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Saturday 13th April 2024

Some aches but overall not as sore as I expected from yesterday

stretching for whole body

Sartorius lying on back, single leg ISO pull, against opposite foot: 2x45secs
Wall sit, single leg. heels off the floor : pushing into wall at 70% 1/4 squat - 2x45secs

Going for minimum effective dose and higher frequency


Sunday 14th April 2024

Fatloss cycle 1 - Week 1

Height - 5'8.5"
Weighed - 88.1kg (-0.5)    Macrofactor app trend weight - 89kg (-0.5)
Waist - 36 1/8 inches (-0.25)
Hip = 41.75  (-0.25)
Upper thigh = 26 3/8 (-1/8)

Total loss so far - weight  0.5kg  Waist 0.25 inches 

Scale weight was from yesterday, my lowest of the week.
I estimate I'm around 22% bodyfat

Carnivore diet - averaged 2012 calories for the week - 180g protein, 131g fat, 9g carbs
- just cut down on the added butter/lard/beef dripping on rest days

Macrofactor says my TDEE is around 2567 calories and rising
While TDEE Calculator android app has me at 2836 calories using a 4 week moving average
But this tends to rise and fall depending on how much I eat, so the body is always adapting to food intake.

Been thinking of adding 1 super low calorie PSMF style day each week, cutting the fat below 100g

Thursday 11th April 2024

Pretty sore quads, calves and posterior chain
My right inner achilles insertion area didn't like what I did yesterday... Still not ready for heavy full range calf raises yet

Right QL is full good now, and my erectors no feel badly trashed.
Thanks to sidebends and Jefferson curls.

Calf raise ISO - single leg - BW 4x45secs

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Friday 12th April March 2024

Soreness down to 25%, but right inner achilles still aches.
Felt fine today after the ISOs, and the calf raises on the floor were pain free

I guess today is no longer fully upper body anymore...
I wanted to squat today to try a wider stance, as my femurs are longer than my shins, causing me to lean over much more.
Putting more stress on my lower back, and I have been good morning my squats a lot lately

The wider stance made it much easier get lower and spring out of the bottom, and lower back felt no stress at all.



Reboot - Week 18, Day 3 - Upper weights

Body Weight: 91kg with shoes

Ball circles at wall: front x 30 - 15 each direction, side x30 - 15 each direction
BBall overhead single arm plank againt wall: 2x45 secs
BBall ball control drills 5 mins

Calf raise ISO push against wall, sitting on floor, back against wall: 70% effort 
45 Seconds straight
45 Seconds Toes out
45 Seconds straight
45 Seconds Toes out

Sartorius lying on back, single leg ISO pull, against opposite foot: 3x45secs
Leg curl, seated ISO against floor, single leg: 3x45secs

Front plank hold - 33 secs @ RPE 7
Side plank hold Bent knee abducted - 33secs @ RPE 7
glute bridge hold x 33secs @6

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rotating sets

Leg extension ISO - Plates moved towards end of loading arm with collars, leaning back

toes out, 30 sec hold at top, 20 sec at 45 degrees x 10kg, 15kg, 17.5kg @ RPE 8

Calf raise - single leg- Staggered stance, on floor, heel never touching, SLOW - BW x5
chain dip belt +5kg x10 @6
+10kg x 30sec hold +12 reps

Dumbbell press, rotating grip: 10lbs x10, 15lbs x10, 25lbs x9, 35lbs x6, 45lbs x1
45lbs 2x8 @ RPE 8/9  (+5lbs, -4 reps)

That 5lbs jump feels huge!

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Rotating sets

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

High bar squat: - wider stance - Reebok Nano - 20kg x10, 60kg x8, 75kg x8

Oly shoes -
75kg x6, x4
90kg x3, x4

+Belt
90kg x10 @6.5
Nano+belt
90kg x3

High angle barbell row: - controlled - 20kg x10, 40kg x6
50kg x11 @8. 2/10 right brachialis pain on last rep
50kg x11 @8. 1/10 right brachialis pain

Deficit push up: On floor, paused x5
Feet elevated 20 inches - BW x20 @RPE 9 (+1 rep)

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Single arm dumbbell row - head supported, controlled, elbows out - 45lbs x6
60lbs x12 @8 - 3/10 right brachialis pain on last 2 reps

Wood chop ISO push : 70% effort - 2x45secs
Side bend: 35lbs x6, 60lbs 2x12 @8  (+5lbs)

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Rotating sets

Scarecrow external rotation: 1kg x20, 2.5kg x20 @6
Subscapularis rotations, lying on back: 1kg x20, 2.5kg x20 @6

Leg extension, single leg, plates shifted towards end of arm, Leaning back, controlled - 10kg x12
Jefferson curl:- controlled - 10kg x6, 17.5kg x15 @8

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stretch

Squat focus day 19:

Low bar squat:

20x5
20x5
60x5
80x5
100x3
120x3 old age
130x1 old age
110x3
100x3

Bench press:

20x5
20x5
52.5x10
52.5x10

Dumbbell stepups:

17.5x8 (each leg)

Slow tempo leg extensions:

96x8++88x4++80x3

Leg curls:

96x8++88x4++80x3

Bodyweight: 92.5 kg
Sleep length&rating: 8h, 4/5
Exhaustion level: 9/10

Comments:

Felt strong. First time doing the heavy sets of squats with a belt, felt a little weird. Still, , haven't squatted 130 kg in 8 years or so.

tuesday

- run ~5 miles
watch dead, left my charger in SD. oops!

today

- tempo
-- warm up
-- 4 x 1 km @ ? pace, 200m walking rest
-- cool down
ordered a new watch charger but it's not here yet. did this by feel. no idea how fast i was moving but was breathing a bit hard on the last rep. probably should/could have done another rep but legs felt pretty dead from the jump and didn't loosen up at all so stopped.

Glute/landmine focus day 5:

Hip thrust:

60x10
100x5
120x5
140x3
100x8
60x10

Quadruped glute machine:

120x10 (too easy even with the max weight)

Leg abduction machine:

120x8

Landmine twists:

bar x 10

Seated cable rows:

80x8

Leg extensions (hold at top, slow eccentric):

64x10
72x10
80x10

Leg curls:

80x10++72x4++64x3

Bodyweight: 92.1 kg
Sleep rating: 3/5
Exhaustion level: 9/10

Comments: Forgot the additional padding for the hip thrust at home so going over 100 kg was pretty painful which limited me quite a bit. Still, I did a lot of work.