My training log and thoughts

 20.03.2024 Doing stuff. Lots of cardio as well as bodyweight stuff. Surprised I can handle it so easily. A little ill, but overcoming it through pacing.

 16.03.2024 This is it then. Another small PR breached. Something I've failed to do two times, finally dealt with. There's a small gym here (Gudermes camp). Might find some time to have a tiny session. Otherwise I have some cardio-gymnastics type of stuff. *** Did some of the aforementioned stuff, learning new things, doing the awesome stuff I get to do in video games, he he. Workout Squat 5 sets of 10 Goblet squat 16 kg kb for 10 24 kg kb for 10 Squats were supersetted with a pullup ladder, or, rather a stairway from 1 to 10 reps, using various grips. It's a little chill and drizzling rain. But it's springtime. Winter slipped by so, so quickly. All three difficult months. December was a hope and a struggle. January was pretty great, but it was difficult to keep myself together. And February was confusing, liberating and exasperating. I wonder how this Spring will turn out.

14.03.2024 On a train. 🚂🚋🚃🚋🚃🚋🚃 Let's hope things 🐙 will go smooth now. Yesterday's I managed to watch a funny YouTube▶️ video by SpiffingBrit - with him an three other cool guys who I happen to watch regularly doing a sort of a hunt? In Skyrim together mod. Let's see if I can just link it. Here https://youtu.be/sVTZyHgmAIM?si=nCw9nduDY76jC2W- Just wanted to create some memory anchors. Was re-reading my November blog. So much happens so quickly. Also about to finish Archer's 5th season, "Archer Vice". Back in the day I think it was the newest season I paused on. And before leaving, on Monday, I think, I watched the Argylle movie. It was okay enough for what it is. A few nice moments. It'll be on the minimal in here. Things are changing for the better. Cool RPotD https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Asteroid_danger_explained_ESA17560416.png

 09.03.2024 Workout - light again. Things are just a little off, a little fuzzy. Mostly cause Thursday was such a nice day! L-flys and curls 2 kg dbs - 2 sets of 20 6 kg dbs - 2 sets of 20 Curls 8 kg dbs (6+2, per hand) - 2 sets of 20 One arm curls 16 kg kettle - 3 sets of 15. Nice pump Calf raises - 3+ sets, some squat stretches. 10.03.2024 Man, it's been weird. I gotta the barbell tonight. It's been too long again. I think I'll just go up to 90 kgs and do powerful sets of 5. Simple stuff. I expect to be busy this week. Today's one of those days when coffee's making me angry. It happens. Workout Warmup - some L-flys and various other shoulder moves Overhead press 20 for 20 50 for 10 70 for 10 90 for 2 sets of 5 - very nice and easy RPotD - pretty incredible Multnomah Falls, Oregon in December 2013

 07.03.2024 Nice day. Lowkey more refreshed and energized than I have been in a while. I concluded I need to stop taking melatonin, except for extreme cases. Had a moderate breakfast today, meat a little rotten, otherwise all decent. Writing, experimenting with Claude 3, getting used to it. Workout Lat rubber pulls 2 sets of 15 light 2 sets of 15 hard rubber Floor-supported ring pullups 2 sets of 10 medium Pullups, underhand grip 1 set of 10 with light rubber support 2 set of 10 normal - kinda light, feels good. Lats pumped and heavy like a pair of shoulderbags, hehe Squat 5 sets of 10 smooth and careful, somehow avoiding the rattling today Calf raises - a few long sets, feeling it Wall pushups - same. Curious how I hear the high pitch of the PC fan when my head is near the wall - frequencies doing... stuff. Moving around the corners and such. 08.03.2024 Today I gotta lighten it for real. Hmm. Yesterday I busted my lats nicely. Even pecs are sort of felt, but it's tissues rather th...

 05.03.2024 Nice day, a little wacky. Yesterday got skipped - stuff, ended up falling asleep very early. Today feeling a little messy in my head but okay overall. Evening - they released Clause 3 on Poe, hype. Grooving to the pulse in my head. Having a high rep light-medium workout. Workout Warmup - upper body, L-flys and flys with 2 and 6 kg dbs Over arm press Warmup with 6 kg db and a 16 kg kb (kettlebell) 32 for 6 per arm - kinda squeaky 32 for 10 - a little better, warmer 32 for 3 sets of 20 - nice, obliques loaded, tissues don't worry me as much. It's a different kind of exercise than what you do with the barbell. More chaotic, more random moves. Or maybe it's cause I don't do it often, hehe. Either way it's a lovely challenge. Squat 1 set of 20 warmup - varied techniques 1 sets of 20 - heels on plates from here on 32 kg goblet squat - 3 sets of 12 - sudden arm cramps on first set, got much better by the end. Sweating. 06.03.2024 Week 3, Session 2 - 4 sets of ...

 03.03.2024 Nice day overall. Had lovely dreams. First I had weird DnD-style dreams about halfling barbarians etc, then they slowly morphed into kinda weird war dreams. They were kinda weird cause it all looked like a movie. Workout L-flys in many variations, some presses Overhead press 20 for 20 50 for 5 sets of 8 - tissues feel good, mobility good too. Leg warmup - pretty varied, thigh-squeezing pretzel helps a lot Squat 50 for 8 70 for 8 - tissues aren't that great, particularly right hip. May wanna just soften the angles or something? I.e. squat higher for now? 90 for 2 sets of 5 - a tiny bit better, especially after doing various hinge and rotation moves on one leg (mostly right); also widening my stance just a bit. 90 for 12 - ended up going ATTG, and I think it's one of those things that helps my squat. When you don't go all the way down there's a lot more tension in the tissues. OHP 20 for 10 for a finisher A curious hang stretch: one arm on the pullup bar, and ...

 02.03.2024 Lovely day today. I realise now I've slept basically for 1.5 hours yesterday, and that lead me to have a conventional nightly sleep this morning. I woke up early, had a proper breakfast, even an Elvis sandwich heh, and some time later I had my first 34/300 conventional brew. I buzz ever so slightly, locked in tight already. I'm rereading the first tome of Marco - it's pretty different from the third (current), so much more lighthearted. It has way too much sex already, I admit it. It's an 18+ indulgent book. I talked about my methods for genuine writing. I don't usually allow myself to write willy nilly. I wanna have a method, and I do. My own experiences, literature, and people's experiences. In 2022 I was more interested in being a luthier, and 2023 despite its many flaws is the year when I sort of tried being an author. A really wacky one with my own kinda weird  methods. Slacker, in many ways. My intrinsic elitism demands I criticize myself. It...

 29.02.2024 Squats 5 sets of 10 01.03.2024 Next month. Nice (genuinely speaking). A bit messy. Finally reached the epilogue in RDR2. Pretty epic. I have some criticisms of writing, but overall well done. I guess if it was a book the things could have been presented in a more nuanced way, but I can use my imagination to fill the plot holes. Lovely game, immersive slow world. I wish Bethesda used this Rage engine. Creation Engine isn't really redeemable, as it stands for now. FO76 was (and is) great, lovely landscapes. Might buy Starfield when it's really cheap in the future. I was right to doubt it. The setting was the problem. I've been a little messy, my sleep has been messy but overall it's kind of okay. I'm not sure exactly what I'd like to do today. My emotions have been kind of a wreck, but nothing too extreme. It's just that I find myself catching feeling things the same way I used to feel them when I was a kid. A little too open, a little too extreme,...