aussieluke
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12-29-20 11:23 AM - Post#906104
Tuesday pm
32kg KB
Goblet squat 3 x 3
Press 3 x 3/3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
Swing 5 x 15
Suitcase walks
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aussieluke
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12-30-20 10:02 PM - Post#906166
Wednesday pm quick one, very warm and humid
24kg kb
Goblet squat 2 x 5
Press 2 x 5/5
Ring pull-up 10 x 1
One arm swing 3 x 10/10
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aussieluke
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01-04-21 09:58 AM - Post#906311
Monday
Had sick kids over Christmas then spent a few days fighting it off myself and also less than ideal sleep with the littlest one unwell.
Monday pm
Easy run 35 mins
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aussieluke
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01-05-21 09:14 AM - Post#906345
Tuesday pm
24kg
Goblet squat with curls 2 x 5
Press 2 x 5/5
Ring pull-up 2 x 4
Snatch 5 x 5/5
Suitcase walk
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BrianBinVA
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Like that Tuesday session above. One-KB workouts really are "enough" for most things most people would need most of the time. Rings and barbells and such of course are nice to have to, if not really "needed" (he says this week).
Edited by BrianBinVA on 01-05-21 10:00 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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aussieluke
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Like that Tuesday session above. One-KB workouts really are "enough" for most things most people would need most of the time. Rings and barbells and such of course are nice to have to, if not really "needed" (he says this week).
Yeah of all the different training I’ve done over the years - all the stupid things, boring things, heavy(ish) things and machine things, I don’t think any of it has been as simple and effective as the period when all I owned was this single 24kg bell and literally nothing else. I’d train with it indoors or in the garden or take it to a park and just do stuff.
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BrianBinVA
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Like that Tuesday session above. One-KB workouts really are "enough" for most things most people would need most of the time. Rings and barbells and such of course are nice to have to, if not really "needed" (he says this week).
Yeah of all the different training I’ve done over the years - all the stupid things, boring things, heavy(ish) things and machine things, I don’t think any of it has been as simple and effective as the period when all I owned was this single 24kg bell and literally nothing else. I’d train with it indoors or in the garden or take it to a park and just do stuff.
I think I've said before but that is the greatest thing about a KB -- goes anywhere, does (almost) anything. Boredom is your worst enemy but otherwise a KB and some walking is about all one would need...
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pink.pixie
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Boredom is your worst enemy but otherwise a KB and some walking is about all one would need...
Hearing it from you helps.  I am trying in "my own little way" to put just that into practice right now.This provided a frame. Thanks.
Good luck with life in 2021 to both of you.
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aussieluke
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01-06-21 07:50 AM - Post#906411
Cheers PP
Wednesday pm
Easy run 30 mins. Very warm 30 deg C evening with no breeze
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aussieluke
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01-07-21 10:54 AM - Post#906466
Thursday
Busy day and hectic evening with kids late to bed etc
Quick one late at night:
Hindu squats 3 x 10
Hindu pushups 3 x 10
Could’ve done a lot more squats but the pushups got hard, quickly
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aussieluke
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01-10-21 09:07 PM - Post#906595
Monday am
Finally got up and out the door before work and the heat of the day for the first time in a while
easy run 30 mins
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aussieluke
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01-11-21 10:30 AM - Post#906613
Monday pm
24kg clean and press 3 x 5/5
24kg front squat 2 x 5/5
Ring pull-up 2 x 5
24+32kg farmer walks
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aussieluke
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01-12-21 10:32 AM - Post#906652
Tuesday pm
24kg clean and press 2 x 5/5
24kg goblet squat 1 x 10
Pushup 3 x 10
Ring pull-up 2 x 5
Farmer walks 24+32
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aussieluke
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01-13-21 08:59 AM - Post#906700
Wednesday pm
Run 5km 30 mins
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aussieluke
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01-14-21 10:25 AM - Post#906750
Thursday pm
32kg clean and press 3 x 3/3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
32kg goblet squat 3 x 3
24kg press 2 x 5/5
Hanging leg raise 2 x 5
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BrianBinVA
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01-14-21 10:32 AM - Post#906751
Thursday pm
32kg clean and press 3 x 3/3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
32kg goblet squat 3 x 3
24kg press 2 x 5/5
Hanging leg raise 2 x 5
Nice pressing!
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aussieluke
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01-14-21 08:51 PM - Post#906774
Thursday pm
32kg clean and press 3 x 3/3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
32kg goblet squat 3 x 3
24kg press 2 x 5/5
Hanging leg raise 2 x 5
Nice pressing!
Cheers mate. they never seem to get any easier though with the 32. Obviously I'm always thinking of how I can change up my current training before it starts working, and with limited free time at the moment am sort of thinking of just focusing on the clean and press / c&j and maybe a few snatches
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BrianBinVA
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01-15-21 08:50 AM - Post#906782
Thursday pm
32kg clean and press 3 x 3/3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
32kg goblet squat 3 x 3
24kg press 2 x 5/5
Hanging leg raise 2 x 5
Nice pressing!
Cheers mate. they never seem to get any easier though with the 32. Obviously I'm always thinking of how I can change up my current training before it starts working, and with limited free time at the moment am sort of thinking of just focusing on the clean and press / c&j and maybe a few snatches
Yeah, my 32s just gather dust. I'm trying to do most everything with a 28 or 28s now that I am home -- I find those are good bells for me. The 32s . . . maybe one day when I can get a year or so of super-consistent, stress-free training. So, ya know, any day now! :-D
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aussieluke
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01-16-21 11:42 AM - Post#906823
In a different way from what I’d imagined, training will take a different turn again since today I picked up a VERY cheap couple of decent powder coated kettlebells - a 20 and a second 24kg
Will try to continue the easy strength approach but likely with double clean and press and dkbfs. 20 should be ideal for higher rep presses and snatches - but also the German javelin complex
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aussieluke
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01-17-21 10:32 AM - Post#906842
Sunday pm
First double kb session in as long as I can remember so went a little easy. Was pleasantly surprised that the presses went up ok.
2 x 24kg clean and press 3 x 3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
2 x 24kg dkbfs 3 x 3
20kg one arm press 2 x 5/5
2 x 24kg farmers walk 100 steps
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aussieluke
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01-18-21 08:57 PM - Post#906930
Monday too hectic, kid not going to bed etc. Tried to start a very late night session but was too tired.
Tuesday am
2 x 24kg clean and press 3 x 3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
2 x 24kg dkbfs 3 x 3
20kg one arm press 2 x 5/5
2 x 24kg farmers walk 100 steps
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aussieluke
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01-19-21 08:22 AM - Post#906938
Tuesday pm
Easy run 35 mins
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pink.pixie
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 01-19-21 09:58 AM - Post#906947
When it gets too late and energy is not there, it's better to pack and make a dent the next day...
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aussieluke
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01-20-21 10:44 AM - Post#906975
Wednesday pm
2 x 24kg clean and press 3 x 5
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
2 x 24kg dkbfs 3 x 5
20kg one arm press 2 x 5/5
20kg snatch 10/10
2 x 24kg farmers walk 100 steps
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aussieluke
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01-22-21 12:12 PM - Post#907072
Friday pm
Double 24kg clean and press 2,3,5,2,3,5,2,3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
This was good. Simple and tough but not too tough.
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BrianBinVA
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01-22-21 01:08 PM - Post#907074
Friday pm
Double 24kg clean and press 2,3,5,2,3,5,2,3
Ring pull-up 3 x 3
This was good. Simple and tough but not too tough.
Nice -- that's just what you want.
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pink.pixie
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This was good. Simple and tough but not too tough.
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aussieluke
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01-25-21 08:52 AM - Post#907156
Spent all weekend doing jobs in the house and garden. Lots of digging etc. spent half of Sunday jammed under the bathroom sink fixing a burst pipe and tap - twice - after the first one I fitted turned out to be garbage.
So sore and tired today and hands and fingers are killing me lol I feel so old.
Monday pm
double 24kg clean and press 3 x 2,3,5 (30)
Ring pull-up 3 x 4 (12)
Farmer walk 100 steps
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aussieluke
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aussieluke
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01-28-21 11:04 AM - Post#907271
Thursday
double 24kg clean and press 2,3,5,2,2,5,2,3 (25)
Ring pull-up 3 x 5 (15)
DKBFS 3 x 5
20kg one arm press 2 x 10/10
Farmer walk 100 steps
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aussieluke
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01-30-21 11:01 AM - Post#907334
Saturday
double 24kg clean and press 4 x 2,3,5 (40)
Ring pull-up 4 x 3 (12)
Farmer walk 100 steps
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aussieluke
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02-02-21 10:48 AM - Post#907404
Wow what a week. Sunday afternoon our state (Western Australia) got put into almost immediate lockdown due to a COVID case in the community. Literally all plans changed. Kids were due to start the school year on Monday. Instead I’ve been working from home. Plus the weather is very hot and there are large bushfires not very far away destroying peoples homes and lives!
So everything has been a bit of a mess and we’re just getting used to things.
The rules got updated today to allow families to exercise together, so we masked up and took the kids for a walk this afternoon.
It’s weird because we know the rest of the world has been dealing with this for a year while we’ve had essentially life as normal. And we’re very lucky that all being well this will only last for a week.
Later tonight as it had cooled a little and the smoke was mostly gone (but sadly the fires aren’t)...
Tuesday pm
Double 24kg clean and press 3 x 2,3,5 (30)
Ring pull-up 3 x 4
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BrianBinVA
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02-02-21 01:51 PM - Post#907411
Shit man, that is tough. Stay safe!
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aussieluke
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02-02-21 07:33 PM - Post#907419
Shit man, that is tough. Stay safe!
Thanks mate. In the scheme of things, a one week lockdown is nothing, and the risk of getting sick here is still extremely low, it’s just been a big shock to everyone as it was so sudden. No one was prepared for it. ...which is all our fault as we should have been really.
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BrianBinVA
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02-03-21 12:58 PM - Post#907458
Shit man, that is tough. Stay safe!
Thanks mate. In the scheme of things, a one week lockdown is nothing, and the risk of getting sick here is still extremely low, it’s just been a big shock to everyone as it was so sudden. No one was prepared for it. ...which is all our fault as we should have been really.
Hopefully people do what they are supposed to do and it ends up only a week.
My daughter just had her first in-person day of school since last March yesterday. I remember very vividly when the school shut at the end of March, everyone was picking up their kids on the last day, saying "see you in April". It's instead been almost a year!
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aussieluke
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02-04-21 09:48 AM - Post#907499
Shit man, that is tough. Stay safe!
Thanks mate. In the scheme of things, a one week lockdown is nothing, and the risk of getting sick here is still extremely low, it’s just been a big shock to everyone as it was so sudden. No one was prepared for it. ...which is all our fault as we should have been really.
Hopefully people do what they are supposed to do and it ends up only a week.
My daughter just had her first in-person day of school since last March yesterday. I remember very vividly when the school shut at the end of March, everyone was picking up their kids on the last day, saying "see you in April". It's instead been almost a year!
We all thought the same thing at the time. We were very lucky ours were only closed about 4 weeks at the time.
They announced tonight the lockdown will end tomorrow night, assuming there will be no new cases between now and then. Thankfully there have been no extra cases since Sunday even though the positive person had been to a LOT of places over a few days. We’re grateful our tracing system is so good here, since we haven’t really had any restrictions in place, all the locations he’d been too were full of people. It could have been the start of a huge outbreak.
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aussieluke
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02-04-21 09:49 AM - Post#907500
Thursday (late)
double 24kg clean and press 2,3,5,2,2,5,2,3 (25)
Ring pull-up 2 x 5
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pink.pixie
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We’re grateful our tracing system is so good here....
Lucky you. Nice.
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aussieluke
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02-15-21 10:32 AM - Post#907846
Well it’s been quite the couple of weeks. We had a sudden lockdown, my wife had a sudden very painful backache. For a week. Then after the lockdown we got her to the docs who sent her for a scan which found it was actually gallstones! We went to emergency and they admitted her for surgery the following day. That was a very long day and thankfully it all went well. She was sent home the next day (Thursday) and is now very sore but recovering. Surgeon was amazed she had put up with the pain for so long. Normally three days is about as long as you can go before things go very bad, apparently. We genuinely thought it was a back muscle problem and her ribs hurt on the right side.
An incredibly stressful time for all of us and I ended up making myself a little sick with stress. Fighting off a cold and earache now.
Needless to say, there has been no training. Hopefully back to normal-ish soon.
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BrianBinVA
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02-15-21 01:07 PM - Post#907851
Glad to hear it all went well -- all the best to your family. Tough times...
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Steve Rogers
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02-16-21 02:40 PM - Post#907893
Here's to a speedy recovery.
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pink.pixie
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02-20-21 03:52 PM - Post#908005
Aw shucks. I hope the worst is over now and you both recover soon.
Do they just remove the stones or do they take the whole gallbladder out?
It can be so dramatic. My mother had a Gb episode when I was a kid and I thought she was dying. She saw me and had enough presence to tell me that she'll be fine before the ambulance arrived. I did my best to believe her but I was not so sure.
No wonder you were stressed.
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aussieluke
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03-10-21 07:57 AM - Post#908700
G’day!
Finally back to relatively normal. My wife is recovering well and back on her feet and behind the wheel and able to lift our littlest one again.
Things have been hectic, work busy and the weather extremely humid - all of which made returning to training easy to put off for just one more day, again...
Started easy with a lighter kb than previously
Wednesday pm
20kg goblet squat 3 x 5
20kg clean and press 3 x 2/3/5 L&R
Ring pull-up 9 x 1
20kg snatch using the Q&D plan 5,5,5,5 left, 5,5,5,5 right
20kg suitcase walks
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BrianBinVA
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03-10-21 08:21 AM - Post#908703
Glad things are calming down a bit, mate -- good to see you back at it.
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aussieluke
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03-10-21 09:04 AM - Post#908704
Glad things are calming down a bit, mate -- good to see you back at it.
Cheers mate hope you’re doing ok too
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aussieluke
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03-11-21 10:03 AM - Post#908725
Thursday pm
VERY easy 5km run
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aussieluke
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03-24-21 02:07 AM - Post#909049
Ha things didn't stay calm for long, my wife got a new job after many years being home with the kids so we're getting used to different schedules, then the littlest got sick at daycare for a few days
taking advantage of a slight dip in the weather this week...
Tuesday lunchtime
Run 25 mins
Wednesday lunchtime
workout in the park near work with 20kg kb
goblet squat 3 x 5
swing 3 x 10/10
clean and press 3 x 2,3,5
pull-up 9 x 1
snatch 2 x 5/5
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BrianBinVA
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03-24-21 08:53 AM - Post#909055
Gotta do what you can -- glad you're back at it.
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aussieluke
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03-30-21 11:42 AM - Post#909267
Tuesday pm
Managed a 30 min run
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aussieluke
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04-06-21 10:13 AM - Post#909462
Another shambles of a week
Tuesday pm
Double 24kg clean and jerk 5 x 5
32kg swing 5 x 10
Need to find something I can do with minimal thought or planning when the moment comes - perhaps this is it (...or perhaps not, of course)
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