My training log and thoughts

 26.09.2020 "Tiny bench" press Warmup, all the usual 107,5 - 3 sets of 15 Really nice, that's progress right there Half reps narrow grip from the bottom position in rack 80 - 2 sets of 10 real triceps killer, in a good way of course. 27.09.2020 I couldn't handle being bored, so yesterday I decided I was going to have another training session. Rubber supported pullups 3 sets of 10 Apparently the rubber only takes off about 10 kgs in the bottom position. Feels great. Bodyweight squats, three sets of one leg deficit calf raises - pretty great exercise tbh, real killer too. I think my calves straight up increased in size since that day, and I didn't even do it for bodybuilding reasons. Overhand curls, EZ bar - more like rectangular fixes though (ancient exercise, I love it, you can read about it here - https://ditillo2.blogspot.com/2008/08/rectangular-fixback-hand-curl-charles.html ) I read it a long time ago and got inspired to get a good result in it. I think I ment...

 24.09.2020 Nice little session. Pullups - somewhat of a narrow grip Warmup - a lot of shoulder moves, I feel like pullups is one of those exercises that deserves to be trated more carefully Rubber supported - 30 reps - felt great, nice pump, very hard for the arms, as usual 10 paused on the floor 12 same - supersetted these last sets with Romanian DLs Romanian deadlift 20*15 60 - 2 sets of 15 80 - 2 sets of 15 Pushups - 2 sets of 15 - keeping my chest somewhat alive at least, we're going heavier on the bench on saturday. Well, that's about it. Back feels tired. I think I still have to be a bit more careful with my finger.

 21.09.2020 Overhead press 70 - 2 sets of 5 Pushpress 100 - 2 sets of 3 Squat - warmed up decently 100*8 120*8 140*8 160*8 felt good  22.09.2020 Overhead press 40*15 60*5 80*5 100 - 3 sets of 5 100*3 + 1 bad + reracked and did a half rep - got distracted 100*5 nice Basically, never in my life have I pressed 100 so easily in such a rep range (mini pr!). Perhaps I'll have to set my max at 125 when I'm gonna go through a program. Squat - plates under heels Warmup 80*10 100 - 2 sets of 10 - basically accumulation squat Some time later I did mixed grip curls with an empty bar - 20 with left underhand, 10 with right. Sounds like a cool wacky exercise. I think I can do over 70 for a single, we'll have to see. Yesterday I bought rice cakes for the first time in my life - normally someone just randomly brings them for tea and then I have some, but yesterday I decided to buy some for the first time. They're pretty nice, really nice to chew, just finished my last pack now (out of ...

 You know, I sometimes think of myself as a thinker and a philosopher - do I really deserve to do that is a question for another day. I wanted to talk about the feeling of "deja vu" - I think that some people interpret different feelings to be it, but there's a certain distinct feeling that I've been having ever since I was a child - a feeling of different correlations, slowly unveiling one after another, connected to each other. Basically, I feel - see, hear, smell, think, etc. - something - and then I suddenly start remembering that "this was all happening before" - and guess what, I never interpreted it to be anything supernatural, I always sort of remembered exactly what I was remembering. Someone at some point in my life suggested to me that it's evidence of reincarnation, but I rebuked then with a christian dogmat - the resurrection - because I was a neofit back in that day, I only really thought in the christian dimension. And it was pretty great,...

 19.09.2020 Very nice day. Recovery is at about 77/100, or maybe I'm just feeling good. Had a lot of coffee, an unusually high amount, in fact, but stretched over a couple hours. Started with 45 beans over 1,5 cups, then about 70 beans, then 30 more. I should remind myself to find a sealed container for coffee, since my old beans are getting bad. New ones are still okay, really thick. Had buckwheat and pork for breakfast. Buckwheat is pretty great for energy gains. There's something about buckwheat that makes it really different from other carbohydrates. "Tiny bench" press Warmup 95*23 95*17 95*14 - didn't count 15th rep because of tricep failure, just racked it without locking out. I think I had this issue on all sets, in fact. 80*15 narrower grip, better lockout 80*20 same, not sure about the numbers though. I was supersetting bench with warmup on drums - at some point I brought my laptop downstairs and started to record some beats for my current song. I didn...

 17.09.2020 Decent recovery. I think I broke away from nocturnal lifestyle for a while. Had a messy sleep though, decent in the end. Kept hearing my song, which started to embody itself in my dreams, so I came up with an alternative logo design for SPIRE. I think I came up with the first option one or two days ago. Today I did some stuff, had a semi-decent breakfast. Tired a little bit right now. Had way too much beta-alanine yesterday, probably. Should've stopped at two scoops. Although i think I had way too much coffee as well. And today too, to be honest. Had 70 something beans over three cups at first, one hot cup and two cold ones, had to get another cup with 30 beans. Added two missing bars to my current song, just bass. Had to start my session later because someone needed me to do something. Couldn't figure out what I wanted to do yesterday, but my new approach easily solved my problem - there is, indeed, so much stuff that is forgotten, and it can be done in so many dif...

 16.09.2020 Feeling great today, recovery was nice. Played music before and after a training session, basically finished recording guitars. Squat Warmup 60*10 90*10 140*10 pretty bad, very stiff body. Decided to stop here, left knee is still getting strained. Deadlifts 90 - 3 sets of 15 - feels great In between squat sets I was running around and changing lights in the garage. Now it's brighter than ever, absolutely fantastic. Floor supported ring pullups 10 30 raised legs off the floor 15 nice and hard

 14.09.2020 Decent day. Fixing some problems, feeling nice. Overhead press Warmup 60*10 80*10 90*9 and a half 90*10 that's a PR :D technique wasn't very good tbh, but I'll take it. Pushpress with micro-push - sort of overextended my left knee somewhere, so it was hurting, I decided to cut down on loading my legs. So I bent my knees to only about 85 degrees, and pushed more with my calves. 100 - 3 sets of 1 80 - 2 sets of 3 Romanian deadlift 60 - 3 sets of 15, felt surprisingly good, albeit weak rn. Tracked a part of the new part for the song.

 10.09.2020 Unexpectedly powerful training session Didn't want to do normal squat Partial squat from bottom position Warmup 170*1 190*1 210*1 Floor supported pullups - they take 23 kg at the top and 30 at the bottom, so my bodyweight goes between 77 and 84 One set of 30 reps One set of 20 Sack 45 kgs - decided to reinforce it with some scotch tape, crawling around it and flipping was a lot like heavy cardio Wrestling exercise - sack clean to aletrnating shoulders 20 quick + 6 slower + 4 really slow after a break - really nice cardio, I was very much out of breath, the video is simply hilarious Some arm work of some kind, if I recall correctly Been doing a lot of playing and recording every day, can't show much yet 12.09.2020 Nice day "Tiny bench" press 80*33 small PR :D 80*18 more strictly 80*14 80*21 A set of underhand grip bench press - 50*15 really uncomfortable Narrow grip half reps 50*30 something Some bicep curls with 5 kg plates with a pinch grip - left hand go...

 07.09.2020 "Tiny bench" press - keeping it light, letting my pec recover. It keeps twitching a lot. 60*25+15 small break 62*31+6 65*25+1 Accumulation squat - didn't feel too well, tried to even out my legs, but it was ok in general Warmup 80*15 100*15 Recorded a large amount of guitar, made my wrist hurt the next day. Perhaps I should really try the technique with more of a rotating forearm. 09.09.2020 Sleeping poorly, but it's getting better. Recovery is at 52/100 I'd say, but I sill preferred to keep it somewhat light. Had 90 mixed beans, finished my two old bags, coffee didn't taste too well. Overhead press 70 - 3 sets of 5 Pushpress 80*3 90 - 2 sets of 3 Squat warmup, chose to not do it, connective tissue feels underrecovered Romanian deadlifts - put on straps, my finger was quite ok, nothing bothersome. 60 - 3 sets of 20 A set of overhead press with 40 kgs, three sets of flies with a bar, wide grip, some bent over rows with a bar. Never underestimate lig...

 05.09.2020 Nice training session. Bench - warmed up with 20, pec still hurts Overhead press 60*5 80*5 90*5 100*5 seasonal mini pr, I guess, feels good to be able to do it after not doing it for so long. Technique is bad though, shoulders and elbows are very tight right now. Pushpress 110*1 110*1 80 - 4 sets of 2 60*2 Squat - sort of back to accumulation squat, I guess 60*10 80*10 100*10 100*15 remembered I need at least 15 reps to feel the pump, feels great Stopped after this. Practiced drums a tiny bit, then I couldn't help myself and got to the guitar again. Recorded a serious portion of my second song - it should be good. You know how Manowar has a lot of songs dedicated to their fans, like Metal Warriors, Manowarriors, Brothers Of Steel etc.? I came up with a similar theme a while ago (I wrote a couple months ago I think), but ended up putting a hint of personal struggles in the end. Perhaps this song could become another "magic spell", changing my life again.

 02.09.2020 Nice training session. Squat Warmup 100*15 120*15 80*50 Overhead press 50*15 52*15 55*15 Keeping it light, but not really. Didn't have the best endurance today. Had nice super controlled technique on squat, trying to fix my skewing to the right. Flexed my abs a lot on it. 03.09.2020 Floor supported ring pullups 20 20 15+5 actually hard 8 reps with legs raised from sitting on a floor Right arm barbell cheat curl 40*2 40*5 ended up with sort of a armwrestling technique - statically lifting it off the flow, and curling with my rotator a lot Some empty bar curls with accent on the left arm. A lot of high leg kicks for stretching and also trying to do something extra for my abs, I feel like I'm just neglecting them too much. Also did a lot of general easy stretching, have to remind myself to keep it up. Been playing guitar and bass, finger still isn't functioning well enough, but it's good.