Weird, but impressive

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4389

Not really recovered from yesterday, so just kind of bare minimum boobies today.

  • Barbell Incline Bench Press

    • 47.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 57.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 82.5 kg x 3 reps
    • 95 kg x 3 reps
    • 105 kg x 1 reps
    • 115 kg x 2 reps
    • 90 kg x 13 reps (rep PR)
    • 80 kg x 13 reps

  • Isolateral Plate Loaded Press

    • 97 lb x 10 reps
    • 147 lb x 10 reps
    • 187 lb x 10 reps
    • 97 lb x 20 reps

  • Dumbbell Bench Press

    • 22.5 kg x 10 reps
    • 29.5 kg x 10 reps
    • 29.5 kg x 10 reps
    • 29.5 kg x 10 reps
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4390

My weight is down a little bit and I don’t exactly feel super strong these days, but somehow I keep managing little rep PRs. Not following any specific rep scheme, just fooling around.

  • Barbell Squat

    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 80 kg x 5 reps
    • 100 kg x 5 reps
    • 120 kg x 3 reps
    • 140 kg x 2 reps
    • 150 kg x 6 reps (rep PR)
    • 100 kg x 10 reps
    • 60 kg x 10 reps

  • Pull-Up

    • 5 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 7 reps
    • 8 reps

  • Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown

    • 75 lb x 10 reps
    • 90 lb x 10 reps
    • 105 lb x 10 reps
    • 120 lb x 10 reps
    • 135 lb x 10 reps
    • 150 lb x 10 reps
    • 105 lb x 10 reps

  • Leg Press

    • 135 lb x 8 reps
    • 225 lb x 8 reps
    • 315 lb x 8 reps
    • 405 lb x 8 reps
    • 495 lb x 8 reps
    • 585 lb x 8 reps
    • 405 lb x 15 reps
    • 225 lb x 20 reps
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4391

It says a lot about you when you’re getting into the gym and getting the work done when your heart isn’t 100% into it.

Also, I’m not gonna go all amateur psychiatrist on you, and I can only speak from my own experience, but:

Sounds an awful lot like the way depression manifested in me when I was having serious issues with my last marriage being shit and the massive self-esteem hits I was taking in that mess. Just check in with yourself, and make sure you’re getting the support and help that you need. The gym, and this log, are both good tools for that, but they’re not the whole tool box.

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4392

Thanks for the kind words, and on a bit of introspection
you could well be right? I have over the pandemic period also developed a daily drinking habit. This has not been doing me any good physically or emotionally. Working on moderating that now, which I have done for the last two weeks. Not stopping completely, but definitely not drinking every day. I think my mini-surge is because of this. Just going to start addressing things one at a time and see where it goes.

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4393

Pressing day. Not going after anything, just doing a bit of this and a bit of that. Had a go at 105, but didn’t quite have it. Close. Woulda needed more wiggle.

  • Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)

    • 40 kg x 5 reps
    • 50 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 Barbell Press Behind Neck

    • 30 kg x 5 reps
    • 40 kg x 5 reps
    • 50 kg x 5 reps
    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps

  • Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press

    • 18 kg x 6 reps
    • 22.5 kg x 6 reps
    • 27 kg x 6 reps
    • 27 kg x 6 reps
    • 32 kg x 6 reps
    • 36 kg x 6 reps
    • 30 kg x 10 reps
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4394

Feeling sleepy, kinda slept too much (which is almost impossible for me, all the way until 8am!). Few percent off of the top end strength today. The double at 135 is good on paper, but rep number two was a legit RPS 5 or 6. Only reason I didn’t give up on it was because it was just slightly moving up. Yeesh.

  • Barbell Incline Bench Press

    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 55 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 82.5 kg x 3 reps
    • 95 kg x 3 reps
    • 105 kg x 1 reps
    • 117.5 kg x 2 reps

  • Decline Barbell Bench Press

    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 75 kg x 5 reps
    • 90 kg x 5 reps
    • 100 kg x 3 reps
    • 110 kg x 3 reps
    • 122.5 kg x 1 reps
    • 135 kg x 2 reps
    • 100 kg x 10 reps

  • Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press

    • 40 kg x 8 reps
    • 50 kg x 8 reps
    • 60 kg x 8 reps
    • 70 kg x 8 reps
    • 80 kg x 8 reps
    • 90 kg x 8 reps
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4395

My joints feeling cranky (weather change?), so not a lot of volume today. Elbows are also acting up again, not sure what that is about. Rep at 170 was real solid, pretty happy about that.

  • 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
    • 170 kg x 1 reps
    • 100 kg x 10 reps

  • Pull-Up

    • 5 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 7 reps
    • 8 reps
    • 10 reps

  • Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown

    • 75 lb x 6 reps
    • 90 lb x 6 reps
    • 105 lb x 6 reps
    • 120 lb x 6 reps
    • 135 lb x 6 reps
    • 150 lb x 6 reps
    • 165 lb x 6 reps
    • 180 lb x 10 reps

  • Ab Wheel (standing)

    • 5 reps

  • Machine Ab Crunch

    • 35 kg x 15 reps
    • 35 kg x 15 reps
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4396

Ugh, everything feeling 5 kilo heavier today. Sleepy and low energy.

  • Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)

    • 35 kg x 5 reps
    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 55 kg x 5 reps
    • 65 kg x 3 reps
    • 75 kg x 3 reps
    • 85 kg x 1 reps
    • 95 kg x 1 reps
    • 80 kg x 4 reps
    • 60 kg x 10 reps

  • Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press

    • 18 kg x 8 reps
    • 22.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 25 kg x 8 reps
    • 25 kg x 8 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

  • Isolateral Plate Loaded Shoulder Press

    • 100 lb x 8 reps
    • 120 lb x 8 reps
    • 150 lb x 8 reps
    • 190 lb x 8 reps
    • 210 lb x 8 reps
    • 240 lb x 5 reps
    • 190 lb x 8 reps
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4397

Not sure where this all came from, but okay. Pretty sure all of the last four sets were rep PRs.

  • Barbell Incline Bench Press

    • 40 kg x 5 reps
    • 55 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 82.5 kg x 3 reps
    • 95 kg x 3 reps
    • 105 kg x 1 reps
    • 115 kg x 4 reps (rep PR)
    • 100 kg x 11 reps (rep PR)
    • 90 kg x 14 reps (rep PR)
    • 80 kg x 15 reps (rep PR)

  • Muscle-Up

    • 1 reps

  • Dumbbell Bench Press

    • 22.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 25 kg x 8 reps
    • 29.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 34 kg x 8 reps
    • 38.5 kg x 8 reps

  • Dumbbell Bicep Curl

    • 10 kg x 10 reps
    • 10 kg x 10 reps
    • 10 kg x 10 reps
    • 10 kg x 10 reps
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4398

It’s a great day for PRs! Congratulations.

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4399

Your strength on incline bench is just absurd!

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4400

Haven’t commented for a while but have been lurking. Still smashing out those press PR’s mate and still hitting some great numbers on squat too. How’s the bodyweight situation ? Are you growing into your strength ?

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4401

I think my ROM is also absurdly suspect, which is a partial explanation. But I hve gotten to a point where just unracking and moving a hundred doesn’t feel too heavy.

Aside from a handful of mini-PRs, things are stagnant. My BW is actually a bit down from my peak on average. I am struggling with training motivation lately, I am actually down to training only 4 times a week or something like that, sometimes only 3. Which is insane for me.

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4402

I can’t really see why the ROM on incline would be so small. Do you have a video? My ROM is greater than most people’s deadlift if I jump on the incline :smiley:

4403

No video. Mostly it is because these are suicide presses (going down above the chin/neck), so it is a bit shorter that way, lest I risk killing myself accidentally. On the other hand, my fingers are all inside the rings, so that adds a bit back. You are probably all outside the rings, which is just Sumo for bench pressing =)

4404

So fake rom then or what?

Incorrect, Sir! Probably same as my power jerk (little finger on the ring).

4405

Basic pulling day. Man, I have really got to get back into some serious pull-ups, I have become objectively terrible.

  • Pull-Up

    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps | weighted | 11.3 kg
    • 5 reps | weighted | 20.4 kg
    • 5 reps | weighted | 11.3 kg
    • 5 reps
    • 8 reps

  • Isolateral Plate Loaded Row

    • 92 lb x 10 reps
    • 142 lb x 10 reps
    • 182 lb x 10 reps
    • 232 lb x 10 reps
    • 192 lb x 10 reps
    • 92 lb x 10 reps

  • Face Pull

    • 15 kg x 10 reps
    • 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
    • 47.5 kg x 10 reps
    • 47.5 kg x 10 reps
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4406

I suppose my ROM is about what the average gym goer does. Almost nobody goes to the chest. In my case, it hurts like hell, my shoulders do not like it.

4407

I pretty much touch my chest on inclines, or maybe about .5-1” above depending on the day.
I can’t for the life of me figure out how you’re incline benching over your face :joy:

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4408

Yeah I don’t even know if it would be much of an advantage for me to try and reduce rom tbh. This guillotine style of pressing seems pretty uncomfortable to me.

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