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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Well it is Friday... Sigh, getting disheartened by my lack of progress. One of these days I hope to have enough confidence to take a selfie where there might be other people... Today was not that day! 🤣

A workout summary from the hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 98 minutes, moving 31,822 pounds with 9 exercises and 4 personal records.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

crawling along in traffic - super-handsome guy walking along looking over = me happy as maybe I'm not completely unattractive as he gets closer, I realise he is checking out the car, not me 🤣 tbh, the car is a lot prettier than I am!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

My favourite back and biceps 'pull' day - but it was such a struggle. 😢 I am trying to cheer myself up by thinking that this is the stuff that makes the difference ... showing up when you really don't want too.

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 94 minutes, moving 32,724 pounds with 4 personal records.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I am quite convinced my heart cannot take a season of this... 🩵🩵🩵🩵 #pusb

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My cold is back, but I am so stubborn I wanted to do something anyway .. the world went a bit grey at times so needed a sit down between sets but didn't fall over... just! 🥳

a workout summary from the hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 81 minutes, moving 52,490 pounds with two personal records - the spider plot of muscles used indicates this was almost all legs

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#f1 why must we race at tracks where you cannot overtake? It's not much fun watching a two-hour traffic jam.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

There ought to be a rule that if I am appropriately attired but still get cold mowing the lawns, it has reached that time of year when I don't have to mow them ... no matter what the neighbours think!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

How well my local coffee shop knows me!

A coffee shop sign that says 'Fuelled by caffeine, sarcasm and inappropriate thoughts'

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I do believe the cold might be past 🎉 That was much better; I am a happy boy again!

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 89 minutes, moving 32,528 pounds with 8 exercises and 5 personal records.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Still feeling rotten - so this one entirely fuelled by the guilt of all the cakes and pastries last week...

a workout summary from the hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 92 minutes, moving 31,217 pounds with 9 exercises and 4 personal records.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think I'll be a chicken for halloween - it will save money - I only need half a costume - I've already got the legs 😭

A workout summary from the hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 75 minutes, moving 59,170 pounds with 8 exercises and 1 personal record.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don't think Waitrose should be allowed to call them "seedless grapes" if they contain seeds 🤯

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The cakes and pastries of England are fighting back - I am a mucus volcano again 😢 I feel baaaaaad... I am going to declare a truce by switching to raisin and biscuit Yorkies today!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Since I was full of cake I needed a walk! Wimbleball lake in Exmoor shouldn't look like this. #ClimateChange UK style 😢

Wimbleball Lake in Exmoor in the UK. The water-level is very low.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Final day of my mini-break, and my one man battle against all the pastries and cakes in England continues... the rhubarb and custard cake was not nearly rhubarb-y enough for me, but Costa's chocolate brownie cheesecake was better than I expected it to be. Only two more days of gluttony remain! 😢

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Decent back and bicep day though still not enough sleep. Monthly rolling averages check-in: weight unchanged (first time in ages it hasn't gone down), bf down 0.4%, which I am hoping is statistically significant, but it may be a forlorn hope 😆 #fitnesssky #gymsky

A workout summary showing a workout lasting 81 minutes, moving 32,006 pounds with 8 exercises and three personal records.

A middle-aged man flexes his bicep, while taking a selfie showing his back in a mirror.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Decent leg day, though insomnia still kicking my butt. On holiday at the moment, which means lots of pastries - I was well fuelled again for this one!

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 84 minutes, moving 51,710 pounds with two personal records.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nice push day for me - somewhat spoiled by my workout 'kit' strategy of just pulling the first pair of shorts and first t-shirt out of the drawers let me down today - they did not match well at all! 😱

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 81 minutes, moving 30,892 pounds with 8 exercises and 4 personal records.

A middle-aged man in grey and orange shorts with a red top!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've had a very decadent day and not done a single chore and watched #f1 and #rugby ! Mixed fortunes for my two favourite teams - the cities I did my degrees in - Exeter loosing badly at home, but my beloved #BristolBears winning away in Manchester. 🐻

The results of the English PREM rugby games on 26-September-2026 - with Exeter loosing 24-45 to Gloucester and Sale loosing 24-34 to Bristol.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just active rest day for me today, so a bit of Zone 2 training... well mostly, I celebrated getting to the end of session with a bit of sprint! I have to stand up on the bike every fifteen minutes or so, or my penis goes numb! 😱

An indoor cycle heart rate chart, showing mostly some zone 2 training.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Much better tonight because I ate a simply massive Indian meal for dinner, so had plenty of fuel! Couldn't resist the little flex for the last Friday of Biceptember 💪

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 78 minutes, moving 30,915 pounds with 9 exercises and 5 personal records.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I was feeling very glum after two tough workouts, but this morning my scale gave me a 'present' - into the 7s! It's not true of course, more like twice that, but given it read 26% when I stood on it a couple of years ago I'm going to use it as encouragement.

A bioimpedence scale measuring 7.7 body fat

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Really good rest is politics leading. I miss Gordon Brown and wish he had been prime minister for the last 16 years. A super-intelligent, common sense, Scot. Still, exactly what we need. Alastair and Rory were a bit easy on him at times, but understandable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8DN...

youtube.com

The World We Know Is Disappearing | Gordon Brown

YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another tough one this evening, on not enough sleep and a very busy work day. One of those I just had to do. Legs feel suitably tingly though, so I know work was done!

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 79 minutes, moving 57,740 pounds with 8 exercises and just one personal record.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I know people are anti- #AI but I've set gpt-5.6 off on a task, so I can get yet another coffee while it writes my python for me. There are definitely advantages!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I hate PowerPoint with a passion. It is so clunky. I am in slide hell *again*. Why won't my bosses read actual documents? 😢

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well back to it after the deload rotation, I expected to fly through this crushing PRs, but it was really hard for some reason. I logged my 500th workout, fun that Hevy keeps track of the total volume over that time. If only I had a penny for each of those pounds!

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application - showing a workout lasting 87 minutes, moving 46,261 pounds with 2 personal records.

A celebratory panel from the Hevy workout tracking application showing that the user has logged 500 workouts for a total of 732 hours of workouts moving a total of 15,874,824 pounds!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So my day started with an overnight message from boss that began: "Can you create some slides..." and ended "I need them today" 😱 So obviously I cheered myself up with a sneaky lunchtime row for active rest day. Very definitely time for a new job!

Concept two rowing workout summary - 10km completed in just under 47 minutes.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I had to do some gardening, which I blame for my bizarre expression! At least this cheered me up ... last one of the deload rotation, whoo hoo And, have you ever seen a man more in need of a hair cut?! 😆

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 67 minutes moving 21,605 pounds with 8 exercises and 19 sets.

A middle-aged man with a strange expression flexing his bicep

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Enjoyed leg day... I must be doing it wrong! 😆

A person exercising their legs on a leg extension machine; the quadriceps muscles are just about visible.

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 92 minutes, moving 35,090 pounds with 19 sets. It was a leg focused workout.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Well I am absolutely *not* the demographic for this album, but... No Labels, I Love You was my favourite. Still prefer E•MO•TION. Day and Night feels very grown-up, and if it one thing I know about myself it is that I do not want to grow-up any further! 😆 music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

music.youtube.com

Day and Night

Album • Carly Rae Jepsen

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Still doing what Mr. Bossy AI tells me... *nothing* is sore, which is unusual for me, and honestly a little disappointing! So hard not to get carried away still ... two more deload sessions and then back to normal. Looking forward to it.

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 61 minutes moving 20,928 pounds with 9 exercises and 21 sets.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think the #f1 sprint at Monaco is an attempt to get two meaningful sessions that weekend - the actual race is already largely pointless - so now we have sprint qualifying and actual qualifying

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My boss slacked me at midnight (he is in California) ... I am really perplexed why people think working, literally, all the time is a good thing. People do not operate well on not enough sleep - I know this *well*. I am not going to start sleeping with my phone. My days are numbered!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Still doing what Mr. Bossy AI coach tells me - I feel like I'm on holiday! However, am feeling physically amazing so perhaps something is working. Work and other things are crushing me mentally though - how do I do a deload rotation for those?!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#music has to be one of humanity's greatest inventions - it doesn't seem to matter how annoyed I am on a Monday morning at work, I can blast some EDM and immediately feel better I wonder if AvB knows the impact he has on people?!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bossy AI coach tells me time for a deload rotation, and so I am doing what I am told for I am a good boy 😉 Hard not to push, since that is what I am used too, but trying to stay focused - it got the blood flowing at least.

Workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 78 minutes, moving 29,572 pounds and consisting of 9 exercises and 22 sets.

The underside of a man's forearm showing some decent vascularity

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Well that was a miserable week - thank goodness it's finally finished. I do not want to think about GPUs for at least 48 hours!

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Nice row for active rest - though only about 14 hours after pull day 😱 Sometimes I am just not very bright!

Rowing detail from Concept 2 - showing a 10km lasting nearly 47 minutes, with an average split time 2:20/500m and an average of 23 s/m

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Despite ongoing insomnia a decent pull day .. and here is my, depressingly small, 'contribution' to #biceptember #fitnesssky

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 74 minutes, moving 31,222 pounds and with 5 personal records. It was a pull and core workout, mostly working the back, biceps and abs.

A middle-aged man flexing his small biceps

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It was better today, but still current bout of insomnia causing havoc with my workouts. I wish sleep was less important.

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 66 minutes, moving 50,240 pounds with 8 exercises and 1 personal record.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I call this composition: "old man attempts push day" Well I did try...

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 75 minutes, moving 29,078 pounds with 1 personal record. The spider plot of muscles used shows this was a push day, with shoulders and triceps dominating and some chest.

A middle aged man taking a selfie looking disappointingly small after working out.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Excellent pull day, with an assist from #Queen for Freddie's 80th. 🌈🎂 My only friend through teenage nights ... indeed. (though I don't think that was Freddie's lyric!)

Workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 74 minutes, moving 30,513 pounds and consisting of 9 exercises and 9 personal records

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

To try and cheer myself up for an afternoon of meetings and work - gym at lunchtime! It worked while I was doing it... now, not so much!

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application, showing a workout lasting 100 minutes ,moving 56,080 pounds with 2 personal records.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The air is once again thick with the smell of lay-offs! Am so fed-up after this week I rather hope they include me this time...

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I am enjoying talking with my #AI coach - so much so, in an expression of my craziness, I have anthropomorphized it into a fit, handsome, chap called Barry. I imagine Barry typing: "No sneaky late night rows tonight", not some GPU near Seattle! 😆

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Favourite push routine, but it was dismal. I am grumpy and hungry. Grumgry.

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a workout lasting 89 minutes, moving 45,723 pounds with 9 exercises and 2 personal records.

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So today I was told that my hair is like Omni-man's hair. Unfortunately for me, apparently that is where the similarity ends 😆

an image of omni-man from the show invincible

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Andrew @vaders-sabre.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A bit of active rest for me - so a nice 10km row. I got into a really awesome rhythm ~2:12/500m - it feels so nice to have various bits of your body working well together. The sad thing for me is that when I was younger, that happened at ~2:00/500m! 😢

A workout summary from the Hevy workout tracking application showing a rowing workout lasting 49 minutes, and 10km with 1 personal record.

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