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I will refrain from the squat conversation, but I will attest to being a Taco squatter myself (never heard that one before), which is why I prefer the machine at work gym. I feel like the position it forces you to be in, minimises the bending in half effect. Had to skip Monday and even Tuesday was just "well, I guess I could do the curls again", so Scott bench dumbell curls it was. Started from 57 this time and did 8+8, same with 61,5 and 66, then 7+7 with 70,5 as well as 6+8 with 75, but those started to be not very clean. Once again, each dumbell was re-racked while doing behind the neck presses with two arms. Also did a light set of curls while sitting on the incline bench and then transitioned that into a set of light incline dumbell bench. Tried the chest flies lying on the floor again, using a pair of 31 lb dumbells. Reduced ab work for the finish. Monday was batshit at work, yesterday was way better, so I should be able to go do something today.

Finally Queen Aminata gets a win! It's too bad that Anna Jay is where her level is, but still great to see her leveling up!

Been plowing and sweeping off snow for past couple of days, like maybe an hour per day. Not much action otherwise. The chest flies on the floor seemed to be very effective, or at least totally different stimulus, since I had DOMS for two days afterwards. I may have to do those a bit more often.

Yeah, it looked like you'd be getting crushed by a windmill on the loose.

That could work, or elimination style, but please no "one fall 3-way", since we already got one of those. The PPV may be so loaded that them getting a full hour would probably be a tough one to fit in.

Ok, about the show itself: Dax-Mox was damn good and they had me thinking another draw, which would have been a big win for Dax. Ended up being a strong win for Mox. Surprised to see the tag coming match this early. So FTR take that one and there's a gimmick blow-off at Revolution? I'm fine with that. Copeland-Garcia ended up being good until it was ruined (like things usually are) by The Patriarchy. Since Garcia was still at least conscious at the end of all of it, he seems like the more likely challenger, please, no 3-ways here. Bucks vs Top Flight was good for what they were trying to do. I appreciate the attempt at slimy heeling and an update of the Bucks' characters, but if you do not wrestle to the utmost level of your physical capabilities (without being stupid, obviously), I will not find your performance entertaining, unless it's done for comedy, and even then, I'm unlikely to appreciate it fully when sober. So, while this was definitely different, it was not on the level of what I expect to be served when the menu says Young Bucks vs Top Flight. Threathening to put their slimy hands and knees on Tony was definitely worthy of heel heat. I'm sure they will find the best possible way of combining their new characters with their previous style and only cherry pick the best stuff later on. Wardlow had a knee brace and both hamstrings taped, he dodged a serious bullet and wasn't going to take any chances. Even the opponent was lighter than usual. Willow vs Skye Blue was good and Stokley actually ended up helping here. Does this mean Willow gets to challenge Julia for the title? Samoa Joe, Swerve and Hangman talked. I dozed off, but did hear the crowd cheering for Swerve like crazy. That trios match looks like there could be more than one blow-up within those teams coming up. The Toni tattoo touch up was not exactly what I thought it was going to be but the end effect was certainly the same. Main event was crazy. This gave Undisputed Kingdom the tiniest shred of credibility, which they so desperately need at this point. This may have been the only time a box of thumbtacks from your friend was a better gift than chocolate, unless you're a diabetic who uses bulletinboards a lot. Drywall (?) is always appreciated, though, regardless of the occasion. Guys, I have a great idea: Bang Bang Scissor Gang should have a 12-man tag on Rampage! Totally my own idea, btw!

Yeah, and he has to come in seriously beat up, not just little bit worn down. During the last reign, he must have successfully defended his title at least a dozen times while already being banged up and it still took Moxley pretty much all he had to keep him down. This is not only very smart strategy by Roddy, but also very necessary. Without OC being seriously worn down prior to their match, I would definitely not like Roddy's chances here and even then, it will probably take all the interference in the world for him to come out on top in this one. I do have a feeling he will get all the help he needs, however.

Got a one hour pump workout done at home today. Elevated push-ups with handles and wrapping a resistance band on the handles and across my back to give extra strain on the way up was new. Also, a bunch of chest flies with kettlebells, while lying on the floor. Haven't done that in a while. Plenty of curls and shrugs, some overhead presses and rows. Plenty of stuff with the stronger resistance band, including an improvised hammer curl drop set by placing the band under my foot, grabbing the band low at first and inching my way higher once the ROM became shit at previous level. That worked. Yesterday was mostly resting, but I did plow snow for an hour in the morning. Luckily, it was pretty much all powder snow, so not heavy, despite the large quantity.

I can't see what you did there!

Had to skip yesterday and today didn't exactly go great, either. I did 3 sets of incline bench dumbell presses 1 set of 7 with one notch down and 2 sets of 7 and 8 with two notches down (with 88's). Also failed two attempts to get the weights into position. That hasn't happened in a while. 5 sets of hammer curls. Also 5 sets of Seal-Row with 264 and then 2 sets of standing barbell row with the same weight. This didn't go great, but hey, I tried it. At the end I did 4 reps with 154 standing overhead barbell press. Actually, those weren't clean, either, but I moved it. In the very beginning, I tried the single arm dumbell overhead press with 88lbs, but only got two partials with both arms. The work is really doing a number on me, but the heavy drinking on Saturday is also partially to blame here. Nevertheless, the strike continues for the rest of the work week, so that was it for me. Probably get another workout in at home, but that will just be for the pump.

TNA Hard to Kill 2024 now available on TNA+! Watching Alexander vs Hammerstone at the moment. Every match up to this point has rocked and then some! The X-Division 3-way was batshit! And the home runs continue! That was a damn battle! And the 4-way tag title match, holy shit! Knockouts' World Title match got super intense by the end and the main event was made intriguing due to Moose's (mostly) logical and consistent selling of the left arm. Ending was good too, counter your opponent's finisher by hitting your own. I like Moose's entrance theme way more than I like Moose, but this was still a very good showing by him. Anyone who hasn't seen this yet, check it out!!!

Earlier this week (or it could have been late last week) I was browsing through Fight Club Finland's website and found out that they are about to launch their own streaming service. It's only 5,99 euros per month (material from 2006 onwards), but unfortunately this is where I have to draw the line. But it's interesting news nevertheless. I may give it a month sometime this year, who knows?

Absolutely.

I don't know about actually winning, but challenging for it on Father's Day seems like most obvious, logical booking there is!

Yeah, I was more shocked to find out that someone that unstable was actually married. He seemed very much mentally compromised two decades ago and I have my doubts things have improved since then. Well, obviously they have deteriorated further.

Overall, this is one of my favorite Attitude Era PPV's ('98-'99,anyway).

Thank you! Straight to the gym playlist it goes!

Speedball vs Wentz was really good. Good to see Trent Seven back. I think there's a six man tag coming our way. The former Aiden English was like "I know who that is!" when Simon Gotch attacked Josh Alexander. Main event was good, but the System seems to be losing quite often this early into their tenure. Are GYV just hedging their bets with the attack on Ace Austin or was this to explain an injury? I hope this doesn't mess up the best of three! Although winning two straight due to an injury you caused would be a pretty standard dastardly heel thing to do!

Yes, unless you are Vince McMahon.

Hey, those are best kind of predictions!

Right on the Mone! Predictions could be Big Business for you, JD!

Huge Dynamite here! Swerve was THIS close and that was pretty much a heel turn for Hangman. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but since Bucks are heels now, I guess that tracks. I'm shocked that this ended up with 3-way on the PPV. Yes, this is my shocked face Takeshita with a huge submission win over Jericho and Toni's public workout was successful. BCC vs CMLL trios match was really entertaining and I got to hear Hechicero's awesome theme again! Sting and Darby are champions!!! But the EVP's SOILED their reputation worse than any executive in wrestling business history...this week. I mean the week is still young, but so far this week, in any case! Oh, and @Curt McGirt , unfortunately that sign was none of my doing. Cool sign, though! Not at all outside of something I could have come up with!

It's because he signed Nic Nemeth, isn't it? Goddammit!

@StretchMediatedHypertrophy, yeah this winter in particular has been pretty damn cruel. We've had plenty of snow for a few years back to back, but this winter has also been cold AF at times. It also seems that it will be another month before that starts to change. Eventually, I ended up doing pretty much nothing for the rest of last week, aside from plowing and sweeping snow off the front yard (thankfully there wasn't that much of it). 3 workouts and one missed this week, due to trying to go the extra mile at work and failing at what I was trying to, anyway. Well, Monday was busy (the whole 4 day week was insane, actually) so I was coming in with a missed lunch (which doesn't really happen very often) for the incline bench dumbell press and hammer curl combo. I did the usual 7 sets, all with 88's with 2 sets straight up, 3 with one notch down and 2 with two notches down. One set of 9 (straight up) others were 6's and 7's, which is appropriate, since I was at sixes and sevens (which means something like "at your wits end" in Britain, at least) at work the whole week. Hammer curls went about as well as usual. Resistance band lat pull downs between sets and moderate ab work at the end. With Tuesday skipped and Wednesday not being a huge improvement (albeit a slight one) I decided to just do somehing "fun" (also, this time I was not alone at the gym so I had to pivot) so I did heavy single arm preacher/concentration curls on the Scott bench. Started with 7+7 with 53, 7+7 with 57, 7+7 with 61,5, 6+7 with 66 (co-worker checked them from the side and said they were as clean as you can do without locking out your elbows) so I went for 70,5 as well and got 5+6, but they were not as clean. Still, the heaviest I've gone in years. Oh, and at the start, after a long pause in attempts, I tried the 88 lb single arm dumbell overhead press and got two reps with each arm(!) Co-worker asked if they were strict and I wasn't sure. I did use some momentum, but I don't think I bent my knees, for example. I did one rep very strict with 75 to see the difference and yeah, they weren't like that. But still, two reps, a definite record for me, no doubt. After each completed set of curls, I took the weight back to the rack by doing double arm behind the neck overhead presses with the said weight to give something for the triceps as well. Standard ab work at the end. Thursday was yet again crazy at work, but once I got down to the gym, I decided to do Trapbar, anyway. The other option was Seal Row, but I said "Let's fucking go!" Ok, the deficit lifts were just a warm-up this time, with 5x238 and 2x370, then from the floor level, without Versas 2x465 and 2x487, then with Versas 1x548,5. Then, off the 3/4 blocks 1x643 and off the full blocks 3x749. Shoes came off for 843,5 and I did a 2 and three separate singles, then 5x749. Shoes back on for 7x654, and then off the 3/4 blocks 5x559,5. After this, 3 sets of shrugs with 465 (more than 10 reps), 370 (20+ reps) and 249 (a lot of reps). No abs, but I hung upside down and held a 53lb kettle bell off the ground for a good while to stretch out my back. Back home, I did some hard rubber ball therapy on my glutes and lower back and feeling pretty good this morning. My plans for this weekend are alcohol, music and watching wrestling. Today, mostly eating and watching wrestling, though.

Rampage was badass, as usual. Queen is getting more exposure than any other woman on the roster! She just needs an effective finisher! Stooley. C'mon Willow, admit you didn't run out of letters or space on that friendship bracelet! Tag title eliminator was good, Big Bill was working his ass off here. Top Flight and Private Party need a 2 out of 3 falls rubber match to settle this thing! Well, actually I wouldn't want to blow this feud off for a while yet. Let these guys go at it like once a month until summer. Main event rocked and so did Hechicero's entrance theme. Did they give Mascara Dorada name to someone new? His ring jacket made him look jacked as shit, but once he took it off, he was the smallest guy in the match. He could fly like hell, though! Collision was a blast! Way to go, Bounty Hunter! Eddie was lucky to get that knock out blow in when he did! Danielson also got schooled and lucky in his match! Queen with another impressive outing. Red Velvet with an actual win. Toni with a crazy promo before that. Plenty of talking but good points were made. Main event was wonderful. Nick Wayne shone brightly, but so did Garcia. He could get a title shot from this. Hell, give them a trios title match! Good show, strong week!