Today's workout

Squeezing one in before my business trip

Padma Sadhana 14 min
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
Back squats 1x4 to 225
5x4 back squat at 205
Dumbbell Snatch 1x5 /side 10 & 20 lbs
Dumbbell Snatch 3x5/side 30 lb

Now off to pack...

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Today's workout:

Padma Sadhana 15 min
Shoulder conditioning
Deadlifts 1x5 to 225lb
2x5 at 205lb
Dumbbell/Kettlebell singles arm benchpress 3x5 per side at 35lb

Playing with the features on my Garmin Connect and tracked Yoga and lifting sessions today.

Slowly pushing my numbers back up...
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Today's workout:
Padma Sadhana 15 min
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
1x5 bench press to 135lb
3x5 bench press @ 122lb / 1x4 @ 122lb
Kettle bell / dumbbell rows 1x5/side 10lb, 13lb, 20lb, 26lb, 30lb, 35lb
3x5/side 40lb and 44lb

Did better than first session, but still couldn't do 5x5 at 122, but shoulder stand is getting easier again.

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Today's workout:
Week 2: First session
Padma Sadhana 15 min
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
1x5 Back squat to 185lb
5x5 back squat at 167lb
Dumbbell Snatch 3x5 per side at 30lb
Been tired all day but this may have reset me a bit. May do a bit more yin yoga before bed.

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Today's workout:
Padma Sadhana (15 min)
Shoulder Conditioning
10 air squats
Deadlift 1x5 to 205lb
Deadlift 3x5 @ 175 lb
Single arm bench 1x5 per side to 35 lb then 2x5 per side at 35lb

Might take a longish walk in a bit... Probably do some yin yoga later.

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Today's workout:
Padma Sadhana (15 min)
Shoulder Conditioning
10 air squats
Deadlift 1x5 to 205lb
Deadlift 3x5 @ 175 lb
Single arm bench 1x5 per side to 35 lb then 2x5 per side at 35lb

Might take a longish walk in a bit... Probably do some yin yoga later.

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Today's workout:
Padma Sadhana ( bow and shoulderstand looking better )
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
Bench press 1x5 to 135
1x5;1x4 at 122 (couldn't finish)
KB row 3x5 per side at 35lb

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Tonight's workout
Starting to find my way through the new routine:
Padma Sadhana (Lotus cycle) - 15 min
Shoulder Conditioning
Air squats ( 6)
Back squat 1x5 to 165 lb
2x5 backsquat at 150 lb
3x5 dumbbell snatches (each side) 10 lbs

Feeling a bit off - so definitely didn't want to go heavy and force things.

May still try to work in some more yin yoga before bedtime...

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Workout

Deadlift test.
1x1 to 275 lb. 10 lbs lighter than my last one rep max. 😭

Anyway. I'll keep plugging along.

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Tonight's test:

Bench press

Got to 1x1 to 175 lb. Five pounds heavier than my last test.

Yay.

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Back Squat test day

1x1 to 315 lb.

Feels good to be back above 300 again.

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Tonight's workout:

*Last deadlifts sets before test*

10 min glute and hamstring stretches
5 min rowing machine
Shoulder Conditioning
10 air squats
1x5 to 205 lb deadlift
2x5 185 lb deadlift

5,800 cumulative load lifted

20 min yin yoga later...
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Reminding myself that every workout doesn't have to be heavier than the last. Focus on the form.

Today's workout:
Quad and Ham stretches
5 min in Rowing machine
Shoulder Conditioning
10 air squats
1x5 back squat to 225
2x5 back squat at 205
Yin yoga to follow...

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Today's workout:

Quad & Hamstring stretches 10 min
Rowing machine 10 min
Shoulder Conditioning
10 air squats
1x4 Deadlifts to 225lb
4x4 Deadlifts @ 205lb

Next up: 20 minutes of Yin Yoga

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Today's workout:
Stretches
Rowing machine
Shoulder Conditioning
10 air squats
Benchpress reps increased to 6 per set this week.
Bench press 1x6 up to 135
Bench 1x6 at 122 and 1x5 at 122
Just didn't have enough in the tank to finish, even though my leg drive seemed rock solid. ☹️
20 min of yin yoga to cool down.

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Today's workout:
10 min stretches
5 min of rowing machine
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
Sets of 1x5 rep back squats to 255
Then 5x5 @ 230
13,250lbs total lifted today

Next up: yoga

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Today's workout:

Pre-workout
30 min hemming and hawing
5 min kicking and screaming
😂

10 min quad and hamstring stretches
5 minutes rowing machine
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
Deadlifts set of 4 to 205lb
Deadlifts 4x4 at 185 lb

Couldn't budge the bar at 225. 🙄 But focused on the new form.

Yin Yoga will come later...

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Today's workout:
10 minutes quad and hamstring stretches
5 minutes rowing
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
Sets of 1x5 bench press at 135lbs
5x5 bench press at 122lb

Reminding myself to actually re-read my logs. Was I getting to 135 last block? Yes. Was I doing as many reps? No. Was I struggling with the 122 reps afterwards? Yes. Did I complete 5x5? Not even close.

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Tonight's workout:

10 minutes of stretches
5 minute rowing
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
1x4 back squats to 255lb
5x4 back squats at 230lb

10,600 lbs total load

Next: 20 minutes Yin Yoga

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Tonight's workout:

10 minutes stretching
5 minutes rowing
Shoulder conditioning
10 air squats
Benchpress
Sets of 5 reps to 135lb
1 set of 4 reps at 137
2 sets of 5 reps at 122
1 set of 4 reps at 122

And then 20 minutes of yin yoga

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