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Little bit of body weight last night just to remind the tendons in the arms and shoulders that chinups and pushups are a thing.
Always love the first couple of days of eating (mostly) right - down a kg this morning.
Hopefully fit in a run this evening while I wait for dickheads to show up at rugby training.
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Gym this morning at 0630.
Was wrecked by 0650.
Basically a weights circuit - the lat pulldown were fine, as was the incline db, but the Bulgarian split squats can get fucked.
Everything after that was a haze of oxygen debt and wondering if I was going to throw up. Weights in the morning clearly aren't my thing.
It was probably good for me. I'll be feeling it tomorrow.
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I'm on annual leave so I ditched Miss TA at her school holiday dance lesson bullshit, left The Boy on the couch in his PS4 happy place, and did a new track on the northern edge of Sydney in Galston Gorge. 4km each way but fuck there was some vertical shit.
After that I got some lunch at home then hit the gym to set my baselines for several exercises after doing some warmups.
Bench press: 10 x 60kg set (+ 1RM of 70kg)
Back Squat: 6 x 80kg
Military press: 10 x 40kg
Deadlift: 6 x 100kgSo that isn't a bad place to start.
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I pulled up fine from the first session, so back to the gym yesterday to confirm the weights were no fluke. No particular set count, just whatever made me feel good, aiming for 10 reps each:
Bench: 60 set work / 80 = 1RM
Squat: 80 set work / 100 = 1RM but it wasn't great form
Dead: 110 set work / 140 = 1RM
Military: 40 / no 1RM here as my lower back doesn't really like these, so I might drop them
Incline db: 15
Leg press: 180 sets / 230 X 5 so will probably go to 200 sets next time and 250 X 5 -
I pulled up fine from the first session, so back to the gym yesterday to confirm the weights were no fluke. No particular set count, just whatever made me feel good, aiming for 10 reps each:
Bench: 60 set work / 80 = 1RM
Squat: 80 set work / 100 = 1RM but it wasn't great form
Dead: 110 set work / 140 = 1RM
Military: 40 / no 1RM here as my lower back doesn't really like these, so I might drop them
Incline db: 15
Leg press: 180 sets / 230 X 5 so will probably go to 200 sets next time and 250 X 5@NTA could be an idea to split stuff up from the get-go. Not surprised military presses were a bit rough after bench, squats and esp deadlifts. How was your glute activation on the military press? Often overlooked but vital for locking out and really getting your core to fire.
Yep, just asked a dude online if his cheeks were toight during a lift
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@NTA could be an idea to split stuff up from the get-go. Not surprised military presses were a bit rough after bench, squats and esp deadlifts. How was your glute activation on the military press? Often overlooked but vital for locking out and really getting your core to fire.
Yep, just asked a dude online if his cheeks were toight during a lift
@Paekakboyz said in Back for more!:
How was your glute activation on the military press? Often overlooked but vital for locking out and really getting your core to fire.
Terrible. It's something I only remembered after some hot young thing walked in wearing tights. She had gluteal supremacy. Suprem-ass-y in fact.
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
3km in 18:03. Blergh.
Just so you know you're three minutes off making the 1995 All Black minimum standard with that time. I hope you find that piece of news inspirational.
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@NTA said in Back for more!:
@MN5 oh yeah I'll get there in no time.
See if you can beat Caleb Ralphs time, he might still hold the record.
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In addition to clocking a couple of morning walks* I went to the gym last night.
There was some kids class on so I was restricted to the machines.
3 sets of 10 X 255kg leg press which was a nice jump
3 X 10 X 25kg chest press
1 X 45kg lat pulldown then 2 x 55kg
3 sets of hammy curls just for a laugh - no idea what weight as it was an older machine marked 1 thru 10 for each plate.*Running before dawn here at the moment is shit - cold enough to rug up so after 10 minutes you're soaked and in 2 layers. August will be when running starts in earnest.
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Did some gym recently.
I hate the sled, but I still do it and generally in between sets of something else e.g do chest press then sled 10m up and back. Rest a minute, chest, sled etc
Also the other night I realised I can't count and put 270kg on the leg press for 2 X 10. So for the last set did 300kg X 6. Not bad
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Played an Old Boys game at hooker today. Only 25 minute halves but still fucking hurts.
Lineouts 2/2
Tackles 0/2Cheating fluffybunnies brought out their 2nd grade backs to finish us off once we took the lead.
@NTA said in Back for more!:
Played an Old Boys game at hooker today. Only 25 minute halves but still fucking hurts.
Lineouts 2/2
Tackles 0/2Cheating fluffybunnies brought out their 2nd grade backs to finish us off once we took the lead.
The fact you still play shows you're harder than the rest of us. Respect. You must feel lonely at Greenie conventions though. You'd be the only one who's lifted anything heavier than a latte.
