The 104 week experiment

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TBPenguin
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Hey, you did it, even if imperfectly. Glad to see the report.

Reinout
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TBPenguin wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:00 pm Hey, you did it, even if imperfectly. Glad to see the report.
Thanks so much TBP. It's these small encouragements that keep us going :D

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Monday 04 July 2022

Base building B1 W3D1
Never slept, the puppy was in too much pain. Had to bring him to the vet for euthanasia. I opted to rather spend my time with him than swinging metal balls around. Heart breaking stuff.

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Tuesday 05 July 2022

Base building B1 W3D2 E
Jog. T = 55:01 ; HRav = 141; Distance estimated at 6.75 km.

Only half way through did I realize that D1 was not lost. Just use D1 as 'recovery' and try the rest of the cycle. I will do some SE tomorrow. Jog went surprisingly well despite the low motivation. Also, did the pre-determined maximum distance for the 'in week' jogs which included 'that' hill. Walking up, my HR actually dropped!

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Wednesday 06 July 2022

Base building B1 W3D3 SE(40)

Three rounds of 40 reps of:
Swing
Knee push up
Goblet squat
Row
Romanian dead lift

3 min between rounds. Just trying to catch my breath between exercises.

Went ok. Motivation was low, and the second round swings and Goblet squats were 30/10 with a short break. Third round the same for swings, but Goblet squats were 25/15. Probably more a mental thing than anything else. Happy to have this one done.

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Thursday 7 July 2022

Base building B1 W3D4 E

Jog.
T = 1h03; HRav = 138; HRmax = 159.

The park was opened already so I could go through the park. The silly HR watch says this was 7.75 km, but I suspect that's an over estimate. Legs were pretty sore from the SE of yesterday. Jog went surprisingly well though.

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Friday 8 July 2022: 06:36

Basebuilding B1W3 D5 (SE)

Two rounds (3 min break) of 40 reps of:
Swing
knee push-up
Goblet squat
Row (l, r)
Romanian deadlift

T = 28:05; HRav = 125; HRmax = 152.

Went OK. Depth on Goblet squats and knee push-ups could be deeper. Was still having slight DOMS from the previous SE workout.

Later that day I was exhausted. Almost fell asleep during an award ceremony.

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Saturday 09 July 2022; 07:29

Basebuilding B1 W3D6 (E)
Jog of ~10 km. Had a decent nights rest and this went better than expected.

T = 1h24; HRav = 140; HRmax = 156.

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Review of week 3.

Despite the emotional turmoil, I made all the workouts. I don't think swapping E and SE is a huge thing, but the obvious problem with the higher reps is that you might still have some DOMS. The E/LSS sessions seem to be getting easier, and I see an increase in the jog part and a decrease in the walk part. Also, it seems that estimating when hitting the HR= 150 gets easier. On the last jog, I seemed to check the HR at 150-151 based on the breathing. I used to do the talk test by 'singing' (horribly) but did not have a fun song to 'sing'. I remember how much fun it was to belt out Rammstein while jogging past people :lol:

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Monday 11 July 2022

Base building B1 W4D1 (SE 1 x 50)

One round of 50 reps of:
Swings
knee push-ups
Goblet squats
Row (l, r)
Romanian deadlift

T = 13:59; HRav = 128; HRmax = 151

Slept badly and was already tired. This woke me up though. Goblet squats were more 37/13 with short break to catch my breath. I'll be happy when next week is done...

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