Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log
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<p>Not sure how I'll manage that once kids are on the radar - maybe I'll be a lunchtime gym monkey.</p>
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<p>Chest and triceps today. Legs feel good so saturday should be fun.</p>
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<p>BB Bench press</p>
<p>- 608, 608, 1006, 1006, 806, 608</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;">DB Bench press</span></p>
<p>- 405, 406, 326, 326 - normally focus on either BB or DB bench, mixed it up today. Will swap it around next time to see how that works out. </p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;">DB flies </span></p>
<p>- 2012, 2010, 208</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;">Unweighted dips</span></p>
<p>- 8, 8, 8</p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;">Close grip bench</span></p>
<p>- 608, 606, 406, 40*6</p>
<p>Tricep pushdowns (no idea what the weight is on this - goes up to 14)</p>
<p>- Setting 14 for 14, 12, 10</p>
<p>- Dropped it to 10 for 10, 10, 8</p>
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<p>Light legs workout today - gave yesterday a miss after the quake. They got sign-off to open yesterday so all good on that front.</p>
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<p>Stretched and rolled out</p>
<p>Back squats</p>
<p>608, 606, 806, 1006, 1206, 1006</p>
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<p>Front squats</p>
<p>606, 706, 60*6</p>
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<p>Leg press</p>
<p>3 sets at 280 - 12, 12, 8</p>
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<p>Seated hamstring curl</p>
<p>3 Sets - 12, 12, 12</p>
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<p>Will need to plan my week out. Got a PT session on Thursday so I want to have some gas in the tank. Nothing specific to focus on at this stage.</p> -
<p>Crap. Lurgy is back - had a crazy sore throat yesterday and was hacking up gunk through the night. At work but definitely not 100%. Reckon I went a bit hard with work and training trying to make up time for the last bout of illness. Sucks ass!! So I have decided to listen to my body and canned my PT session for Thursday. Wonder how much earthquake stress played a part?? Still pretty jumpy to be honest.</p>
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<p>So the plan for this week is rest and no detonate lol. Don't want to add to my woes by testing positive like Jesse!!</p> -
<p>Cheers bro - it's a pain but also a sign to get a bit more rest. Have been a tad guilty of trying to do too much recently. </p>
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<p>Might have to drop down to a single workout in the weekend! Don't know how I'm going to break that to my mate ha ha</p> -
There is a fucking awful lurgy going around over here at the moment. I've had it. Three days flat on my arse.<br /><br /> Wife said "should have got your flu shot like I did!" And I said it wasn't flu related.<br /><br /> Then she copped it a few days later.<br /><br />NTA 1, Mrs TA 0!!!!<br /><br />-------------------------------------------<br />I hate autocorrect ...<br /><br />
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<p>Drove past you leaving Les Mills on Taranaki st a couple of weeks back dude and you were looking fighting fit. Had to have the inevitable awkward conversation we all have with our wives/partners and inform her that you were a guy I "know from the internet" :whistle:</p>
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<p>ha ha, if I ever see you out with the wife I'm going to pretend we met at a massage bar! that's not weird at all aye!! Waaaay better than meeting online!</p>
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<p>I could click like after almost every of your workouts. Pretty serious weights. Is your cold better yet?</p>
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<p>Thanks Kea. Back at work today but still a big congested. Definitely on the mend so I'm amping to get back to the gym. Planning a light session for wed/thurs and then hopefully a Sat session too. But will be making sure I'm 100% before I put the foot down!</p> -
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<p>ha ha, if I ever see you out with the wife I'm going to pretend we met at a massage bar! that's not weird at all aye!! Waaaay better than meeting online!</p>
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<p>Thanks Kea. Back at work today but still a big congested. Definitely on the mend so I'm amping to get back to the gym. Planning a light session for wed/thurs and then hopefully a Sat session too. But will be making sure I'm 100% before I put the foot down!</p>
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<p> Well need to get the joints feeling better after our working out sessions somehow aye bro :mocking:</p> -
<p>Back to the gym today. Had taken a full week off after getting over the flu/cold. Today we focused on technique for back and front squats. So nothing too heavy.</p>
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<p>Rolled out and stretched hips etc. Getting easier to drop into a deeper squat. Hip flexors are a ongoing focus but there is improvement happening.</p>
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<p>Back squats</p>
<p>Bar8, 608, 808, 1006, 1006 - paying a lot of attention to knees, hips and sitting back onto the heels. My mate is still getting a bit of lift in his heels, probably more about flexibility than poor form. Good to have stuff to work on though!</p>
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<p>Front squats</p>
<p>Bar6, 406, 606, 806, 804 with a 3 sec pause at the bottom of the squat, 60*6. Really pleased with the fronts today. Knee had felt a bit odd a couple of weeks ago - just a twinge but I get a bit paranoid about my knees from time to time. Funny how that stuff can play on your mind when it's actually not a big deal... hmmm actually that sounds the reverse to Man-thinking!! we just add weight till it actually breaks ha ha!</p>
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<p>Seated hammy curls</p>
<p>3 sets of 12 at 3/4 of the stack. Played around with the settings to make sure I wasn't loading through the knee. Wondered if this machine was the cause of that twinge - they can be really good to isolate but you need to get the settings etc sorted.</p>
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<p>A good workout, taxing but not trying to go for hero mode! I'll save that for next weekend!!</p> -
<p>Managed to get out of work just after 3.30 today. So I had heaps of space to hog dumbbells for my chest workout.</p>
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<p>Warmed up on bench - 60kg8, 608</p>
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<p>Moved to dumbbell bench</p>
<p>20kg8, 40kg6, 50kg4 (spot on last rep), 50kg4 (spot on last two reps), 40kg5. 40kg4, 20kg till failure. Pretty happy with that after nearly two weeks off.</p>
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<p>Flies next</p>
<p>20kg8, 28kg8, 28kg6, 28kg5 - going a bit lighter to really get a mean stretch.</p>
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<p>Lying overhead stretch/lift with a dumbbell - the motion that really opens up your chest and the front of your lats. Should really find out what it is called.</p>
<p>20kg8, 288, 28*8 - again I was really trying to stretch out through the chest</p>
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<p>Headed upstairs and rolled out the legs/glutes for 10min. Bit of hip stretching</p>
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<p>BBBT round the worlds. 2 sets of 20 with 20kg plate</p>
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<p>Barbell Bicep curls - drop sets at 40kg, 30kg and 20kg. 10/10/12 for the first round. 7/8/10 for the second.</p>
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<p>Meeting up with my mate on Wed night for either a back or shoulders workout. </p> -
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Lying overhead stretch/lift with a dumbbell - the motion that really opens up your chest and the front of your lats. Should really find out what it is called.<br><br><br></p></blockquote>
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Think it sounds like a dumbbell pullover? Might do some tomorrow as its my chest day.<br><br>
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<p>That's the bastard! A really good exercise.</p>
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<p>Cheers bro, they make for a great change from barbell bench. Will be well pleased when I can knock out a couple of sets without a spot. All powered by Detonate though!! </p> -
<p>Ouch! Feeling it today. I think we are doing shoulders so that should be interesting.</p>
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<p>Just heard that Detonate is off the market until it's checked out... Nooooo!!!</p> -
<p>Had a bit of a meh workout last night. We'd meant to hit shoulders but the gym was packed and I was still having some gnarly DOMs. We mixed up some seated barbell shoulder press, kneeling shoulder press in a smith machine, and supersets of military press with push press. Was pleased to see my standing shoulder press paying off, got a good snap on my push press which was cool.</p>
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<p>Being careful with my knee at the moment - it's being a bit of a nana, just getting the odd twinge or ache. In saying that I'll be doing some stretching and rolling out tonight so I can work on overhead squat form. No weight, just a wooden dowel.</p>
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<p>We are planing an hour of power on sat. 100 pull-ups. Should be fun!</p> -
<p>Yeah, we still got a bit done but intensity was definitely low.</p>
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<p>100 squats Ha ha I bet that was fun! I've done 100kg1010 before - I hurt for days lol. Don't think I'll repeat it in a hurry.</p>
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<p>Will be doing wide grip and using straps at some stage. I'm really interested to see how many sets I can manage of more than one rep. I'm normally ok for 5-6 reps for 2-3 sets then I hit the wall and drop right down to 2-3 reps per set... then its singles! Might see if one of those giant rubber bands is lying around. They seem to work really well.</p>
