Spliced and diced - perhaps one day, a little shredded!

Welcome to my blog :biggrin:

This is quite possible the most convoluted blog on TSR. It started off nearly a year ago with me being a gym bro, doing one body part a day and making precisely nought progress. This changed in the spring with me deciding to run a marathon with two flatmates. So I spent the spring and summer running and running some more! When it came to the marathon in September, heat and drinking Lucosade sport almost killed me; but I got there, with an awesome sprint finish. Time was 3 hours 59mins 30 seconds. I planned to run it in under 4 hours so I got there just :biggrin:

I might have been able to run it faster if it was cooler and I just drank water and ate jelly babies like I did in training :tongue:

Anyway, returned to lifting and some cycling after a few days of not being able to walk. Was a bit of a gym bro again, not much in the way of routine. Realising that I was wasting my time, I'm now doing a bastardised SS, with pullups/chins and Tbars/pendlay/cable rows/ inverted rows instead of power cleans. I progressed was going well, however a prior back injury flared badly which led to me stopping squatting and deadlifting

I then tore my meniscus and I had surgery for that 8 months later, which meant lower body work. I stopped lifting for a while as an attempt to heal it. I also started swimming.

My knee still isn't sorted but I'm back in the gym having had another 2 months off training post knee operation. Hopefully 2015 will be the year I can train properly!

Any questions, feel free to quote or PM

Never forget - "Push yourself, push yourself until you can think there is no more you can do, then take another step and another. One foot infront of the other; there is always more in your tank, you just have to believe.
Reach your potential - you can conquer any challenge, great or small. You know it. I know it. Now do it."

AC

Current PBs as of 05/3/14

Squat 1rm 125kg
3 x 3 120kg

Deadlift 155kg 1 x 5

Pause Bench 107.5kg

Pendlay rows 87.5kg x 3

Lifting bro style from first session

Spoiler

(edited 10 years ago)

Reply 980

Scoobiedoobiedo

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1 power rack, 200kg ish of weight (not enough), 1 proper bar, a few EZs, DBs up to 40

SB is nice agreed, I live in Kegworth which isn't as nice but cheaper :tongue:

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200kg?! That's nothing :eek:

I tried to count how much my gym had once, got to about 1000kg and got bored.

Fun fact - My mum grew up in Kegworth. I still find it amusing that Kegworth is in Leicestershire, has a Derbyshire post cost and a Nottinghamshire dialling code.

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Angry cucumber

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That sucks. Sorry bro.

Want to max your deadlift? Not with that weight you can't.

I remember when my old uni gym back in first year only had one bar and one rack. How did I cope?

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200kg?! That's nothing :eek:

I tried to count how much my gym had once, got to about 1000kg and got bored.

Fun fact - My mum grew up in Kegworth. I still find it amusing that Kegworth is in Leicestershire, has a Derbyshire post cost and a Nottinghamshire dialling code.

It might be 220 or similar with the new plates which arrived during summer exam time, however previously it was 200kg on the dot, drives anyone remotely strong potty, trying to have enough weight.

And yah Kegworth is a troll of a place with links to so many counties!

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In other news #yeswecan has been successful, I just need to sign some stuff to prove I'm who I say I am and it's all good :biggrin:

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Implication

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#yeswecan

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Scoobiedoobiedo

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#yeswecan

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silent ninja

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What, you're lifting again? Update me brah. Read last couple pages. Lifts looking good!!

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Angry cucumber

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What, you're lifting again? Update me brah. Read last couple pages. Lifts looking good!!

Basically I got bored of getting skinny and eating practically nothing, started lifting again on the "all you can do is bro" programme, which is basically a bastardised version of every programme out there lol :tongue:

I work round my back issues through not being an idiot and I avoid legs as I've torn my meniscus and I'm having surgery in a month-6 weeks hopefully. Legs will return in the new year probably.

Making all kinds of gainz, bench up to 80 for 5 and press up to 50 again, another few weeks and I'll be chilling in the 2 plate club once more hopefully :biggrin:

And I'm going to be a fitness mod :smile:

Good to see you back in the gym as well mate!

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silent ninja

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by Angry cucumber

Basically I got bored of getting skinny and eating practically nothing, started lifting again on the "all you can do is bro" programme, which is basically a bastardised version of every programme out there lol :tongue:

I work round my back issues through not being an idiot and I avoid legs as I've torn my meniscus and I'm having surgery in a month-6 weeks hopefully. Legs will return in the new year probably.

Making all kinds of gainz, bench up to 80 for 5 and press up to 50 again, another few weeks and I'll be chilling in the 2 plate club once more hopefully :biggrin:

And I'm going to be a fitness mod :smile:

Good to see you back in the gym as well mate!

Ooh nice. Some lifting is better than no lifting. Your legs can catch up later. If I were you I'd just keep them nice and flexible and do whatever bodyweight stuff you can do with them (if any, meniscus tear here when I was 16 and it's never healed fully but 80-90% is good enough if you manage it and don't be a hero; you're injury sounds worse though ).

So you're a bro. My bench was slightly behind yours so look forward to the friendly competition again :wink:

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by silent ninja

Ooh nice. Some lifting is better than no lifting. Your legs can catch up later. If I were you I'd just keep them nice and flexible and do whatever bodyweight stuff you can do with them (if any, meniscus tear here when I was 16 and it's never healed fully but 80-90% is good enough if you manage it and don't be a hero; you're injury sounds worse though ).

So you're a bro. My bench was slightly behind yours so look forward to the friendly competition again :wink:

I don't know it's a tempermental ****er, last weekend it blew up having done nothing of any note for days, yet yesterday I for the lols squatted 50kg for 5 nearing ATG and knee is fine today lol

I foam roll a fair bit, thats my flexibility stuff :smile:

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silent ninja

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I don't know it's a tempermental ****er, last weekend it blew up having done nothing of any note for days, yet yesterday I for the lols squatted 50kg for 5 nearing ATG and knee is fine today lol

I foam roll a fair bit, thats my flexibility stuff :smile:

I know that feel. My knee balloons every month or so. It can be random. I naturally walk with a little limp by the way because of the knee. I've been asked lots of times "what's wrong with your leg." I just say I walk like that, I'm fine lol it's just more comfortable :smile:

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Angry cucumber

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Cucumber been exercising today

Swam for 40 mins - I didn't count as I'm an egit
Had my coach of a flatmate (winning) look at my stroke, she said that other being unfit I was pretty sound technique wise, made a slight adjustment to my head turning but thats it

This afternoon

Pull ups
1 x 6
+10kg 2 x 4
+5kg 1 x 5
1 x 4

Lats destroyed by swimming

Pause Bench
20kg 1 x 5
40kg 1 x 5
60kg 1 x 5
70kg 1 x 5
75kg 1 x 2
80kg 1 x 2
82.5kg 2 x 4
1 x 5

The grind was real, I'll get this next time

Pendleys cause lats just don't get enough love
60kg 1 x 3
70kg 1 x 3
75kg 2 x 3
1 x 4

Discovered why my form breaks down sometimes even on warmups - not bracing core enough, think I've fixed it

Bar cable pushdowns
level 5 1 x 10
level 7 1 x 5 Oh lord so heavy

As running out time, CROSSFIT TIME

Rear delt flies 10kg DBs/ level 6 tricep pushowns/ 30kg straight bar curlz

8/8/8
8/8/4

Curlz for gurlz
10kg DBs 1 x 10

And out, another solid session particulary after battering myself as per, in the pool this morning

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Angry cucumber

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Unflavoured whey + hello kitty chocolate milkshake powder = cheapest and tastest protein shakes I've ever had! :biggrin:

70p for 500g of milkshake powder... das it

Negative man points though

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Unflavoured whey + hello kitty chocolate milkshake powder = cheapest and tastest protein shakes I've ever had! :biggrin:

70p for 500g of milkshake powder... das it

Negative man points though

(a) where do you get the milkshake powder?

(b) what proportions do you use and what's the nutrition?

Definitely interested haha, **** man points

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(a) where do you get the milkshake powder?

(b) what proportions do you use and what's the nutrition?

Definitely interested haha, **** man points

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Aldi

About a quarter of a scoop (I use an old GN one) to a scoop of unflavoured

Winning

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Angry cucumber

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An hours swimming this morning, way too tired to consider counting, did a lot of lengths though including a 200m straight, was very hard lol. Did some butterfly as well, dat wave formation

Gym tonight if knee doesn't get any worse than currently

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Angry cucumber

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A question for those of you at uni and partake in the act of alcohol consumage

Any good drinking games/ anything funny to do you can think of for a decent sized group of 20+ people? I'm a social sec for 2 societies and any ideas welcome as I'd prefer to do some things different compared to previous years which were repetitive tbh

I'm injecting marshmellows with chilli as a part of it... hot stuff baby tonight!

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illusionz

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A question for those of you at uni and partake in the act of alcohol consumage

Any good drinking games/ anything funny to do you can think of for a decent sized group of 20+ people? I'm a social sec for 2 societies and any ideas welcome as I'd prefer to do some things different compared to previous years which were repetitive tbh

I'm injecting marshmellows with chilli as a part of it... hot stuff baby tonight!

tbh difficult to do with so many people. How organised/militant do you want it to be? I'd recommend having several different things going on at once tbh.

Beer pong obviously, everyone loves it.
Depth charge is a personal favourite Always very popular and easy to explain/grasp. Can play with lots of people too.

Do you have a funnel?

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tbh difficult to do with so many people. How organised/militant do you want it to be? I'd recommend having several different things going on at once tbh.

Beer pong obviously, everyone loves it.
Depth charge is a personal favourite Always very popular and easy to explain/grasp. Can play with lots of people too.

Do you have a funnel?

I love the idea of depth charge

Also doing arrogance and a few party style games so yeah any recommendations are welcome. Problem is space as the outside company who runs our campus bar have closed access to the room we used to use due to a team trashing the place :rolleyes:

And if you're thinking of beer bong.. as much as I'd love to.. bong society of our campus got banned the year before I started and the mere mention of a beer bong could get me kicked out, uni is that against it after the legendary tales of bong soc... :lol:

Also thinking of doing jury, where you peer pressure to confess to "crimes" they've commited such as being too cocky etc. Good natured of course :tongue:

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illusionz

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Flip cup, arrogance. Thinking for more.

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Angry cucumber

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OHP
20kg 1 x 5
40kg 1 x 5
45kg 1 x 5
50kg 1 x 2
52.5kg 1 x 4
1 x 5
1 x 4
1 x 1 lol

Pendlay row
60kg 1 x 5
70kg 1 x 3
80kg 1 x 2
2 x 3 PB Das it never rowed 80 for more than one triple
Delighted with that, so close to a fourth rep aswell
BW Pendlay crew

CGBP paused
20kg 1 x 5
40kg 1 x 5
50kg 1 x 5
60kg 1 x 5
70kg 1 x 2
72.5kg 3 x 6 first set may have been 7

Chin ups
3 x 8

Cable woodchoppers
Level 4 3 x 10

Rear delt flies
10kg DBs 2 x 10
1 x 7

Curlz
15kg DBs 1 x 7
10kg DBs 1 x 10

I hate bicep work, going to start doing chins more

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Bench paused
20kg 1 x 5
40kg 1 x 5
60kg 1 x 5
70kg 1 x 5
75kg 1 x 3
80kg 1 x 2
82.5kg 1 x 5
83.5kg 1 x 3f One side heavier than the other by a kilo, gf loaded bar wrong
82.5kg 1 x 4
87.5kg 1 x 2 very sketchy second rep

OHP
40kg 1 x 7
45kg 1 x 5
50kg 1 x 2
55kg 1 x 2

Pendlay row
60kg 1 x 5
1 x 12

DB row
32.5kg 1 x 8
35kg 1 x 5

Chins
1 x 9
1 x 5
1 x 7

Ab rollouts
1 x 5
+5kg 3 x 5
Dat pain

Reverse flies
7.5kg 1 x 10
1 x 8

Meh, dehydration is a ****er

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