I have 3 more cycles before my āmeetā for this juggernautAI block. Reaching for the stars here, especially as I am doing this while cutting weight, but I am shooting for a 405 squat, 495 dead, and 265 bench. All of those goals are ambitious, but I think possible. Odds are low I hit all 3, but we shall see.
need to tighten up my diet. A lot. Went a bit off the rails last week with my inspection, and then carried that into the next few days just celebrating with friends. Lots of junk food, and probably concerning amounts of bourbon. I have zero regrets about it, flexed when I needed to flex for my work and then enjoyed some much needed social life afterwards, but itās time to get back to it.
as always, I do better with extremes. So Iām making another. I will follow my macro plan everyday until the end of august. No deviation. Weekly cheat meals on hold, with 1 caveat. If I am actively out with friends/on a date, I will eat out. But just that meal, not an all day feast, and drinks will be limited to 2 per week. Again, if Iām not going out, then there will be no cheat meal, but I donāt want to isolate myself from the social aspect, and honestly these limitations will still be far stricter than I have been in a good while.
I start to look drastically different once my weight is below 215. Face gets thinner, muscle definition starts to show. Makes me feel small, but also objectively, I look better. Which, for the first time in a while, Iāve started to care about. I want to start dating again. Iāve beenā¦ well letās say enjoying my singleness for a few months now, and Iāve definitely had a lot of fun, but itās fleeting fun, and I think Iād like to get back out there again. If Iām trying to be a bit more serious, I should probably be putting my best foot forward. Amazing how different that feels. I was always a fairly popular guy, itās easy enough for me to be the funny guy at a bar with some friends and find someone to entertain for the night. Actually asking someone on a date seems much more daunting, but then again I havenāt really put myself out there since I was a teenager. Regardless, time to get pretty.
I think the chiropractor visits have been helping, feel a notable difference in my upper back. It still gets tight, but Iām able to stretch for a while and get it feeling alright, where as before I couldnāt even get a full stretch in.
on the motorcycle front, been riding almost daily, unless the weather calls for rain. (I did get caught in a surprise lighting storm last week, that was less than fun). I love riding, regret ever taking the time off. Itās such a therapeutic thing. Doesnāt matter how work went or whatās on my mind, put me on the bike and Iām not focused on anything but the shifting of my gears and the angle of my turns. Nice way to turn my brain off for a bit.
@simo74 i think you hammered that nail square on the head. I feel pretty damn strong right now. I feel beat up and worn out, my body definitely isnāt loving all the weights, but Iām at a point where if I go for a weight, itās gonna move.
Welp, I lasted exactly 1 day on my diet plan, went into work not expecting to stay longer than my usual 13 hours, left the about 38 hours later. Fantastic. Only brought a lunch and a snack since I wasnāt planning an overnight. A coworker grabbed some pizzas and junk food for all of us, so that became dinner breakfast and lunch for the meals I didnāt expect to need to bring. Damn. Back on track.
Do you have any facility to keep some frozen meals at work ? Chilli freezes well and can be defrosted and cooked in a microwave quickly and its still yummy.
PR by default, first time doing reps with this weight. Not as impressive as last weeks 340x6, but this wasnāt a RPE 10 week
went into this fairly hungover. Itās time I take a hiatus from drinking. I enjoy it a bit too much, normally not an issue, but combine it with a lot of stress and I could see it becoming a problem, to say nothing of the effects on training. Blowing off some steam with a few coworkers, was a rough week. Diet went to hell, getting back to it.
new training block. This one has me doing sets of 3 on my compounds, except deadlifts which is sets of 2. My ego loves this, but I donāt think itās the best for my goals. After this block is a 2 month peaking block for a mock meet, think Iām going to skip that and go back to a hypertrophy block.
the little let stand accessory for split squats is a complete game changer. Finally feels like Iām doing these right, a bench does not compare lol
I have been slacking on conditioning, mainly a time constraint. Going to make that a priority, even if it is only a 4 min Tabata session.
incline bench feeling strong.
looped a chain across my shoulders to add some weight to the ab wheel. Really want to progress to doing these standing. Definitely a step up in difficulty with this chains, plus it just feels badass lol
wanting to start doing pull-ups again. If juggernautAI and 531 have taught me anything, my strength definitely responds best to submax work. So, running a program I used back in high school for pull-ups lol.
@simo74 sorry for the late reply. No, I donāt have any freezer at work. I have a small mini fridge in the office that we reserve for everyone working the overnight shift. I also bring a cooler full of meal preps when I know Iām gonna be staying late. I DO have space to store some canned chicken breast and microwave rice, I just hadnāt restocked after using my emergency stash. Lesson learned
Your goal is 5 servings (1/2 cup each) every single day. Extra points for more.
Also, if you ever want to talk about all things food, nutrition and diet - Iām pretty sure I owe you a complimentary consult for winning the transformation. Iāll give you one lifetime to cash in on that. lol
5 servingsā¦ Jesus thatās a lot of frozen veggies lol. I eat 1 cup at lunch, then a lot of spinach and carrots with dinner. Guessing that comes out to about 3 servings daily. Guess I still have some work to do!
I will totally take you up on that consult. (As if I havenāt already been endlessly bugging you for advice lol). My schedules a bit insane the next few weeks, but Iāll definitely be cashing in sometime next month! Thanks so much
That is actually a good idea. Question with regards the things that count to tihs 5 serves ? Where does salad fit ? I have been alternating my usual chilli lunch time meals with tuna salads. Salad being a mix of green leaves like spinach, rocket, lettuce, some cucumber, tomatoes and some shredded slaw mix (no dressing), so like carrot, beetroot, cabbage, Also have half an bravado in each lunch. I have 2 lunches at work.
If itās raw and leafy - 1 cup = 1 serving. All the rest, cooked or raw - 1/2 cup = 1 serving. If you have tomatoes in your chili, those count toward the total too!
Avocado counts as a fat not a veggie, so no dice on that.
2 cups raw spinach = 4 servings!! BOOM! With the carrots and the cup of veggies at lunch, you are well on your way to being an overachiever! Nice job!!
