The Return of the jedi-This is not Sparta. This. Is. Madness.(now incl. Race to 100kg OHP)

Your journal's like a goddamn novel every post

Nice work bro

cricket_fire
Your journal's like a goddamn novel every post

he does tend to get a bit prolix, but I love him regardless.(no homo)

(maybe a bit homo, but not in a gay way)

Warmup singles+stop+
Agree 200 confirmed+stop+
Back fine this A.M+message ends+

Prolix?



Cold worse this morning

daKensta

(maybe a bit homo, but not in a gay way)

Bro-mo?

Bet that last exercise on chest stung a bit mate

RACK

Bet that last exercise on chest stung a bit mate

It did
...but in a good way.
Probably a bit like doing a whole load of clap press-ups after your chest workout.
Massive pump.

"You gotta burn it... To EARN it"

Very strong work jedi. Special congrats on the 140kg bench!

^cheers for that No.13

Back n Bi's

Weighted Chin
BW +20kg x 8
BW +20kg x 6
BW x 8

High Station Pulldown
120kg x 12/10/8 -may be ready for more weight

Narrow Grip Pulldown
77kg x 12/10/8

Dumbbell Row
34kg x 12 x 2

Oly Curls
50kg x 8
50kg x 6
50kg x 5

Seated Curl
30kg x 12
30kg x 12
30kg x 12 (the prospect of battling 35 looms)

First time I've struggled on the Oly curls for a while, which was a bit annoying, but the others seemed the same so I am putting it down to yesterday's deadlifting. Speaking of which, was pleased when Ding pointed out that it was > 2.5 times my bodyweight.
I'm small but I'm wiry

Still can't shift this cold, felt rotten when I woke up
Bit better now after coffee and carbs.

On the other hand it isn't actually stopping me doing anything
...just making me feel like sh!t when I do.

How's the eatin going at the min mate?

Feeling the same way myself dude; ****ty enough to hurt me, not ****ty enough to put me down completely

Nice chins though

cricket_fire

Feeling the same way myself dude; ****ty enough to hurt me, not ****ty enough to put me down completely
Nice chins though

That's weird exactly the same thing, how long have you had yours?
I'm losing the will to live as it's been a whole week now.
Chins were going okay although I started to panic that Jackman might start getting 'bright ideas' about adding more weight.
Fortunately, the fat b@stard broke the weight belt

RACK

How's the eatin going at the min mate?

Hmmm well, I am actually  suffering the same "Meh!" as everyone else at present and letting things slide a bit. I wanted to increase the cals true but I didn't want the increase to consist of 'pudding'.

Had it probably 4-5 days now.. really irritating. After I've been awake for a while I'm fine, but getting up and going to sleep is brutal lol

You never know mate, the increase in your cravings might be down to the numbers you're laying down in the gym.  If you're conditioning isn't suffering then why worry about it, you're body will use the extra cals no problem

RACK

You never know mate, the increase in your cravings might be down to the numbers you're laying down in the gym.  If you're conditioning isn't suffering then why worry about it, you're body will use the extra cals no problem

Ah yes but, that's just it the condition is starting to suffer.
A little bit of post-match cardio would probably see me right but I haven't been able to do any of that because of this damn cold. Just need to keep an eye on cr@ppy sugary cals and get back on the bike.
I'd really like to say I feel stronger for upping the intake but I honestly don't.

Shoulders
Standing Press
60kg x 10
60kg x 7 +1spotted
60kg x  5 +1spotted

Was allegedly taking this quite steady after last week's neck twang.
I still set to shake, rattle and rolling though, the whole body now being afflicted

Wide Grip Row
40kg x 12
50kg x 12/10
40kg x 15

Bent Over Fly
12kg x 12/12/10

Arnold Press/ V-Press
24kg/14kg
x12/12
x12/8 +4spotted
x8/8

Still total murder. Tried to respond to Jackman's bright idea of going for 12/12 on the second set and damn near destroyed myself. It is a fantastic exercise though. Jackman makes sterling efforts on it this week but then is kind of finished for the session as his head's not on straight. I don't mean he had a bad attitude, I mean it looks as though someone has pulled his head off and then jammed it back but not necessarily in exactly the right place. He is walking around with it canted over at 30degrees like a vicar inquiring after the health of his parishioners.

Some cable laterals and some heavy calf raise on the smith.
No abs so far this week.

Sounds like the cold is sapping your energy mate, give it a week or so to clear and I'm sure you'll be back at 100% with or without the treets.

Coldy-man-sniffles are, in my professional opinion THE most inconvenient, energy sapping, grouchy mood inducing illness known to womankind.
 
This is not to say I don't feel for you......I DO......
 
And sugar won't help much other than give you a massive downer later on and possibly send you to your Mr Jedi shaped bed for a lie down in a darkened room!
 
Hope you feel better soon, Mr Jedi!

Like I said, the weird thing is I don't feel that bad most of the time just suffer waves of grimness at regular intervals. Out and about today I have managed to add a sore throat to the repertoire. I must've seen the worst of it by now surely?
All the sugar seems to have done so far is make me feel like a complete blimp.
Bye bye abs.
Bye bye hard won condition.

Feck it, kill or cure on the powerlifting tonight.
I am aiming for PB attempts on squat and dead and some heavy negatives on the bench.
The phrase ''It'll all end in tears'' springs to mind.
Possibly with the pronunciation of the final word as tares rather than teers.

Powaaaaa lifting Thursday.

Felt all my good intentions and chutzpah drain away in the short walk frm car to changing rooms.
Luckily though, once we started warming up on squats it all came rushing back
...which is very unusual.

Squat
50-90-130 -working on absolutely buried for depth.
160 =PB (of sorts, no wraps not belt)
180 aargh all that work on depth gets forgotten and I go a bit high.
180 buried. PB

Bench
60 throwing it up to feel the powaaaa
80 chuck chuck chuck
100 boing
145 woaaaaahhhhh fkkkkkinellllllll heavy =major fail
130 paused on chest for 1 full breath =PB

Deadlift
50-90-130-180
190 PB (of sorts, no belt)
210 major fail

So a bit of a mixed bag, or so I thought at the time. Although as I'm writing it up now I feel it was more good than bad. Felt good on the squats, my flexibility has improved leaps and bounds; I can now do one of those unsupported squat onto your heels like a vietcong contemplating the Tet offensive type things. This has made me much more optimistic about making depth balanced and with less fuggering about, which in turn is quicker. So I just knew I was going to get the 180 but first attempt I just let a combo of things ruin it; not letting the wraps 'break' letting Ding call the depth when I knew it wasn't buried. That kind of thing. Glad I went back in and did it properly, trouble is I've only got a vid of the duff attempt. May have a bash 'no spotter' next week

Bench felt really strong right from the start mainly due to not making the same @rsehole of a job in terms of Monday's debacle. Just back to quite narrow grip straight down straight up (most of the time)a bit higher on the chest than true powerlifting style but it's what works for me. Having said that, the 145 felt fkkkin heavy, a bit worse than I'd expected. Given that, I think I did a good job of controlling it on the way down. Needed plenty of help on the return though. Bizarrely, still felt strong so gave 130 paused a go and surprised myself. Jackman put his fingers to the bar very briefly, he may have been slightly fooled by my idiosyncratic up a bit down a bit -fire approach to difficult benching or he may have just wanted to soak up some of the raw powaaaaa who knows. I do know (in my own mind) that it did not affect the lift so I am claiming it and I honestly don't usually if anyone's touched it.

Deadlifts I was less pleased with.
The 190 no belt felt good. The 210 did not. Not just because I didn't get it but more because I kinda quit the battle with it still on the floor. I suck at deads.
Need to try and get multiples at 200 before trying 200+ again.