Trying not too.
New stuff starting now.
52 no more lifting for a few reasons
Knee and neck had enough.
Gyms here are 179-200$ a month.
I bought a pull up dip station built out of 3x3 “ squat rack parts.
But it can fold up and go away.
So it’s kettle bell crap
Bands
Dips and pull-ups.
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1/22/24
Happy new year
Tryna be back.
pvc roll - painful
BPA many x many
Pull up various grips etc
6x10
Dip
6x10
Leg raise from dip bar
5x15-20
What’s up -
I’m pretty lean pretty tired like 175
Still doing crazy hours
Still live near nyc
Neck still cracks and makes noise if I breathe to hard
Knee and now hip both can suck
But I can still crush stuff
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Welcome back.
Club swinging is a great complement to kettle bells; personally, a necessary addition to BPAs for shoulder mobility/health. Really helped my grip strength as well, though iirc you don’t need any help in that regard.
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PG!
Good to be trying.
Thank you.
I have some arm circle things and dislocated I do that help.
And yes grip strenf is something I still have.
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1.23.24
PVC and some movement crap
A1 squat 40 lb dumbells shouldered
A2 db rdl
4x8 of each slow slow eccentrics
Kb circuit 25lb kb 5x5
B1 Turkish get up (Sit up)
B 2 kb snatch
B 3 halo to reverse lunge. 5 each
Notes
I have 2 25 lb kb one 50 kb
Two adjustable db 40lbs
So I have to get creative with time -
Or in this case slow
eccentric
Get ups - really these are just a sit up with and oh press they suck
snatches too light
Halo- circling the kb around the head
Great for shoulder mobility and surprise pump
Reverse lunge - glutes on fire
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Bells of Steel sells a really well made adjustable kb that goes up to 32 kg. Not cheap, but you get what you pay for.
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I have seen that one
It’s a little awkward to change
Rep has some that are a little easier to change.
Ironmaster has both db and kb that take the same plates and screw system
I might go that route - I’d want a pair
But it is good food for thought.
I’m trying to get max use of the least amount of gear.
One caveat about the Ironmaster kb is that since you do snatches, that edge might be problematic. From one of the (5 star lol) reviews:
“when using a proper grip for exercises that require the kettlebell to be held overhead or in the rack position, the corner digs into the forearm”
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There are some deep dives on YouTube
Reddit and discord about home gym equipment -
Totally a valid point.
No system is perfect.
1/24/24
PVC pipe banded junks
A1 dip bw x15, +25 4x12 bw 1x20
A2 BPA 6x10-15
B kb complex 25lb pair 4x8
BO row
RDL
High pull
Clean and press
loaded march x10 each
Squat
Notes
Dips - when my shoulders feel good I do more.
Lots of BPA face pulls etc
Somehow these don’t bother my elbows but pull ups can
Complex
I do this one a lot - did it for years with a barbell and 65-96 lbs -things more manageable but gets the job done
And some conditioning
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Don’t stop.
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1/25/24
Bands pvc junk
A1 pull up 8x10
A2 db oh clean and press 30 8x6
B band push downs face pulls some ab work
4 x many each
Neck I have to manage this training carefully
The iron neck really helps with mobility vs hypertrophy
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1/27-128
Saturday and Sunday
100 push-ups
100 bw squat
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1/29/24
Banded junk
A1 BPA 5x15-20
A2 dip bw x12 +25 4x10
A3 row kb 50 each 5x10
Neck was fucked for a few days
Did a bunch of heat and some digging tissue work this weekend
Dips - shoulder one in particular seems to get dinged by these - can’t tell if it’s these or pull-ups affects pull-ups more then dips go figure
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1/30/24
A Pull ups 6x10
B1 push up 4x25
B2 bw squat4x25
Fuck ton of pvc pipe
1/31/24
Kb complex pair 25’s 6x6
Row
RDL
High pull
Clean and press
March ten each
Squat
A bunch of movement crap
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2/1
Movement crap
Bands pvc
A pull-up 10x10
B Neck - 4 rounds of iron neck
That’s it
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It’s not nothing, so you win.
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2/4/24
6 mile ruck with 30 lb pack
100 push-ups
100 bw squat
2/5/24
Kb complex 25 lb pair 4x8
row
RDL
high pull
clean press
squat
march
2/6/24
A Pull up 10x10
B1 dip 5x10-15 all
B2 face pull bands
B3 BPA
C HLR from dip position or pike
3x20
Notes
That hike was good but kicked my ass.
All of those feels good but like many of us I’m working around a few lingering hoot spots
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And then, he was gone again.
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