Oh, yup I misunderstood your post.
Fingers crossed. UCSD is probably a lot nicer climate-wise than where I believe you’re at now too.
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Oh yeah, I wanted to get out of the pissburgh two weeks after getting on campus
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Week 3: Day 6
Bench: work up to 130lbs for a triple; 4x12- 85lbs
DB rows: 5x10/side-25lbs
Incline DB press fly things: 3x10-25lb Dbs, super set with 10 lateral raises - 10lbs dbs
DB military press: 1x8,9,10, 20lb db
Conditioning: 3x(10 Db snatch/side-40lb db+30 air squats+15 lying leg raises)
DB snatch: 1x5/side -50lbs, yep that’s right
- felt meh- not happy with bench, but not going to complain since I’ve neglected bench, the “conditioning” was fun, surprised at how easy the snatches felt
Updates:
- next week is deload. I’m going to fuck around in the gym and have fun. Then it’s back to 5/3/1 with 5x5FSL
- @T3hPwnisher I am quite tempted to try “bulking” and purposefully getting weight up somewhat. However, next semester is going to be academically hellacious so I’m not sure if I’ll be able to put in the requisite effort into training. thoughts?
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I am excited for you Anna, and it means a lot you reached out to me for this.
I respect you enough to always provide you the truth: without the aid of someone trained specifically in helping you navigate this journey as it relates to your relationship with food and body image, I do not foresee this being a great idea. Being in an academically stressed situation and then piling onto it with a method of training/eating that, in itself, creates anxiety sounds like intentional self-destruction. I’ve done stuff like that before because it’s one of those instances where I’m the cause of my own anxiety and fear, and that feels like “having control” in a situation where I’m out of control.
The only way I could foresee this being successful is if I exercised the discipline to NOT step on the scale and NOT look in mirror and NOT check how my clothes fit through the ENTIRE process…and that’s a big ask.
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Thanks for the response.
I’m just at the end of my rope. I’m getting fatter despite watching my nutrition and feel shitty
I want to give up 
What would that mean?
Bottom left quadrant?
Lying on the couch/bed not doing anything for a couple of days. Eating pounds of fatty meat
Not really. I’ve mentally adjusted to the calories, but an extremely freaked out that I seem to be adding more fat
I think you equate any change in physique and weight to fat gain when you should clearly know that this is not the case. There’s more to the body than just bone/muscle/fat.
If you do plan on making a change then I encourage you to reduce the amount of walking you do. Excessive walking is not good for you, and you know full well that no one who is very big and strong ever got there by walking a lot. Seriously, you should be worried about your joint health in the long run with that much daily walking.
This sounds more like a break than giving up.
I find breaks are good.
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Is the issue that you are gaining fat? Or that you’re extremely freaked out by the idea that you’re gaining fat? Because one of those things is really, really easily fixed.
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Deload: day 1
Power cleans: 10x3-95lbs EMOM
Pendlay rows: 10x6-85lbs EMOM
Z press: 3x13-20lb dbs, superset with 10dead bugs/side
Incline treadmill walk: 15min, 12% incline, 2.7mph
Handstand practise
- felt pretty good, got HR up a bit- the powecleans were easier than expected
@dagill2 my thighs have bees chafing more, my arms are less defined (lines that were visible aren’t anymore), midsection is noticeably softer, weight is up. It’s been like this for well over two weeks. Water retention doesn’t last that long. With that said, I’m not going to weigh myself this week or take pics bc I am actually bloated and blocked up. I’m hoping this deload will be an opportunity to destress
@magick ive reduced steps from 27-30k down to 25k
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Anna, that is going from ~18 miles (~10k steps for me is ~6 miles, YMMV) down to 15 miles.
You’re still walking like 12 miles too much.
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And, just to reiterate: freaking out is not a normal or healthy reaction to these things, which suggests this is something you should be talking to a mental health professional about.
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Think that depends on how much of those steps are ‘deliberate’ to be fair.
If she is deliberately getting steps in and walking more to reach those numbers than 100% she is doing way too much.
If the majority of those steps are a by product of everyday life (my step count has increased massively as a result of getting a kitten who I play with before work and before bed) then it’s not an issue.
@anna_5588 how much of the 27-30k is deliberate movement and how much would you say is just steps due to everyday life?
So now I’m down to 25k
I get 20k “by default”
I like to do some of my work ie reading or coding on the treadmill. I find it helps me concentrate and retain info (turns out this is backed by evidence)
Double my steps. More impressive is reading on a treadmill.
Nothing wrong with that because that would in my opinion be considered Non-exercise, similar to a sales person walking the floor when pitching because it makes them talk more relaxed.
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Deload: day 2 (yesterday)
3x(8front squats+10alt lunges)-115lbs
4x(8good mornings-115lbs+20lb-12kg kb+15 lying leg raises)
Kbs: 4x5-32kg, superset with 5 burpees
Duck walk: 2x40steps holding 12 kg kb
3x(10jump squats+10 alt jump lunges+20 air squats+ 20 alt lunges)
- pretty intense, kept the pace up, worked legs for sure
Updates
After this deload, I will be trying nsuns. It’s pretty intense but it looks very fun
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Why would it be considered non-exercise?
25k every day is a lot
Anna, what do you mean by “default”?