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2023 Aug Training Reflections

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  Tough Month!  Missed ALL my monthly quota. It's not about chalking up more and more each time but these numbers has been a way to  keep myself as a form of check-and-balance from month to month.  Still. about to kick myself until I realized Aug had more full gym sessions with weights which of course on the daily Excel tracking log does not include what's done at the gym. Plus I had to train for Spartan Sprint in the first half of Aug...which included a number of exercises that aren't in my "Daily Salad" menu. Cardio work meant running has an impact as that eats up more time. Even though mileage hasn't been really high. But since putting back more into runs in Apr has meant an improvement up till this point. Finally, consistent with my usual 6km route at ~6min/km pace while able to hold average heart rate at ~HR130. Went from previous ~7:00-7:06 min  to ~5:50-6:00min/km now The other milestone achieved this month is in my "no training" Quarterly 2....

Aug 2023 Training Log

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01 Aug 2023 Dinner (Gaia) Pullup: 8, 8, 8 🔫Squat: 6x2 Str.Bar.Dip: 15, 5, 15   02 Aug 2023  PullUp: 40 Deadhang: 3 x 1min   03 Aug 2023 LsCU: 8,8,8,8,8 🦐Squat: 60 AirSquat: 35,  Yoga (Hatha) 04 Aug 2023 Run: 6.02km, 5:30/km, avg ❤️HR144 PullUps: 10, 5, 8, 7 PushUps: 20 05 Aug 2023 Gym- Leg Day Squat, (slow paused squats) 40kg x10, 60kg x10, 70k x08, 70kg x08 LegPress 50kg x10, 60kg x10, 70kg x10,  80kg x12    Pullup: 5, 5 Heavy dinner with 150ml Korean wine. Slept early but SHR in the morning at 57.. (HR range is at highest last nite in recent wk/ mths of 50-75) 06 Aug 2023  10am-12pm Stretch+Mobility 2-4pm Gym- Chest Day PullUps: 5, 8 (warmup) BenchPress:  40kg x 12 x 2sets 50kg x 10 60kg x 08 70kg x 08 Dropset: 70kg x 8, 60kg x 6, 40kg x8 Neutral Pullup: 5+5 💎PU: 15 Incline BPress 40kg x 10 50kg x 08  60kg x 08 x2 Incl. DBP:  20.0kg x 08 25.0kg x 10 27.5kg x 08 30.0kg x 07 PullOvers: ~ 5 sets (10-15kg) Superset [15 ForwardDip...