Thanks Fred.
Thanks Fred.
12/1/22 - Thursday
CGBP H @ 3'
45x5x3
95x3
135x1
185x1
217.5x3x4
OP L @ 3'
45x5x2
75x3
105x1
120x1
132.5x5x3
Music — The Ramones, Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Radio?; Private Instigators, It Happened Last Night; Buzzcocks, Why Can't I Touch It?; Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Do You Wanna Touch Me? [my first concert ever. Great documentary on Amazon Prime right now about her story. I thought I knew my music history, but several nuggets still blew my mind]; The Runaways, Cherry Bomb; Fugazi, Waiting Room; Meatmen vs The Pagans, What's This Sh*t Called Love?; Blondie, Eat To The Beat; Dead Kennedys, MTV Get Off The Air.
Notes — Shoveled tons and tons of snow yesterday. We received 8-10" total on the driveway that got progressively heavier through the day as temperatures warmed. So it wasn't the normal Wednesday recovery day.
- CGBP - Heavy Triples. Over the past couple of weeks, I have been widening my grip. Today was out to my normal width (pinkies touching the rings), the first time in 2.5+ months. If you'll recall, I had a tweak in my left shoulder at the end of August. During a training session, SSC Phoebe at Starting Strength OKC told me to go close grip and let it heal. It has, save the occasional tweak or pop, but no pain. So wider I have been going, just to test it out. All good.
- OP - Light day. All good.
12/2/22 - Friday
DL H @ 8'
65x5x3 pc
135x4
185x2
225x1
275x1
315x1
365x3 x3 PR
330x3
SQ L @ 5'
45x5x2
95x5
135x3
185x1
225x1
285x5x3
Music — Rabbit, Heavy Love; Sepultura vs Black Sabbath, Symptom Of The Universe; Anthrax vs Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath; Helmet vs Black Sabbath, Lord Of This World; Exhorder vs Black Sabbath, Into The Void; Electric Wizard vs Black Sabbath, Electric Funeral; Khruangbin, So We Won't Forget; Gov't Mule, Soulshine (live).
Notes —
- DL - Heavy triples. All good.
- SQ - Light day. All good.
Nice! Just keep the PR's rolling!
I'll do what I can, Fred, but the training season is closing quickly. We're getting too much good snow to let it go to waste. It's time to get snowboarding for the season, lifting just enough to maintain or minimize the losses until next spring.
12/4/22 - Sunday
OP H @ 5'
45x5x3
75x3
105x1
125x1
140x1
155x3x4 4x3 PR
CGBP L @ 3'
45x5x2
95x3
135x1
175x1
192.5x5x3
Music — Peter Murphy, Marlene Dietrich's Favourite Poem; Public Image Ltd, Public Image; The Sisters Of Mercy, Long Train; Xmal Deutschland, Mondlicht; Skinny Puppy, Fascist Jock Itch; The Cure, The Blood.
Notes — Tomorrow's programmed workout, but done today since I won't have much time tomorrow.
- OP - Heavy Triples. I'd like to say that all were smooth, but the last rep of the first set was a bit forward, so I had to step forward to save it, which I did. That prompted focus on elbow position before each rep for the rest of the sets (something I should have been doing anyway). The very last rep slowed above my head and it was a long road to lockout, but it got done. There was no way that I was going to let it stall, since this finally cleared the old 4x3 PR off the books, set on 8/29/22, the day that I woke up from my post-workout nap and then my left shoulder started acting up. It has been a long three months to get back here.
- CGBP - Light day. Not-so-close during the warmups, with the pinky on the ring, and I could feel my left shoulder more than I wanted to, so for the worksets, I picked a slightly narrower grip, but not full close-grip, and I never noticed the shoulder again. It may just now be my normal grip width from here on out. All good.
Last edited by Bill Anders; 12-04-2022 at 08:31 PM.
12/6/22 - Tuesday
SQ H @ 5'
45x10x3
95x5
135x3
185x1
225x1
275x1
315x1
345x3x4 4x3 PR
Music — Jimi Hendrix, Fire; The Who, Long Live Rock; The Who, Baba O'Riley; Iron Maiden, The Trooper.
Notes —
- SQ - Heavy Triples. All pretty smooth and good.
12/8/22 - Thursday
CGBP H @ 3'
45x5x3
95x5
135x3
185x1
205x1
220x3x4
OP L @ 3'
45x5x2
75x3
105x1
120x1
132.5x5x3
Music — 7 Seconds, Walk Together, Rock Together; Bad Brains, Banned in DC; Circle Jerks, Wild In The Streets; Agent Orange, I Kill Spies; Minutemen, The Product; Sham 69, Angels With Dirty Faces; Billy Joel, It's Still Rock And Roll To Me.
Notes —
- CGBP - Heavy Triples. All strong and smooth. The focus and technique were spot on, a rarity on the bench for me.
- OP - Light day. All good.
12/9/22 - Friday
DL H @ 8'
65x5x3 pc
135x4
185x2
225x1
290x1
335x1 h
370x3 s x3 PR
335x3 s
SQ - L @ 5'
45x5x2
95x5
135x3
185x1
225x1
285x5x3
Music — Persekutor vs AC/DC, Let Me Put My Love Into You; Harakiri For The Sky vs Tears For Fears, Mad World; Bloodclot! vs Bad Brains, How Low Can Punk Get; Megadeth vs Dead Kennedys, Police Truck; SOiL vs Helmet, Unsung.
Notes —
- DL - Heavy Triples. Warmups were rough as the lower back was talking to me quite a bit after the shoveling of ~5" of snow total last evening and this morning (more on the way tonight). Yet the 335x1 warmup cruised up nicely, putting any concerns to rest. Both worksets went well.
- SQ - Light day. The first set was rough, with the lower back talking during the lockout of each rep. The rest went fine. All good.