Deception's 'insert awesome reference here' log.
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Nice work on the bench, I must say it has come along really nicely for you!
I am hoping to bring my bench up to speed while still pushing forward with my deadlifts.
My squats I want to really nail the form as I realise although it's not bad I still need improve the overall balance and explosiveness.
Just gotta hope that this issue I picked up turns out to be minor and fixable.
Sorry bit of a me ramble there lol.
When is your surgery due? And how long do you expect to be out of serious training for (I need some catch up time lol)
I am hoping to bring my bench up to speed while still pushing forward with my deadlifts.
My squats I want to really nail the form as I realise although it's not bad I still need improve the overall balance and explosiveness.
Just gotta hope that this issue I picked up turns out to be minor and fixable.
Sorry bit of a me ramble there lol.
When is your surgery due? And how long do you expect to be out of serious training for (I need some catch up time lol)
No worries, ramble on!
Surgery date is the 10th of Jan and I'll probably be out of action for around 8 weeks depending on healing; Plenty of time to leave me in your dust
Your Deadlift form is great, I still feel like im missing something with mine, but will keep working on it, like with Squats.
I'll probably come back and your Bench will be as badass as your other lifts!
Don't think I can get away with anything, probably got to have arm in a sling too, to avoid stretching and tearing the stitches out again
.Hopefully your appointment goes well and it was just do with the tight belt and thats it.
You'll probably make some great gains on the new routine too, looks like a solid programme
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Legs were still destroyed from Thursday! Recovery has probably slowed due to the cut, so basically did wide stance Squats today, really focusing on keeping knee's out and exploding out the hole.
Weight is down to 87.5 at the moment; Slowly losing it!
Weight is down to 87.5 at the moment; Slowly losing it!
3rd one for same thing, although this is mainly to fix some scar tearing that happened last time... Lets just say I used to be a BIG boy in the past
OHP – 26/12/12
50x5
70x1
80x2 – Well that’s one target hit!
70x5 x2
70x4
65x5 x3
Single arm DB Press
22.5x10 x2– 25’s felt like they were going nowhere
22.5x8
DB Row
35x10 x3
Shoulders feel pumped and dead at the same time.. Volume ftw! Might actually stick to volume for shoulders as that's how I managed to break through my last barrier when I stalled.
50x5
70x1
80x2 – Well that’s one target hit!
70x5 x2
70x4
65x5 x3
Single arm DB Press
22.5x10 x2– 25’s felt like they were going nowhere
22.5x8
DB Row
35x10 x3
Shoulders feel pumped and dead at the same time.. Volume ftw!
Might actually stick to volume for shoulders as that's how I managed to break through my last barrier when I stalled.I do it seated. I'd probably fall over if standing after that. Although I can give it a try next time, see how it feels.
Gym was pretty empty this morning apart from odd people doing some weird core work.
Deadlift - 28/12/12
70x5
100x3
120x3
150x1
180x1 - PB
190xf
180x1
150x3 - This is when I realised I had 180 on the bar.
140x3
At the time I thought 180 was 160 and 190 was 170. Was aiming for 170 PB and then wondered why it wasn't budging and then looked at the plates.. Maths fail!
RDL
100x8 - Hammies were destroyed from Deadlifts
90x8 x2
Hit the hamstring curl machine and a few others after, but still got core to do later, which ill do at home.
Deadlift - 28/12/12
70x5
100x3
120x3
150x1
180x1 - PB
190xf
180x1
150x3 - This is when I realised I had 180 on the bar.
140x3
At the time I thought 180 was 160 and 190 was 170. Was aiming for 170 PB and then wondered why it wasn't budging and then looked at the plates.. Maths fail!
RDL
100x8 - Hammies were destroyed from Deadlifts
90x8 x2
Hit the hamstring curl machine and a few others after, but still got core to do later, which ill do at home.
Nice pb deception, pushing ahead just to make my life harder haha.
Get some vids up when you can dude would be nice to see how your getting one
Will do. I didn't this time due to thinking it was only 160 and nothing special
.You easily have 180 in the bag, you said it yourself and you make it look very easy
Haha, cheers mate
To be honest, the amount of times I punted nd re counted the plates when I did 170 was pretty funny. Must have counted them at least 5 times as I was suprised at how easy it moved.
I pretty much tend to film most of my sets now just p I can check out the form is all good.
To be honest, the amount of times I punted nd re counted the plates when I did 170 was pretty funny. Must have counted them at least 5 times as I was suprised at how easy it moved.
I pretty much tend to film most of my sets now just p I can check out the form is all good.
Haha nice semi-accidental PB
Nice way to round out the year, and a good number to hit before your recovery.
Yea, pretty happy with it. If i knew what was on the bar, I probably would have found some way to mess it up
Haha, cheers mate
To be honest, the amount of times I punted nd re counted the plates when I did 170 was pretty funny. Must have counted them at least 5 times as I was suprised at how easy it moved.
I pretty much tend to film most of my sets now just p I can check out the form is all good.
That's how I was; I'm used to putting on 10's either side at home so was going up in 20's instead of 40's in my head when I was gradually adding on the weight.
So thats squats and deadlifts increased (still remembering back when form was laughable and I'm still in one piece so far
). Bench and OHP are getting tough and probably wont get much of an increase... maybe 2.5kg lol!Should give me some nice pre-op totals to aim for once I'm fully recovered and ready to go
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