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Feeling Undiminished, Blut Attempts Restoration

Squat 20s - W2 D2

As I mentioned in the last post, this workout is a day late. It's one of benefits or downsides to having kit at home. It's no real hassle to slip or gain a day since I have no weekend opening hours to worry about.

The 20-rep set was, without any doubt, the hardest so far. I got to 12 reps before taking a short breather and then got to 16. After that it was single then pause until all twenty were done. During those last few, a part of me was just telling me to dump the bar. A very strange feeling. None of the reps was in any doubt, though. As I was going down I knew I'd be coming back up and then there was that feeling again, while I was grabbing some air, just to dump the bar. Obviously, I was gasping for breath after finishing.

I decided to revert to sets of five rather than six on MP. The last set was fairly hard. A bit more in the tank but not a lot. I think I'm judging these weights overall quite well for a three-week stint.

I didn't feel like doing cleans and so was still stuck for a pull. I don't want to add deads while doing the 20-rep squats, maybe next run, so I settled for more rowing. I dropped the weight down about 20% from Monday and decided to run them with 60 seconds between starting each set. I should probably have gone for 45 seconds. Nothing much to report.

All in all, things are still moving. The 120Kg triple felt heavyish but I knew I had plenty more reps in me if needed. I think I shall go for 107.5Kg (plus 0.5 for the collars) next workout. I'm currently 5 pounds ahead of BiggT's scheduling (220 rather than 215 at this stage) and dropping the increments down will bring it back in line and I might even have a shot at making it to the end. I can't really say that today's 20-repper was entirely pleasant but it was something new.


All weight in Kilos, +.5Kg unless just the bar. Last week in orange
Squats
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 80x3, 90x3, 60x20
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 85x3, 95x3, 70x20
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 80x3, 100x3, 80x20
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 85x3, 110x3, 90x20

20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 120x3, 100x20
Military Press
20x10, 40x6, 45x6, 50x6, 55x6, 60x6, 20x10
20x10, 40x5, 47.5x5, 55x5, 62.5x5, 70x5
BB Row
20x10, 60x5, 70x5x5
 
anotherbutters said:
Another one? Sorry to hear that. You're not having much luck with those chickens.
I felt gutted last night when two of the chickens seemed to be in a panic at having to return to the coop for the night. Much of the time one just thinks of them as chickens but it's easy to get attached to them and view them as pets and have favourites. I'm a tad depressed by the incident.
 
solarclimax said:
Just think if you ate those chickens, your squat might shoot up :RADAR
:evil:
I put them at the base of a nearby oak for scavengers to take. That's what we usually do with the rabbits we shoot, too.
 
Squat 20s - W2 D3

The weights are a bit messed up on squats. I'd intended 80, 110, 130 but, when I took the 10s off and replaced them with 15s, I forgot to put the 10s back. I was very pleased at how comfortable '110' felt and even more pleased at how comfortable '130' felt when I added the two 10s. I plead temporary insanity.

The real 130Kg was fine and didn't really feel any worse than 100Kg did a week and a half ago. I can't say the same for the 20-repper. I made it to 11 reps before having to pause for breath. I noticed that I was bellowing a bit near to the end but there was no-one around to hear. A gruelling set but I've made it through two weeks. I added a nice, steady single at 107.5 just to make sure that my mind was aware it has nothing to fear from a puny 108Kg.

My floor-press setup is getting to be a hazard as the weights are sliding about a bit now. The 100Kg sets were an effort but fine. I'm kind of itching to see where I stand on a normal bench press.

The last set of rows were a real struggle - pretty much maximal effort. I got distracted by my wife getting home after the fourth set, though, so probably lost a bit to cooling off.

I starting to feel like I'm kind of strong again but I know I'm nowhere near where I was seven or eight weeks ago. It feels pretty tragic to go through that last 5x5 and lose it all to a stomach bug and a twisted ankle. Still, think how much further back I'd have been without that run and I have to remember that this is still only two weeks of getting back into the workouts.

I'm a bit anxious about next week's 20-reppers. I'll go for 115Kg (254 lbs with my collars) next, which I expect to get, but probably slow down to 120Kg after that and, maybe, 125 to finish depending on what happens at 120. I hope nobody is going to pop in and tell me not to be a wuss.


All weight in Kilos, +.5Kg unless just the bar.
Squats
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 80x3, 90x3, 60x20
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 85x3, 95x3, 70x20
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 80x3, 100x3, 80x20
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 85x3, 110x3, 90x20
20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 90x3, 120x3, 100x20

20x10, 30x10, 60x5, 80x3, 90x3, 110x3, 130x3, 107.5x20, 107.5x1
Floor Press
20x10, 40x10, 60x5, 80x3, 90x5x5, Close Grip 62.5x10 for 2 sets
20x10, 40x8, 60x5, 80x3, 100x5x5, Close Grip 67.5x10 for 2 sets
BB Row
20x10, 50x5, 60x5, 70x5, 80x5, 90x5
20x10, 60x5, 70x5, 80x5, 90x5, 100x5
 
blut wump said:
The real 130Kg was fine...
For a brief moment, I thought that was your 20 rep set. Imagine my disappointment to see it was only for a triple ;). Still, if you do make it up to 125kgx20, 130 isn't that much more :)

Any signs of loading?
 
I'm falling asleep watching the Formula 1 qualifying if that counts. Otherwise, not really, no.

Sorry to be such a disappointment. :)


Edit:-
The qualifying is over and I'm now feeling wide awake. I think it was just the driving that was inducing the somnolence.
 
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