Yeeeeeeaaah Buddy- dave's log

I see mate. Iv got one more year left at uni mate, quite gutting really lol.

ste1984


I see mate. Iv got one more year left at uni mate, quite gutting really lol.

Do a masters mate, best decision I ever made!
 
Quick one:
 
MP
 
bar x 10
40kg x 6
50kg x 3
55kg x 3
62.5kg x 3
 
Chin
 
bw x 10
bw x 10
 
Fat man row
 
bw x 10
bw x 10
 
Only did the required reps today, collarbone popping a lot and in a hurry. I need to sort my pec minor out.

Is it me or do you pickup quite alot of niggles dave? Is it the karate, lack of rest or even abusing your body at the weekends?

Or is it plain bad luck?

Im permenantly ****ed it seems mate. Monday - Friday on a week long karate course, body totally ****ed and ive caught swine flu of a little kid from spain. Feel like **** with a massive temperature. I was doing a kid's pairs for his 2nd Dan (black belt grading) and the final one required me to roundhouse kick him in the head and for him to do a spinning back heel to my supporting leg, this throwing me a meter in the air n send me crashing onto my back. Practising this x 50 along with the other 8 takedowns he did x 50 has left me somewhat sore lol. Id be fine to train if it wasnt for the swines tho.
 
Basically everything I chose to do outside the weight room is comparitavely destructive to my body and I never do anything in moderation. With rugby its rugby x 5-6 a week, with karate its x 3-4 a week. I need to slow down a little if I want any long term gains. I also need to be more selective and recover better. My flexibility is also god awful and im going to be making more of an effort with this in the coming months.
 
 
 
 

Crikey, well that explains it then
I suppose it's easy to say do less of that and do more of this, but in reality, if it's what you enjoy and keeps you sane stick at it. Hopefully your body should be on the mend now without having rugby... I've definately found I'm making progress (in the weight room) without rugby 4x a week, even contemplating not playing this season while I'm in my final year, but we shall see! Have toyed with the idea of dropping down a team or two and change positions, should be easier on the body.

Anyhoo matey, keep at it and best of luck with sorting out that pig flu!

Glad you've picked a martial art that choregraphed ;)

Rest up go low volume in the gym this week, low intensity too!

No.13


Crikey, well that explains it then
I suppose it's easy to say do less of that and do more of this, but in reality, if it's what you enjoy and keeps you sane stick at it. Hopefully your body should be on the mend now without having rugby... I've definately found I'm making progress (in the weight room) without rugby 4x a week, even contemplating not playing this season while I'm in my final year, but we shall see! Have toyed with the idea of dropping down a team or two and change positions, should be easier on the body.

Anyhoo matey, keep at it and best of luck with sorting out that pig flu!

Cheers champ, im going to take this season off I think after uni. Ultimately being strong is more important to me than playing rugby.

First session post swine flu
 
5/3/1 day
 
60kg x 3
60kg x 2
80kg x 1
100kg x 1
105kg x 5
120kg x 3
132.5kg x 1
100kg x 3
 
Cable abs
 
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
70kg x 10
75kg x 10
 
Hit what I needed and left. Just going to aim for the same for everything on this 5/3/1 week then re-asses where I am at the end of the week. Programme says deload but since ive been in bed for 5 days I might leave this deload out and crack on.

Hope you on the mend post pig filth flu. I hear you have to have intercourse with a pig to get it?

iaink


Hope you on the mend post pig filth flu. I hear you have to have intercourse with a pig to get it?

You ve seen right through me. Last week I actually sloped off to a field in Dorset where I engaged in intercourse with what turned out to be a pigglet. Im under investigation by the feds right now, I swear she was 16!

Bench
 
bar x 10
60kg x 5
80kg x 1
95kg x 5
105kg x 3
117.5kg x 3
 
Incline
 
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
 
Chin
 
bw x 10
bw x 10
bw x 10
bw x 6
 
Bent over row
 
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
 
Diesel crew shoulder prehad circuit x 3
 
DB curl
 
15kg x 10
7.5kg x 10
 
Benching I had more but called it. Technique was on point perfectly today.

Few complexes and a row, deadlifts tomorrow.

Strong benchin Dave. Nice to have those days when technique "clicks" eh

cricket_fire


Strong benchin Dave. Nice to have those days when technique "clicks" eh

Cheers mate, be good to hit a 145/150 on the old bench. I think its been coming along better than anything recently.

YEEEEEAAAAHHHHHH BUUUUUDDDDAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

That's super heavy!

Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, but nobody wanna lift this HEAVY ASS WEIGHT! I DOOOOO IT THOUGH! YEEEEAHAAHHHHHH BUUUUDDDDYYFGHAFHGAFHHGAFHJHFA

Sorry just had to get that out of my system Nice journal, been reading through it. Keep up the good work!

CitizenKane


YEEEEEAAAAHHHHHH BUUUUUDDDDAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

That's super heavy!

Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, but nobody wanna lift this HEAVY ASS WEIGHT! I DOOOOO IT THOUGH! YEEEEAHAAHHHHHH BUUUUDDDDYYFGHAFHGAFHHGAFHJHFA

Sorry just had to get that out of my system Nice journal, been reading through it. Keep up the good work!

Glad you like the title mate lol, ronnie is a ****ing legend. Deadlifting in a bit, pre swine flu was shooting for 195 x 6-8 so i ll see how it goes today... 

Deadlift
 
60kg x 3
100kg x 3
140kg x 1
155kg x 5
175kg x 3
195kg x 6
140kg x 6
 
GM
 
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
 
Dimmel deadlift because I ****ing love Iain and want to be him
 
60kg x 10
80kg x 10
80kg x 10
 
Hanging leg raise
 
bw x 8, 6
 
Happy with the deadlifts given im not 100% still post swines. Goal for next cycle is 200 x 6-8, I think that is very doable given 4 weeks more training to get back into things.

Taking the pig flu into account, your post-illness lifting is still pretty ****ing good!
How much longer on 5/3/1? Or just until it stops working?

No.13


Taking the pig flu into account, your post-illness lifting is still pretty ****ing good!
How much longer on 5/3/1? Or just until it stops working?

Yeahs its ok thanks mate, very long term girlfriend sacked me off about 2 weeks ago so ive got some aggression to get out lol.
 
Stick with 5/3/1 for a while, it ll take 5-6 more cycles to get up to true 1RM's I think. Dont really see a reason to change, although Im getting the urge to lift some heavier weights.

That's abit of a ****ter, sorry to hear.

Yeah, as you may have seen every 3-4weeks if I'm feeling I'll throw in a couple of heavier singles just to satisfy my curiousity, just helps to keep my ticking over.