April 30th - Lovely long DL day

 29.04.2026

Sleep is uneven as I am once again switching to daytime. Tomorrow should be nice! I woke up around 1 AM then fell asleep around 7 after a moderate breakfast. Then I woke up close to 1 PM and did some stuff - semi-important, not to me but to someone else. I don't like this obscurantism cause I think it might spoil my writing but I still don't wanna share too much here.

So... wait a sec, why am I writing here today? I don't have a workout, I have a rest day lol! Nice Bench yesterday though. Still kinda yearning to focus on OHP some more, reserve some energy for it somehow... I got an idea - I might switch my OHP and Bench with one another; I'll do Bench after DL and add some OHP, maybe even PP or other overhead lifts, balance it between each other and Bench - and then I'll have more energy for the OHP workout. Also I gotta not forget about my Squat - really happy with my legs and knees, almost no discomfort in any kind of movement today! And guess what - I wouldn't have been in a good shape if I focused too much on resting after the injury. You gotta work it as much as you can, and in different ways too - it's hard to figure out how much though, that's where you need some experience, some self-knowledge, hard earned.

30.04.2026

Nice, feeling good - slept enough to feel happy and energetic but it feels weird cause I'm shifting into daytime slowly. Ate well, had some coffee - a 30/360 and one cup of instant coffee, read for a while and then wrote a tiny bit - have to write some more.

Workout

20 for 20

70 for 8

160 for 6

200 - 2 okay reps DOH, 1 mediocre; then I loaded 203 - 1 mediocre rep and 2 bad ones. HOWEVER, grip today was in a GOOD shape - I just had problems finding that sweet spot!

203 - one good OHG rep and a couple bad but almost mediocre ones

From here, each set is a pair of 3s

233 and 243 - nice. Did hook+mixed+reverse mixed, then hook+mixed+straps. A funny way to do it lol.

243 and 250 - very nice, great start on all reps but I didn't notice the right side slipping more and more, as usual!

253 and 258 - on reps 4 and 5 I tried something unusual and deadlifted from the other side - it's way harder when there's more weight on the left, so for the final rep I stepped back around and managed it well after I focused on inflating my body. Also I'd been doing a middle-belt up until this set - on this set I switched to high belt.

Here I wrote, new stuff in ch5rw4 - formerly ch4 - a lot, had fun, it's flowing, bursting, leaking, streaming 😃😁😂

258 and 260,5 - very nice! However there's a chance that I didn't have one of the 2.5 kg plates loaded - but I can't be sure, because I came to conclude that it might be possible as I loaded the next weight.

WROTE some more, even more, pivotal parts, crucial parts - it's running!

260,5 and 263 - very nice set, although some sluggishness ensued before and in the middle as I got confused with plates ☹ Not good to be stupid - but excusable in my case today; must have a stronger grasp. BUT it was a very nice and satisfying, smooth set although I have to admit I kinda slacked on the lockout on some of them! But I felt very good and the weight moved very well.

AND it's not over - according to my new strategy I have to unload it while lifting!

From here it's just singles

263 - 250 (cut myself some slack and removed both collars and plates lol!) - 230 - 200 - 160 did a high pull here and tore under a callus with the straps 😡 - 120 - 70 - 20

Presses 20 for 30+ reps as I banged them out to the song - good old Barbarity, near perfect DL music 😀

Also, I think I might have done a done a tiny PR when I did 243 with a hook grip - I think I never did it before, almost completely certain! 😁

CoC№1 - 20 parallel closes each hand, checking width with the handle

CoC№1.5 - same, actually kinda hard! But I can tell I'm getting in shape.\

CoC№2 - 12+2 right, 10+3 left - the pluses are reps that were very close to the handles touching but didn't touch (i.e. non reps). I think I have to write it down differently.

Somehow right hand feels more fatigued than left - makes sense considering the bar keeps slipping to the right.

Dynamometer - managed 84 right and 74 left - nice for such a tired state! Cramped my right lat 😁

CoC№2.5 - 4 deep closes right, 1 very deep rep & hold with left.

Tomorrow I'll bench and do some OHP - try to spread the volume between them but also give my pecs a nice stimulus (they're in the priority). Makes sense? And shoulders get to have technique worked on.

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Having written a few chunks - hrnk, a whole half of ch5rw4 - I couldn't hold it back and wanted to take a walk, strange wistful feeling. People weren't staring today, they all seemed tired - good, although ego stings that I don't seem like such a freak anymore lol. Well, there were a couple nervous men who I met on my path - I hope I am not subconsciously trying to intimidate anyone. I'm kind of a mess lol. God help me! Too much "neurospiciness" sometimes ugh, the ugliest word ever.

So I found a discount card of one of the local shops I thought I lost and went, as usual - walking, climbing. Doing the technique where I DON'T SWING my foot FORWARD where I walk - I sort of had that kind of gait when I was younger! It was a very fast way of walking. My foot - congratulate me, bless me 😀 - it's in a pretty good shape, basically usable! Not perfect though, but by the end it got very similar to my left! And also I'm not exhausted from walking and meeting people - that's just great!

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The infamous huckleberry or dangleberry!