Dissection Of The Funt
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<p>Brett failed on 322.5kg for his last deadlift at the latest Arnold classic, needed that to win and got it to mid thigh! yeah JK, at 83kg he's closer to lifting 4x his bodyweight. Mental!</p>
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<p>ah, I thought it was an Arnold event. Fuck was it 327.5?? he got real close aye!</p>
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<p>I only caught his last two dead lifts, gutted he didn't do better on squats in particular. Pretty sure he has hit a 330kg dead in the gym - but seems to tilt a bit in comps. The guy who won (Haack?) is junior age but moved to the open category as he had no real competition in junior class! Total beast!</p> -
<p>There is a kid plays halfback at our club on and off - quiet, unassuming, nice kid, about 19 years old. First time I saw him play I thought what a fearless little bastard he was, and fit.</p>
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<p>Has represented Australia in 59kg class powerlifting!</p>
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<p>Anyway, on the weekend we're playing some big lads from Sydney Irish, and they picked him out to run at as the smallest guy on the field (Third Grade) by about 20kg. From memory, one guy tried it twice and got sat on his arse pretty harshly. Everyone else was smarter and only tried it once. Like a fucking wolverine that kid</p> -
Went back to the gym to work the lungs a little this arv.<br><br>
Loaded the sled to 150kg (run of 10m up, 10m back), and the chest press to 30kg per arm. <br><br>
Sled followed by chest press, short break, repeat for a total of 3. Then did the ski ergo machine for a minute solos, and started to get vision issues :(<br><br>
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<p>Gym was running body scans today, so went along after breakfast, and paid my money for a laugh:</p>
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<p>Height: 180.3cm</p>
<p>Weight 105.7kg</p>
<p>Skeletal Muscle Mass: 41.3kg</p>
<p>Body Fat Mass: 33.0kg</p>
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<p>Puts the PBF at 31.2% so that's the work-on for the next 6 weeks until they come back. It has been about 6 weeks since I started, so the lifting gains have been good, and I didn't expect the weight to shift that much during the period.</p>
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<p>Probably the worst one was the visceral fat level rated "high" - this is the shit around your organs that needs disposing of. Indicator for various diseases.</p>
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<p>Really my diet has been rubbish, and while the weight has generally held steady, its time to get some more eating discipline to help burn that down. I just find it hard to not eat after a lifting session, so will need to address that through some kind of grazing strategy.</p> -
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<p>Gym was running body scans today, so went along after breakfast, and paid my money for a laugh:</p>
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<p>Height: 180.3cm</p>
<p>Weight 105.7kg</p>
<p>Skeletal Muscle Mass: 41.3kg</p>
<p>Body Fat Mass: 33.0kg</p>
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<p>Puts the PBF at 31.2% so that's the work-on for the next 6 weeks until they come back. It has been about 6 weeks since I started, so the lifting gains have been good, and I didn't expect the weight to shift that much during the period.</p>
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<p>Probably the worst one was the visceral fat level rated "high" - this is the shit around your organs that needs disposing of. Indicator for various diseases.</p>
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<p>Really my diet has been rubbish, and while the weight has generally held steady, its time to get some more eating discipline to help burn that down. I just find it hard to not eat after a lifting session, so will need to address that through some kind of grazing strategy.</p>
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<p>105kg at that height isn't too bad really especially in this day and age. I think heaps of that will be taken care of by the dreaded ( shudder ) diet.</p>
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<p>Blokes do tend to put the weight on round the guts as opposed to women obviously, that's my work on area too, rest of me is in more decent shape. My mate who I've mentioned previously is that really bad skinny/fat shape, bout 6 foot, 90 kg but that's ALL round his guts still has a pigeon chest with noodle arms and legs. The day he actually manages a chin up is the day I will keel over from shock. His wife and I give him constant shit but he doesn't care even though he'd be one of the first to go when the Zombie invasion happens.</p> -
Gym this morning:<br><br>
Squats: 5 x 5 x 90kg - will go to 95 on Wednesday. Getting back to where I was at 110 but with depth. <br><br>
Bench: 5 x 5 x 65kg<br>
Bent row: 5 x 5 x 65kg<br>
Both of these will go to 70kg at their next session (Friday)<br><br>
Chinups: 5, 4, 2<br><br>
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<p>Squats: 5 x 5 x 90kg - forgot to go to 95. Definitely Friday</p>
<p>Military Press: 5 x 5 x 45kg - still struggling a little with these in terms of keeping my lower back from arching</p>
<p>Deadlifts: 1 x 5 x 135kg - could feel it in the back but will stick with 135 for the next session</p>
<p>Chinups: 4, 4, 3 - concentrating on form</p>
<p>Leg Press: 3 x 5 x 270kg - just for something different</p> -
<p>For the military press get your glutes firing bro - it sorts out the back and gives you a stable base. You should also be able to rest the bar across the top of your chest - so you might need to tweak your grip width so you can do that comfortably. There are my big work-on at the moment and those two tips have helped heaps. Keeping elbows nice and tucked in is also something to work on.</p>
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Gym yesterday - fucking freezing as it's set up in an old industrial unit. Nearly got fingers frozen to the bar...<br><br>
Squats: 5 x 5 x 95kg<br>
Bench: 5 x 5 x 65kg - increase to 70 next time<br>
Bent row: 5 x 5 x 70kg<br>
Chinups: 4, 3, 3 - good form<br><br>
Threw a few slow dips (singles) in there for a bit of burn factor. <br><br>
Getting hold of the diet this week so expecting the weight to start tracking down a little in the next fortnight. Also covering a few km here and there on foot with the kids during school holidays.<br><br>
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<p><strong>Gym yesterday - fucking freezing as it's set up in an old industrial unit. Nearly got fingers frozen to the bar...</strong><br><br>
Squats: 5 x 5 x 95kg<br>
Bench: 5 x 5 x 65kg - increase to 70 next time<br>
Bent row: 5 x 5 x 70kg<br>
Chinups: 4, 3, 3 - good form<br><br>
Threw a few slow dips (singles) in there for a bit of burn factor.<br><br>
Getting hold of the diet this week so expecting the weight to start tracking down a little in the next fortnight. Also covering a few km here and there on foot with the kids during school holidays.<br><br>
Scales said 104.3 this morning. Aiming for below 103 by end of the month.</p>
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<p>Diddums, did it go below 18 degrees ?</p>
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<p>how's the booze consumption ? I'm finding not doing that is helping me get to double figures again.....</p> -
Not much booze at all. Occasional red wine or rum.<br><br><blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="MN5" data-cid="596992" data-time="1468640757"><p>Diddums, did it go below 18 degrees ?<br></p></blockquote>
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It was about -1C outside when I showed up. Maybe 6C inside. -
Squats: 5 x 5 x 95 - deep!<br><br>
Military: 5 x 5 x 45 - locked the glutes and that helped. Might be able to move to 47.5 after a couple of sessions<br><br>
Deadlift: 1 x 5 x 135kg - grip slipping on that one, need to concentrate more<br><br>
Chins: 5, 3, 2<br><br>
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<p>I've spent the last couple of days trying to help my rugby club survive from a post-match brawl started by a couple of fuckwits, joined by a couple of fuckwits, who kicked a bloke on the ground and coward punched another. Not a good look, and their heritage will not be mentioned.</p>
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<p>I'm stressed out because firstly, the club could get the boot for the year (or forever), and I was coaching Second Grade to a title :(</p>
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<p>So today, I woke up and its pissing rain, but I just felt good to be going to the gym. That guy who wrote the Stronglifts 5x5 was right: taking a full day off between routines does wonders for your mental health.</p>
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<p>I was in a real "fuck it - let's do this!" mood, so:</p>
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<p>Squats: 5 x 5 x 100kg</p>
<p>Bench: 5 x 5 x 70kg</p>
<p>Bent row: 5 x 5 x 75kg</p>
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<p>That is adding 5kg to every lift from the last time, so stoked with that. The form might not have been ideal for all lifts, admittedly. </p>
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<p>The bench actually felt pretty easy because I was talking to the trainer between sets, which made me think I should increase to 90s rests between sets to maximise recovery.</p>
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<p>Finished off with 1 x 3 chinups, but really slow reverses. Then I had to leave to get ready for work.</p>
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<p>Shot bro, keep working on that form bud. Better to do lifts at a lower weight with mint form than chase big numbers and lift ugly. That has it's place but if you are building muscle memory and want to preserve your joints etc lift smart! Good man on smacking out those hundy squats. Nice and deep I hope! ahem... :whistle:</p>
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Agreed - though to a degree, I felt I was getting trapped at certain weights trying to get a form I couldn't even judge while lifting. <br><br>
Sometimes you just have to go a bit heavier and work on it that way I reckon. Got wobbly under the last set so things to work on -
<p>Got to gym a bit late this morning as I was trying to convince Mrs TA to engage in another kind of workout. </p>
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<p>Result: :(</p>
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<p>Anyway - tin:</p>
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<p>Squats: 5 x 5 x 100kg - got wobbly on the final reps, ensuring I go as deep as I can without bending. Time to move to 105kg anyway.</p>
<p>Military: 5 x 5 x 45kg - still a little bit of back twinge, but I reset the glutes and go again. Might move that out to 47.5kg next time because I'm getting stuck at 45.</p>
<p>Deadlifts: 1 x 5 x 135kg - grip might still be a bit of an issue here, but I figure its time to go for 140kg next week.</p>
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<p>Chinups: 3, 2 - was running out of time, and decided to go reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal slow both directions for these. Keep the body guessing.</p>
