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Wed 6th May

 

Deadlift baby!

 

- Deadlift, barbell: 5 @ 70kg, 5 @ 102kg, 5 @ 122kg, 5 @ 130kg (287 lbs)

- Shrugs 10 @ 102kg (a bit too small movement I think), 10 + 10 @ 86kg

 

I am quite happy with those deadlifts since I didn't use my normal 20kg plates this time which meant the bar was lower than normal (just an inch or two but anyway). Long time since last time I did deadlifts. Next time proper weights!

 

BTW, here's a pic of my current gym with a fancy new floor mat which prevents my wooden floor to break when I deadlift and drop weights:

 

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk250/tuc_finland/06052009448.jpg

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Thu 7th May

 

- Bicep curls, curl bar: a few sets @ 44kg (100 lbs) and sets about 8-10 reps.

 

Rest of the week I did nothing, I want to recover properly. It seems like that I have to take it easy for a while, then gor insane amounts of training.

 

Mon 11th May

 

- Bench press, barbell: warm up 10 @ 50kg, then 4 @ 82kg, 5 + 5 @ 80kg (WEAK! But I trained alone, I had to be careful and not push it to the limit and during the past few weeks I only did bp with dumbbells)

- Standing shoulder press, curl bar: 8 + 7 + 6&f @ 45.5kg (100 lbs)

 

Also some bboying but too light to be considered to be workout.

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Tue 12th May

 

Squat and bicep day.

 

- Deep squats, barbell: 10 @ 52kg, 10 + 10 @ 70kg

- Bicep curls, dumbbells: 3 x 10 @ 20kg (isolated, 1 arm at a time)

- Bicep curls, curl bar: 6&f + 7 + 6 @ 44.5kg

 

More tomorrow!

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Thu 14th May

 

- Bicep curls, dumbbells: a few pump sets @ 12kg

- Bench press, barbell: 2 x 10 @ 50kg just for warm up

- Dips: 17 + 20 + 15 @ bw

- Deadlifts, barbell: 5 @ 50kg, 4 @ 92kg (for warm up), 4 + 3 @ 142.4kg (314 lbs)

- Bent-over rows, curl bar: 10 + 11 + 10 @ 70kg

 

Whole weekend: dancing and watching other people dance. Too bad I couldn't work out because of it.

 

Mon 18th May

 

2h bboying

 

Tue 19th May

 

- Bench press, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 7 + 5&a @ 82kg (woohoo, back in business!)

- Incline bench press, barbell: 10 + 10 @ 61kg

- Standing shoulder press, dumbbells: 7 + 8 + 6 @ 20kg

- Bent-over rows, curl bar: 12 + 10 + 10 + 10 @ 82kg (this went rather well)

- Dips: 15 + 15 + 15 @ bw

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Wed 20th May

 

Squat and bicep day:

 

- Deep squats, barbell: 10 @ 52kg, 10 + 10 @ 76kg (168 lbs, still weak but not for long...)

- Hammer curls, dumbbells: 8 + 6 + 8 @ 20kg (44 lbs dumbbells )

- Bicep curls, curl bar: 6 + 5 @ 50kg (110 lbs), 25 @ 23kg in the end for a proper pump

 

It's 11pm already, gotta go eat some more! ->

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Mad busy lately. Kickin' it when I can which isn't as often as I'd want to... but still making progress!

 

Sat 23rd May

 

I helped 3 of my friends move sofas, beds, washing machines ect. which counts as a workout I guess. My dad has a van and I lift weights. Guess who's the man among my friends when they have to move?

 

Mon 25th May

 

Bent-over rows and strict leg deadlifts with light weights and loads of reps (+20) per set. I just wanted to test how it kicks in. Not bad!

 

Also MAD eating! I ate about 8 plates of food!

 

Tue 26th May

 

- Bench press, barbell: warm up @ 50kg, then 8 + 7 @ 82kg (181lbs, I guess this is among my best bench presses ever!)

- Standing shoulder press, dumbbells: 10 + 9 + 8 @ 20kg per arm

- Dips: 20 + 15 @ bw

 

Now off to move some more!

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God damn, too busy! But at least I've been eating a LOT and it's just as important as training! Reps and increasing all the time, which means I'm getting somewhere!

 

Tue 2nd June

 

- Bench press: warm up @ 50kg, then 6 + 6 @ 84kg (185 lbs, quite easy. Next time more!)

- Standing shoulder press, dumbbells: 3 x 10 @ 20kg per arm

- Dips: 15 + 16 @ bw

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Sports camps with loads of bboying...

 

Sat 4th June

 

2h bboying

 

Fri 5th June

 

3-4h bboying

 

Sat 6th June

 

3-4h bboying

 

Sun 7th June

 

Just some bench press @ 50kg

 

Mon 8th June

 

Wide grip pull-ups: 8 + 8 + 8 + 6 with outdoor clothing

 

Tue 9th June

 

2h bboing

 

Wed 10th June

 

4h bboying

1h juggling

 

Thu 11th June

 

5h bboyig

1h juggling

 

-> EXHAUSTED! 2 days rest.

 

Sun 14th June

 

- Bench press, barbell: 12 + 12 + 12 + 10 @ 68kg. Just took a few reps with my friend.

 

Tue 16th June

 

I was going to do squats but I have some pain in my hips, I had REALLY rough week with all that bboying.

 

- Standing shoulder press, dumbbells: 6 + 6 + 5 @ 24 kg (53 lbs) per arm.

- Bicep curls, dumbbells: 5 + 5 + 5 @ 24 kg (53 lbs) per arm.

 

Tomorrow some proper workout. Luckily bboying is good full body workout and I always warm up with push-ups and squats (without weights) and such before every hour.

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...and by "tomorrow" I meant this day, of course!

 

Fri 18th June

 

- Deep squats: 10 @ 52kg, 3 x 10 @ 68kg (still sore hip, but had to do some squats!)

- Deadlift, barbell: 5 @ 92kg, then 2 + f @ 142.4 kg (f**k'n weak!!!), 5 @ 126.4kg ...well, whatever.

- Bent-over rows, curl bar: 4 x 10 @ 88kg

 

OK, I'm out of shape. At least today.

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Sun 21st June

 

- Bench press, barbell: 10 @ 50kg, 5 + 4 @ 84kg

- Standing shoulder press, dumbbells: 5 + 4 + 4 @ 26kg per arm

- Dips: 20 + 15 @ bw

- Bicep curls, curl bar: 10 + 9 + 8 @ 44kg

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Thanks Robert! It's sometimes a bit hard to see the progress myself since I see myself from the mirror every now and then and every time I look quite like the last time. But I am very convinced that consistency is the key... I look quite different compared to what I looked a year ago. And I hope I'll look next year different as well.

 

Well, back to my training! Another few days pause... I had my birthday party and then I had some incredible business things to do which kept me busy but I'll tell more about it later.

 

Fri 26th June

 

- Bench press, barbell: 10 @ 50kg, then 4 + 5 + 6 @ 84kg

- Bicep curls, curl bar, 2 x 10 @ 44kg

- Standing shoulder press, dumbbells: a few sets @ 20kg

 

Sat 27th June

 

- Deep squat, barbell: 10 @ 52kg, 3 x 10 @ 72kg

- Bent-over rows, curl bar: 3 x 12 @ 82kg

 

Tomorrow I'm once more off to teach breakdance to a large bunch of kids for a few days.

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Sun 5th July

 

Time to pump those triceps for comp pics!

 

- Bench press, barbell: 10 @ 50kg, a few reps @ 66kg, 4 + 4 + 2 @ 86kg (190 lbs). Worked out alone so I had to be careful and ended up with low reps.

- Standing shoulder press, dumbbells: 3 x 10 @ 20kg per arm

- Dips: 15 + 13

- Also combined sets: hammer curls & standing shoulder press, dumbbells: 3 x 5+5 @ 20kg per arm

 

Did I get a good pump? Go check in the photo section!

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Long time without updates! Back in business!

 

I forgot to mention that between 30th June and 3th July I had like 5 hours bboying every day. PHEW!

 

Last week I hardly worked out at all. Just some squats, bicep curls, a few bench press sets and that kind of stuff...

 

This week I've been doing lots of physical work but no real training. Today, I'm changing my workout routine totally!

 

See what changed:

 

Sat 18th July

 

- Bench press, barbell: 10 @ 22kg, 10 @ 52kg, 10 + 10 + 7 @ 72kg (159 lbs)

- Deep squats, barbell: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 52kg

- Deadlifts, barbell: 10 @ 50kg, 10 + 10 @ 100kg

- Bent-over rows, barbell: 8 + 8 + 8 @ 92kg

- Lateral raises, dumbbells: 8 + 8 + 8 @ 12kg per arm

 

In case you didn't notice, I did much more something like full body workout than I've done for a LONG time! I realized that if I hit one body part like hell, it takes so long to recover that I can't have the workout pace I want. With this kind of workout I can stimulate whole body 3 times a week and I am quite sure that it's worth it. We'll see!

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Next 2 days: NICE PAIN in whole body! Now that's what I'm talking about!

 

Tue 21st July

 

- Bench press, dumbbells: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 24kg per arm

- Front squats, barbell: 7 + 7 + 2 @ 52kg (I haven't done these for a long time and the bar keeps slipping off my shoulders in every single set, miserable! )

- Straight leg deadlift, barbell: 10 + 10 @ 92kg

- Bicep curls, curl bar: 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 @ 40kg

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Oh come on! I USED to update this really often.

 

I think I'll do this at least a few weeks and if I keep getting good results, I might stick to this for years. I heard people getting superb results by deadlifting 3 times a week so I have to try that out, gradually putting more weight all the time.

 

Fri 25th July

 

- Bench press, barbell: 10 @ 50kg, 10 + 10 + 10 @ 72kg

- Deep squats, barbell: 10 @ 52kg, 10 + 10 @ 60kg

- Deadlits, barbell: 10 @ 50kg, 10 + 10 @ 92kg

- Bent-over rows, barbell: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 92kg

- Dips: 15 + 15 @ bw

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Tue 4th August

 

I didn't work out for several days, I was in Faces Etnofestival ( http://www.faces.fi/sumuSHOP/splash.php ) representing Vegan Alliance of Finland. Shared loads of flyers and sold lots of vegan stuff. And had jolly good time!

 

Now back in business baby!

 

- Bench press, barbell: 9 + 7 + 6 @ 76kg

- Deep squats, barbell: 10 @ 54kg, 10 + 10 @ 70kg

- Deadlifts, barbell: 10 + 8 @ 112kg

- Bent-over rows, barbell: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 100kg

 

On monday 3rd August I worked hard for 2 hours carrying planks (something like 50lbs per piece and there were dozens of them). Counts as a workout I guess.

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Oh god, what a HUGE gap in reporting!

 

In August the next 2 weeks went traveling around Europe. Some photos here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=99888&id=785669220&l=d44cb55e7a

 

And AWESOME vegan food we had during our trip here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=103626&id=785669220&l=ec15e5d435

 

When we got back I caught cold and was out of business for 2 weeks and on September I had loads and loads of bboying and didn't have that much time to work out, until last weekend when Guillaume aka IYM(!!!) came to see me here! I'll post a photo to prove it soon.

 

Sun 27th September

 

- Bench press, barbell: 10 @ 50, 3 @ 82, 6 + 5 @ 74kg

- Shoulder press, dumbbells: 12 + 12 + 9 @ 14kg per arm

- Bent-over row, curl bar: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 76kg

- Hammer curls: 12 + 12 + 12 @ 14kg per arm

 

Mon 28th September

 

2h bboying

 

Wed 30th September

 

1h 45mins bboying

 

Thu 1st October

 

- Deep squat, barbell: 3 x 10 @ 52kg

- Deadlift, barbell: 10 @ 92kg

 

Sat 3rd October

 

- Bench press, barbell: 10 @ 52, 5 @ 62, 5 + 6 + 5 @ 72

- Shoulder press, dumbbells: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 16.5kg per arm

- Bicep curls, dumbbells: 10 + 10 + 10 @ 16.5kg per arm

- Deadlift: 5 @ 92kg, 5 @ 110kg

 

An easy start is required after such a long break! It's amazing how fast you lose your best shape, but I hope I'll be back in heavy weights in no time!

 

Hmm... what else... I started importing vegan sausages from Germany and already sold almost 1000 of them. Also bought 5.5kg spirulina and sold it too. I think we're talking about business in no time! You should have seen the face of the guy who brought me 50kg (110lbs) delivery and I said it's full of vegan sausages!

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ahah, I guess the guy didn't know vegan sausages could even exist. I'll look for products like that to import and sell cuz today I looked a bit at the vegan products in health food stores in Montreal and there is not so much variety and no Viana products.

Yeah that training on sunday 2 or 3 weeks ago was pretty cool although both of us weren't in top shape to lift heavy because we did not trained for weeks prior to that. Although I trained a few times at the gym in Tampere. That was a good gym and I would love to go back to Finland soon !

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Also bought 5.5kg spirulina and sold it too. I think we're talking about business in no time!

 

Problem with spirulina is that you have to find new clientel every time since no one will order it again after tasting it

 

Welcome back dude! Will you guys come to vegomässan in december?

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