I think it’s your bodies way of saying “burgers are delicious”
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And what drugs are YOU on dude, doing great!
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Not sure alcohol counts, and magnesium and melatonin just put me to sleep.
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Thanks man, that is a very nice compliment!
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About time you did some real work old man. Quality
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Off day yesterday. Feeling lazy and sleepy today, plus no spotter, so kept everything easy peasy and did zero volume. Luckily the topset is pretty routine at this point, so no threat of crushing death.
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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
- 120 kg x 1 reps
- 130 kg x 1 reps
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Dips - Chest Version
- 5 reps
- 5 reps
- 5 reps | weighted | 11.3 kg
- 5 reps | weighted | 20.4 kg
- 5 reps | weighted | 40.8 kg
- 5 reps | weighted | 52.2 kg
- 10 reps | weighted | 20.4 kg
- 15 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 1 reps
- 2 reps
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Another sleepy, low energy day. But whattaya gonna do, have to get the squats in. Put the TM up to 155, and it was pretty tough (nearly stalled completely) so no jokers. Good thing about moving TM up is that it moves up the backoff sets as well, so everything moves forwards just a little.
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Barbell Squat
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 77 kg x 5 reps
- 92 kg x 5 reps
- 110 kg x 3 reps
- 125 kg x 3 reps
- 140 kg x 1 reps
- 155 kg x 1 reps
- 110 kg x 5 reps
- 110 kg x 5 reps
- 110 kg x 8 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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Bleh. I think my press is officially stalled, cannot seem to quite break through this little plateau. Strange that I have been getting decline/incline PRs at a relatively low bodyweight, and yet my press is stuck. It might just be that my bodyweight is holding me back on this, but not on other things.
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Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
- 35 kg x 5 reps
- 42.5 kg x 5 reps
- 50 kg x 5 reps
- 57.5 kg x 5 reps
- 65 kg x 3 reps
- 75 kg x 1 reps
- 82.5 kg x 2 reps
- 62.5 kg x 8 reps
- 62.5 kg x 8 reps
- 62.5 kg x 8 reps
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Pull-Up
- 5 reps
- 6 reps
- 7 reps
- 12 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
It’s a thinker. On the one hand, I don’t want to put on three or four kilo and become a fat slob. On the other hand, I am already a fat slob.
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Just did whatever for deadlifts today, I truly don’t care. My only intent with these right now is to occasionally lift something sorta heavy, but in no way that adversely impacts my recovery. Set an incline PR, which was cool, followed by a fail at 117.5, which was not cool. Seemed it was close, but the PR set mighta taken too much out of me.
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Barbell Deadlift
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 3 reps
- 120 kg x 2 reps
- 140 kg x 1 reps
- 160 kg x 1 reps
- 180 kg x 1 reps
- 100 kg x 10 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
- 99 kg x 1 reps
- 109 kg x 1 reps
- 115 kg x 1 reps (PR)
- 85 kg x 8 reps
- 65 kg x 8 reps
Super important edit: The 115 just tied the PR from last week. Stupid old brain.
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I do enjoy the summaries and the strong apathy towards many of these lifts. Brilliant stuff, keeping it mediocre on some higher unobtainable level!
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Thanks mate, it takes a lot of work to be great at absolutely nothing.
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Ugh, not sure what I was thinking, but I hit 115 on the incline for a PR last week and had sorta forgotten. So yesterday was just a repeat. I am now actively annoyed that I failed 117.5, that’s some bullshit.
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I hate it when I don’t instantly improve on an already awesome lift.
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Exactly, I mean a whole week had already passed!
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I’m embarrassed for you mate, to be honest.
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As I think my bodyweight is now averaging around the 83 kilo mark, now’s a good time to update some ratios…it might be time to start shifting focus.
Deadlift 210 - 2.53 x bodyweight
Squat 160 - 1.93 x bodyweight
Decline 142 - 1.71 x bodyweight
Incline 115 - 1.39 x bodyweight
Press 85 - 1.02 x bodyweight
Push Press 112 - 1.35 bodyweight
Objectively, I guess I can be happy with these ratios. I would still like to improve the press ratio, but it is a tricky bugger.
I have almost dropped all cardio, which is bad. I don’t have a definitive plan yet, but I think I need to shift focus a bit, but without messing up the above numbers too much. An engine upgrade, perhaps, where I eat a bit more and add a bit more conditioning at the same time.
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Another press day. Not loving it, but okay. Failed first attempt at 85. I think I have failed more lifts in the last 2 months than I have in the last 10 years, so that is fun.
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Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
- 20 kg x 5 reps
- 30 kg x 5 reps
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 50 kg x 3 reps
- 60 kg x 3 reps
- 70 kg x 2 reps
- 75 kg x 1 reps
- 80 kg x 1 reps
- 85 kg x 1 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 70 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 10 reps
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Muscle-Up
- 3 reps
- 4 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
- 3 reps
Anyway, whatever. Mentally preparing a shift in focus, so not going to stress over disappointing results. Probably going to level off for a while.
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??? yeah… bcause 1.02x bodyweight is crap…
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iknowrite.
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Squat day today, not following the program. Decided to rep 140 to see if I could get to 5, and that was decent. Was also decent that I could single 150 after that. Maybe I should focus for a spell around this 140 mark and improve my repping capacity there. Kinda feel maybe I should be doing similar things with all my lifts.
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Barbell Squat
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 80 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 3 reps
- 110 kg x 2 reps
- 120 kg x 2 reps
- 130 kg x 2 reps
- 140 kg x 5 reps
- 150 kg x 1 reps
- 60 kg x 20 reps
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Pull-Up
- 5 reps
- 6 reps
- 10 reps
- 10 reps
Did a bit of interval running both yesterday and today, going to try to make room for that sort of thing, too. I can feel my focus is shifting, even if I haven’t figured out exactly what that means yet. Might just lift intuitively for a while.
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