Just a basic work day, trying to improve repping on the inclines. Was okay, nothing to write home about. Tits probably going to be sore tomorrow.
Barbell Incline Bench Press
Dips - Chest Version
Saturday has become my mess around day where I do some ab work, arm work, focused lat work, and then a bunch of jumping at the end. I enjoy this day more than I thought I would.
@simo74 will note yet another dumb PR on the lat machine, but I promise it is the last oneā¦it is one of those where you need a seat-belt to keep your lower body down, and this one is missing it. So any heavier and I will fly up with the weight.
Hanging Knee Raise
Lat Pulldown Machine
Machine Ab Crunch
Muscle-Up
Standing Biceps Cable Curl
Box Jumps
Hit a nice PR on the box jump, but I feel like that is the upper limit of what I can do at this bodyweight. Might have to start making some of it more dynamic, e.g. doing jumps with a head of steam, jumping over the boxes, that kind of thing.
Was supposed to do deads yesterday, but the jumps had my tired enough that I knew I was going to get nothing from it, so I skipped. I feel no guilt skipping deadlift day, I donāt think I really need it much.
Press day today, and decided to start with real push presses. It all felt dreadfully heavy. Would have been a bit disappointed if I would have failed 110, but actually I think that is okay at this bodyweight. Biggest problem was I got unbalanced on 105 and tweaked my middle back a bit.
Everything after that was low weights. 30 for 20 on the DBs was extremely hard, OTOH. I was toast by the end of all this.
Push Press
Muscle-Up
Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press
Seated Barbell Press Behind Neck
Pulling day. Going one handed on the ISO lat machine is something I started doing a few weeks back, and it has got to be the best lat mover I have ever tried. Two handed is good, one handed is great. Problem is just getting it into position in the first place (because you donāt sit on the seat, you stand behind it). I can row 4 plates and could probably do more, but not sure I can even get it to start position. Luxury problem.
Machine MTS High Row
Pull-Up
Isolateral Plate Loaded Row
Preacher Curl
Ran for 6 minutes.
That iso lat machine is in my gym, but ive never tried it. It always has someone in it sideways taking advantage of what you just mentioned. Must be great!
Feeling strong and confident today (see, it is not always aches and pains and gloominess), so I was pretty sure going into squats that I was going to hit some kind of PR. And I did. It is strange, because I am not really working squats very hard, as is obvious in my log for the last few months. But I think all the other shit I have been doing has been making it work anyway. Bunch of small things making a difference.
Barbell Squat
Machine Hack Squat
Muscle-Up
Seated Leg Curl
Itās a logging PR, haha!
Congrats on the squat PRsāthatās great stuff.
Haha, good one.
this deserves more than a like. We should all bookmark the post so we can quote it back latter.
Well done sir
While I feel otherwise fine, I think yesterday drained me a little. Everything today felt like it was wearing me down extra quick. ROM on the topset was also not quite good enough, but whatever, I have not really been working top end so that was to be expected. Still, got some work done.
Barbell Incline Bench Press
Dumbbell Bench Press
Muscle-Up
Also did that variation of a chest fly where two cables on each side start on the ground and you raise them up to shoulder level and squeeze. No idea what to call them.
Whatever you call that variation, i tried it recently. Having rarely done a cable flye, or any flyes tbh, it made me very sore. Easy to get a solid stretch at the bottom too. Though in my case it was pulling on something where my right pec meets my right biceps.
Im pretty sure there are people who just do that and bicep curls haha.
I only ever see dudes with big-ish arms do it, so why not?
My relative lethargy from a couple days ago turns out to have been a virus. Still went to the gym today, but energy a bit on the low side.
Lat Pulldown Machine
Machine Ab Crunch
Muscle-Up
Hanging Knee Raise
Preacher Curl
Box Jumps
Still under the weather, but good enough to train. I run out of energy pretty quick, but not bad all in all. Got 100 up without much trouble. But then failed to get even the little 38.5 kilo dbs up to my shoulders. Not sure what I am doing wrong all of a sudden.
Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
Seated Dumbbell Shoulder Press
Muscle-Up
Hope you have all had a happy holiday and whatnot, regardless of faith.
Good to see your shoulders are still strong mate. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Still not 100%ā¦cold symptoms and low energy. Even so, a decent upper body pulling day.
Pull-Up
Isolateral Plate Loaded Row
Preacher Curl
Ran for 6 minutes.
I didnāt want to say so last week, lest I jinx myself, but I knew after doubling 170 that I was almost certainly going to go after 4 plates today. Ultimately, it didnāt feel much more difficult than 170. Depth was not perfect, but it rarely is and I donāt compete anyway, so who cares. I have learned a bunch of things about my squat over the past 5 or 6 weeks, and the strangest thing about it is that improving it isnāt even a goal. I am just trying to get into shape for a ski vacation in 4 weeks.
Barbell Squat
Muscle-Up
Leg Press
So at about 84 kilo bodyweight, that is both an absolute PR as well as a PR relative to bodyweight, which may be the more suprising part.
Congratulationsāthatās crazy-good!
Inevitable bad day today, I think it is just some accumulated tiredness from being sick the last week (am still a little sick). Super sleepy, could not wake up through any of this. Even failed my second rep at 115, so that was obvioulsy very cool.
Barbell Incline Bench Press
Isolateral Plate Loaded Press
They canāt all be PR days.