Oh we know. But you’re also light and old. That is kind of anti cheating, I reckon. So it all evens out in the end in my book and makes for a very impressive effort.
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Feeling falsely confident today, so went after 87.5 on the press twice. And failed twice. It is close, but honestly…I haven’t put in the work for it yet. Was sorta hoping it would just come auto-magically. Press has not been in focus enough.
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Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
- 35 kg x 5 reps
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 47 kg x 5 reps
- 55 kg x 3 reps
- 65 kg x 3 reps
- 72 kg x 1 reps
- 80 kg x 1 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 70 kg x 8 reps
- 60 kg x 8 reps
- 60 kg x 8 reps
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Upright Barbell Row
- 60 lb x 10 reps
- 60 lb x 10 reps
- 60 lb x 10 reps
- 60 lb x 10 reps
- 60 lb x 10 reps
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Dumbbell Side Lateral Raise
- 6.5 kg x 10 reps
- 6.5 kg x 10 reps
- 6.5 kg x 10 reps
- 6.5 kg x 10 reps
I am hoping to get to 87 without having to fire off stage 2 of this rocket ship (eating my way to it). Ugh.
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Keep up with the compliments, you’re going to have to take me to dinner.
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Gotta say you’re not the type I usually go on dates with, but at this point…
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Well, I’m not really looking for a girlfriend. But if I were, you would definitely be near the top of my list.
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I am probably more honored than I should be.
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Lmao good way to destroy a mans ego in one sentence.
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Do you and @Koestrizer wanna get a room. 
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It coulda been worse. I am also short and bald.
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Sounds like you are asking us to join you in a room? I mean, okay I guess…
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Let’s see how my date goes this evening but not rule anything out either.
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Oh you boys are Quality. Been in lockdown so long I haven’t shared good banter with anyone for yonks. Thank you for making me smile.
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So what you’re saying is that you actually don’t want 3-way man-on-man in a hotel room. Noted.
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Like I told you before don’t knock it till you try it. My dad always says “son try anything once, except country dancing don’t fkn try that.”
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Yer dad is wise, at least in regards to country dancing.
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Squats on the menu again today. Decided I need to keep attacking 160 so that I can make it routine. Glad I did, it was a muuuuuch better rep than the one from last time. Still tough as balls, but it was good. Added some Bro stuff afterwards, which I should probably do more often as I still have fucking chicken legs.
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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 (joker)
- 105 kg x 5 reps
- 105 kg x 5 reps
- 105 kg x 5 reps
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Leg Press
- 135 lb x 15 reps
- 225 lb x 15 reps
- 315 lb x 15 reps
- 405 lb x 15 reps
- 225 lb x 25 reps
- 135 lb x 30 reps
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Machine Calf Extension
- 40 kg x 20 reps
- 50 kg x 20 reps
- 40 kg x 25 reps
- 40 kg x 25 reps
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I have been unreasonably hungry the last handful of days. My body’s way of saying “your ego’s been writing checks your body can’t cash” or something. Or my subconscious trying to trick me into firing off the next stage of the rocket. Kind of annoying.
Still kicking around the idea of not doing as much deadlifting or dropping it entirely. In the meantime I just dropped the volume and then paradoxically singled 210. Even so, this kind of approach feels “easier”, probably because my body doesn’t like repping deadlifts. I dunno. 210 was a dumb idea, should probably not do that.
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Barbell Deadlift
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 110 kg x 3 reps
- 130 kg x 2 reps
- 150 kg x 2 reps
- 170 kg x 1 reps
- 190 kg x 1 reps
- 210 kg x 1 reps
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Barbell Incline Bench Press
- 45 kg x 5 reps
- 55 kg x 5 reps
- 65 kg x 5 reps
- 75 kg x 3 reps
- 85 kg x 3 reps
- 97 kg x 1 reps
- 107 kg x 4 reps
- 75 kg x 8 reps
- 75 kg x 8 reps
- 75 kg x 8 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 2 reps
Raised TM to 107 on the inclines, and then just repped the topset. No spotter today, so not going heavier.
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And there lies the allure of deadlifting, just when you think you’re out, it sucks you back in.
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Think I am going to get back to pressing twice a week again (roughly), so here we go. Bumped TM up to 82.5, because I should be good for that every time. Wanted to triple it, only managed a double. Argh. Whatever, long game. Added Push Presses on top of that, which is not really optimal, but the results were nice. Best single this year, and also managed to hit 5 for 100 for the first time this year. I had to dig real dip for some of this, some of it moved the needle on the Simo scale.
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Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
- 35 kg x 5 reps
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 50 kg x 5 reps
- 57 kg x 3 reps
- 67 kg x 3 reps
- 75 kg x 1 reps
- 82.5 kg x 2 reps
- 60 kg x 10 reps
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Push Press
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 85 kg x 1 reps
- 90 kg x 1 reps
- 95 kg x 1 reps
- 100 kg x 1 reps
- 105 kg x 1 reps
- 112 kg x 1 reps
- 100 kg x 5 reps
Heavy push presses are just so tough, we should all take a moment to appreciate just what @Koestrizer is capable of here. Just balls hard.
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