What training are you doing/have you done today? (Vol.3)

[mcelliott]

Today, 2 bike rides, one to the coffee shop one on Zwift, then a chest session at the gym with my wife and son, finished off with a glorious swim around the bay at sunset, tons of gardening work in between too.

[Animal]

30-minute AMRAP of pushups, pullups and dips
Wide-grip cable row 4x12
Snatch-grip high pull 4x5
Cable preacher curl 4x6-15
Seated hammer curl 3x10-12
Incline dumbbell curl 3x6-11

[biggbn]

Will get several decent workouts in over next few weeks, holiday time! Benched 130kg today, easy, smooth, shoukd hit 140 by end of the fortnight. Will see if I've lost anything from other lifts over next few days, only trained once a week since having a month or so of with a viral infection and it's long term effects. Happy to have upped my lift by 5kg regardless though. If I can get back to 140 for reps I'll be happy with that as a standard to maintain, like to get squat up to similar and deadlift back up to some decent numbers but we will see how progress goes. Been fairly religious with pea protein intake and it seems to have helped, or perhaps just psychological? Either way, it works.

[Animal]

14 rounds of:
30-sec box jump (min 13 reps)
60-sec step up
30-sec rest

3 sets each of bird dogs and dead bugs.

PS - for anyone interested Jamal Browner just pulled a 500kg deadlift in training and narrowly missed 505. He’s about 110kg!! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjG3BuCJDt6/?igshid...

[mcelliott]

Yesterday, 38km bike ride in tough windy conditions, then a really strong back session, mostly weighted pull ups, finished off with a cold sea swim. gonna include 3hrs on a chainsaw felling tress, amazing shoulder pump was had.

Today, fast hour on the bike, then a 20 minute swim.

[mcelliott]

Yesterday, tough hour on the bike, hilly with a34 kph avg, then my first completely dark swim in the bay since winter, felt a bit weird, then 60 pull ups to warm up, been experimenting with Bicarbonate of soda as a pre workout for a few days, will see how it goes.

[spikeyhead]

spikeyhead said:

I ran for 36 minutes today, which is longer than I've ever run as an adult.

37 minutes today. In another three years I'll be able to do a marathon twice a week

[biggbn]

Back session yesterday, standing single arm rows on hammer type machine, up to 120kg per side 3x5, 50kg single arm rows 3x10, wide grip pul downs 3 x 10 light weight, high bent rows 120kg x 3x5, rear delt machine, stack x 10, hammer shrugs 80kg per side sets of 10. Feeling it a little today.

[biggbn]

Shoulders today, seated dumbell press up to 35kg x 8, OK start point. 'Thor' single arm lateral raises up to 22.5kg x 5 three sets, seated double arm dumbbell front raises up to 22.5kg x 5 sets of three, standing press using cantilever squat machine up to 40kg per side x 5, Olympic bar curls x 30 reps no weight.

Edited by biggbn on Wednesday 12th October 15:42

[mcelliott]

Today, 1km swim before work, sea always seems extra cold when its dark and I'm still asleep, then a 40 minute session on Zwift, my 10 minute balls to the wall effort saw me 23rd I think out of 900 on the live results, then a circuit of incline bench (100kg) Pull ups, and sled pushes done with no rest, probs about 13 rounds or more.

[mcelliott]

Today, 80kms on the bike then a relaxing swim to cool off, leaving the rock for the big smoke tomorrow to bring back my new old scoobie, looking forward to a weekend of over indulging.

[biggbn]

Have had a bad cold since Thursday and not trained since Wedensday, tweaked my back the other day, so didn't have much hope for a decent workout today but pleasantly surprised.

Flat bench 135kg flew up, then 120 x 4, 110 x 6, 100 x 6
Slight incline flysheet up to 40kg x 8
Triceps push down stack x 30

In and out in 30 minutes or so

[mcelliott]

Yesterday, feeling very refreshed from my weekend away, 1hr on Zwift, then 120 pull-ups done pretty quickly, todays swim was done this morning, about to do a lovely sunset ride on the bike.

[TheThing]

From me this morning;

16 mile bike ride through Central London - 1hr 1min.

This evening was press ups. A few sets with a 7 year old on my back and a few with out and a couple of sets of triceps extensions to finish.

[biggbn]

Some of you guys regimes are crazy, I just wouldn't have the time/energy. When I worked doors and had every day to myself pretty much my training was much more consistent and punishing with commensurate benefits, I feel I'm playing constant catch up now working out lots during holidays and as and when during term time. I was enjoying early morning training but my dogs need walked before work now as there is now nobody home for them during the day. Go at night to the gym I hear you cry...and your right...just seem tired after work, mentally causing physically!! Still, getting there slowly.

[mcelliott]

biggbn said:

Some of you guys regimes are crazy, I just wouldn't have the time/energy. When I worked doors and had every day to myself pretty much my training was much more consistent and punishing with commensurate benefits, I feel I'm playing constant catch up now working out lots during holidays and as and when during term time. I was enjoying early morning training but my dogs need walked before work now as there is now nobody home for them during the day. Go at night to the gym I hear you cry...and your right...just seem tired after work, mentally causing physically!! Still, getting there slowly.

I make time, and rarely have the energy, it really isn't often that I train feeling fresh - but the body is fkin mental with what it can take, very very few people train hard enough to understand full blown overtraining, get your sleep/recovery nutrition and stress levels on point then its possible to place huge loads on it.

[ORD]

mcelliott said:

I make time, and rarely have the energy, it really isn't often that I train feeling fresh - but the body is fkin mental with what it can take, very very few people train hard enough to understand full blown overtraining, get your sleep/recovery nutrition and stress levels on point then its possible to place huge loads on it.

That varies hugely from person to person. I’ve known guys who can’t handle even very modest training loads and others who can take anything. A lot is lifestyle but some is choosing your parents wisely.

[mcelliott]

ORD said:

mcelliott said:

I make time, and rarely have the energy, it really isn't often that I train feeling fresh - but the body is fkin mental with what it can take, very very few people train hard enough to understand full blown overtraining, get your sleep/recovery nutrition and stress levels on point then its possible to place huge loads on it.

That varies hugely from person to person. I’ve known guys who can’t handle even very modest training loads and others who can take anything. A lot is lifestyle but some is choosing your parents wisely.

Yes that's true, my mums nearly 90 and still sea swims all year round, I may have some of her genes, but for sure I have her mindset.

[biggbn]

mcelliott said:

biggbn said:

Some of you guys regimes are crazy, I just wouldn't have the time/energy. When I worked doors and had every day to myself pretty much my training was much more consistent and punishing with commensurate benefits, I feel I'm playing constant catch up now working out lots during holidays and as and when during term time. I was enjoying early morning training but my dogs need walked before work now as there is now nobody home for them during the day. Go at night to the gym I hear you cry...and your right...just seem tired after work, mentally causing physically!! Still, getting there slowly.

I make time, and rarely have the energy, it really isn't often that I train feeling fresh - but the body is fkin mental with what it can take, very very few people train hard enough to understand full blown overtraining, get your sleep/recovery nutrition and stress levels on point then its possible to place huge loads on it.

I trained really hard when I was on the doors, heavy every session, rarely missed a day but I feel that mentally I am weak now and that is where any change needs to come from. I physically have time to go to the gym, which is five minutes away, but rarely make the time through the week. Shocking admission but life sometimes gets you that way I guess. We are creatures of habit and I just need to create a new habit, but mentally I am not as in love with being big and strong as I was in my earlier incarnation.

[spikeyhead]

My current motivation is wanting to improve my parkrun times, coupled with learning how to box. Without those I'd have got bored of running and weights.