Weird, but impressive

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4009

Oh never mind then. It was a log that got 1000 posts in like a week because every day, OP had an existential crisis about how his bench wasn’t climbing fast enough. Somehow everyone here was kind enough to offer positive advice every day.
It all faded away after an epic sendoff.
Prior to that, the OP had a thread about 7 years no progress despite eating cool whip for breakfast and AMRAPing all the time.
All in all it reminded me a lot of the heavy squatting boxer guy. But worse.

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4010

Ah right, that guy. You might be on to something.

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4011

And also, squatty boxer dude was far worse, always talking about how he was going to get all kinds of women, and how they’d all choke on his 3.5 inches of man-meat.

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4012

Speaking of far worse, I was supposed to have a shoulder day today, but my lower back is still a bit jacked from tweaking it yesterday and I was way underfed. Not a good recipe for my last pressing day of 2021, so I did some bitch-ass pulling again as a bonus day.

  • Machine MTS High Row

    • 20 kg x 10 reps
    • 25 kg x 10 reps
    • 30 kg x 10 reps
    • 35 kg x 10 reps
    • 40 kg x 10 reps

  • Pull-Up

    • 6 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 6 reps

  • Lat Pulldown

    • 90 lb x 8 reps
    • 105 lb x 8 reps
    • 120 lb x 8 reps
    • 135 lb x 8 reps
    • 150 lb x 8 reps
    • 165 lb x 8 reps
    • 180 lb x 8 reps
    • 195 lb x 8 reps
    • 120 lb x 12 reps

  • Machine Ab Crunch

    • 30 kg x 10 reps
    • 35 kg x 10 reps
    • 40 kg x 10 reps
    • 45 kg x 10 reps
    • 50 kg x 10 reps

Besides which, I need to be prepared for the HSPU challenge tomorrow, so I am going to have a quick bulk today.

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4013

I see. I was aware he was a basket case, but hadn’t seen that part. I tend not to dive too deep into these abysses. (sp?)

4014

Agreed, I usually only go into those logs because I hear other people talking and get curious.

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4015

Well hello there, little NYE surprise for me. That’s 209.4 for those of you who hate math (cough @wanna_be cough). No backoff sets, because I had to fully use 10 minutes to ground myself again, so I moved on to something else.

  • Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)

    • 40 kg x 5 reps
    • 50 kg x 5 reps
    • 60 kg x 3 reps
    • 70 kg x 2 reps
    • 80 kg x 1 reps
    • 90 kg x 1 reps
    • 95 kg x 1 reps (PR)

  • Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press

    • 22.5 kg x 6 reps
    • 25 kg x 6 reps
    • 27 kg x 6 reps
    • 29.5 kg x 6 reps
    • 34 kg x 6 reps
    • 38.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 27 kg x 10 reps

  • Ab Wheel (standing)

    • 10 reps

  • Muscle-Up

    • 1 reps
    • 2 reps
    • 3 reps

I had it in my mind for the last two days that I was going to get this done, so I made sure I stuffed my face with protein and lots of extra calories yesterday. That said, I was having a bit of an adrenaline dump before I even started warming up, so I thought I was toast for sure. Yes that’s right, I had a premature release of fluids. And then I have to get cooking again just to make sure I hit 90, and then had to really calm myself and focus once more. This was all more like managing my emotions than it was hitting the lift itself. The untold joys of being an emotional lifter.

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4016

Also, here is my entry for the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 2022 HSPU Challenge, European Edition @Koestrizer

I appear to lean to one side, which just confirms that I am crooked, just as I suspected.

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4017

I can relate. A well-earned PR for sure and a good way to close out the year. Congrats!

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4018

Congratulations! What a press!

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4019

I would not have figured you for an emotional lifter, you seem so level headed.

4020

It’s okay, I embrace being an emo.

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4021

Good to know that, even heading into your 70th year, you can still push the big iron.

Merry New Year old man.

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4022

Wait, so by extension that would make me emo as well? That doesn’t sound right.

4023

Nah, a true emo doesn’t question it.

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4024

See now you put it that way and I feel like I am unqualified to be emo and need to try harder.

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4025

Holy shit dude.

Did you hit the minimum required blood alcohol level though?

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4026

Being drunk at the gym is frowned upon. I think. I mean, I can try it drunk sometime, but I don’t think it is going to change much.

4027

I accept hungover.

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4028

Nice press PR mate and good slow mo Hspu. Hands were very wide to minimise range of motion I call null and void :joy::joy::joy:

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