Weird, but impressive

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3446

They are like if yoga pants were food.

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3447

Have you ever been a salesman? Because you seem to have a knack for it.

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3448

Another kinda shit day. Feeling mostly fine, but feeling a bit of a muscle pull in my right hammy, plus a little tweak in my lower back during the session. So even though I bumped up the training max by another 5 kilo, I only did one backoff set before stopping. Not going to play around where my back is concerned, and legit do not care about my DL numbers.

  • Barbell Deadlift

    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 90 kg x 5 reps
    • 110 kg x 5 reps
    • 125 kg x 3 reps
    • 145 kg x 3 reps
    • 160 kg x 1 reps
    • 180 kg x 1 reps
    • 125 kg x 5 reps

  • Muscle-Up

    • 5 reps
    • 3 reps

Boxed a little as well.

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3449

What if I told you I just pulled 185kg?

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3450

I would simply respond that I pulled 190 last week and also Who Cares.

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3451

I have no idea at all where my deadlift is right now, to be honest. Somewhere between 150 and 220 probably.

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3452

It ainā€™t worth fussing about. I only do it to stay in some kind of equilibrium. You can taunt/tempt me with lots of stuff, but not deads. I am no longer willing to pay the price and take the risks.

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3453

Iā€™m not too worried either. Iā€™m nowhere near all time PR territory and thatā€™s the kind of thing I care about.

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3454

Listen to the two broken old men talk about how they donā€™t care about it whilst they spend time wondering what program to use next and how to get stronger. LOL.

On a more serious note @Cyrrex you mention often about a back problem yet show good strength in lots of lifts that need a strong back. Is there a problem there or are you just worried because of a past experience.

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3455

Both, I guess. Have had two injuries in the past - one moderate and one major. Because of those injuries and other specific issues I have in my back (curvature, stenosis), I am just much more likely than average to suffer those injuries again. The good news is that I generally know what I have to be careful ofā€¦very heavy deadlifts, very heavy horizontal rowing.

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3456

I know how to get my deadlift stronger. I still donā€™t program it.

3457

Tits day. Not really focusing on either of these, and yet I keep adding weight to the bar. Bumped them both up 5 kilo officially. Decline without backoff sets, Inclines with. Repped the incline max because why notā€¦the 5 this week was easier than the 4 last week. 125 on the decline just to be sure that I could. Yay.

  • Decline Barbell Bench Press

    • 50 kg x 5 reps
    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 72.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 85 kg x 3 reps
    • 95 kg x 3 reps
    • 107.5 kg x 1 reps
    • 120 kg x 1 reps
    • 125 kg x 1 reps (joker)

  • Barbell Incline Bench Press

    • 40 kg x 5 reps
    • 50 kg x 5 reps
    • 57.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 65 kg x 3 reps
    • 75 kg x 3 reps
    • 85 kg x 1 reps
    • 95 kg x 5 reps (joker reps)
    • 65 kg x 8 reps
    • 65 kg x 8 reps
    • 65 kg x 8 reps
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3458

Had a day off yesterday, but I went bouldering for the first time in a couple years, which of course absolutely obliterated me. So tired. Forearms nearly useless. Normally I would be push pressing today, but that will have to be skipped this week. Only thing I can really do is squat, and even that is damn chore when your hands donā€™t feel like holding on to the bar.

So yeah. Unfocused and uninterested. By the time I got to 120 I was pretty sure I would only barely manage the 130 topset single. And then I donā€™t know what happened. Good song came on the spotify rotation, pulled my ass together, found the groove, and kept putting on the kilos.

  • Barbell Squat

    • 50 kg x 5 reps
    • 65 kg x 5 reps
    • 80 kg x 5 reps
    • 90 kg x 3 reps
    • 105 kg x 3 reps
    • 120 kg x 1 reps
    • 130 kg x 1 reps
    • 140 kg x 1 reps (joker)
    • 145 kg x 1 reps (joker)
    • 150 kg x 1 reps (joker)
    • 90 kg x 8 reps
    • 90 kg x 8 reps
    • 90 kg x 8 reps

  • Seated Leg Curl

    • 30 kg x 10 reps
    • 35 kg x 10 reps
    • 40 kg x 10 reps
    • 50 kg x 10 reps

So I guess that was the squat goal taken care of. Was kinda slow on the way up, but good enough. Pretty happy about that lift at this BW.

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3459

The sport of Kings.

Except its not a sport.

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3460

I feel like they could have named it rocking. Or stoning.

3461

The sport of hipsters in my experience (although I am never quite sure about what constitutes as a hipster. Maybe millenial is more accurate)

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3462

You may want to pick some loftier goals

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3463

Still mostly true, although it seems to be evolving more towards the mainstream. Families and stuff.

Thanks for crapping on my goals, mate. It was just a short term goal, I didnā€™t expect to meet it a week after setting it.

3464

No problem buddy, happy to help by bullying you to greater success.

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3465

Planned off day yesterday. Was hoping that would be enough for me to get back on top of things from a recovery perspective, but I am still beat to shit. Seems like I have had a lot of minor issues over the past few weeks, but thankfully not bad enough to keep me from progressing.

Today was presses. Still using TM as a framework, although obviously I am abusing the shit out of it. And why not? It works.

Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)

  • 35 kg x 5 reps
  • 40 kg x 5 reps
  • 45 kg x 5 reps
  • 50 kg x 3 reps
  • 60 kg x 3 reps
  • 67.5 kg x 1 reps
  • 75 kg x 5 reps
  • 65 kg x 10 reps
  • 60 kg x 10 reps
  • 60 kg x 10 reps

Pretty good, considering I wasnā€™t even confident I would be able to press 75 todayā€¦I seem to be getting a rep better every week. And the backoff sets were money, only need to do 50x8 at this weight.

Been a productive week considering I am feeling 90%.

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