Just did a quick burpee recovery session today. 50 x 2 pump burpees to get the blood pumping. Chest was pretty sore from dips yesterday so these gave a good pump.
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Here you go with the whole “burpees for recovery” myth. I swear you guys are trying to play some kind of April Fools.
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Lol I have no idea yet if it helps or not. All I know is I have gone from 3 days in the gym to 7 days a week and I am not falling apart ……….yet 
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Back in the gym tonight for some squat, bench and conditioning. Body feeling really good and mentally looking forward to training. It really does feel like doing more is magic!! Maybe @ChongLordUno @SvenG and @T3hPwnisher are on to something
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Overhead Press is looking strong, nice work man!
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Thanks mate it’s not super heavy but form is improving. I always struggle with a good brace with overhead work so trying to fix that
Just catching up on your log, and I had to keep double-checking I wasn’t on @ChongLordUno 's log by mistake. I guess there’s no way around it: I’ve got to start incorporating burpees again in the near future or risk being ostracized by my colleagues on this site.
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Lol good to have you swing by mate. Yes I am sorry to say he has infected me and there is no cure!!
Friday 3 December
SSB squat
Bar x 10
70 x 5
100 x 8 x 3 sets (220 lbs)
Legs a little sore. Doing these beltless moved ok but not easy.
Bench press
Bar x 10
70 x 5
90 x 3
95 x 5 x 4 sets (209 lbs) RPE 7, 7, 7, 7
Solid bench but should be at this weight.
Pull ups
BW+15kg
3 x 5 sets
Not easy. Left lat has felt pulled for weeks now, seems to get triggered by sandbag carries.
Prowler
70kg - 10 emom
Doubled the last run so did 11.
Really enjoyed the gym tonight. I was really up for it tonight and felt good. Those prowler runs smashed my lungs hard but that’s called progress. Quality
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Well dammit.
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Don’t you go weak on me, boy! @Cyrrex
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…but what if it is a magic bullet?
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Then I’ll die shooting arrows.
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I didn’t say burpees just that more work is magic. You already do more work that me.
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I doubt that’s true. The only thing that accumulates a lot of work for me is the fact that I always train full body. But I don’t do much outside of my 4 training days atm.
Well 4 gym days is more than my 3. If you added time there I am guessing you would total more work. Now I have added the sandbag work and a few small burpee sessions then we probably total the same work time.
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Strongman Saturday
Sandbag runs, just the normal 10 runs done every second minute.
Then tried out @T3hPwnisher Tower of Babel with a sandbag. It was as bad as I expected. I only worked up to six squats and then down again. Partly because I was short on time before I had to pick my daughter up from karate but mostly because I thought my lungs might leave my body. Legs were still strong. I am definitely going to try this again but push it a bit further.
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Tower of Babel
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You know you did good when you look for a place to lay down and die at the end, haha. Great work dude! Loved the video.
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Mate I thought I was going to fall flat on my face on rep 1. I knew from there on it was going to be a bad idea. Pretty sure you can see me shaking my head at one point as I think what am I doing.
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