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Oct 5-11, 2025

Full Squats - Paused - Maintenance
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Page 75 - Day 1 of 455. Feb 11, 2013
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Cardio Calories - Inclined walking at 3mph pace per 5 mins | 6% [47kcal], 9% [57kcal], 12%[67kcal], 15%[77kcal]1

Oct Week 2 of 5 BW 202-206

Sun Oct 5

6:00 am
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

3:00 pm
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405-475
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

Mon Oct 6

6:00 am
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

7:00 pm
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405-475
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

Tue Oct 7

6:00 am
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

* almost a week now since my last 495. i'm back to affording 12 eggs a day again becuase the price bottomed out now at $3/dozen. it used to be $2 and change but a lot better than the $5-6+ per dozen at the bird flu peak

7:00 pm
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405-475
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

Wed Oct 8

6:00 am
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

7:00 pm
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405-475
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

Thur Oct 9

6:00 am
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

7:00 pm
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405-475
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

Fri Oct 10

6:00 am
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

7:00 pm
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405-475
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

Sat Oct 11

6:00 am
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

3:00 pm
Paused Squats 315-315-315,405-475
Iso Hammer Strength Inclined Press Machine ~135 80-105-115 x5
One Arm Cable Reverse Fly - High/Mid Pull 15-20-25-30 x5
Seated Bicep Curl Machine - One Arm 50-60-70 x5
Standing Tricep Cable Pulldown - One Arm 40-45-50 x5

Gym work 40:

Bench press:

20x10
40x5
60x10
60x5
60x4

Low bar squat:

20x5
50x5
70x5
90x3
90x3
90x3

Chinups:

6, 3, 4

Cable kickbacks:

3 pins x 10
5 pins x 10
6 pins x 10 (felt great)

Bodyweight: 90.4 kg (+0.8 kg)
Exhaustion level: 8/10

Comments:

Rainy outside and still had a gym membership, so I did this workout. Neck not happy about the bar on my back.

05-10-25

Run -- 16.14k, 1:46:48 [134 Avg HR]

Lift --

1A Weighted Chin 3 sets
1B Weighted Dip 3 sets
2A Incline Curl 2 sets
2B Lateral Raise 2 sets

Notes

  for time on feet, longest ever run in terms of time, 4th by distance.

Got a reminder email that I'm signed up for a half on the 18th. Not certain that I'll do it. It's not an interesting course (just laps of a very flat park in London) and entry was cheap, so my sunk costs are minimal. If I'm feeling injury free and like I could go sub-90, I'll give it a go. To that end, may try this coming Saturday to do a more honest effort 5k/Parkrun, to gauge fitness.

Some mild stiffeness on waking up and a little mid about 30 mins into the run, but went away within about a minute so feeling decent there.

04-10-25

Run --
w/u
5 x (1k @ 4:06 / 1k @ 5:00)
c/d

Lift --
Calf Press x 2
Toe Press x 2
Leg Press x 2
Leg Curl x 2
Cest-Supported Row x 3 drop
Pec-Dec x 3 drop

Notes

Hmm know I literally just said I was going to keep it easier, but the latest Magness video + some Nate Jenkins blog nostalgia made me want to hit some alternations. Stuck to treadmill so that it would be easy to bail to lower-impact options if anything felt funky, but was all good despite stuff feeling a little stiff upon waking.

Despite being faster than nominal lactate pace / faster than target half pace, the first 4 reps gets very easy so did the last one at 4:00 flat. That also felt pretty good! Nice to comfortably hit 4:00 pace after doing a fair bit of meaningful work. If this treadmill is at all well calibrated, that's a pretty good sign.

Avg HR was 161/167/169/172/176 for the fast reps, RR for the 4:00 one 39/40, rest around 36, so probably _just_ over LT2 rather than way over it. Max HR was 179.

02-10-25

Cardio --
w/u
3 x (6' @ 4:24 / 1' off) [157/162/163 Avg, 167/170/172 max]
2' off
12' hard incline walk [163 Avg, 171 max]
c/d

Lift --
Calf Raise 2 x drop
Leg press 2 x drop
Machine Press 2 x drop
Lat Prayer 3 x drop
Pushdown 2 x drop
Machine curl 3 x drop

Notes

Going to try to keep the intervals slightly on the easier end, i.e. more time at the mid 160s rather than crossing over into 170s. Looking over data on intervals.icu, think I progressed better/felt less tired when I was doing that, and injuries picked up as I let it drift harder.