Update: I’ve had three full days off, apart from swimming on Friday, and if I want to start BtM then today is the day to do it, because I need to train on the right days to suit my schedule. So I’m going to jump right in and see what happens.
The plan:
Sunday: Train
Monday: Conditioning (swim)
Tuesday: Train
Wednesday: Conditioning (swim)
Thursday: Train
Friday: Conditioning (swim)
Saturday: Short sprints
That’s the plan. If I can’t swim 3x a week then I will improvise. The Saturday sprints aren’t for conditioning or cardio purposes, but rather just so that I don’t forget how to run - I will be careful not to tax myself.
Apart from that, I will be following the BtM program mostly as Jim lays it out. However, there may be a few changes:
- BB rows instead of DB rows on the bench day, since I don’t have proper DBs and I like BB rows.
- Supersetting where possible - e.g supersetting bench and rows, supersetting press and chins, and giant setting chins, dips and band pullaparts.
- Doing shrugs as a triple extension (i.e a hybrid shrug and calf raise) because my calves suck.
And the most major change… later on, I may end up having to split the workout into an AM and PM session, because around the start of March, my schedule will be getting busier. These are long sessions anyway, not least because of the 100 chins, which will take me eternity to do.
What I’m thinking is, early in the AM do the first part of the workout (i.e do the squat/deadlift, superset the press/bench with the chins/rows, and then do as much of the remaining accessory work as possible in the time remaining). Then in the PM, polish off the rest of the session. And, if it comes down to it, I can split up that accessory work even further and do it throughout the day. For the next few weeks I should be able to do it all in one go though.
Diet, well I won’t be following the 1.5 lb of beef and 12 eggs/day diet, but I’ll try my best. I will certainly be pounding the food as much as I can, and slipping in the occasional ‘dirty’ meal if necessary.
Training max wise, well, I think my squat and press are in an appropriate place, but my bench and deadlift might be a tad high for getting 95%x5x5… but, since I have about two weeks to build up mass and strength before then, it might just be fine. Just got to give it a crack I suppose.
I think that covers everything… if anyone has any feedback I’d love to hear it. I suppose we’re just going to jump straight into workout one later today. Here we go!