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Nice. I do by the end but I know when I need a break because I tend to start missing lifts I'd normally hit. If it feels terrible doing singles chances are you need a deload. Which was definitely the case here. I'm a natural slack arse so I'll do nothing given the option. Takes quite a lot of will power to do anything. I especially enjoy easy training when I've just had a week that's crushed me.

Today's workout Power clean: 90x2x5 Power Jerk: 80x2x5 Push Press: 55x3x3 Accessory Back extensions with 20kg. Some ab exercise I don't know what it's called. V sits or something. vague on the details today.

Lol. This is one of the easier ones. There are workouts for just about every one. Or make up your own.

Keep forgetting to come back and update. Saturday Heavy day Warm up: As per the norm Workout Snatch: 65x2, 75x2, 85x2, 90x1, 95x1, missed 100 Clean and Jerk (2+1): 85x3, 90x3, 105x3, 110x2 Back squat: 125x3, 130x3, 140x3, 150x3, 155x3 Stiff Leg deadlift: 80x5x3 Accessory Planks Sunday Rest Broke one of my goals here. It was rainy and miserable and my wife wanted apple pie. To compensate I did half of a disney movie workout with my wife lol. Monday Finally, Deload week, Warmup: The normal. Though I feel like its getting shorter. Workout Snatch: 65x2, 70x2x2, 75x2x3 Snatch pull: 95x3x2, 100x3x2 Back squat: 125x3x5 Accessory Back Planks, situps and twists.

Gym owners not trying to blame me or anything. Just feel a little guilty but yeah they are all second hand platforms and the flooring is not the best for dropping heavy loads on.

I find it hardest when a program gets hard and my knees are just aching all the time. That's when the wheels fall off. Once I miss one it tends to snowball from there.

I would need a coach who I trust to program for me. I had programs written for me in the past but it was very half arsed. Now there is no one to get programs off so I program for myself mainly, or use a catalyst athletics training program. I can follow a program if I have it all written out for me. It's when I don't know what I'm doing for the day that it becomes a problem.

I like Thursdays. Been a while since I utilized my own gym. Mainly because it's super messy. Thursdays are nice because they aren't super hard. Nothing overly heavy, volumes quite low. Warm up I don't own a rower so it was bike today. Snatch warm up stuff Workout Power Snatch- 65x3, 67x3, 70x3, 75x3 Snatch High Pull - 80x3x2, 85x3x2 Snatch Push Press + 1 OH squat - 60x6, 65x6, 67x6, 70x6, 72x6, 75x6 Accessory work Back extensions, Situps, and weighted twists. Rest day tomorrow and then a heavy day on Saturday.

Got a noise complaint from one of the neighbors that lives behind the gym. Wouldn't bother me if I didn't know him lol but he's a friend and he's also the guy who sells me my food. The newest development is I've managed to put 4 very size-able holes in the floor. I train in a gym that has a sprung floor with the air gap and what not beneath it. Well we moved the lifting platforms yesterday to make way for the new lifting platform we got and well... the area right where the barbell lands was just decimated on two platforms. It's not really a question as to who it was because I'm the only one who lifts heavy enough to do that sort of damage. Thinking back those were actually the two platforms I've only ever used to do max clean and jerks on. Not that they can do anything as they were designated lifting platforms and I wasn't doing anything wrong but now they have to fork out the money to get them repaired. It was a little ironic because it was only that morning that she was telling me to be careful about scratching the floor because she'd have to pay for any damage. Anyway guess I'm going to have to get my home gym cleaned up and start using it again. Warm up Normal stuff Workout 3 Position clean + 1 Jerk - 80x4, 85x4, 90x4, 100x4, 105x4, 110x4 (rep max) Clean Pulls - 135x3x4 Front Squats - 90x3, 95x3, 195x3, 110x3, 115x3 (rep max) Good mornings: 50x5x3 Accessory Back extensions and GHD situps with some pistol squats thrown in. Trying to get better at pistols. This is a heavy week with 3 and 5 rep max sets so it's killing me a little inside and I feel like a slug.

My biggest problem is I train in the morning. This works counter intuitive to how my body does. At the moment though I aim for a higher fat breakfast, which I realize isn't ideal when it's around training time, but if I eat a high carb breakfast my energy is non existent for about 3 -4 hours in the afternoon. I take in some carbs post work out to help replenish muscle glycogen but I mainly try to carb load a little the night prior and rely on that to sort of help feed the body. On an ideal day I wake up, high fat high protein breakfast, snack on nuts and things through the morning. still high fat and high protein for lunch but with some carbs added in. and then I'll snack on fruit in the afternoon and before training and go to town on rice and potatoes and things at night after training. Still getting the protein but minimizing fat intake around training times.

Yeah that sounds very much like the direction I'm heading. I'm starting to vary my carb intake and timing. For instance I find if I have carbs in the morning, I am wrecked in the afternoon. Learning the hard way that it's not just about what you eat but when as well. Nutrition is definitely the hardest thing to get right for me. Glad to hear your side is doing better though :). Also I know it's not the same situation you're in but my wife and I are trying for a second and it's taking a while(12months) and it degenerated into all of the timed intercourse as well. Makes you feel like an awkward teenager again I find. So can relate, at least a little in that regard.

Ok Today: Did not want to get out of bed. Spent the night with my two year old daughter kicking my in the throat and face. I got out of bed but then made the mistake of sitting in a chair. Didn't want to get out of the chair either. Eventually I got my arse to the gym though. Warm up Only 500m this morning. I feel dead for all intents and purposes. I down some heavily caffeinated pre-workout which I think is what G'd me up in the end. Workout Apart from the slow start once I got into it things where feeling alright. Power Cleans: 90x3, 95x3, 100x3, 105x3 (This was a 3RM test, I stopped t 105 because technique was going out the window) Power Jerk: 80x3, 85x3, 90x3, 95x3 (I have to be careful with these as the lower down hurts my knees pretty bad) Overhead Squat: 65x3, 67x3, 72x3, 77x3 (I need to work on these, my positioning was unstable) Accessory Planks - 20second holdsx5 Side plank - 20sec holds each side x3 Back extensions - 20kgx10x5 Engine started a bit slow but once I got moving I was good. Knees felt a little better again.

It sucks. That and I have to almost tear my arms out of their sockets putting the weight down sometime. Gotta do what you gotta do.

Still alive. Got caught up reading My Hero Academia. I get very little done when I find something like that to read. Anyway an update of what's been going on: Sunday 12th This was a rest day. I managed to avoid eating any sweets. Go team. Also stretched and did my 10 mins of headspace. Today This week is a big week. A lot of volume and intensity. Luckily my knees have come a bit better. Not 100% but nowhere near as bad as they where last week. Hopefully they continue to get better. Warm up Same 1000m row stretching snatch warm ups Workout 3 position snatch - 65kgx3, 70kgx3, 75kgx3, 80kgx3. This was a 3 rep max test. 80 was the best I could do. Snatch Pulls - 105kgx3x4 Back Squat - 125kgx5, 130kgx5, 140kgx5 - This was a 5 rep max test where 140 was the best I could do. I had zero motivation, hard to get amped up when your knees ache and you can't make any noise. Push Press - 55kgx5, 57kgx5, 60kgx5, 62kgx5, 65kgx4 another 5 rep max test Accessory work Back planks - 10kgx 20 second holds x 3 GHD situps - 15x5 Hopefully me knees continue to improve. So far on track with my goals.

Lifting is relative. Just because I lift more weight doesn't make it easier or harder, just depends on the level you're at. My little one had the never ending cough for about 10 weeks, every time she'd go to daycare it would just re-intensify. It's gone now touch wood.