Eighth of August, 2023 - Rare Tuesday workout, Bench press

 08.08.2023

Nice day. Didn't manage to fall asleep early, despite going to bed "on time". Was perturbed a little in the morning. Had a long lasting cramp around my left hamstring (but not the hamstring itself). I think it might have been the muscle that rotates the leg out. I've never had a cramp life that.

Woke up a few minutes before my (pretty random) alarm clock. Curious. Had a nice breakfast. For about a month I've been skipping out on adding proper porkchops to my breakfast. Today I had a couple small ones, suddenly feels like a lot of food. Also had ots with the protein powder. It often takes me near a year to finish a bag of protein, hehe. Now I feel sleepy again, as to be expected after a meal. So, like I mentioned yesterday, I think I will have a smaller amount of coffee and I'll go ahead and enjoy my bench press. Will I leave enough energy for tomorrow's DLs? Yes, and even more so, I'll accumulate extra for myself. Have to make sure to eat better later today. Have some new soy sauce, I enjoy that with buckwheat.

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A little later

Made one coffee. I think I should be able to settle for one moka. It is Tuesday. Tomorrow I'm doing around 200 for 4-5 sets of 8. 4 to 5 - cause it's permissible (about one in six times) to cut down the volume. Ideally you don't cut it, of course, if you have energy short and long term.

Today? I'm thinking about doing something like a few sets of 8 going from 100 to 115. Yes, not even 120. 100 - 105 - 110 - 112 - 115. Should be pretty great for accessory. Medium grip, slight movement arch, tucking elbows down as much as you can, taking even position. Might skew the weight from the left to the right. It's permissible due to difference in shoulder positions.

***

Well, it's 9 PM. I've settled for a second small coffee through the drippy thing. Gonna start this short workout soon.

Workout

Warmup - a little bit of upper body warmup with a stick, variety of moves

Bench

20

55 - funny, put on 15 and 20 plates by accident

80 for 8

93 for 8

98 for 8

100,5 - 2 sets of 8 - nice, I love my technique today

105,5 for 8 and then right away 

110,3 for 6 reps - 5 more or less okay ones and one a-la full bridge

I made a choice to try and finish before 11 PM and I definitely managed it by combining the last two sets together, but I had to pay with uneven numbers. I was tempted to rest and do three more, but I had to make a disciplined choice and end it early enough.

And the smart choice, of course, would have been to look at the clock and realise I had more than 5 minutes before 11 PM, defeinitely enought to rst. It's not a big deal, just a tiny bit of unsatisfied perfectionism. Tomorrow's very important. We'll see how fresh our CNS is going to be, seeing how we basically split our Monday workout into today.




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