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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5100 on: December 05, 2020, 01:26:56 am »
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i'll choose to believe that coges, thank you. i wish i had video of when i used to do them years back .. used to use a lot of weight and i dont remember rom being a problem. to be fair i might have been doing them with shit rom but now i cant even lol.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5101 on: December 06, 2020, 04:42:45 am »
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Sat (5/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 27/27
BW: 97.5kg

OHP 6x50, 5x60, 5x61, 4x5x60
DBOHP 3x8x25
Chins 6x3x2.5kg
 
Notes:
That was hard ohp day.. even warmups. Was a struggle to even get any one rep
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5102 on: December 08, 2020, 01:50:12 am »
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Mon (7/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 29/29
BW: 97.5kg

Rack Pull 6x100, 6x120, 6x140, 6x145(hook),1x157.5(hook), 8x135
T-row 3x10x42.5
Cable Row 3x8x90
   
Notes:
I didnt do daily cardio yesterday for the first time in months .. just been feeling a small to medium level of anxiety the last 3-4 days and i thought it might be time to back off a little .. it was nonstop .. day or night .. its scary b/c that's how it feels when i go into flutter but i feel fine today. will work on the self care. meditation, sleep hygiene, etc. just need to make a plan for it

i just want to point out the majority of the pulls were done wrong .. i checked the video and my back was rounded and ugly af. i think in the previous sessions i'd used the side mirror to check my back wassetup flat before pulling .. but during this workout there were a bunch of youths obcuring the view. it seems if i use the mirror in the warmup sets i kind of can do without it but if i dont use the mirror at all in the warmups it leads to horrible pulls throughout.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5103 on: December 10, 2020, 03:16:41 am »
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Wed (10/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 31/31
BW: 97.3kg

BP 6x70(paused), 9x3x90
Incline DB BP 3x8x32.5
Dips 3x8x10kg
 
Notes:
The rows (mainly cable, i think) on back days are beating up my upper back enough that it's siginicantly affecting bench presses on bench day. So instead of RPE 8-9 each rep feels like RPE 9-10.

Also i just want to point out that i havent seen any upper chest growth. which means in the past when i did have some muscle up there, it was from a different source, maybe cos i used to mostly paused benching? im doing everythign else the same (incline dumbell presses, dips) otherwise, the only other thing it could be is flat db bench perhaps but i feel like that's more or less redundant when doing dumbell incline bench and barbell flat but i could be wrong.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5104 on: December 12, 2020, 04:35:17 am »
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Fri (11/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: 0/0
BW: 97.8kg

BS 1x120, 1x130, 6x2x115
FS 8x40, 8x50, 8x60
Treadmill Run - 20 mins
 
Notes:
So the DOMS from those heavy pulls finally caught up with me yesterday. had crazy erector doms all day and the squats were brutal .. lol .. i literally used to be able to do 20 reps with 110kg and now im making a meal out of 115kg doubles! so funny. but it's a new world, new normal with heavy pulls in the mix im no longer a squat specialist .. which is a good thing imho .. deadlifts deserve to be a staple in all around general training more so than squats which i think are more for athleticism (and im not an athlete anymore).
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5105 on: December 13, 2020, 12:41:37 pm »
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Sun (13/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 97.8kg

OHP 6x50, 5x60.5, 5x61.5, 4x5x60.5
DBOHP 3x6x27.5
Chins 6x4x3kg @ 98.3kg (bad rom on the latter reps of last two sets)
 
Notes:
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« Reply #5106 on: December 17, 2020, 12:47:19 pm »
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Tue (15/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: n/a

Rack DL 6x120, 6x145, 6x150(hook), 1x165(hook), 8x140
Cable Row 3x8x95
   
Notes:
Skipped the T-rows .. i think they're a low quality exercise .. as soon as i increase the weight from 40kg to 42.5kg the balance is thrown off and then i feel like im on my toes. will do proper rows eventually but right now im focusing on DLs. I noticed reviewing the video (please check insta) that i set up with a flat back but by the time i break the bar off the ground my hips go up to where there should be and yet my chest remains where it was previously - so i think i should just set up at where my body wants to be then my chest will be in the correct place relative to my hips? on theory that's what i have come up with .. no idea if it works out in practice.
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« Reply #5107 on: December 17, 2020, 12:49:00 pm »
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Thu (17/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 98.3kg

BP 6x70(paused), 2x80(paused), 6x4x90 (failed the last rep of the 6th set)
Incline BP DP 8x32.5, 8x30, 8x27.5
Dips 8x12.5, 7Fx12.5, 8x11.25
   
Notes:
life's been getting in the way, was very tempted to delay the workout for tomorrow but i know that tmr will be even more draining so i pushed it thru tonight. next time sets of 5! Dips i will go for 11.25kg and and take 1.25kg jumps .. 2.5kg was too big a jump and i was struggling to get the 8th rep.
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Re: chasing athleticism
« Reply #5108 on: December 20, 2020, 04:12:49 am »
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Sat (19/12/2020)
Daily Activity:   
Daily Training: n/a
BW: 98.3kg

BS 3x120, 1x132.5, 5x3x115
FS 8x50, 5x70, 5x80
   
Notes:
Leg day too a long time, was late to go for a run, but i did one 3 days ago so i dont feel bad about skipping.
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« Reply #5109 on: December 21, 2020, 10:22:05 am »
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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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« Reply #5110 on: December 22, 2020, 08:51:20 am »
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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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« Reply #5111 on: December 23, 2020, 09:43:55 am »
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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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« Reply #5112 on: December 26, 2020, 03:01:31 am »
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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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« Reply #5113 on: December 26, 2020, 03:04:55 am »
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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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« Reply #5114 on: December 27, 2020, 01:51:12 pm »
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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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