Sept 16-17, Mediocre creaky squat and decent bench

 16.09.2023

Squat, Week 6, Session 1 - 4 sets of 3 with 82,5%. I'll keep it easy today and just have 165, maybe a tiny bit more.

Had to write it first so I don't forget. Slept nicely today, with joy - consumed the last melatonin pill I had, and I've already haven't been having for quite a while now. Kinda really makes me wanna buy it again, darn it. They' been introduing even more limits to some stuff in Poe, and my subscription is running out today. Nutrition is 55/100 still, but feels nice.

Workout

Warmup - some, enough, lower body moves primarily

Squat

20

70 for 10

110

143 for 3 short break here

165,5 for 3 okay. Hip feels a tiny bit wonky, so I decided not to jump ahead in weight just yet.

165,5 for 3 same, pretty easy, but I'm having doubts.

165,5 for 3 - much better. But I still chose to end it earlier.

Pushups on a bar - a few, just feeling my pecs. They've been twitching all day. I need better nutrition.

I should stop working out every day, hehe. I'm not as bored anymore.

17.09.2023

Alright, another double post. Bought a new keyboard - it's nicer. Good news - Poe is a nice business and I get to keep my unused stuff into next month. I have not even spent a half for most of them.

Believe it or not, I think I'm gonna do bench today. I've had a mediocre press, less than average squat and now, instead of doing PP for example I'm gonna bench cause it's the optimal choice.

Food and sleep haven't been perfect, but they have been alright. Played BG3 a lot after a fierce writing session; and in my BG3 playing I've spent so much time theorycrafting and talking to characters instead of progressing the story forward! There has only been two combat encounters, both too easy!

Workout

Warmup - intense, bench oriented, stick moves

Bench press

20

60 for a few reps (about 10, I think)

110 for 10 pretty tight but nice

130 for 4 - very nice, surprisingly easy, although tendons in my right pec feel quite stringy

130 for 4 nicer, less creaky. Very short break

133 for 4 nice. Longer break

133 for 4 smooth, maybe not as fast as I wish it was, but easy and very confident.

133 is 80% of 166, which makes this number my "minimax" for today. Tomorrow I'd like to do my pushpresses. Maybe not the heaviest ones either. I bought quite some melatonin and I expect to have nicer, smoother sleep.

I did some more pushups on the bar and curious variations of it, pumping my muscle a little more, feeling and learning how my joints move at this moment in history. Right wrist is still tight, but I think I have a bit more control over it nowadays. Feels good.

Experimented with one arm hangs upstairs. A cool move, if your pullup bar is by the wall - hang on one hand and push off the wall, as much fun as a swingset, hehe.

Another BG3 screenshot that sends me giddy

Conasprella shell



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