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

[mcelliott]

Yesterday, chest so incline bench topped out at 105 which was pleasing as it a good month since I last did them, finished off with seated press, then 2 80kg bag lifts, fk they’re hard. Then a really hard hour on the bike followed by my usual swim.

Today, woke up to rain bouncing off the windows so over an hour of getting soaked on the bike and freezing cold sun came out just as we finished typical, then a quick coffee and back into a cold sea swim, motivation for the gym was zero so garden work out it was, sooo it was 10 pull up, followed by a 10 second L sit hold then 20. Press ups these were done without rest then a minute and a half rest when completed, 20 rounds in total.

[chris4652009]

Chest and Triceps

[Animal]

This morning's joy was Circus Maximus:
12 x Dumbbell Thruster (I used 10kg)]
12 x Pushup
12 x 60kg Deadlift
12 rounds for time. I managed 38 mins, which I think is pretty slow.

[Wills2]

Shoulders and chest today

Started with some single rear delt cable flies, then military press using the short bar then lateral dumbell flies then onto chest using the machine press, reps varied as the weight changed in the 8-15 range.

I followed up with a 15 min warm down on the elliptical and a jog up to the first tee (steep hill not pleasant my first attempt and it showed up a gaping hole in my fitness) I've started to put in 15-20mins of cardio after every weight session x 5 a week as it gives me 75 mins of additional cardio/movement that I don't notice or have to plan for.

Going to have to up my cardio and flexibility as it's very below par.

[Fozziebear]

7 min 20sec hard, 10 sec easy on attack bike
ski erg 1min hard, 20sec rest x10
dumbbell upper body, curls, shoulder press, chest press,

trying to get leaner now, bulked up to 108kg, get down to 100kg target

[Chicken Chaser]

After switching out cardio for weight training 8 weeks ago, a 3 times a week full body session was feeling good. I added a bike session (just an hour sweet spot) in between last week and then just little in the tank for last Friday's weight session. Did nothing over the weekend, felt good Monday. Yesterday did a 90 min zone 2 gentle ride and today I just feel lacking in energy. Did a weight session but just couldn't hit the weight overload at all today so went high rep instead.

Hoping it's not enough calories rather than fatigue or whatever. I'll see if I can eat my way out of it.

[mcelliott]

Chicken Chaser said:

After switching out cardio for weight training 8 weeks ago, a 3 times a week full body session was feeling good. I added a bike session (just an hour sweet spot) in between last week and then just little in the tank for last Friday's weight session. Did nothing over the weekend, felt good Monday. Yesterday did a 90 min zone 2 gentle ride and today I just feel lacking in energy. Did a weight session but just couldn't hit the weight overload at all today so went high rep instead.

Hoping it's not enough calories rather than fatigue or whatever. I'll see if I can eat my way out of it.

Nutrition sleep and active recovery days are key factors, need to nail all these elements for long term success, I normally throw in a easy week every 5wks or so just to keep fresh.

[mcelliott]

Today, early morning coffee ride with the wife, pretty quick with an avg of 36kph, then a chest sesh at the gym, a 115kg incline for 3 was the highlight which was a pr so pleased with that, then 4 80kg bag lifts in quick succession killed whatever strength I had left, then a 1k sea swim in a finally warming sea, then squeezed in a fairly steady hour on Zwift later on, just surpassed 12000m of climbing on my recorded walks on Strava, well on coarse to get to 35000m for the year.

[Wills2]

I'm training 5 days a week at the moment and started with a push/pull legs routine which was 6 days 3 days, rest day then repeat but needed to get it down to 5 days

I'm playing around with the split to give the 5 days some structure, today was back and some glutes thrown in trying to make sure I do a compound lift in every session so that most things get hit at some point during the week more than once.

Bent over barbell rows
Barbell hip thrusts
Lat pull down wide grip
Dumbell shrugs
Straight arm cable machine push downs

[Animal]

Yesterday morning:
30/30 on rower
6 rounds
4 mins rest
3 blocks
Core circuit x 3

Yesterday evening:
Deadlift 150kg x 5
90-sec ski-erg (min 360 metres)
Rest 3 mins. 3 rounds
Front squat 60kg x 5
90-sec ski-erg (min 360 metres)
Rest 3 mins. 3 rounds

This morning: 4k quick walk to work. Got off the tube a couple of stops early and walked the rest of the way. Amazing how fast you can walk when you find youself in Mile End/Stepney!

[Wills2]

Changed it up today, I felt like I had too much volume and not enough intensity in the sets so dropped it back to 2 working sets but went heavier and to failure (ish) weights session was quicker and allowed me to do some core work which I often forget about.

Dumbell press 30kg
Lateral raises 7.5kg
Seated barbell shoulder press (in smith machine) 40kg
Chest press machine 70kg
Dips with 10kg

[biggbn]

Mr Inconsistency back! Shoulders, strict standing military

Bar x 8
30kg x 8
40kg x 8
45kg x 8
50kg x 6
40kg x 8

Will work on these, have underutilised them over the year, brilliant for core, everything.

Single arm lateral raises, thor grip, no suppination.
10kg, 12.5, 15, 17.5, 20kg sets of five per side.

Upright barbell rows
Bar x 8
30kg, 40, 50, 60 x 8
70kg x 6

Never really feel anything from these, close grip, hook grip, used to pull big weight with this, will persevere

Seated dumbell press
12kg, 15, 20, 30, 32.5 sets of five.

Hey, guys gotta start (again) somewhere. Thank you Charlie for forcing me out of the house ....

[mcelliott]

Training ticking along nicely, swimming and cycling this morning, then a lunch time gym session, mainly heavy bag lifts supplemented with L sits and weighted pull ups, still averaging around 18000 steps a day as well so keeping pretty lean.

[biggbn]

mcelliott said:

Training ticking along nicely, swimming and cycling this morning, then a lunch time gym session, mainly heavy bag lifts supplemented with L sits and weighted pull ups, still averaging around 18000 steps a day as well so keeping pretty lean.

You are incredibly consistent in your approach man, I take my hat off to you.

[mcelliott]

biggbn said:

mcelliott said:

Training ticking along nicely, swimming and cycling this morning, then a lunch time gym session, mainly heavy bag lifts supplemented with L sits and weighted pull ups, still averaging around 18000 steps a day as well so keeping pretty lean.

You are incredibly consistent in your approach man, I take my hat off to you.

Thanks, well I try to be, lifestyle habits and all that, incorporating it into my daily routine makes it pretty straight forward, I always factor in an easy week every 4 or 5 weeks so that I'm staying as fresh as pos, and not being too silly with diet, all basic stuff really.

[biggbn]

mcelliott said:

biggbn said:

mcelliott said:

Training ticking along nicely, swimming and cycling this morning, then a lunch time gym session, mainly heavy bag lifts supplemented with L sits and weighted pull ups, still averaging around 18000 steps a day as well so keeping pretty lean.

You are incredibly consistent in your approach man, I take my hat off to you.

Thanks, well I try to be, lifestyle habits and all that, incorporating it into my daily routine makes it pretty straight forward, I always factor in an easy week every 4 or 5 weeks so that I'm staying as fresh as pos, and not being too silly with diet, all basic stuff really.

I used to train like a maniac up until I hit 50 and changed careers. Up till then, my days were my own and I worked nights so I had a constant, heavy routine. Changed careers and have found it difficult to adapt, but I'll get there. Didn't train all those years to throw it away.

Edited by biggbn on Sunday 7th May 19:03

[mcelliott]

biggbn said:

mcelliott said:

biggbn said:

mcelliott said:

Training ticking along nicely, swimming and cycling this morning, then a lunch time gym session, mainly heavy bag lifts supplemented with L sits and weighted pull ups, still averaging around 18000 steps a day as well so keeping pretty lean.

You are incredibly consistent in your approach man, I take my hat off to you.

Thanks, well I try to be, lifestyle habits and all that, incorporating it into my daily routine makes it pretty straight forward, I always factor in an easy week every 4 or 5 weeks so that I'm staying as fresh as pos, and not being too silly with diet, all basic stuff really.

I used to train like a maniac up until I hit 50 and changed careers. Up till then, my days were my own and I worked nights so I had a consent, heavy routine. Changed careers and have found it difficult to adapt, but I'll get there. Didn't train all those years to throw it away.

Yeah sure it's tough, life gets in the way for everyone, bone crushing soul sucking consistency, well I'm the king.

[biggbn]

mcelliott said:

biggbn said:

mcelliott said:

biggbn said:

mcelliott said:

Training ticking along nicely, swimming and cycling this morning, then a lunch time gym session, mainly heavy bag lifts supplemented with L sits and weighted pull ups, still averaging around 18000 steps a day as well so keeping pretty lean.

You are incredibly consistent in your approach man, I take my hat off to you.

Thanks, well I try to be, lifestyle habits and all that, incorporating it into my daily routine makes it pretty straight forward, I always factor in an easy week every 4 or 5 weeks so that I'm staying as fresh as pos, and not being too silly with diet, all basic stuff really.

I used to train like a maniac up until I hit 50 and changed careers. Up till then, my days were my own and I worked nights so I had a consent, heavy routine. Changed careers and have found it difficult to adapt, but I'll get there. Didn't train all those years to throw it away.

Yeah sure it's tough, life gets in the way for everyone, bone crushing soul sucking consistency, well I'm the king.

No doubt man. Excuses are too easy to make, reasons not to too easy to give. I need to regain my mindset, I was an animal in the gym for a lot of years, hard and heavy every day.

Anyhow. Back today

Deadlifts up to 170kg x 5 felt easy, clean.
Single arm dumbell rows, 50kg x 10 x 3 sets
Dumbell curls, 12.5, 20, 25kg sets of 6. Poor.
Seated triceps machine, stack x 20

And done

Edited by biggbn on Sunday 7th May 16:07

Fitness and recovery are appalling. Consistency will help this I'm sure.

Edited by biggbn on Sunday 7th May 16:20

[2354519y]

2 miles on the treadmill in the gym

[Animal]

Animal said:

This evening:
Total 150 pushups, 86 pullups, 150 dips.
4x12 Bulgarian split squat
2 rounds suitcase carry (30kg dumbbell, 60-75 metres)

This evening:
Total 150 pushups, 109 pullups, 150 dips
Some adductor work and leg presses
Kettlebell Pull Through 3x10 (8kg)
Kettlebell March 3x15 (24kg)
Banged my elbow getting into the damn car and now can't sleep it's so painful!