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<p>No exercise as such today but shifted a fridge for the in laws and dug a hole for the news clothes hoist. Those new Stihl one man petrol augers are the balls!</p>
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<p>You used a machine to dig a hole!!? Bro you can't claim that as exercise lol. But augers, and big fark off machines like them, are sooo much fun!! Did you dig a few extra holes for good measure!</p> -
<p>It was pretty fucking torrid - my back yard, being a relatively recent housing estate (circa 2000) is compacted clay. Dad and I dug the last washing line hole by hand when we first bought the place. Never again.</p>
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<p>You could cut flat circles out of it from 4 inches down, throw it in a kiln, and have a set of plates in an hour.</p>
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<p>I wanted to rip into a few more but don't have the space. Or anywhere to put the bloody clay afterwards!</p> -
Quick round of pushups tonight in sets with one minute break<br /><br />30, 10, 10, 15, 15, 10, 10 = 100 in a tick over 8 minutes. Really dropped off after the first set which was all pretty good form. Need to do them more often and get up to about 50 in one hit.<br /><br />Cat voms x 10 and some meditation afterwards.
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<p>Quick round of pushups tonight in sets with one minute break<br><br>
30, 10, 10, 15, 15, 10, 10 = 100 in a tick over 8 minutes. Really dropped off after the first set which was all pretty good form. Need to do them more often and get up to about 50 in one hit.<br><br>
Cat voms x 10 and some meditation afterwards.</p>
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<p>My numbers went down a bit with the old push ups as the form got better recently. Persuading my oldest son to film me proved I could do them much better and my ROM needed work !</p> -
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<p>Good idea - might need to check the form on that plus the pull ups.</p>
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<p>Yeah turned out when I was busting out 80+ reps the arms weren't quite going the full 90 degrees so I made an effort to do that, chin/mouth touching the ground on each rep, chest very, very close to touching the ground. Funny how easy it is to subconsciously angle the body up a bit to make them easier. A bit of a reality check to be honest but the soreness after each session doing them right convinced me I was doing the right thing. I'm sure you can persuade one of the little NTAs to film you, give them your smartphone, kids love that ! again pretty surprising seeing how poor my form actually was but far better doing 50-60 proper ones at a time than a higher number of shit ones. </p> -
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<p>Run today - had issues around the 1.4km mark with the right calf flaring up right where it joins with the Achilles. Not thrilled about that but went through to 2km where I determined it wasn't any better. Walked back the short way 1.5km. Stink.</p>
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<p>Yeah as someone getting into this new fangled running lark I'm finding the calves/hammies/ankles and whatever giving me far more grief than my lungs which are handling it fine. Stink indeed but sensible enough to Deep heat the shit out of any soreness rather than fight through the pain barrier.</p> -
Shift Weight tonight:<br /><br />5 x 3 = 15<br />4 x 6 = 24<br />3 x 7 = 21<br />2 x 6 = 12<br /><br />Total 72 reps x 145.5kg = 10476kg<br /><br />Worked on my pullup technique tonight and it made a difference to the top end reps, but I busted arse to finish the lower numbers and get over 70. Always figure I'm pushing 50kg so while I'm in the 90s anything around 70 is good.<br /><br />I rest the bar on a couple of chair backs and by the time I got to 3s I had to resort to front squatting the bar instead of clean to get it on the shoulders. Front squats rock! Might have to rig up something in the garage to rack that on for various squats and Shift Weight.
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<p>Bro I LOVE front squats. Back squats are choice but fronts deal to your quads, core and upper back. Not sure where you are at with finger/ wrist/triceps flexibility but if you can do them with 'correct' form it's <em>way </em>more effective. Having fingers under the bar and high elbows makes all the difference when it comes to staying upright at the bottom of the squat.</p>
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<p>Won't be going too heavy - they're going to be one stick in a circuit at home. But I really need to rig up a rack first, and work on my technique because I can't A2G without lifting my heels lifting. Makes it all very unstable.</p>
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<p>Its stupid how injuries happen. Last night felt a little bit in the left glute from the squat parts, but then helping the girl get dressed this morning I turned my head and something popped in my neck. WTF??? Left trap is in spasm for some reason...</p> -
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<p>Won't be going too heavy - they're going to be one stick in a circuit at home. But I really need to rig up a rack first, and work on my technique because I can't A2G without lifting my heels lifting. Makes it all very unstable.</p>
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<p>Its stupid how injuries happen. Last night felt a little bit in the left glute from the squat parts, but then helping the girl get dressed this morning I turned my head and something popped in my neck. WTF??? Left trap is in spasm for some reason...</p>
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<p>Dude I fucked my left lat lifting the oldest boy into his bunk ( a bit awkward, has a rail to put him over so he doesn't fall out ). Age catches up with everyone, even those of us doing our best to stay active.</p>
