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lol i should have put in the quotation marks
tesco 'free from' paella
free from gluten and dairy

Alf Veedersane

bluewolf wrote: »

lol i should have put in the quotation marks
tesco 'free from' paella
free from gluten and dairy

I could see a packet with 'paella' on it and nothing in it once you peel off the cover

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Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I could see a packet with 'paella' on it and nothing in it once you peel off the cover

or every food in the whole world except paella!!

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if your hips are sore and you know it, ROLL YOUR QUADS

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Basketball was cancelled but no point wasting having gym gear with me so

Bench
20 x8
30 x5
40 x3
47.5 2x4
45 5x5

Rdl
20 x8
Sumo
60 3x3
Tried to make it more stable. No cons tho

Lat pd
35 3x10

40 mins in total
HR apparently averaged at 90 for the session. Haha. Nice and light
Except the bench

Mr. CooL ICE

I'm reading Eddie Hall's book at the moment and he also has sleep apnea and wears a cpap. And you know the way he deadlifted 500kg? Well, what's taking you to long to lift half a ton?

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Nicolas Cage wrote: »

I'm reading Eddie Hall's book at the moment and he also has sleep apnea and wears a cpap. And you know the way he deadlifted 500kg? Well, what's taking you to long to lift half a ton?

May not hit 500kg anytime soon but i am gonna test again before xmas
If I remember my bloody shoes

Alf Veedersane

bluewolf wrote: »

May not hit 500kg anytime soon but i am gonna test again before xmas
If I remember my bloody shoes

Eddie did it without shoes.

There are no excuses in the jungle.

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Toe Squat
20 x8
30 x5
40 x3 hipshipships
Squat
50 x2
57.5 4x3
Programmed 7x5 but hips bad so did it v slowly. Kept back tight, worked well. Texted physio straight away so i am booked in for Monday

Bench
20 x8
30 x5
35 x3
40 x2 easy
47.5 8x4
Super hard. Super weak today:(
Today i learned how to squeeze my shoulders as well as scaps.
I nearly left after 2 working sets. Then i thought, how much do i really want a better bench. So there we are

Pec machine
7 x3
21 3x10

I think symmetric strength really wasn't lying about it being my worst muscle group. I forsee a lot of this machine in my future. It was soooo weird like i never worked it before despite the flyes

I have squats on the menu tomorrow but i will leave them and just do bench and dl

Dtp1979

What’s a hip ships hips?

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It's my note i put into my notepad and i just copy pasted
Whingeing about how they were sore

Alf Veedersane

Hips just really tight or did you hurt something?

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I'd say they're strained from being tight because my quads were too tight because i was too much of a gob****e to foam roll after the comp and emergency foam rolling and hip stretching in the last week isn't enough.
I swear swear swear i will foam roll more

They'll be grand and i needed a sports massage anyway but getting him to confirm there's nothing wrong will be good too

Alf Veedersane

bluewolf wrote: »

I'd say they're strained from being tight because my quads were too tight because i was too much of a gob****e to foam roll after the comp and emergency foam rolling and hip stretching in the last week isn't enough.
I swear swear swear i will foam roll more

They'll be grand and i needed a sports massage anyway but getting him to confirm there's nothing wrong will be good too

Been there. It was a world of hurt getting them worked on but it made a big difference.

But a world of hurt.

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bench
20 x8
30 x5
35 x3
40 x2
45 x1
50 10 x3

v tough

rdl
20 x8
sumo
60 x3
80 x2
110 x1
90 5x3

forgot shoes, used runners. felt fine

skulls
7kg 3x8

Dtp1979

3 sets of 10 or 10 sets of 3?

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10 sets of 3

Alf Veedersane

10 sets of 3 written correctly

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braced myself
went into physio
quads fine
itb fine (was not expecting that, isn't it the law it always has to be sore)
hams tight
glutes FCUKING OWWWWW

'do you roll them'
no. is this a thing. omg.
so apparently i should line up a foam roller same direction as leg and kinda sit on it. also get a sliotar. i have one. jesus
he also wrote down i have to do a 'psoas stretch' and tried to describe it but i was like ??? so he said youtube it
seems to be this
https://youtu.be/6mjBaLVlQWw?t=117


that's so mad. anyway i'm loosened up and apparently in good shape . he was like 'you sounded like you were expecting a torture session on your quads'. i totally was
yay

Alf Veedersane

Haha, yeah glutes are unpleasant.

"Oh. Another tight spot. Hold on while i put my elbow onto it and lean on it with all my weight".

The piriformis is something that needs a bit of TLC too.

Just an aside, but Id have thought they might show a stretch rather than say "youtube it".

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i think i wasn't following it too well and i wanted a massage & confirmation i'm not broken rather than a stretch demo so i didnt mind
i'm actually glad he wrote it down for me i like looking these things up and learning about them

he did say he wasn't even using his elbow and i was already squawking haha
i guess it means im doing something right form wise if theyre in bits

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bench
20 x8
30 x5
35 x3
40 x2
45 6x6

tough at start but then got easier. tightened shoulders. think that happened last time with getting easier too

rdl
20 x8
and hip stretches
sumo, paused from ground
70 3x5

skulls
7 3x8
should have been 8 maybe but dumbbells were all over the place

pec machine
21 3x8

i think my right arm is ready for 28 but my left isn't

feeling good

coffee_cake

Woke up with my mask off. Somehow. Tired and sluggish today

07 12

Bench
20 x8
30 x5 xm
35 x3
40 x1
47.5 6x5 + 2
Leg drive IS REAL

Paused bench, 3s
30 3x5

Rest day would have been ideal before sj day2 but here we are

Mr. CooL ICE

bluewolf wrote: »

47.5 6x5 + 2

Jaysus.

That was your PR a short while ago?

Alf Veedersane

bluewolf wrote: »

Woke up with my mask off. Somehow.

Maybe you'd beem dreaming about the big reveal to Luke....

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Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Jaysus.

That was your PR a short while ago?

at the start of the year yeah!! haha i was beating myself up about the last set and all thanks for the perspective :D

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hahah i went back to see when i first broke past 47.5kg
found this from FEB :

bluewolf wrote: »

Today I wanted to know what heavy sumo felt like as I haven't done heavy ones since last August I don't think. No big deal, just was curios
After 6+ weeks of very inconsistent/no training and at the bottom of a strength dip is now the time to test anything? No...
Did i anyway? yes...

Romanian Deadlift
20 kg x 8 reps

Sumo Deadlift
60 kg x 5 reps
80 kg x 3 reps
90 kg x 1 reps
100 kg x 1 reps (PR)
I think this is actually a sumo PR. It was either 100 or 102.5 I couldn't shift off the ground last time we checked due to lack of hip drive. It was pretty easy. Chest up!
110 kg x F
lols got this about 2 cm up and dropped it. Couldn't brace my core at all at all. Felt like lack of core bracing was due to leg position. I'm sure there were other things I was doing wrong. Hips seemed grand though. I'd say it'd be grand enough with training. Curiosity satisfied

haha now i can do 135 and maybe 140 10 months later

bluewolf wrote: »

Bench

20 x8
30 x5
35 x3
40 x3
47.5 (=100%) x5
lols new 5rm
video in the usual spot
"that looks like a warm up set"

that's from april!!!!
omg

Alf Veedersane

Perspective is a marvellous thing.

I was chatting one of the lads in the gym - back when i could do proper powerlifter rests between sets - and he showed me a screenshot of his goals from 2 years previously. He was already 100kg higher than his deadlift goal!

I try to look at my log books after a 'bad' session to remind myself that just cos a session is bad, I'm miles ahead of where I used to be.

#confucius

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did rolling and stretching before leaving today
hip was happy, didn't feel it at ALL til the end

note for squat program i left myself was 'do something'

sl rdl
20 x8

toe squat
20 x5
30 x3
40 x3

squat
50 x2
60 x1
belt
70 x1
80 x1 note here 'rocking that lat tightness'
85 x1
90 x1

grand... on another day i would have kept going as i was feeling strong. hip was starting to niggle a teeny bit at the end though so no point messin with it
had to laugh at my 'ah i wont do anything serious today just go up to 90' as if 92 wasn't my 1rm a few months ago

bench
20 x8
30 x5
35 x3
40 x2
45 x1
50 7x4 + 3

tough... the easiest set by far was the one i recorded. maybe i should record them all

lat pulldown
omg i actually got near one
28 3x10

pec machine
21 3x10

xtrainer
30 mins

literally sat in bed playing sims most of the day or watching netflix so i figured some cardio/movement was in order :pac:

didn't wanna go but feeling strong today

Dtp1979

Was it yourself or Nicolas cage that was doing those half skull crusher/bench type excersises. I was mistakenly calling them j curls so I can’t find anything on them