Weird, but impressive

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4409

It’s a combination of a few things…first, the incline I use is steeper than average, so it tends to put the bar path higher on the chest to begin with. Second, I flare my elbows quite a lot when benching, and that moves it even higher. So it is really heading towards my neck (not my face, lol).

I prefer it this way. I am doing it to compliment pressing, after all, so the higher the better.

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4410

Absolute poop-show today. Strength was questionable, but my skeleton just didn’t want to squat at all. 165 was a chore, and could tell with the backoff set that my body was telling me to stop. So I did. Made up for it a little with the leg presses. I have to find a way to add more volume back into these squats, but my body is not cooperating.

  • Barbell Squat

    • 65 kg x 5 reps
    • 80 kg x 5 reps
    • 100 kg x 5 reps
    • 115 kg x 3 reps
    • 135 kg x 3 reps
    • 150 kg x 1 reps
    • 165 kg x 1 reps
    • 115 kg x 5 reps

  • Seated Leg Curl

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

  • Leg Press

    • 135 lb x 10 reps
    • 135 lb x 10 reps
    • 225 lb x 10 reps
    • 225 lb x 10 reps
    • 315 lb x 10 reps
    • 405 lb x 10 reps
    • 495 lb x 10 reps
    • 585 lb x 10 reps
    • 225 lb x 20 reps
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4411

Unsolicited advice - I had the same issue a while back and fucked myself up but I switched to SSB and I don’t think I’ll ever go back.
Also been lurking a while, some great work going on mate

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4412

I think @T3hPwnisher recommends tabata front squats :wink:

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4413

Actually feel okay today for the first time in a while. Didn’t achieve anything special, but felt I was able to do better work today than I have been. Here’s hoping it is a new trend.

  • 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
    • 97.5 kg x 1 reps
    • 67.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 67.5 kg x 8 reps
    • 67.5 kg x 8 reps

  • Seated Barbell Press Behind Neck

    • 30 kg x 6 reps
    • 40 kg x 6 reps
    • 50 kg x 5 reps
    • 60 kg x 6 reps
    • 60 kg x 6 reps
    • 50 kg x 6 reps
    • 50 kg x 6 reps
    • 40 kg 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

  • Muscle-Up

    • 2 reps

  • Handstand Push-Up

    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
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4414

Good to hear you’re starting to feel better.

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4415

Feeling good, but not terribly strong. Calories been a bit low, I think. 140 was a near thing.

  • Barbell Incline Bench Press

    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 70 kg x 5 reps
    • 85 kg x 3 reps
    • 95 kg x 3 reps
    • 105 kg x 1 reps
    • 115 kg x 2 reps

  • 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
    • 125 kg x 1 reps
    • 140 kg x 1 reps
    • 100 kg x 10 reps

  • Dips - Chest Version

    • 5 reps
    • 6 reps
    • 7 reps
    • 8 reps
    • 9 reps
    • 10 reps
    • 11 reps
    • 12 reps
    • 13 reps
    • 14 reps
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4416

Another day feeling pretty good. And sorta strong-adjacent. Not really sure what is going on, but I felt like I was in a bit of a fugue for about a month, but it suddenly started to turn around a few days ago. Like something physical was wrong. I dunno. Did squats today, and felt okay so I will start adding the volume back in if it keeps up. Nothing earth shattering. Rep at 170 was pretty good.

  • Barbell Squat

    • 60 kg x 5 reps
    • 82.5 kg x 5 reps
    • 100 kg x 5 reps
    • 115 kg x 3 reps
    • 132.5 kg x 3 reps
    • 150 kg x 1 reps
    • 170 kg x 1 reps
    • 130 kg x 8 reps
    • 120 kg x 8 reps
    • 100 kg x 8 reps

  • Ab Wheel (standing)

    • 5 reps

  • Machine Ab Crunch

    • 30 kg x 10 reps
    • 35 kg x 10 reps
    • 40 kg x 10 reps
    • 30 kg x 10 reps
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4417

Simple pulling day today.

  • Pull-Up

    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps
    • 5 reps

  • Isolateral Plate Loaded Row

    • 102 lb x 8 reps
    • 152 lb x 8 reps
    • 192 lb x 8 reps
    • 242 lb x 8 reps
    • 282 lb x 8 reps
    • 332 lb x 8 reps
    • 192 lb x 8 reps

  • 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
    • 150 lb x 8 reps
    • 165 lb x 8 reps
    • 105 lb x 15 reps
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4418

In related news, my elbows are really acting up, especially the left. I am pretty certain it is a form of an arthritic condition, and squatting is causing it to flare up. It is becoming a problem, not sure what I will have to do about it.

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4419

Work from yesterday. Was very sleepy because I had to get up super early, so just kept it light and easy. Felt heavy anyway.

  • Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)

    • 30 kg x 5 reps
    • 40 kg x 5 reps
    • 50 kg x 5 reps
    • 60 kg x 3 reps
    • 70 kg x 2 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
    • 35 kg x 5 reps
    • 40 kg x 5 reps
    • 45 kg x 5 reps
    • 50 kg x 5 reps
    • 55 kg x 5 reps
    • 50 kg x 10 reps
    • 40 kg x 10 reps

  • Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press

    • 16 kg x 6 reps
    • 20 kg x 6 reps
    • 25 kg x 6 reps
    • 29.5 kg x 6 reps
    • 32 kg x 6 reps
    • 20 kg x 10 reps

Feel like it is about time to change course after having been on the gain train for nearly a year now… I am not terribly impressed with myself. Some of the absolute numbers I have hit have been fine, but I think the cost has been too high. Need to moderate and get back to something resembling “healthy”.

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4420

Good God, this can’t be a different person, right? Right?!

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4421

Jesus wept, there are a legion of them in the comments too

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4422

Yeah, I mostly assumed it was a joke when I put it in my log title, but should we really be surprised any longer by what humans get up to?

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4423

Are you saying I shouldn’t be surprised if you have burner accounts across the web building up an army of whipped cream comrades?

4424

We’ll become so powerful that we will require our own sub-forum.

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4425

Day 1 of starting things with a new outlook. It may look similar, but I will be focusing on higher quality and more work in general, far less focus on the numbers. Will also be aiming to add some kind of conditioning (sled, dreadmill, jumps, heavybag/Bob) every session.

  • Barbell Incline Bench Press

    • 40 kg x 6 reps
    • 50 kg x 6 reps
    • 60 kg x 6 reps
    • 70 kg x 4 reps
    • 80 kg x 4 reps
    • 90 kg x 4 reps
    • 100 kg x 4 reps

  • Decline Barbell Bench Press

    • 60 kg x 6 reps
    • 70 kg x 6 reps
    • 80 kg x 6 reps
    • 90 kg x 4 reps
    • 100 kg x 4 reps
    • 110 kg x 4 reps
    • 120 kg x 4 reps

  • Incline Dumbbell Bench Press

    • 20 kg x 8 reps
    • 25 kg x 8 reps
    • 30 kg x 8 reps
    • 34 kg x 8 reps
    • 42 kg x 8 reps (probably a rep PR)
    • 30 kg x 12 reps

  • Machine Chest Fly (Pec Deck)

    • 100 lb x 10 reps
    • 130 lb x 10 reps
    • 160 lb x 10 reps
    • 115 lb x 10 reps

Added a bit of interval running on the dreadmill, have to take it slow because this big/fat version of me needs to get the joints used to the blunt force trauma.

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4426

How did your elbow like bench and flyes?

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4427

Benching, flyes, all that stuff…no issue at all. I can feel it when I do things like pullups and muscle-ups, and I REALLY feel it when I squat. I am more or less 100% certain that squats are the main culprit. Which is honestly a pretty major problem. It has gotten so bad now that it hurts if I just sleep on it in a bad position. Left is worse, right has it a little bit.

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4428

Is it the medial epicondyle? This laid me low for months.

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