Weigh in today at 199.2lbs. Weight is slowly coming down, and strength doesn’t seem to be affected so that’s the goal. Starting to run out of food prep ideas that won’t make me hate life though.
Planned a bodyweight circuit today, then got my toe ran over by a cage trying to be a good guy and help a store get a delivery in. Last time I try that. Looks like a bruise and a bit of broken skin, so hopefully back to it tomorrow. Try and do a 2 a day if feet are fine.
Yeah finding a diet that you like is key. Right now I have a pretty steep deficit but I really like what I eat so that’s okay
I love my food, so nutrition has always been a weakness for me. I think I’ve finally cracked it though, just got to keep finding variations on a theme that keep me interested in my food.
Certainly it must be harder with the family eating delicious food under your nose
Maybe. That’s mostly an excuse though. I can eat 100% clean if I want to, but it’s an added stressor I don’t need in my life right now.
Work for today:
30mins circuit:
Repeat until time is up.
Started with mountain climbers instead of air squats, but my toe is still split open and bruised so mountain climbers were hurting more than helping.
Didn’t try and push the pace or kill myself, just kept moving for 30mins.
About how long did you fail in the jump ropes? Is it more like fatigue vs muscle failure?
Its coordination. I’m not very good at it
So like if you fail after successfully skipping one time, then that is it? Now that is the kind of cardio I can get on board with.
It’s a circuit, so I repeat it until the timer on my phone goes off. The other stuff was really designed as a punishment for being an uncoordinated numpty.
Work for today:
Press:
5 @ 55kg
4 x 5 @ 52.5kg
Giant set:
15 x Trap bar press
Dips to failure
Push ups to failure
12 x lateral raises (2.5kg plates)
20 x band pull aparts.
Notes:
That’s still a lot of good pressing, my man.
@Cyrrex I think my press is moving up slowly, hard to tell. I’m fairly sure I’m not getting weaker outside the gym anyway, although god knows what my bench and deadlift will be like when I get back to the gym.
Work for today:
Squat:
5 x 70kg
5 x 80kg
5 x 90kg
5 x 100kg
5 x 110kg
Giant set (5 rounds):
5 x paused squat (85kg)
5 x jump squat (16kg kettlebell)
10 x back extensions
Notes:
Yeah, I am just working under the assumption that when I actually do get back to a gym, things like squats, deads and benching for heavier weights are going to absolutely suck for at least a few weeks.
@dagill2 @Cyrrex you’ve been doing workouts all along as you said for a couple of weeks heavy weight might feel… well heavy.
After those couple of weeks you’re back maybe even stronger
They’ll feel heavy if you convince yourself they will.
What they’ll actually feel like is weight. That’s all.
You’re like the Yoda of this forum, you should change around the order of your nouns, verbs and adjectives.
A big, giant hairy Yoda.
@mortdk @Cyrrex @MarkKO I’ve been squatting plenty, and heavier than I did in the gym. I’m confident I haven’t lost any ground there. Probably about the same on press. Bench and deadlift I’ll be amazed if I haven’t lost ground. I guess we’ll find out soon (ish).
Work for today:
25 swings (24kg) 1 air squat
24 swings 2 air squats
23 swings 3 air squats
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1 swing 25 air squats
Took this idea from the RKC book of workouts (@anna_5588, looks right up your alley). Originally it was supposed to be burpees instead of squats, but i did one burpees and the impact on my toe was serious enough for me to reconsider on the fly.
On it tomorrow! (With burpees)
My guess is, if your squat has been good and your overhead has been good then your bench and dead lift will come back real quick.