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3/16/21, Tuesday, stuff

Stepmill

  • 22:00, 73 floors

Later, at the ZackCave

Push presses

  • 65 x 5
  • 95 x 5
  • 125 x 5
  • 145 x 3
  • 160 x 3 x 3
  • 55 x 2 x 8 (strict DB)

Deficit sumo deadlifts (free weights)

  • 135 x 5
  • 175 x 5
  • 215 x 5
  • 245 x 3
  • 275 x 5 sets x 3, supersetted with

Push-ups, handles + feet elevated

  • bw x 150 total

Free weight deadlifts feel much more natural than on a Smith. Not that the Smith is bad, but free weights are superior.

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1263

3/17/21, Wednesday, Cardio

Treadmill

  • 35:00, 2.20 mi, 0 - 5.0 incl
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1264

3/19/21, Friday, UB

Incline dumbbell press, 550 sets

  • 35 x 15
  • 50, 65 x 5
  • 75 x 44, supersetted with

Pull-ups & chin-ups

  • bw x 6, 6, 6, 6, 7 and

Facepulls

  • 42.5 x 3 x 14

Dip machine

  • 205 x 9, 8, supersetted with

Barbell curls

  • 60 x 2 x 12

35-minute upper body blitz. Felt good!

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1265

3/22/21, Monday, Cardio & Legs

Stepmill

  • 27:00, 91 floors

Smith low rack deadlifts

  • 160 x 5
  • 200 x 5
  • 240 x 5
  • 270 x 4
  • 300 x 3
  • 320 x 4 sets x 3
    Mixed sumo and conventional.

Hanging leg raises

  • bw x 3 x 10

So begins training for my next venture. More to come.

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1266

3/24/21, Wednesday, Benching day

Smith bench press

  • 70 x 15
  • 110 x 8
  • 140 x 4
  • 160 x 2
  • 180 x 1
  • 200 x 3 x 3
  • 175 x 8, supersetted with

Rear delt flyes

  • 25 x 8
  • 20 x 2 x 12

Seated cable rows, wide-neutral grip

  • 100 x 12
  • 120 x 10
  • 140 x 8
  • 160 x 6
  • 130 x 10
  • 100 x 20, supersetted with

Pec deck

  • 145 x 8
  • 130 x 2 x 8, then

Machine chest press

  • 80 x 8
  • 65 x 10

350 sets of:

  • Lateral raises x 20lbs x 45
  • DB curls x 35lbs x 43

2-arm DB triceps extensions

  • 55 x 2 x 20
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1267

3/25/21, Thursday, Cardio

Stepmill

  • 30:00, 101 floors
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1268

3/26/21, Friday, Leg Day - Breve

Smith RFESS

  • 20, 35, 50, 65, 80 x 5
  • 95 x 2 x 5
  • 60 x 10
    I think I’ll stick with this til I do 95 x 2 x 8, then move everything up 15 pounds.

Seated leg curls

  • 130 x 3 x 8, supersetted with

Goblet squats

  • 70 x 3 x 12
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1269

So, what are you training for? It’s great to have a concrete goal to focus training efforts!

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1270

I agree! To me, having an activity or event to train for is more motivating and rewarding than physique goals.

So! I’ve decided I want to climb some 14ers in Colorado this summer. The friend I hiked the local mountain with lives in Colorado and wants to join me. I don’t have technical climbing skills, but there are enough non-technical mountains to keep me busy this summer and fall.

I’ve hiked one 14er in my life, Mt. Massive, outside Leadville. I was 19 and attending college in Alamosa, Colorado, which is at 7,600’ elevation. This time around will be a different experience. Although Albuquerque’s elevation is one mile, I’m not as acclimated, nor am I a lithe, athletic teenager. Without neglecting the lifts I most enjoy, I’m orienting my gym time around cardiovascular endurance and strengthening my hiking muscles. I’m starting with the stepmill twice a week, a long treadmill and bike session once, and lifting on the remainder. Depending on progress, I might lift less and do more endurance training in May.

The mountain adjacent to Albuquerque is 10,600 feet tall, and the nine-mile trail up it gains 4,000 feet in elevation. It’ll be a good initial climb. Next, there’s an inactive volcano a couple hours west of Albuquerque, Mt. Taylor, which is 11,300 feet at the peak. There are a couple other non-technical mountains within a few hours’ drive with elevations in the upper 12,000’s and low 13,000’s (Wheeler Peak, the highest mountain in New Mexico.) I plan to hike the local mountains as prep for Colorado. The 14er season begins July 4th, so I have three months. I’m pretty excited about this!

Do you have any summer hiking excursions planned?

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1271

Wow , awesome!!! I love hiking, but usually it’s about a two hour jobby lol.

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1272

Thanks, Spock! I live within reasonable driving times to big mountains that offer trails with day-long and overnight hikes. Conversely, I doubt you have the Canadian Rockies a couple hours’ drive, so I wouldn’t anticipate frequent, lengthy journeys being feasible for you.

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1273

I’m going to sprinkle some hiking pics I’ve taken through the years as motivation.

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The view from the top of Mt. Taylor. The thin, dark line to the left of the trees is the trail.

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This was back in July 2013.

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1275

That sounds fun! Looking forward to reading about your adventures!

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1276

I wish. That would be awesome !!

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1277

Sunday, 3/28/21, Stepmill

Stepmill

  • 31:00, 105 floors
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1278

Weight is your friend @TriednTrue my man

And sometimes friend’s need tough love

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1279

Excess weight is the enemy to which I referred, but that’d make too long of a log title :grin:

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1280

3/30/21, Tuesday, Bench press day

Warm-up

  • Curls, tri ext, laterals, rear delts x 10lbs x 12

Smith bench

  • 70 x 15
  • 110 x 7
  • 140 x 4
  • 160 x 1
  • 180 x 1
  • 200 x 4, 4, 3, 2
  • 170 x 6, 8
    Supersetted with

Rear delt flyes

  • 20 x 3 x 13

Seated cable rows, wide neutral grip

  • 100 x 10
  • 120 x 6
  • 140 x 6
  • 160 x 3 x 8
  • 120 x 20
    Supersetted with

Pec deck

  • 145 x 8, 9, 10

Machine chest press

  • 75 x 12, 11

Incline DB curls

  • 30 x 2 x 12

Treadmill

  • 30:00, 1.85 mi, 0 incl
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1281

4/3/21, Saturday, Everything

Warm-up

  • Laterals, curls, tri ext, rear delts x 10lbs x 15

Incline DB press

  • 35 x 12
  • 50, 65 x 5
  • 75 x 41 (550 sets), supersetted with

Chin-ups and pull-ups

  • bw x 40 total

Smith RFESS

  • 20, 35, 50, 65, 80, 95 x 5

I’ve had an inner ear infection this week so just did a brief, full-body workout to get the muscles moving.

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