Monday - Exploratory squats in a slightly changed technique

 12.08.2024

Woke up earlier than expected. Had a nice breakfast for once, ate it all. Had to take a little walk, done it as intensely as I usually do. My mustache has grown extraordinarily big. Enjoyed one cup of instant coffee with too much sugar accidentally, one moka, jammed for the first time in my Cakewalk template. It'd honestly be so very easy to record a song. Perhaps it's be sensible to play in my room. It should only take up to 20 minutes to take the drums up here. I could use the bed for a seat, but it wouldn't be right, a little too restrictive. But there would be less reverb, especially if I covered the window. Might be a nice idea to record it this way. Just need an appropriate enough floor covering. Could use the rubber tiles I purchased recently. They might not cover all of the space, but it should be good enough for bass drum and hi-hats.

Gonna squat today. Not sure how much. I'm thinking I want to spare myself just a little. Not sure. Got a potentially busy day tomorrow. Hmm.

Workout

Warmup - a lot of upper body, a little bit of legs - cause I wanted to avoid damaging my elbow and overextending my wrist

Squat

20 for 10

70 for 10

100 for 10

120 for 8 - that was quick warmup. Now it'd be smart to take a break

NU VAGAS. That feels like brainrot. It's stuck in my head.

I have a bit of an unusual layout for my weights today. It doesn't feel quite right, I admit, bit I know there's something in it.

140 for 6 nice, Forced myself to take a break rather than to hurry. I know it's wrong to hurry.

150 for 6 alright, starting to feel even better

160 for 4 okay.

165 for 4 nice enough set, but got a tweak right in the middle of my left kneecap as I was racking it. Nothing significant, but I'm choosing to pause the working weights. I need to attempt to understand what I feel. Well, it's a connective tissue being stretched a little unnaturally, that's what it is. Still, better stay aware.

100 for 4 - good enough. Managed to finish my squats - i.e. the majority of my workout - before midnight!

Curls

2 kg dbs

6 kg dbs for 2 sets of 15

12 kg per hand - 4 sets of 15 - pretty nice.

Armchair, tapestry upholstery by Beauvais, workshop of de Menou, after a composition by Jean Jacques François Le Barbier, chair back (MET, 1978.404.11a–c)



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