March 2nd - Light barbell OHP

 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's better to keep roasting yourself than to grow complacent, like I have been with the barbell in the past (and kind of right now, ever since December ngl). Yeah, I've had an awesome training period from August 7th to late December. Basically always a session per day, no skips. No always per 24 hours, as I mentioned, but always one per day (i.e. two per 48 hours, to explain it more obviously). And even though I've had issues this Thursday I'm gonna rekindle this habit for at least ten days - from Wednesday 28th to at least March 10th. I'd love to leave on 11th... I've concluded that the deadline is March 17th. There definitely won't be any more lower bunks if I wait any longer. But I would prefer not to buy anything in distant advance. I think I will try to keep my log up when I'm there - in vague enough terms, as per usual. Or maybe just on paper.

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Laid back. I ain't worried about nothing! Everything is a joke, and, more importantly, a lighthearted, childish joke! I am free, like a child. This is... this is something so unique, I almost never get to feel it. I am so happy. A pulse, a surge of freedom and innocence. I feel like I'm laughing.

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This morning I saw an alternative movie-style ending of RDR2 in which Arthur smokes with Sadie and talks about how much he likes cigarettes - in these exact words and then rode off into sunset with some pop rock riffs playing. Kinda funny, a sharp image. I just woke up this morning and decided it was worth remembering. Anyway, it's once again close to midnight and I should not have had my first coffee before midday, as it seems to conflict with my brain schedule just a little. A little upset about some things (maybe not even a little), but we're not going to talk about it right now. Today I think I might settle for 4-5 sets of 5-6 reps with 80-90 kgs; this is the range for a quick energy recovery. I think it makes more sense to go for 5 sets of 6 with a lighter weight maybe working up to a "better" weight rather than a "heavier" weight - i.e. increasing quality.

Don't pray for things to be easy. Pray for being able to do things easily. Big difference!

Workout

Warmup - some, l-flys and press variations with 2 kg dbs, and one arm hang stretches. Not exactly sure why I chose to do them, but I was suddenly reminded of thinking in the past that they might be a good solution to the lack of mobility. It's pretty rare, not doing OHP for two whole weeks... How does that even happen? Well, it's sort of obvious. Just a messy period. And now we're fixing it, albeit missly, hehe.

Overhead press

20 for 20

50 for 10

70 for 6 way too hard. Really out of OHP shape lol. Well, at least I can be confident the tissues rested for a while.

80 for 5 - alright, very easy, maybe I'm not as much out of shape as I thought. Still, I shall curb my appetites and just stick to the smaller numbers focusing on quality of the lift more. Angles aren't perfect - you also may want to be in shape to have good angles and mobility, you know.

80 for 5 okay, tissues a bit better

80 for 5 finally somewhat smooth. Starting to get very warm around here. Winter is over, after all. That was the fastest winter in a long time.

80 for 5 and 5 again. All simple.

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I think on Monday I shall finally do some squats. All my training has gotten super messy in the second half of February. It's okay. I'll be getting my order back and then things will happen. And also I shall do some cardio today!

Walked a tiny bit. Feels great. I need to figure out my sleep.