Congrats on the baby coming along!
I hope your girlfriend is doing well!
Yep. One of the few posters on this site who, in my ill informed and uneducated opinion, has the potential to be up there breaking records
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Pressing Day
KB standing press: 5x10/side-25lbs
Seated Press: 5x6/side
3x(12 bicep curls+10 halo)-25lbs
- legs not as sore as expected but didn’t feel too crap. Finally got a night of decent sleep. Really wished I had an assault bike or something low impact
- press really worked shoulders and upper back, harder than expected, did curls b/c why not
still hate them
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With you there!
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I figured that it wouldn’t be nice to have jacked triceps and no biceps 
My upper body work is all presses and push-ups
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… speaking of push-ups…
3x(max pushups + walking lap-10min)- 56,52,32
- wanted to go longer, but had a meeting
I’ve noticed that a lot of very accomplished lifters are very particular about carb timing. Is it really that important?
I really enjoy eating carbs before bed (8hrs before training) and i have bread at breakfast 3hrs post training- I wouldn’t have carbs at breakfast if my parents didn’t make me. I guess this might count as “timing carbs”, but in the summer, there’s a ton of delicious fruit that I snack on basically all day.
Should I care? What about the carbs in products like cocoa powder and cottage cheese?
Worry about building the house before you worry about the color of the wallpaper
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Opinion:
Lifters who time their carbs, consume them sometime Near their training. Or even During their training. That way the carbs can fuel the training, then get replenished immediately to help recover and build new muscle.
Training in the middle of a 12 hour carb-less window is a form of carb timing. It’s just a backward method, that is counter productive to gains. And completely opposite of what you should do. Time the carbs around the workout, not far from the workout.
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Good post. I think @anna_5588 should be having as many nutrients as she can as often as she can. I’m worried carb-timing will have her eat less overall.
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I read something today that I am going to try and keep in the back of my head, as I imagine I’ll benefit from it, and I think you can benefit from this as well @anna_5588
You start with intention. You record the process. You reflect on how it went. You adjust.
You make mistakes. You succeed. Pay attention. Both are equally important.
I don’t know who to quote though
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Week 9: Day 1- Lower
Sprints: 2x20m, 2x30m, 1x30m
Pistols: 1x4/side, 3x3/side- 45lbs
Split squats: 3x(15/side-25lbs+40sec hollow hold)
- felt really good going in, and was very happy w/ the workout, pistols smooth and didn’t feel like my head was going to explode
- split squats sucked (in a good way), knees a bit pissed, but that’s probably due to poor foot positioning. I’ll adjust and see what happens next workout- Also, the surface I’m doing it off of is a bit too high, so my knee can’t touch the ground. I also don’t have another stable surface to elevate my other foot on. Will that be a problem? @vision1, @Voxel
Bigger picture:
- Lower body Day 1: sprints, heavy pistols, light split squats, abs
- Upper Day 1: Conditioning, heavy push press, 1- arm pushups, heavy rows
- Upper Day 2: Conditioning, giant set- (KB press w/ rows and pushup variation)
- Lower day 2: short sprints, giant set- ( jumps or swings, heavy split squats, RDLs)
- easy day- probably weighted walk, carries or somethng like that
For pistols, the goal is eventually to get to 1x10-45lbs
Split squats are an accessory, so on “light split squat”- I’ll keep making the movement harder (pauses, tempo), to keep reps under 15
I’ll answer tomorrow. Good night.
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Which knee is pissed? Front knee or trail knee?
I don’t like when the rear foot is too high and I can believe it is considering your height. I don’t believe that you can’t find anything to raise your front foot, get creative. Also, rear foot resting on the top of the foot and not the toes, that will reduce an inch or two on it’s own.
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This person said the good stuff. Short-term it probably won’t matter but elevating the rear foot in a home environment should be doable.
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Both knees
Already doing that. I think I misaligned my knees → excess strain on knees
What about focusing less on quads and more on hammies/glutes for a while? You shouldn’t do exercises that cause knee pain and it’s odd that you experience knee pain so often, especially at your age an body weight. Something that you’re doing is likely causing damage. Maybe the pistols, maybe the weighted walks, you’ll need to figure it out.
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Considered how the absence of necessary bodyfat is limiting necessary support around the connective tissues?
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And perpetual overuse 
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