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Wow my password still works.. haha

so as update, currently 85kg soaking wet and can run a sub 60min 10km without trying too hard. I PR'd 10km last week at 56:06 and yesterday i PR'd my 5km at 26:44. The week before that i ran my fastest 1km at 5:07. The interesting thing is i've build this fitness just by consistently running 1x a week. I don't want to specialise on anything, just think that's fool's gold, so i try to progress everything gently on a 1x weekly schedule.

I have about 1.5kg of straight up fat to diet off and then i will do a recomp, try gain some of muscle mass/strength back which i lost while dieting down to 85kg from the pandemic heaviest of 100kg.

Lifting goals are 60/90/140/180 for sets of 5 on ohp, bp, bs, dl. I'm currently at 57/84/102/142.5kg - i had a 3 week holiday so that set me back on lifting but not in a rush to get back to previous levels quick.

In terms of training, i intend to add interval training as the weather gets warmer and im eating more food to recover. I think by using HIIT i can get my 5km time closer to ultimate goal of 22:30 and 10km to 50:00. Not in a rush to get there though, want to enjoy the journey.

Will update hopefully in 6 months

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: New year new me
« on: April 11, 2021, 08:40:34 pm »
i got a gun a few weeks ago,  i've tried it all over the years, TENS, foam rolling, spiky ball, etc. But the massage gun is the only thing that actually works if it's going to help, it does. Had super tight lats/erectors/hamstrings on the weekend and i used it in the morning and by the afternoon i felt 'fixed'.  Mine isn't teragun either, was on special on amazon, usually goes for $150 and i picked it up or around $105 ish.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: April 01, 2021, 07:33:16 am »
i stopped logging, but still kicking ..
will start logging again but i just wanted to report im closing in on the first milestone of 95kg bodyweight, weighed 96.2kg im the gym in the last two weighins. was 96.5kg in the bathroom scales before i ran today.  i started 2021 at 100kg, so i'm doing okay .. if i hadn't injured my back would have a pretty sick deadlift to show for it as well but im happy just being healthy and training regularly!

have managed to get 12 runs in this year .. aiming for a total of 52. so far so good.

my sister and bro in law and kid are visiting for easter break. bro in law said he ran 10km last week at a sub 6/km pace .... i askked him what he weighed and he said 90kg. So he's kind of where i want to be - 90kg bodyweight and sub 6/km pace 10km. so i pushed my pace a bit today and ran one of my best times this year at 11km in 6.72/km pace! also was chasing a few ppl on the trail ..  one of them was a little fat lady who kicked my ass .. i am such a disgrace to the sex.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 08, 2021, 10:27:54 pm »
Tue (9/03/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 98.2

BP 6x3x90
DB BP 2x8x35
Dips 2x8x17.5, 12x2.5

Notes:
got sick of being so fat, trying to drop a kilo in a week.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: March 04, 2021, 10:05:28 am »
Thu (4/03/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99

OHP 3x60, 2x66, 1x70(PR), 2x65.5, 2x65, 7x60, 8x57.5
Shoulder Row Machine 3x8x41.25

Notes:
i didnt log a few workouts  but i've restarted from tonights. i have put 70kg overhead before, im pretty sure i have done it with a clean before .. while weighing like 77.5kg .. but today i did for the first time  straight from the rack, which had evaded me for a while.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 27, 2021, 06:54:03 am »
i haven't logged in a minute (as the kids say). i tweaked my back doing deadlifts. to be fair i think the main reason was life stress etc ruining sleep and recovery and also the first time i did sprints wrecking my muscles and nerves .. so all of that combined just made the conditions perfect for a a
 back injury. and ofcourse being a stupid caveman i never even considered backing off so here we are. i dropped the bar after the 3rd rep of 152.5kg. i'd done 5x155kg last week so it's not like it was easy, i was going for 6x152.5kg, 5x157.5kg and 177.5kg - bailed the workout  on the first set.

good news is, i rested one day, did nothing  for the entire day for first time in like 8 months.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 27, 2021, 06:52:07 am »
this log is making me itch for a vaccine so i can lift weights again. i'm looking at an apartment today that is less than a block from my old gym. if i end up signing the lease on it...oh baby. fixin' to do starting strength for the first time in a decade.

do it! i envy you cos you'll enjoy it a lot more having not lifted in a long time. plus you also make solid progress rapidly so it's exciting to follow along  :ibjumping:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 24, 2021, 02:59:19 am »
Tue (23/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.5

OHP 2x60, 2Fx65.5, 3x65, 1x69, 6x60, 7x58, 9x55
Shoulder Row Machine 3x8x40

Notes:
still trying to recover some kind of momentum after my ohp ran into a wall following the 6x5x62.5 workout!  i wanted to skip the machine and do chinups but my bicep wasnt having it -- will just do the machine for a while and see if it leads to anything, have nothing to lose...

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 23, 2021, 05:53:48 am »
Mon (22/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.5

Hill sprints 2x5 (w/ 5kg vest)
5x200m sprints (w/  5kg vest)

Notes:
if you asked me after my runs whether i was fit i'd say yes, b/c i'd be hardly sweating and i would get my breath back so quickly, even being obese af (42" waist) but that's b/c ive been doing steady  state cardio consistently for about 6 months. and almost zero anaerobic conditioning.  and yet that first set of hill sprints kicked my ass and showed i have lots of room for improvement to make to my fitness. that made me really happy b/c there's newbie gains to be had. whereas steady state improvements obviously aren't coming regularly (tho they are coming along too).

for next time, im going to structure the workout something like this:
1x5 hill sprint
2x5 hill sprint (w/ vest)
2x5 200m sprint (w/o vest)

it's a mistake to sprint with the vest b/c it beats up my R knee too much, i was just being lazy and didnt want to walk back to the car to drop it off.

oh and 200m sprints show how unfit i am cos i cant sprint 200m presently. my pace hits a wall around 150m.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 21, 2021, 11:05:28 pm »
Sun (21/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.5

BS 6x4x125

Notes:
did 6 sets of 4 with what felt like my 3RM lol. next week will have to find a way to progress to 5s. I think my PR  is something like 135kg for 15 reps or something in one set back in 2019? but squatting only once a week and still progressing is way different to squatting dailly and beign able to do crazy PRs anytime i felt like it. so i'll take it.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 19, 2021, 10:49:39 am »
Fri (19/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.5

BP 2x93, 2x95.5, 2x96.5, 4x2x95
DB BP 3x8x35
Dips 3x8x17.5 @ 99.8kg

Notes:
BP felt v. difficult, i erred with that warmup set of 93, it should be 90 but i didn't want to start off the session by being conservative, in hindsight, that's exactly what you want for a good warmup. so next time warmup with a 90kg double and then go for broke for the 6 doubles, im thinking progress by 0.5kg. Nothing crazy, just steady progress would be nice.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 18, 2021, 08:32:59 am »
Thu (18/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW:

Run - 6.5km

Notes:
Yesterday's DLs gave me some wonderful doms in the upper back, tarps, mid back, etc. Great bang for buck exercise. I had made the conscious decision to  drop the cable exercises cos they were beating up my R bicep  (i think tendon?)  too much and it's  cost me the ability to  do  chinups etc regularly, which i've almost stopped doing since my R bicep took such a beating from machine work.

Ive settled into a good grove with  running now - once a week is the sweet spot, ive replaced the second run with a sprint session - did hill sprints (didnt log them though).  that will give better bang for buck than just two running sessions, plus i enjoy the variety which keeps things more fun and fresh.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 17, 2021, 11:50:22 pm »
Wed (17/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.8kg

DL 6x120, 6x150, 5x155, 1x175
DJ 6xblue box, 6xred box, RVJx3, 6xred box, RVJx2,

Notes:
Wow doing depth jumps instantly retaught my CNS  how to organise properly  for jumping.  Normally i would feel sluggish into the jump and not setup properly  for the plant / landing ..   felt more natural with the potentiating. Maybe this is how i recover my normal jump?  I am still  struggling to touch 32" though, which is no doubt because of being overweight. but  depth jumps give me hope for now.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 17, 2021, 05:35:22 am »
Mon (15/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.2kg

OHP 2x60, 3x65, 0Fx70, 1x68.5, 6x60, 8x57.5, 8x55
Row Machine 3x8x38.75
LPD 5x10x35

Notes:
So  for heavy singles,  just go from  unrack into the rep without moving  back. For reps, step back first.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: February 13, 2021, 12:56:28 pm »
Sat (13/2/2021)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 99.2kg

BS 2x120, 3x125, 3x127.5, 3x125, 3x125, 3x125, 3x125

Notes:
last workout with the mask. was a struggle. need to dig deep to progress from triples to sixes over the next 3 weeks.

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