What training are you doing/have you done today? Vol.2
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Squat: 5x3x 210kg
Bench: 5x3x 150kg
Dead: 5x1x 240kg
All good. Nothing sore, which was nice.
Working very hard to adjust my squat to avoid pain and distribute the load evenly between my legs, knees out more, seems to be working. Bit slower than I'd like, but solid. I feel a tug sensation in my glute/ham rather than a stab, but it's not painful as such. It does, however, feel like it could be very painful at any moment! Just got to stay tight.
Squat: 5x3x 210kg
Bench: 5x3x 150kg
Dead: 5x1x 240kg
All good. Nothing sore, which was nice.
Working very hard to adjust my squat to avoid pain and distribute the load evenly between my legs, knees out more, seems to be working. Bit slower than I'd like, but solid. I feel a tug sensation in my glute/ham rather than a stab, but it's not painful as such. It does, however, feel like it could be very painful at any moment! Just got to stay tight.
First time deadlifting for a couple of weeks. Not too bad but let down by grip.
Deads:
150kg x 3
Would be 5 if I could maintain grip.
Weighted pull ups:
5 x 12kg, 20kg,20kg.
Hard after the deadlifts. Aiming to work up to 3 x 6 @ 20kg
Landmine press:
12 x 30kg, 10 x 35kg, 8 x 40kg. Easy, so I'll increase all weights by 2.5kg next time.
Rushed workout, really - all done in 30 mins after warm up.
Deads:
150kg x 3
Would be 5 if I could maintain grip.
Weighted pull ups:
5 x 12kg, 20kg,20kg.
Hard after the deadlifts. Aiming to work up to 3 x 6 @ 20kg
Landmine press:
12 x 30kg, 10 x 35kg, 8 x 40kg. Easy, so I'll increase all weights by 2.5kg next time.
Rushed workout, really - all done in 30 mins after warm up.
Brutal hour and a half on the bike yesterday - just shy of 40km but with 550m of climbing. Finished more or less on my knees. Did some sneaky pull ups when I got home though. To the gym this afternoon, weighted pull ups, T bar rows and some chest work. Used some 95lb dumbbells for my chest press - pleasantly surprised with my strength on these. Finished off with one set of 100 press ups - weight machine at the gym says that I am nearly 13 stone. That must be wrong. 
My experience is that DB bench press is not vastly weaker than BB unless you are very technically proficient at the latter (using a big arch effectively, which is harder with DB).
I can press 42kg dumbells for 8 reps. I doubt I could do 84kg BB for more than about 12 reps, so it's a significant difference but not as enormous as some people make out.
83kg is a good bodyweight for me (at 5'11). It was my fighting weight back in the day. 84kg at the moment but slightly fatter than I would like!
I can press 42kg dumbells for 8 reps. I doubt I could do 84kg BB for more than about 12 reps, so it's a significant difference but not as enormous as some people make out.
83kg is a good bodyweight for me (at 5'11). It was my fighting weight back in the day. 84kg at the moment but slightly fatter than I would like!
DSharp said:
Not bad 
mcelliott said:
Still puts you in the top 1% of the population though!
0.01% is more likely! I've seen very few people ever in the real world do 20 or more proper dips in a row. Weirdly, one of them was a 40-something year-old guy that looked pretty weak but did nothing other than 5 sets of 25 dips every time I saw him in the gym.
Thought I'd do a lil chest and back workout today, and do shoulders and arms tomorrow..
Bench Press - 3x12 and 3x4 reps
Cross-Bench DB Pullovers - 4x16-10 reps
DB Fly's (flat bench, 10 second pause between sets) - 4x20-10 reps
Chest Dips - 4x32-12 reps
Wide Grip Pull Up - 4x12-8 reps
T-Bar Row - 5x12-8 reps
Rack Pull - 5x5
Seated Pulley Row - 4x16-12 reps
Bench Press - 3x12 and 3x4 reps
Cross-Bench DB Pullovers - 4x16-10 reps
DB Fly's (flat bench, 10 second pause between sets) - 4x20-10 reps
Chest Dips - 4x32-12 reps
Wide Grip Pull Up - 4x12-8 reps
T-Bar Row - 5x12-8 reps
Rack Pull - 5x5
Seated Pulley Row - 4x16-12 reps
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