Sounds like a great idea J. For now I’ll keep the bench I’ve started this BBB journey and I’ll see what happens if I stick to it. After this I’ll try some other pressing movement, maybe incline.
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I like this plan!
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Hey Whang, I don’t mind it at all.
EDIT: this turned into a long rant.
Short answer: it wasn’t really that hard, I knew they loved each other and the screaming was due to illness.
Here comes the rant:
They weren’t screaming at each other when I was there, occasionally they did when I was talking to one of them on the phone, that made me a little sad. But I knew it was due to my dads illness.
My mom was mostly sorry that the man she married wasn’t there anymore, that they really weren’t able to discuss everything the way they used to.
Dad told me that he knew that he had been angry to mom and regretted it. He always said to mom he was sorry, but he couldn’t help it, it just happened and he was very sorry.
It was tough, but it was due to illness and I knew they loved each other. It was very hard to my mom, and that was what worried me the most.
Right now mom is very sad, because she is alone, and can’t turn over and ask or comment anything to dad.
So to answer the question it wasn’t that hard to me because they knew and I knew they loved each other.
Right now it’s a lot harder because I worry about mom, she’s feeling the loneliness and I can hear that she is sad when I talk to her. She is starting to get pain everywhere, and really doesn’t want to stay around. That’s really depressing at times, but I talk to her about it, telling her she has to stay around for another couple of years, she was a nurse and have lived her life and me a cop so we can easily talk about her dying at some point. As she says you have to be grateful for all the good years we’ve had together and remember all the good times.
I do miss my dad a lot, and I am thinking about him a lot. But I have my mom, I’m absolutely certain that when she passes, I’ll be in a mess.
She really is my real cornerstone in life, when dad died mom became a vulnerable little lady, it’s like she has given up on everything.
I guess I have to deal with the fact that she’ll pass away before summer.
She has a lot of friends and plays cards (bridge) 3 times a week, I hope that the cards will keep her alive.
To be honest if it wasn’t for the card games I think she would have died in grief by now.
Sorry for the long rant if you got this far.
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I’m trying a localized version of that to help speed the plow on my pressing game. I’ve added a little non-pressing shoulder and chest work (4 sets of 8ish; all DBs and cables) on my fourth otherwise “cardio only” day.
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I see. Nothing to be sorry for mort, and thank you for taking the time to write. A lot of my folks are getting old too. Trying to figure out this part of life as it’s becoming very real for me right now and everything that comes with it. I hope your mom will get by well, at least one day at a time. Thanks for being really honest, mort.
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You’re welcome Whang.
If you don’t see them often, do it a little more often, don’t hesitate to tell them you love them and that you’ve enjoyed being with them.
Give them an extra call now and then just because.
When they’re gone it’s too late.
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I lost my dad a couple of years ago. My mom had worked so hard taking care of him that she was lost when he died. They fought constantly. She went thru a really weird phase of pains and different stuff and has finally pulled herself out of it. Don’t give up hope. Sometimes it just takes a while for them to come to terms with it.
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It was about the same for my mom.
She is a strong woman, and I hope she’ll come through.
Sorry for your loss as well CL.
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Woke at 77,1 kg (yesterday 77,7 kg) after eating quite a lot friday and saturday.
Todays training: Deadlift PR – Squat 5 x 10
Viking 531 BBB
C1W3D3
Warm up: lazy lifter + some fluff
Deadlift
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5 x 100, 110, 122,5 kg
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1 x 135 kg
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6 x 135 kg + 6 x 110 kg dropset
Squat
- 5 x 12 @ 52,5 kg
Supersetted with
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incline DB bench press 6 x 10 @ 22,5 kg
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Chin ups 3 x 7 + 3 x 6 BW
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superset 3 rounds
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Ab wheel 3 x 8
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Biceps curl 17,5 kg x 6, 8, 10
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55 minutes + 5 minutes warm up.
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This was a hard one, DL wasn’t as fast and pretty as I would have liked.
Squat left me breathing hard.
The incline was easy, chin ups harder than expected.
My finisher giantset, was reduced to a superset, ditched the powerclean, I had nothing left.
Played 1½ hour badminton yesterday and an hour walk with the missus in the evening.
I am really excited to see where and how this 531 journey will end.
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I was working out with my buddy the other day and did a couple standing ab wheel rollouts, and he was extremely shocked/impressed.
He is a varsity athlete (football and track), and very strong and he said he has tried many times to accomplish a standing ab wheel rep. He is quite tall though, so his leverages are not on his side, but this movement is definitely very individualistic in difficulty.
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woke at 76,7 yesterday and 76,1 kg today.
Will get back to BW in the end of post.
Yesterdays training
Todays training: OHP PR + Bench 5 x 10
Viking 531 BBB
C1W3D4
Warmup: Ergorower, BPA, kb press + fluff
OHP
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5 x 32, 37, 42 kg
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2 x 47,5 kg
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6 x 47,5 kg + 5 x 37,5 kg dropset
Bench
- 5 x 12 @ 45 kg
Supersetted Alternate each set
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Reverse grip BB row 6 x 8 @ 55 kg same as last week
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oblique crunches 6 x 20
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Giantset
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DB lateral raise: 3 x 10 @ 8 kg
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Skull crushers: 3 x 10 @ 27,5 kg
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KB one arm snatch 3 x 3 @ 8 kg
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40 minutes + 10 minutes warm up.
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OHP pushes the limits here, MAYBE just MAYBE an extra rep, but I didn’t think so.
Bench weight was fine.
Finishing up the first cycle.
Next cycle, keeping the TM on squat, bench and OHP increasing on DL.
BBB work goes up to 60%.
One arm snatch is tricky or the weight is to low. Anyways I’ll keep it in the mix.
BW is a roller coaster I am losing weight, wich I really do not want to.
My problem is I’m overeating, mostly junk, in the weekend, meaning Monday I’ve gained 1½ kg/3 pounds then I cut back a little and ends up Thursday a bit lower than the week before.
Will try to eat better.
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Or maybe it’s both tricky and the weight’s too low? I’ve ways liked single arm snatches more than barbell snatches.
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I’ve never really done the OL lifts.
But I’m trying to add in a bit of explosive work
Do you have any recommendations regarding how to perform it?
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I had an experience once after doing a bunch of mini-sets of these that a group of younger people were just sort of gawking at me. One of the dudes then sorta jokingly said that I was bending my knees a bit too much on the way up, so I proceeded to do one for him is super slow motion.
They are only partly about ab strength, and more about general strength IMO. The entire core comes into play, and it can absolutely hurt like hell in your lower back. Also shoulder and lat strength.
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I most try one of these standing ab wheel sometimes.
Got to video it, it’s going to be embarrassing.
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Hah, one arm snatch.
Nice to see a Dane around here, not sure why I haven’t seen your log before.
I have before been witness to someone’s first attempt. It basically ends up being a roll out where they just gently flop down flat on the ground, and it is hilarious to see.
So yes, please post the video. Or, you might actually succeed.
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I keep it quiet 
Yeah forgot to say Hi the other day, I visited your log on the over 35 section.
I think you’re the first dane I’ve stumbled across here, but I’ll bet there are more, lurking around.
I forget to visit the over 35 site, but you could move you log to the main log section, like @ChickenLittle did.
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Huh, I guess I could.
Technically not an actual Dane, but have been living there for almost my entire adult life.
Ahh I see, where did you grow up?
Btw I like the BOB avatar, the first couple of times I saw it… it was like wtf