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Nice work on the squats there MilkManUk! I have squats up later today myself and have that nervous/excited feeling.
 
Cycle 2, Week 3, Day 1 - Military Press

Warmup

20kg x 5
30kg x 5
40kg x 3

5/3/1
50kg x 5
60kg x 3
65kg x 1 + 2 = 3 reps.

Barbell Bicep Curls
35kg x 10
35kg x 10
35kg x 7
35kg x 7

In other news, I have joined a new 24hr gym a mile from my home, which I will be going to in addition to the gym here at work. I get 7 days off work every 5 weeks, and during those 7 days off I currently do nothing in the way of exercise. The gym is
 
Cycle 2, Week 3, Day 2 - Deadlift

Warmup
60kg x 5
80kg x 5
100kg x 3

5/3/1
125kg x 5
145kg x 3
160kg x 1 + 4 = 5 reps. Rep PR!

Seated Row
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
 
Cycle 2, Week 3, Day 3 - Bench

Warm up
20kg x 5
40kg x 5
60kg x 3

5/3/1
75kg x 5
85kg x 3
95kg x 1 + 7 = 8 reps. Rep PR!

Extra set just because I was feeling pretty good:

100kg x 4

Boring But Big
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
60kg x 10
40kg x 10
40kg x 10

Dips
2 x 5 - pathetic

Few rounds heavy bagwork - punches, knees, kicks and elbows.
Stretching
 
Nice work with the rep PRs dude!
 
dips are overrated. Just sayin'. I'd be quite happy with your benching and shrug at the dips. Both Keo and I have somehow managed to screw up our sternums doing them.

Good stuff in here; I also continue to enjoy the mental kilo conversion practice.
 
Babyeater said:
dips are overrated. Just sayin'. I'd be quite happy with your benching and shrug at the dips. Both Keo and I have somehow managed to screw up our sternums doing them.

Good stuff in here; I also continue to enjoy the mental kilo conversion practice.
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Ha, thanks BE, I figured I was just knackered from the benching so wasn't expecting too much from them. That sucks about you and Keo's sternum, I wonder if that is pretty common?
I was considering logging in lbs, but remembered you enjoyed the mental challenge so left it as is.
 
MilkManUK said:
Ha, thanks BE, I figured I was just knackered from the benching so wasn't expecting too much from them. That sucks about you and Keo's sternum, I wonder if that is pretty common?
I was considering logging in lbs, but remembered you enjoyed the mental challenge so left it as is.
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I've heard of it happening to various lifters..but a lot of people do dips without ever having an issue. I was probably inclined too far forward when I did mine and/or just went too low with them. I was at the point where I could do 18 on my first set (of three sets)...and then my sternum injury screwed up my lifting for months. A year ago I was sort of getting into things again more seriously at this point after recouping from that injury. So much has happened in my lifting career since then, holy crud.
 
Ive also had some sternal pain from dips. Never an injury, thankfully.
The cure was to not go as low, and see it more as a triceps exercise (load the weight on your triceps and try to keep straight and not lean forward)
 
CRZA said:
Ive also had some sternal pain from dips. Never an injury, thankfully.
The cure was to not go as low, and see it more as a triceps exercise (load the weight on your triceps and try to keep straight and not lean forward)
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This. Thisthisthisthis. Think about it for triceps, I don't recommend a pec focus. There are other ways...
 
Babyeater said:
dips are overrated. Just sayin'. I'd be quite happy with your benching and shrug at the dips. Both Keo and I have somehow managed to screw up our sternums doing them.
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It seems like quite a lot of people have negative reactions to dips, although mainly I hear about shoulder problems. Personally, I've never had any issue doing them, even when I have done a "Greasing the Groove" type of approach and done them every day for a couple of weeks, getting to 60+ a day after a while.

Personally, I like them, as long as the grip is reasonably narrow.
 
JauntyAngle said:
It seems like quite a lot of people have negative reactions to dips, although mainly I hear about shoulder problems. Personally, I've never had any issue doing them, even when I have done a "Greasing the Groove" type of approach and done them every day for a couple of weeks, getting to 60+ a day after a while.

Personally, I like them, as long as the grip is reasonably narrow.
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Yeah, I think grip width is another thing I had working against me--I was doing them on a dip stand that was probably made for a larger person than I am and the grips were too wide. Bugger.
 
Babyeater said:
Yeah, I think grip width is another thing I had working against me--I was doing them on a dip stand that was probably made for a larger person than I am and the grips were too wide. Bugger.
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I pretty much only do them in my gym in Chiang Mai, where the dip station has really nice and narrow grips. It's barely wider than I am. I would imagine that a large percentage of the gym-going population wouldn't even be able to fit into it, which makes it suck as piece of gym equipment in general, but great for me. Our station in the gym here in Kabul is just a couple of handwidths wider on each side, but I basically gave up using it, even before my rotator cuff tear.
 
jhthm said:
Random motivation insert:

stay awesome dude!
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Ha, thank you, although I am nowhere near awesome yet, I do plan on getting there though!

I am impressed how a measly 2 x 5 dips has generated a good discussion in my log however. Thanks for the comments guys, I will take a cautious approach to them and see how they go.
 
Recovery day today. What that means is lots of Guinness a kebab and now onwards for a curry. Will do squats at the new gym tomorrow all being well.
 
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