Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log
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ugh - life aye!
Finally managed an easy workout with my bro today. Down at the Lambton Quay Les Mills rather than our usual. Mixed session but skipped legs aside from a 10min warm up on the bike.
Bench press - up to 80kg
Seated close-grip rows - 4 sets
Strict press behind the head - 4 sets
Lat pull downs - 3 sets
Seated DB shoulder press
Overhead cable tricep extensions. 3 sets and went decently heavy on these.Was shopping around 96kg and pretty happy with that. Especially maintain mid 90s with nearly a month off the bloody gym. Gonna be sore tomorrow but holy shit it was good to lift some weights!
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@paekakboyz I've got a semi-fixed calf and some balance issues in that muscle-KB goblet squats look just the ticket, thanks.
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@nostrildamus good for weighted lunges too - especially as the weight hangs lower than when you are using DBs. So I find it a bit easier to balance through the lunge.
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@paekakboyz I do weighted lunges with a sandbag held above my head for one length of our gym, then I walk back, keeping the bag above my head...glutes are so sore!
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@taniwharugby that is brutal, holding stuff overhead while doing anything is hard as fuck ha ha. Brutal on shoulders, back, arms, core - and then there's the legs!
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@paekakboyz yeah they are!
Another good finishing exercise I do, is a farmers carry, but instead of just carrying, you 'shrug' and hold it, for the whole carry, and then double down with some shrugs with a lighter weight, 5 sets of that at the end gets those shoulders burning!!
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Still alive, if being a walking zombie counts!?
Did score myself some kettlebells in the weekend though. A 14kg and a 24kg KB. I want to get a 32kg one for harder squats etc but extra reps with the 24kg one will do the trick. A 16kg one is also on the shopping list as that is a good weight for lots of presses and shoulder stuff.
lol, they have now sat in the house for 3 days without being used... but it's been farking cold and the kids have been sick... tomorrow! I promise I'll workout tomorrow
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@paekakboyz said in Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log:
Still alive, if being a walking zombie counts!?
Did score myself some kettlebells in the weekend though. A 14kg and a 24kg KB. I want to get a 32kg one for harder squats etc but extra reps with the 24kg one will do the trick. A 16kg one is also on the shopping list as that is a good weight for lots of presses and shoulder stuff.
lol, they have now sat in the house for 3 days without being used... but it's been farking cold and the kids have been sick... tomorrow! I promise I'll workout tomorrow
Don’t get lazy with the grip on those, swinging kettlebells slip out of the hands once you start to get fatigued if you’re not too careful.
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@paekakboyz I hear ya bro, thats why I had to join the gym (obviously kids at different points in life helps too) cos I struggled to find the time at home to do stuff...
Get home, kids crying, cook dinner, whatever, no time (more motivation to make time) for workout, then weekends you do lawns, gardening, kid stuff or whatever else, again, working out last thing on list.
You'll just have to go running, I hear @MN5 loves a good long run!
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@taniwharugby said in Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log:
@paekakboyz I hear ya bro, thats why I had to join the gym (obviously kids at different points in life helps too) cos I struggled to find the time at home to do stuff...
Get home, kids crying, cook dinner, whatever, no time (more motivation to make time) for workout, then weekends you do lawns, gardening, kid stuff or whatever else, again, working out last thing on list.
You'll just have to go running, I hear @MN5 loves a good long run!
Yep, I put some Ed Sheeran on my playlist and off I go. Fucken love it.
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you just gotta make time bro. i do 6 sessions a week...
he says smugly with kids old enough to stay home by themselves while i go early in the morning
i am completely incapable of pushing myself to workout at home. no amount of new equipment is going to do it. it's why it all slipped away when i was at the same stage you were. Heaps better now.
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@mariner4life said in Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log:
you just gotta make time bro. i do 6 sessions a week...
he says smugly with kids old enough to stay home by themselves while i go early in the morning
i am completely incapable of pushing myself to workout at home. no amount of new equipment is going to do it. it's why it all slipped away when i was at the same stage you were. Heaps better now.
Yep. Once you can leave them alone without them dying then it’s pretty damn sweet. I try to eat breakfast with my son most mornings but a couple of mornings a week I set an alarm for him so he gets up in time.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log:
@mariner4life said in Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log:
you just gotta make time bro. i do 6 sessions a week...
he says smugly with kids old enough to stay home by themselves while i go early in the morning
i am completely incapable of pushing myself to workout at home. no amount of new equipment is going to do it. it's why it all slipped away when i was at the same stage you were. Heaps better now.
Yep. Once you can leave them alone without them dying then it’s pretty damn sweet. I try to eat breakfast with my son most mornings but a couple of mornings a week I set an alarm for him so he gets up in time.
i go to the 5am class so i have time for a quiet coffee before i wake them up and start
yellinggetting them ready for the day -
@mariner4life yeah TR Jnr and I go to the gym together anyway, while Miss can stay home by herself!
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well I've managed one session and I'm going to be fucking sore tomorrow. Hammys are already rarking up a storm. Primo to do some mahi though! I am getting access to a new gym through work. That's a block and half away from work so I'll train there and the KBs for my working from home sessions. If I do anything in the weekend then that's a bonus.
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@mariner4life said in Pushing Tin - Paekakboyz Training Log:
you just gotta make time bro. i do 6 sessions a week...
he says smugly with kids old enough to stay home by themselves while i go early in the morning
i am completely incapable of pushing myself to workout at home. no amount of new equipment is going to do it. it's why it all slipped away when i was at the same stage you were. Heaps better now.
I’m the opposite. I love a good home workout whether it’s weights/calisthenics/punching bag or whatever. Whatever works for the individual as long as it’s consistent.
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Oof, bit of an unwanted hiatus. But I managed a workout at the gym near work. Holy shit my hammies were singing after the first set of squats. It was soooo good to move some weight. Had missed the post-work buzz! totally worth the incoming soreness
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I live, and I suspect I won't be able to walk tomorrow! nothing like leg day to ease back into training. Have been pretty shit with any sort of activity over the last couple of months. I have mucked about with my KBs a few times but the mojo just hasn't been there.
With the usual caveat that heaps of folks are doing it tougher, holy shit this year has been gnarly. First half was epic work stress (new platform going live) + hectic home life and then we've gone back to the lockdown shenanigans.
My mental health hasn't been great at times, and I know that working out is the best way for me to manage stress and stuff. So it's time to just make the gym fit. Even if that's only twice a week. It'll be far easy to add in something at home with a bit more routine going.
Of course now I've drawn that line in the sand for myself we'll probably go to level bloody 3 ! sorry bout that folks!In surprising news I was 96kg! which surprised me no end. I've def added a bit of fat and lost some muscle. But my eating has been better lately and I know I can put muscle on pretty easily. So I was stoked about that, the icing on the endorphins from a good workout.
For legs I did some mobility stuff - then a few sets of back squats. Only up to 60kg just to get back in the swing. Did some tempo squats and pause sets. My hammies were pinging hardout! Then I did my usual single leg extensions and hammy curls.
Added in some seated DB curls and skullcrushers, and even a few sets of light seated shoulder press. Enough to get a bit of a pumpI haven't posted as much but I've totally been motivated the regular gang - @JK and @Rancid-Schnitzel you fuckers are just built different, I have lol'd hard at JKs cardio buy-in for his sessions. I know @MN5 has been flipping cars and @taniwharugby has been training as much as lockdown has allowed.... pretty sure @NTA has been putting runs on the board too!
Right, that should be at least 4 likes!!
Dang! where's that @Hooroo at!!
