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22-06-17

Sumo Deadlift
60 x 5, 5, 5
80 x 3
100 x 3, 3, 3, 3
80 x 3

Front Squat
50 x 4
65 x 3, 5, 7, 4, 6, 8

Chins
BW x 11, 9, 6

Neutral+Medium Cable Row
59 x 8, 8, 8
45 x 14

Wide Grip Lat Pulldown
52 x 9, 9
45 x 12, 10+32x10
The narrow+neutral handle was in use elsewhere so I figured I'd just change up the grip. I like this a lot, very different feeling.

DB Seal Row [done on ~30* incline]
14 x 12, 12, 12
This exercise is so great.

Calf Press
107 x 12, 12, 12, 10
93 x 14
Very slow with pauses in stretched position.

SS1A 45* Back Extension
BW x 15, 15, 15, 15

SS1B Cable Crunch
35.2 x 10
37.4 x 10, 10
39.7 x 8

Notes

Still keeping deadlifts light. The triples were pretty easy. Still getting used to form. Nice to get through this without any back pain, again. Extensions gave a great lower back pump, so will keep them around as they're probably useful for specifically strengthening the muscles around the vulnerable area.

Solaris is the best sci-fi film.

19-06-17

It's so hot, was pretty sweaty just walking to the gym.

Cycle ~5 mins

Bench
Bar x 8
40 x 6
57.5 x 8
65 x 6
75 x 4, 4, 4
70 x 5
65 x 6
62.5 x 6 [missed 7th, I only rest about 90 seconds, so with a bit more could certainly have hit it i reckon]
57.5 x 8

SS1A Chins
BW x 4
+10 x 3
+20 x 2.5
+10 x 5, 5, 4, 4, 4

SS1B OHP
30 x 6
42.5 x 3, 5, 7, 4, 6, 8 [was really not expecting to hit this. OHP is growing so well]

DB Row
26 x 10, 10, 10

DB Incline
20 x 15, 13, 10 [form better yet!]

PJR Pullover
22 x 12, 12, 10

Cable Rope Curl
27 x 15
32 x 12, 12

Cable Upright Row
14 x 16
18 x 16
27 x 12
Really liked this. Didn't feel any shoulder issues, since I think the rope gives a good amount of freedom, and it was a nice + slightly different side-delt feeling to just raises.

Pallof Press
27 x 6, 6, 6+max hold
Probably a bit heavy

Notes

Happy with how bench and OHP went. Did not expect to only miss one rep between them.

Bought creatine and l-citrulline to try out. Creatine I expect to have a decent impact since I get basically none in my diet since I'm vegetarian. L-citrulline I'm a bit more dubious about but it's fairly cheap and well supported, and in the worst case the better pumps could be fun.

15-06-17

Stationary bike ~10 mins

Front Squat
Bar x 8
40 x 5
60 x 3
67.5 x 5
75 x 3
82.5 x 4
77.5 x 3
70 x 3
60 x 6, 6
Pretty much free of back pain here, so shall stick w/ front squats for a while now

Back Extension
BW x 10
+12 x 7, 7, 7
BW x 20

Chins
BW x 10, 8, 7

Neutral+Medium Grip Cable Row
52 x 12, 12, 11
39 x 16
I get such a good trap pump from these

Neutral+Narrow Grip Lat Pulldowns
59 x 6
52 x 9, 8, 8
39 x 13

DB Seal Rows
12 x 12, 12, 12
Tried instead of shrugs, I like these more

Calf Press
100 x 8
127 x 12
134 x 8, 8, 8
100 x 15

Cable Crunch
32.9 x 18, 18, 16, 14

Notes

So I shall use front squats in place of back squats. Not sure what to do for hip dominant movement. I think RDLs were actually fine lower-back wise, so perhaps shall try them out as a main movement again next week.

13-07-17

Squats
Bar x Lots
70 x 5
90 x 5
100 x 3
112.5 x 3 [definitely better depth than last week]
105 x 3
100 x 3
95 x 3
87.5 x 5

Called squats here and skipped RDLs because lower back feeling fucky in that same old spot on the lower right. More on this in the notes section.

Reverse Lunge
24 x 8, 8, 8 [slightly shorter steps resulted in a nice balance between quads and glutes]

Leg Press
100 x 12
130 x 10, 10, 10

Leg Curl
36 x 14, 12, 11 [much stricter than previously]

Calf Press
113 x 10
127 x 8, 8, 8
I have almost maxed out this machine, which is exciting

Cable Crunch
32.9 x 14
37.4 x 10
32.9 x 12, 12, 11

Bayesian Cable Curls
10.2 x 7, 7, 7

Notes

Have been getting occasional lower back twinge/pain from squats and deadlifts, but it was more consistent/a bit worse today. I am going to take a couple of weeks off of back squats and deadlifts. Front squats and RDLs have actually not caused issues/pain, so I will stick with them and see how that goes. I'm not a powerlifter and I'm not training for sports, so while squats+deadlifts are fun and great exercises they're not essential for my goals (get jacked/generally stronger) at the moment.

Going to be more judicious about ab/core work, maybe doing it nearly daily. Going to be more regular about warming up to squads/DLs, which certainly helps. I just get anxious doing that in a public gym because often it means I might end up having to wait around for a rack, but that's a small sacrifice to make to reduce injury chance.

10-06-17

Pretty hungover this morning.

Jogged to gym ~1 miles

Bench
50 x 6
65 x 5
72.5 x 3
80 x 2 [Spotter touched on 2nd rep but I think I would have had it anyway. Will repeat the weight next week despite this]
77.5 x 3
72.5 x 5
67.5 x 3
65 x 5
60 x 3
55 x 9

CGBP
52.5 x 3, 5, 7, 4, 6
50 x 7 [ugh]

Seated DB OHP
14 x 14, 13, 10

SS1A 1.5 Style Lateral Raise
5 x 8, 8, 8

SS2B Machine Rear Delt Flye
52 x 16
59 x 11, 10

SS2A DB Incline Curl
7 x 14
8 x 9, 9, 7

SS2B L-Extension
8 x 11, 10, 8, 8

Low to High Cable Flye
5.7 x 13, 12, 12

Jogged home ~1 mile

Notes

Decent workout given the amount of drinking yesterday. Good to sweat all that shit out. Intra-workout endurance pretty shitty this week, which is hardly surprising!

i am a very drunk boy but at least i am a very drunk boy who won't have to do any exams for a long long time

Reminder to self to do cardio, lazy bastard. Also, I think I will aim to cut around when I can rep 2 plates on bench easily enough. At that point I should have enough mass to make me not look like a skeleton when lean.