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Hurray! Well done.

Yikes! Yes, good point. I like the baby giraffe knees description, too :smile:

Thanks for the reassurance! I do have the safeties set well, I think - they're just about an inch or so under the bottom of my squat so i don't have far to go. It's all in my head!

Do you mind if I ask what happened here? Did you fail onto the safeties on the sets where you did 3 or 4? And then carry on? Or did you decide at the top that it was too much and re-rack? I just ask because I haven't had to use the safeties yet but I can see it coming, and it scares me! I can't imagine failing and then…

@BethAnnieT I have a hand strengthener ball that I keep on my desk at work - good for stress relief as well as strengthening my feeble fingers. And while I wear gloves for most lifts, I actually try to take them off for deadlifts as, yes, they slip a bit. I haven't tried an over-under grip yet...

Me too!

Some new people at the gym tonight, but they weren't coming near the racks so I was happy to welcome them! Mentally, I mean, I didn't go round shaking hands :smile: Squats: 5x5 @ 71.5 kg - back to my previous max weight, so next workout will be uncharted territory OHP: 5/5/5/4/4 @ 21.5kg - oof, that extra half kilo makes a…

Two new young guys came in tonight, took over a rack ... and started to stretch. Another guy came over and asked if they were using the rack? "Yes," they said, and carried on stretching.

So - back to work, back to my normal time at the gym. No sign of new-year-resolution folk, yet - it was quiet. Squats: 5x5 @ 71kg - getting close to my max before I deloaded. It's hard work! Bench: 5x5 @ 30 kg - still being a bit chicken on this, got to push the numbers up... Row: 5x5 @ 18 kg dumbbells Chin ups: 2x3…

Oops, just accidentally put this in the December thread. Putting it here to keep things straight, I thought I'd accidentally deleted it! Last day off! (Scotland gets an extra holiday after Hogmanay - hurray!) Squat: 5x5 @ 70kg Deadlift: 1x5 @ 60kg OHP: 5x5 @ 21kg I'm starting to get back to my previous max on these before…

That's a shame about your ski trip, @kimiuzzell - must be a let down! And ha, I've been trying to establish a skin care regime since I was about 13. Not happening! I'm too dozy in the morning and too tired at night...

Last day off! (Scotland gets an extra holiday after Hogmanay - hurray!) Squat: 5x5 @ 70kg Deadlift: 1x5 @ 60kg OHP: 5x5 @ 21kg I'm starting to get back to my previous max on these before a forced deload before Christmas, and feeling good so I hope to keep increasing. Dips: 2x10 Then a bunch of core/ oblique stuff. I've…

Today's planned workout: a 40 mile bike ride Today's actual workout: a 21.75 mile bike ride, and a burger and chips. I blame the icy rain :smiley:

Lifting: Squats: 1.75 x bodyweight - I'm calculating that at 82kg, but see the body weight goals below! Current 71kg OHP: 25kg - current 21kg Bench: 40kg - currently hovering around 30, so might be too ambitious... Otherwise: 10x chin ups - current 5 max, on a very good day Body: Get back to 103/ 47kg from current 107…

Woohoo! I've been waiting for someone to set up a workout thread. And I LOVE the idea of you doing bear crawls at the gym, @krokador :smile: I made it to the gym yesterday and it was GREAT! I woke up hungover, didn't manage to leave the house until after 11 and was basically thinking, heck, even just the walk to and from…

Yeah, it's in a lovely old building - part of a Victorian swimming pool. The floor work area (through the doorway at the back there) used to be a 'turkish' bath room and has a fantastically ornate ceiling. Good to stare at while doing sit ups :smile:

Today there was ... no guy in the gym. I had it all to myself, for 20 mins or so. Christmas? Too much rain? I don't know the reason, but it was great - I was mildly annoyed when someone else turned up!

I'm back! Man. Christmas was good, but I can't tell you how good it feels to be home, and going to the gym, and generally just living a more normal life! Squats: 5x5 @ 66 kg OHP: 5x5 @ 20 kg Deadlift: 5x5 @ 55kg Pull ups: 5/3 Dips: 10, then got bored! Still a bit lower weights than I was lifting, but I haven't moved for a…

Oh my god, I have had enough and want to get home and go to the gym. I finally tried to do some manmakers in the living room, only to have someone decide it would be funny to pretend to sit on my back ... Jesus. Home tomorrow, gym on Wednesday!

Go, krok! Do them for me. I've failed for the past two days - staying in a small house packed with family, I'd have to do them in the living room and would inevitably have an audience, so I just haven't...

Off on an eight hour train journey today, to Cornwall, so lots of sitting - but got my 30 manmakers in this morning!

Oh, that is so exciting! You can do it! And now I want to add mine up and see what they come to...

Man! This guy tonight - older guy, gut and tattoos. Comes over as I'm collecting plates from the other (empty) rack and points to my rack, the bar loaded with plates and my stuff lying there. "You using that?" "What the f do YOU think?" Okay, I only thought that. I just grunted an incredulous "yes!" and stomped back with…

Last gym visit until the 30th, for me! Off to visit family, with nothing but manmakers to save me from squidgy bits :smile: Squat: 5x5 @ 65kg - woo, good to be back. I didn't want to go straight back to 72, or whatever I was on, just taking it sensibly-ish. Bench: 5x5 @ 2x14kg Row: 5x5 @ 2x18kg Pull ups: 3 'bare' and 10…

Me too :smiley:

Same here! I don't understand why, but it's nice :smile:

@kimiuzzell Good! I still have to go for further tests but the good news is he says lifting is fine. Lookout for my workout report later :smile: I really hope your back feels better soon, I recognise that panicked feeling. You will get well, you just have to wait it out..,

Quick 30x hero manmakers on the living room rug. That's all I've managed today, but I feel good for doing it! And @BethAnnieT, I think I started to see a difference after two months. It'll depends on what you've been doing before starting, I suppose, and how much body fat is covering your muscles. I certainly could feel…

Woo! I have the all clear to start lifting again :smile: That isn't to say there's nothing wrong - they're sending me for ultrasound and an MRI "just to check" but he said there's no reason not to lift heavy, hold my breath etc. Or, indeed drink wine, though no doctor is ever going to say 'go ahead, get rat arsed!' :smiley:

Another low-weight workout... hospital tomorrow, though! Squats: 5x5 @ 50kg Deadlift: 1x5 @ 50kg OHP: 5x5 @ 2x8kg dumbbells 10 pull ups 10 dips 30 x manmakers 2x10 leg raises 2x10 glute bridges Good fun! If less challenging than normal.