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I'll just put this out in the universe, but wouldn't Will Ospreay vs PAC for the International Title be a match that should happen at a suitable event? Whatever that may be?

To be honest, it would be quite a miracle if it didn't. I mean it isn't even all that "early" at this point, if it is!

Those decades are certainly not without their issues, but not a week goes by that I won't feel at least a little bit of nostalgic towards either or both of those decades! So, I definitely get how you feel! Oh, and the 80's go without saying, but even the 10's weren't that bad in my view! This decade has sucked badly, so far, though!

Just caught a glimpse of Kyle O'Reilly's Paul Orndorff arm and it's strikingly similar. The interesting thing about Orndorff's arm is that if you know what to look for, the early symptoms can be seen as early as '84 (if not earlier), so he must have had those neck issues WAY before the Hogan feud!

With the 6'->6" there's also a Spinal Tap joke in there somewhere, but as usual, I do no comedy!

That's something else! Way to go, man! Awesome!

This is last week's stuff, but did I see Jay White (and the rest of of Gang Bang Gang) come out with THREE different titles, not just the ROH and AEW Trios Titles? Did my eyes deceive me, or what have I missed?

For whatever the reason, I always liked Scott Putski in his brief and unfortunate WWF run and the subsequent WCW run. Obviously, I liked his physique and remember him doing a huracanrana in a match, back when you didn't see it in every single match on TV.

Another 6km jog/walk to the stairs and another 2,2lbs added to the vest. The stairs were super crowded, so I didn't stay for too long, though. It was certainly enough to make the leg day pretty challenging, though. A few sets of squats on the machine and a bunch of calf raises. Didn't go higher than 320, that was to enough to mess me up for the night and I'm still feeling it, in my quads mostly, not so much calves. Still was able to get some decent ab work in the end, in addition to a set of hanging knee and leg raises before and after the jog. The weight has gone down pretty quickly. If I was slightly above the usual weight I start the diet at, I sure as hell am at the standard level now. The lowest number I saw this week so far was 184, but I had skipped a meal at work and was probably dehydrated as well, so it was a bit of an outlier. Either way, no more worries about if I can make it work this time around? So, now there's a couple of extra days off, so I need to find ways to stay active, but also recover enough to go hard next week as well. Started yet another motivational playlist on Spotify and it seemed to work very well last night, but I need another half an hour of bangers to complete it.

Did go for another jog/ walk this afternoon and went to the stairs as well. Added another 2,2lbs to the vest. Did a set of hanging knee/leg raises before and after the jog as well as one during, as I passed the pull-up bars. 3 times up and down the big stairs and 5 times up down the small ones at the top. Some 6km in total. At the gym, the biggest deal was the shrug drop-sets with dumbells. I started with a pair of 88's and moved to smaller ones once I couldn't hold the current ones anymore. Every time I took a longer break, I went back to the 88's. So 14 sets in total, the lowest I got with dumbells was the 70,5's. More lat pull downs, push downs, dumbell curls on the incline bench and grippers before the pretty extensive ab work at the end.

Tony, No! Goddammit! No!

On top of walking some 8km in two portions on Sunday, I also biked to the night shift (duuh) and had a 90+ minute workout. I did 4 sets of chest flies lying on the floor with dumbells of 31, 35, 39,5 and 44lbs, after each set I did a set of standing double bicep curls with the same weights plus a set of 10 with a pair of 48,5's and 53's. I did 2 sets of incline bench dumbell presses with 88's on a heavy incline (7 and 6 reps), followed by hammer curls. Some side- and rear delt work, more than 5 sets of resistance band lat pull downs and a few "drop sets" of push downs with resistance bands (you go slightly lower on the grip of the band each time you feel the ROM starting to get too short). Plenty of ab work at the end except for hanging knee/leg raises which I had already done on Saturday. Was able to get like 5 consecutive full reps on the 200lb gripper on the right hand and still zero on the left (but obviously several partial reps). Work was hectic at night but there will only be 3 nights this week and that's it. Late in the week there should be plenty of cardio and at least a couple of home workouts, then.

While getting used to the feeling of hunger takes a bit of time, it is nice to see that even the excess fluids leaving your body will make you look way more cut, even before the actual fat burning will start. I guess the visceral fat starts burning quite fast when the calories are restricted and cardio goes up, but the start has been quite promising so far. I had my doubts about the motivation this year, but once the abs start showing for real, I start getting the itch to see how far I can push it this year?

And I was like, "yeah, but why Wolverine, tho?" for a minute, before I went "Oh yeah, LOGAN Paul!" So don't worry!

And there are so many consonants as opposed to vowels that an acronym of this wouldn't work either. So I guess we are stuck with "softball".

For the sake of clarity, the name of the game should've changed at that point, too! "Kinda like baseball" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, however...

Went for a run after watching Dynamite this morning. I have this new adjustable weight vest, with 15 2,2lb (1kg) pieces of metal that you can put into the small pockets on the vest. The vest itself is 2,2lbs, so I started conservatively and added 4 pieces, so 11 lbs all in all. Jogged to the stairs, walked them up once and jogged them up an down 3 times after that. Each time I got to the top, I went up and down the short viewpoint stairs 5 times before going down the actual stairs again. Jogging and walking on the way back. A little over 7km in total. I did a set of hanging knee and leg raises before and after the run. It's starting to feel pretty good, but the nose breathing goes out the window as soon as the pace picks up, at this point.

Haven't read any replies yet, so at the risk of repeating what @The Natural may have already said: Oh My God! They Killed Kenny! You Bastards! Seems like I'll get my Copeland HOB Gauntlet, when all I really wanted was a match against Buddy and then everything after that is gravy! The story was that Adam was able to hang but then was gifted a silver bullet due to a freak accident, and if he were to hit the Spear it would absolutely be over. And in the end, he got it. Young Bucks using clauses in their contracts to usurp power for the time being was another dick move, but I'll allow it. Swerve vs Christian Cage for the title should be interesting, because Cage made very good points about why he wants revenge on Swerve. Here he is avenging Nick Wayne while Darby is taking hits from a goddamned bus to save others. Where was Darby when Nick needed him to take the hit from Swerve? Also, last week, when Swerve mentioned his slightly estranged daughter, his fate was sealed. Christian Cage was coming for him that instant. There are no things pointing to any of this that I know of, but what if Joe challenges Okada next? Effective squash of Isiah, here. I slept through a middle portion of this, but at least Chuck Taylor went out with a F'n bang if this is really it for him. Callis must really be after Trent, not OC, right? Shibata vs Jericho was weirdly entertaining, but that was the point where I nodded off. I saw Toni throwing in the towel for Mariah next. I neex to go back to see Brian Cage vs Claudio, since that's a dream match for me, for sure! I really hope Kenny will be able to come back soon enough. There would be some interesting stuff on the table for him. Didn't get to Rampage yet.

Trapbar day. This wasn't great. I know I missed 2 sessions and have gone with very limited calories during the workday, but I topped out at 767,5 after failing heavier weights on a few prior attempts. My Versas kept opening as well, dammit. I did a few deficit lifts at the start and those went about as usual, on the way down I did 3 to 8 reps with lighter weights (658,5, 553, 458) and one set of shrugs with 363. No time for abs today, but I did a set of hanging knee raises once I got home. I hope my strength didn't take THIS big of a hit as soon as started losing weight and this is just temporary. I mean the weight has barely budged, as of yet. Around 189, as of now.

I had a long, nearly 90 minute workout that included a Seal-Row and a regular bench pyramids. Seal-Row went from 154 to 314, with additions of 22 or 11 lbs with each set. 275 set went ok, heavier than that, not particularly well. Bench pyramid went from 164 to 280, I did sets of 3, in order to save something for the heaviest sets. It didn't help that much for anything above 263. I also did two sets of reverse grip barbell curls, 15 and 12, respectively. Then I did single rep of deadlifts off the floor with 314 and 424, as well as standing barbell rows with 286, 264 and 220, out of which only 220's went well, with a good range of motion. Limited ab work at the end.

Tuesday was still a bit on the safe side due to the lat, but I did what I could. Standing barbell OHP with sets of 5 with 110, 121, 132, 143 and 148,5, then 4 with 154 and one momentum assisted rep with 159,5. Used the 159,5 to do reverse grip curls for sets of 15 and 12, then did a set of normal barbell curls with 110. After this, I did a couple of sets of dumbell curls on the Scott bench with 53 and 57 for 7 reps with each hand for both sets. Plenty of ab work at the end. Yesterday was a quick leg day with the top set being 7x423 on the squat machine. I was impressed how low the last few reps went, as it got better towards the end. No knee wraps for that one, either! I was able to get 3-4 full reps in a row on the 200lb gripper with my right hand, still not happening on the left, though. Decent ab work yesterday as well.

Yikes! Well, it will be quite a while before I'll be running in even 20 degrees weather, but yeah, when it gets warm, it's imperative to run in as light clothing as possible. I actually have pretty good gear for that this year. It just seems like ways off before it gets warm enough to even think about those. The workout today was somewhat hampered by the right lat. I started the warm up by rolling the right side with a hard foam roller. Incline bench with a heavy incline with 66-72 dumbells sets of 5, 12 and 10, followed by hammer curls. Some normal grip dumbell curls, resistance band lat pull downs and chest flies from different angles. Hard ab work at the end, as should be the norm for the next couple of months. Bike ride home was more than 90% breathing through nose only, with the occasional exhaling through the mouth. Not great with a running nose, though. My poor Mechanix gloves are a mess, now!

Everyone seems to have some issues at the moment. My right side, under and in the middle of the lat I feel this tightness that even gave me trouble breathing. I have had this a few times before, so I know how to get rid of it eventually, but this also means I have gone too long without a sports massage. And the next session is booked 11 or 12 days from now!

I'm sure I won't be able to run for too long without opening my mouth somewhat and of course if I intend to exhale through mouth, it would be open half the time, anyway. I guess running while gritting your teeth leads to trouble. I have to try and run on mostly low impact surfaces, if and when possible, too! Edit. Went for a walk that turned into a jog/run ten minutes in and proved that I can do a brisk walk or march while inhaling through nose only, but once the pace picks up to more than a slow jog, it becomes very difficult for me. Anyway, went to the stairs for the first time this year and going up and down a few times felt good. The whole thing took about an hour, but I walked again on the way back for some 15 minutes before jogging again at the very end. I almost start feeling like this is going to work out just fine, once I get going again.

He has a spreadsheet, of course he knows what he's doing. If what he's doing is not working, that's a whole another thing altogether!