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12-25-2017 , 06:06 PM
As this is the 201st post in this thread and it has been going for almost a year, I want to link to my original weightloss thread (it is just a single one, but three atempts at keeping it going only brought it to 136 posts).
https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/8...93/?highlight=
I am really happy with my results so far this time and want to use this link as a reminder to keep at it this time.

December 25th:
bodyweight:
88,8kg
A really big jump from yesterday, but that is mostly based on a big Christmas Eve Dinner. I stayed a lot more disciplined today, so I expect to have lost most of it back by tomorrow.

OHP: 45kgx5,5,9
squat: 100kgx5,5,7
Strengthwise I could have done a few more reps on the last set, but I felt a little out of breath.

As I have registered for a ~4mile run on New Year's Eve and haven't gone running in a while I am going to test myself with a 60 minute easy run tomorrow. Based on that I'll decide whether to run the race at all and how slow to start.

If I feel like I am @100% on Wednesday, I will do the regular GSLP schedule for the week (no assistance work), but if not, I'll take an extra day off and just do one more workout on Thursday.
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12-26-2017 , 02:56 PM
As my throat was still rather sore this morning, I postponed the workouts by one day, so I hope the rest of the week looks like this: Wed: easy run/ Thu: bench/DL / Sun: race

bodyweight: 87,9kg
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12-27-2017 , 04:51 PM
December 27th:
bodyweight: 87,2kg
Finally a total weightloss of 30kg. From now on I will slightly alter my nutrition and focus on maintaining weight (so basically do what I did from September to November, but intentionally). If I get above 90kg I will cut to 86kg to get a bigger buffer. I will keep doing the daily bodyweight updates until January 2nd hold myself somewhat accountable on NYE.

Still didn't feel like running, so I went to my basement instead:
bench: 71kgx5,5,10
deadlift: 102,5kgx9
Felt like I would have gotten the bar up for a tenth rep, but I felt like my form was breaking down. Based on the video it has generally improved, but the last two reps weren't as tight as I would have liked them to be, so stopping here seems like it was the right decision:
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12-27-2017 , 04:58 PM
Form looks fine to me, especially for a nine rep set. What's your training max, and how much weight are you adding per cycle? Stopping after the ninth rep seemed more like a cardio/work capacity issue than strength related; the bar still moved pretty quickly on that last rep.
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12-27-2017 , 05:28 PM
I did 115 for 5 reps before I had a cold and didn‘t lift for two weeks. As I wasn‘t happy with my form, and the cold still isn’t totally gone, I thought I might as well reset now. I am basically doing GSLP adding 2,5kg a week.

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12-28-2017 , 03:56 PM
I went running today:
easy run: 50minutes 6,59km 7:35min/km
avgHR: 149

Did this totally based on feeling comfortable and not looking at my heartrate monitor. The pace was all over the place between 6:20 (downhill at the start) and 8:15 (slightly uphill near the end) min/km. I felt pretty exhausted afterwards while cleaning the house etc. On Sunday I will run the race and start at around 7:00min/km and just see where things take me. I thought about cancelling the race, but it's near a place I used to live 10+ years ago and it was my main running route back then, so I just want to enjoy experiencing it again.
I am not sure whether I am going to do some weightlifting tomorrow. We'll see.
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12-30-2017 , 11:42 AM
Noticed I forgot to log my bodyweight:
December 28th: 87,6kg
December 29th: 87,6kg
December 30th: 88,1kg
Don't know where that 500g came from, I even skipped dinner yesterday because I went to a theater production and just had a yoghurt each before and after.
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12-31-2017 , 12:33 PM
December 31st: 89,1kg
meh. Went out for dinner yesterday. Skipped lunch today to make up for it.
New Year's Eve race: 5,74km 36:59min 6:27min/km
avgHR: 166 maxHR: 196
Because of my cold, this was only my third run of the month, and I didn't really know what to expect. I started at a pace I felt comfortable at and didn't look at my watch before the 1km mark. Turns out my pace was 6:38min/km. I decided to stay around there, but as the course was quiet crowded, my pace varied a lot. The next kilometers were at 6:27, 6:42, 6:32 and 6:21. I was able to do the last 740 meters in 4:18 which makes the pace 5:49min/km.
Slower than my 10k in September, but based on lack of training, health and my splits, I am very happy with the result.
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01-01-2018 , 05:46 AM
January 1st:
bodyweight:
89,6kg
I guess the thing with keeping myself accountable over the holidays didn't work out that well. As I started this whole weightloss thing on the 15th of January, I'll do two more weeks of trying to lose (back) weight.

This also seems like a good time to set new goals. As I want to approach health and fitness in three different phases this year, I'll also set different goals for these:

Phase I: January 1st to March 18th
weights 3x/week // running 2x/week
weightlifting goals:
OHP: 55kg [ ]
bench: 80kg [ ]
squat: 130kg [ ]
deadlift: 130kg [ ]
Bodyweight: keep under 90kg [ ]

Phase II: March 19th to October 14th

weights 2x/week // running 3-4x/week
bodyweight <80kg [ ]
5k<27 minutes [ ]
10k< 55 minutes [ ]
finish halfmarathon [ ]

Phase III: October 15th-December 31st
weights 3x/week // running 2x/week
Do the same weights for OHP, bench, squat and deadlift I did before cutting in Phase II [ ]
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01-01-2018 , 06:26 AM
As it's only ten weeks, I think I'll change the squat and deadlift goals to
squat: 125kg [ ]
deadlift: 125kg [ ]
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01-01-2018 , 05:39 PM
Overall goals for the year:
120 weightlifting workouts [ ]
1000km total running [ ]

Today:
OHP:
46kgx5,5,9
squat: 102,5kgx5,5,11
pendlay rows: 52,5kgx12,8
Squats felt great. Pendlay rows suffered a little from not doing them for almost a month.
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01-03-2018 , 10:45 AM
January 3rd:
bench:
72,5kgx5,5,8
deadlift: 105kgx9
dumbell curls: 12,5kgx8,6
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01-05-2018 , 04:41 PM
January 4th:
long run:
72min 8,58km 7:58min/km
avgHR: 149
As the river along which I usually run is flooded I had to take few detours and even there the ground was in a condidtion that I had to walk for a minute two or three times.

January 5th:
OHP: 47,5kgx5,5,8
squat: 105x5,5,9
Might have been ten on the AMRAP set, but as I taped it, I didn't memorize it afterwards and as the cameraphone malfunctioned, I am not sure.
overhead squat: 20kgx12,12
Just trying to do the exercise again, but I feel a lot more comfortable doing these and will add weight in the coming weeks.
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01-07-2018 , 05:42 AM
January 6th:
hill run:
40 min 5,63km 7:07min/km
total elevation gain: 75m avgHR: 152

January 7th:
bodyweight:
88,2kg
rest day
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01-08-2018 , 05:08 PM
January 8th:
bench:
73,5kgx5,5,9
squat: 107,5kgx5,5,9
No rows today, as it was getting late and I didn't want to wake up the kids or the neighbors. Will do them on Wednesday.
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01-10-2018 , 02:14 PM
January 10th:
OHP:
48,5kgx5,5,7
deadlift: 107,5kgx10
dumbell curls: 12,5kgx8,10
pendlay rows: 52,5kgx8,10
Felt pretty exhausted for the rows. Otherwise happy with this workout.
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01-11-2018 , 07:42 AM
I did my "speed run" today, but instead of doing a fast 2k in the middle, I did several 1k/0,5k intervalls below 6:00min/km and intend to add 0,5k each run (so biweekly). I will also decrease the length of the slower parts to keep this run under an hour.

interval run: 45 min 6,68km 6:44min/km
avgHR:147bpm
(12 min warm-up; 6min fast; 6min jog; 6 fast; 6 jog; 3 fast; cool-down)
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01-13-2018 , 05:47 AM
January 12th:
bench:
75kgx5,5,7
squat: 110kgx5,5,10
squats have felt great lately. I may be able to get to my "Easter goal" of 125kg without a reset.
overhead squat: 30kgx12,20
I guess doing a bigger increase in weights here seems like it would be fine. Maybe I should do 40kg next week.
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01-13-2018 , 12:14 PM
January 13th:
long run:
90 minutes 11,26km 8:00min/km
avgHR: 148
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01-14-2018 , 06:35 AM
January 14th:
bodyweight:
89,7kg
Have gotten to almost 90 quicker than I would have liked, but maybe 3kg was just too little of a buffer after stopping to cut. Still as planned I'll cut below 86kg when I have surpassed 90.
rest day
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01-15-2018 , 04:47 PM
January 15th:
OHP:
50kgx5,5,5
tried a sixth rep, but failed
squat: 112,5kgx5,5,9
Might have had a tenth rep in me strengthwise, but felt too out of breath.
pendlay rows: 52,5kgx10,9
These are fewer reps than a few weeks ago, but based on video my form has improved.
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01-15-2018 , 08:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by GermanGuy
I did my "speed run" today, but instead of doing a fast 2k in the middle, I did several 1k/0,5k intervalls below 6:00min/km and intend to add 0,5k each run (so biweekly). I will also decrease the length of the slower parts to keep this run under an hour.

interval run: 45 min 6,68km 6:44min/km
avgHR:147bpm
(12 min warm-up; 6min fast; 6min jog; 6 fast; 6 jog; 3 fast; cool-down)
How did the speed runs feel? I see you have a total distance goal for the year but anything race/time specific?
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01-16-2018 , 09:30 AM
Felt good. My running schedule right now, is two runs a week. One of them a long run, which is back to 90 minutes (and supposed to stay there for a while) after my cold around New Year's. I alternate the other between the interval/ speed run and a run in a more hilly terrain. I am going to increase those until March and then switch to running three or four times a week.

I want to focus on improving my speed until June, because I want to run a 5k then and see how much I can improve compared to last year, which was my first race after getting back into being physically acitve. Then I'll try a 10k in July or August and possibly a half-marathon at the beginning of October.

These are my running goals. I wrote them down in an earlier post and added the yearly distance goal later:
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Originally Posted by GermanGuy
Phase II: March 19th to October 14th
weights 2x/week // running 3-4x/week
bodyweight <80kg [ ]
5k<27 minutes [ ]
10k< 55 minutes [ ]
finish halfmarathon [ ]
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01-17-2018 , 04:44 PM
January 17th:
bench:
76kgx5,5,5
Tried a sixth rep, but failed. I was a little disappointed considering I did 73,5kgx9 a few days ago.
deadlift: 110kgx10
Deadlifts always feel brutal and after around 5 reps I really get out of breath, so the breaks get longer. Apart from the last rep I think the form was okayish. Looks like there maybe a little extra lean back at the top. What I was trying to do was push my hips forward into bar. I'll to film from a higher angle next time, maybe that will make it clearer whether I am moving my back or my butt.

DB curls: 12,5kgx10,10
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01-21-2018 , 05:05 PM
We had a big thunderstorm here on Thursday and that caused my to postpone my fast workout (I also did an interval run instead of a hill run on Friday as my hill route leads through a forest and I didn't want to run there one day after a storm had flattened lots of trees).
As the storm also flattened two 40 foot pine trees in our yard, I did some extra workouts trying to remove them and skipped my third weightlifting workout. Even though there is still a lot to do, I hope to get in three weightlifting sessions this week.

January 19th:
interval run:
45 min 6,69km 6:44min/km
avgHR:157bpm
(12 min warm-up; 3x(6min fast, 5min jog))

January 21st:
bodyweight:
89,2kg
long run: 90min 11,23km 8:01min/km
avgHR:140bpm
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