My training log and thoughts

 30.01.2021 Nice day. Practiced drums in the morning. Got distracted a bit. Spent quite some time just standing and drinking coffee. Coffee didn't taste too nice today. I think it got dried out (the beans). Or maybe I'm just drinking too much of it. Floor supported pullups 30+10 instant forearm cramp, lol. Once again, it's my brachioradialis. Curious. Decided to stop here, again. Bench, medium grip Warmup 110*10 120 - 4 sets of 10 - actual volume PR 😃 The reps weren't the strictest, but they were better than before. Each one was nice and confident A few sets of bodyweight squats. After a few days of doing music quite intensely I feel like I don't want to record anything today. Ended up just jamming on the guitar for a while. Watched some lessons. Random pic of the day - Königs Wusterhausen in Brandenburg. Das Gebäude des Kreiskrankenhauses steht unter Denkmalschutz.

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 28.01.2020 Nice day. Did a lot of random music today. Noodling, you could argue. But it's something, isn't it? Also drummed for quite some time, and actually recorded a couple minutes for my song. It's actually not awful! I'm loving it. Late in the evening Deadlift Warmup - not too many reps 160*5 overhand 200*2 straps 220*2 235 - 3 sets of 2 240*1 Nice. Kept repeating "acceleration", "cloud" and such. To make sure I "gasp" right and take in as much air as possible. It's very imporant to be bouncy - like a cloud. And to accelerate the bar off the floor - not rip it! Played with pinch grip as I unloaded the barbell - lifted a 20kg plate by the hub (for a few centimeters), as well as 25+25 plates with my right hand. Wanted to do some BW squats, but instead spent an hour cooking frozen brussels sprouts according to the recipe on it's package - sear garlic and onions, add tomatoes (and I added a lot of leftover veggies, as well as some...

 27.01.2021 Nice day. Didn't eat too much yesterday, so I had some decent appetite. Sleep was nice too. Practiced drums a bit - trying to learn to stay on beat. I speed up when I enter the "groove" mode. It was okay. Watched Rob "The Beatdown" Brown's video about simple beats, practiced them - well, it was all the beats I've been doing recently. I just gotta listen to the metronome, I guess. Had quite some coffee over 2 hours. Enjoyed listening to music. Whipped out my old music folder and cleaned it up a bit. Since I'm not buying any music for a while now (saving) I should listen to it from youtube music or spotify. Spotify is so laggy though. Overhead press Nice light warmup According to the plan, I'm lifting 62,5% of my max. 80 - 2 sets of 8 Then I went off the plan a bit 100*1 110*1 easy 117,8 for 1 pretty easy 125,3 for 0 - got close though I remembered my recent thoughts. I thought: "What is a man inspired by the most?" Well, the ...

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 25.01.2021 Sometimes you want to say a word that doesn't mean anything, but it would express how you feel. What would such a word be like? It'd sound funny, something like "occidiphogas". And what does it mean? A confused negative emotion of some sort. Frustration. Desire to end it all, and simultaneous hatred towards that desire. Well, I wrote it randomly, and apparently "phogas" means "fog" in hindi. How curious and fitting. I just hate being an animal, you know? And I know that I'm wrong about it. There's no reason to hate your animal side. Your stupid, mindless, carnal animal side. I'm sorry. I wish not to hate. I just have to get rid of my bad habits. After all, I just had some coffee - and thus, I am, once again, a bit uninhibited. I just wish I could stomp on myself like onto the putrid worm I am. I'm sorry. It's pathetic and revolting. I am. Why? I'm only really revolting to myself. I hope I don't hate people. I...

 Here's a reminder for me - this post https://4n09.blogspot.com/2021/01/nice-day.html 23.01.2020 Nice day. Woke up at 3AM. Started falling asleep around noon. Decided to have a cup of instant coffe to supress my headache from swollen arteries (I guess). It came back, but then I had some more coffee. Spent way too much time drinking coffee before the session. On a good note - I succesfully managed to fot almost everything into 90 minutes of a training session, even though I did get distracted. The caffeine made me overly uninhibited, so I became too emotional when I though that someone had stolen something that belonged to me. But they didn't steal it - they just picked it up and dropped it in a dark corner, behind an object. Still, I was too emotional. Silly me for hacing so much caffeine. Well, it helped me, in a way, to reset (hopefully) my sleep schedule, this time much more succesfully. I spent 21 hours awake, which is only a few hours more than normal (after the session). ...

 21.01.2021 Nice day. Overhead press 125,6 - 5 fails. The first one was the closest. What did I expect? I was lifting 90% of my max DL yesterday. Plus I've forgotten about doing high reps for anything at all. I think that means that my specific strength doesn't have time to recover. Last time I maxed out my OHP at the start of the program. I'll do the same soon, if I feel good enough. Possibly next week, or some time after that. And I'm finishing my DL program. Let's not repeat the same mistakes I made here. let's be disciplined with my recovery and accessory work - i.e. high reps and pumping muscles to keep them healthy, not just straining yourself with a heavy weight. That's how I used to train back in the day. Really stupid. Must pump muscle very often and grow from that. Must do squats and benches, and pullups too. 70 - 3 sets of 8 - made sure to do a good lockout every time. BW squat - 5 sets of 10, too easy, actually, which make me feel ok. Label this ...

18.01.2021 Okay day. Did not sleep for more than 2 hours since yesterday. Felt okay. Ate poorly. CNS was not strong enough. Overhead press warmup 110*1 easy about six attempts at 125. On one of them I managed to lock out my left arm, and still failed. That was it. I think I pressed 40 kgs for some reps after that.  20.01.2021 Better day. Better recovery. Nutrition at somewhat correct level. Deadlift Warmup 220*3 227 - 3 sets of 2 235*1 easy enough Unloaded the plates. That was it. Got my new cymbal stand today. It's so much sturdier than the ones I have. Placed my china on it, and moved it into a crash cymbal spot, on the left, close to the hihats. Placed my big cheap ride on the boom stand. Placed a single heavy hihat to the right of it. Replaced my top hihat with my cheap and light "crash" cymbal. Didn't really get to play today - it was too late. But it sounded really nice. Hyped for tomorrow. Started writing a new song, work title "doom" - it's going...

16.01.2021 Nice day. Got a bit disturbed at first today. Kind of mixed feelings. Didn't have any caffeine on friday, so I might have gotten a bit screwed up from coffee today. Well, some creativity came from it. Ring pullups 2 sets of 10 - floor supported 2 sets of 10 - with legs raised, from the floor Bench Warmup, some pushups 70*15 110 - 2 sets of 15 - very easy, nice. Squat 40*10 Shoulder started hurting, decided to change the exercise. 60*10 and 40*10 front squat A lof of angry drum practice. Recorded myself with a phone, decided to make the "rawest" song possible. Well, I made pretty raw one. And I accidentally improvised the edgiest lyrics - I think I was in that good old doom metal mood. Posted it on spotify, shared it in a couple of other places. This song is a jam - which means it was quickly improvised. It's in D Minor, like most of my songs currently. This one is super simplistic, since I was going for that "raw" feel. Ended up being more doom th...

 14.01.2021 Nice day. Short session. Deadlift Warmup 190*3 - first rep was done overhand, but poorly. 215 - 4 sets of 3 - nice 228 - 2 attempts to do it with a hook grip. I guess I tired hand hand with pinch grip exercises yesterday. Did one rep in straps. 190 for one bad rep overhand - didn't lock out completely, but that's ok, because I'm reasonable. 160*1 nice overhand rep, stood with it for a couple seconds. And that was it. Recently, I switched from buckwheat to rice as a foundation for my diet. Feels great, it's much more caloric, or so I think. Joined the AI Dungeon discord - thinking of playing it with someone. Would be exciting. Random picture of the day

 13.01.2020 Nice day. Had some coffee, went bonkers. Started playing cowbell alongside Manowar. Great way to warmup to heavy sets. Overhead press Warmup 90*3 105*1 112*1 118,6*1 on the second attempt - nice 110*3 - small PR+1 rep 😃 115*1 with additional strictness - got close to passing out, but locked out my arms. I will need to work more on my balance, but in a rational manner, once the program is complete. Now there's only a maxout session. I think I'll have it on monday. It'll be magnificent - as fun as a pumping session, possibly even more. Pinch grip Three singles 25+25 plates right hand, attempts with the left. Middle finger is still too weak, as well as the rest of the fingers. 20+25 - about five singles with the right. Attempts with the left - only managed to do some holds. Ab roller from the knees 10 reps 10 reps, but lats were less involved. I actually felt my abs. That's it. I hope to actually play the remaining bass part for my current song today. I've...

11.12.2021 Nice day. Had some coffee. Discovered and played Discworld MUD for a couple dozen minutes. Played AI Dungeon after finding out about it from DarkViperAU's video. Now I can't stop. Felt quite whimsical whilst training today. Deadlift Warmup 190 - 1 sets of 6 195 - 3 sets of 6 227,8 for 1 - too slow 227,8 for 1 - much better, inhaled more air and had an easier lift off the floor. Tiny bif of pinch grip Succeded in lifting 25+25 kg plates with the right, couldn't do anything with the left. Middl;e finger is still not ready. Well, I'm glad I recently was able to utilize my middle finger quite nicely while playing a semi-complex passage in the song that I'm currently working on. I think I'll be devoting much more effort to my grip when I'm done training deadlift (for the current program, that is).  AI dungeon 😮 Kedar is a world of dragons, demons, and monsters. These dark creatures constantly war for control of the land, leaving the few human kingdoms...

Sunday, late at night I finished recording bass, as well as creating a bass tone from three parts - quiet low frequency compressed DI (direct input), loud accented clean-er mids, moderately loud distorted highs. Can't stop relistening to it over and over. Trying to come up with some basis of lyrics - not really looking into what I feel inside myself right now, but rather hoping to evoke it with a random sensation, which is fun. Looking at things, imagining possibilities, utilizing complex but arguably nonsensical algorithms. While googling some things, I came across a "randomly generated text rpg" - Infiniquest. So I decided to write down what I did today, and maybe write down the majority of this quest, if possible. After a minute of playing I can tell you that I'm loving this game. Maybe I should revisit it if I'm ever going to be making gaming youtube content. Apparently, all you need to make screenshots in Windows 8 is to press the windows key with printscreen...

 09.01.2021 Nice day. Nothing too disturbing. Had very light coffee made from 100 beans - didn't boil it almost at all, and it cooled down very quickly. So I had another 100 bean coffee, but this time I boiled it and felt the hard effect. Might have been too much. Overhead press Warmup 90*2 105 - 2 sets of 2 - should have only done 1, lol (according to the program) 112 - 3 sets of 2 115*1 - nice, very easy, pretty strictly. 40 - 2 sets of 15 Pushups (short range) 10 20 100 with rest/pause, took me 1 minute 47 seconds. I wasn't trying too hard, to be honest. But it felt nice. Immediately got way too hot, and now I'm too cold in the cold room 😁 That's about it for today. I guess I want to post some pics?.. My new Evans TT16HB drumhead for the 16'' floor tom - I love the way it looks, at sound quite nicely too. I think I should tune it lower, at first I really cranked it up. Maybe I could post a vid of myself playing. As I mentioned before, I really improved my pe...