Powerlifter's Cancer Recovery

Light headed? I’d have flat out dropped :joy::joy: Sick work session bud

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Thanks

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Be thankful you’re still flexible enough to put the bar behind your neck.
Probably a benefit of all that tractor work.

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I don’t always log it but those dead hangs help a lot with getting under the bar.

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5/04/2023
Today was a day that makes you appreciate good days.
Bench
135 x 8
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 1
275 x 1
295 x 1 ( not fast )
245 x 2
245 x 1 I was done
MP
135 x 5
155 x 2
135 x 5 x 4
JM press
95 x 5 x 5
Been cleaning up after an earlier ice storm and with the Fitbit I can better understand what some of you guys mean by yardio.


The morning bump is from a bench workout and the afternoon bump is from running a chainsaw.

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5/5/2023
DL
Worked up to 505
RDL
315 x 5
365 x 5
315 x 5 x 3
Kneeling leg curls
70 x 10 x 3
Lat pull down
180 x 10 x 3
Rear delt gym 2
50 x 10 x 3

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Nice deads and that was serious yardio at almost 5700 cals burned.

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I’m going to try that. Thanks.

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Thanks, I just ordered the straps you recommended earlier. Thank you. Looking forward to taking my bike to the gym. In the 1 year I’ve had the fit bit I’ve passed 5,000 calories 3 times.

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5/8/2023
Deload week
Bench
135 x 5
155 x 5
185 x 5
Squat
135 x 5
175 x 5
205 x 5
245 x 5
Seated Dmbl press
40 x 4

50 x 5
60 x 5
Pec dec gym 1
150 x 10 x 3
Roman chair
10 x 3
Incline sit ups
12 x 3
I didn’t find out until yesterday that Saturday was World Naked Gardening Day. Maybe next year.
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You have pheasants on your farm?

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I just have an acreage. There is one rooster I often hear close to the house in the evening. A few months ago, I had bunch of them in the backyard. I had zero temptation to shoot any of them. I think it’s a sign I’m getting older.

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5/12/2023
Deload
DL
225 x 5
275 x 5
325 x 5
Kneeling leg curls
70 x 10 x 3
Rear delt gym 2
60 x 10 x 3
HS low row
2plates x 10 x 3
Lat pull down
150 x 10 x 3

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5/15/2023
Squats
I used the 5/3/1 format to go from a 350lb theoretical max to 440lb ( making 15lb jumps) and failed in the 440lb cycle. Took a month off to do10 rep sets. Sad to say I haven’t ever done 10 rep sets before. Started the 5/3/1 rep scheme today with a 420lb theoretical max.
135 x 7 x 2
185 x 5
225 x 3
275 x 5
315 x 5
355 x 6
Banded squats
225 x 3
245 x 3
255 x 3
265 x 3
275 x 3
Farmers walk
100lb dumbbells
Very happy to get my reps in today.

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5/16/2023
Bench
135 x 10
185 x 3
225 x 1
245 x 1
275 x 1
295 x 1
320 x 1 slowed at lock out
255 x 5 x 5
MP
135 x 5
155 x 5
165 x 5
175 x 1
185 x 1
195 x 1
135 x 5 x 2
HS incline press
160 x 8 x 3
Pec dec gym 1
210 x 10 x 3
Cable lateral raise
30 x 10 x 3
JM press
105 x 5 x 3

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I would love to have problems like that. :sweat_smile: Very sorry for my long absence. Great work going on in here. Unbelievably strong on those sets. Good work getting cleaned up after the ice storm as well.

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5/18/2023
DL
405 x 1
455 x 1
495 x 1 (my ego was telling me to go for 555 next, but I know my ego has a learning disability)
545 x 1 not fast but smooth
RDL
315 x 5
365 x 5
405 x 5 x 3
DMBL rows
150 x 19
Lat pull-down
250 x 8 x 3
Chest supported rows
115 x 8 x 3
115 x 6
Rear delt machine gym 1
90 x 10 x 3
Roman chair
10 x 3
Straight arm pull down
70 x 5 x 3
Seated leg curls
115 x 12 x 2

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Very strong sets on deads, (and RDLs, DB Rows). Excellent session overall.

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Very, very adequate.

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You say the sweetest things.

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