Wow, those dreams were on topics existential!
Largely the analysation of my ego and it’s relation to lifting weights – day to day physical energy, job performance, my appearance in the mirror.
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Headstand :
:75
I don’t know how long it’d been since I’ve done one – in the past they gave me very useful neck strength, and too have taken away soreness.
The movement is as well something of a prep for handstands and overhead lifting…
I feel far less stiff from that one hold.
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•8oz cranberry juice
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Either isabel a bit faster, overhead walks, or
the audible of 50/20 (or another density protocol) fat grips deadlifts
We’ll see in a moment. It depends on the footing.
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1st Lift :
Isabel WOD
singles – e:14o:14 – just under 7:00
I wasn’t ready for this, I was digging to complete this – I did squat down twice, bent hands on knees two or three times as well, I don’t like doing these.
Stand tall during your workouts.
My turnover “barbell cycling” needs work for speed, whereas what was killing me was all the time under tension – I hold the barbell for probably :10 each interval, singles for 30 reps, not reps ever this way – again not fast this way.
However this gets me huffing and puffing, as time goes I’ll jog up more intervals between reps, EVENTUALLY picking up real speed.
The volume is enough for lactic acid in my legs, maybe some in my traps – the pick up pace forces you to finish reps pulled slightly out of ideal path.
I like this. It’s going to force me to dig each session.
Feels kinda like a wrestling match against a barbell.
Ground to overhead for reps & time/density is a way to stand stationary and alone, and yet transform.
Lifted To :
rock yo hips – crime mob
knowing the song was near the end helped me know that I was past half, then near the end of the 30 reps
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2nd Lift :
(an hour later)
Fat Grips Deadlift
39x155lbs in 2:30
Press
2×205
great glute pumps with light density deadlifts
right now I’m enjoying the brief density fat grip deadlifts – it unlike isabel isn’t a thing – I do it without any mental stress, and note ; there was resting in that 2:30, easily enough to have broken 50 reps without walking over to my phone and checking the remaining time
I prefer the thicker grip, to the point I debate the purchase of fat grips extreme for hands or an axle for full body – you can’t do to shoulder movements with the fat grips…good luck lowering without crashing the bar down – axle for that, fat grips for deadlifts without an axle available
the clean was moderately ugly, some version of 5/3/1 for c&p is an idea
all the work before the press kinda limits it, but that’s okay
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I realize that moreso than anything I need conditioning and cardio.
I have plenty of size, and top end strength actually needs cardio and conditioning to get there.
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•12 mini donuts
•milk (out the jug)
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got SOAKED helping throw out a waterlogged mattress
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Actually got groceries again – a rotisserie chicken, and the cranberry juice I’d forgotten earlier in the day.
BOMBED the cart as a scooter back to the cart corall.
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$8 gets you fish sticks and a gallon of milk, just shy of 200g protein, and 4000 calories.
It’s not so hard to eat for $50/week.
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Rotisserie chicken is still $5 for a bird, pretty affordable.
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I’m plenty strong, what I need is conditioning.
While lifting lately is mostly the isabel wod or density fat grips deadlifts, the press my only lower rep movement – lifting being aimed towards conditioning…
I shouldn’t be skipping any opportunities to walk/run bleachers.
I should be doing some form of running, probably walk/run play (fartlek) down and back in a field or cemetery as a regular thing.
There is not reason I couldn’t run a 21:00 5k (well three mile), a ≤6:00 mile, and 20+ pullups THIS YEAR.
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A concept2 rower is $1045, and I think I’m willing to pay for that, actually moreso than $60ish a month to essentially rent access to it and powerlifting equipment.
It’d be cool to earn my conditioning toy via labor as well – figure out how I could chop wood for money.
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•fish sticks (¾ box)
•breakfast toaster strudel
•chocolate covered pb pretzels
•milk
easily 4500 calories on the day, and that with a bunch of hiccups on the whens of when I’d eat
frankly I’d intended to eat more today, and something I knew already, and experienced again today with isabel – right now I run better with more energy in, more energy out – and want that anaerobic stimulus regularly – high g flux – it’s better that way
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Stopped being wishy washy.
I’d been thinking for a while now that purchasing a kettlebell and some form of a step would allow for more frequency, more work capacity, and with my mover’s sea legs.
I ordered a 32kg kettlebell.
Didn’t want to wait any longer for heavier to come back in stock.
Why kg vs lb?
Availability. I don’t give a damn about 32kg vs 70lb – it’s a fraction of a lb difference, and pennies a difference in cost.
Funny, even when it arrives I’ll still have never had access to heavier than this bell.
This purchase is a test, an experiment, a dry run…
We’ll see if I need a heavier bell after racking up thousands of swings with this.
Get my money’s worth of this one first.
One kb allows me to easily do hip work on the days I don’t deadlift, and unlike a barbell it’ll travel to the pullup bar and dip bars, anywhere in fact, easily.
I did not buy an 18″ plyo box.
Simply I didn’t see myself using the shit out of it as I will with the kb.
Saved that money for another day.
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Knowing a kettlebell is on the way immediately I’m pondering the 10,000 swing challenge.
“Bro, you’re working as a mover.”
“Bro, your conditioning isn’t nearly that high.”
“Bro, you have no desire to mix the swing with lifts as written.”
“Bro, you’re not going to stick to anyone else’s written schedule.”
“Bro, mythical strength did his version in a week.”
I’m excited to have a tool for a massive increase in work capacity.
GOTTA GET YOUR MONEY’S WORTH
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Coast to coast is around 40 hours via car or train.
4-6 hours driving a day gets you to the opposite coast within a week and a half.
Realize that, and the world isn’t so small.
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Persistence & Tenacity