Doggcrapp C2W3D3 A1
Press: 175x3
Incline Machine Press: 230x5+3+3
Smith Shoulder Press: 155x9+4+2
Skullcrushers: Miss
Chins: +45x6+3+3
One-Arm Machine Row: 120x7+4+2
Doggcrapp C2W3D3 A1
Press: 175x3
Incline Machine Press: 230x5+3+3
Smith Shoulder Press: 155x9+4+2
Skullcrushers: Miss
Chins: +45x6+3+3
One-Arm Machine Row: 120x7+4+2
Drove over to Mississippi to try seafood boil for the first time (@freshyfresh) and now I know what I’ve been missing out on lol.
Doggcrapp C2W4D1 B1 (Sick)
Squat: 365x3
Barbell Curl: 115x8+4+3
Reverse Curl: 75x9
Leaned-Back Leg Curl: Stack x9+3+2
Leg Press: 545x5 (Normal), 405x8+4 (Pause, Max Quad Stretch)
Spent the weekend pretty sick, still getting over it. Was a little less strict with rest times than usual, since counting breaths was a non-starter.
Doggcrapp C2W4D2
Press: 175x4
30° Incline Bench: 185x7+4+3
Machine Shoulder Press: 165x9+4+3
Carter Pushdowns: 25x8+3+1
WG Lat Pulldowns: 180x7+3+2
Machine Shrug: 315x10
Doggcrapp C2W4D3 - B2
Squat: 365x4
DB Curls: 50x10+6+4
Hammer Curls: 50x10
ATG Pause Smith Squats: 305x6
(Straight Into) Leg Extensions: 130x20
Egging Pulls: 205x7
Doggcrapp C2W5D1 A3
Press: 180x2
Machine Bench: +200x5+3+2
Upright Row: 125x8+5+3
Dips: +80x8, (Normal), BWx6+4 (Pause, Max ROM)
One-Arm Pulldowns: 225x6+3+2
CG Rows: 165x8
Doggcrapp C2W5D2 - B3
Front Squat: 255x2
Preacher Curl: 75x8+4+2
Hammer Preacher Curl: 40x
Prone Leg Curl (More Stretch): Stack x9+5+2
Belt Squat: 495x7, 315x15
Doggcrapp C2W5D3 - A1
Press: 180x3
Incline Machine Press: 230x7+4+3
Smith Shoulder Press: 165x6+4+3
Smith JM Press: 135x6+5+3
Chins: +45x7+4+2
One-Arm Machine Row: 120x8+5+3
Doggcrapp C2W6D1 - B1
Front Squat: 255x3
Curl: 125x5+3+2
Reverse Curl: 75x9
Leaned-Back Leg Curls: Stack x9+4+2
One-Leg Press: 205x 6L, 5+1R. 135x11+5
The one-leg pressing really fried my quads, despite me not being very strong on it.
Doggcrapp C2D6D2 - A2
Press: 185x2, 205x1
30° Incline Bench: 185x8+4+3
Machine Shoulder Press: 175x6+3+2
Carter Extensions: 25x8+5+3
WG Pulldown: 180x7+4+2
One-Arm Smith Shrugs: 165x8
One more session until my next deload, so I went a bit heavy on the pressing—felt great. And after that, I’ll be back in MD, so most of the machine weights and some of the actual exercises will have to change.
Will know by the end of May at the latest whether I’ll be in Tuscaloosa or Charlottesville next year—fingers crossed that my deferral gets approved. I’ve ended up enjoying my time here a lot and getting a free M.A. out of it would be cool, even if it’s a pretty useless one.
Landed an interview with the Japanese embassy in D.C. for a security job this summer. I have about a sixty-five pound advantage against the average Japanese citizen, so hopefully I look scary enough to get hired lol.
Doggcrapp C3W1D1 - B2
Squat: 370x2
DB Curls: 55s x7+4+2
Hammer Curls: 55s x7
ATG Pause Smith Squat: 315x8
(Straight Into) Leg Extensions: 135x20
DB Egging Pulls: 90s x8
Graduated undergrad Summa Cum Laude, flew back up to MD, and currently am trying to find a summer job so I’ll have some more money saved up when the next year of school rolls around. Feeling nice and fresh from the deload, was really able to push this session. This smith machine in particular feels very nice to squat on. I’d like an actual Hack squat machine, but beggars can’t be choosers.
A huge congratulations to you! Well done.
Just found out that I made it to the second round of interviews at the Japanese Embassy. The interview itself will be sometime next week—fingers crossed.
Doggcrapp C3W1D2 - A3
Press: 185x3
Feet-Up Pause Bench: 185x5+3+3
Upright Row: 135x7+4+2
Rope Pushdown: 115x9+5+3
One-Arm Pulldown: 100x6+3+2
Machine Rows: 210x8 (Redo; ROM)
Not a fan of the dip station here + no machine bench press in this gym, so those two got swapped.
It remains easier to frame my performance as “good press” rather than “bad bench”
Doggcrapp C3W1D2 - B3
Preacher Curl: 75x9+5+4
Preacher Hammer Curl: 40x7
Leaned-Forward Leg Curl: 65x9+5+2.5
Smith BSS: 205x5, 135x12+5
This was one of those days where I already knew it was gonna a make me extremely sore walking out of the gym. I’m going to try cutting out the squats the I’ve been starting my lower days with (they weren’t part of the program, anyways) so that I can really focus on pushing the programmed quad and ham work.
This week is busy for me. Between Sunday and Wednesday, I’m going to have three interviews (the Japanese embassy, some random grocery store, and a research study I’m getting paid to be a subject in), a date at the National Gallery, and I’ll find out if my deferral request is going to be approved or not.
UVA approved my deferral, and I get to keep my scholarship there. So now I’ll be going back to Alabama for my M.A. next year and then graduating law school in Spring 2029. Very pleased with the news :]
Doggcrapp C3W2D1 - A1
Machine Chest Press: 230x8+4+3 (15)
Smith Shoulder Press: 185x6+3+2 (11)
Smith JM Press: 145x9+6+5 (20)
Chins: +50x6+3+3 (12)
Meadows Rows: +90x8
Second round of interviews for the Japanese embassy went very well. The first question of the day was my deadlift PR, which is probably the first and last time I’ll be asked that in an interview lol. That, my publication, and some word-vomit I produced about deescalation and triaging seemed to impress.
Bro, getting asked about your deadlift in a formal interview is honestly legendary. You’ve made it
Doggcrapp C3W2D2 - B1
Barbell Curls: 115x7+4+3
Behind-the-Back Wrist Curls: 135x8+4+4
Leaned-Back Leg Curl: Stack x7+3+2
One-Leg Leg Press: 255x5, 185x10+4
Doggcrapp C3W2D3 - A2
30° Incline Bench: 195x5+3+3, 135xF
Machine Shoulder Press: 115x6+3+2, 70xF
Carter Extension: 40x8+5+3, 100xF (Pushdown)
WG Pulldown: 175x7+4+2, 100xF
One-Arm Smith Shrug: 175x8
Did a drop set-ish burnout after the first four exercises. No lockout, lighter weight, “feeling the muscle,” all that sort of stuff. It felt great (especially the pulldown, that’s a movement I normally struggle to actually feel in my lats) and didn’t add much time to the workout (still done in under an hour, which is what I’m aiming for) so I’ll try it for a little while and see what I think.