Feeling nice and DOMSy in my legs, a sign that high rep squats with tiny wuss weights has some value.
Speaking of DOMS, I decided that because of 4 days of recovery needed from my last dipping session, the best solution to avoid that again is to go back and do it all again ASAP, so I went back to the playground today. Took my dip belt and 10 kilo plate along for the ride. A plate is surpisingly fucking heavy when you are transporting it in a sports bag, but feels like nothing when hanging from your waist. Today should really have been a pulling day, so I added some PUs and did all this alternating.
Weighted pull ups / dips are great mass builders. I started lifting as a calisthenics bar bro. Went into bodybuilding now into powerlifting so never really did manage anything more than some L sits and shitty front levers. Iām too fat in the legs now
Nah man, those are Bobās glasses, heād be pissed. I only borrowed them because there was so much glare coming off my glistening awesomeness.
I donāt actually find that the weighted stuff builds mass on me, but then againā¦nothing actually seems to build mass on me. Except beer. It does make me shitloads stronger, which I can accept.
Once I finally commit to not losing any more weight, that is going to be my next program. Beer, Burgers, Weighted Dips. I am going to see if I can dip like 8 plates.
So the word here in DK is that gyms are not going to open before August. I mean, damn. Not what I was expecting to hear.
Got to think about this. Still seems mostly impossible to get any real home gym equipment at anything resembling a reasonable cost. And do I even need it? Shit.
For sure. Itās just surprising that most restrictions were lifted sooner than they are here apart from this very detail. Although I donāt really disagree. Sport is important for the immune system but gyms are a breeding pool for germs.
Yeah, they must be. I have been staring at an āorderā screen for a 135kg weight set, but I just canāt quite pull the trigger. In the long run, just not sure if I need/want a home gym.
Thatās a tough one to decide. August is still a good bit away. I would make it a financial decision: Do you comfortably have the disposable income to resell this with a loss and not be mad about it?
I mean my decision making for equipment was never that good. I just went for it against all odds. Never had regrets.
Another thought - are you paying membership dues for the gym right now? If not, would three to four months of that cover the cost of buying equipment now and selling at a loss later? Think of it as a lease or rental.
Despite having done dips yesterday and only 3 days removed from my last shoulder dayā¦I am doing another shoulder day. Because fuck that shit last time. I have a chip on my, you guessed it, shoulder. I wore my Captain America shirt today for extra power.
Standing Barbell Shoulder Press (OHP)
25 kg x 5 reps
35 kg x 5 reps
39 kg x 3 reps
45 kg x 3 reps
49 kg x 3 reps
55 kg x 3 reps
61 kg x 3 reps
65 kg x 2 reps
75 kg x 1 reps
47 kg x 20 reps
47 kg x 18 reps
47 kg x 15 reps
Okay, so it went up legit this time, even if maybe I borrowed a tiny bit of momentum from the clean. Was still a grinder, damn. I really do think this compact little bar and the compact little weights makes everything a little bit harder then it should be. Itās all soā¦dense. Feels different for sure.
You may remember I quipped 3 days ago about maybe doing a 353 set for more than 45kg. My plan then was to work up to it for a month or something. Instead, I tossed that plan out and did it today. I donāt mind telling you that that was unbelievably tough. After the first 20, I was like OH FUCK, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I think getting through these is as much a mental battle as a physical one. The last two reps in the last set were done on sheer willpower.
Doh, forgot to addā¦I went out and bought several pounds of ground beef. I am going to have some damn burgers starting Monday.
And if youāre not from NY, this wouldnāt matter, but where are your bagels and egg sandwiches? Pizzaās a pretty NY thing but Iāll let it slide if youāre not from there because because although itās tough to do, you can find a good slice most places if you look hard enough. Took me 4 years in Virginia to find a real Brooklyn slice, and it was because I asked to work in on the leg press with some middle aged jacked dude wearing a string T who had the thickest BK accent ever, and when I told him I was from NY too he told me to come to his pizzeria. Straight up - first thing he said was āwheah duhyou getya pizzaā, as though New Yorkers survive on a diet of bad manners and good pizza.
I need to stop typing the word pizza because Iām eating virtually no carbs right now and I want pizza because I love pizza.
