Weird, but impressive

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3929

Yeah. But at least you have a plan. And jacked legs. Meanwhile I will just plug on with the same shit.

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3930

Boobs. On paper, it doesnā€™t really make sense that I do these chest days immediately after shoulder days, but it seems to work :thinking:

I reversed the order this time, so inclines first with backoffs only on the decline. Now that I hit my decline goal, this should help me hit my incline goal. Or at least, we will try it for a few weeks and see what happens. The topset was messy and unconvincing on the incline, but it still felt like a small step forward.

  • 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
    • 97.5 kg x 1 reps
    • 110 kg x 1 reps
    • 115 kg x 3 reps

  • Decline Barbell Bench Press

    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 80 kg x 5 reps
    • 95 kg x 3 reps
    • 110 kg x 3 reps
    • 125 kg x 1 reps
    • 135 kg x 1 reps
    • 95 kg x 8 reps
    • 95 kg x 8 reps
    • 95 kg x 8 reps

  • Dumbbell Bench Press

    • 20 kg x 8 reps
    • 22.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 25 kg x 8 reps
    • 27 kg x 8 reps
    • 29.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 32 kg x 8 reps
    • 34 kg x 8 reps
    • 36 kg x 8 reps

  • Ab Wheel (standing)

    • 5 reps

My body said ā€œerm, no thanksā€ to the ab rolls, so I stopped.

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3931

Pull day, without the Bro part. No time for curls to finish it off.

  • Muscle-Up

    • 2 reps
    • 2 reps

  • Pull-Up

    • 5 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 7 reps
    • 8 reps
    • 10 reps
    • 1 reps (50 second rep)

  • Isolateral Plate Loaded Row

    • 92 lb x 8 reps
    • 142 lb x 8 reps
    • 192 lb x 6 reps
    • 242 lb x 6 reps
    • 292 lb x 6 reps
    • 342 lb x 6 reps (PR)
    • 242 lb x 15 reps
    • 192 lb x 15 reps

  • Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown

    • 75 lb x 8 reps
    • 90 lb x 8 reps
    • 105 lb x 8 reps
    • 120 lb x 8 reps
    • 135 lb x 8 reps
    • 90 lb x 15 reps
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3932

Donā€™t tell @TrainForPain :joy:

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3933

Then thereā€™s no time to train

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3934

But deadlift is life :c

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3935

Well, I actually HAVE been trying to hit them a bit more religiously, so this was a one-off. Stillā€¦I donā€™t get anything out of them anyway, so I am not feeling too guilty about missing a day.

I am treating it like an experiment. Other than for injury reasons, I have never cut deads out of my training before, so I am trying to see if I notice any negative or positive difference. So far, the difference is positive as it relates to my current goals. And itā€™s not like they do jack shit for my physique.

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3936

Starting to have some end-of-year reflections as I begin thinking about how to approach the new year. But it is pretty fun to look back a half a year ago coming out of the last lockdown and how much has changed since then. Granted, I was around 7 kilo lighter, but the differences are significant.

First number was the goal, second was the current.

My worst improvement was only adding 20 kilo to my press, lol.

I think I want to maintain or improve my relative level of strength, but I probably need to put back in some conditioning. Not going to make any specific plans yet, there is always some chance of a new lockdown.

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3937

Fair enough

*sad sumo Guinea pig noises

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3938

Squat day. Meh. Had it in my head to double 155, but I didnā€™t have access to any safeties today, and my son wasnā€™t confident he could help if I got in trouble. So it was two reps that I left too high because I chickened out. Everything else was solid.

  • Barbell Squat

    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 80 kg x 5 reps
    • 90 kg x 5 reps
    • 110 kg x 3 reps
    • 125 kg x 3 reps
    • 140 kg x 1 reps
    • 155 kg x 2 reps
    • 110 kg x 8 reps
    • 110 kg x 8 reps
    • 110 kg x 8 reps

  • Ab Wheel (standing)

    • 12 reps

  • Machine Hack Squat

    • 105 lb x 8 reps
    • 155 lb x 8 reps
    • 195 lb x 8 reps
    • 195 lb x 10 reps
    • 195 lb x 10 reps
    • 195 lb x 10 reps

  • Muscle-Up

    • 4 reps

  • Preacher Curl

    • 30 lb x 15 reps
    • 30 lb x 12 reps
    • 30 lb x 12 reps
    • 30 lb x 12 reps
    • 30 lb x 15 reps

Added some bitch curls there at the end.

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3939

No judges in the gym mate. Just get the work in.

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3940

Well except me. I am judging everyone, myself most of all.

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3941

Feeling a bit sleepy today. But still managed the following.

  • Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)

    • 35 kg x 1 reps
    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 52.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 62.5 kg x 3 reps
    • 70 kg x 3 reps
    • 80 kg x 1 reps
    • 87.5 kg x 1 reps
    • 92.5 kg x 1 reps (PR)
    • 62.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 62.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 62.5 kg x 8 reps

  • Seated Barbell Press Behind Neck

    • 30 kg x 8 reps
    • 35 kg x 8 reps
    • 40 kg x 8 reps
    • 45 kg x 8 reps
    • 50 kg x 8 reps
    • 55 kg x 8 reps

I donā€™t know whatā€™s going on, wtf.

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3942

Absolutely awesome mate. Reading this made me smile big time.

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3943

I think youā€™re ticking off all ur training things: training hard (but not too hard), enough volume now that youā€™ve added in back off work and enough practice with heavy weights with your singles and doubles. Eat and sleep aight consistently and youll squat 180 in no time

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3944

It was one of the most satisfying lifts I have had in a long whileā€¦honestly I just wanted to hit 90 by the end of the year, everything beyond that is pure bonus. Alas, it was during a lull at the gym, so the expected swarm of adoring women simply did not materialize.

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3945

Fuck man your progress is crazy good. Congrats on the PR, you beast!

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3946

Thanks man. It seems more like the crazy progress is limited to upper body gainsā€¦but if I had to choose, that would be my choice.

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3947

I would have gone back when it was busy :joy:

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3948

In hindsight, sure. But before the lift I was actually thinking how nice it was that there were fewer people around to watch the inevitable fail.

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