31st of May, 2023, Wednesday - Deadlift 80% 5 sets of 4 W7S2

 31.05.2023

Nice day. Slept not too much, but felt okay, woke up easily. Even had breakfast, cause I had less that I should have yesterday.

Today is the meat of the deadlift. Week 7, Session 2 - 72,5% for 5, when 80% - 5 sets of 4. So, just like last week, we'll do 217 for 5, then move to 230-250 as 80%. I feel petty fresh today. Now it's 6:32 PM, and I'll go and make my first coffee.

I had two coffees and did another C# task in VSCode. I'm kinda too slow, but only cause I'm behind. Hmm. Still have quite some catching up to do. But I'm almost done with this lesson...

In case you were curious, I put the code in the bottom of the post. The frequency counter. The task was to sort a matrix (2d array) and count how many times each element is encountered in it. I didn't bother figuring it out, so I just looked it up. But before that, I really tried to come up with a matrix flattener on my own (convert it into a one dimensional array), but ended up looking it up regardless. Okay.

And now it's almost 10 PM. Not too late, I guess, but definitely not very early. Cold, it's starting to get cold.

Yesterday... I didn't write much about yesterday. In the early morning I heard a few booms in the sky as I played Sims 3. It made wanna go there again. Help work on the issue. Is it in my plans after all? If I do go there, will I shit my pants again? Well, the first time I was discouraged quite accidentally... A thing in my mind popped up. I can't explain what it was, cause it's personal. Adjacent to small issue regarding other people and the way they might perceive me. I would have been there... By now, either back or way further back (in the ground). Can't get rid of the damn feeling. I need to go. And I might, or might not... If I do end up doing that, I better not fucking tell anyone at all. Cause what happened earlier was just a load of discouraging bullshit... From a lot of people, but not everyone. I guess these shitheads need to hear a few more booms before they agree on what's right and what's not.

Alright. It has been quite a few hours. Normal? No idea. Doesn't matter.

Workout

Warmup - long, thorough, all around moves

Deadlift

Trying new flat sole shoes today, instead of extra socks.

20 and 70

Garage is very cold, but at least it doesn't stink.

120 and 160 for 5

The bar is moving very easy, but I feel lazy

200 for 3

220 for 5 nice

240 for 4 nice too, belt in the midsection on this set. It's funny how I can do both midsection and high belt. Interesting. I feel that high would be better though.

250 for 4 alright. Not bad. Put the belt on too high this time though...

250 for 4 okay. Kinda awkward, wobbling around a little too much. The locker door opened before the 4th rep, so I had to pause and close it. Silly. And I also put the belt in the middle before that rep. Weird.

Then I went upstairs and put on my normal deadlifting socks, cause the ballet shoes are a little wacky to me.

250 for 4 - the best set today so far, much more controlled. Middle belt, socks. I could feel the "three balls of my feet" and placed them correctly and stable.

250 for 4 - great, feels good, even better.

Exclusive video - put on the same track I was listening to

What now? I unracked the plates and lamented the skin on my hands. DL is the biggest skin offender, not just for my calluses, but particularly for my fingertips. It's okay. I haven't had skin problems in a while.

Wanna do some more stuff, but I need to be smart. I'm doing PP tomorrow.

Wall pushups - reconditioning my connective tissue

3 sets, pecs and wrists felt nice until I started to push the angles harder xD

Floor supported ring pullups

2 sets of 10 - nice, explosive. Connective tissue in my forearms feels tired though. Hmm.

PRotD

Code examples that I promised earlier. Even though I understood them from the surface level, it didn't feel enough, so I went over them, counting all the i's and j's etc. so I can understand exactly what it does. I feel like I'm lacking this abstract way of thinking a little bit, but hey, I know I can develop, so that's how I'm trying to do it.

void CountFrequency(int[] array)

{

    int n = array.Length;

    int count = 1; // первый элемент однозначно встречается минимум 1 раз

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)

    {

        if (i < n - 1 && array[i] == array[i + 1])

        {

            count++;

        }

        else

        {

            Console.WriteLine($"{array[i]} встречается {count} раз(а).");

            count = 1;

        }

    }

}

int[] FlattenMatrix(int[,] matrix)

{

    int[] array = new int[matrix.GetLength(0) * matrix.GetLength(1)];

    int index = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < matrix.GetLength(0); i++)

    {

        for (int j = 0; j < matrix.GetLength(1); j++)

        {

            array[index] = matrix[i, j];

            index++;

        }

    }

    return array;

}