My training log and thoughts

 29.10.2020 Hard day, as many thursdays are. But I know for a fact it can be awesome if you portion your powers correctly. Deadlift Warmup 190 - 3 sets of 5 - easy, but really tiring. Might have had too much coffee again. Kettlebell swings - 16 kgs - 3 sets of 20 31.10.2020 Keeping my shoulder relaxed, so no overhead pressing today. Accidentally had 160 beans of coffee and just didn't bother 😵 Well, I managed to keep the obvious oncoming dementia at bay. It was pretty oldschool. For years I didn't know that the source of my torment was massive amounts of coffee that I was consuming. And I'm still doing it occasionally - but, of course, since 20th of may I really curbed my habit. I'm quite confident I'll have a normal amount on monday - I know what I need for it. Bench 60*15 80*15 85*36+4 85*29+7+3 85*20 60 - 2 sets of 20 Pushups on a high bar - 2 sets of 15 - nice and light, felt my triceps Deadlift - 20 kg - 3 sets of 15 Tried doing squat, couldn't put a bar o...

 28.10.2020 Pretty normal good day. Coffee - first 122 beans, then 68 Played some of my songs with my miniamp. Why does it sound better than amp sims? Amp sims are way more versatile though. Overhead press Warmup 85 - 3 sets of 8 Pushpress 70*1 90*1 110*1 120*1 90*1 Squats 50 - 5 sets of 12 for some mild pump, preserving energy for tomorrow. Did some calf raises as a part of the warmup for pushpresses, remembered that I'm supposed to press the floor with my big toes. Also, an important note - you gotta be able to transmit the push from your calves, so you need to push with legs harmonically with your calves. Just a note, so I don't forget my small technique bits. Practiced drums a bit, this time I tried out 125 bpm, was fun, played a bit with my little brother - tried to teach him to follow the metronome. P.S. I think I should give myself some rest for my shoulders. The left one is getting really overworked with all the presses and pullups - the twisting motion in pullups is th...

 26.10.2020 Much better day. Almost everything went alright, and what didn't got fixed later. Had 86 beans + 60 something beans of coffee. Also I got my new protein delieved, that helped me mentally a lot. Had some creatine and beta alanine too. Beta alanine doesn't make mee feel too good tbh lol (unlike back in the day) Some warmups with light dubbells Overhead press 29*15 ez bar 16+16 dumbbell+kettlebell - 2 sets of 15 reps Band supported pullups 3 sets of 20 - nice pump Deadlift Warmup 160 - 3 sets of 8 I think I should dedicate more attention to my technique. It's kind of lazy on these high rep sets. Do I really need to do high rep DLs at all? Isn't this more of a fun torture thing? lol. Then I did some drums, but I was getting distracted a lot - in fact, I spent at least 20 minutes in between my first and second DL set talking to someone. But it was ok. I just need better velocity on my DLs. I'll be going for a heavier DL on wednesday, perhaps?.. That was the p...

 22.10.2020 Sort of a tiring day. Had to do a couple things, go somewhere, talk to someone, felt good about what I achieved, but nonetheless, it was quite stressful for my cns (just to clarify - I'm talking about a very normal thing, basically I had to make two people agree with each other, since they both had some sort of connection to me). Had some mcdonalds on my way back. Had a very late session, enjoyed some, possible too damn much coffee, once again. Heck, the caffeine is once again taking a toll on me. When will I learn, literally? Next week - I simply must cut down again. Only sub 80 beans per training day. Pullups - rubber support (about 10 kgs less in the bottom position) 28 reps + 2 rest pause 20 reps - all rest pause on the floor, I kept switching the grip for fun 10 + 10 all rest pause - only overhand DLs - messy. but ok 60*10 normal dl 60 - 3 sets of 10 - Romanian DL, felt nice Some leg curls with one leg, sets of 15 with 5 kgs. Rightie really needs some help. How do ...

 21.10.2020 Great day. Didn't get too much sleep, just about enough, had a very light breakfast - mostly carbs, did some stuff, started hacing coffee, first I had about a 100 beans over multiple cups, then about 60 over three cups. Some emotional distress due to some things, but kept well under control. Overhead press - doing 77,5% of my max (roughly) Warmed up in my room - lots of different flys (not flies), some lower body warmup too 39*15 ez bar 60*15 in the garage 80*5 95 - 2 sets of 5 - easy enough, mostly just muscle, no heaving 97,8*5 Then i crazed out and decided to do something - put on 120, held it in my hands, then did the same with 150, then unloaded the bar back to 120 120,3 for 1 rep - PR +4,7 kgs :D I will upload a video. Made sure to really trick myself and feel like it's a light weight that I'm gonna just pump my muscles with in an explosive manner - an elaborate ruse helped me avoid an upleasant feeling of too much adrenaline that I typically have, it almo...

 Well, once again high on caffeine, not as severely though, I guess. Yesterday I had to fetch something really far away from home, so I decided to go to the cinema, since I hadn't done it this year so far. Realised I missed out on New Mutants - they're just not showing em anymore, decided to check out that new Christopher Nolan movie - "Tenet". Well, without spoilers I'd say it's definitely above average, if I were in a better mood I'd enjoy it more, I'd give it at least 78/100. I would give it more if it wasn't a time travel movie in 2020. Time travel, well, I think it's just an overused trope. Great stuff, hard to make good though. I'm losing grip on my thoughts, I had a heavy session today. I guess I'd like to go over basics of the movie though, that one of the reasons I created this blog - so I'd have better memories of pop culture stuff, such as movies and tv shows. Characters - likeable, main character is shown to be unusually...

 15.10.2020 I might have had too much coffee again. 78 beans at first, then I double boiled one mor cup, possibly ingesting a lot of the coffee grains while drinking, then I had a cup made with 30 beans. Overhand pullups Long warmup with 1,25 kg plates 30 reps with band support - 15+15 30 - 15, 5, and the rest were rest-pause, got nicely pumped Deadlift 60*15 110*15 overhand grip - a lot of pauses, it was hard for my left hand and it was hard in general tbh, CNS is just low on energy.      Some plate pinching 20+20 kgs - some reps with right, managed to lift it off the floor with left a few times, which is an improvement. I guess I'm not gonna post this yet, it feels too short. Too tired for any kind of musical activities today.  17.10.2020 Felt really tired in the last two days, a bit better today. Had way too much coffee again - first 78 beans + double boiled cup, then like 70 beans + another double boiled cup. So I brewed coffee 4 times, basically, and grinde...

 The days have been alright. Strange sleeping habits, as usual, got sort of fixed today. 12.10.2020 Really nice day. Overhead press 50 - 2 sets of 15 55*15 Very light pushups - some Pullups with rubber support (roughly -10 kgs) 2 sets of 15 Deadlift - just kept loading olympic sized plates 60 110 140 180*2 230*2 touch and go - feels good, really easy Squat 60*15 80*15 100*15 deeper than normal, gotta keep it up. I guess 80 and 100 for 15 is going to be my "accumulation squat" for a while. I'm redirecting myself a bit, from bench and squat towards overhead and DLs. Starting my usual "high volume" program on wednesday. 14.10.2020 Overhead press - supersetted with drum practice, lol 78 - 5 sets of 8 Pushpress with a tiny dip - randomly decided to see how it feels 60 80 - 2*2 100 - 3 sets of 2 - first rep with a dip, second normal Squat 60*15 80*15 100*15 Acidentally overwrote a file of one of my old jams while I was doing some extra editing for a new one. It turned...

 10.10.2020 Very long and strange session, was really distracted from training doing different things, really trying to establish a connection between me and my chest ligaments. I think there's a wrong technique that I'm doing that tearing them - I possibly need to overaccentuate the lowering of the barbell to the bottom of my chest, and not onto the upper pecs. Bench 60*20 80*15 100*10 110*10 Long break 80 - 3 sets of 10 110*10 122,8 for 10 - small pr, sort of, but I'm really not in the shape I'm supposed to be in 122,8 fo 1 lowered the bar to the wrong spot It took me way too long, with all the breaks. Recovery is at about 54/100 I'd say. Tried doing some vocal recording - really not in shape, but I figured out that I need to do more writing - and write a vocal melody for all the new lyrics, because it's not in my head, like with the previous song. Feel pretty tired, my nutrition is in serious disarray, might do some calf raises. Oh, and also I had 79 beans of...

 07.10.2020 Nice day. Overhead press Warmup 100*1 110*1 pretty easy 4 attempts at 117,8 - was pretty close. It was a wrong decision, of course, but in the end, I wanted to do this. If I hadn't done it I wouldn't have realised what I'd prefer to do next (which is some actual power accumulation). Squat Warmup 60 - 2 sets of 10 08.10.2020 Pullups 3 sets of 10 with rubber support 2 sets of 10 underhand grip 2 sets of 10 with +10 kgs - got nicely pumped 20 reps with rubber support - had to rest/pause in the end Deadlift - no belt - just getting back in the groove, since I think I can use my finger now, especially in straps 60*15 110*15 140 - 2 sets of 3 I think in a week I'll be in a good shape. But I also need to accumulate more power for a while, before I can allow myself to get serious. Yesterday night I decided to check my grip, warmed up with Vulcan 1-1 - pretty painful to hold it for the left, I think the surgeons left sort of a surgical knot in my first finger phalang...

 01.10.2020 Nice day, but not the best. Too much coffee again. Pullups 2 sets of 20 - nice, I think it might be a mini PR. I don't have a very "good" technique tbh, but I don't do intentional swinging, and I have to make sure I don't tear my teres major. Paused on the floor 15 reps Then I did a lot of shitty drumming, in a couple days I edited parts of them into semi-ok loops and made a nice jam track with my new real audio card. It's Behringer UMC U-Phoria something with a midas preamp - heard a couple words about this thing while I was watching interface reviews, apparently it's a nice thing. And the site had decent reviews for it. Also I ordered jingles but got delivered red shaker eggs instead, and they cost only 60% of the jingles. And today (5th) is the third time they're failing to pick it up. They keep giving me site points, which, hopefully, already covered the cost of this thing, but heck, I do want to return it and get my tiny coin back. 03....