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Sunday 26th May 2024

Fatloss cycle 1 - Week 7

Height = 5'8.5"
Weighed = 87.5kg (-0.9)    Macrofactor app trend weight - 88kg (-0.2)
Waist = 34 7/8 inches  (-0.25)
Hip = 41.5(+0.25) 
Upper thigh = 26 3/8

Total loss so far - weight  -1.2kg  Waist -1.5 inch 

Animal based diet - averaged 2604 calories for the week - 197g protein, 152g fat, 121g carbs


Calorie average is more like 2400, only the 3700 outburst last Sunday bumped it up

Back to my usual fat loss rate 1/4 inch off the waist a week, or about 0.5kg of fat.+




Glutes and outer quads still really deep down achey, quite uncomfortable lying in bed..
Mid erectors and deep back muscles in the area as well. From the Good mornings most likely
Calves and hamstrings still pretty sore as well.

BBall, upper Calisthenics at WLC outdoor courts - Reboot, Week 25, day 1

Bodyweight with shoes - 89.5kg

Internal foot rotation, seated bent knee ISO: 3x33 secs
Sartorius bent leg ISO pull against opposite leg : 2x33 secs
External foot rotation ISO against floor: 3x33 secs
Wall sit, single leg. heels off the floor : pushing into wall at 70% 1/4 squat - x33secs
BBall overhead single arm plank against wall: 2x15 secs


Dribbling and ball control drills - 15 mins
Practice moves and shooting- 35 mins, medium effort

Jumps/Dunks - 20 mins worth, about 20+ jumps and dunks on 8 feet netball rim.

Did a few max effort test jumps - touched 9'8" off a few steps, 9'6" standing, 9'4" paused. Felt explosive despite soreness

So 28 inches, 26 and 24 respectively with 7'4" reach
Single leg jump was about the same as standing vertical.

Up about 2.5 inches across the board since I last tested 5 weeks ago.
Bodyweight about the same, but waist is 1+ inches smaller and my squat is up 15kg or so.
In a sore and fatigued state too.
May or may not jump higher when fresh and deloaded
Good to see even in the worse case scenario, my baseline jump is going up.
Looking forward to hopefully another 6 inches in 2+ months time, when I'm under 85kg in playing weight and stronger.

No pain on the jumps or landing, but we shall see tomorrow....

Box Jumps: - 20 inch wall - landing with straight legs - 2x5
felt decent

Tendon work superset
A. Pogo: low, easy x20
B. Scissor hops star pattern : x12 axis

Mid erectors were aching from the jarring on the pogos, so stopped after 1 set


Sit in bottom of full squat: 3 mins - 1.5 mins narrow heels off the ground, 1.5 mins wide relaxed


rotating sets - 2 mins rest between each exercise

Tricep bench dip warmup -  BW x5 slow, paused

Inverted row: - Leg at 90 degrees, supported inverted row - BW x6,
regular - BW x6

Warming up for chins

Straight bar dips: - on Oly bar - BW x10 leg supported, BW x 6 paused
BW x17 @RPE 8

Warming up for dips


Rotating sets - 1.5mins between

Chin Up: BW x 1
BW x 9 @ RPE 9
BW x 6 @9

Wanted to get an idea where my numbers were
Surprised to be able to do 10 reps, I was expecting like 6-7

Dips: BW x2
BW x 16 @RPE 8
BW x 10 @8

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Walking: 12 mins - with 2.5 min backwards walk up 30 degree slope



Back at home

Bulgarian split squat: - arm supported, front foot elevated 2 inches, single dumbbell on working side
Slow - BW x10, 35lbs x8

Band 3 axis cuff wall slide: light band 3x12 @RPE 7
Subscapularis band rotations: light band 3x12 @8

SSB Bulgarian split squat: - 1 arm supported, flat shoes, front foot elevated 2 inches - controlled - 30kg x6
40kg 2x8 @ RPE 7/8

Lying face down, overhead Y raises: 45 degrees incline bench - 3 sec hold at top - 1.25kg 3x6 @ RPE 7

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« Last post by CoolColJ on May 25, 2024, 07:22:13 am »
Friday 24th May 2024

Upper body not feeling too bad, but quads, calves, glutes, hamstrings and erectors are toasted
Lower Achilles area feels achey, but more in that trained way rather than damaged tendon - I think

Tendon Rehab - Recovery

Popliteus bent knee internal foot rotation ISO : 3x33 secs
Popliteus standing leg curl laterally into opposite wall ISO : 3x33 secs

Walk - 30 mins



Saturday 25th May 2024

Quads, hamstrings, obliques, QL and mid erectors up in soreness compared to yesterday


Tendon Rehab - Recovery

Reverse curl overcoming ISO :against opposite arm - 3x33 secs

Calf raise ISO push against wall, sitting on floor, back against wall: 70-80% effort -
2 x 33 secs - straight
33 Secs - Toes out
33 Secs - Toes in

Sitting on floor, back on wall, single leg press ISO push through ball of foot against wall: - 90 degrees leg angle -  80% effort - 3 x33secs


Popliteus bent knee internal foot rotation ISO : 3x33 secs

Sartorius seated leg curl feet push together ISO: 2x33 secs

Popliteus standing leg curl laterally into opposite wall ISO : 2x33 secs

Sartorius bent leg ISO pull against opposite leg : 2x33 secs


Walk - 27 mins
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Raptor's log
« Last post by Raptor on May 24, 2024, 06:31:19 pm »
Went in the park and played 2 hours of ball pretty aggressively and was very close to dunking again on 10 feet. I estimate being 2 inches away from it, vert seems to be about 30 inches.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Loopie's Log
« Last post by LoopieMclooperson on May 24, 2024, 10:21:10 am »
5/1/24 Wednesday
Treadmill 45 mins 3.51 miles

5/2/24 Thursday BW = 181.4
Bench press 5x175, 5x185, 5x195, 5x205, 5x195, 10x185.
Pull up 8, 8, 8.
Dip 20, 20, 20, 20.
Sit ups (5th hole + 7) 25, 25, 25.

5/7/24 Tuesday
Bench 3x12x165.
Deadlift 5x185, 5x205, 5x225, 5x235, 8x245, 8x245, 8x245.
Leg press 15x340, 15x340, 15x340.
Sit up (5th hole + 7) 25, 25, 25.

5/8/24 Wednesday
Treadmill 45 mins 3.61 miles

5/9/24 Thursday
OHP 10x105, 10x105, 10x105.
Chin up 8, 8, 8.
Dip 25, 25, 25.

5/10/24 Friday BW = 181.6
Treadmill 45 mins 3.29 miles

5/14/24 Tuesday
Squat
5x175, 2x195, 2x215, 1x235, 3x225, 3x225, 8x205, 8x205.
Dumbbell lunge 12x40, 12x40, 12x40.

5/15/24 Wednesday BW = 181.4
Treadmill 45 mins 3.34 miles

5/16/24 Thursday
Bench 3x175, 3x185, 1x195, 1x205, 1x215, 1x225, 4x205, 5x195, 5x195, 5x195.
Row 12x75, 12x75, 12x75.
Sit up (5th hole + 7) 20, 20, 25.

5/17/24 Friday
Treadmill 45 mins 3.36 miles
Pull up 6, 6, 6, 6, 6.
5/18/24 Saturday
Chin up 6, 6, 6, 6, 6.

5/21/24 Tuesday
Deadlift 5x185, 5x205, 5x225, 8x235, 8x235, 6x235, 5x235.
Leg press 15x340, 15x340, 15x340.

5/22/24 Wednesday BW = 182.0
Bench 10x135, 10x150, 8x185.
OHP 10x105, 10x105, 10x105.
Pull up 6, 6, 6.
Dip 25, 25, 25.
Sit up (5th hole + 7) 25, 25, 25.

5/23/24 Thursday
Treadmill 45 mins 3.55 miles

5/24/24 Friday
Treadmill 45 mins 3.60 miles
Sit up (5th hole + 7) 25, 25, 25, 25.

The grind is still feeling good. Direct ab work has been stepped up a little bit....
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by Joe on May 24, 2024, 07:46:01 am »
Taking a few days rest, back Monday probs.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« Last post by CoolColJ on May 24, 2024, 05:42:21 am »
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Still pretty sore in my legs and posterior chain

Reboot - Week 24, Day 3 - Upper weights

Body Weight: 90.1kg in winter clothing and shoes

Ball circles at wall:- 12 each direction - front 2x24 , side 2x24
BBall overhead single arm plank againt wall: 3x33 secs

Front plank hold - 33 secs
Side plank hold Bent knee abducted - 33secs
glute bridge hold x 33secs

Band external rotation activation: - while slow overhead pressing -  Light band x2 x 3sets

Popliteus seated Internal foot rotation ISO against opposite foot 3x33 secs
Sartorius seated bent leg ISO pull against opposite leg - 3x33 secs

Leg extension ISO - front elevated 5inches, Plates moved towards end of loading arm with collars, leaning back
Lifted to top, 33 sec hold at 10 degrees x 10kg, 15kg, 20kg, 22.5kg

Heel touch downs, single leg, off 8inch step: BW x12


rotating sets

Dumbbell press, rotating grip: 10lbs x10, 15lbs x10, 25lbs x8, 35lbs x6, 45lbs x2
45lbs x12, x12 @ RPE 9 (+1 rep)

Chin up - straight legs - various hangs and scap shrugs, and mid hold ISO to warm up - BW x1
4 sets of 3 @ RPE 7 on last set

Not sure how many I can do right now, but didn't feel too hard.


Rotating sets

SSB Calf raise ISO - single leg -
30kg x 33 secs straight
30kg x 10+10 Seconds toes out/in
50kg 3 x33 Seconds Straight/toes out/in
70kg 3 x15 Seconds Straight/toes out/in
85kg 3 x15 Seconds Straight/toes out/in

Huge increase in weight. While halving the time, but still not close to failure.
Time to force long term structural changes in the achilles tendon to get back to full health.
No pain or discomfort

Near bodyweight, so close to 2xBW on each foot, and over 300kg in total load if I used two legs.
Don't think my back can support that though
Will move it up over time until a 10 secs hold is hard


Hatfield Safety bar squat: - Flat barefoot shoe - controlled -  30kg x10, 50kg x10, 65kg x8

80kg x10
belt -
82.5kg x10
85kg x10 @RPE 6

+5kg and +1 set.
80kg set felt way easier than last week

High angle barbell row: - controlled - 20kg x10,

Myorep. "+" = 30 secs rest
42.5kg x17↓ @RPE 7 +5+5+5+5+5+5  (+2.5kg)


Deficit push up: feet elevated 12 inches - paused x6

Dip belt, plates on lower back
+5kg x6
+10kg x10 @RPE 5
+15kg x12 @7

Lots of pec activation on +15kg set
Putting a scale on my hands shows about 70kg total load at the top on the +15kg set
So load is a little more at the bottom
Using the dip belt loading this way is a little awkward, but good whole body, core, quad/patella tendon tension.

Might try using chairs and feet on bench, with the dip belt hanging normally, but shifted to mid back
like this



SSB Good Morning: Down to just above parallel - 30kg x10, Belt 50kg x6
belt
60kg x10
4-5 mins rest - 62.5kg 2x10 @ RPE 7 on last set

+2.5kg, +1 set from last week

Single arm dumbbell row - arm supported, elbows out, controlled  - 35lbs x12, 45lbs x12 @7

Leg curl, single leg : - Plates shifted to end of arm - SLOW, paused - 5kg x6,
10kg x8, x6 @ RPE 7/8
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Reboot - get lean, get hops
« Last post by CoolColJ on May 24, 2024, 05:03:44 am »
Wednesday 22nd May 2024

Moderately sore all over, but less than before.
Hamstrings rather sore

Tendon Rehab - Recovery

Reverse curl overcoming ISO :against opposite arm - 3x33 secs

Calf raise ISO push against wall, sitting on floor, back against wall: 80% effort -
2 x 33 secs - straight
33 Secs - Toes out
33 Secs - Toes in

QL hip crunch ISO : - one leg off the side of step - BW x33secs
10kg plate held on side off the step - 3x33secs

Popliteus bent knee internal foot rotation ISO : 4x33 secs

Walking: x 23 mins

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs VO2max
« Last post by vag on May 24, 2024, 04:14:17 am »
23 May

Low aerobic HR zone run 6.5K @ 51:30 ( 7:56 pace )

lol, horrible. Legs were as sore as it gets from squats, i cant even walk normally.
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: warpspeed to the new scenario
« Last post by Joe on May 23, 2024, 04:29:50 pm »
23-05-24

20mm Grip
50 x 1
55 x 1
60 x 1 [as easy as it's ever been]
62.5 x F [was super close, maybe would have got it had I not done 60 before hand]
55 x 2, 2
50 x 3, 3

Finger Curl
25 x 5+3
22.5 x 6+4
20 x 7+6
17.5 x 11+7

Reverse Wrist Curl
7.5 x a bunch of sets
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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Raptor's log
« Last post by Raptor on May 23, 2024, 12:15:25 pm »
Bench focus day 22:

Bench press:

20x5
40x5
50x3
70x3
65x4
60x5

50x7

Narrow stance high bar full squat:

20x8
50x8
80x8
80x8


Bench press machine:

80x8 (wider grip)
80x7 (narrower grip)

Landmine one-leg deadlift ++ single leg curls:

bar+20kgx10 ++ 40x10
bar+20kgx10 ++ 56x3++48x3++40x5

Single leg extension isometric holds:

40x20s

V-grip pulls to chest:

56x10
56x10

Bodyweight: N/A kg (didn't measure)
Sleep rating: 5/5
Exhaustion level: 8/10
Workout duration: 59 min

Comments:

Felt very weak in the bench press, unsurprisingly with the thicker bar that I thought weighs more than 20 kg. I weighed it and it's 20 kg. So it has to be the bar's thickness why I feel weaker with it, not sure yet. Regardless, very weak in the bench but the narrow stance squat was decent. Also the landmine single leg deadlift felt powerful.
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