April 19th - another nice monday

 19.04.2021

Nice day. About 7/10 so far, like many mondays are. On mondays I just happen to be full of energy, or at least I have the capacity to feel like I do.

Overhead press

20-40-70-90 warmup

100*1

105 - 3 sets of 3 - I thought I put on 107 after the first set, lol. Very nice anbd strict reps today. Not military, but without heaving upwards.

108*3 - nice and easy as well. The plan was roughly 82% for 3 o' 3, so I had to add the 4th set, since I forgot to increase the weight.

Squat

70 - 2 sets of 10 - once again, I keep forgetting which technique is good for me. Apparently it's the one with the narrow stance and knees pointing outwards.

In between sets, as customary at this point, I played drums. Played those special exercises for limb independence, and spent about two minutes practicing 16th notes on the double pedal at 92 bpm - I went up one bpm since list time, and it's almost good, but I goota do some more practice. Interestingly enough, playing the bass drum with the left foot feels so good, I gotta do it more. It's literally enjoyable, not just easier - how curious! Also, since I shortened the bass drum beaters, my snare is doing a lot less of symphatetic snare jingling. Also curious.

Gotta exercise a tiny bit more. My lats want it rough, ha ha.

Floor supported diagonal ring pullups

19+11 rest/pause - feels good, nice pump, mostly for arms though.

20 short range, legs raised, non floor supported

20 reps - another variation, feet on the floor, lighter

Curls

6+6 for 20 both arms, then for 15 reps each arm

then the same, but 20 and 20, made it a bit more explosive. I had the biggest arms when I did really heavy curls with 50+ kgs, so now I'm just playing around to be honest. Then again, I have been curling the heavy dumbbell a little bit...

Came up with a different idea and fished out something I haven't used in years

Curls in fatgrips - dumbbells 21+22 - 10 reps, pretty hard, not strict. Gotta do it more often, love it. The grip is indeed failing, and that makes it harder for the bicep as well.

Some shoulder stretching with a 7 kg bar

Pushups. wider grip

30 - nice, instant pump, surprised

50 with a slightly narrower grip - I gotta eat, muscles start to feel empty.

Random pic of the day

Christ Heals a Man Paralyzed by the Gout. Mark 2:4. Engraving by Bernhard Rode, 1780.



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