BL-20210413

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Pin Press 1×5 @ 61

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.
Set 1 good but slow.
Backs set no problems.

Bench 5×5 @ 83.5

Warmups all good. Rested 2 minutes.
Set 1 all good.
Set 2 tough. Added extra minute rest.
Set 3 smoother.
Set 4 all good.
Last set ok. Hit the safeties at the bottom of rep 5.

Row 4×5 @ 82

Warmups all good. Rested 2 minutes.
No issues here.

Summary

All good today.
Chins started with 2 reps at 0700 and are ongoing.
Deadlift blocks have also arrived.

BL-20210412

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Deadlift 1×5 @ 156

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

All good here. Last rep pretty tough.

Squat 4×5 @ 126

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.

Set 3 slowing down.
Last set stable but tired.
Didn’t feel much on the toes today.

Run – NRC Easy Run

1.69km @ 7’21” – 12:27
Massive improvement on last run.
Took it at an easy pace throughout.

Summary

All good today.
Decent start to high stress week.

BL-20210410

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Bench 1×5 @ 84

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.
Easy enough here.

Press 5×3 @ 53

Warmups all good. Rested 2 minutes.
Moving smooth.

Push Ups 8×4 EMOM @ BW

All good here.

Chins 11xAFAP @ BW

9 and 10 were misses on the height.
Held 11 as long as I could.

Summary

Nothing much to report.
Still getting used to the stiffer wraps.

BL-20210409

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Squat 1×5 @ 133

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.
Feeling super heavy but moving fairly steady.
Feeling it on the toes a lot here.

Deadlift 3×5 @ 131

Warmups all good. Rested 3 minutes.
Tough getting a great here on all sets.
Everything feeling like it was moving quickly though.

Run

0.68km @ 7’47”
Ankles and feet today! Both legs!

Summary

Fairly decent today for post work stuff.
Not happy with the run today.
Got finished with the warmup and my feet were feeling punished.
Cardio is definitely there but my lower legs don’t seem to be able to take the pounding they used to. I must be getting old!
I feel like 8 weeks is a decent amount of time to have tested with varying results.
Ultimately I think I may have to shelf the running for alternate conditioning and perhaps bring it back later on.

BL-20210408

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Chin Ups 11xAFAP @ BW

Couple of slow reps.
11 minutes total.