November 22nd, Wednesday - Deadlift 280 kgs for 3 sets of 1, 87.5%

 22.11.2023

Nice day. Something about today feels right. There are still some issues, but let's be real - they're all surface issues, don't really require a lot of attention one way or another. I'm being kynical.

Slept well enough. Maybe even too much - I didn't need as much sleep after yesterday. A good thing, I only had a small conventional pot brew yesterday. Today I'm feeling right. That feels good.

Week 8, Session 2 - 2 sets of 3 with 80%, 3 sets of 1 with 87,5%. Interesting.

I've been hooked onto all the First Amendment / anti-police content on youtube lately. This is all so exciting and stressing me out a little. Yeah, I know, culture wars and all, divide and conquer. I'm being affected by a movement not really meant for me. America is quite the wonderland, I tell you. Motherland is too, but in different ways.

I've been in a bit of a moot enjoying my writing, a little uninspired. It's a part of the process. Life goes in waves. One step at a time, one day at a time. Do one - most important - thing per day if you can't do anything else. You gotta keep struggling at least a tiny bit. Or recover. Sometimes you gotta recover things in your head. You need more than a day to do it. It's good when you got an activity that takes you back and resets you. Sometimes those activites are harmful, or they pretend to help you recover while they don't. Patch up the holes in your brain, stop the fuel and break liquid from leaking out. Sometimes you gotta turn off the motor and change the oil. Maybe even blinker liquid, hehe. Placebo.

I'm done with my second well-made moka. Let's not waste too much time now.

Workout

Carrying about ten cement bags for warmup. I made sure to dress well, to avoid unnecessary fatigue and dirt. Got pumped all over, the undershirt that i put on for workout was surprisingly tight.

Deadlift

70 for 5

120 for 5

160 for 3 overhand

200 for one bar overhand rep

200 for 2 mixed grip, wet skin

230 for 3 reverse mixed grip - nice, although still not warmed up

255,5 for 3 nice, kinda lazy, stilll getting warmed up

255,5 for 3 better

280,5 for 1 - nice, smooth, finally warmed up. It's a +0.2 kg PR 😁 And a ten kg PR for mixed grip.

280,5 for 1 - same, again cranked the front of my teeth slightly, it was sort of easier, although the move was broken into two pronounced parts. I think I might have waited just too long. The belt felt strangely loose - it happens during workout sometimes.

280,5 for 1 - nice, better than previous set, and I walked back and racked it. Walking back and racking it is sort of a nice exercise, teaching you to hold on to the bar after the set.

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Much later - it's been a long time since I edited any video, upsetting how quickly I forgot it all. Had to upgrade Davinci Resolve (video editing application) in order to make it work, since it got broken, apparently. Must have installed some more silly spyware.

I had an impulse to make a cool silly edit, but I might leave it for later. Just a very basic memory of my lifting here and some lovely music that's been stuck in my head. Also, my writing has been going well tonight, I'm enjoying it.