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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:36 am

Mon, 9/12/22

Squat / chin:
135 x 8 / BW x 10
225 x 5 / BW x 10
[ 255 x 5 / BW x 10 ] x 3

Bench / curl:
135 x 15 / 82 x 12
[ 190 x 8 / 82 x 10 ] x 4

Treadmill:
40:00, 513 cal, 3.97 mi

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:03 am

Wed, 9/14/22

Bench / chin:
135 x 15 / BW x 12
[ 190 x 8 / BW x 10 ] x 3

Deadlift / dip:
225 x 8 / BW x 12
[ 285 x 5 / BW x 12 ] x 3

Treadmill:
35:00, 483 cal, 3.66 mi

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Fri Oct 28, 2022 11:57 am

Now begins the season I like to refer to as: "Falling Leaf, Hidden Dog Poop."

There have been some life issues recently. I was already pretty delinquent with training prior to the Life Issues[sup]TM[/sup], but it didn't help.

I'm feeling weak and flabby and considering I've lost weight without exercise I assume it was purely lean mass, replaced almost entirely by a larger volume of fat from beer and sloth.

I'd like more deliberate practice in my life and it seems like, while I can't fathom a meaningful practice routine for my job, I can at least implement one for lifting and guitar and I'd like to try. Again. I feel like a broken record...

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:46 am

Oh. Yeah. Log.

Mon:
Squat/chin, bench/chin

Tue:
Bench/chin, deadlift/dip

Also got decent guitar practice in this morning. Right now I'd like to learn how to play a decent cover of Calico Skies. Its a somewhat challenging finger picking song with unusual chords, but just two parts (a verse and a chorus), with two (minor) variations of each.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Wed Nov 09, 2022 5:27 am

Wed:
Front squat, press, BB row

Guitar - Focused more on learning the chorus variations from the tutorial video I selected. They're not very different from each other, but I should probably pick one and hammer it in before worrying too much about the differences. I "know" the verse variations well enough, I just need to slow down and play them correctly before trying to play full speed (it feels like a quick song and it plays all the way up the neck from open strings to the 11th fret with a few slides from 2 to 11...). It's a fun song, coming along decently.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by mgil » Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:53 am

Stairway to heaven

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Wed Nov 09, 2022 11:39 am

mgil wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:53 amStairway to heaven
I don't think there are many good video tutorials out there for your obscure, fringe musical tastes.

Or are you referring to the time you made me crawl up the stairs while you were stretching your pelvic bowl in a pair of worn chaps on the landing?

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by mgil » Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:53 pm

The chaps were well broken in.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Thu Nov 10, 2022 11:07 am

Thu: chin ups, guitar, cake

ETA: LEAVES X 700 GAL

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:35 am

Mon: squat / chin, then outside run

ETA: bench / curl

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:57 pm

Tue:

Bench / chin:
135 x 15 / BW x 10
[ 155 x 8 / BW x 8 ] x 3

Was thinking about deadlifting today but had an appointment shift from mid morning to mid afternoon and things didn't work out.

Guitar:
Getting the rhythm down is hard for me, especially making the transitions quickly enough while keeping them clean. I focused on getting the chords and transitions right at a much slower pace and it felt reasonably good.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:50 am

Mon, 1/2/23

208.3

Squat / chin:
135 x 15 / BW x 12
[ 185 x 8 / BW x 8 ] x 3

Tue, 1/3/23

207

Bench / chin:
[ 135 x 15 / BW x 12 ]
[ (185 x 8 / BW x 8), (185 x 4 / BW x 4) ] x 3

Treadmill: 20 min, ~260 cal, 2 mi

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by alek » Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:48 am

EricK wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 6:50 am Mon, 1/2/23

208.3

Squat / chin:
135 x 15 / BW x 12
[ 185 x 8 / BW x 8 ] x 3

Tue, 1/3/23

207

Bench / chin:
[ 135 x 15 / BW x 12 ]
[ (185 x 8 / BW x 8), (185 x 4 / BW x 4) ] x 3

Treadmill: 20 min, ~260 cal, 2 mi
Nice to see you logging. I hope you’re doing well.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:33 am

alek wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:48 am Nice to see you logging. I hope you’re doing well.
Thanks! I hope to at least keep working out for a little while... I'm doing ok, hope you are doing well, also.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by alek » Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:46 pm

EricK wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:33 am
alek wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:48 am Nice to see you logging. I hope you’re doing well.
Thanks! I hope to at least keep working out for a little while... I'm doing ok, hope you are doing well, also.
Yeah, I'm doing well, man. I hope that the bolded above is not an indication that you must stop training sometime soon.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:58 am

alek wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:46 pm
EricK wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:33 am
alek wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:48 am Nice to see you logging. I hope you’re doing well.
Thanks! I hope to at least keep working out for a little while... I'm doing ok, hope you are doing well, also.
Yeah, I'm doing well, man. I hope that the bolded above is not an indication that you must stop training sometime soon.
I hope not to, but I haven't been very committed to training the past couple (few?) years...

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by alek » Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:49 am

EricK wrote: Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:58 am
alek wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 7:46 pm
EricK wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 10:33 am
alek wrote: Tue Jan 03, 2023 9:48 am Nice to see you logging. I hope you’re doing well.
Thanks! I hope to at least keep working out for a little while... I'm doing ok, hope you are doing well, also.
Yeah, I'm doing well, man. I hope that the bolded above is not an indication that you must stop training sometime soon.
I hope not to, but I haven't been very committed to training the past couple (few?) years...
Oh, okay. The way you worded it made me think that you were dying of dysentery or something.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:29 am

Sat, 1/7/23

203

Squat / chin:
135 x 8 / BW x 8
[ 205 x 8 / BW x 8 ] x 3

Bench / curl:
135 x 15 / 82 x 10
[ 185 x 8 / 82 x 10 ] x 3

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Sat Jan 07, 2023 5:29 am

alek wrote: Thu Jan 05, 2023 9:49 amOh, okay. The way you worded it made me think that you were dying of dysentery or something.
It's more of a metaphorical dysentery.

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Re: The Unforgiving Minute

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Post by EricK » Mon Jan 09, 2023 4:18 am

Mon, 1/9/23

205.2

Squat / chin:
135 x 8 / BW x 8
[ 225 x 5 / BW x 8 ] x 3

Bench / curl:
135 x 15 / 82 x 10
[ 190 x 8 / 82 x 10 ] x 3

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