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Morning stats
RHR (bmp): 62
Waist (cm): 88

Baseline established. Let's get to work!

how'd you do other than making a funny face at one point?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EET9BaD8zPk" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EET9BaD8zPk</a>

see for yourself 

06-03-17

Soreness: high in abs and upper back; moderate in lats, arms and quads

Feel quite feeble today. Ab and upperback soreness has always, iirc, left me feeling a bit useless since I notice that pretty much no matter what movement I'm doing.

Appearing on a quiz show viewed by about 10% of the UK population this evening, and have a friend's b-day party right after, so will likely not be 100% for tomorrow's session, but we'll see.

Diet:
Kcal - 3192
Carbs - 392g
Protein - 143g
Fat - 118g

05-03-17

Jogged to gym ~1mile

Chins (varied grips, did first 2 sets before going to bench, then supertsetted)
BW x 3, 3, 5, 2, 2, 2, 2

Bench
Bar x 10
30kg x 5
40kg x 3
47.5kg x 5, 5, 7 [left shoulder a bit dodgy on first set, but once blood got flowing it was fine]

Squat [focussed on a few new cues, which I think helped]
40kg x 3
55kg x 3 [paused at bottom for span of one full breath out and in]
65kg x 5, 5, 10 [!!!]

DB Row
22kg x 14, 12, 11

Narrow-grip EZ Bar preacher curl [done myo-rep style, + indicates 4-5 deep breaths]
Bar x 10
+7.5kg x 16+2+2+2+1
+5kg x 15+3+3+3+3+3

SS: [minimal rest between sets]
Facepulls [for some reason this machine has the lbs in round numbers and kgs in weird ones?]
5.7kg x 12, 12, 12, 12
Kneeling ab wheel [not quite able to go full ROM]
BW x 8, 8, 7 [couldn't manage even short ROM on fourth set, so called it quits at 3]

Notes

Was very excited for the gym after a day stuck on trains. Exercising in the evening after a full day of food rather than in the morning shortly after breakfast seems to make a dramatic difference in performance. Or two days rest made a big difference. Stupid confounding variables. In any case, despite feeling a bit weak numbers were good.

03-03-17

Soreness: moderate in glutes, high in delts, not much else

Have done lots of lacrosse ball massage and stretching through the day. Grease the groove chinups, too.

Diet -

Kcal: 2853
Carbs: 275g
Fat: 124g
Protein: 153g

(these numbers are always kind of fudged via myfitnesspal + me probably forgetting somethings, etc., but seem helpful to track for a bit anyway, just to have a sense of how much i need to eat toget to a certain cal count)

02-03-17

Soreness: minor in delts and hams

Jogged to gym ~1 mile

OHP
Bar x 4
32.5kg x 5,5,6
25kg x 5 [just to check shoulder mobility. the age old Joe-lack of external rotation in left shoulder has returned apace. need to hit this hard to sort it. buying lacrosse ball today and attacking my shoulder. left arm always has to lock out after my right when doing barbell OHP, and this seems like a problem that needs to be fixed. suggestions?]

Chins BW x 3,3,3,2 [after each OHP set]

Squat
Bar x 5
50kg x 3 [paused at at bottom to take one full breath in and out]
62.5kg x 5,5,8 [yay squat shoes, so much more comfortable]
40kg x 10 [pussied out here]

DB Row
20kg x 12,11,10 [lats screaming by end of this]

Squat
40kg x 20 [felt like an arse for giving up on this set earlier so went back and crushed it]

Facepulls
something x 10,8,10 [better form this time, really focussing on getting that external rotation, went up a weight on middle set but didn't feel worthwhile]

DB Curls
6kg x 15
8kg x 9
7kg x 10

Notes

Must Fix Shoulder. Band dislocated, band pullaparts, lacrosse ball rolling, warming up more slowly, more facepulls, more back work, more attentive form when pushing. Otherwise this was a pretty decent workout, given the volume in the workout two days ago. Food is good.

Yeah, I just don't like the idea of deliberately doing a heavy loaded exercise in an asymmetric way, even if I can counteract it by switching up the grip.

Getting used to hook grip while the weights are still low would be sensible -- good shout.