felt really shite going in, but made it through the walk okay
Update:
I’m going to take today off. Still feel shite
I went completely off the rails yesterday with nutrition. I went kind of off the rails this morning but I can compensate by eating less later in the day
I’ve been up 1lb (first thing morning weigh in, same scale, same clothes) since last saturday. I’m hoping its just water, but considering how unadherent I’ve been, wouldn’t be surprised if it was fat. Still not a big deal. I’m going to get back on track starting tomorrow.
a whole lot of time for not a lot of work- definitely worked hard and the top squat set was solid, rest of it went fine, beltless deadlifts went better than expected and yes, I am skipping a bench session this week
this felt really good, didn’t hurt traps. I really like these walks. Pretty soon I’ll be up to 30lbs
Week 2: Day 2
Paused Squat: 1x5-50,60, 1x4-70, 3x2-80, 2x1-90, 4x4-70
Deadbugs: 5x13/side
Bench: 1x10-35, 1x8-40, 1x6-45, 4x6-50, no arch
Leg extension: 8x6-85lbs EMOM
Conditioning: 10min incline treadmill walk- pushed this
this was H.A.R.D- again, doesn’t look like much on paper, but this took FOREVER. I am actually starting to like paused squats. Helps me get comfortable out of the hole- go figure.
Some life updates
Classes aren’t going great. Did poorly on my Linear algebra midterm and one of the homeworks bc of simple algebra errors. I know grades don’t really matter for my right now, but it still sucks. Real 2 doesn’t have homework this week (thank god!). That’s also a huge struggle… still feel really behind
My friends are amazing. It’s hard to explain, but a couple of them always know exactly what to say to make me feel better. My friend (that one)
I finally finished a first draft of my thesis project. This is 6 very very long months of work. Involving lots of awkward meetings, a messy experiment, a failed relationship started in attempt to figure out the model and finally many tears shed over algebra errors.
deadlifts moved well- happy with top set of 13, moved at 1/2 speed for rest of workout @SvenG do you ever feel that the workout density decreases to fill the time allotted?? On paper I’m not doing much, but it takes forever and I’m dead after sessions
Update:
I’m 105 this morning not surprised given diminishing definition and lower belly bloat. hoping it’s just normal monthly bloating but I’ve also been eating more
A good friend of mine (not that one) asked if I wanted to audit a phd class with him. I successfully turned him down!!
I don’t know, actually. Usually I’ve got about X minutes to train, and so I work for X minutes, plus or minus a little. Rarely do I say, “… but then I ran out of time.”
That said, my deadlift work feels like it takes longer—more plates to load and unload, maybe?
Bench: 1x5-40,45, 2x7-50, 2x2-50(used long pause)
Incline treadmill walk: 10 min at 13% incline
Bike: 10 min easy
Body weight work: 10x(40sec air squats+20sec off)
felt really really really shite, made up missed bench and got some cardio in, got blood flowing
Squat: 1x10-50, 1x8-60, 1x6-70, 1x10-80, 1x4-90, 1x10-70, 1x15-60
Dead bugs: 4x15/side
Front squat: 2x4-65, 2x5-60
Good mornings: 3x8-40kg, 3sec pause at bottom
Bench: 1x5-35, 40,45, 2x5-50, 2x3-55 (long pause)
Leg extensions: 6x5-90lbs EMOM
Conditioning: 4x(40sec bear complex-20kg+20sec rest), got 5/round 2 rounds, 6/round 2 rounds
this felt awesome!! Squats felt light and smooth, bench felt heavier than expected but I just don’t care, surprisingly not dead this morning despite the volume
Week 3: Day 3
so… someone put my belt bag in the lost and found, which was emptied… hopefully I can get it back, in the meantime, a pivot
Squat (belteless): 1x5-50,60,70, 4x4-80
paused squat: 3x2-80, 2x4-70
good mornings: 3x12-50
press: 1x5-30, 35, 1x4,2x3-40kg
trap bar DL: 4x20-60kg
leg extensions: 5x9-70lbs, 45sec rests
felt really good, squats are popping off, rest of it went well and surprisingly not too bad
Update:
The maths friend (trap bar) deadlifted 60kg for 2 sets of 3. He has trouble with hip hinging. Next week, I will see if he can do 1 plate on squat. He hit 55kg for 4 last week
I know grades don’t really matter for my right now, but it still sucks. Real 2 doesn’t have homework this week (thank god!). That’s also a huge struggle… still feel really behind
not surprised given diminishing definition and lower belly bloat. hoping it’s just normal monthly bloating but I’ve also been eating more