Plus the hangover the next day
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16 September
So unenthused this morning when the alarm went off.
Cancelled my booking for a gym session on Friday and moved it to Saturday - hopefully an extra day of recovery will help.
Rack Pulls 4x6 130kg
Incline Bench DB Press 4x6 36kg
Romanian DL DB 4x6 34kg
Bench Press 4x6 90kg
Decline Cable Press 4x6 20kg each stack
BB Bicep Curl 4x6 30kg
Low Incline Hammer Curls 4x6 18kg
Hanging Knee Raises 4x12
Single Arm Cable Rear Delt Fly 4x12 3.75kg
Crunches 4x12
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19 September
Front Squat 4x6 110kg
Chin Up 4x6
DB Lunges 4x6 18kg
45 Degree Incline DB Row 4x6 28kg
Triceps Extension DB Decline 4x6 16kg
Seated Wide Grip Row 4x6 45kg
Triceps Extension Cable 4x6 20kg
Lateral Raise DB 4x12 4kg
Decline Crunch 4x12
Front Raise DB 4x12 8kg
Front squats were a real grind.
Followed by 10 minutes of HIIT - got on the air dyne with the original intention of just going through the motions and then absolutely hammered it.
20 secs on / 10 secs off for 10 minutes with working Watts output of 450+
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21 September
Incline DB Bench 4x8 36kg
Bent Over Wide Grip Cable Row 4x8 35kg
Decline Bench Press Barbell 4x8 80kg
Incline Row Dumbbell 4x8 28kg
Chest Fly 4x8 10kg
Seated Poliquin Dumbbell Raise 4x8 6kg
Skullcrusher EZ Bar 3x15 plus 10kg
Triceps Pushdown Cable V Bar 3x15 15kg
Incline Curl Dumbbell 3x15 8kg
Bicep Curl EZ Bar 3x15 plus 10kg
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23 September
Squat 4x8 120kg
Seated Leg Curl 4x8 55kg
Lunge Dumbbell 4x8 18kg
Romanian Deadlift Dumbbell 4x8 34kg
Lunge Dumbbell 4x8 14kg
Leg Extension 4x8 47.5kg
Hanging Leg Extension 3x15
Crunches 3x15
My legs are absolutely fried. Was dead at the end of the session. God knows how Iām going to run at tomorrowās rugby trainingā¦
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like a marathon finisher !!! LOL
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Drunk
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24 September
Rugby training - seriously humid this evening and fitness was a bitch
25 September
Decline Dumbbell Bench 4x8 28kg
Wide Grip Pull Ups 4x8
Incline Barbell Bench Press 4x8 60kg
Neutral Grip Lat Pulldown 4x8 50kg
Arnold Press 4x8 16kg
Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Lat Raises 4x8 4kg
Triceps Dips 3x15
Triceps Cable Extension 3x15 10kg (can go heavier next time)
Preacher Curl EZ Bar 3x15 15kg
Hammer Curl Dumbbells 3x15 12
27 September
10k run - 51:14
So annoyed - was aiming for sub-50.
At your size anything close to 50 is still nice work. I am guessing ti was warm and humid as hell out there too ? or was this on the treadmill?
Cheers buddy.
I got out first thing this morning and ran along the canal down to Marina Bay. Fortuitously, this was probably the first morning in weeks where it was (relatively) cool.
The fault in missing sub-50 is firmly with me, looking at my splits, I lost it around 4/5km part when my pacing went awry.
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28 September
Weight 98.2kg
Trying to stay motivated on the leaning out process - started at around 103kg back in July and am now at around 98kg. Feel as though I am seeing progress in body composition, but the scales arenāt really moving. Feel like I probably need to be around 92ish to be at 8%, which is the point at which I will switch it up to putting on muscle. That said, I am seeing some changes in composition and objectively speaking I am still getting stronger in my lifts.
Head f**k.
These photos are ten weeks apart.
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30 September
Incline DB Bench 4x8 36kg
Bent Over Wide Grip Cable Row 4x8 35kg
Decline Bench Press Barbell 4x8 80kg
Incline Row Dumbbell 4x8 28kg
Chest Fly 4x8 10kg
Seated Poliquin Dumbbell Raise 4x8 6kg
Skullcrusher EZ Bar 3x15 plus 10kg
Triceps Pushdown Cable V Bar 3x15 15kg
Incline Curl Dumbbell 3x15 8kg
Bicep Curl EZ Bar 3x15 plus 10kg
Went in this morning planning to progress some of the lifts and found I had to grind to get last weekās numbers movingā¦no progress.
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Just general fatigue or something else up?
Not sure mate. Feels like it may just be general fatigue coupled with being particularly busy at work. But the sense of grinding has been for the last couple of workouts, which is weird because I donāt feel as though I am overdoing it and I am definitely sleeping better than I usually do.
Reckon Iāll see how the rest of the week goes and then take a view
Are you dropping weight at the moment ?
Not particularly.
I posted my 10 week comparison photos and I think (if I am being objective) that there is a difference in composition, but my weight is barely shifting. Iāve gone from around 103 to 97/98ish in that time, but that all shifted in the early weeks (water weight/inflammation).
Doesnāt sound like there is anything to worry about. As you said probably just work and life taking a little more out of you then you expected it. I usually find if I have a few meh sessions I bounce back soon after.
1 October
2 hours rugby training. Just learned that the start of the season has been pushed back to January (at the earliest), so the coaches have switched training up to fitnessā¦
2 October
Back was tight this morning after all the down ups so I switched the leg session for the upper session and will get legs done tomorrow when things have hopefully loosened up.
Decline Barbell Bench 4x8 80kg - switched out the programmed dumbbells because the dumbbells in my gym top out at 36kg and I was finding it a right pain to get into position with the dodgy decline bench and get the db into position
Wide Grip Pull Ups 4x8
Incline Barbell Bench Press 4x8 60kg
Neutral Grip Lat Pulldown 4x8 50kg
Arnold Press 4x8 16kg
Bent Over Dumbbell Rear Delt Lat Raises 4x8 4kg
Triceps Dips 3x15
Triceps Cable Extension 3x15 10kg (can go heavier next time)
Preacher Curl EZ Bar 3x15 15kg
Hammer Curl Dumbbells 3x15 10kg
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3 October
Weight - 97.9kg
Squat 4x8 120kg
Seated Leg Curl 4x8 55kg
Lunge Dumbbell 4x8 18kg
Romanian Deadlift Dumbbell 4x8 34kg
Lunge Dumbbell 4x8 14kg
Leg Extension 4x8 47.5kg
Hanging Leg Extension 3x15
Crunches 3x15
Finished with 5 minutes of HIIT on the assault mill - 20 secs all out sprint 10 secs rest - dead!