There is a big British (and European) influence in Victoria, both in house design and gardens. There are lots of formal gardens with box hedges and rose gardens both very popular. We are starting to see more people move to drought tolerant gardens with lower maintenance. Because we still have 4 seasons in Victoria some of the more tropical plants dont grow that well, but up in Queensland the gardens are very tropical with much less British influence.
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My massage therapist was crook today so my appointment got canceled. I managed to get an appointment at my physio instead. My upper back is basically really tight possible from a small muscle strain. Good news is it is hit a spine or disc issue. She did some cupping and massage but even then it was hard for her to loosen it up. I have some work to do with the roller at home and a hanging lat stretch to do in the gym. She thinks that my tight lats have made my rack position with squats a little off and that has caused my upper back to over compensate and lock up. Going to see her again on Saturday to see if she can loosen it up a little more. Feeling pretty bruised and beat up now.
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Just give one of the kids a meat tenderizer and lie facedown.
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Wednesday 27th Sept - volume - week 3
Deficit deadlift (1 Matt - 2ā)
Bar x 10
60 x 5
100 x 3
140 x 2
160 x 6 x 4 sets (352 lbs) - RPE 7, 7, 7, 9
I knew this would be interesting before I started. Upper back very sore from the physio session yesterday. Just grit my teeth and got on with it.
Reps moved supper solid and no real pain once I locked everything down. Well maybe except the last set, that was hard hard work and managed to tear a callus too. Sore as heck after though. Lmao
Seated BNP
60 x 6 x 3 sets (132 lbs) - RPE 8, 9, 10
These were horrible, had to take them slow to make sure I kept my back tight. Middle of my back was cramping up.
Cable row
50 x 12 x 4 sets
Swapped out bent over row for these to save my back a little
Dips - BW + 15kg
4 sets
12, 12, 11, 9
Finished off with some lat stretches that the Physio gave me.
Not a bad session for an old geezer with a jacked up back. Happy with that.
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Mate, I think you are definitely able to out-press me these days. Good stuff.
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I hope that is true, but you do seem to have a way when it comes to the pressing game.
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I havenāt pressed a barbell in months I think, and the DBs are going to absolute balls.
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Arenāt you losing weight again. This always hurts my press
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Yep. I am below 80, down from 86 or so back in July. Everything stinks, except the bodyweight stuff.
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Yer if I got this low, I too would lose some power. I know @T3hPwnisher has talked about this too.
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Oh, for sure. You may recall I do this swinging back and forth with my bodyweight, so the results are pretty predictableā¦I can pretty much estimate how much power I will lose on each lift for each kilo lost.
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Alright back update:
It is sore. No surprises there, those deadlifts yesterday were not going to make it feel great. It actually feels more mobile this morning. Bending to put my shoes on was easier and less painful. It is sore (bruised) from the treatment and muscle sore form training but feels better. I did my stretches with the roller before work this morning and will do more tonight. Feeling positive it will be much better after another physio session on Saturday.
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Do you wear a weight belt? Sorry if itās obvious from a video but I didnāt immediately see one where you were deadlifting. Iāve been using one over the past ~year and find it really helps the DLing soreness/tweakiness I was sometimes prone to.
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I do have a belt and wear it for heavy work on both squat and deadlift. This block is volume so the weights are lighter and reps higher. I will start wearing it again in the upcoming strength block.
The pain in my back is in the upper thoracic area so not sure a belt would have helped that much.
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Depending on the triggers a belt could make things worse.
For me atm doing a 20kg deadlift with a belt would be far worse than a 120kg deadlift without.
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Perhaps it could. Iām no expert. My āpainā or discomfort on DL is greatly reduced when wearing one, but my discomfort probably stems from a completely different reason.
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Friday 29th Sept - volume - week 3
Was supposed to be SSB squat but changed to Belt squat to reduce loading on my back.
20 x 10
40 x 8
60 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8
80 x 8
These were great. Hit the legs and hip hinge without loading the back.
Bench press
Bar x 10
60 x 5
80 x 3
95 x 8 x 4 sets (209 lbs) - RPE- 7, 8, 8, 9.5
All touch n go, tying to move the bar fast. Felt pretty darn good.
Pull ups (wide grip, fat bar)
4 sets - 12, 12, 10, 8
Big old back pump.
Good morning machine
40 x 10 x 4 sets -
Hamstring and lower back pump is crazy.
Dumbell curls superset with Dumbell over head extension (Dumbell in each hand)
10kg dumbell
3 sets of 10 - no rest
Very nice session. It is a public holiday here so no work for me. It is the Australian rules footie grand final tomorrow so we get a day of work. Gotta love Australia 
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Beautiful sunny day here. Got to train at lunch time and now have the afternoon to enjoy the sunshine and recover. Quality
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Correctionā¦ Victoria gets the day off!
You got a team in the final?
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Thatās the one thing I wish I had access to atm that I donāt.
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