Ha! I go to they gym at 6am. I never feel 100% ready
I can’t speak to mental, because I honestly have no idea. If you need one physically, take one.
When I don’t feel like lifting mentally, I just go in and lift. Whether that’s the right approach 
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My approach would be go in and do the prescribed warmups. Do one working set. If it feels off, just so the one set. Do that for each exercise.
Worst case you do a warmup and one working set, which is functionally a deload anyway.
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I was listening to a podcast (Absolute strength) and the host was saying that sometimes people can “deload” not by reducing volume or intensity, but just switching up the modality/stimulus
There are lots of ways to deload. In the long term that works, basically what I’m doing now I guess with my CrossFit binge, but the best one depends on what your goals are.
Going only on what your stated goals are, strength, I think the best deload would be reduced volume with maintained frequency and intensity.
Basically do all the sessions, do all the exercises at the prescribed weight, and either do less sets, or less reps per set.
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It’s all semantics really but this would also be a change in stimulus. Instead of doing, say, 4 grindy sets of 5, you do 4 perfect and explosive singles.
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Cool, I guess I’ll just go in the gym and see what happens. If I feel good, I’ll proceed as planned. If I don’t feel like it, I’ll do less sets or something along those lines
TBH, the hardest part of Sheiko was mentally getting through all those sets
It could be argued that thehe training style doesn’t synergise well with restricted calories
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yeah, I figured.
I never had trouble getting through the workouts physically since the percentages are so low, but 13 sets of bench after 12 sets of deadlifts really takes discipline 
luckily, I’m pretty weak so my rest times are short- even so, most days, the main work takes at least an hour
You’re going too quickly 
. Rest longer. And as always, more calories or less conditioning. Much easier to get through the work then. Mentally and physically.
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really? I often find myself resting 3-4 min/set to mentally prepare, and when I go for the next set, realize that probably could have done it with 1/2 the rest- particularly for deadlifts
Just quick maths would tell me that if you’re doing 25 work sets with 3 minutes rest each, you’re looking at an absolute minimum of 1 hour 12mins, assuming all your rest periods are at the lower end and you complete all the reps in 0 seconds flat and take zero warm up and set up time and complete no assistance.
3-4 is probably about right
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My bench rests are significantly shorter and I take the first 3-4 sets as my warmup. Bench rests are probably 2 min max and my rest between warmups is pretty much the time it takes to get and add the weight (unless I’m feeling especially crappy)
I’m lazy, but not that lazy
I ended up doing a 50min incline walk- felt really good and quick, pushed it by the end
Cherry picking at its best.
This morning’s pic
Weight: 39.7kg- I finished eating 30 min earlier than usual and had a good 
I see the person in the background has changed again.
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And I did a shitty job pulling up my tank
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Weird that you’re lighter again when you carb loaded on Saturday for the sake of performance? Or did you not?