Giraffe Tries to Stronglift!

So partner's shifts shafted me again.
Been pricing together a home Gym. Giving flexability.

Work Gym,
Bad weights:

SQ:
5x5 @ 42Kg Slow, trying to focus on form.

OHP:
5x5 @20Kg (Dumbbels)

DeadLift:
2x3 @40Kg (Dumbbels, Romanian deadlift, Grip just failed me :( )

Chin-Up:
3x5 BW + 12Kg
 
Gym'd Yesterday

SQ:
2x5 @20Kg
1x5 @40Kg
1x3 @60Kg
3/5/5/5/5 @ 75Kg

First set, lost my balance and fell on my **** haha
BP:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 60Kg
5x5 @ 72.5Kg

ROW:
1x5 @ 50Kg
5x5 @ 67.5Kg

Dips:
5/5/4 @ BW + 28Kg (couldn't squeeze that last rep out :( )
 
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Time and conflicts today :/

SQ:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 60Kg
5x5 @ 77.5Kg

OHP:
Skipped

DL:
1x5 @ 60Kg
1x5 @ 80Kg
1x5 @ 92.5Kg
1x5 @ 102.5Kg (Hook grip got me through!)

Chin ups:
Skipped

Instead of filling in the missed exercises I had agreed to a run, so had to run at lunch:
Run:
6.47Km @ 5:23/Km
 
ugh,
Not a good Day

SQ:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x5 @ 60Kg
1x3 @ 70Kg
4/2 @ 80Kg (Was Not good form, felt off)
5/5 @ 75Kg
5 @ 70Kg

Form was off, dropped weight to focus, still off, drop more.... :/
BP (Dumbells)
2x5 @ 10Kg
1x5 @ 20Kg
1x3 @ 30Kg
5/4 @ 35Kg
3x5 @ 30Kg

ROW:
1x3 @ 60Kg
5/4 @ 70Kg
(Dumbell row)
4x5 @ 35Kg

DIPS:
5/3/5 @ BW + 32.5Kg
 
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Yeah, I'm just trying to keep going.
I'll do some spoilers, but on my phone and it's not telling me the markup to do that atm :/

SQ:
2x5 @20kg
1x5 @40kg
1x5 @60kg
1x3 @70kg
3/5/2 @80kg
5/5 @75kg
1x5 @77.5kg

OHP:
2x5 @20kg
1x5 @30kg
5/5/4/5/2 @45kg

DL:
1x5 @60kg
1x5 @80kg
1x5 @92.5kg
1x5 @105kg

3x5 @ BW + 13.75kg
 
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That's not a bad idea.

So, Rubbish work gym, Decided to use the leg press, did a pyramid type thing. That I saw an alan thrall's youtube :p

Leg Press:
do 10 reps,
increase weight,
repeat to failure
work back down.
I have no idea the weights involved here haha

BP(Dumbells)
2x5 @ 10Kg
1x5 @ 20Kg
1x3 @ 30Kg
5/5/5/5/2 @ 35Kg

Row(Dumbell)
5x5 @ 35Kg

Dips:
No time :/
 
Still using the useless work gym:

Leg Press:
Stuff....
set it to 80% of my 5rep, did 50 reps.....leg press to squat comparison is strange, it was easy, so started doing sets of 20 reps increasing weight.
got to 115Kg...... I reckon leg press machine's full of **** when it comes to amounts.

OHP(Dumbells):
2x5 @ 10Kg
1x3 @ 15Kg
5x5 @ 20Kg

DL (RDL with dumbells)
1x5 @ 30Kg
3x5 @ 40Kg

Chin-Ups:
3x5 @ BW + 15Kg

Meh to this day, I want my proper weights :p
Home gym soon, moneys then gear!
 
Feels like I'm coming down with a sore throat, oh well
More Gym:

SQ:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 60Kg
5x5 @ 72.5Kg

Vid: https://youtu.be/OToAfhIvBrM

BP(Dumbells):
2x5 @ 10Kg
1x5 @ 20Kg
1x3 @ 30Kg
4 @ 35Kg
4x5 @ 30Kg

ROW:
1x3 @ 60Kg
5x5 @ 70Kg

DIPS:
3x5 @ BW + 32.5Kg

Got Weights delivered for my home setup :D
Still got the rack inbound and a bench, but flexibility should allow me to not miss workouts and faff about with dumbells
 
Back to the Gym :D
Deloaded, mainly due to the Week off.

SQ:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 55Kg
5x5 @ 70Kg

OHP:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x3 @ 30Kg
5x5 @ 40Kg

DL:
1x5 @ 60Kg
1x5 @ 80Kg
3x5 @ 95Kg

Chin-Up
3x5 @ BW + 20Kg

Good to be back :)
 
So, First home gym time!
Faffed around with logistics for longer than I'd like
Adjusted the rack a number of times.
Couldn't get into the right headspace for a while....

But, once I got into it, Felt Good and strong.

SQ:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 60Kg
5x5 @ 72.5Kg

BP:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 52.5Kg
5x5 @ 62.5Kg

I ran out of time here, Too much nonsense.
So Work Gym Finishing

ROW (Dumbells):
1x5 @ 25Kg
5x5 @ 30Kg

DIPS:
3x5 @ BW + 30Kg
 
Home Gym again!
Need to sort out timing though :/

SQ:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 60Kg
5x5 @ 75Kg

Video (excuse the lack of clothing, perks of home gym :p ):
https://youtu.be/_Gw_SOeZCXo


OHP:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x3 @ 30Kg
5x5 @ 42.5Kg

DL:
1x5 @ 60Kg
1x5 @ 80Kg
1x3 @ 97.5Kg - I was rushing for time here, hands were sweating like mental too so I couldn't hold the bar :/

Finished up it the work gym:
RDL (Dumbell)
3x5 @ 30Kg

Chin-Up
3x5 @ BW + 22kg
 
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So, I think I need to stop lying to myself that I can get all my exercises done in the morning :/

SQ:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 60Kg
5x5 @ 77.5Kg

BP:
2x5 @ 20Kg
1x5 @ 40Kg
1x3 @ 52.5Kg
5x5 @ 65Kg

Ran out of time, rest was home gym.
TBH I should have done the rows and benched with dumbells at work

ROW(Dumbbell):
5x5 @ 35Kg

Dips:
3x5 @ BW + 30Kg
 
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As I've said before, that's some strong dipping
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Thanks, I've not even got big arms haha.

Today, woke up and felt like balls.
Did not want to work out.
Workout then went balls.
hey ho

SQ:
2x5 @ 20kg
1x5 @ 40kg
1x5 @ 60Kg
1x3 @ 70Kg
5/3/3 @ 80Kg
5/5 @ 70Kg

Video:
At one point, I believe I look at my toes, at my back rounds to punish me :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bicyyLxOK4U

This all took me too long, so everything else was made up at the work gym:

OHP(Dumbbells)
5x5 @ 20Kg

DL(RDL with Dumbbells)
3x5 @ 35Kg

Chin-Ups:
3x5 @ BW + 22.5 Kg
 
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