Approved Log My First Log - Cleaning Up and Locking In Before Blast Off

[chesty]

What kind of hobbies are you looking to get into? Tell us more about that.

 

[Frogger]

Bros, get some pictures of the landscaping for us. Next time. We want to see what you're up to.

I try to keep identifying stuff off the internet. We're clearing grass and weeds from a steep back yard, making a top section suitable for planter boxes, and filling the lower area with (mostly fruiting or otherwise edible) native plants. We didn't end up doing the wood chipping today so that's a job for the morning. I'll be off to get a gym session in shortly before bed time

 

[Ulter]

great job man. you are pushing things fast and furious.

 

[Frogger]

What kind of hobbies are you looking to get into? Tell us more about that.

Hunting and the really granular side of espresso making. Both enjoyable and have a decent depth of technical knowledge that can be learned through experience. I've always liked to tinker with things and understand how and why things are engineered the way they are. Another aspect of the hunting is that kangaroos are in plague proportions around here and seeing as I already eat 2kg+ of roo a week I may as well skip the supermarket and source it myself. I'll break even from the licencing fees and capital investment relatively quickly

 

[e2]

back training is amazing.
you are a beast !

 

[2Thick]

I like the EZ bar preacher curls. Those are really fun.

 

[Frogger]

I like the EZ bar preacher curls. Those are really fun.

I like to keep momentum squarely out of the picture with as many movements as I can, so it works well for me with that. Cable curls also work very well, I just default to the preacher and EZ bar.

Just getting a bit of food in now and then I'll grab my training book out of my bag and type up tonight's session.

 

[Vadim Fedorov]

A lot of people have shoulder issues.

You start developing tears. The more you pound that it my advice is lay off of it for a while.

 

[Frogger]

A lot of people have shoulder issues.

You start developing tears. The more you pound that it my advice is lay off of it for a while.

I do think it's tendon strain rather than a tear with where it is and how it feels. I could be wrong, but it feels like any other tendonitis I've had in the past. It is calming down quickly, but I'll give pressing exercises a rest until I get back home next week at least

 

[Wootoom]

Build up your mobility and your flexibility and your shoulders that's gonna prevent future injuries.

 

[JasonPriest]

You need to avoid things that stress out your shoulders.

This means avoid overhead or pull down exercises.

 

[BodyMonster34]

bro both my shoulders flair up when i train but i don't give a sh*T. i'm tough i can handle it

 

[Quadsweep]

one of the things we see as we age is joint issues pop up.

its pretty common. make sure you are avoiding shoulder pain

 

[Frogger]

Tonight's session

19/3/25

Chest + triceps + core

Started out with the 2km run. My shins still don't love running but I got through it.

Incline crunches
20
10
10
10
10 - I should probably start bumping up the difficulty here and put a plate on my chest. I get fatigue in the moment but I'm no longer getting DOMS from a lot of my core work

Cable crossovers
10x10kg
10x12.5kg
10x15kg
10x17.5kg
10x17.5kg
10x15kg
10x15kg - I moved the pulleys from high to low here because that is usually great for my chest pump but I started to feel my bad delt flare up so I went to triceps

Tricep push down - some cable crunches superset inside these
10x20kg
10x30kg
10x35kg
10x42.5kg
10x35kg
10x35kg
10x30kg

Went back to cable crossovers with a bent body position and high cables to stretch out my pecs without affecting my delt
10x15kg
10x15kg
10x15kg

End of session


@Wootoom Shoulder mobility is quite good because I always stick to very deep ranges of motion. This issue is occurring at the insertion point at the bottom of the delt, around the height of the top of my bicep muscle belly rather than up high in the shoulder where all the intricate structure and movement occurs

 

[Npcclassicphysique champ]

Tonight's session

19/3/25

Chest + triceps + core

Started out with the 2km run. My shins still don't love running but I got through it.

Incline crunches
20
10
10
10
10 - I should probably start bumping up the difficulty here and put a plate on my chest. I get fatigue in the moment but I'm no longer getting DOMS from a lot of my core work

Cable crossovers
10x10kg
10x12.5kg
10x15kg
10x17.5kg
10x17.5kg
10x15kg
10x15kg - I moved the pulleys from high to low here because that is usually great for my chest pump but I started to feel my bad delt flare up so I went to triceps

Tricep push down - some cable crunches superset inside these
10x20kg
10x30kg
10x35kg
10x42.5kg
10x35kg
10x35kg
10x30kg

Went back to cable crossovers with a bent body position and high cables to stretch out my pecs without affecting my delt
10x15kg
10x15kg
10x15kg

End of session


@Wootoom Shoulder mobility is quite good because I always stick to very deep ranges of motion. This issue is occurring at the insertion point at the bottom of the delt, around the height of the top of my bicep muscle belly rather than up high in the shoulder where all the intricate structure and movement occurs

cable crossovers too much volume bro imo i would cut this to 3 sets and 1 drop @Frogger
and why 2k run? how about we do a walk up incline on treadmill

 

[Frogger]

cable crossovers too much volume bro imo i would cut this to 3 sets and 1 drop @Frogger
and why 2k run? how about we do a walk up incline on treadmill

I've used incline treadmill with various inclines, speeds, and durations for my cardio before and it does nothing for my blood pressure. I naturally run slightly high (confirmed with organ and arterial imaging) and running is what's taken it from ~135/80 to ~115/70.
Don't get me wrong, I hate the running, but it makes my body run better in so many ways in the long term.

 

[Npcclassicphysique champ]

I've used incline treadmill with various inclines, speeds, and durations for my cardio before and it does nothing for my blood pressure. I naturally run slightly high (confirmed with organ and arterial imaging) and running is what's taken it from ~135/80 to ~115/70.
Don't get me wrong, I hate the running, but it makes my body run better in so many ways in the long term.

i do want to see less volume bro

 

[Frogger]

i do want to see less volume bro

I'll see how I go trading volume for weight going into the blast in a couple of weeks

 

[Npcclassicphysique champ]

I'll see how I go trading volume for weight going into the blast in a couple of weeks

lets see bro you right

 

[ballin2504]

Had to get this up before bed. I just finished up tonight's session (ended up doing legs. Will let my shoulders rest for a bit and go easy on pressing exercises until it's feeling better) and had dinner.

14/3/25

Back
This was a morning session before driving across the state for a weekend away. Did my 2km run before resistance training.

Single arm cable pullovers - warmup
10x12.5kg
10x12.5kg
10x12.5kg

Pull ups
set of 10, didn't like how much my form was breaking (not using legs or swinging, just not great) so I went to machines

Single arm plate row
10x20kg
10x40kg
10x60kg - I think I drank too much water between sets and pushing against the chest support had me feeling slightly nauseous so I again moved on

Lat prayer - these sets felt too light for the weights labelled on the stack so take the numbers with a grain of salt
10x30kg
10x45kg
10x60kg
10x60kg
10x60kg

EZ bar preacher curls
10x35kg
10x35kg
7x45kg
10x25kg

End

All in all, not the best session but not the worst. I definitely took a performance hit because I hadn't been sleeping well with all the planning and paperwork I'd been doing the days before this.

I didn't get as much bodyweight training in over the weekend as I could have and it was hard to get quality macros in with what was locally available, but we averaged around 20k steps a day, largely on bush tracks with a lot of uphill sections. I must have driven for about 20 hours over the course of the weekend which I'm not keen to do again any time soon.

18/3/25

Legs
Was supposed to hit shoulders tonight but after one set of DB shoulder press it was pretty evident that I should change it up. For anyone who might have some advice, the pain occurs relatively close to the "side" delt insertion, causing pain when the arm is moved past horizontal either from above or below, especially when the arm is in a "chicken wing" position. Probably some tendonitis because I often hit my shoulders hard and work has me lifting ~15kg in a manner similar to an upright row 100+ times most days.

2km run to start things off

DB Shoulder press
10x20kg - Normally 20kg would be a fine starting point after some warming up but my left shoulder just wasn't having it. The strength was 100% there but I could tell I was hurting something so I stopped

Quad extensions
10x33kg
10x54kg
10x75kg
10x103kg
5x117kg
10x82kg
10x68kg
10x54kg

Hamstring curls
15x40kg
15x60kg
10x80kg
10x100kg
10x75kg

Admittedly I should have done some core work here but I was drenched in sweat (gym gear was in the wash so I was a lot warmer than I'd normally be) and hungry. I'll do non-pressing chest work tomorrow and hit my abs hard between sets. Lots of yard work to be done tomorrow, putting branches through the wood chipper and moving soil around etc. and not long before I have to drive another few hours before flying across the country for the weekend so more busy days ahead.

@Frogger good idea to switch up and do legs to give you shoulders little more of a break.