
70 x 5
110 x 3
140 x 1
160 x 1
Attempts
177.5 - (391 lbs) easy opener (this is all the plates I have in the shed)
192 - (422 lbs) moved fine (used some 16kg kettle bells to add weight)
202 - (444 lbs) got it done (used kettle bells again)
Ended up with
Squat 177.5
Bench 125
Deadlift 202
Total 504.5 kg (1110 lbs)
Pretty happy with that. Now I can have a rest and then get back to some proper training and some hard work.
My neighbour has a camera in his shed with a speaker. Halfway though the bench and the speaker comes on and starts playing the WWE intro music for The Big Show. I just looked up to the camera and raised my belt in one hand. Very funny.
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Really nice numbers, my friend.
I would’ve paid top dollar to see that!
Great work!
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Great lifts. Especially with KBs dangling from the bar.
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Vids of top weights from tonight
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSyzImrh1Tz/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Thank you. I guess they aren’t too bad for 3 days after my 47 birthday.
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