I tend to order protein when I’m only at a quarter left. I then open the new packet and get to it straight away. That way I know in a desperate time I’ve always got a quarter of a bag left somewhere.
My eggs routine is basically eating all the eggs my missus buys and getting yelled at when I’ve ruined her weekend breakfast plans.
Look like the bottles one might have in their car after a long journey. ahem
I’ve never bothered buying egg whites. I may try them out if I can find them cheap enough locally.
You based in the US or UK (other counties are available).
UK, thought you may have that picked up from the lactose-free milk pricing chat. 
I wonder if home bargains do some. That would be ideal. In Waitrose it’s probably £10/litre
Oh yeah forgot (sorry), forget who lives where on here.
I get my egg whites from Amazon from uncle jacks. They are top quality, pure and well priced. Much cheaper than the supermarkets and without the extra stuff they add.
Week 7/52 6th October
Chest and triceps the golden day!
Bench 531 5 rep week (2m rest)
Warm up sets
67kg x 5
80kg x 5
90kg x 10 wanted 12 but my form was a bit off from the start of the last set. Still a good number but not what I wanted.
Incline DB press (1.3m rest)
24kg DBs x 8
28kg DBs x 8
30kg DBs x 8
32kg DBs x 8
Cable fly ss with ab wheel (1.15m rest)
Fly 4 sets of 9 reps
(No idea what weight it is, the weight rack was on 5)
an wheel
4 sets of 6 reps - I need to perfect my form as some reps felt great and others not so
Push ups (1.15m rest)
X 15
X 15
X 12
OH rope tricep extensions (1.15m rest)
7 (on the machine) x 12 reps
8 x 10 reps
9 x 10 reps
10 x 9 reps
Single arm tricep push down
3 x 20 reps palm up
3 x 20 reps palm down
3 x 20 reps palm up
Toe taps
3 sets
Back has felt rather tight after my squats on Tuesday. I spent about 10 minutes stretching my hams and hips to try and loosen but not sure it helped. Maybe need to warm up my left hip more before squatting next week.
You can get smaller cartons from Morrisons or Sainsburys normally about £2.50
They are more expensive and usually full of other stuff as well. I 100% recommend getting them online from somewhere with 100% egg whites and the ingredients.
I didn’t know that! Will start ordering online, think I’ve used Uncle Jacks before
Week 7/52 7th October
Back like a barn door!
Again my hamstring cramped during every set. It’s become a pain now, hamstring cramp on every day.
Cable row (1.3m rest)
56kg x 10
63kg x 10
70kg x 10
77kg x 8
Lat pulldown wide (1.15m rest)
56kg
X 10
X 10
X 10
Face pulls (1.15m rest) ss with
27kg x 20
36kg x 20
45kg x 15
54kg x 10
Back superman’s physio
X 10
X 10
X 10
X 10
SL dead lifts physio
3 sets of 8 reps
Toe taps physio
3 sets
Another week done, feeling a little beat up but I’ve now increased by protein and carbs slightly to compensate and I didn’t deload. So everything going to plan so far.
2 more weeks and then a complete rest for 1 week. Overall feeling good and looking good (if I do so myself) 
10th October
No training today, wife has covid, I feel like death. Not going to to work today, back to bed.
I tend to somehow miss any COVID news, but it seems rife in South Wales at the moment. My mum and brother have it, as do the whole of my girlfriends office. She’s managed to avoid it so far and so have I. I can’t help but think with all the football matches i’ve been to, all the times i’ve come home from the gym forgetting to wash my hands, and how much time I spend coaching the 11 year old girls with all kinds of bugs, I’d have had it by now…
Hope you don’t pick it up from your wife but if you do, at least it’ll be coming at a time when you’re close to planning a rest week anyway.
Don’t skip the basics! Lots of liquids (pedialyte if you can get it), lots of sleep, and Vitamin D (Sun and supplements).
^did this and cleared Covid in 3 days, was back training on the 5th day, and was full strength again in the 7th. This was before Omicron, so likely Delta.
Maybe the Covid explains the cramping? Anyway, agree with the go nuts on hydration and rest advice (3x Covid champ here).
Cheers all. Been drinking loads today but haven’t really eaten a think as I’ve spend 90% of today asleep.
I do wonder (woe is me) if when poorly it affects us lifting folk more, going from eating well, high protein 5-6 meals a day to basically a piece of brown toast and a banana all day. Does the massive change makes things worse compared to a normal person? Or am I just talking rubbish in my over tired deluded state.
I think it’s subjective. If you DGAF about your diet, and your diet goes to shit, this is both mentally and physically normal. If you DO pay attention to what you eat, I think you have an inherent mental toll that hits because you know your diet is shit.
When I get sick (like really sick) I throw the diet out the window along with the max dosing rules of any/all medications I’m taking. I’ll do whatever it takes to get better; if I OD from Robitussin, it would be a more humane way to go than letting me feel sick like that lol.
In reality, though, I think going into any illness with a history of good diet and exercise ends up helping out way more than the mental toll of a shitty diet.
People who drink all the time get used to the hangover.
People who look after themselves are gonna be hit by feeling shit harder…
…I believe.
And also with what was said above. We magnify stuff when we care about it.
I tested positive for covid this morning but actually feeling better than I did yesterday (when I tested negative).
Just sucks as I’ve got to miss a week at the gym now then back for a week then off (on holiday) for another week.
Think how completely psyched and fresh your body will feel when that time is up though. C.Thib has talked about the benefits mTOR gets when getting 2 weeks of recovery in. You’ll be perfectly set up for your next training cycle.
