November 2nd, Wednesday - First okay workout in a while, life, rehab for pecs

 01.11.2022

Nice day. Woke up with excitement to read my mail. Read it, surprised to find a quick response. Now it'd gonna be better, I hope.

02.11.2022

Really nice day. Been playing Fallout 4 a lot. Managed to wake up somewhat early. Had a decent sized breakfast, but couldn't finish it all. Still felt sleepy, so I went back for a nap. Had the best dream ever. And what's curious is that I didn't have to go into a very deep sleep. I set up a timer for 25 minutes and woke up. The dream was insanely awesome, albeit nonsensical, like many are. It involved me teleporting through the internet and using my superpowers, such as flying. I presented myself as a grotesque somewhat ironic superhero and met a lady, and flew her around. Then I woke. The city that I flew above was awesome looking too. Just the feeling of freedom. Interesting how brain chooses these moments to make me feel happy. I reckon the specific content of my dreams has a biochemical explanation.

Had coffee after a few more naps. It tasted nice, 45/100. Didn't screw the moka top onto the bottom properly, but got enough, even though it was spilling out. Made a second batch, promising myself that it's the last one for today. Three has been too much. Always too much.

So far I can tell you that there are only two brands that I really deem decently tasting - Lavazza golden package and that japanese-looking red package. They are both at least 6/10. Now I'm left with worse, but still okay coffee. Made a mix of semi-expensive and cheap. Didn't overstuff it. It brewed very quickly as I kept trying to come up with a nice progression for my bluesy-jazzy mixolydian piece that I've had in my mind for a while.

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I like punchy mixes. Fite me. Metal should make your body quake, not just, like, groove gently. Listen to my last single. It's pretty raw ngl. I'm a little ashamed at my lack of pressionalism, at this point I ought have learned to do sidechain compression at least. But I didn't, I don't care, I've used up the remains of my inspiration and finished it.

Bolt Thrower has got very soft sound, I tell you. At least the 2005 album I'm listening too... Metal isn't for pop lovers, so why abide by pop mixing? Say no to flat compression.

19:23. Not sure what I'm gonna lift today. I feel like I'm in good shape, more or less.

Thinking I could just work up to 200 for 3 sets of 5. Kind of a low volume, I tell you. But lowering the volume in DLs is the most efficient way to cut the overall stress. If you hypothetically lift 80 or even 90% for a single rep with light warmup - that's way less stress than 70 for 3 sets fo 5. And 200 is supposed to be 71% of my max. Okay. Gonna start soon and be done before 9.

Workout

Nice all around deadlift - 8 reps for various body moves, feeling good

Deadlift

27 - 20

50 for 5

100 for 6

150 for 5 - my quick warmup with less volume, overhand

200 for 5 - not very good, but that's the part of warmup. First rep overhand, the rest with straps

200 for 5 - so much better, actually warmed up. RPE 5.5, I'd say. Moved the belt from midsection to upper belly. Both work for me, depending on the circumstances. But I guess upper belly is better. Because human torso isn't actually fully vertical, so it makes sense that rear part of the belt is lower.

200 for 5 - nice, first rep exploded off the floor.

And that's it! Not even 9. Well, that's it for the garage, I'm gonna do some more light stuff, rehab and accesory work.

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Wall pushups - 2 sets - No sharp pain, but pecs feel pretty tight, as well as the left shoulder. Second set felt way better. Underrated movement, especially considering potential variety.

Bed pushups - 1 set - feels okay

Pushups - 2 sets of 15 reps - made grip a little wider, to reduce shoulder strain (theoretically). Makes sense. Feels about the same as warmup. Mild shoulder strain. First set - open hands on the floor, second set - with dumbbells as handles. Felt better, just better. Rehab.

Unloaded the plates downstairs. What to do now? Lats.

Rubber lat pulls

1 set of 12 - light

Got distracted and started playing Fallout 4. Ha ha.

2 set of 12 - one arm, medium

Straight arm pulldowns - 2 sets of 12, light. Just a lot of light work to get the blood flowing.

6 kg dumbbells - some one arm presses and L-flys (not flies), checking my stability and tissues.

Nice random pic of the day (just a reminder, search for the link of the pic if you wanna find out more)