Well I was unrealistically optimistic today. Thought that the day after leg day I could set a pr on deadlifts or at least get an idea of how much stronger I have gotten. Total failure. Might try again on tuesday before my main workout.
9/26/2021
Bench 160 x 15,12,11,6,6
pullups 2x blue band x 8,7,6,5,4
controlled shrug 160 x 7,7,7,7,7
Had to call it early because of family stuff. Bench fell off quickly at the end. Very excited about going all out next week but definitely feel like the first set is going to be the only good one lol.
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@SvenG
I noticed your sled runs are only around 7 min. Did I read that right? Do you think they help Conditioning much from that low of volume?
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Yes, thatās rightāabout 6-7 minutes for the current total weight (222 lbs) and total distance (400 yards). Iām doing 8 trips up and back on my driveway (just over 25 yards, one-way) with 3 plates currently, and I do that 4 days/week. I do not rest between trips any longer than it takes to make a tick mark to record the trip, so itās basically 6-7 minutes of continuous pushing.
Iām not sure if it helps my conditioning, per seāmy mile time isnāt likely to improve because Iām pushing the sledābut I really do think thereās something amazing happening to my body as a result of the sled work. My heart rate gets up quickly and stays up for the duration. I also get my legs pumping, and I feel the work everywhereāshoulders, core, my whole posterior chain, quads, calves. Iād call it a full-body exercise.
Honestly, if I had to strip my conditioning work down to the bare minimum, Iād drop everything but the sled work. (And maybe the weighted vest walks the other 3 days/week.)
I highly recommend it. YMMV, of course, but it may be worth a shot, particularly when youāre pressed for time.
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Noticed youāve been upping your reps for bench and some upper body work lately, any reason why? Numbers seem to all be going in a good direction, just remember seeing ya hit some lower rep work earlier, curious what your goal is.
I hit a wall on lower rep stuff with upper body after lowering my calories again and just decided to try something new for a bit. Switched it up for lower too just to see what happens. I feel like things are moving again.
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Really struggling with dieting today. I am not even losing weight now at 2000 kcal.
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lol. I am just tired of hitting this wall over and over man. Like I lose weight for two weeks then it stops working.
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What if itās not linear?
What if you have to stay the course and just keep doing what your doing and then boom a big drop a āwhooshā(google it lyle mcdonald whoosh).
You must find joy in the work, in the process. Only then will you stop seeing it as a wall.
Itās just data, presuming you are sticking to the plan.
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You might be right there.
Sorry to hear this, but I totally agree with @throwawayfitness: my weight loss is never linear.
That doesnāt necessarily make the hard days any less hardāI totally get thatābut sometimes an outside voice telling you what you already know can be helpful. (Like when you just pointed out to me that really Iām doing alright even with some junk food last night.)
Stay the course, my manāyouāll get there.
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yeah this doesnāt just feel like a one time mess up though it just feels like I have not been losing for several weeks and on top of that while some pictures look like I have changed over the past months some donāt. I think I am just going to have to go down to 1500 for a few weeks and see what happens. I just hope I have the motivation for it.
What if you went up to, say, 2500 for a weekāagain, just to see what happens?
wonāt cut it.
you need discipline to perform the set of habits that lead to you hitting your chosen calorie goal.
yeah I have done that once a few months ago as a break since I was losing faster than anticipated
I feel like motivation can drive discipline but however you want to say it I feel myself waning fast. It isnāt the hitting my calorie goal that I have a hard time with. It is the justifying to myself that it is worth it and I am not just spinning my wheels.
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Ok so going to shoot for 1500 cal for a month and see what happens. Then I might take a short break and go at it again after seeing how I feel. Basically just going to swap my red meat for chicken breast and cut carbs down to a bagel and to one cup of boiled potatoes.
starting when? Are you on MFP? post your cals and macros daily for accountability?
Starting today. I have been doing it for a while on MFP then Chronometer for a bit but being more relaxed. Sure couldnāt hurt I guess.