the end of an era

Yes it's true, I'm afraid to say. I'm too busy to maintain heaps and heaps of blogs, so with great sadness I bid a fond farewell to iLoren. You we're always there for me you little ripper. On to bigger and better things then eh. Everything that would have been posted there will now be here yada yada yada. I will still document the unlikely tale of my journey from ignoble slumdog wretch to impossibly fantastic geriatric league guy, until I change my mind and decide to do something else again.

guess what's back? The ever-lovable work out log, for your reading pleasure:

we're in season, it's maintenance time
front squat 100*5
a2g back squat 120*3,2
hang clean 60*5
clean 60*7,70*2 trickier than it looks, and it looks pretty dang tricky

Bonus league update
I curse the heavens. I didn't score again. In other news we won 38-10 against Burleigh. Hurrah.

How (not) to be an All Black 1

The first step: never, ever, acknowledge publicly that you want to be anything, especially not an All-Black.

*misty dreamy flashback*

When I was a child I coined a painfully trite, but entirely appropriate moniker to describe invariably the process by which the universe operates: Oppositely. That's right, Rhonda Byrne has it all wrong, you can have what ever you want in this world as long as you don't tell anyone, in fact all you need to do is behave in a way that seems completely contrary to what common-sense would dictate. The universe will never see you coming and then suddenly, BOOM, you're working 9-5 in an office, just like you never wanted. Astounded? This is only the beginning.

*snap back to reality, oops there goes gravity*

I vow by Saturn's special needs moon, the uncoordinated Hyperion and by the second rate Marvel Character of the same name who gained some notoriety as a Max series protagonist, and by gingos that I will never be an All Black (It's only a matter of time now people).

A to G Back Squat (which got further and further from my but as the weight and reps built up) 40*5, 60*5, 80*5, 120*5, 120*4

hang clean 40*10, 50*10

power C&J 60, 70, 80, 90,100 (only got the clean part up on the final rep)

My Triumphal Return

What started as a 1 week lay off turned into 2 and a bit. Pathetic really. My inner T-Man started getting restless, so today I had to get back into the cave and start pumping iron. During my time away Chuck Liddell was knocked out (that's putting it far too lightly) and the Auckland Warriors, defying all conventional wisdom and forever altering the destiny of the universe, beat the Melbourne Storm. I'm a fair weather fan I'll admit it, but Go the Warriors! And while these wondrous events were transpiring, what pray tell was I doing? I was at home, catabolizing, atrophying. Thank goodness that's over... R.I.P Chuck, you were my favourite, oh, and go the Warriors you're my favourite whenever you're winning.

A to G back Squat 20*30, 40*40, 50*20, 60*12, 70*10, 80*5 wimped out on the last set.

hang clean 60/2*3

Volume: 4680kgs