December 16th - Bench 5 sets of 3, Squat-Pullups, Curls

 16.12.2025

Kind of a nice day. Slept and ate well. Dreams unpleasant, strange. Violence again, mixed with peculiar imagery, memories.

Had some coffee. Not writing today, just contemplating, thinking, recharging. Have nice ideas that'll go well with my memories.

Workout

Bench

20 - 50 - 100

120 for 3 the wide grip makes it so I keep brushing the support with either one of my sleeves lol. It took a few sets to center it later.

150 - 4 sets of 3

150 for 5 - not too heavy. My CNS is in a pretty mild state; it feels like I can't push myself too hard. Some energy has been drain, a little 'distracted' on occasion.

100 - 3 sets of 8 - medium-narrow grip, focusing on counter-acceleration of the weight - dropping it fast and then pushing against it as fast as possible. It helps develop better nerve impulse. You do put some striking pressure on your joints and tissues that way though. That's why the weight has to be moderate.

Floor-supported ring pullups

2 sets of 12 - I'm trying not to just let my body stay on the floor but actually use my legs to push lat exertion further, like I used to back in the day when I did 50 reps of this.

2 set of 40 - very nice, on first set I loaded my legs way more than lats and bicep cause I was doing a deep knee bend, right on my tiptoes for absolute majority of reps. Normal on-heels squat feels awkward. QUADS really pumped from this! And cardio too, I'm feeling it 😀

On the second set my arms got way more pumped, so on the final ten reps I switched to focus my legs again - I ended up with both arms and legs burning, pumped 😁 Underrated little exercise I have here in my repertoire, doubly compound!

I saw how pumped I am - testing that old mesh tanktop, I gotta find use for it somehow! - grabbed the dumbbell and went to curl.

Concentration curls, one arm, seated

23 kg dumbbell - 2 sets of 15 reps - cheating a bit more with left (i.e. starting in a bent position - not so much with the right!) Connective tissues are a little painful here. Glad I can do it pretty easy right now somehow! Second set - shortened the range, did not put the dumbbell on the floor, leaned forward more - so there was pressure at all times. That's gotta be enough for today.

RPotD - Small Dome of the Casino, Monaco




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