This is my diy "weight rack holder thing" it's made entirely of scrap wood I cut and glued together to act as 2x4s because holy fuck that shits expensive AF right now. Also we have a fuck load of this scrap wood clustering the fuck out of our barn. Drilled holes about 3/4 the way through that were just big enough to fit the end of some threaded steel pipe into and able to screw them into the wood. The outer hole is slightly wider than the deeper one to allow the pipe to fit further in. Then a smaller hole going through it that I stuck bolts through and then filled with resin to help marry the pipe and the bolts for added support. So far they are holding strong and I've had it for a while now. Just screwing the ends I to the wood had them pretty sturdy the bolts and resin was probably overkill but hey, why chance it?

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Lift day went well. Improved on my Overhead press significantly from last week but still not up to my 4 sets of 10. Squats I did hit my 4x10 so will advance next week! Curls did 5 sets of 8 with the 34lb cans. Was a good session comrades.

My hip joints have been a little on the sore side all week so gonna be careful with that. Might take next week off if they keep bothering me. I have shit for hip mobility. Doubt I could ever do deep squats. I have done (almost) every trick the web can give me to help with this. They say some people just can't do them. I am one of those people.

I was an upside down pumpkin today. Orange shirt with green pants and tights. All my orange socks were dirty so I wore red. Colors all over the place.

  • Nagarjuna [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I did not realize that Thursdays are lift days or I would have gone easier on Wednesday. Guess I'll get on the wagon and do pull today. Been doing heavy bent over isometrics and ab wheels and my whole core's crying. Now I'll do rows and deadlifts.

    I'm closer to my maxes in my post covid linear progression. If I want to keep progressing linearly, think I'm going to have to take more rest next week. Want to see how far I can drag it out by really grinding, abusing the safeties on the squat racks, doing stupid amounts of rest time and just generally pushing myself.

    • hwoarang [any]
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      3 years ago

      the ab wheel is brutal. gets those higher up stomach muscles that nothing else hits, and im always DOMS to fuck there afterwards

    • Zo1db3rg [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Everyone's got their own lift days. One of mine happens to be on Thursdays. You do you comrade!

  • hwoarang [any]
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    3 years ago

    yr weight rack is cool

    https://files.catbox.moe/rp8w15.jpg here mine. some cheap old york dumbbell handles hammered into some timber I had and then finished with mdf. found one of those roller dolly things in the cordoned off area behind the supermarkets, very careless of mr sainsbury to leave things there imo. put it on that so I can mooch it about easily. great choice.

    https://files.catbox.moe/pxnuw3.jpg bonus very stable and not at all dangerous squat racks - 3x2 I robbed off site, two big plasterers buckets I robbed off site, and a bag of postcrete I was forced to pay for.

    doing twice a week on the main lifts adding sets each workout and then moving up in weight and down in reps every three sessions. fairly low intensity but lots o volume

    3,4,5x10 @65% 4,5,6x8 @70% deload 5,6,7x5 @77% 6,7,8x3 @ 82% deload heavy doubles and singles to see where I'm at for a couple weeks maybe deload rep max testing baby

    • Zo1db3rg [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Nice comrade! I like the weights and rack. Only thing I haven't made myself is the barbell and my rig. I know the 3 2x4s in concrete is a pretty common setup. Just put my platform together this week. Will post some good pics next time I make one. Keep up the good work!