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Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:25 pm
by lheugh
I've been wanting to get a log going for years now but just had never gotten around to it.
Prime Fitness Chest Press: 5(90kgx10) (Mid/End Bias)
Hammer Inclne Press: 68kgx15,12,12,11
Cable French Press: 4(26kgx12)
Super-ROM Lateral Raise: 3(37.5kgx15)
Machine Flye: 97.5kgx15,12,12,12
Rope Pushdown: 20kgx15,12,10
Rear Delt Flyes: 3(66kgx15)
Barbell Shrug: 80kgx12, 60kgx12,12
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:28 pm
by hector
Welcome!
Awesome log title!!!!
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:34 pm
by Renascent
hector wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:28 pmAwesome log title!!!!
Yep!
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:28 pm
by houzi
Strong name for the lifting log. Welcome.
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2023 1:39 am
by lheugh
Thank you all
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:51 am
by DanCR
Yet another vote for the great title. Looking forward to seeing more of what you’re doing and how you push it forward.
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:57 pm
by lheugh
The planned horizontal-dominant pull workout felt decent today. I'm still basically LPing the Cybex Row, which I expect to max out in a few mesocycles at this rate. That is, of course, predicated on its SFR not dulling by that point (so far every objective and subjective marker for it is as fresh as the day I started using it).
I was a bit too lax on my daily conditioning though, but I did go for a 12,000 step walk down the River Thames (listening to music) so I wasn't completely aerobically inactive!
Cybex Row: 5(180lbx10)
Rotary Lat Pulldown: 4(17x15)
Cable Curl: 4(20kgx15)
Cable Flexion Row: 4(44kgx12)
Incline Dumbbell Curl: 4(10kgx13)
Rope Pushdown: 20kgx15,12,12
Rear Delt Flyes: 3(67kgx12)
Barbell Wrist Curl: 4(40kgx13)
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2023 2:58 pm
by lheugh
DCR wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:51 am
Yet another vote for the great title. Looking forward to seeing more of what you’re doing and how you push it forward.
I appreciate the warm welcome to the logging section of the forum
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2023 8:10 am
by lheugh
It takes a few warm-up sets to get the ol' synovial fluid adequately circulating around my creaky knees.
Belt Squat: 5(150kgx10)
Primal Good Morning: 4(80kgx8)
Leg Extension: 4(7x13)
Seated Leg Curl: 110lbx15,12,12
Hip Abduction/Hip Adduction: 4(60kgx13)
Calf Raise: 4(40kgx12)
Rope Crunch: 3(65.5kgx15)
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:28 am
by lheugh
Day 1
Let's try log a full training week this time. It's quite fun playing with strength curves on Prime Equipment. Nothing magical about it though, just a variation. That said, challenging where one is strongest on pressing (mid to end range) while simultaneously unloading a bit at the weakest point does "feel" significantly more difficult, rep to rep.
Prime Fitness Chest Press: 5(94kgx10) (Mid/End Bias)
Hammer Incline Press: 3(70kgx12), 70kgx10
Super-ROM Lateral Raise: 3(42.5kgx12)
Cable French Press: 26.5kgx15, 3(26.5kgx12)
Pec Deck: 3(100kgx12)
Rope Pushdown: 20kgx15, 2(20kgx12)
Rear Delt Flyes: 3(67kgx15)
Barbell Shrug: 3(60kgx13)
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:54 am
by DanCR
lheugh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:28 am
Let's try log a full training week this time. It's quite fun playing with strength curves on Prime Equipment. Nothing magical about it though, just a variation. That said, challenging where one is strongest on pressing (mid to end range) while simultaneously unloading a bit at the weakest point does "feel" significantly more difficult, rep to rep.
Not sure that I’m following - how are you accomplishing the “unloading”?
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:12 am
by lheugh
DCR wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:54 am
lheugh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:28 am
Let's try log a full training week this time. It's quite fun playing with strength curves on Prime Equipment. Nothing magical about it though, just a variation. That said, challenging where one is strongest on pressing (mid to end range) while simultaneously unloading a bit at the weakest point does "feel" significantly more difficult, rep to rep.
Not sure that I’m following - how are you accomplishing the “unloading”?
Apologies, I phrased it a bit poorly!
The weight is static throughout the ROM, but because of the design of the machine (with 3 pins), I've loaded it such that the moment arm is smallest at the bottom and increases during the concentric (I.e., the plates move further away from the axis of rotation). So, relatively speaking it feels heavier (more weight distribution of the load) during the mid to end range, and feels.a fair bit lighter at the bottom, where pressing is strongest. The idea being to confer a more profound stimulus since typically where one fails at the bottom, the mid to end range could theoretically keep going. So, I'm reaching an RPE 8 on the entire ROM as opposed to where I'm weakest, if that makes sense.
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:40 am
by DanCR
lheugh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 11:12 am
DCR wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:54 am
lheugh wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2023 10:28 am
Let's try log a full training week this time. It's quite fun playing with strength curves on Prime Equipment. Nothing magical about it though, just a variation. That said, challenging where one is strongest on pressing (mid to end range) while simultaneously unloading a bit at the weakest point does "feel" significantly more difficult, rep to rep.
Not sure that I’m following - how are you accomplishing the “unloading”?
Apologies, I phrased it a bit poorly!
The weight is static throughout the ROM, but because of the design of the machine (with 3 pins), I've loaded it such that the moment arm is smallest at the bottom and increases during the concentric (I.e., the plates move further away from the axis of rotation). So, relatively speaking it feels heavier (more weight distribution of the load) during the mid to end range, and feels.a fair bit lighter at the bottom, where pressing is strongest. The idea being to confer a more profound stimulus since typically where one fails at the bottom, the mid to end range could theoretically keep going. So, I'm reaching an RPE 8 on the entire ROM as opposed to where I'm weakest, if that makes sense.
Got it - with you now.
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:58 am
by lheugh
Day 2: Horizontal Pull Focus
Business as usual sort of session. Wrist flexors cramped up on my third set of Barbell Wrist Curls and accidentally dropped the bar. Whoops...
Cybex Row: 5(185lbx10)
Rotary Lat Pulldown: 4(18x12)
Machine Preacher Curl: 4(32kgx15)
Cable Flexion Row: 3(44kgx13)
DB Incline Curl: 10kgx15,15,12
Rope Pushdown: 3(20kgx15)
Rear Delt Flyes: 3(68kgx12)
Barbell Wrist Curl: 4(45kgx12)
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:12 am
by lheugh
Day 3: Belt Squat (Calves to Hams to Build the Yams)
Glad I got this done before it hit 34C. I intended to do 3 sets of ab work but 5 reps in on the last set they started cramping up aggressively so I went and hiked for an hour on the treadmill.
Belt Squat: 5(155kgx10)
Primal Good Morning: 4(105kgx8)
Leg Extension: 4(7.5x12)
Seated Leg Curl: 110x15,15,12,12
Hip Abduction/Hip Adduction: 3(60kgx12)
Leg Press Calf Raise: 40kgx15,15,15,12
Cable Rope Crunch: 2(68kgx12)
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:23 pm
by lheugh
Day 4: Incline/Decline Pressing
Did some light conditioning yesterday and had a molar pulled out at 8pm. Wasn't a terrible session considering the latter, but having had a day off weights also helped on the recovery front.
Hoist Incline Press: 5(14x10)
Decline Press: 75kgx12,12,10,10
Super-ROM Lateral Raise: 42.5kgx13,13,10
Rope Pushdown: 4(22kgx12)
Pec Deck: 3(100kgx13)
Rear Delt Flyes: 3(68kgx13)
Cable French Press: 20kgx15,15,12
Barbell Shrug: 3(60kgx15)
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:20 pm
by Renascent
lheugh wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:23 pm
Figured I'd wait until you updated your log before commenting, but my first thought upon seeing the IG post was that your arms looking fucking huge.
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2023 8:29 am
by lheugh
Renascent wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:20 pm
lheugh wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 12:23 pm
Figured I'd wait until you updated your log before commenting, but my first thought upon seeing the IG post was that your arms looking fucking huge.
I appreciate the vote of confidence, good sir! I look at them and I see long, dangly, orangutan arms.
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:24 am
by lheugh
Day 5: Vert Pull
Lat Pulldown: 5(72kgx10)
Cable Flexion Row: 4(49kgx12)
Cable Curl: 4(30kgx12)
Machine Pullover: 3(20kgx15)
Machine Curl: 32kgx15,12,12
Rear Delt Flyes: 68kgx14,10,10
Tricep Pushdown: 3(20kgx8)
Barbell Wrist Curl: 3(45kgx12)
Re: Death can have me when it has earned me
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:28 am
by lheugh
Day 6: Leg Press
Leg Press: 5(100kgx10)
Primal Good Morning: 4(105kgx8)
Leg Extension: 4(7.5x12)
Seated Leg Curl: 3(115x12)
Hip Abduction/ Hip Adduction: 3(60kgx12)
Leg Press Calf Raise: 3(42.5kgx12)
Hanging Knee Raise: 12,10,8
The weight is static throughout the ROM, but because of the design of the machine (with 3 pins), I've loaded it such that the moment arm is smallest at the bottom and increases during the concentric (I.e., the plates move further away from the axis of rotation). So, relatively speaking it feels heavier (more weight distribution of the load) during the mid to end range, and feels.a fair bit lighter at the bottom, where pressing is strongest. The idea being to confer a more profound stimulus since typically where one fails at the bottom, the mid to end range could theoretically keep going. So, I'm reaching an RPE 8 on the entire ROM as opposed to where I'm weakest, if that makes sense.