BL-20240104

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Squat 1 x 5 @ 120

Resting 2 minutes.
Top set felt ok. Seeing a few spots after rep 3 but moved fine.
8 and 5 on the back sets. Should have rested a bit longer I think.
All moved ok but back set 2 fatigued quickly.

Bench 1 x 5 @ 85

Resting 2 minutes.
Top set felt pretty good again.
Felt a little heavier out the rack than I expected but moving ok again.
7/6 on the back sets all moving nicely.

Summary

Solid start today.
Felling a little heavy all round but everything seemed to move nicely.
Got some nutrition coaching for the next few weeks. See if we can clean up the diet and increase some energy levels again.


BL-20240101

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Axle Block Pull 1 x 5 @ 120

Resting 3 minutes.
Top set moved ok.
10 reps on the back set.
Thought about an 11th but felt pretty cooked at that point.

Press 1 x 3 @ 60

Resting 3 minutes.
Heavy but doable on the top set here.
Felt good and solid overall.
7/8 on the back sets.
Also feeling good.

Summary

Decent reset here.
Seems like a good start.


BL-20231221

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Squat 1 x 1 @ 120

Resting 3 minutes.
Top set feeling ok.
2×5 on the back sets.
Legs feeling dead today.

Bench 1 x 1 @ 100

Resting 2 minutes.
Felt really solid on the top set here.
8/6 on the back sets. All good.

Log Press 1 x AMRAP @ 55

Resting till recovered.
8 on both sets here.
Last rep of the back set was a soft lockout.

Barbell Row (SS) 3 x AMRAP @ 62.5

Barbell Shrug (SS) 2 x AMRAP @ 62.5

Resting 2 minutes.
8s across all sets here.
Rows feeling ok and shrugs feeling better with the snatch grip.

Summary

Long one today to get caught up.
Upper body certainly feeling fresher than the legs.


BL-20231220

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Axle Block Pull 1 x 5 @ 120

Resting 3 minutes.
Top set all good.
10 reps on the back set. Also feeling good.

Press 1 x 1 @ 60

Resting 2 minutes.
Ok top single. A little sticky but went up ok.
2×6 on the back sets.

Summary

Took Monday off lifting after 3 days of 20k+ steps at work.
Getting tired of feeling tired at the minute.
Lifts today all moving nicely once I got out there.


BL-20231214

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Axle Press 1 x 60 Second AMRAP @ 52.5

Resting 3 minutes.
9 on the top set. Feeling ok.
9 on the back set also. Half a rep on the end.

Barbell Row (SS) 3 x AMRAP @ 60

Resting 3 minutes.
10 reps across the 3 sets.
All feeling ok.

Barbell Shrug (SS) 2 x AMRAP @ 60

10 reps each here.
Still working these out.
Think I may need to get my knob out the way!

Summary

All good this morning.
Feeling less tired than yesterday.