5 Minute Walk (.25 miles)
Mobility Prep
Axle Clean and Push Presses
40x1
60x1
80x1
100x1
120x1
140x1
160x1
180x1
200x1
Axle Push Presses
200x2
200x2
200x2
200x2
200x2
Seated Pulldowns
90x10
135x12
135x12
135x12
Incline Dumbbell Bench Presses
10’sx15
40’sx12
70’sx15
70’sx15
Stretching
Comments: I’ve been irritable. Didn’t realize how much I was until today. Kind of just shut down when I’m around people now. I can function at least. So functioning depressive. My back had been feeling stiff the previous two days so I was a little put off by that too. Maybe I just not happy with how things are in the world. How I am. I never really cared for my birthday either. I’ve enjoyed the last two for sure but things are a lot different now. At this point, I can just focus on training. Rain off and on throughout the day. I didn’t feel any twinge in my lower back while doing the warm-up stuff so that was good. I was planning on not using my fans but it was so humid despite it being cooler that I kept them on. Repeat of two weeks ago with more weight and/or reps. First part of workout was singles with clean and press. 20lbs jumps. Work up to 65%. So working up to 15lbs more than last time. Still working the hang style for the clean. I work a shirt that wasn’t as “soft” and stretchy. Knees weren’t bothering me much. Actually felt good. I had a pesky mosquito that kept going for my legs at the start. Then it started raining. I had to move my camera which actually lead to a better vantage point to film ironically. I was under the big tree so very little rain was getting on the axle setup at this point. 160lbs went up stupid easy. Like it should. Like the first time in a few weeks that overhead lift felt like it should. I of course messed up the following set. My second pull resulted in my shirt going up and I landed on the smooth part of my grip shirt and I had to keep bumping it up my shirt to get past it. I put on the lightest of my belts on for the next set. I was planning on doing this anyways as I got more and more weight on these top sets but made it more the point with having my shirt issue. I think it was more being out of practice and the weight than anything as that clean felt tough. This is a new clean style so there is bound to be trial and error as I bump up in weight. I can say I like that the control allows me to adjust if the axle is off balance. It started raining harder after that and I had more stuff to do. Luckily it was axle out of the rack next and I could do everything after that in the garage. Put the axle in the rack and then do 5 doubles with the weight I just finished at. Felt so much better than the previous two weeks of rack work. Knees didn’t want to die and it didn’t feel so damn heavy. I didn’t feel like my right side was too tight either. I just wish that I was moving at least 20lbs more than this for it to feel like it did. Left wrist was bothering me on the first few sets but got better as I went. It was raining a good bit but not enough to effect things. After that, I had to move stuff out of the rain and into the garage to finish things up. The next part being pulldowns with what I have. I had a thought of a new setup that ended up being more complicated than I expected. Requiring my squat rack and the yoke. Ended up needing a couple other things and trial and error. Got whacked in the kidneys for my efforts on one attempt. Plan was 3 sets of 10-12 reps. Things felt nice with 90lbs so I figured that 135lbs would still be light. Not exactly. Since I can’t anchor my body like regular pulldowns, at a certain point, I have to fight to keep my body down. Still, first set felt good. Following sets felt tougher. I was scratching my head on that and it turns out the reason was it was getting tougher. The cable wire was getting rubbed on the yoke and it had cut through the plastic covering and had started sawing into my yoke! So it was metal on metal friction. Thankfully it didn’t cut into it a lot as I’ve been enjoying this yoke for how light weight it is. Next time (assuming this exercise stays) I’ll have to try another setup. If that doesn’t work, I think I have to try something else unfortunately. Last item for the evening was incline dumbbell bench. Same weights as last time just more reps on the top two sets. Shoulders felt better this time around. Didn’t feel so darn tight. Didn’t feel like stuff was restricting my motions. The weights did still feel heavy on my forearms even though I was pumping out the reps. While training was done for the day, I still had stuff as I had to clean up my fridge as a precooked pot roast leaked everywhere. Thankfully my dinner was filling.
Axle Clean and Push Presses
40x1
60x1
80x1
100x1
120x1
140x1
160x1
180x1
200x1
Axle Push Presses
200x2
200x2
200x2
200x2
200x2
Seated Pulldowns
90x10
135x12
135x12
135x12
Incline Dumbbell Bench Presses
10’sx15
40’sx12
70’sx15
70’sx15
Stretching
Comments: I’ve been irritable. Didn’t realize how much I was until today. Kind of just shut down when I’m around people now. I can function at least. So functioning depressive. My back had been feeling stiff the previous two days so I was a little put off by that too. Maybe I just not happy with how things are in the world. How I am. I never really cared for my birthday either. I’ve enjoyed the last two for sure but things are a lot different now. At this point, I can just focus on training. Rain off and on throughout the day. I didn’t feel any twinge in my lower back while doing the warm-up stuff so that was good. I was planning on not using my fans but it was so humid despite it being cooler that I kept them on. Repeat of two weeks ago with more weight and/or reps. First part of workout was singles with clean and press. 20lbs jumps. Work up to 65%. So working up to 15lbs more than last time. Still working the hang style for the clean. I work a shirt that wasn’t as “soft” and stretchy. Knees weren’t bothering me much. Actually felt good. I had a pesky mosquito that kept going for my legs at the start. Then it started raining. I had to move my camera which actually lead to a better vantage point to film ironically. I was under the big tree so very little rain was getting on the axle setup at this point. 160lbs went up stupid easy. Like it should. Like the first time in a few weeks that overhead lift felt like it should. I of course messed up the following set. My second pull resulted in my shirt going up and I landed on the smooth part of my grip shirt and I had to keep bumping it up my shirt to get past it. I put on the lightest of my belts on for the next set. I was planning on doing this anyways as I got more and more weight on these top sets but made it more the point with having my shirt issue. I think it was more being out of practice and the weight than anything as that clean felt tough. This is a new clean style so there is bound to be trial and error as I bump up in weight. I can say I like that the control allows me to adjust if the axle is off balance. It started raining harder after that and I had more stuff to do. Luckily it was axle out of the rack next and I could do everything after that in the garage. Put the axle in the rack and then do 5 doubles with the weight I just finished at. Felt so much better than the previous two weeks of rack work. Knees didn’t want to die and it didn’t feel so damn heavy. I didn’t feel like my right side was too tight either. I just wish that I was moving at least 20lbs more than this for it to feel like it did. Left wrist was bothering me on the first few sets but got better as I went. It was raining a good bit but not enough to effect things. After that, I had to move stuff out of the rain and into the garage to finish things up. The next part being pulldowns with what I have. I had a thought of a new setup that ended up being more complicated than I expected. Requiring my squat rack and the yoke. Ended up needing a couple other things and trial and error. Got whacked in the kidneys for my efforts on one attempt. Plan was 3 sets of 10-12 reps. Things felt nice with 90lbs so I figured that 135lbs would still be light. Not exactly. Since I can’t anchor my body like regular pulldowns, at a certain point, I have to fight to keep my body down. Still, first set felt good. Following sets felt tougher. I was scratching my head on that and it turns out the reason was it was getting tougher. The cable wire was getting rubbed on the yoke and it had cut through the plastic covering and had started sawing into my yoke! So it was metal on metal friction. Thankfully it didn’t cut into it a lot as I’ve been enjoying this yoke for how light weight it is. Next time (assuming this exercise stays) I’ll have to try another setup. If that doesn’t work, I think I have to try something else unfortunately. Last item for the evening was incline dumbbell bench. Same weights as last time just more reps on the top two sets. Shoulders felt better this time around. Didn’t feel so darn tight. Didn’t feel like stuff was restricting my motions. The weights did still feel heavy on my forearms even though I was pumping out the reps. While training was done for the day, I still had stuff as I had to clean up my fridge as a precooked pot roast leaked everywhere. Thankfully my dinner was filling.
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