A Hebridean Diary
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| Martin1956 |  | ... | 28-03-2025 @ 17:47 |
 Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Still feeling lousy, but maybe just enough there to do a bit? No training partner. He's like I was last week. So just a tickover session. Bench Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 8 60 for 6 80 for 4 100 for 2 110 for 1 120 for 1 - easy, so 130 for 1 - pretty hard 120 for 2 110 for 3 100 for 5 Finish In the circumstances, delighted with that, long rests and all. The 110 x 3 just about finished me off, and the 100 x 5 finished the job. | ||
| Billwest |  | ... | 28-03-2025 @ 17:54 |
Member 541, 5277 posts SQ 192.5, BP 120, DL 222.5535.0 kgs @ 92.8kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 28.03.2025 @ 17:55 PM by Billwest Pretty good session for someone just out of their sickbed Martin. Great stuff! | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 29-03-2025 @ 13:26 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Billwest said:Pretty good session for someone just out of their sickbed Martin. Great stuff! Thanks Bill, yes, very pleased with that all things considered.  | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 01-04-2025 @ 18:41 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Tuesday Bench Just a gentle one. still not tip top. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 60 for 5 70 for 4 80 for 3 90 for 2 100 for 1 110 for 1 120 for 1 Finish Didn't expect it to be that gentle! Busy day, with new lamb, new car, lots of running about, all while feeling lousy and not eating properly. I suppose a quick run through the gears is better than nothing. There will be better days. | ||
| b15ape1 | | ... | 01-04-2025 @ 20:53 |
 British bum sex champ Member 450, 1953 posts SQ 315, BP 212.5, DL 290817.5 kgs @ 137kgs Eq | Martin1956 said:Tuesday Bench Just a gentle one. still not tip top. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 60 for 5 70 for 4 80 for 3 90 for 2 100 for 1 110 for 1 120 for 1 Finish Didn't expect it to be that gentle! Busy day, with new lamb, new car, lots of running about, all while feeling lousy and not eating properly. I suppose a quick run through the gears is better than nothing. There will be better days. It all goes in the bank Fletty....somethings better than nothing  | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 02-04-2025 @ 19:24 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | b15ape1 said: It all goes in the bank Fletty....somethings better than nothing Better to cling on to the vestiges of strength than just let it go. So I'll be doing another s**t session on Friday. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 04-04-2025 @ 19:18 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Friday Bench Still feeling lousy, so just another easy run through the gears to keep everything ticking over until I feel better. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 50 for 5 60 for 4 70 for 3 80 for 2 90 for 1 100 for 1 110 for 1 120 for 1 Finish More there strength wise, but maybe not energy wise. Achieved its purpose. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 08-04-2025 @ 16:21 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Tuesday Bench Still a bit under the weather, but slightly less so. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 60 for 5 70 for 4 80 for 3 90 for 2 100 for 1 110 for 1 120 for 1 125 for 1 115 for 2 105 for 4 95 for 6 Finish No trees being uprooted, but a small step in the right direction. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 11-04-2025 @ 16:20 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Friday Bench Microscopic improvement health-wise, so a microscopic addition to the bar weight. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 60 for 5 70 for 4 80 for 3 90 for 2 100 for 1 110 for 1 120 for 1 127.5 for 1 117.5 for 2 107.5 for 4 97.5 for 6 Finish Last night, for the first time this year. my blood pressure monitor didn't tell me my BP was high. It did this morning, but a very welcome step in the right direction. I was also put on a beta blocker, started it on Monday, and within 24 hours my pulse had dropped from high 70s to low 60s, where it has remained ever since. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 15-04-2025 @ 17:18 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Tuesday Bench Flat as flat can be, and creaky shoulders too. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 50 for 5 60 for 5 70 for 4 80 for 3 90 for 2 100 for 1 110 for 1 120 for 1 130 for 1 120 for 2 110 for 1 Finish The double with 120 took the last of my energy, but it was good to hit 130 again and double 120. Should've eaten more, had no bananas handy. I really need to get back to pyramids, but I simply don't have the strength endurance yet, so we do what we do until we can do better. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 18-04-2025 @ 22:40 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Friday Bench Dreadful session. Had quite an active day before training, felt like sleeping rather than training. Would have if no training partner. Decided on a quick run through the gears if I could stay awake. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 60 for 5 70 for 4 80 for 3 90 for 2 100 for 1 110 for 1 120 for 1 Finish Had a nap. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 22-04-2025 @ 17:08 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Tuesday Bench Felt a little bit better today. Not 100%, but closer. The plan today was to try on my old, but rarely used, Super Katana, and see how things went. Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 50 for 5 60 for 5 70 for 4 80 for 3 90 for 2 100 for 1 110 for 1 Shirt on 140 for 1 - no touch 150 for 1 - I either touched or nearly touched Shirt off 100 for 6 90 for 8 80 for 10 Finish. I think this is the shirt to focus on for the foreseeable future. It used to need 190 for a touch, but I'm not as big as I was when it was custom made all these years ago. I'm now consigned to the land of loose shirts, because I fear I can no longer press what I would need to touch in a tight shirt. The joys of aging! All the down sets, there was at least one more rep there on each set, but I was just pleased that the extreme fatigue of recent weeks has at last left the room. There will be better sessions, but today was an important step back. | ||
| b15ape1 | | ... | 22-04-2025 @ 21:54 |
British bum sex champ Member 450, 1953 posts SQ 315, BP 212.5, DL 290817.5 kgs @ 137kgs Eq | Well done Fletty, nice work  | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 24-04-2025 @ 00:02 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | b15ape1 said:Well done Fletty, nice work Thanks mate. Hoping to get at least 30 out of the shirt, so there's incentive to practice in the shirt, and to get my raw number up. | ||
| Martin1956 | | ... | 25-04-2025 @ 22:36 |
Old Age Presser Member 75, 8040 posts SQ 0, BP 200, DL 200400.0 kgs @ 105kgs Eq | Friday Bench Clearly getting better. This time last week I couldn't even have contemplated a volume pyramid. Left me shattered mind you, but isn't that the general idea? I've had this extreme fatigue for five weeks now. It'll be good to see the back of it... Bar for 10 x 3 sets 40 for 6 60 for 4 80 for 2 100 for 1 120 for 1 80 for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Finish One of these sessions that takes moments to write but ages to do. Felt wrecked after the down 9 and had to take longer rests, but got it done. Arms were fried, by the end 80 felt like 120. Good to be back on the metaphorical bike. Also, the truncated warm up with 20 jumps didn't really work. Really creaky throughout, which is why I stopped at 120. Lesson learnt. Shirt Tuesday, then a week's holiday... | ||
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