Wednesday, 23rd of November 2022 - Nice DL, some improvement in running and brain chemistry

 23.11.2022

Nice day. Been doing stuff. Did a lot. Was told to wait again. Bureaucracy. Oh well. At least I can prepare better.

Slept very little - had to go early. Had a few snacks throughout the day. Came not too late, but ended up falling a-nap. Woke up late. Had 1.5 coffees so far (shared the first one). And it's 10 PM. I got roughly the same workout as last week planned. A little more intense, perhaps. Not sure if late at night is that great of an idea. 1.5 coffees means I'm not gonna go nuts. I'll be in control. That's good, right? Oh, I so wanna have more. Well, not neccessarily. I can foresee myself making a lot of calls...

Coffee already cranking me up. A little.

Workout

Prolonged laid-back mostly lower body warmup

Deadlift

20 - 50 - 100 for 8

140 and 190 for 4

220 for 4 pretty nice - it's the "warmup" set, the one that actually makes you generate strength. I realise now I was kinda lifting way too heavy last time. We're not gonna go very far today, work on quality a bit more, on tempo and acceleration.

225 for 4 pretty nice

230 for 4 nice, on the last rep I pushed my knees a bit more forward as I was passing hte sticking point and that was a mistake, but managed to lock out well.

230 for 4 better, put more accent into air once again, turning my body into a bouncy castle

Nice. So lazy to unload plates, ha ha. Unloaded the small ones.

A small break

Rubber-supported squats

10 - 30 starting to get casually distracted - 30

One kilometer run - took me 9:33, but that's cause I had to stend quite some time removing the roadblock. Some builders or communal servicel, I hope, put up a fence and I had to remove it and put it back. Today I ran almost a half of the track without stopping, and I was able to push myself more afterwards. And in the last bit I was really able to run quickly for a while, after I took a break going through the block. Noticed that smiling widely - with my mouth closed, of course - seems to help a lot with opening up my nasal airways. First I thought it was warm, but no, it must have been below zero. Breathing through my nose, as one should during cold weather. Feels good. Feels really good. If only I was able to measure this properly 😁

Earlier today I measured my BW at 107 kgs after a rather light breakfast. Wanted to do more, but that's what thursday is for.

I gotta tell you, I think the running has greatly improved my brain chemistry. I'm not sure enough to make a conclusion, but I'm eager to find out more. You just have to protect your respiratory system and running is awesome 😀

Random pic of the day - more cool buildings. "Classy but rundown buildings on Queen Street East"



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