Convergentsum's log

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tried another gym yesterday. Both are a little cramped, but this one is more specialized. No bumper plates -- not sure where I'd clean, but apparently people do.
squats: (beltless) 100x3x5
bench: 70x4x2, 65x6
dead lift: (beltless) 125x5
chins: 4, 4, 3 @ bw

5kg was too large a jump on the bench.

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Joined a black iron gym! (Actually it's mostly red)
Squat: (belted) 105x3x5
Press: (belted) 45x(2x5, 4+F), 40x2
Dead lift: (belted) 130x(3 hook + 2 doh)
Chins: 6x3 =18 @ bw

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squat: (20x2, 50)x5, 80x3; belted: 100x2, 112.5x3x5
bench: (20x2, 40)x5, 60x3, 70x3x5
power clean: 20x6, 50x5x3

mis-loaded squat, but it felt fine as I'm loading it more cautiously than I need anyway.
Big focus on the bench's arch and leg drive helped me a lot keeping in the groove.
The cleans weren't perfect by any means, but I didn't miss any. I'm a motor moron, but I feel like my body's finally getting the idea about saving the hips for the second pull. We'll see how it goes with more weight -- I still consider the cleans to be on probation.

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squat: (20x2, 60)x5, 90x3; belted: 100x2, 115x3x5
press: (20x2, 30)x5, 46x(5,4,3), 40x(3+F)
dead lift: 60x5, 100x3; belted: 110x2, 135x5 (hook)

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squat: (20x2, 60)x5, 90x3; belted: 105x2, 117.5x3x5
bench: (20x2, 50)x5, 60x3, 72.5x3x5
power clean: 50x2x3, 55x(2+F, 2x3, 2xF)

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Squat: (20x2, 60)x5, 90x3; belted: 105x2, 120x3x5
Press: 20x2x5; belted: 30x5, 46x(5, 3+F, 3), 40x(4x 2+F)
Deadlift: all belted (loosely): 60x5, 100x3, 140x5
Chins: 4, 3+F, 2+F, 1 = 10+2F @ bw

Changed the bar after the first press work set as I noticed it was bent. Still, disappointed at lack of progress. Other lifts are going fine atm though incl. bench press so we'll see what happens as general strength improves.
Equal deadlift PR.

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squat: (20x2, 60)x5, 90x3; belted: 110x2, 122.5x3x5
bench: (20x2, 50)x4, 60x2, 75x(2x5, 3, 2)
power clean: 50x2x3, 60x(2F, 2F), 50x2x3

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Been on holiday for a week. Bit of a mad tour of places very far away from one another, so lots of driving, also lots of carrying increasingly heavy children around
Got back to my gym yesterday (29th), and reset a bit on squats but attempted my most recent weights on bench-press and deadlift. Ended up backing off on the latter, and now have a bit of achey stiffness on one side of my lumbar region, maybe psoas? Trying some stretches, will have to be strict about cycling gently.
added some arm work to hopefully keep elbow pain at bay.

squats: (20x2, 60)x5, 90x3; belted: 110x3x5
bench: (20x2, 50)x5, 60x3, 75x(2x5, 4), 50x12
deadlift: 60x5, 100x3, 140x1, 130x5
db curls: 10x12, 12.5x2x5
chins: 4, 3, 2, 2+F = 9+F @ bw

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Some high-rep work this morning to sooth my back. Must have got bored towards the end and attempted to PR some cleans, bit silly really.

squats: 20x2x5, 60x(20, 12, 12)
press: 20x2x5, 35x3, 46x3x5
deadlift: 60x2x12
power clean: 60x(3F, 3F, 2F)
chins: 4, 4, 3, 4 = 15@bw

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Back still strained - it's not a big deal (I don't grimace getting out of a chair any more) but I do want it to go away, so more rehab-ish work.
squat: 20x2x5, 60x15, 80x2x8
bench: (20x2, 5)x5, 65x2, 77.5x(4, 3), 70x2x5
power clean: 50x3, 52.5x(2+F, 3), 55x(3, 2+F)
db curls: 12.5x3x12