10/3/2025
Weight: fat and sassy
Haven’t been running, so I’ve plumped back up, but not missing workouts, just busy AF and have forgotten to write shit up on here. Big lifts recently have been:
Bench: 315 x 2 (first time since I hurt my pec about 3 months ago)
Squats: hit 315 x 10 last week and 315 x 12 this week, pushing for a top set of 20 x 315, I think that’d be cool
OHP: 3 x 215 (most since I passed out with 225 overhead awhile back haha)
Am I now obligated to move my training log to the “Over 35 Lifter”?? 
fuckin’ gettin old (still a lifetime intermediate, tho”
Welcome to the world of mysterious pain for seemingly no reasons.
10/21/2025
Weight: 225
Chest
Top set 2 x 2 x 315
Quit running for awhile, mostly laziness, but back to walking on a treadmill with a weight vest for 20-30 minutes a couple times a week. Going to start running again soon, once a work schedule gets nailed down. The bench is feeling good again, probably had another couple sets of doubles, but I’m being real cautious with my pec, not sure if I need to focus on flies to strengthen that area or what, but been diligent with band work and shoulder health work. Going to try and log more regularly again, as I miss the community.
Today marks the last full week of my 30s. I still refuse to move my log.
Happy to see you hanging around some more dude.
10/24/2025
Weight: 225
Chest
Top set:
Incline Bench 2 x 275
Felt good, moved better than expected. Still snoring, which means I need to lose a few more pounds (that’s my indicator for being to fat )
10/29/25
Weight: 225
Did back yesterday, with no deadlifts anymore, it’s not worth writing about haha
Today was chest.
Top Set 1 x 345
Buddy and I just went rep for rep with 20 lb jumps starting at 225, today honestly felt solid, felt like a 365 day, but in so wary about hurting that pec again that I didnt want to really hammer it. So if anyone has some decent movements for strengthening that outer pec area, it’d be greatly appreciated. Doing high rep machine flyes and band work, lots of shoulder health stuff as well.
10/31/2025
Squats
Top set 2 x 365
Nothing like a humble reminder that moving 90%+ is a skill and not just muscle haha felt good, very taxing, forgot how to stay TIGHT tight coming out of the hole, muscle is still there, just need to get back in the habit of doing all the little things right. A good reminder.
11/4/25
Have done back and shoulders, nothing notable.
Chest
Top Sets 2 x 3 x 315
Different gym, different workout time, usually messes me up a little bit as far as focus/strength, but that one was solid. Had planned on 3 sets, but erred on the side of caution. 365 is the short term goal and 405 at 225 is the long term goal, but that’s going to be a pull.
11/5/2025
Squats
2 x 3 x 325
Shit felt heavy AF
11/7/25
Weight: 226
Shoulders
OHP Top Set: 3 x 205
Felt fine, wasn’t too much of a push to get it for 3, seriously contemplated hitting 225, but still a little gun shy, ha. It’s there physically, I have no doubt, but mentally… still easing into it 
11/10
Chest
Incline Bench
3 x 235
3 x 255
2 x 275
Absolute throwaway day ha just couldn’t get focused. Was surprised that the 255/275 moved as well as it did.
Went back this afternoon to do my supplemental
Flat DB bench 5 x 8 x 100s
Much better focus this afternoon, ha
11/11/25
Weight: 228 end of day
Squats
Top set 2 x 5 x 325
Yo, fuck squatting with a Texas squat bar there is absolutely zero whip to that thing and it is thicker than a snicker, talk about getting used to it, 325 felt like 365, but leg day got done, as usual, in a new gym environment I feel like I have to ‘prove’ myself so all these lifts have gone great
I appreciated the fact that, even though a thick t-shirt, the knurling will still make you bleed.
I am in an abusive relationship with that knurling for the foreseeable future
11/12/25
Weight: 226 end of day
Shoulders
Top set 3 x 225
Well, shit… it’s still there ha
11/13/25
Back
No deads, doesn’t matter haha
Cardio
Day off tomorrow, maybe cardio
11/15
Light chest, sore and tired, putting miles in elk hunting though ha
11/17
Morning:
Squat 5 x 8 x 226
Afternoon:
Squat 5 x 10 x 145
30 minutes incline treadmill
Body is tired, not sure why, honestly, may have just hit a wall. But traveling for work again, so new gym should spark some good workouts.
11/18/25
Back
Heavy T-Bar rows and a bunch of volume
Incline treadmill 40 minutes
Felt good today, I’m feeling good for bench tomorrow, gonna work, eat a bunch of food, find a spotter and fookin’ send it, bud
11/19
Bench
Top sets 3 x 2 x 315
Incline 2 x 5 x 225
So… was gonna send it… didn’t happen haha no viable spotters and honestly it felt heavy. Shit.