That’s wild. I even just cut back on drinking and (when I’m not drinking) I feel a million times better. My stomach feels better and I feel more awake and on top of things. Still constantly tired, but less so without alcohol. I never felt like shit when I smoked though, maybe I stopped early enough to where the effects weren’t too bad.
Sorry your in a bad spot man, hopefully you get shit figured out.
Hope things improve. Seems like we both simultaneously became disillusioned with Juggernaut
Yea, I think this is my 4th or 5th attempt at running a percentage based program, I just don’t like them. My day-to-day physical wellness is too variable for me to want to do them. Sometimes it feels just right but most of the time it’s too easy or too hard, I’d rather be left in charge of my regulation, for now. I might try a RPE based program at some point but for now I think I’m going to do an upper/lower split taken from one of Thib’s more recent articles on maintaining strength in a deficit. I’m finally feeling close to normal again so I’ll start either today or tomorrow and my gym is open again so that should make it easier to do accessory work.
Plan is something like his suggestion here
Interesting, didn’t know that since I thought you were running 5/3/1 for a while there. I guess I haven’t read that much of your log then. Hope things are on the up
I ran 5/3/1 for a bit at the beginning of 2020, got off track with COVID, not saying I won’t run another variation at some point, just not now.
I’ve been feeling progressively better the last 3 days, did an upper split today. Was kinda janky but it felt so good to lift.
Bench: 3x5 275
Axle OHP: 3x10 120
Landmine SA press: 3x10 45
Meadows Row: 3x10 45
rope rows: 3x10 90, 1x115
Axle curl: 3x15 50, 3x10 70
Did some band work for tricep and shoulders, mostly just to get warm. Will do pull-ups for my next upper session and a more intense row variation, probably. Glad to be back.
Went into the gym today for the first time in a few months, booked a 60 min session, which wasn’t long enough.
Sumo DL: 155 x 5, 265 x 5, 315 2x2, 385 3x3
Safety bar squat: 175 x 5, 265 3 x 5
Leg press: 360 3 x 10
Seated ham curl: 145 3x8
Ran out of time at this point, might do some BSS tonight. I got to the gym a bit late and setting everything up, cleaning, moving everything back, putting bandaids on my fingers (cut one last night, smashed my knuckle on a weight post today) all took more time than expected. Still a solid workout, disappointed in how hard DL was but that’s much heavier than anything I’ve touched in months and I wasn’t properly warm, I don’t think.
Had a gym session planned for today but a handyman needed to come during that period to fix our disposal and whatever was dripping water into our garage (fridge line), so I lifted later at home. Glad that’s sorted now to get a new dryer.
Upper
CG axle: 210 x 10, 240 x 7, 260 x 5 (paused)
Landmine single arm press: 45 3x10
Pull-ups: GB 2x5, FB 2x5, no assist 1x4 (ugly)
Rope (t-bar row): 90 2x10, 125x10
Curls: 50 3x10
Tri Pulldowns: 50 3x10
Simple but effective (I hope), glad my garage ceiling isn’t going to have to be replaced, will hit legs tomorrow or Friday. Still not 100% but feeling like a humanoid again, thank god.
Lower (at the gym)
Trap DL: 3x8 296 (kabuki bar is 66lbs)
Safety squat: 265 x 6, 295 x 5, 315 x 4 (these were hard)
RDL: 225 3x6 (nice and explosive)
Leg press: 360 x 12, 450 x 10, 540 x 8
BSS: 3x10 (my left side is a mess, still)
Seated ham curl: 95 x 15, 115 x 12, 135 x 10
Got this done pretty quickly felt good but weak, My left hammy started cramping on the last set of curls so it was a good time to finish any way.
Zero motivation at the moment, still not physically quite right and mentally a bit off too. Got in a forced but lazy upper session
facepulls, dislocations, pull aparts
Axle Bench: 120 x 10, 170 x 5, 210 2x5 (1 set with slingshot), 260 x 5 (slingshot rest of way), 300 2x5, 1x10
Landmine SA shoulder press: 2x10 45
lateral and front raises: 1x15
Rope row: 45 x 10, 80 x 10, 105 2x10
Last set on bench was solid work, the axle is much harder to grip properly (I end up with a suicide grip, which is a bit unsettling) I don’t think I could hit 10 without a slingshot with a power bar but I could come close. Fun to start using the slingshot a bit more though, will probably rotate back to regular bench next session and axle ohp.
Felt more like working out today but holy shit my cardio/recovery/conditioning/whateverYouWantToCallIt has been hammered.
Lower
BS: 275 3x5
Trap DL: 330 3x5
BSS: 2x10
Band pull throughs: 3x10
Will consider some calves and abs tonight but probably won’t. I’m way more tired from this workout than I should be, I was slightly underfed but still. Weight has been pretty static, at 287.8 this morning, will start pushing it a bit now that I’m feeling okayish again
Few friends came over, did an upper session. My lower back/left hip are feeling pretty shitty, going to take some load off and do more single leg work.
Shoulder warmup
Bench: 135 x 10, 185 x 6, 225 2x6, 275 x 5, 315 x 3, 325 x 3
BB row: 95 x 10, 165 3x10
Axle Press: 120 2x6, 140 2x6
Pullups: GB 2x6
Lat/delt band raises
Band curls
BB curls
Nothing to write home about, 325 x 3 was hard but within the realm of expectation. Strength and physique are not really doing anything right now, which means they aren’t regressing, which is what historically happens when I’m not super excited about working out, so I’m counting this as a win.
Went into the gym, avoided squats and real deadlifts to keep the hip happy, still got a great workout in, best I’ve felt in a hot minute.
Took like an hour long walk yesterday and that made me feel a bit better.
Trap DL: 358 x 5, 376 x 5, 398 x 5
Pull throughs: 110 2x10
SL leg press: 90 3x10
Leg press: 450 3x12
RDL: 275 3x5 (rough)
SL leg extension: 70 3x10
Leg extension: 150 x 6, drop set did 12 at each weight 210, 170, 110
Haven’t hit the gym since Sunday, feeling okay but not super motivated, planning to keep going 2-3x a week until the bug bites again. Woke up in the 286s the last few days so weight is slowly trending in the right direction.
Upper:
shoulder warmup
Axle OHP: 80 x 5, 120 x 5, 140 x 3, 170 x 3, 190 x 3, 200 x 3 (push pressed last rep, real ugly), 205 x 4 PR (video below)
BB Row: 115 x 10, 165 x 8, 205 3x8
Band curls: 4x10
Tri pulldowns: 3x10
Trap shrugs: 150 x 20
Band rows/pulldowns
Lateral/front band raises
Might’ve been able to eke out one more but really happy with how this went considering how ugly the set prior was. I gripped it too wide and it got out in front of me, so the first rep at 200 was nearly as hard as the last at 205. I don’t think i’ve touched 200 on the axle before, might best barbell ohp is 225x2 but I figure this is good enough to count as a PR
Strong OHP! Hope you got some 125’s at the gym, you’re gonna need them!
My gym has one powerlifting location that’s 99 a month the other is 59, I’m too cheap to pay for the more expensive one (esp since I just spent a couple k on this setup). The 99 a month has at least 120s though, only 100s at my gym but i’m pretty sure that will still be a pretty big test.
With an axle press like yours, I’m guessing 100’s will be a walk in the park.
Do you think you could acquire more weight soon? I haven’t checked what stock is like lately. Presumably not much different, but it’s worth a try if finances aren’t an issue.
I definitely could but I don’t have dumbbells or handles, I’ll probably grab some at some point but my partner is getting ready to do ranking for her (prospective) residency/internship. If she gets a residency in the middle of nowhere (where most are) I’ll probably get more stuff because I know I’ll have storage but there’s a chance we have to do a year in LA or Houston or Philly before the residency and I don’t want to acquire more things just to store them somewhere.
Ah, yeah, I remember you mentioning this now. How much more space is another pair of 45s? 
Approximately 90lbs of space lol. I actually have enough weight to max on everything and overload. Think I have like 525lbs at this point? If only there were some causal relation between amount of weight obtained and desire to work out.
Speaking of, went to the gym yesterday and did some squats, started to leg press and my lower back/left hip was hurting, my knee was hurting and my heart wasn’t in it so I bailed early. I was squatting more upright, which feels more natural but also destroys my hip and knees unfortunately. Back to ugly lowish bar again.
5 legit pull-ups
BS: work up to 315 x 3, 365 x 3, 315 2x5
SL leg press: 90 3x10
Weight was moving on squats, could’ve tripled 405 pretty easily but it didn’t feel good. Might try and work some yoga in because why not