Yeah, I believe it. It definitely fits with my own experience.
…and when I think about it a minute, I think it is a good reminder that I should probably not make decisions about how or even if I should change anything up until the funk passes.
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I feel like I go through something similar. It’ll stick around for a week or two, then pass and I’ll feel great.
In my case, I think it’s just all of these external factors weighing down on me for an extended period, like lifting, work, home life etc, then I’ll subconsciously back off on something. It’ll be enough to recover from the stress, and the cycle starts again. It feels great coming out of it and I’d love to find a way to feel “defunked” all the time.
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Just some basic pulling today, going for quality over quantity. Plus some curls. Trying actually USE my biceps, as discussed elsewhere.
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Pull-Up
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 5 reps | weighted | 11.3 kg
- 5 reps | weighted | 15.9 kg
- 5 reps | weighted | 20.4 kg
- 5 reps | weighted | 31.8 kg
- 5 reps | weighted | 20.4 kg
- 8 reps | weighted | 11.3 kg
- 15 reps
- 10 reps
- 10 reps
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Dumbbell Bicep Curl
- 8 kg x 10 reps
- 8 kg x 10 reps
- 8 kg x 10 reps
- 8 kg x 10 reps
- 8 kg x 10 reps
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Some mojo returning, started feeling better already yesterday, feel great today. @boilerman either talking about it helps a little, or maybe Saturn and Venus are in alignment or something. I have no explanation, nothing has otherwise changed.
Did some squats. Went after 160 again today. It was probably a smidge higher than I like, but it didn’t fold me in half this time so I will count it. Just need to practice it a bit, and probably a bunch more reps at 155 will help as well.
Barbell Squat
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 75 kg x 5 reps
- 90 kg x 5 reps
- 105 kg x 3 reps
- 120 kg x 3 reps
- 135 kg x 1 reps
- 150 kg x 1 reps
- 160 kg x 1 reps
- 105 kg x 8 reps
No time for anything else today, but that is fine. Body seems to be recovering.
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Few weeks past, time for a check in and up.
Deadlift still maxed at 205, and still don’t care.
Squat was 155, basically hit 160. No new goal yet, I have to clean this up.
Decline was 135, hit 137. 140 is still the goal.
Incline was 110, hit 112. 115 still the goal.
Press was 85 and still at 85. 87 still the goal, should be close I hope.
Push Press goal 110, and I hit that. I suppose I can set it to 115, but not in a hurry.
Bodyweight hovering somewhere aroung 82, it has been pretty static for quite a while.
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Kind of annoyed today because I could not get all my sets in on the incline, because some dude thought 10 minutes between sets was cool. Strong dude, nice dude, knows what he is doing….but speed it up a bit, pal.
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Barbell Deadlift
- 75 kg x 5 reps
- 95 kg x 5 reps
- 115 kg x 5 reps
- 135 kg x 3 reps
- 155 kg x 3 reps
- 175 kg x 1 reps
- 195 kg x 1 reps
- 135 kg x 8 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 1 reps
- 2 reps
- 2 reps
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Barbell Incline Bench Press
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 90 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 1 reps
- 110 kg x 1 reps
- 115 kg x 1 reps (PR)
An annoying PR.
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How so mate ?
Because he’s old, so everything’s annoying. Get off his lawn.
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The best kind of PR?
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Well I was annoyed before, during and after the lift. So yeah, annoying PR. It may as well not even count.
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Bro Day today. Trying to focus more on the movement than actual weights and reps. It seems to work, although whether or not it will do anything is another question entirely.
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Machine MTS High Row
- 20 kg x 15 reps
- 20 kg x 15 reps
- 20 kg x 15 reps
- 20 kg x 15 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 2 reps
- 3 reps
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Pull-Up
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 10 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
- 120 lb x 15 reps
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Dumbbell Bicep Curl
- 8 kg x 10 reps
- 8 kg x 10 reps
- 8 kg x 10 reps
- 8 kg x 10 reps
- 8 kg x 10 reps
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Pinched something in my somewhere. Left side traps, very irritating. Lately been thinking I might ditch all forms of heavy deadlifting, sometimes it feels like it is a net negative.
Otherwise feeling fairly spry, and had an interesting journey today on the decline topsets. 117 was garbage, so made sure I had my spotter ready for 130. That went up super easy, so I loaded up 135. That rep was crap. Had to sit for a loooooong time before I built up the courage to put 140 on the bar, but I eventually did. 140 flew up no problem at all. Decided to put 142 on for a new PR….it was pretty hard, but it was not really in doubt. Holy crap, the adrenalin involved. Can feel the after effects 2 hours later.
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Decline Barbell Bench Press
- 52 kg x 5 reps
- 65 kg x 5 reps
- 77 kg x 5 reps
- 90 kg x 3 reps
- 105 kg x 3 reps
- 117 kg x 1 reps
- 130 kg x 1 reps
- 135 kg x 1 reps
- 140 kg x 1 reps
- 142 kg x 1 reps (PR)
- 110 kg x 10 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 2 reps
- 5 reps
- 2 reps
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Machine Chest Fly (Pec Deck)
- 100 lb x 10 reps
- 100 lb x 10 reps
- 100 lb x 10 reps
- 100 lb x 10 reps
- 100 lb x 10 reps
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Ab Wheel (standing)
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 1 reps
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This sounds really appealing. I’m beat to hell right now, maybe a bro day would fix me up.
Congrats mate that is some nice pressing
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Thanks mate, I cannot even wrap my mind around it. No idea where to go next, have to evaluate some stuff.
Surely now you just go from 1 rep to 2
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Can’t really fathom that at the moment, but who knows.
With press in particular, I’m a fan of rep smoothness as a metric. 1 grindy rep to 1 solid rep to 1 smooth rep, then we think 2 reps.
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Man that’s crazy! Very impressive. Well done, mate.
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That’s good advice.
Thanks mate, but let’s all remember that this is technically super cheating.
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