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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 18, 2020, 04:14:30 am »
glutes are v. sore. how can that be, i dont remember that happening from just squats. it seems the combo of adding the 'heavy' and then squatting made that happen. prob the first time in ages ive been excited about weights.. no more cutting .. i have about 10kg of fat to lose but if i lose it now i wont be happy b/c i have 10kg of muscle to gain.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Party's Over!
« on: November 18, 2020, 12:13:51 am »
Sorry to hear about your friend, please try to keep your spirits up.

This shows how this thing is so infectious and unpredictable. South Australia didn't have community transmission prior to this outbreak. if there were covid cases they were contained to just those people coming back from o/seas having to do the mandatory hotel quarantine. And this new outbreak suddenly started because cleaners at the hotel contracted it from those quarantining .. not directly in contact with the infected but just from cleaning the hotel the possibly infected were staying. And that's all it took to spark an outbreak.

As a country we have handled this virus quite well. Victorians definitely dealt with it well but to some extent all states ,but I feel now Victorians and to a less extent NSW are the only ones well prepared to handle coronavirus having that baptism by fire. NSW has the most trumplike response out of the states thanks to their corrupt goverment but even they're doing quite well compared to the worst case of other countries hit badly. The other states didn't actually deal with covid and are not well prepared for an outbreak. WA hasnt had community transmission but if we get an outbreak we'll get wrecked b/c no one has worried about covid in 6 months, we just can't travel or have ppl travel here.

My sister and her kid were supposed home to fly when we WA opened the border on the 14th, 6 hours later we heard about the new outbreak in SA, the border was reclosed the next day! I booked the flights on 13th. We haven't seen each other in 15 months thanks to Covid, not sure when we will get to see the chance to be together again. It sucks but that's how WA has managed to avoid community transmission, we live in a covid free bubble. Hoping SA comes through of this better prepared .. that's going to be the silver lining if there is one (like Vic).

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 17, 2020, 02:11:30 pm »
Tue (18/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 9/9
BW: 95.5kg

BS 5x110, 5x107.5, 4x5x105
Calf 3x10x30
 
Notes:
the rack pulls def affected squats .. it may work itself out with time but i had the sorest hams and adductors afterward the squats. interesting stuff. I will go for 6x6x105 next time!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 15, 2020, 12:01:50 pm »
Sat (15/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 7/7
BW: 96.1kg

BP 5x6x85, 5Fx85
Incline DB BP 3fx35
Dips 3x10xBW
 
Notes:
Failed the last rep of bench press .. bit embarrassing .. but i just ran out of juice .. my right hamstring cramped etc. all things considered it was a solid effort on a day i felt even warmups heavy. it took so much out of my upper body that i could only manage 3 reps with 35kg. i'd have to check but id done sets of 6-8s or something like that previously?

and i just want to make a note in passing that the rack pulls made my hamstrings v sore. good stuff.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 13, 2020, 10:35:03 am »
Fri (13/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 5/5
BW: 95.4kg

Rack DL 6x40, 6x60, 6x75, 6x105, 6x120
T-bar row 3x10x40
Cable Row 3x10x75kg

Notes:
Just like that, i've strung together 5 days of clean eating. Rack DL .. were interesting, certainly better than off the floor. lets see how well i can progress them.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 11, 2020, 11:37:51 am »
Wed (11/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW: 95.6kg

OHP 5x58.5, 5x59.5, 3x5x58.5, 8x58.5 (PR!)
DBOHP 5x27.5, 6x27.5, 4fx27.5
Chinup 5 or  6 sets (lost count) of 4 reps x BW

Notes:
An OHP PR .. it must be years since i hd one of those. Not a bad workout all things considernig, am grieving hte loss of beloved dog since yesterday, she was 16, lots of great memories, was the sweetest dog, full of curiousity til the end. will miss her

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 11, 2020, 02:20:37 am »
you're got pretty long legs, might be worth doing rack DLs? if you're not trying to compete and the exercise is just to build legs and back/shoulders, then who cares if they're off the floor?

trying to build legs / backs / shoulders is the main goal and competing never. i can see me running a 5k sooner than entering a PL comp .. which would never happen unless it's squat or bench only or something and i feel i could be competitive (not realistic). what put me off rack dls is whenever i contemplated them in the past i thought i was cheating on ROM which is something i still have a huge hangup about for some reason (i think it's hammered into you when you start lifting that partials = bad). i will try them this week and report back. thank you for the suggestion.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 10, 2020, 01:27:49 am »
Mon (9/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW:

BS 4x110, 5x4x107.5
 
Notes:
Forced a workout .. tough couple of days

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 08, 2020, 06:47:37 am »
Sat (10/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW:

BP 6x6x85
Incline DB BP 5x35, Dips 10xBW
 
Notes:
Next time i am deciding whether to go for 6x6x85 or try for 5x5x87.5kg. leaning towards the former b/c it will improve my chance of getting the 5x5x87.5kg the following workout.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 06, 2020, 06:47:40 am »
Thu (5/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW:

T-bar DL 8x120kg
DL 5x6x70kg
Cable Row 3x10x70kg

Notes:
'Back' day .. i miss not having to do back work because i squatted heavy .. but now im having to do these extra exercises which im not good at all .. deadlift setup is bad .. i dont know how to put the bar down safely .. i have a bruise/swollen knee which im not sure is from bumping my knee or something else

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 04, 2020, 04:11:15 am »
Tue (3/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW: 96.4kg

OHP 6x50, 5x58.0, 5x59, 3x5x58.0, 7x58
DB OHP 3x6x27.5
Chin 6x3xBW

Notes:

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 02, 2020, 01:34:06 am »
Sun (1/11/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW: 95.4kg

BS 6x3x110
Seated Calf Raise - 4 sets (new exercise)

Notes:
The seated calf raise is something i wish i had tried out before, my calves were on fire! i was supposed to 107.5kg or 105kg but i felt like 'going heavy' so went up to 110kg (red+blue). not sure i will stick wiht it, form wasnt great but lets see.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: November 02, 2020, 01:31:58 am »
I would jump up to 87.5 ;D

yeah! it's tempting, sometimes i'll try do the hard thing (usually volume milestone) and if i find I cant, i will jump in the weights and start a new cycle as a compromise.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: October 31, 2020, 02:51:18 am »
Fri (30/10/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW: 94.4kg

BP 6x5x82.5
Incline DBBP 7x32.5, 6x32.5, 10x30
Dips 8xBW
 
Notes:
Was supposed to get 5x5x82.5 but i did an extra set. Not sure what to do next, whether to try 5x5x85kg or just jump to 87.5kg and start a new cycle, or stay at 82.5kg and go for 6x6. The decision might be made for me cos im going to start cutting, moderation isnt working, i need a hard reset and a cut can def reset habits in a major way.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: chasing athleticism
« on: October 29, 2020, 10:43:00 am »
Wed (28/10/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW: 94.4kg

BS 6x2x105
T-bar DL 8x120kg, Row 3x8x40
Cable Row 12x65, 10x65, 12x65

Notes:
couldn't fit +5kg on the bar for T-bar from last time so went up 10kg instead to 120kg, maxing it out. Probably the first time i felt my erector work, which i think suggests that T-bar DL is a very poor man's DL. I wish my gym had a Trap bar, it may be what i need to work my back without dealing with setup issues on conventional deadlift.

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