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Awesome that July is a "go" Bro. So what's been up in your world. I miss seeing your logging in this thread. :(

How's the training been going? :hm

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Here's to a kick-ass July, Frank! :tu

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Just been busy with work and kids. Training is moving right along. Didn't think anyone missed my gym posts lol.


Thx bro.:tu


Game plan is to dump 10lbs over the next 9 weeks. Then cut 10 going in. Not sure what my openers will be. Luckily for me, I hold a ton of water. My weight jumps almost 6-8 pounds from when I wake up to when I train. Between food and a gallon + I guess it adds up.

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Full body today.

Squat - been a couple of weeks since I squatted, tried to push the weight and couldn't get up on the second rep. Dropped the weight back down quite a bit and finished out my sets.
225x5 3 sets
270x1 failed on the second rep.

Power Clean - really enjoyed this today
115x5
125x5 3 sets

Flat Bench - no spotter, so I dropped the weight back a little
175x5 3 sets

Deadlift
225x5
235x5 -new PR

Very good workout today, and felt great even after dropping the bar on the safety rack.

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I love the crashing sound of the weight hitting the safety bar. :r

Hit triplex push-pulls, shoulders, bis, and abs today. Shoulders consisted of high face-pulls and low face-pulls. Kept upping the weight until I couldn't hit 5 anymore. It was interesting. Followed that up with a few sets of super-setted flat bar and rope hammer curls. My forearms and biceps felt like they were gonna jump out of my skin. :r Finished things off with 4 sets of pull-down abs to failure (10-8-7-8).

All in all, I felt trashed. :ze Mowed the lawn 2 hours later, too. :r

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Sounds good.

Did some arm work today. Bar curls, suicide tris, preacher curls, and dips. Good stuff.

Arm days are a bit different, but when I have tried to do large muscle groups recently and not picked up a barbell, I really don't feel like I've worked out.

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Bench + support day for me

Did a lot of reps of flat bench. I was really just trying some things out. Intended to do "speed bench"; but didn't quite do that. Followed that up with some incline barbell. My left tris were aching a bit during/after this; but I decided to keep pushing.... First some tate presses. Tris were still hurting. Decided to do some v-bar and straight bar press-downs. Still was sore; but I worked up to personal bests (which was very surprising to me) on v-bar ... up to 170 x 5.

Anyway ... followed that with two circuits of close-medium-wide grip t-bar rows, supersetted. Then I called it a day.

My focus and intensity felt a bit off today. I just had a really hard time getting into things. I think part of it was being sore from yesterday, part of it not eating enough, and part of it just doing a bit much lately.

Hope the Admiral had a good day back in the gym, today! :ze

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Back to the gym indeed, Dokk....kept it short. Breathing is still far less than 100%, but the strength was not compromised at all. Actually had a better day than my last "well" day, just the frustration of coughing between sets and having everyone in the gym looking at me like I was Typhoid Mary. :r

Back tomorrow will be a real test of how much crud is still lingering in my lungs. ;)

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If it's anything like I had Tom, your looking at hacking crap up for 2+ weeks...

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Glad u had a good day aside from the coughing, Admiral. :tu

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Thanks Dokk...I think tomorrow will be telling as to how much the infection has left to go. Gulp.

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hope it goes well tomorrow, Tom. I've been studying pretty much straight since 11:30 this morning with no plans of stopping any time soon....hope my energy isn't too low tomorrow. However, I did remember to take creatine this weekend on off days :tu

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Hope the studying pays off Brother!

I am hoping I am better by Saturday, haven't smoked for a week and am still a ways off from feeling like I can. :)

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Feel better Tom.

Bit of jogging this morning for me, did about 2 miles. - Haven't jogged since December or so, so working back into it. I think it's going to be happening on most of my non-lifting days.

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just some support stuff today ... as I was in dire need of some rest. guess I'll rest when I'm dead. :r

10 minute/2 miles recumbent warmup
pull-down abs 3 x 10 @ 200
pull-throughs 2 x 10 @ 170, 1 x 9 @ 200
tate triceps press 12 @ 30, 10 @ 35, 6 @ 45, 5 @ 45
curlz 4 teh grrlz 4 x 10 @ 80 (cable curls)



actually ... this will be my last day in the gym for a while. I'm a little bit worried about that. I just don't feel right when I don't get in the gym. :hm I leave tomorrow for a trip out west to see the PNW boys and my family. I get back *late* saturday night ... then leave for Texas on sunday. *hopefully* I'll get to lift in TX (taking my belt and straps with just in case); otherwise, I won't be lifting again until the 15th. :hn

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Yup, can't miss ANOTHER WI MoB herf! :tu

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Thanks Pete! :)

Have a great trip, Dokk, sometimes a few days off can be a good thing. :tu

I hope not to, Jim, just need to get better this week. :)

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Deload week. Boring but needed. Hope it clears up quick Tom.

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I may get to lift on wednesday. Exams all tomorrow and looking at an all nighter tonight....so not to sure how my energy level will be. I can sleep for the next 3 months after this finals week though so whatev.

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Bring home the grades, then sleep, lift and eat Jimmy! :tu