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Pull day.

Deads being careful to shove hips left
95lbs x 10
135 x 8
165 x 6
185 x 5 yikes harder than I thought. Almost prevented me from the next
205 x 6
yay, not as tough as last week and got an extra rep. Call it a win.

Barbell curl
some warmup
70 x 3
70 x 3

Leg curl
Cable rows I do these as a deadlift accessory, so pivot the hips a lot deliberately

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Push day

Squats
95 x 8
115 x 6
135 x 4
145 x 7
yay, perfect form, as long as I keep offsetting the scoliosis.

Bench
65 x 8
95 x 5
115 x 4
115 x 4
115 x 5 yay

some tough leg press

tri pushdown

training like a powerlifter simplifies things a lot

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Deadlifts
95 x 10
135 x 8
165 x 5
185 x 5 easy
215 x 3 this was good
215 x 2 1/2 oh crap, form off, couldn’t do it

well, the first set must have worn me out to where the second was too much, learned my lesson

hamstring machine
bar curls 70 x 2
70 x 2
this was weird, fewer than last time?

couple pullups x3 x3 x3

row machine - sticking, couldn’t get it working it

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Had a ton of stuff to do last week, so no gym. Got back, it’s pull day:

Deadlift (scoliosis stance)
95 x 8
135 x 7
165 x 6
185 x 3
215 x 3 tough, surprising
205 x 4
195 x 5 three working sets total, lower back is fried

hamstring machine

shrug machine 160 x 6

pullups x 4 x 4
great, that’s more than previously

bar curl
60 x 7
60 x 6

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Gotta say I’m impressed you’re doing any deadlifting with your scoliosis problem. Good going.

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Thanks. What’s annoying is that for all the training I’ve had, including Matt Wenning’s place, not one person stopped to figure out what to do about it.

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Push day

Squat w scoliosis stance
95 x 8
115 x 8
135 x 4
155 x 7 work set
135 x 7 work set
went great

Bench
65 x 8
95 x 5
120 x 3 work set
105 x 5 work set
95 x 6 work set

some leg press
some machine OH press
some tri pushdown

good workout. except right foot numbness flared up as I was walking out. Two docs have already looked at and “what are we supposed to do about it?”

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Deadlift
135 x 8
135 x 8
165 x 5
185 x 3
215 x 5 working set better than last time
195 x 5 working set

hamstring machine

arm curl 70 x 2
70 x 3
70 x 3

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So dug out my old squat belt from Iron Mind and took it with me today.

Bench
120 x 4 last one a bit shaky
105 x 5
96 x 7

Squat (working sets)
165 x 3 yay!
145 x 6
115 x 7

put on the belt with 10 lbs and did weighted dips
x 6
x 6
x 6
that shocked me, would have been happy with 3 or 4 reps.

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Been eating hard. A bit tricky with my part time job (teaching college), seems like it helped.

Deadlift (scoliosis stance)
working sets in pounds
225 x 3
205 x 4
185 x 4
felt good

hamstring machine - went up a plate, slightly more than half weight stack

Pullups x 4 1/2
x 4 1/2
didn’t expect almost 5

Arm curls
70 x 3
60 x 7

got my Pfizer booster 2 weeks ago, so felt pretty safe around everyone else

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Push day. Working sets:

Squat
165 x 5
145 x 5
125 x 7

Bench
120 x 5 good reps
105 x 5

shoulder press machine 1/3 weight stack

tri pressdown

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So. It snowed today. I mean SNOWED. Had to brush off the car, and when I got to the gym all the power was off. The only light coming through the windows. Oh well, on the upside at least the annoying radio wasn’t screeching. Some call it music but I call it a distraction.

Since the deadlift platforms were in the dark, had to change things around. Decided to do heavy rows on the cable machine instead. So fumbled around, set the stack, sat down, drew a breath - and suddenly the lights snapped on and the loudspeakers went off at eardrum splitting volume. Sigh.

heavy rows - went up a couple plates from before
hamstring machine - hit half the weight stack
shrugs - 170 lbs plus carriage x 3
160 x 7

curl machine to knock out wrist curls and rev wrist curls. Went up a plate.

All in all, things went well.

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And today it was in the 60’s with clear skies. Good grief.

Ate pretty heavy and got up another pound bodyweight. Feeling good, can I do something with it?

Squat
95 x 7
115 x 6
135 x 3
175 x 2 1/2 probably should have stuck with 165, wanted to see if was any stronger, eh maybe, they were hard
155 x 5
135 x 5

Bench had done 120 x 5 previously, was aiming for 6 or 7 reps. Stupid foot was really bothering me, the numbness was just all over the place. So did bench while in a bad mood.
65 x 8
95 x 5
120 x 5 - omg, this was tough, last one was a fucking grinder.
105 x 5 - another grinder, can’t believe it.

In a really bad mood. Bench is the one thing that just cannot budge

Dips brought out belt and strapped a 25 lb plate
25 x 6
25 x 6
should be happy, but still fuming over bench

Shoulder machine
knocked off some good ones, even hit failure on last one.

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I think we are done with the 60s. It was 35 when I was doing my walks tonight. Nice work.

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Back in the 70’s here with a cold front moving in.

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Power on at the gym, so so warm up and deads.

Deadlift (scoliosis stance)
135 x 8
175 x 5 (testing parallel grip strength - actually worked)
195 x 4
225 x 5
205 x 6
yay. think I’ll keep the 225 for next time instead of going up, want to be sure I’m nailing technique

hanstring machine good ones
Pullups
almost 5
almost 5

BB curl
70 x 3
50 x 6
gonna have to go with 65 lbs until get up to 70

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Two goals today. Going to work arms specifically because in my thin frame they’re especially thin. Second, check on bench. Last week, had a really awful bench session. Will check to see if it was just a fluke.

Bench (lbs)
65 x 10 easy
95 x 7 no problem
115 x 5 not too bad. This was about the point last that I lost it. So decided to see if I jump ahead and try 135. Will be careful, try only one rep and just bounce it instead of PL pause
135 x 1
felt good. Next time I may try a double.
125 x 2 ooh, tough
did another set, about half a dozen reps, but can’t remember weight. Either 115 or 105.

Decide to do overhead press. Had been doing delt machine all this time, built up weight some, shoulders have a little growth. Been couple years since the barbell version. Can I beat the 65 / 75 / 85 limits?

45 x 4 owww, something’s wrong in shoulder, check form
65 x 4 got elbows lined up, scoliosis stance, went better but jesus hard, can’t believe how I had to strain
75 x 2 form wasn’t great, straining so hard
55 x 5

Finally arms.
Tri pulldowns
BB curls
Tri machine
Wrist curls

home to chow down Thanksgiving leftovers.

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So was going to do squats, then bench. Walking to squat rack and just as I was 20 ft away fwoosh a guy zips in and grabs it. Oh well, bench then.

Bench
65 x 9
95 x 6
115 x 4
135 x 1
115 x 5
95 x 10 push hard on each one

Guy is still doing squats??

OH press
45 x 8
55 x 6 better form
65 x 5
75 x 3
did 65 and then 55, but don’t remember reps

Finally can do squats
work sets 155 x 6
135 x 8

I am totally wiped out by this point. Pushing real hard on everything. Had brought my belt for dips, so tried it

Dips
35 x 4
35 x 3

was thinking of doing some leg presses but way too exhausted

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I gotta tell you. This is just torture. Really painful. Really, really need to see results, and hopefully in a little less than years from now.

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Pull day.

Cable rows, sitting back instead of bending arms - really heavy

Hamstring machine

Shrug machine
160 x 7
140 x 8

Arm curl
65 x 5
55 x 8

Wrist curls

Rear delt using pec dec

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