Weird, but impressive

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4329

I find holding it up for a long time can also be a problem.

4330

Grip really becomes the limiting factor.

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4331

Easy squat day. Except I once again failed to eat enough over the weekend, so not so easy. Did not follow my rep scheme as I normall would up to my TM, was only interested in the widowmaker at the end. Which sucked. 105 just shouldnā€™t be this much harder, although that may be the food deficit. Stilā€¦it was better than last time, so yay?

  • Barbell Squat

    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 80 kg x 5 reps
    • 100 kg x 3 reps
    • 120 kg x 2 reps
    • 140 kg x 1 reps
    • 160 kg x 1 reps
    • 105 kg x 23 reps (rep PR)

  • Muscle-Up

    • 3 reps

  • Leg Press

    • 135 lb x 15 reps
    • 225 lb x 15 reps
    • 315 lb x 15 reps
    • 315 lb x 15 reps
    • 225 lb x 15 reps
    • 135 lb x 30 reps
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4332

Nice work!

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4333

Shoulder day. Kinda feel like everything is stalled and going nowhere. As long as I focus, 95 is no big deal, but these are as much technique gains as anything else.

  • Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)

    • 37.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 47.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 57.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 67.5 kg x 3 reps
    • 75 kg x 3 reps
    • 85 kg x 1 reps
    • 95 kg x 1 reps
    • 80 kg x 6 reps

  • Ab Wheel (standing)

    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps

  • Muscle-Up

    • 2 reps
    • 2 reps
    • 2 reps

  • Seated Barbell Press Behind Neck

    • 30 kg x 6 reps
    • 40 kg x 6 reps
    • 50 kg x 6 reps
    • 60 kg x 8 reps
    • 50 kg x 8 reps
    • 40 kg x 8 reps

  • Triceps Pushdown

    • 50 lb x 10 reps
    • 60 lb x 10 reps
    • 70 lb x 10 reps
    • 80 lb x 10 reps
    • 95 lb x 10 reps

  • Standing Dumbbell Upright Row

    • 11 kg x 10 reps
    • 11 kg x 10 reps
    • 11 kg x 10 reps
    • 11 kg x 10 reps
    • 11 kg x 10 reps

I have not really gained appreciable weight in quite a while, despite trying to talk myself into it. In any caseā€¦something(s) are going to have to change soon, I am kinda spinning my wheels.

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4334

Time for a change of direction or programming maybe ?

4335

Something like that. Have thought of shifting over to a couple months of BBB or something, but the larger issue at the moment is that I donā€™t really know what I am trying to accomplish. Pretty hard to accomplish goals that you havenā€™t even defined.

4336

Looks like you have some stuff to work out mate.

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4337

I do. One of them is to improve conditioning, so I just did the forbidden dance with Bob for 15 minutes.

4338

Should have done 100 burpees :joy:

4339

As I am doing it purely for conditioning reasons, I am still not buying into the necessity of burpees. Plus, I am benching later today, and I donā€™t like even the smallest possbilities that performance may decrease even 1% due to some mfā€™ing burpees, lol.

4340

I understand those thoughts because I had them myself. For me the experience has been that there is no impact to my bench and if anything me rep strength has improved :wink:

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4341

Another alternative to improve repping strength is to do more repping.

I take your point in general, I can see myself IN THEORY adding them on non-pushing days.

4342

I am only on teasing mate. Rolling with and man handling bob will still get the job done.

4343

I know you are teasing, but you know how super sensitive I am.

Bob really is a pretty versatile toolā€¦cardio, conditioning, speed, flexibility and athleticism, and you can adjust on the fly. I just have to get back into the habit.

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4344

Boobs day. Decided to do declines up to the TM today for the first time in ages, before doing the main work on the inclines. Was all pretty good, but meant I had to go a touch lighter on the backoffs. Still more than the minimum. Decent.

  • Decline Barbell Bench Press

    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 85 kg x 5 reps
    • 100 kg x 3 reps
    • 110 kg x 3 reps
    • 122.5 kg x 1 reps
    • 135 kg x 1 reps

  • Barbell Incline Bench Press

    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 55 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 80 kg x 3 reps
    • 90 kg x 3 reps
    • 100 kg x 1 reps
    • 115 kg x 1 reps
    • 120 kg x 1 reps
    • 90 kg x 8 reps
    • 85 kg x 8 reps
    • 80 kg x 8 reps

  • Dumbbell Bench Press

    • 30 kg x 10 reps
    • 30 kg x 10 reps
    • 30 kg x 10 reps
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4345

Regular old pulling day.

  • Pull-Up

    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 10 reps

  • Isolateral Plate Loaded Row

    • 152 lb x 6 reps
    • 192 lb x 6 reps
    • 242 lb x 6 reps
    • 292 lb x 6 reps
    • 342 lb x 10 reps
    • 292 lb x 10 reps
    • 242 lb x 10 reps
    • 192 lb x 10 reps
    • 102 lb x 10 reps

  • Standing Dumbbell Upright Row

    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps

  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl

    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
    • 9 kg x 10 reps
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4346

ā€œHardā€ squat day. And today it lived up to the billing. I was feeling pretty frisky (emphasis on ā€˜wasā€™), almost went after 4 plates but instead decided it was wiser to put the effort into the backoff set at 140. So a clear rep PR there and a bit of a milestone achievedā€¦but sweet mother of crap that was tough. Absolutely smashed afterwards, and still had two more lighter sets to do which were almost equally awful.

Barbell Squat

  • 65 kg x 5 reps
  • 82 kg x 5 reps
  • 100 kg x 5 reps
  • 115 kg x 3 reps
  • 135 kg x 3 reps
  • 150 kg x 1 reps
  • 170 kg x 1 reps
  • 140 kg x 10 reps (rep PR)
  • 125 kg x 10 reps
  • 115 kg x 10 reps

Too drained to do anything else afterwards. Pleased, but also feeling clobbered. Will be fun to see how much I pay for it tomorrow.

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4347

Surprised that I have no real soreness in either back or legs today. OTOH, my endurance is zero, so just played around a bit today. Havenā€™t had a rest day in a while.

  • Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)

    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 3 reps
    • 80 kg x 2 reps
    • 90 kg x 1 reps
    • 100 kg x 1 reps

  • Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press

    • 18 kg x 6 reps
    • 22.5 kg x 6 reps
    • 27 kg x 6 reps
    • 32 kg x 6 reps
    • 36 kg x 8 reps
    • 22.5 kg x 10 reps
    • 22.5 kg x 10 reps
    • 22.5 kg x 10 reps

  • Dumbbell Side Lateral Raise

    • 10 kg x 10 reps
    • 10 kg x 10 reps
    • 10 kg x 10 reps
    • 10 kg x 10 reps
    • 10 kg x 10 reps

  • Sled Sprint

    • 15 m | turf | 65 kg
    • 15 m | turf | 65 kg
    • 15 m | turf | 95 kg
    • 15 m | turf | 95 kg
    • 15 m | turf | 115 kg
    • 15 m | turf | 115 kg
    • 15 m | turf | 135 kg
    • 15 m | turf | 135 kg
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4348

Day off yesterday, boobs today. Left shoulder was feeling ouchy going in, but it ended up not being a problem. Rep quality on all of the heavy stuff MUCH improved. Kind of surprised, as I once again did not eat enough over the weekend. Might need to level up soon. Added a bunch of slow, easy dips.

  • Barbell Incline Bench Press

    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 55 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 80 kg x 3 reps
    • 90 kg x 3 reps
    • 100 kg x 1 reps
    • 115 kg x 3 reps
    • 100 kg x 10 reps
    • 90 kg x 10 reps
    • 80 kg x 10 reps

  • Dips - Chest Version

    • 5 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 7 reps
    • 8 reps
    • 9 reps
    • 10 reps
    • 11 reps
    • 12 reps

  • Triceps Pushdown

    • 40 lb x 10 reps
    • 60 lb x 10 reps
    • 70 lb x 10 reps
    • 80 lb x 10 reps
    • 80 lb x 10 reps
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