Though I don’t really want either, given the choice I would much rather have a master’s degree than a child.
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Why not both? Neither are as hard as they’re made out to be in my experience.
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I’m Supposed to squat today but my legs are really sore from lunges yesterday can I squat tomorrow
Yeah my missus did her MA a couple of years ago and she had a grand time of it really; very little stress all in all. If I had unlimited time/money I’d definitely get one, but it wouldn’t benefit me at this point in my life (certainly wouldn’t be worth the €6K it costs here, anyway).
Anyway we should get back to the main topic of this log: doing high-intensity conditioning every day while eating at a 1,000kcal deficit and getting annoyed about a lack of muscle gains.
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Only 6k? As someone studying in the states, I’m jealous
As a Brit, I still get irritated by having to pay €55 for a GP visit or €150 for A&E, but thinking “thank fuck I’m not in the US and out $10K” is always a comfort.
Edit: also my health insurance actually covers those, so it’s even less annoying; the impression I get is that in the US you pay some egregious amount for insurance and a further egregious amount for the treatment. It’s a system I truly do not understand.
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You may not have a choice if its bad. Gee, just think, if only you hadn’t added a load of additional pistols and conditioning to your workout yesterday, and had eaten some protein post workout, and more through the day, you might have recovered faster 
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I decided to suck it up and squat anyways- it’s actually turning out to be a lot easier than expected 
Thus setting yourself up for some nice confirmation Bias. It might have actually been better in the long run if it had been a horrific failure of a session.
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Maybe, but I figured it couldn’t be any worse than the deadlift workout I finished with a horrible stomach cramp after quad cramping the night before
At least I slept well
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I think I’ll lunge on saturdays from now on, which will give me Sunday to recover before squatting again on Monday
Good idea.
You should also drop the pistols and other conditioning that directly hits muscles that are being trained at approximately the maximum recoverable rate. If your legs would be expected to recover from more, the program would have more leg work in. Stop adding leg work.
If you absolutely must add work, add work that’s not programmed or not programmed as much and wont interfere with your main lifts.
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Body weight stuff ( ie Cindy) does help me recover though- I’ll skip weighted conditioning
Tbh- I skipped lunges pretty much all last cycle, which meant I probably did a lot less work than programmed, whoops 
This is so far from true.
You did less quality work than programmed, but certainly not less total work.
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Well, no skipping lunges and good mornings this round
Body weight stuff ( ie Cindy) does help me recover though
Bulllllll shiiiitttttt
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Placebo effect? I find that I’m less sore after one of those workouts
Feeling better is not the same thing as recovering, and definitely not the same thing as growing.
Especially with conditioning Vs pure LISS you will be getting endorphin release which will make you ‘feel’ better.
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I imagine you have not felt the sensation of actually being recovered in a LONG time.
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Probably, I’ve probably been low grade sore/tired since I started