I would love to see jay rock or kendrick live, and I might want to see julien baker but idk how I feel about weeping in public.
RMR is super different. His stuff has really grown on me.
PL2W3
OHP
100x5
110x5
125x3, 30 second rest to get really pissed off, 125x2
4x5, 1x4 at 110
SS
V bar row 5x10 at 115lb
DB side raise 5x12 ea arm
BW squat 1.5’s 5x10
Pretty disappointed with my mentality and performance today. I chalked it up as a loss before the warm-up sets, which I shouldn’t have. Shitty day today= no TM increase into the anchor, i don’t think I’ll be able to make it happen.
Work has been shitty the past few days and it throws me out of my routine, which for whatever reason I find difficult to get back after getting out of rhythm. Wednesday night I got a service call at 2:30 am, got home at 5am, slept for 30 minutes, and then went to work which really messed with me. Went to bed early last night, but it didn’t seem to help very much. Eating has been pretty shitty, which ends after I post this. My lovely fiancee picked up thai food on the way home, and also got me 8 of their chicken wings.
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Last week I had nearly the same thing happen to me. I got called in at 2:30am and ended up working until 3:30pm. Now not long ago that wouldn’t have been a problem. But that took me 3 days to get things straight with my sleep. When your sleep isn’t right, nothing is right.
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I’m starting to notice that. I’m not 20 anymore and it’s seriously bumming me out.
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I don’t ever want to turn 30. Only half joking…
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30s have been SO much better than my 20s.
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I agree in a way. Quality of life is great, making decent money, have a house, should have a wife (not yet due to covid), good job etc… But the physical abuse I put my body through the past 30 years is starting to catch up with me and I thinking lifting is starting to amplify what was already there. Poor mobility and achy joints and stuff like that.
I’m not saying I feel like a decrepit old man, but some mornings I wake up and I just feel like absolute shit.
Ha! I used to say that I’m never going to get old. I will never get hangovers, I’ll never feel bad after not sleeping… Oh how I was wrong…
Oh yeah, I feel physically worse compared to my 20s, but I have so much more knowledge and experience that I’m growing SO much better now than I did then.
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I am a late bloomer to the lifting game… I wish I had known back when I was 17-18 that I liked it, but it’s ok. I’ll find a way to get better even though it’ll take me longer
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I feel this big-time. I feel physically better at 28 than I did at 18 but I can get away with so much less stupidity now. I had 3.5 beers last night and feel worse than I did after a case at 21…
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lol yes same here man! I’ve been dry on weekdays for the past 6 months or so, and lately I’ll have maybe one or two beers on Saturday night or Sunday while I watch a little bit of football. It just isn’t worth it anymore IMO. If I drank like I did even 2 years ago I’d be in for a hangover that lasts DAYS.
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Coming off my meds I’ve pretty much done the same as you outside of sipping on a shot of bourbon at band practice. Feel way better for it too. Thought I’d cut loose last night a bit and shouldn’t have. Haha I still have yet to have a hangover that lasts more than 6 hours, but the days of blacking out in a cornfield and then being in the gym early that morning are over.
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I’ve not once in my whole life felt not bad after not sleeping. Also don’t know what a hangover is like. I probably shouldn’t fear getting older, especially as I look ridiculously young for my age. People tell me it’s a good problem to have. I think it’s more of a mental than physical thing for me, losing youthfulness or something. Not quite sure what it is. Or maybe a fear of regretting wasted time.
I do look forward to earning more money at that point though, so I can travel more easily. Assuming there is not another pandemic 
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Yeah I think booze is going to take a permanent backseat for me, barring any special occasions of course. I can relate to the cornfield blackout haha. Crazy stuff happens when booze or other fun stuff is involved.
@Bagsy oh just wait, the odds are not in your favor to that lasting forever. Mentality wise I’m still like a 20 year old, but my body can’t keep up with my brain haha. I used to stay up and party every day of the week until 2 am, wake up at 6am and roof all day and it did not phase me one bit. If I did that tomorrow I’d be completely done for the next day or two. Laying around feeling sorry for myself haha.
You’re not missing out on hangovers, that’s a fact.
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PL2W3
Deadlift
280x5
320x5
355x5 (match PR)
5x5 at 320
SS, either 5 or 6 sets… I lost count…
Landmine press at 55lb x10 ea arm
Kroc row at 67.5lb x 20 ea arm
HLRx12
@tinkertailortanker told you I’d pick something super macho.
Ready for the deload.
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To what not lasting in my favor? I still get mistaken for a young high schooler, so I imagine when I start physically aging, I’ll still look much younger than people my age. I went to exactly one party in college, and that was the first week I got there before class started. I went to the exact opposite of a party school, but even if I did, that lifestyle was… unappealing to me.
If anything, I feel physically better as I get older since I never have to set an alarm anymore. But maybe you’re right, and I’m naive.
That was really fast. The anchor will definitely bring PRs, at least on deadlifts
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Yikes… I wasn’t expecting it to be this bad 
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I was saying the lack of sleep. I was the same way, not needing sleep, but took a steep nosedive for some reason. Consider yourself very lucky for looking younger than your age though. I found some grey beard hairs the other day. It’s crazy how quickly aging happens.
Sorry, I have a tough time typing out what exactly it is I’m trying to say haha. Too much crap flying through my brain.
And yes, hopefully some PRs are on their way. I’ve been screwing with the numbers on the anchor to try and find a way to hit some decent numbers on the jokers without totally destroying myself for the following sets. Hopefully a 420 DL and 365 squat are reachable. That’s what I’m aiming for anyway.
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I never not needed or didn’t think I needed sleep though. In college I forced myself to go to the gym when it opened so I wouldn’t have to wait on equipment. I wasn’t as sleep-deprived as high school at least. But yes, I’m extremely grateful I sleep as long as I need nowadays.
How many anchor cycles are you doing?