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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 11, 2021, 02:51:15 am »
Sun (10/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 98.7kg

BP 5x90, 5x90, 4Fx90, 1x95, 0Fx102.5(PR attempt)
DB BP 5x35, 7x30, 7x30, 7x30
Dips 3x15kg

Notes:
Bench hit a wall .. i probably should have got that 3rd set of 5 - but in desperation i was experimenting with variables (shoes) and it prob cost me that rep. So after that i decided the workout was a write off and tried to go for a  lifetime bench PR. It wasn't going to be  the day. But the silver lining was finally giving flat db bench a chance, i think it's a better accessory than incline db bench i'd been doing all along. I found the 35kg very challenging in a good way, my right arm struggled massively to get 35kg up, which means my strong L has been carrying the barbell bench and im limited on bench by the weak R side. So hopefully som time doing flat db bench will fix that. I think it's just a better exercise overall, i've got very little if any chest hypertrophy from barbell bench. DB flat probably gave me the mass i used to have but no longer do.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: New year new me
« on: January 10, 2021, 12:55:53 am »
Quote from: gukl on January 06, 2021, 05:59:37 am
Had covid vaccine on the 2nd Jan

Symptoms on the 3rd

Tested positive on the 4th

 :ffffffuuuuuu:

damn that's some bad luck. you went a whole year being exposed to the virus without catching it, got the vaccine and then got covid the next day. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 10, 2021, 12:41:55 am »
Fri (8/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.0kg

Rack DL 6x160, DL 8x100
Cable Row 3x8x110
accessory - kb side bends, kb rows etc

Notes:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 07, 2021, 01:12:57 am »
Wed (6/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.6kg

OHP 5x62, 5x63, 4x5x62
Chin 3x6xBW
DB OHP 2x8x27.5, 0Fx27.5

Notes:
ohp is getting real .. need to dig deep next week for the 62.5kg milestone

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 04, 2021, 10:02:38 am »
Mon (4/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.2kg

BS 5x100, 5x120, 1x135, 5x115, 5x115, 5x115, 5x115, 6x115
RVJ Jumps - 3 sets (3-5 reps)

Notes:
Squats are no fun. Finishing the 115kg cycle with next wks 6x6x115. I should really be doing front squats but then i'll be too drained to jump. I was running late so didnt run (ha). It's ok, im going to give myself another 2 weeks to get my jumps going again before just maintaining them and focusing on RUNNING!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: January 03, 2021, 02:29:40 am »
Sat (2/1/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.3kg

BP 5x90, 5x90, 5x90, 4Fx90, 4x90, 4x90
Incline DB BP 8x32.5, 10x30, 9x30
Dips 8x12.5, 7Fx12.5, 8x12.5

Notes:
For the first time i got 4 reps across on all sets of benching 90kg. I actually felt strong attempting the 5th rep of the 4th set too, which was cool, but just couldn't finish the rep. So progress is coming, albeit not at the regular 1rep/week i was maintaining til i hit 5s. At this rate it will take sometime to get 6 sets of 6, but once i get there, i think it will be a pretty big milestone.

I have been reducing carbs (and increasing protein via nandos) on 'recovery' days (ie. eod) which might be affecting performance slightly on training days - but - it's worth it to lean out a little while still progressing (maybe slowly). im not ready to begin a cut until i've actually devoted myself to at least 12 weeks of regular running (2x a week, maybe a session of intervals etc)

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 31, 2020, 11:09:39 pm »
2021 synopsis
coges is right on instagram, it's time to start working on getting leaner. i will clean up my diet and commit to running 2x a week while doing the recomp thing for a while. And then cut to say sub 95kg.

Right now im in noman's land on strength (115kg squat, 62kg ohp, 90kg bp) .. so if i start cutting now i'll end up achiving nothing. need to get those numbers to around 120/62.5/92.5 worksets, and maintain it for say 3 weeks, before i can start a cut, so i can have a chance to maintain them.

For now staying under 100kg and getting stronger, faster and fitter is a good idea.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 31, 2020, 11:03:14 pm »
Thu (31/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.6kg

Rack DL 6x155, 6x160(Hook), 1x180(Hook)
Jumps, SVJx5, RVJx5(RL), RVJx5(LR), MEx5, MEx5
Cable Row 3x8x105

Notes:
Damn i look so slow and jump so low these days. But it was only march when i could still get up to a reasonable vertical .. now im 15kg heavier .. it's pretty sombering. I dont really care about vertical but that's a huge dropoff.

Also hugely experimented with DLs after all my thoughts, i do think i had a big reality check. I tried to pull off the floor after the heavy single and was conservative going for 140kg - couldnt budge it off the floor lmao -so i dropped to 120kg and i think i got one or two reps (or zero, i cant remember now) - finally managed to pull a few reps at 100kg. Talk about fool's gold ..

the reason i wanted to pull from the floor? i can drop the bar on the set down .. and hopefully avoid the injury risk of my very ugly setdown, since rack pulls cant be dropped (shouldnt be dropped).

the saving grace is that pulling from the floor .. as hard as it is, i felt it very much in the legs .. so since i actually want to work on my legs more (without squatting more), will be spending more time pulling from the floor. in the meantime, i think i will stop doing hooked sets because it throws form off .. and just progress with normal grip at the rate of 2.5kg/week.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 29, 2020, 12:35:38 pm »
Tue (29/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.5kg

OHP 5x61.5, 5x62.5, 3x5x61.5, 6x61.5
Chinups 6,6,6,5,5
DB OHP 3x7x27.5

Notes:
Progressing still but when do the muscles start growing?

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 27, 2020, 01:51:12 pm »
Sun (27/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.1kg

BS 4x120, 0Fx140, 5x4x115
Jumps ~ 3 sets

Notes:
140 was ambitious .. couldn't finish it, should have gone for the 2.5kg jump to 135kg but it was the last squat session of the year how could i resist breaking out a 2020 pr

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 26, 2020, 03:04:55 am »
The previous back day i think affected my bench day. My grip wasnt as strong (thanks to deads), hamstrings were fatigued (DLs again), and upper back (from cable rows?).

Speaking of DLs, i think my set down is problematic. I can do the RDL part just fine but after that lowering the bar means rounding my back. I think the usual thing to do on DLs is let the weight free-fall while you hold it gently from knee-down - but i cant do that because it will bend the bar (dropping onto pins) .. or make a loud noise. So turns out rack pulls helped a lot but not enough .. cos ideally i would be pulling off blocks so i can finish the reps cleaner. So should i bring my own blocks? I dont even know where i'd find blocks 6" high (or whatever the height is, i haven't measured).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 26, 2020, 03:01:31 am »
Fri (25/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.3kg

BP 5x90, 5x90, 4Fx90, 4x90, 4x90, 3x90
Incline DB BP 8x32.5, 10x30, 10x30
Dips 3x8x11.25

Notes:
Seems ive hit a wall on the bench after making regular progress every week, this time i could only manage 2 of the scheduled 6 sets of 5. Need to dig deeper to find something for next time, will try to sleep and eat better etc to give myself a fighting chance to get thru all 6 sets.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 23, 2020, 09:43:55 am »
Wed (23/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.1kg

Rack DL 6x120, 6x150, 6x155(hook), 1x175(hook), 8x145
Jumps 3xSVJ, 3xRVJ, 3xRVJ, 3xRVJ(max effort)
Cable Row 3x8x100
Run - 1 lap - 20mins

Notes:
A guy in the gym saw me jumping and he was impressed (no idea why i doubt i was getting more than 24") and we got talking and he said he was injured last year playing AFL and he rehabed his quad using single leg squats holding kbs. he showed me how and i foudn them really challenging. So im going to try do them regularly as a rehab because my R (rehabbing) leg still hasnt reached parity with the good leg. I find R hamstrings were slacking off in the last deadlift set which throws form off. maybe when im fresher i can do them better because R hamstring contributes evenly? My other theory was maybe hook grip confounds my form because the set with 150kg actually looked clean and the subsequent 155kg set hook was dirty.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 22, 2020, 08:51:20 am »
Went for a walk for the first time in months which involved going uphill first i was finding it as easy as i usually do going downhill. the last time i walked regularly i prob weighed sub 85kg .. early in the pandemic .. so regular bike work + lifting seems to have done good things.

i meant to mention on sunday i went to put some hoops up and i was finding shooting pretty easy . i think the upper body emphasis on lifting has done wonders for my shooting even without any practice or movement efficiency etc.

i should probably also mention none of my pants fit me anymore and im not about to admit defeat and start buying 38" waist pants again. if i can end the summer fitting into 32" again (which with vanity sizing isnt anything super ripped or anything) while maintaining my 60/90/120 ohp/bench/squat worksets while running and biking regularly i'll be happy.


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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: December 21, 2020, 10:22:05 am »
Mon (21/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.0kg

OHP 5x61, 5x62, 3x5x61, 6x61
Chinup @ 99.5kg: 4x3.5kg, 5x5x0.5kg (~100kg)
DB OHP 3x6x27.5
   
Notes:
What a disaster. Mondays are super busy and i had to wait ages for the cable rack thingy to do chinups. OHP is getting hard AF - i struggled to do every rep (it feels like i say that a lot lately).

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