Weird, but impressive

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2724

Lockdown Day 67. Still no abs. Well to be fair, the are starting to become more apparent. If it weren’t for this stupid muffin top set of love handles I’d be pretty satisfied.

Pulling day, nothing too brutal. This was more about slow, quality reps, more BB style. Had my legs up on most of the pull-ups for extra core work. Yates all down slow with a slight curling motion and a nice pause at the top.

    • Pull-Up

      • 5 reps
      • 5 reps
      • 5 reps
      • 5 reps
      • 5 reps
      • 5 reps
      • 5 reps
      • 5 reps
      • 10 reps

    • Yates Row

      • 25 kg x 10 reps
      • 25 kg x 10 reps
      • 29 kg x 10 reps
      • 33 kg x 10 reps
      • 35 kg x 10 reps
      • 39 kg x 10 reps
      • 43 kg x 10 reps
      • 47 kg x 10 reps

    • Ab Wheel (standing)

      • 2 reps
      • 3 reps
      • 4 reps
      • 5 reps

Did a bunch of curls and crunches, too, but I never write that shit down.

Debating running today. I really should, but the air is like soup outside. Don’t wanna!

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2725

I knew the second I got done writing this sentence that I would go and run after all. I figure that if I dread it, all the more reason I should do it.

W5D1. Interval tougher again this time, so I slowed it down a notch. Turned out the first two legs were pretty good, only sucked at the last half of the third leg when I sped up a bit.

22 minutes (no warmup or cooldown)
3.69 km
16 minutes actual running (5-6-5)

5.58 for the pace, which is a bit slower than last time, but that seems fine with this interval. I felt I recovered easily within a minute between each leg, so that is good news for the future when the walk periods get shorter.

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2726

Have you been speaking to my calves recently? Because this sounds exactly like how they’d describe themselves.

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2727

Right, but the difference being that you are, relatively speaking, a fat cow. No wonder your calves hurt mate.

Let’s be honest, the real culprit here is that we have both been lazy shits for a long time, and this is just our bodies trying to adapt.

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2728

I thought getting fat was the key to big calves?

But yes, this is the problem I’m finding with most of my physical goals, apparently you can’t cram for these exams.

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2729

Aye, which is why my calves are even less impressive than my biceps.

I actually kinda think you can cram. You just pay for it somehow.

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2730

Finally we are talking steroids in here.

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2731

Haha, that’s not at all what I meant, but it is interesting that your mind goes there so quickly…

2732

It wasn’t mate, I’m taking the piss.

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2733

You should all be glad I don’t do the juice. I would be unstoppable.

2734

True dat! Not doing too bad wothout it either.

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2735

Wait, are we coming to this log to be nice now? I didn’t get that memo.

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2736

Nah I was feeling unusually generous.

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2737

I was wondering the same thing

@Koestrizer has sleep deprivation made you soft :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

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2738

So despite the running yesterday, calves actually feel better today than they have the last many days. No idea wtf that is about.

2739

I have the same effect with squats right now. Although they are heavy, my back feels better the day after doing squats than before

2740

I imagine stressing the muscles tightens them up a bit. Perhaps the added rigidity automatically helps with posture? I’m completely making things up so take it for what it’s worth.

I’ve noticed that I have great running workouts when my legs are sore (haven’t done this is ages). I’ll start warming up, feel the DOMS and start expecting the workout to suck. Low and behold, I’m able to keep a good pace and my legs feel great during the runs. This only applies to things like 100s, 150s, and maybe 200s. I move too slow on anything longer to know.

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2741

I don’t have any better ideas, could be a combination of many things. Getting into running shape, bad technique and posture, etc. I also have some latent nerve issues from my back injury, and that seems to be playing a part as well.

It isn’t even really a big deal, except that it is in part preventing me from doing any other lower body training for the time being. Which is also not a big deal.

2742

Lockdown Day 69. Still no abs.

Chest day. Decided to borrow a bit from @Frank_C and give the 550 a try. Tougher than it looks, but I am also weak as a pigeon these days. Followed it up by dropping 10kg off the bar and doing a 350. All in all this was fairly hard work.

Barbell Floor Press

  • 27 kg x 8 reps
  • 37 kg x 8 reps
  • 47 kg x 8 reps
  • 57 kg x 8 reps
  • 67 kg x 8 reps
  • 77 kg x 13 reps
  • 77 kg x 12 reps
  • 77 kg x 10 reps
  • 77 kg x 10 reps
  • 77 kg x 10 reps
  • 67 kg x 21 reps
  • 67 kg x 17 reps
  • 67 kg x 14 reps
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2743

Are you still having to skull crusher the bar to get it in position?