Workout logs - Blackbirds are Indestructible

A Workout Log? Holy Shit!

It's all just a case of history repeating.

Better Living Through Chemistry, Part 01

We're going to find out whether or not this peptide shit is hype or not, and in true blackbird form, rather than doing it half-ass, we're going to go full-ass and just deal with the injections. Turns out they really aren't that bad at all. Whether or not this translates

ACL Rehab

Catching Up, Stepping Back

First, lest you think otherwise, no, that is not me in the photo for this post. I'm not sure if this is meant to be an overhead squat or a snatch, but I don't do either of those lifts. I also don't have a garage to lift in, and I

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C25K W1D3

A bit late in posting, but we are keeping on schedule with this iteration of C25K. I also used this workout to return to the deadlift; I figured that it would be easier on my knees to bend down and pick something up rather than try to squat, and the

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C25K W1D2

For anyone curious about the outcome of the microdosing experiment mentioned previously, suffice to say that it failed. The whole point is not to feel anything, but I started getting that light-trip sensation about 45 minutes into it, at which point I just decided to just go all the way

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Work It, Bird!

Just another workout log. Because every day is leg day. Date: 30 December 2017 Weight: 245[1] Workout: C25K W1D1 I'm considering signing up for a later incarnation of a race similar to Atacama Crossing; in March 2019 there is a 150-mile ultramarathon in New Zealand which is run (no

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Making Shit Happen [Workout Log]

It's been awhile since I've posted any training logs or anything at all having to do with working out, but as I mentioned in the previous post, the first item on my list for 2018 is to actually get rid of this extraneous mass, and since that's something that is

Heavy objects

Workout Log: 29/30 March 2017

I'm somewhat caught up, with only two workouts missing from the current list, so let's get those out of the way and recorded before we move on to more interesting stuff. 29 March 2017 workout type: heavy objects body parts: chest/tris bench: 135x8, 225x5, 250x4, 250x4, 250x4, 250x4, 250x4,

Squat

Workout Log: 27 March 2017

Hey, it's week 2 of the Smolov squat program. This is workout #2, which, fortunately, only consisted of one working set, because I had to struggle to get that final rep, and there was a point where I wasn't sure if it was going to go up or down. But,

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Get in the Gym, Blackbird.

The most recent training-related entry is 01 March, and today is 22 March. What the fuck have I been doing for the last three weeks? I don't know what went down between 01 March and 07 March, except that we re-tested some of my max lifts, and my max squat

Introspection

Reset.

Once again, I find myself having gone multiple weeks without keeping this thing up to date, and once again, I'm trying to catch up with workout logs and happenings in the life of Raven J. Blackbird. We'll talk about training stuff first. Frankly, the last few weeks have been a

Training

Workout Log: 03 February 2017

Well, we did this two weeks ago, and it sucked, and it wasn't really that much better this time around. Cumulative mile count: 23 Current weight: 236.2 Recovery time: 120h [biometrics] Workout type: lunges Muscle groups: legs, duh. Step-ups (per leg): 0x20, 70x15, 70x15 Walking lunges: 20x300, 0x300, 0x300

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Workout Log: 01 February 2017

Life just gets more and more interesting, as if the Good Ship Blackbird hasn't already seen some interesting twists and turns in the last couple of weeks. First, let's get the suffering out of the way. Cumulative mile count: 21 Current weight: 236.2 Workout type: heavy objects Muscle groups:

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Workout Log: 31 January 2017

Well, today was an ass-whoopin'. First day back in the gym after my ski week, and I actually didn't make it through the entire workout. One set left, and not only were my arms not cooperating, but the world was getting all sparkly, and I was getting sort of light-headed.

Cardio

Workout Log: 29 January 2017

Last time I went out on a training run, I did one loop of Milagra Ridge, where a loop begins at the trailhead on Sharp Park road, goes all the way down to the other trailhead in Pacifica, then up to the summit, and back to the start. That, plus

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Workout Log: 23 - 26 January 2017 [Updated]

Since there's no way to indicate if a post has been updated if I just go back and edit it, now that I'm back from Telluride and have the GPS data from my skiing days, I'm just making a separate post. Day 1: track 1 | track 2 The relevant numbers

Skiing

Workout Log: 23 - 26 January 2017

Three days of skiing in Telluride, which has a base altitude of 8500 feet and a peak of over 12,500 (higher if you do the hike-to terrain at the top of Palmyra Peak). I don't have the GPS data from my watch yet, because the dongle required to get

Skiing

Workout Log: 13 - 22 January 2017

For reasons that will become apparent in a future post, I've lost a bit of focus in the last couple of weeks. I can't remember if I went to the gym on the 13th or not. Here's the rest. 14 January 2017: cardio I did a training run from my

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Workout Log: 12 January 2017

A couple weeks back, I had a squat workout which included 8 sets of 3 at 315lbs. It was going fine until set 6, during which I felt some pain in my right knee. I probably should've just bagged it right there, but instead I put on some knee sleeves

Training

Workout Log: 10 January 2017

When I first started training with R, there was one workout where we did crossfit-like activities, which led me to express my general dislike for anything crossfit. R agreed with me, and we didn't do any other crossfit-style workouts in 2016. However, with the focus on preparing for the Atacama

Heavy objects

Workout Log: 06 January 2017

Once again, trying to reconstruct from memory, but I think I've got it right. Workout type: heavy object cardio[1] Muscle groups: upper body mixture Bench press: 45x10, 95x10, 95x9, 95x8, 95x7, 95x6, 95x5, 95x5, 95x4, 95x3, 95x2, 95x1[2] Hanging leg raise: 20, 20, 20, 20 Pushups: 20, 20,

Heavy objects

Workout Log: 05 January 2017

Falling behind a little on keeping these things updated again; I thought that I'd written this one down somewhere but apparently not, and so I'm trying to reconstruct it from memory. Fortunately, this was a pretty straightforward session. Workout type: heavy object cardio Muscle groups: legs Squat: 45x10, 135x10, 185x10,

Heavy objects

Workout Log: 04 January 2017

Someone asked me the other day how my training was going, and even though I've been in the gym pretty regularly for the last four months, I couldn't help but think that I'm not training enough, even though the event is still 9 months away. It's just not going to

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Workout Log: 29 December 2016

The last workout of the year wasn't so much a workout as it was just a test of where my 1RM is at for bench, squat, and deadlift. I was hoping for 1100, but I didn't quite make it. I think I could have gotten a bit closer if we'd

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Workout Log: 26 December 2016

I'm kinda taking it easy this week - only going to be in the real gym on Thursday, at which point we'll do final year-end testing of my 1RM for bench, squat, and deadlift. The goal is 1100, which I think is going to be a stretch, but given that