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03-20-2017 , 02:31 PM
As I was gone over the weekend, I weighed myself this morning:
March 20th: 105.3kg (-1.5/-11.9)

As I have a headache tonight, I will postpone all lifting days by one day this week.
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03-21-2017 , 04:19 PM
Had to lift immediately after dinner and couldn't even do a decent warm-up, because my wife was on our stationary bike.
squat: 97,5kgx5,5,6
didn't push myself to heavily, because I still felt pretty full.
bench: 60kgx5,5,8
guess it's time for 2,5kg jumps. As I didn't reach 60kg the last time I was lifting and didn't do AMRAP sets before, this is definitely a PR, even if it's a pathetic one.
deadlift: 90kgx6
I usually have to take two or three breaths between reps on the deadlift. This time I tried to stay under tension as much as possible, but I started ro feel my quads in the break after the fourth rep, so I probably shouldn't do that.

But at least I reached my first monthly goal this morning with 104,8kg:

Quote:
Originally Posted by GermanGuy
Goals for March:
bodyweight for squat and deadtlift [ ]
70kg for bench [ ]
40kg for military press [ ]
Bodyweight below 105kg [x]

Last edited by GermanGuy; 03-21-2017 at 04:35 PM.
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03-22-2017 , 02:32 PM
I went swimming today.

Swimming: 550m in 30 minutes (4x25m front crawl, rest breaststroke)
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03-23-2017 , 04:42 PM
squat: 100kgx5,5,6

This is getting hard. I really don't know, whether I want to deadlift after this on Saturday. I think I will stick to my programm for the rest of the week and then go to a more GLSP style split with squat/DL/squat each week.
military press: 37,5kgx5,5,6
pendlay rows: 45kgx10,10,11

Back looks to rounded. Maybe I should reduce the number of reps. Even youtube realizes how laughable they are and tagged them as "comedy" after the upload.

Last edited by GermanGuy; 03-23-2017 at 04:49 PM.
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03-25-2017 , 05:01 PM
I worked in the garden in the afternoon and carried around several blocks of concrete weighing 28kg each, so thought about not doing the workout, but tried it anyway.
squat: 102,5kgx4,5,4
Felt really bad. On the first set I also felt a stinging sensation in my right knee on the way down. That was gone on the second and third set. I think I should do more warm-up and do the same weight again on Tuesday.
Bench: 62,5kgx5,5,8
Felt pretty good. I seem to be getting the leg drive thing, although sometimes I feel a strange sensation on the outside of my hips while setting up. Probably some kind of mobility issue. Any thought or advice?
Deadlift: 92,5kgx5
After the fiasco of the squat I thought about skipping deadlift altogether, but managed to get through. Depending on how I feel next Tuesday (and Thursday before the workout) I might go to a Tu/Th/Sa squat/DL/squat split which would bring my program closer to GSLP that SS, I guess.
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03-26-2017 , 04:53 AM
March 26th: 104,4kg (-0,9/-12,8)

A few weeks ago I've started using the runtastic push-ups app, as I've mentioned somehere in this log. I did push-ups on non-lifting days, but this week I've decided to do them daily and just do one rest day per week, so I decided I would start logging them here to.
I did five sets of 13-9-9-11-8 for 50 reps today.
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03-26-2017 , 06:01 AM
I have pain in my left knee whenever it reaches the end of its flexion ROM. I work around it by stretching and warming it up extensively before squats, and limiting depth during squats. I almost never feel pain during work sets as a result. YMMV though.
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03-26-2017 , 06:27 AM
Since it was gone after the first workset, and not really there for the lighter warm-up sets (I am not even sure, whether it was there for my last warm-up) I will make five minutes on the stationary bike mandatory from now on. I've skipped that when there wasn't enough time and did an extra set with just the bar. Probably I should do that too.
So my warm-up on Tuesday will look like this:
5 minutes on stationary bike
2x8-10@just the bar (I usually pause at the bottom for one or two seconds for an extra stretch)
1x5@40kg
1x5@60kg
1x3@80kg
1x2@90kg
and then the worksets at 102,5kg.
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03-26-2017 , 06:36 AM
My warmup today:

1. Ride bike to the gym (4-5km) in Cambodian heat.

2. Hip mobility drills and some static stretching ~5 min

(In between steps 2 and 3, I did my primary deadlift work. On squat day, I'd proceed straight to step 3.)

3. Bodyweight squats while holding the uprights of the power rack, stretching the bottom position for 10-20 seconds, both with heels off and on the floor. I do this step until the knee pain diminishes. Maybe 2-3 minutes.

4. Couple of sets of 8-10 bodyweight squats, holding the uprights and free standing. 1-2 minutes.

5. Ramping-up sets:

20x8
40x5
60x2 w/belt
67.5x8x3 w/belt (work sets)

It might be overkill, but it works for me.
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03-28-2017 , 04:05 PM
squat: 102,5kgx5,5,5
didn't feel my knees after the longer warm-up, but the first set still feels more difficult than the second set. Seems strange

military press: 38,5kgx5,5,6

pendlay rows:
45kgx8,9,11
Form seemed better. I think I will take this slowly and increase by 2,5kg each time I do rows.
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04-01-2017 , 05:45 PM
Had a headache that basically lasted from Wednesday to Friday afternoon, so I had to skip one session.

squat:
105kgx5,5,6
Almost failed the last rep, but got it up in the end. I have a video, but as the shirt I was wearing was too small, it looks anything but flattering, so I would rather not share. Form looks okay to me.

bench press: : 65kgx5,5,8
Will go for 1/1,5kg jumps from now on. This really needs to be recorded, as I don't seem to be getting the arched set-up thing at all.

deadlift: 95kgx5

I got all five reps up and I think I would have had enough strength for one or two more reps, but I felt so exhausted I had to take 10+ breaths between reps. I guess I should switch to a GSLP split and skip squatting on deadlifting days.

Quote:
Originally Posted by GermanGuy
Goals for March:
bodyweight for squat [ ] Got there if you count the morning weight instead of the weight directly before lifting.
and deadtlift [ ]
70kg for bench [ ]
, 40kg for military press [ ]
Bodyweight below 105kg [x]
Missed the weightlifting goals pretty badly due to missing to may workouts because of cold/ headache.

For April I will just set the same goals again, because I will most likely get a vasectomy this month and I have no idea how long I will not be able to lift afterwards.
squat 110kg [ ]
deadtlift 105 [ ]
70kg for bench [ ]
40kg for military press [ ]
Weight goal: <99kg

And I forgot to log that I am still doing push-ups in the morning, so my goal there is to get to
>80 push-ups in four sets

Last edited by GermanGuy; 04-01-2017 at 05:51 PM.
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04-02-2017 , 02:07 AM
April 2nd: 103,1kg (-1,3/-14,1)

31 lbs in 11 weeks. The <100 goal for my birthday seems very doable (in 5 weeks).
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04-03-2017 , 04:54 PM
AM:
push-ups: 19-13-10-9-10 (120 sec rest) => 61 reps total

PM:
military press: 40kgx5,5,7
I switched to GSLP, so I thought I might as well do it according to plan and start with the upper body movement.

squat: : 107,5kgx5,4,3
Even though I failed this, I am quite happy with it. First of all, I didn't feel my knees at all, so doing the military press first seems to have been good for the warm-up.
Secondly, I've felt a light pain in what my wife (nurse) tells me is my left sacroiliac joint, ever since my last workout. Also felt it, when I lifted the weight off the rack, but not during the squat. So I didn't want to push myself too hard and am fine with resetting here.

I'll try to monitor this and look for things to do. Any advice?

pendlay rows: 47,5kgx8,8,11
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04-05-2017 , 02:32 PM
Tuesday:
push-ups: 20-13-9-9-10 => 61
my goal here is to get to 60 in as few sets as possible. When I get there in 4 sets, I will set my goal to 80 and then to 100.

today:
AM:
push-ups: 18-11-11-10-10 => 60
PM:
bench: 66kgx5,5,8
Originally thought about not doing push-ups in the morning before a bench set, but it doesn't seem to have hurt. I usually aim for a lower goal on push-ups the morning after bench pressing though.

There is more of an arch than I thought, but I guess next time I should take a video from an angle where my torso isn't hidden by the plate most of the time.

deadlift: 97,5kgx7
didn't record, but this is where my lower back started to feel like my form would not be good anymore. Still not doing squats and deadlifts on the same day seems to have been a good decision.
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04-07-2017 , 09:51 AM
Thursday:
push-ups: 20-14-10-10-10=>64

today:
early morning:
push-ups: 20-12-12-10-10=>64

lunch-break:
military press: 41kgx5,5,6
These felt more influenced by the morning push-ups than my last bench workout. I guess the reason is that I only had a five instead of a 10-ish hour break in between.
I got them up anyway, so I am happy.

squat:
95kgx5.5.6
I didn't do a full warm-up and skipped the two set without the bar, as I thought "there's only 40kg on the bar anyway, so I'll just squat with that".
Maybe that wasn't such a good idea, as a muscle at the front of my hips felt a little weak during all three sets. Maybe this was because I didn't get the stretch out of stopping at the bottom for the 20kg-squats. I will be more diligent with this in the future.
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04-09-2017 , 01:52 AM
Saturday: rest day

Sunday:
April 9th: 102,7kg(-0,7/-14,5kg)
meh.

push-ups: 20-15-11-14 =>60.
If I get to or above 60 in four sets tomorrow as well, I will bump up the goal to 80.

I wanted to add running to my program once I am down in the double digits. Read up on couch to 5k and noticed it's a nine week program. As there is a 5k in my hometown in ten weeks, I won't be able to lift on the holiday trip I'll leave on tomorrow Morning anyway and the extra 2,7kg won't be that bad for my knees most likely, I am going to start doing c25k today.
I will run on sun/tue/thu and lift on mon/wed/fri when I am back. I guess there souldn't be too much interference for the first few weeks, but we'll see.

Last edited by GermanGuy; 04-09-2017 at 02:15 AM.
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04-09-2017 , 04:01 AM
just noticed a typo:
this week's loss was only 0,4kg.
original goal of <100kg by May 8th still seems very achieavable, monthly goal of <99kg by the end of the month seems very ambitious by now.
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04-09-2017 , 02:59 PM
couch25k week 1 day 1:
running/walking
(well, mostly walking):
3,19km in 30 minutes
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04-10-2017 , 03:36 AM
bench press: 67,5kgx4,5,6
Turns out listening to a comedy podcast while lifting isn't such a good idea. Had to start laughing at the bottom of the last rep of the first set and could get it up.

squat: 90kgx5,5,7
I said that I thought running wouldn't interfere with lifting, but as I leave on a holiday trip in a few minutes, I had to lift 12 hours after the run, so I thought, I'd take it slow.
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04-15-2017 , 05:19 PM
went on a holiday trip with my family from Mon-Fri late in the evening

The workout in the last post was the morning just before we left.

April 11th:
push-ups:
20-17-11-12=>60
couch25k week2 day 2

Forgot to check my iphone battery, so I wasn't able to record the whole distance, but it was 30 minutes including warm-up (8 minutes of that running)[B]

April 12th
push-ups:
20-20-12-11-10-9=>82

April 13th
push-ups:
20-14-10-10-10=>64
couch25k week 1 day 3=> 8 out of 30 minutes running 3,32km

April 14th
push-ups:
20-16-12-12-10-10=>80

April 15th

no push-ups, as I woke up with a headache

military press: 42,5kgx5,5,7

deadlift: 97,5kgx7

I would like to say it's been a while since I did deadlifts the last time, so I just did the same weight again, to see where I am at, but the truth is, I checked the wrong workout to see where my last weight was at and looked at the wrong workout.
There's still time enough to get to 100+kg
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04-16-2017 , 09:22 AM
April 16th
weight: 102,3kg
(-0,4/-14,9)
That's a little more than I had hoped for, but after a five day vacation with my family with less focus on diet and workout, that still seems okay.
I had given up alcohol, sweets and "salty snacks" for lent and had intended to relax a little concerning that. I'll still skip beer until my weight is in the double digits, and I will keep consumption of the rest low. As I am not counting calories I will have to go by "feel" here. If that doesn't work, I'll see what I will do.

push-ups:
20-20-11-12-10-10=>83

couch25k week2 day 1: 3,38km (9 of 32 minutes running)
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04-17-2017 , 04:50 PM
April 17th:
push-ups:
20-20-15-12-10-9=>86
Have had light symptoms of a cold since yesterday, so I thought about not working out at all. Results were pretty fine though. Did these after breakfast, whereas I usually do push-ups immediately after getting up.

evening:
bench press: 68,5kgx5,5,7
squat: 90kgx5,5,8
Felt pretty exhausted between sets, but the reps seemed to go up fast. I just felt like restarting at 90kg because of the cold symptoms.
pendlay rows: 50kgx8,8,10
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04-19-2017 , 02:56 AM
April 18th:
push-ups:
20-20-15-12-13=>80
I thought about doing one set to get a PR once a week. Usually I will do this after my rest day, but this week I'll just do it on the 19th.

couch25k week 2 day 2 (9/31 minutes running): 3,5km

April 19th:
push-ups:
26

I've switched from SS to GSLP and thought about assistance exercises. Last week I was gone on holiday, so my workout didn't go according to plan, but I'd just like to type out my plan here.

Saturday:
press/bench 3x5+
squat 3x5+
pendlay rows 3x8-10

Sunday:
couch25k

Monday:
bench/press 3x5+
deadlift 1x5+
barbell curls 3x8-10 (would like to add/ substitute chin-ups later on)

Tuesday:
couch25k

Wendesday:
press/bench 3x5+
squat 3x5+
hanging leg raises 2-3 sets no idea about rep ranges yet

Thursday:
couch25k

Friday:
rest day

Will do push-ups after getting up every day except Friday too. Sunday 1 AMRAP set. The other days I'm going for five sets and as many reps as possible.

I know squats/deadlift are switched this week due to the holidays, but I'll get to this program starting this Saturday.
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04-19-2017 , 04:33 PM
OHP: 43,5kgx5,5,7
I was able to clean up some space where I could OHP. Seems rather similar to the military press weightwise. I guess I just need to get that hipdrive thing going again.

deadlift: 100kgx6
Strengthwise I think I would have had one or two more reps in the tank, but I find deadlifts so exhausting that the pauses between the reps get too long. Maybe I should do 3x3 instead of 1x5 or something to be able to do them more quickly.
I will stay with this program for a while, but would appreciate some advice.
video:

barbell curls: just the bar x 8,8,8
Could feel that the bar was unbalanced as my right arms seems stronger than the left one. It also felt a little uncomortable on my wrists. I will stick to just the bar one or two more times and then think about getting an E-Z curl bar or an adjustable dumbbell bar.
Advice would be appreciated here too.
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04-20-2017 , 12:31 PM
April 20th:
push-ups: 20-20-12-10-10-10=>82

couch25k week 2 day 3: (9/33minutes running) 3,5 km
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