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Awesome updates all around! Increasing bench weight while dropping bodyweight is the type of progress we all dream about. Happy anniversary to you and the missus! -
Yesterday my wife & I celebrated 7 years of marriage. Had an absolutely perfect bone-in ribeye at dinner, and we spent some quality time together in the local health club’s warm pool & hot tub...
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5/19/26 BW 235.8 yesterday Stretching at home 5 min Assault Bike Mace Swings Band Warmup Scap Pushups Cat Camel Bird Dogs Tspine Mobility Push-ups Bench, Texas powerbar 45,135,225x5 275x3...
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thats awesome! I bet swimming would be a great low impact way for him to start getting use out of it again too.
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Thanks man. He’s been doing good. Last week’s xray at 2.5 weeks post reset showed good callusing around the breaks and alignment still great. He’s scheduled to get his cast off June 4th right...
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Thank you; I know the weight wasn’t too heavy for the day and my volume/progression in recent weeks is good for me based on how easy 495 was prior. I just didn’t stay tight enough initially...
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solid weekend session! how is your boy doing? you know with pulls, I have generally been "if I can break the ground" then its going to go. That might be from a lot of years of rack pulls and...
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Man that was some good deadlifts, but I hate it you strained something. Hopefully you caught it early enough and it isn’t too bad.
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Ran out of my 200mg DIM that I take year round, so I took 12.5mg Aromasin yesterday. Still, by end of Sat I was feeling some nipple sensitivity, and I hadn’t even taken my daily test/trest. So...
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5/17/26 BW 237.2 yesterday Deadlift, weightlifting bar 135x8 RDL 225,315,405x3 +belt 455,495,515x3 455x2 GHR BWx10,10+4 Hoist Lying Leg Curl 118,158x2 175x12,8 NG Med Grip Lat Pulldowns...
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Spot on. The challenge was certainly not pulling 225 off the floor - it was trying to finish 300+ at the top with my tight elbow lol. To be clear, this was just a random attempt, not a set. And...
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Only problem with banded rows is that the weight jacks up at the part where you're already weakest, so it doesn't really match the strength curve of the muscle super well.
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Bands are mainly good if you are lifting too slowly - they will punish you if you cruise & reward high rate of force production. If you find yourself grinding slower on the big 3, running a wave...
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Thanks for reminding me of banded speed DL’s, I think that could help me break a plateau.
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Man my step daughter called me one time while I was working out. She had a flat tire so I had to change it. Good work considering the interruption. I need to try the banded rows. I do a lot of...
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That’s what you call an Opportunistic Lifter.😎
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Me neither, but the new guy was doing his speed deadlifts so it was right there for the taking!
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Yeah, I definitely don’t trust those jacks. I’ve never tried a barbell row with bands either, but it definitely makes sense, and would take momentum out of the equation making rows tougher for sure.💪
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Also, tried to barbell row 225 against double minibands run across the platform, but when the bands kicked in I couldn’t pull it to my stomach. But at least we gave it the ol’ college try 😝
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5/15/26 BW 236.8 yesterday 3 min Assault Bike Scap Pushups Cat Camel Bird Dogs go fix my daughter’s car Band Pullaparts Mini 3x34 CG Shouldersaver Bench 135x10 245 3x8 Cable Y Raises 20...
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makes sense, I think I had the fortunate circumstance to learn front squats when I was a bit smaller and learning oly from scratch, ironically I've tried the cross arm a number of times over the...
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BP looking good. Pulse is up some as expected on Trest, but since mine is always lower it’s no issue.
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I’ve never been able to get in that position even when my left elbow could bend properly truthfully. I don’t think I even tried frontsquats until I was already built up to 190+lbs. Now I just...
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heavy 3x8 front squats are puke inducing heart attacks. its good to see that the front squats are treating you well! I think they are my favorite variety tbh, but I do take them in a clean...
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That's a serious session. Really seems like things are trending up all around. The performance 4 months from now at a lighter bodyweight is gonna be fucking incredible to see.
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5/13/26 BW 238.0 2 min Assault Bike Tspine Mobility Scap Pushups Cat Camel Bird Dogs Splitsquat BW Squats Squats, Texas powerbar 45,155,265,331x5 +doubleply sleeves & belt 386,420,442,465x5...
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MrKleen73 replied to the thread KLEEN LIVING - A log about Life, Training, and Nutrition..Amen to that, it ain't easy. Bring on the gains. It was a good weekend got in a little training. Had an odd couple of days where my left hip seemed to get really inflamed by something, but I...
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MrKleen73 replied to the thread Slicin' and Dicin'.Yeah, I can see what you did there, but I don't know that the thing you have been pushing hard enough to keep near your max is going to be the one you want still closest to your max at the...
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MrKleen73 replied to the thread Building Back Up.Well, you can tell I thought about it hard enough to figure it out! LOL
