Objectively speaking, I know that. I just have a strange relationship with pressing in that I always expect to be better at it than I am. I mean…it’s only 80 kilo! Etcetera.
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Been trying to keep tabs on my goals and update them every two or three weeks, so time to do that again.
Deadlift 190, current is 195. Cool that it improves, but don’t care, not setting a new goal.
Squat 150, current is 150+….new goal 160 I guess. Yuk.
Decline 130, current is 130. New goal 135.
Incline 105, did it for a double, so new goal is 110.
Press 85, current is 82.5. 85 might still be a ways off, so leave it there.
Push Press 110, current is 105. 110 is still the goal.
Bodyweight somewhere between 81 and 82 on my fat scale. Not really forcing any weight gain, it is just happening as my body needs to keep up with the strength gains. I guess.
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Been good watching (reading) you working towards those short term goals mate. It’s going to be interesting to see where you end up after a few training blocks.
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Boobies day today, but only did the inclines…need to cut a little volume to see if I can get this shoulder issue to go away. Since I usually do declines first, this gave me a little bit of extra oomph, so I went after 105. Will have to adjust the goal I guess.
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Barbell Incline Bench Press
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 50 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 70 kg x 3 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 90 kg x 1 reps
- 100 kg x 1 reps
- 105 kg x 2 reps (joker)
- 70 kg x 8 reps
- 70 kg x 8 reps
- 70 kg x 8 reps
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Lat Pulldown
- 75 lb x 10 reps
- 90 lb x 10 reps
- 105 lb x 10 reps
- 120 lb x 10 reps
- 135 lb x 10 reps
- 150 lb x 10 reps
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Box Jumps
- 10 jumps | 24 in
- 10 jumps | 30 in
- 10 jumps | 30 in
- 10 jumps | 30 in
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holy crap that’s impressive. How much do you weigh?
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Think he is like 300lbs LOL.
Pretty sure he said he is a little under 80kg.
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Seem to have jumped up to around 82 according to my fat scale.
And now I feel I have been fat shamed. By myself.
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Fat? Bite your tongue, I’m an inch shorter than you and I weigh in at 90 kg at the moment!
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These days it seems all added weight goes straight to my belly and love handles. Got to cut back the alcohol. I expect you wear your 90 kilo quite well, no?
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This is the only place I carry extra weight that I would want to get rid of. No love handles, fortunately, but I have large obliques which almost gives that look. I’m actually trying to gain right now, though. I’m shooting for 95 kg/ 210 lb by December if I get in on this strongman competition I’m planning to sign up for. If I can gain that much, and half of it is muscle, I’ll be in a good place for the competition. That gives me plenty of time between December and beach season to get rid of the excess.
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Bleh.
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Push Press
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 50 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 3 reps
- 70 kg x 2 reps
- 80 kg x 2 reps
- 90 kg x 1 reps
- 100 kg x 1 reps
- 105 kg x 1 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 2 reps
- 3 reps
- 4 reps
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Seated Barbell Press Behind Neck
- 30 kg x 10 reps
- 30 kg x 10 reps
- 30 kg x 10 reps
- 30 kg x 10 reps
- 30 kg x 10 reps
105 was not a big deal, but failed 100 twice. TWICE. It’s like, geez, I get it, no need to rub it in. I really don’t have any mojo lately.
Otherwise going easy, this shoulder issue is not going away it seems.
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Strong work!
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Squats again. Bumped TM up to 145. That rep was good, the bonus rep at 150 was slightly less good. In any case, it confirms I am not quite ready to go past 150. The backoff set at 120 was pretty good, I need to do more of that sort of thing.
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Barbell Squat
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 72.5 kg x 5 reps
- 87.5 kg x 5 reps
- 102.5 kg x 3 reps
- 115 kg x 3 reps
- 130 kg x 1 reps
- 145 kg x 1 reps
- 150 kg x 1 reps (joker)
- 120 kg x 12 reps
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Leg Press
- 135 lb x 8 reps
- 225 lb x 8 reps
- 315 lb x 8 reps
- 405 lb x 8 reps
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Bonus boobies. Sorta sleepwalked through the day today, sleepy and underfed. Bumped the TM up another 5 kilo, because why not. Still manageable.
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Decline Barbell Bench Press
- 50 kg x 5 reps
- 62.5 kg x 5 reps
- 75 kg x 5 reps
- 87 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 3 reps
- 112 kg x 1 reps
- 125 kg x 2 reps
- 87 kg x 8 reps
- 87 kg x 8 reps
- 87 kg x 8 reps
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Pull-Up
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 20 reps
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Day off yesterday, and I needed it. Left shoulder still not really doing so good, it isn’t healing like I would like it to. Really annoying, and I cannot pin down what is causing it. On the other hand, it doesn’t really hold me back so much. Anyway, kept it relatively easy today (low volume) while I figure it out. I don’t think it is the pressing that is doing it directly.
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Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
- 35 kg x 5 reps
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 45 kg x 5 reps
- 52.5 kg x 3 reps
- 62.5 kg x 3 reps
- 70 kg x 1 reps
- 77.5 kg x 1 reps
- 80 kg x 2 reps (joker)
- 62.5 kg x 15 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 3 reps
- 5 reps
- 3 reps
Doubled the joker at 80, and mighta had a third if I had given it a full Simo, but did not want to push the shoulder too much. Probably means I can put my TM up to 80 now, which is officially the money zone.
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Squats again. Despite convincing myself the last few times that I wasn’t quite ready for more than 150, I subconsciously decided to use the rack with the safety pins today, which I basically never do. You know. Just in case I wanted to try more anyway.
Topset at 145 was pretty good, so I dumped another 10 kilo on it. With the pins up, I was pretty confident, and that seemed to make the difference. The rep was pretty good.
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Barbell Squat
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 72.5 kg x 5 reps
- 85 kg x 5 reps
- 100 kg x 3 reps
- 115 kg x 3 reps
- 130 kg x 1 reps
- 145 kg x 1 reps
- 155 kg x 1 reps
- 100 kg x 8 reps
- 100 kg x 17 reps
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Seated Leg Curl
- 30 kg x 12 reps
- 30 kg x 12 reps
- 30 kg x 12 reps
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Leg Extensions
- 35 kg x 12 reps
- 35 kg x 12 reps
- 35 kg x 12 reps
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That is some serious squatting. If you keep up like this, you’re going to have to turn in your Old Man Card.
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Yeah, I am usually pretty happy just to get it up around 150, so anything beyond that is bonus.
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Sorry to hear that.
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Gonna tell the mods you’re making fun of my ED.
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