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Hello everyone, I'm currently a student working, studying, and living in Seattle. I didn't really come here to talk about that, though. I've been lifting on and off for about a year now, and I've decided that it's time for me to get serious and post a log of what I've been doing and to set some goals for myself. I'm running my first 50k on March 30th. What a way to cap off finals week! My goals include:  315x1 deadlift (currently 215x5) 275x1 squat (currently 215x3) 175x5 bench (currently 145x5) bulk up to 180 lbs (currently 163) I'd like to reach these goals by December 31st, 2013 ^ These will likely get changed and updated as I continue to make progress, but for now I'd like to just stay in the realm of realism. I'm going to mainly be focusing on running for the next few months and will probably mostly focus on lifting for the rest of the year. Pictures:   you also get a nice view of the lovely linoleum in my bathroom with this one.   I'll try to update this evey day that I work out, if not, at least twice a week. I'm looking forward to reaching my goals & hearing any feedback you guys might have to offer! somnolence fucked around with this message at Apr 1, 2013 around 05:58 |
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| # ? May 20, 2013 13:18 |
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YES. ULTRA RUNNING. YES.  I'm currently looking for my first 50M to sign up for... that route looks pretty gorgeous!
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| # ? Jan 11, 2013 05:43 |
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Wow, so many runners now! Certainly following, and looking forward to more ultra talk.
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| # ? Jan 11, 2013 05:50 |
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Tonight's workout, notation is in weight/reps/sets Bench: warm up 45/10/1 135/5/1 145/5/1 155/1/2 Squat: warm up 45/10/1 185/5/1 205/5/1 215/3/1 225/1/2 Chin-ups: body weight 10/1 BW 5/1 BW 4/1 Good mornings: 45/10/2
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| # ? Jan 11, 2013 07:17 |
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I spent the day volunteering at a tent city helping to raise their shelters off of the ground and onto cinderblocks to help curb a recent rat infestation. We were able to get their kitchen and donation acceptance center off of the ground today and filled a rather large dumpster with various bits of garbage like old pallets, donations to the camp that couldn't be used, etc. I'm going back tomorrow as well, hopefully we can help them get some of the major projects that we initially outlined completed. tl;dr No workout today, I spent 6 hours doing intense manual labor. edit: rogue "the" appeared out of nowhere somnolence fucked around with this message at Jan 13, 2013 around 08:27 |
| # ? Jan 13, 2013 07:39 |
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Tonight's workout: Squat 135 1x5 165 1x5 215 3x5 Power cleans 75 1x5 115 1x5 135 1x5 Chin ups BW 1x7 1x5 1x1 I'm currently looking for an app to track my runs, I will start posting them as soon as I get that figured out.
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| # ? Jan 18, 2013 09:04 |
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Did a short run of 3.5 miles tonight. I may update later with some lifting! Edit: By the way, I have to say that watching steam roll off of your body after a run in the cold is one of the most bad rear end feelings ever.
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| # ? Jan 20, 2013 05:00 |
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I'm just now getting back into the swing of things after starting school up this quarter, updates are going to be a lot more frequent from this point on. A Thing: 
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 09:32 |
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Today's workout: I've started on Alfalfa's 2 day routine for hard gainers because I think it will fit in nicely with the amount of running I'm doing. Bench 1x5 95 2x7 135 1x6 135 Military Press 1x5 65 2x7 95 1x6 95 decline bench - whoops 2x10 95 db skullcrushers 1x10 15 2x10 25 hyperextensions 1x25 25 1x20 35 weighted ab pulldowns 2x10 100 I'd say my upper body is my weak point as far as my lifts are concerned, I'd definitely like to change that by the end of this year.
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| # ? Jan 25, 2013 08:15 |
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The DOMs are strong today in my whole upper body, particularly in my triceps and chest. Will update in a few hours with a long run.
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| # ? Jan 27, 2013 00:55 |
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Just over 9 miles tonight in 85 minutes. I was hoping to go a bit further but I wasn't familiar with my route and didn't want to snap my ankle in the woods in the dark. welp. I should probably invest in a headlamp. I'll update with a map of my route after work. edit:  I was hoping for more moonlight based on the full moon, but it was dark as poo poo on that path due to cloud cover. somnolence fucked around with this message at Jan 27, 2013 around 15:09 |
| # ? Jan 27, 2013 08:00 |
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last night: pull ups bw 1x10 2x4 Squats 2x10 185lb Yates row 3x10 95lb deadlift 1x7 225 lb ez bar curls 2x10 65lb hyperextensions 1x20 bw 1x25 25lb
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| # ? Jan 31, 2013 02:55 |
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This week has been hectic, but I got a chance to get an upper body workout in today after work. bench 1x10 95 1x10 135 1x8 135 incline bench 1x10 45 2x8 95 db skullcrushers - I'm counting these as the dumb bells used, should I multiply it by two? 1x10 15 3x8 30 hyperextensions 10 bw 2x10 45lb
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| # ? Feb 3, 2013 15:46 |
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30 minutes of hill sprints tonight, I'm not really sure how to log that. 
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| # ? Feb 5, 2013 10:30 |
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| # ? Feb 11, 2013 04:39 |
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 Midterms are over, planning on hitting a really long run this week, probably on Wednesday. In the process of switching gyms, more weights will be lifted in the near future.
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 21:03 |
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 Tonight felt great! I'm starting to ramp up my weekly mileage in preparation for race day.
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| # ? Feb 21, 2013 06:24 |
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somnolence posted:30 minutes of hill sprints tonight, I'm not really sure how to log that. Was there a distance/elevation associated with the hills? Log your completion time for each! And then just let us know how you recovered (ran down hill? rested? walked downhill?). Sprint times are wicked fun to watch. Nice runs otherwise  Excited for your 50k!!
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| # ? Feb 21, 2013 07:08 |
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I'm up to 13 miles for the week, long run coming up on Friday.
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| # ? Mar 7, 2013 05:57 |
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 I feel really good about tonight. Before now I wasn't too sure that I'd be able to finish my 50k, now I'm certain of it. 22 days to go. swyys posted:Was there a distance/elevation associated with the hills? Log your completion time for each! And then just let us know how you recovered (ran down hill? rested? walked downhill?). Sprint times are wicked fun to watch. I didn't really log my workout properly that day, I will make sure to next time. It was a big gently caress off hill and I sprinted up it 5 times, walking/jogging back to the bottom after each sprint. somnolence fucked around with this message at Mar 9, 2013 around 08:22 |
| # ? Mar 9, 2013 08:17 |
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Two days until the race, I'm excited!
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| # ? Mar 28, 2013 02:53 |
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Hey super-similar log title buddy Good luck on the race and getting strong as hell. I'll be following!
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| # ? Mar 28, 2013 02:58 |
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I finished in 6:21:40. Not bad for my first marathon length race. The course was beautiful, Oregon has some of the most awesome woods that I've ever seen. The temperature rose about 20 degrees from the point at which I was doing the bulk of my training to the day of the race. I'm definitely going to start training more for hot weather. I now know why people who run marathons get addicted to them. It was by far one of the most challenging, yet rewarding experiences of my entire life. It was also really fun! The community of runners here in the pacific northwest is full of really great people. Here's a link to some photos from the race, it starts on two pictures of me. These were snapped by another runner while he was on the course. 
somnolence fucked around with this message at Apr 1, 2013 around 05:55 |
| # ? Apr 1, 2013 05:51 |
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I went to the gym yesterday for the first time in a while. Going to be using fitocracy to log my workouts from now on: https://www.fitocracy.com/profile/c12h16n2/?activities 4/5/13 Barbell Incline Bench Press: 45 lb x 10 reps 95 lb x 10 reps 95 lb x 10 reps Barbell Squat: 45 lb x 10 reps 135 lb x 5 reps 185 lb x 5 reps Barbell Deadlift: 45 lb x 10 reps 205 lb x 5 reps 225 lb x 2 reps Stiff Leg Barbell Good Morning: 45 lb x 10 reps 45 lb x 10 reps
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| # ? Apr 6, 2013 22:43 |
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| # ? May 20, 2013 13:18 |
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Congrats on the race finish! This site is a handy dandy little thing that will format Fitocracy data and make it all nice to post on SA. Try it out
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| # ? Apr 7, 2013 02:21 |
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