May 2nd, Saturday - some OHP and some Squat

 02.05.2026

Nice day. Daytime mode. Ate okay, slept well, curious dreams. Head unpleasantly empty, not stimulated.

Workout

Warmup - a little bit, I got distracted and went downstairs and started pressing the bar right away

Overhead press

20 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 60

70 - 2 sets of 5

80 for 5

90 for 5 closed eyes

100 for 5 closed eyes - an experiment, a really messy one, but an interesting one. Set was messy, not in the groove, not able to apply full power, some instability. Wearing a big belt under navel, loose.

Reddit and youtube are cancer. You have to remember that even when you're having a good time there.

105,3 for 5 - much nicer, I'm happy! Eyes open, weightlifting belt in the usual spot (under belly), tight but not choking.

An hour long break - gave a lesson, feels good, brain worked well, above average excitement!

More warmup - swings, supported squats, lateral (one sided) wall pushes, moving hips. DL got my torso pretty stiff, should have tried to loosen in just a tiny bit before OHP.

Squat

60 for 8

60 for 8 on a yoga ball - a lot of fun, but can be messy 😀

60 for 8 same

90 for 8 - feels good. The yoga ball forces me to stand closer to racks and thus I'm not trying to put all the weight on my toes which is good, in a way. Standing closer to the racks is an old trick

Front rack stretches - quite some of it. I just had the bar in the rack and I was leaning forward on it. I keep thinking that this stretching is just a little overrated, something I'm a little hyperfixated on. A good front rack DOES NOT necessarily require you to be able to put the bar on your clavicle - as proven by plenty of great weightlifters. Still, I want a good one. And I will do a bit more of these stretches - because they felt right at one point, so very right. I will make sure I don't go extreme on them and I will make sure they will not hinder my actual lifting.

Alright. I'm glad I did some squats today and I'm pretty satisfied with the way I performed OHP - it was good, controlled, even, rather little "heaving".

Being alone is always a new experience, funny stuff. I'm kinda hoping God will keep reminding with His luminescent grace that I'm *not* actually alone lol 😀

RPotD - cool old castle! 
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramingstein_burg_finstergr%C3%BCn.jpg



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

October 08-09, Sunday and Monday - Bench, PP, small PR, nice Olympic style Squat

Image
 08.10.2023 Great day, feeling great. Woke up earlier than normal, worked more that usual. Feeling extra energy. The night was cold. I kept seeing dreams about (spoiler) The Emperor from BG3, hehehe 😉 Cause I watched one of his cutscenes, even though I ain't been playing yesterday. Yesterday, I was drained. I was drained on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at night, to a varying degree. Today I feel much more fresh than I have been in a long time. Like, a part of my brain is extra creative. Also, I have been eating rather little - a couple eggs swallowed hastily, a few bananas, a few glasses of milk. Two mokas and one small conventional brew. I'm thinking of doing bench today, and PP + Squat tomorrow. Reasonable? Yes, on the surface it is reasonable. Light-medium-light bench, sets of 5, around 120. 4 sets of 5, maximum velocity, no pauses whatsoever. When you've got the same muscle strength composition as me it sort of feels easier to bench with a pause, and bumpi...
Read more

grain economic flesh

Image
 10.04.2023 Nice day. Not too bad. Sleep - 4/10, nutrition - 6/10. Ran out of coffee, used some of the robusta from the stash. Now having one, fighting the desire to lie down, cause if I lie down I'm just not gonna be able to sleep. Jammed. I figured back in the day I made a lot of these micro-songs that are guitar and bass and midi drums. So, that's one of the things that fuels creativity. You have to save them and listen to them. Then you get something. My old headphones are buzzing a lot. Might be time to buy new ones soon. *** Today's workout is 4 sets of 5 with 77,5 percent. A sixth session in the program which I've been using in defferent variations for everything. So, 77,5% of 150 would be 116. But I'm not perfectly sure if I can do that well in my current shape. So, I might want to get up to 115 starting from a lighter weight. Maybe from 110. Now that I think about it, it's actually quite doable and it's very late. I don't want to hurry. And I do...
Read more

September 14th - Engaging in a variety of hobbies at once, nonchalant grip PR

Image
 14.09.2022 DL plan - 175 for 5, 200 for 5, 210 - 5*5, 200*1 clean single, maybe even overhand. Nice day. Slept very little. Ate a lot before I went to bed, so I had no appetite when I woke up. Tried to call and message some of my clients. Coordination issues. Sometimes people just can't pick a proper time. Understandable. I often think about how humanity evolved to proritise quick decisions over slow, but 100% sure ones. Better be two times faster and 80% sure than two times slower and 99% sure, amirite? He he. Having my second coffee. Or third? Not sure. Can't remember. Today I'm trying to overstuff the moka pot. The taste is awesome, but the brewing process feels dubious. Played guitar a bit. Practicing licks, playing quickly, playing up the neck. I don't gotta play, I gotta write and record lyrics and vocals. I already made a somewhat decent verse. And I have a rough idea for the chorus. I can't believe how much slower my process has become. What is it? Playing ...
Read more