Monday workout:
A1) NG chin 4x5
A2) Med ball throw and chase 4x4
B1) Landmine 1-leg RDL 3x6-8
B2) Goblet box squat 3x8-10
C) Lawn mowing 40 minutes
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Does your grass look good now?
Thanks for the honest advertisement, Chris. Respect.
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Wrapped up the T-ransformation.
Wednesday morning weight: 186.1
Down from 203.2 in January.
Mini wrap-up/write-up coming tomorrow. In a nutshell: 
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Ha, and the grass is fine, yeah. 'Tis the season where it grows quick enough, I can alternate tackling just the front or back yard each week or hit them both every other week for more work. Yay. 
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So yeah, decided to finish things up. Seems I drop the same 15-20ish pounds every year during this thing: 2017 was 214 to 200 (14lbs), 2018 was 209 to 194 (15lbs), last year was 210 to 191 (19lbs), this year was 203 to 186 (17lbs). Not sure what that means really, but hurray for consistency?!
Last year, I made the conscious decision to monitor things through the year and not drift much over 200ish and that’s the goal from here on out without getting too squishy. Being a jacked, lean 220 just isn’t on the horizon. Not the worst thing in the world. Means I’m aiming more GSP than Reg Park. B-o-o- H-o-o.
As far as how the plan went, I got two words for ‘ya: What plan? Winged it pretty much the whole way and it shows, from just doing “stuff” each workout with a vague emphasis on keeping loaded carries a regular thing to eating a “kinda-sorta one meal a day plus some extra” plan.
The morning cardio that was standard issue disappeared because the bike got relocated for Mrs.’ home office, and legit lifting workouts weren’t happening because I couldn’t stand training in the garage much. The last three months have been wild, to say the least.
Sometimes I feel like I’m being melodramatic, but the bottomline is being in NY during the pandemic hasn’t been a walk in the park. Because we can’t walk in the park. (Well, we can, because it’s socially distant.)
Anyway, yeah. Wrapped it up, just chilling the last couple of days, then getting back into it for the August check-in.
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Just putzing around the house for the last week or so, finally decided to get things back on track. Things are reopening around here, Mrs. went back into the office for work on Monday, so it’s we’ll see how it all goes.
Wednesday morning weight: 188.5
Tuesday food:
8:00 - Spike, Mag-10
1:00 - Chicken breast, cheddar cheese, bbq sauce, tortilla wrap
2:30 - Indigo-3G
3:00 - Mag-10
6:00 - Roast chicken; roasted potatoes; spinach/kale with shallots
8:00 - 2 scoops Metabolic Drive in water
Tuesday workout:
A1) Landmine press 5x10-12
A2) Toes to bar 5x6-8
B1) Farmer’s walk 8x75 feet
B2) Deck squats 8x20
Deck squats, basically this with a faster pace and without the exaggerated hip extension:
They’re another older drill I first saw back when Pavel Tsatsouline’s stuff was the flavor of the day. I’m not nearly accomplished enough or arrogant enough to say “I’ve forgotten more about training than some people know”, but I did kinda completely forget this exercise existed until I spotted it in a video a while ago.
Had a legit moment like, “Oh, I haven’t thought of that exercise in about 15 years. Let’s give 'em a go.” Great alternative to bang out bodyweight squats and work a little mobility with a lotta conditioning.
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Very cool, I like that deck squat. About how long did your supersets take with the carries and deck squats?
The whole session was a half-hour or so and that second part was definitely the lion’s share of it, so maybe 20-ish minutes for the 8 supersets.
With the deck squats, you can move fast on the concentric and even the squat part of eccentric, but you really want to not swing the legs back too quick at all because the hams and low back are put in a pretty weird position, so that backwards half-roll is the limiting factor for how quick each rep can be.
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Tuesday morning weight: 190.2
Monday food:
8:00 - Spike
12:00 - Everything bagel, egg whites, deli turkey, cheddar
2:30 - Indigo-3G
3:00 - Mag-10
6:00 - Tacos (grilled chicken, ground beef, 5 tortillas, salsa, sour cream, jalapenos, much much Frank’s red hot)
8:00 - 2 scoops Metabolic Drive in water; Watermelon
Monday workout:
A1) Scapjack band row/DB press 6x10-12
A2) Farmer’s walk 6x75 feet
B1) 1-arm barbell curl 3x10-12
B2) Plate overhead extension 3x15-20
Went for my yearly physical last week. Last checkup was Jan 2019. Got on the scale and, as happened once before, the nurse guessed “So you’re about 180?” Kept sliding the counterweight over. “Oh.” 198, at 5:30pm wearing jeans and sneakers. Guess I still look small. ::frowny face, teardrop::
Bloodwork is headed in the right direction, heart stuff looks fine, no Corona antibodies, so guess that’s… good?.. Vitamin D levels shot up a good bit, almost certainly from getting sun during the outdoor workouts a few days a week (I rarely remember to pop Vit D pills even though they’re so tiny and easy).
Super-basic total Test levels increased about 45% - yes, I’ll say thanks to Alpha Male and Rez-V which I started consistently Septemberish - going from clinically low/below normal to the low end of normal. I’m happy with that because I feel good and everything’s in working order. Every thing.
Yearly check-ups are kinda lame because there’s rarely anything new to report to the doctor, so it’s a lot of “Nope, nothing hurts more than usual. Yep, feeling good overall. Okay, turn and cough. Ahem, ahem.” But check-ups absolutely essential and a mandatory part of regular body maintenance. Especially now on this side of 40. Although, no, I didn’t need to get the finger in the keister. Yet. 
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Still doing things.
Friday morning weight: 191.4
Thursday food:
8:00 - Oatmeal, two scoops Metabolic Drive, blueberries; bigass coffee with stevia
2:30 - Indigo-3G
3:00 - Mag-10
5:00 - Mag-10; watermelon
6:00 - Chicken parm; garlic bread; spaghetti; salad (romaine lettuce, cucumber, carrot, radish, radish greens, beet greens, apple cider vinegar)
8:00 - 1 scoop Metabolic Drive, Triple Zero Greek yogurt
Thursday workout:
A) Safety bar squat EMOM 15 min (5x2, add weight 5x1, add weight 5x1)
B1) Toes to bar 4x8-10
B2) Landmine press 4x10-12
C) Lawn mowing 30 min.
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You doing ok @Chris_Colucci ?
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Yep, all good, just a combo of being busy and not having much to report/log. Thanks for asking.
I tossed up an update pic in the Aug Check-In thread the other day. To copy/paste my post from there:
"Goal is still to stay under 200 indefinitely. Was 186 at the end of the T-ransformation in June, drifted to 191 now mostly from backing off a bit on training.
Last few weeks have just been gtg chins almost daily. And 4-5 days a week for about an hour/hour and a half of outdoor stuff - I do some pruning, plucking and edging… then I get to the yardwork."
Most recent “workout” was helping the eldest kiddo move over the weekend. A solid five hours of moving assorted furniture, car parts, air conditioner, etc. Tons of fun.
Most recent diet news was deciding to get back to eating eggs consistently, since shopping trips around here are pretty much back to normal. This morning I made a kickass breakfast wrap with 2 eggs, 2 egg whites, ham, cheddar, and everything bagel seasoning.
Beyond that, just getting back into the swing of things. I do tend to remain coasting/in a rut when I don’t have anything particular to aim for, so I’ll need to decide on some kind of target.
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Glad to hear from you again Chris
Friday morning weight: 196.0
Thursday food:
9:00 - Spike, Mag-10, creatine
11:30 - Sunflower bagel, 3 eggs, 3 slices ham, spinach-kale
2:30 - Indigo-3G
3:00 - 1 scoop Plazma, 5g creatine
3:30 - 1 scoop Plazma
5:00 - 1 slice homemade meatloaf
7:00 - Chicken piccata; white rice; green beans
9:00 - Mag-10
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Thursday workout:
A) Safety bar squat 2x30
B) Deadstop deficit RDL 2x12-15
C) Floor press 3x8-10
Started creatine again, 5-10g a day, so I’m not stressing (much) over the initial weight gain. Thinking about doing something stupid and squat-based in a few months, just working out the kinks along the way.
RDL deficit was from using 35-pound plates instead of 45s. Using a deadstop always felt pretty natural on these anyhow. Ended the session with floor presses on a whim because the bar was already setup in the rack after the RDLs and I wanted to see how they felt. Also, at that point I really wanted to lie down.
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Wednesday morning weight: 196.4
Tuesday food:
9:00 - Spike, Mag-10, creatine
11:00 - 3 eggs, 2 Babybel cheeses, Normandy veg, rice
2:30 - Indigo-3G
3:00 - 1 scoop Plazma, 5g creatine
3:30 - 1 scoop Plazma
5:00 - Watermelon
6:00 - Taco bake (ground beef, black beans, salsa, cheese, tortilla chips)
9:00 - Mag-10
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