Clean and press

160 x 5

185 x 3

205 x 2

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Last 2 super-set with pull-ups

10, 10

Swiss bar press

145 x 8, 8

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Super-set with pull-ups

10, 10

Deadlift

570 x 3 (PR)

Returning at night:

Deadlifts

405 x 15

SSB squats

150 x 30, 30, 25

Did shadowboxing and hill sprints on Friday night before I hosted a friend, who responded with astonishment that I trained on Christmas Eve upon her arrival. Went to George's house for Christmas where we watch the new Matrix (it wasn't great IMO). Day after I didn't do any training but had a huge dinner of Swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes. Did a lot of shopping for the cat too. Fun weekend. 

Clean first rep and press

150 x 3

170 x 3

195 x 3

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Last set super-set with chin-ups

10

Clean and press every rep

145 x 8, 8, 7

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Super-set with chin-ups

10, 10, 10

Incline Close-grip swiss bar bench press

135 x 10

Super-set with wide-grip pull-ups

10

SSB squatted 290x8 and 330x3x8 yesterday, then came back at night and did good mornings, band leg curls, and ab wheel rollouts. Good two days of lifting. Haven't felt my chest get sore from bench pressing in years but this amount of volume has been doing it.

It's been a week with the kitten and my sleep hasn't really suffered considering he sleeps with me half the night. I've woken up a few times from him climbing on me but he's pretty behaved about learning when the giant bipedal furless cat is asleep and won't be getting up (very different from a dog's needs). 

Have significantly reduced my edible consumption in order to not be tired just in case. Very easy sacrifice. 

More than once I've put off training to tend to him or just catch up on chores, and since I'm not losing weight I think it's only benefitted my strength. Boxing and Muay Thai training at home have been greatly reduced lately although I've gotten some shadowboxing sessions in, will greatly increase that. I've gotten sidetracked about going to the gym and need to work that out, too.

Bench press

245 x 3

275 x 3

310 x 3

245 x 8

225 x 10, 10, 10, 7

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Super-set with dumbbell rows (starting from 310 bench)

100 x 8

115s x 8, 10, 10, 10

125 x 10

Y-rowa, preacher curls, band pressdowns

The weight feels pretty heavy but when it comes to the money set I'm seeing steady improvements. 

Squatted 445x3 yesterday. Was planning on doing the rest after work but had company over to help with the kitten and didn't get to it. I did have the time but it was a rare moment of putting off training entirely. My plan is to do upper body today and then return back and make use of the SSB and get in some squat volume. 

Axle pressed 195x3 from the floor the other day. The work after is what's the most challenging. 145x3x8 clean and pressing every rep doesn't sound like much but the forearm fatigue is what makes this tough and the axle is hard to hold after awhile. It's important to not hesitate, just grip and rip without thinking and not let the mind get a chance to dawdle. The pressing itself isn't so bad.

My back has been hurting lately and I had a bad mat pull session yesterday. Couldn't break 570 off 2 mats so I did 500x5 before I stopped not out of fatigue but noticing pain in my lower left every time I unloaded the weight. 

Bench press

225 x 5

260 x 5

295 x 5

245 x 9, 8, 10, 9, 8

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Super-set with dumbbell rows

100 x 10

115 x 10, 10, 10, 10, 12

Push-ups immediately after last bench press set x 10

Got interrupted a lot from work, so made up for the long rest times with heavier weight and additional reps beyond the planned 8 for 245.

Glad I got this done on the 5 hours of sleep that I did because the rest of the day did not let up. Just insanely busy. Frozen Trader Joe's pepperoni pizza, homemade weightgainer, and a multivitamin kept me full with very little time expended prepping food.

So glad I got a blender last week, it's saved me so much time.

In other news, I'm going after work today to pick-up a kitten from one of my plumbers whose cat had babies.

Had at least three good training sessions I didn't record, but in a nutshell they were benching 255x5x8, squatting 365x5x8, and axle clean and pressing 205.

Mat pulls (3)

570 x 0, 3 (PR)

* Success. After a false start I mentally ran through form cues that help me (lift with legs, push holes through the earth with feet, pretend a giant rubber band is trying to crunch you and you're expanding against it) and did a strong triple.

Was running late for a zoom meeting (that I infuriatingly had to be in the office for) so I dropped everything here and rushed to work, drinking a glass of milk and eating a protein bar on the drive over. After it was done I had a little bit of leftover turkey and quinoa, then ate straight out of a mixed nut butter jar. Downed another glass of milk at home and finished up at night.

SSB squats

150 x 40(PR), 30, 25

Stomach felt absolutely wretched and my head felt bad too. Felt like I was going to throw up the nut butter. 

For some reason lifting at night gives me digestive issues lately and I yawn a ton, then feel fine and awake a couple of hours later. 

Did another living room work out yesterday reaching 75 burpees along with shadow kickboxing, exercise biking, and 120 jumping jacks. Total time was 14 minutes. 

Had two very productive sessions of Yukon squatting 365x5x8 and bench pressing 255x5x8 over the weekend while hosting a friend. Doing 5 sets of the same weight with compound movements is something I haven't done in a long time and with the calorie surplus I ought to take as much advantage of extra volume as I can. I also suck at it in terms of recovery between sets, which is an excellent reason to do more of it.

Running on about 6 hours of sleep today due to a work meeting at 7:30 (free Chick-Fil-A though). Did my living room workout, getting 70 burpees with a couple breather seconds here and there.

Had a great second Thanksgiving over the weekend at a friend's house. Didn't train on Saturday and Sunday, being out of town.

While I'm typing about rest, I have actually been making a concerted effort to be on my feet less. A combination of martial arts training, cooking, cleaning up the kitchen, and just wanting to do some general house cleaning after work was taking a toll on my knees and feet.

Came back Monday and had a subpar mat pull session, managed to move 570 for 1 off 3 mats at least but after feeling a slight twinge in my back I was no good for more. Did SSB squats with 150 x 30, 25, 20 afterwards and my inner quads are torched from that. Still sore now on Thursday.

Also viper pressed 210x1 with my log on Tuesday.

Yesterday I did my living room workout with a PR of 62 unbroken burpees this time despite my legs being debilitatingly sore.