You know, I thought the same thing when I watched back the video. That is actually much wider than my pressing position, so I guess it is just where my hands go naturally for balance reasons. 0 points of out 10, does not count.
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Mate still probably better than I could do. I donāt even think I could do the handstand against the wall.
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And this is why the challenge exists. So that you can film the attempt and show everyone.
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The original premise of the challenge was @Cyrrex proclaiming that everyone could do handstand push ups. I had to disprove that. So youāre welcome to join me.
Seems you have forgotten something.
I just finished my pizza and am starting to warm up. Unless you mean something else?
Nope. Just waiting for the video.
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Believe it or not but I actually did 4 reps and a few singles. And a few crashes.
Canāt believe it, thinking about signing up for the CrossFit Open.
Will upload the video once the internet data lets me.
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Saw the vid, reps done with a head pad null and void
One up me, bitch!
The CrossFit crowd thought I was goodā¦ 
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Mate as I said about both efforts better than mine as I didnāt even try.
My effort is in my log for open criticism
Solid effort from both of you. @Koestrizer seems to think he is owed a prize or something, but he fails to realize that the true prize is his self-respect.
Sleepy Sunday afternoon workout, first of the New Year. Decline is still out of commission, so just did some easy-ish work on the incline and then did other stuff to finish off the titties.
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Barbell Incline Bench Press
- 40 kg x 5 reps
- 50 kg x 5 reps
- 60 kg x 5 reps
- 70 kg x 4 reps
- 80 kg x 4 reps
- 90 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 3 reps
- 110 kg x 3 reps
- 100 kg x 6 reps
- 90 kg x 8 reps
- 80 kg x 10 reps
- 60 kg x 15 reps
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Dumbbell Bench Press
- 20 kg x 10 reps
- 25 kg x 10 reps
- 29.5 kg x 10 reps
- 34 kg x 10 reps
- 38.5 kg x 10 reps
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Machine Chest Fly (Pec Deck)
- 115 lb x 8 reps
- 145 lb x 8 reps
- 175 lb x 8 reps
- 205 lb x 8 reps
- 235 lb x 8 reps
Still no real āplanā as to what comes next. I am thinking about it.
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Shoulda kinda been squats today, but I slept like poop and giving my back an extra day to recover seems a good idea anyway, so just did a very fast pull session. Starting to really dig the horizontal version of the iso pulling machine. No time for curls, oops.
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Pull-Up
- 3 reps
- 4 reps
- 5 reps
- 6 reps
- 7 reps
- 8 reps
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Isolateral Plate Loaded Row
- 152 lb x 8 reps
- 152 lb x 8 reps
- 192 lb x 8 reps
- 242 lb x 8 reps
- 282 lb x 8 reps
- 352 lb x 8 reps (PR)
- 282 lb x 8 reps
- 192 lb x 8 reps
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Standing Dumbbell Upright Row
- 9 kg x 12 reps
- 9 kg x 12 reps
- 9 kg x 12 reps
- 9 kg x 12 reps
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Also, since @simo74 awarded me no points for my HSPU because it was too wide, I fixed it a bit
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Just go full marathon runner.
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If you hate me that much, just say it directly.
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8/10 - minus 1 for not doing it half naked, minus another because when the gymnasts land, they have to spread out their arms like a āYā and crank their heads back.
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+1 for extra range of motion, good job.
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Okay, time for a bit of āyear in reviewā introspection.
First half of the year was mostly spent in lockdown, and the only thing I really learned there is that I could drop weight and get myself into shape to run a 5k. I didnāt love the process, but it wasnāt exactly something I considered difficult to do. Nor did I find it particularly rewarding. It was just a thing I did just to try something different when I didnāt have access to heavy weights any way. What it probably did teach me, once and for all, is that I like strength and I hate being weak. I usually spend time vascillating back and forth between working on strength and then dumping it in order to get back into better shape.
I am not going to do that any more. Yeah, I could use better conditioning, but I will not do it in a way that requires me to get significantly weaker. No marathons for me.
Second half of the year, I gained strength fast. Some of it was remembered strength, but I even surprised myself a little. I thought I was done with upper body related PRs, but instead I pretty much broke them all. I could probably think of a bunch of more or less profound reasons for why that is so, but the main reason is just that I just kept going after it. My methods tend to go against a lot of conventional wisdom, but whatever, it works for me. Dropping deadlifts a few months ago has not had any negative impact. If anything, I recover faster for other things. My squat maxes are not great, but my work capacity is pretty decent. My legs are always going to be small anyway, even as I approach 86 kilo (which is heavy on my frame). My size and strength seems to collect in my upper body.
So now what? No idea if I will ever get past my current levels of strength, but I am going to work to make sure I do not significantly regress in the next year (lockdowns could change things, of course). I am feeling the pull towards needing to re-introduce some intelligent conditioning, but it has to be additive.
In any case, for all of you who are frequent or even infrequent visitors to the log, thanks for all the interactions, the ideas, the support, the fun banter. Hereās to a non-sucky 2022.
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