DB row at 67.5
5x20 each side
Superset with
Axle curl at Axle+20
5x20
Dinner is 1lb of 80/20 ground and 6 eggs, 5 pieces of bacon, 3 slices of rosemary sourdough and a large salad.
1.75 lbs beef, 12 eggs total for the day
Around 10 o’clock this morning I started getting pretty hungry and it hasn’t subsided. Not sure if this is an indication I need to step up my food game even more or it’s just a one off. It’s concerning because it could potentially mean I am not quite recovering as fully as I could. Next week is going to be pretty brutal, and I want zero missed reps.
BtM is just like Deep Water in this way: you just eat and eat and never get fat and somehow just BARELY survive. You are firing on all cylinders here dude: you got this.
Alright, as ridiculous as this sounds- I think I need to eat more. Yet again, 10 o’clock rolled around and I was starving. I haven’t really been restricting carbs for preworkout/post workout/dinner, so I may try to find a way to work some into my lunch. Also, I am constantly sweating like crazy. I am a pretty sweaty person but this is beyond what is typical for me… so much so that the apprentice that works with me sometimes has mentioned it every day the past week. I have also noticed that unless I’m in my van driving with the AC on, I am soaked.
I am planning on weighing in again on Saturday to see what exactly is happening. I just don’t see how it’s possible that I am not getting enough calories in to satisfy my body.
Edit: @T3hPwnisher almost like you read my mind with that post, haha.
Here for you dude! An interesting datapoint with the sweat: since you tend to keep carbs low, it might be that the inclusion of carbs is triggering sweating, as an insulin response. No joke: if I have a small serving of mashed potatoes, I’ll sweat through my socks, haha.
This will be on my mind once I cut the carbs out again after BtM is completed and I’ll update here- I’m very interested to see if that’s the case.
I’m also curious if the initial weight spike is due to adding a more significant amount of carbs in. Last week I hit 211ish, which is a 6 lb increase since the last time I weighed in, I think. So I guess in reality I could still be “maintaining” but I’m not depleted.
I’m also very interested in how well a legitimate diet break will work for me. I’ve been devouring food for what feels like forever. I am ready to take a step back and allow my baseline to drop a bit, haha.
100 kb swings
Directly into
BB grace with 95lbs (all presses strict)
Directly into
KB goblet squats x 20
Directly into
Clean BB, press to back squat position, 20 reps at 95lbs, BtN press to front rack, dump bar
Time- 11:20
Dinner is a bone in ribeye, 9 eggs, 3 pieces of rosemary sourdough, salad and 3 scoops of peanut butter
Wow, dude. I sincerely appreciate that. Maybe someday. Once my lifts, physique etc are at a point where I can feel “worthy” it’d be something I would consider. I still feel pretty new to this. Not sure who would read it other than the folks who already follow my log, haha.
I am not trying to play dumb or anything here, but what questions? How I tend to set up my conditioning?
I am saying the conditioning itself answers so many questions. It answers questions about what to do, how to do it, how to get better, bigger, faster, etc. It answers questions before they are asked: questions people didnt know they had.
Fwiw, I took a screen shot of that conditioning workout. Probably the first one I’ve seen that sounded like something I’d enjoy AND it would be really hard/work good.
Felt like an even better decision when I scrolled down and saw it was @T3hPwnisher approved.
NG chins at BW+30, 5x5
Superset with
Shrugs at 205, 5x20
OHP
10x5 at 75
Today was quite easy on paper, but I took my time. On squats I went to full lockout on all reps and took a breath. During presses I focused on pushing as hard as I could out of the bottom and let all reps down slowly back to the rack position.
I’m assuming this will be the last “easy day” for a while. I’ll be going off diet tonight for a birthday celebration, but I might slam down some additional eggs and beef when I get home later to make up for what I’ve missed.
Woke up at 209.2 this morning, so I’m down a couple lbs since last week while also not looking quite as fluffy. Kind of crazy because I have been absolutely stuffing my face. Might have to do with hydration or something though so I’m not horribly concerned, but if it continues to drop I’ll have to up the intake.
Yard work and a few hilly walks with the dog planned for today. Might hit a quick conditioning session as well. I’m thinking front squats and power cleans.
Edit: also, bought the mountain dog band pack from elite fts, looking forward to actually having some decent bands. The ones I have are falling apart
100 various grip chins and 100 BPA superset between squats
OHP
110x5
125x5
140x5
110x14 (PR?)
150 dips
Have a busy week planned and I’m going out of town this coming weekend so I wanted to get a head start on this coming weeks work. Crushed the presses, and squats moved well enough. Had to break up the chins quite a bit because I didn’t want to over exert myself on them and have it screw my brace for squats.
Overall a decent weekend as far as diet is concerned, much better than last weekend, but I am definitely shy on the eggs and way over on the beef… So I’m cooking a 2lb flank for dinner. Sorry Jim.
