Thanks man, recovery seems about as good as it was previously. Training days are kind of all over the place for now, but I’m hoping to solidify thursday-sunday as my 4 days for these upcoming weeks. The high volume squat days still absolutely crush me. The day after is no problem, but the next 3-4 days after that are pretty brutal.
Low rep stuff isn’t bad, I’m still getting a bit of general fatigue and fogginess after heavy deadlifts and squats though. Almost zero upper body DOMs, which is good I guess. Maybe I’m just not hitting upper body hard enough…
DL
135x5
225x5
315x3
365x1
385x1
415x0
2 mins rest
415x1 (10lb PR)
Vid is 395x1, 415x0, 415x1
BOR 4x12 at 155
NG/SG chins 4x8
BB shrugs at 185 3x20
Destroy the back day, mission accomplished. Very sporadic schedule at the moment, so training days will yet again be a bit out of whack this week/weekend. I’m done hitting lower body PRs now. Time to get back to work and get into some grueling shit again. I’m thinking of working squats from 5 to 10 reps and deadlifts from heavy 3’s to 5’s for 3-5 sets. Hopefully hitting the landmine squat stripset before the end of the weekend.
Alternating sets between incline DB press and pull ups 5 sets no rest
I am reluctant to call this nuttys anymore.
I am starting to feel the intensity catching up with me. I’m going to dial the weights back and work in more volume. I need to start eating more for breakfast and dinner… having a hard time getting all the food in during work hours. Maybe it’s time to bring back double dinner. I can almost guarantee I’m still losing weight. Might hop on the scale and check.
I’ve had a pretty busy weekend. Up at 5am yesterday, worked from 7am to 6pm, got a service call on the way home which I was luckily able to push off until this morning… which, again, I was up at 5am due to the dog barking. Got out of work at eleven, went and bought stuff for lunches and dinners this week and got home around noon. Have some father’s day activities planned, so cut the session short yet again.
Bought my brother and dad a 2# tomahawk each for father’s day. Hope they enjoy it.
Diet has been horrible this weekend, still not eating enough and not packing enough when I go out in the morning. I should just assume from now on that once I leave the house, I’m not coming back for a long time. Need more food and I need some time to catch up on life shit.
And yeah, this weekend has been rough… my concern is that it’s going to become normal this summer due to the lack of help/hiring of employees. I always seem to make less progress during the summer but I’d really enjoy not having that be the case this year. I think I just need to get a schedule and 100% stick to it.
Great, you read my mind about sharing a photo of her. Is she from a shelter then?
Are your training sessions too long for your liking, or do you mean that you don’t do them the same day and time every week? But maybe the latter is difficult to do if you don’t know when you’ll be on call.
Yup, first 6 months in Texas then shipped on a truck here to NY. We had been looking for a dog to adopt for a few months, met her and knew she would be a good fit. I guess she was born without a home and lived on the streets somewhere for a few months. She has had many medical issues, mostly with digestion, so we assume she had grown up eating garbage. She is super sweet though, and an amazing companion.
I just don’t have the time to get in everything I want to do, or honestly, at this point, the energy. I’d really like to continue jacking up the volume but the time I need just isn’t there. Couple that with random training days and times and I’m all out of whack. The misses is back in the gym so working around her schedule, work and keeping the dog happy/tired takes some planning.
Unfortunately I’m on call now 24/7 because I am the last service tech left from my company. 3 techs retired this year and the remaining few are incapable of doing the necessary work which means any call that comes in, comes to me.
In addition to less workers, the workload has remained constant which leads to long and high stress days/weeks… The heat, workload, lack of food and lack of consistency is really messing with me right now. I think if I am able to keep a decent and consistent schedule it will certainly help, though.
I’ve never had a job like that, nor am I you, but if I were in that situation I would probably change the program. Either way, hopefully you get a chance to breathe soon.
Yeah, the job is what it is. I really enjoy the work and helping people out but it carves a deep hole in my life during summer and winter. Moreso this year than any before.
My main focus now is the be sure I get 4x a week lifting, and to hit heavy reps on the main movements… I’m not terribly concerned about rep ranges or anything right now, but if I can add weight/reps, I’m happy. Basically everything I’ve done the past few weeks has been PRs, so even though I may not be getting in a large stimulus for strength or muscle gain, progress is there… I don’t mind putting the assistance on the back burner for the time being, but supersetting pull ups or other “big” assistance stuff between main sets seems like the most streamlined way to get a decent amount of work in a short amount of time.
Any suggestions or improvements to my thinking/plan? I’d be more than happy to hear some ideas
I think I’m going to run with CT’s Best Damn program. Due to time and also I’ve bought it…may as well use it. But I’m finding you can push it just as well as you can anything else but it’s also time efficient. There are some movements that I don’t like as well as others. Thing with the program is you apparently hit it more often so volume is still there along with intensity. It’s something completely different from what your used to but does use a lot of compound movements which seems to suit your style a bit. It’s worth a look anyway. Also I bet there are some quick session templates in forever. Krypteia is good for quick sessions.
Thank you very much man. It’s certainly been a long 6 months or so, glad to finally be getting some returns from all the brutality haha. And I hear you, life ebbs and flows, I’ll have more time at some point soon to really dig in again, and I’m sure you will as well. Until then we just have to make the best of it.
Interesting, I’ll take a look at it and see if there are any things that stand out that I can steal from it. I only have a few weeks left until vacation and starting the new program(I hope), so I don’t really want to absolutely commit to anything right now.
If I’m not mistaken it is laid out on an article here somewhere right?
He has a free one someplace that’s a few years old I believe on here, but I went ahead and sprung for the updated one. Its 17 bucks now I think and he has a part 2 out as well.
