Interspersed with sets of band pull aparts to get blood into my shoulder.
Zerchers
135-3x10
Paused bench
45-10
95-4x3
115-2
This was probably more like a one board because I kept the foam on the bar we used for zerchers
Leg raises
3x10
Monday my weight was 126.5 which is normal after a weekend of food truck and fudge related water retention. Yesterday my weight was 123 and today it is 121.5. I’ve lost 5lbs of water in 3 days. All I can think that I’ve done differently is try an new herbal tea. When the weather starts cooling off I like tea before I go to bed; like a sleepytime tea. This week I started a new box of a different brand (PC). It’s camomile, peppermint, lemongrass, spearmint, linden flowers, blueberry leaves, passion flowers and rosebuds. None of those jump out at me as diuretic. I’m going to get Frank to drink it and see if he gets the same effect. If it is, it’s good to know if I’m a bit above weight pre-meet. It would beat the hell out of a water cut.
I would think the same thing except that I drink tea all day long at work even during the summer. I tend not to at home because we don’t have AC. For a long time it was a kick ass oolong tea that I’ve since run out of. Now it’s just orange pekoe.
I need to get some more but the size container I had is $54. My husband works at an international school in a residence and students go back home and leave all sorts of stuff. One was an unopened tin of this tea.
Sumo Deadlift
135-2x5
227.5-6x5
All beltless except the final set. My back was toasted.
This is the 2nd set:
RDL
135-15
145-15
155-15
DB rows
37-10/side
62-2x10/side
TRX mountain climbers
3x20/side
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My weight was still sitting at 122 this morning. I’m testing the tea by getting both my husband and a coworker to see if it affects them the same way. Alternatively I could just be coming down with something that’s making me dump water.
BW on Monday morning was 126.5, typical post weekend bloat. BW today was 124.5. We’ll see if I end up as low as last week. I did some cooking on the weekend. For dinner last night, I made a very delicious tourtierre. I haven’t had that in a while.
Set 2. You can see my ghetto harness. I put an old bench belt around my neck to grab so my arms don’t open. With the pads on the bar, it’s really difficult to keep them pulled up. Someday, I’d love to buy an actual harness
Bench
45-10
95-3x3
105-3
115-2
Leg raises
3x10
bw back down to 123. Tomorrow I’m going for a shingles vaccine. They’ve been advertising a lot for people over 50 to get the vaccine; making it sound as simple as going for a flu shot. It’s not. If you don’t have coverage it can cost $220. Fortunately my benefits cover most of it but it’s far from straight forward like the flu shot.
I think they both track in when I’m fatigued. It’s hard to tell from the video. It’s always been like that. I think it’s my bodies way of compensating for fatigue. I see this more often in people with long legs. I believe it recruits more quad.
We were running through our training very quickly as my husband had to leave for work early. I think we did everything in 45 minutes or less.
Sumo Deadlift
135-2x5
227.5-6x6 all beltless. This is the most volume I’ve done in a long time. It turned out just fine when I slowed things down a bit.
RDL
135-15
145-15
155-15
DB rows
37-10/side
62-2x10/side
TRX Mountain climbers
3x20/side
Next week the weight starts going up for deadlift. Things are feeling pretty good so far.
BW 122.5. This session was hard. It’s the tail end of the heat wave. I don’t sweat that much typically training but my shirt was soaked. The combination of the volume, heat and humidity was pretty tough. Starting Friday though, volume starts to taper and weights start to rise.
Sumo deadlift
135-2x5
225-2
242.5-5x5
All beltless
Snatch grip deadlift
135-3x10
DB rows
62-3x10/side
TRX mountain climbers
3x20/side
TRX push ups
2x5, 10
bw still sitting at 122.5 but deadlifts felt great today. The last two sets were hard but 5x5 for almost double bw is a lot of volume. Next week is 4x4 which will be nice.
That’s right . I started pulling with a hook about 7 years ago. I’m pretty sure it allows me to pull more. I can roll my shoulders a bit forward and lengthen my reach. However, that can kill me at lock out. Oh well.
Normally I pull the first set with my hands and then use metal hooks for the rest of the sets so they don’t get too chewed up.
Thanks. That’s really nice to hear (read?). I’ve been doing this for a while and I’m at the point that I’m kind of pleased that I haven’t lost strength yet.