Category: GYM
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Back for good (hopefully)
My life has been on hold for the last few months as I have bedded into a tough new role in once-in-a-lifetime circumstances (or at least I hope so). Here’s a clip from my first “proper” workout of the festive holiday. I say proper because I had a very active weekend, although it was largely…
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A week in workouts #6 (3rd – 9th August, 2020)
Really happy with my performance this week, shoulders aside. I had a substantial setback on the shoulder press, going backwards by three reps. I may have had a bad day or I may have misrecorded the weight used in prior weeks. Truth is I do not know, I only know that I maxed out at…
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A week in workouts #5 (27th July – 2nd August, 2020)
I was away at the beginning of the week so had to condense my usual 3 weights sessions into 2. I did chest, arms and shoulders on Thursday and legs on Friday. Both days were hot hot hot but I enjoyed the sessions and made progress on pretty much every exercise, as you can see…
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A week in workouts #4 (20th – 26th July, 2020)
I put in all 3 weights sessions this week. Results and clips from each workout follow: Monday 20th July – Arms/shoulders EXERCISE SET WEIGHT REPS CHANGE Bicep curls 1 29KG 11 N/A 2 29KG 10 Tricep extensions 1 26KG 12 Weight increased 2 24KG 13 Extra 3 reps Closed grip bench press 1 37.5KG 15…
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A week in workouts #3 (13th – 19th July, 2020)
A great week of workouts featuring progress on each of my big 3 sessions: arms/shoulders, chest/back, legs (see below). Reps were up across the board, I felt like an altogether more powerful person. Fingers crossed I’ve got momentum now – that is, my muscles are used to growing and expect more of the same. As…
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A week in workouts #2 (6th – 12th July, 2020)
A messy week with lots going on including guests. 😱 I had to sacrifice a weights session so I did a legs/chest crossover session on Friday to prioritise. In both workouts I was stronger (as the rep count proved) and felt more powerful. I’ve featured videos of two sets below… UPRIGHT ROW (SHOULDERS) (Monday 6th…
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A week in workouts (29th June – 5th July 2020)
This is the first week I have executed my full weights schedule in 2020, the first of many I’m sure. Generally I felt stronger and performed better than in prior sessions. I look forward to establishing a settle pattern of weekly workouts, carefully tracking performance and attainment. I’ve had enough of on and off, from…
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Transformation gym session #4
Given that I’m newly returned to weight lifting it’s a matter of training whatever body part isn’t sore. My upper body was OK today so I thought I would do my inaugural back session combined with chest, which I did in my first Transformation era session. I threw in two shoulder sets which I didn’t…
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Transformation gym session #3
I have recorded 5 of my 16 leg day sets from today’s session, you can see the videos below. It was my first full legs session of the new era and I would be lying if I said I enjoyed it. I got the job done though and that’s the main thing. I was shattered…
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Transformation gym session #2
Managed to squeeze in a quick workout late on Saturday (20th June 2020), eight sets targeting arms and shoulders. The videos are a bit naff – I’m living and learning! 🙂 Details of each set are elaborated in the table below. Shoulder press Lat. raises Tricep curls Bicep curls EXERCISE SET WEIGHT REPS Shoulder press…
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