TR vs the future
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@MN5 anything you can do for shoulders and upper back mobility is so worth it. Especially if you have an office job gig and have decades of binch press on the clock!
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@Paekakboyz said in TR vs the future:
@MN5 anything you can do for shoulders and upper back mobility is so worth it. Especially if you have an office job gig and have decades of binch press on the clock!
Or sit in a car for as long as I do, I need one of those Orthopaedic things that cab drivers have
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@Paekakboyz well before I joined the gym this year, last time I did a proper bench press woulda been at the turn of the century!!
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@taniwharugby oof!! actually that's probably not a bad thing bro!
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@Paekakboyz said in TR vs the future:
@taniwharugby oof!! actually that's probably not a bad thing bro!
I’ve already got the cheese cutter and rapidly greying beard.....right, time to have a whinge on the grumpy old man thread
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@Paekakboyz have had issues with my right shoulder though, not gym related (rugby related) only exercise I struggle with is upright rows as my shoulder doesnt quite allow rotation to keep even if I go heavy.
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@taniwharugby do check out that squat_university guy. Heaps of good shoulder stuff! my shoulder is also pretty bung from rugby and a few things he's suggested have really helped out.
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managed to get a PB on deads tonight, 4 reps easy, no straps, so know I got plenty more in me.
Feels so much better with the belt on too.
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did deads in bare feet today, certainly seemed to help things along.
I have been alternating where I do a heavy week trying to increase my max, then on the other week I go to 80% of my max and do higher reps.
Did 2 sets of 7 & 6 reps at 80% today, felt good, again, grip strength being the main thing stopping an extra couple of reps, but grip strength obviously improving.
My weight still static at 100kg though!
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@taniwharugby said in TR vs the future:
did deads in bare feet today, certainly seemed to help things along.
I have been alternating where I do a heavy week trying to increase my max, then on the other week I go to 80% of my max and do higher reps.
Did 2 sets of 7 & 6 reps at 80% today, felt good, again, grip strength being the main thing stopping an extra couple of reps, but grip strength obviously improving.
My weight still static at 100kg though!
I told my trainer a year ago that I didn't care about how heavy the weights are but she makes me to a max rep once every 4 months.
It was the first time I have used chalk
Amazing what a year can do. I don't look any stronger but I'm at least twice as strong as I was due to being that unfit
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@Hooroo said in TR vs the future:
@taniwharugby said in TR vs the future:
did deads in bare feet today, certainly seemed to help things along.
I have been alternating where I do a heavy week trying to increase my max, then on the other week I go to 80% of my max and do higher reps.
Did 2 sets of 7 & 6 reps at 80% today, felt good, again, grip strength being the main thing stopping an extra couple of reps, but grip strength obviously improving.
My weight still static at 100kg though!
I told my trainer a year ago that I didn't care about how heavy the weights are but she makes me to a max rep once every 4 months.
It was the first time I have used chalk
Amazing what a year can do. I don't look any stronger but I'm at least twice as strong as I was due to being that unfit
I was supposed to end with, now I secretly look forward to those days
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did front squats today, used lifting straps to hold bar, made it alot easer.
Didnt go heavy, but comfortably did 80kg x 6.
Did split my pants trying to do deep sumo pulls with feet on step-boxes, TR Jnr thought it was hilarious! Luckily gym wasnt busy today so I could finish my workout, with sumos being the 3rd exercise...
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@taniwharugby said in TR vs the future:
managed to get a PB on deads tonight, 4 reps easy, no straps, so know I got plenty more in me.
Added another 10kg to my PB, 4 reps (with straps)
Felt great, reckon my single max is maybe another 10-15kg on top?
Stoked!
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went for a PB on the bench today, but alas, just wasnt feeling it...did 6 @ 100kg, and went 5kg over my PB and battled through 1 rep
Was bloated after round 2 of shared lunch at work today, so I think that didnt help much!
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thought I'd get in 1 last workout before over indulging tomorrow...
Did back, and was my light week for deads, did 2 sets of 8 reps at 80% of my current PB, so pretty stoked with that.
Sitting at 101kg yesterday, which is 5/6kg more than my goal weight, but struggling to move down.
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got Mrs TR a massage gun for Christmas, they are awesome.
That is all.
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@taniwharugby said in TR vs the future:
a massage gun
Those machines for the ladies used to be called something else. Just can't put my finger on it (yes).
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did back today, and went 10kg over my previous deadlift PB, nailed it. Felt good, so thought I'd add another 5kg...felt like I'd added 20kg for the extra effort it felt like to move, but I did a single rep, stoked as!
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been smashing plenty of tin still!
99kg this morning, so after a breach of my IF routine yesterday with sausage rolls, mini bacon and egg pies, club sandwiches, and my kryptonite, ginger crunch (when its good) at morning tea, then 4 beers at lunch and wife bring home pizza for dinner, I was pretty pleased with that (makes me realise once I hit my goal weight of 95kg I should be able to manage it)
HAve a new favorite exercise, snatch grip high pulls!
