Because not all gingerbreads have the same shape..

I like lifting stuff and tea

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No one is ever too busy, it’s about priorities.

my life motto

(if someone meant the world to you, you’d always find time)

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70kg sumo deadlift. Still my current PR, but i really want to reach 75kg soon!

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I need some progress-related cheering up since dancing is taking all my time and training isn’t that big of a priority. That 70kg lift looked so heavy...now i work my sets with 75kg

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So my ultimate deadlift goal is 3xBW (thats a bit under 160kg and i set this goal to be done before 2018). The norwegian record in my age and weight class is 157kg.

That shows how unrealistic i am, but you gotta have goals

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Today i did my squat sets (4x4/3) with more than my bodyweight (55kg). Which is a big deal for me cause i make very slow progression on my squats

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I guess this blog is basically just an online diary or training log or something to see my development in training and such now...

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So on Tuesday i’m meeting with a coach at my gym who’s gonna help me make a proper training schedule. This year i have so time to train and so many goals, so i have to be careful to only so as much as my body can handle

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Working on my squat technique today. They feel pretty steady and I think it looks fine, but i am in no way an expert. I’m open to tips and corrections

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A rant about squats

So since i started streangth training about a year ago, squats have always been my enemy, my goat. Last christmas i desided i shoulder start squatting properly and more often and after that i started to like it a lot more. I consider it something that i enjoy now. But they are still the source of a lot of frustration. I haven't really been adding weight the last half year. I have added some and my form keps getting better. But it is so frustrating at times that the PR i struggeled with in april is still my current PR. And i know everyone experiences these sort of platues, but i feel like they came so soon in squatting. In september i started the stronglift 5x5 program in order to follow an actual streangth program. I squat three times a week, 5 reps of 5 sets. That is way more than before so i hope to see improvement now. So thats the rant...

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Figuring out what plates to put on the bar like

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herculucy actual footage of me 

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Deadlifts are by far my favourite and sadly my strongest lift so i rarely do them. 100kg here (about twice BW)

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Goals. Someday I’ll have this sort of control.

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and the little dance at the end awh

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this is what i want!

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Man some weeks i am just an emotional wreak. Its been i real nice week, but i have still cried at four different occasions since last Tuesday. All for different, not really important reasons, but if i find the smallest reason to cry this week it just goes on and on. I don’t know why...

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First of, muscles are not important, being strong and fit and having fun is. But that said, getting muscles as a bonus is pretty fun. I’m just a work in progress, working on being a better version of myself everyday.

Top photo: October 2015 Bottom photo: July 2016

I’m not this tan! it’s just the camera.

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thought maybe it would be smart to write down some exercising goals for myself so i can be proud of stuff:

Do 20 push-ups on toes Do unassisted chin ups (underhand) Do unassisted pull ups (overhand) Benchpress 40 kilos/88 pounds Squat 40 kilos/88 pounds Deadlift 45 kilos/100 pounds Run 5 kilometers/3 miles Jumprope for 3 min

(This is just a personal thing to see my own progress)

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Aw these goals from last autumn are so cute, i was so much weaker. Why did i sett 45k deadlift and 40k benchpress together? That is not equal

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Tried adding weight to my push-ups today. It was pretty hard to get them up on my back. Built up to 12,5 kg

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haha, the video got removed due to being sexual explicit. It was just push-ups, with clothing

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Tried adding weight to my push-ups today. It was pretty hard to get them up on my back. Built up to 12,5 kg

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Training goals 2016

I have a lot of goals for 2016 so i will probably update this list before the new year. Also i don’t know how much stronger i should expect to become since i have only been lifting for a couple of month

Deadlift 100 kg (?)

Squat 80 kg (?)

C&J 70 kg (?)

Do a proper handstand

Learn kipping pull-ups

Do proper toes to bar

Do the split

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Half through the year, time to look at my goals. Deadlift 100kg DONE (April)

Squat 80kg:New goal Squat 90kg C&J 70kg: I have sort of paused my oly training to the fall so this is unrealistic Handstand: Learn during summer

Kipping pull-ups: Learn in fall Toes2Bar: DONE (strict ones) Split: Learn during summer