Db snatch: work up to heavy single- 1x1/side-50lb db
4x(2snatches+3cleans)/side-45lb db
4x(2cleans+ jerk)-50lb db
4x(10btn press-20kg+10 deadbugs/side)
felt a bit beat up going in but wanted to play with something so I upped the intensity and lowered the volume, this was fun
@jskrabac when you get water retention from stress, how long does it typically “stick” for?
I’ve been up 3lbs and soft for a little over a week now.
For context: I had a high calorie day on Last Friday (very hard workout day, but I compensated on Monday) followed up with hard workouts Saturday and Sunday.
Monday was a rest day and the rest of the weeks workouts were somewhat challenging but nothing compared to what I was doing for BBB; however, major stress with school
I don’t think I’ve eaten more or moved less (probably not true) and certainly not enough to gain 3 lbs of tissue (muscle or fat)
I know your “Cycle” is not as it should, but perhaps this has something to do with it? I mean in women who do have their periods, they see these water changes nearing their period due to hormones, so perhaps ( Do not know enough about this to even pretend I know what I am talking about) that may be the cause? You may be having a small hormone change that affects water retention despite having not having a period.
But to answer this, it’s very much a “how big is a piece of string” type of question. Stress comes in different degrees so it’s not a black and white situation.
If you have access to a bath then a hot bath with Epsom salts are great for “sucking out excess fluids”
That completely depends on if/ when the source of stress is resolved. But for me if it’s emotional life stress, within a week, but training stress can take 2-4 weeks.
Squat: 1x10-50,60, 70; 3x5-75(beltless); 2x10-70
Pullups: 1x5,4,3,2,1,5
Front squat: 2x4-60
Good mornings: 5x10
Conditioning: 5x(30sec jump squat+30sec squat)
this felt good, legs a bit shaky after not squatting for a week lol but everything’s fine, I might start increasing the weight on the good mornings.
Updates:
brunch yesterday was really fun! Everyone loved my pancakes so that recipe is going up on my blog… on the flip side, I also put myself in a 600kcal surplus via basically eating an entire package of bacon and a tub of yoghurt+~1lb of berries at said brunch @jdm135 my skin is really pissed.
Strangely enough, I’m bloated (blocked up and gassy) but look decently lean
the stress continues… I can do 1/4 of the hw problems for my info Econ class. This stuff is right up my friend(that one’s) alley, but that’s the nuclear option. I really want to do Econ, but this class is not giving me much confidence
Also, I’m at risk of not getting an A in my easiest class this semester
stuff on the research front: today I’m meeting my second senior thesis advisor for a brainstorming session. If things go well, I’m starting yet another research project. If things go poorly, I’m going tk have tk come up wjth a topic soon bc proposal is due 3/23. Since I want to do modeling, that means I need both an experiment design AND a sketch of a model…
Of course the other one is as much of a clusterfuck as usual. Hopefully after some fancy stats stuff, I manage to salvage something
felt good, legs really sore but got through this, benching felt easier than expected
Week1: day3 (conditioning)
4x(25m db waiter carry/arm-55lb db+push-ups+30sec rest)- start w/20pushups and increase 5/round
4x(25m db waiter carry/arm-55lb db+Air squats +30sec rest)- start w/30 squats and increase 5/round
Pullups: 1x5,4,3,3,2
Bottoms up kb press: 3x10-6kg kbs
Update:
met with my second senior thesis advisor. Looks like third times the charm. We are going tk get along very well. He seems to like me and reminds me of one of my close discord friends
Squat: 1x10-50,60,70; 1x12-80 @SvenG, 2x5-80 beltless; 4x6-75kg
Lying leg raises: 5x10
Front squat: 1x4-50,55; 1x3-65; 2x2-70
Pull-up: 1x5,4,4,3,3
this was a monster but I got through it, the sets at 80 were surprisingly easy- I kind of regret not going for 15 on the top set, front squats were great too
Updates:
I was very very productive this weekend. Makes me happy
I’ve come to realize I no longer need a long term replacement for my friend (that one). I don’t need a market design theorist. I need an algorithmic game theorist, which I’ll find in grad school. It’ll suck not having someone to regularly send papers back and forth with but I’ll get over it
I mean, I’d consider someone like that to be the “R and D department” or a “supplier”
Ppl on the class discord describe my “friends” as my academic harem.
I prefer business terms.
I highly doubt I’m going to be going into a relationship until I get out of grad school. To quote a couple of the grad students I’ve talked to “if you don’t have a partner going in, you’re probably not going to get one”
